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Nathan

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About Me

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms; the great devotions; and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. - Theodore Roosevelt

My Interests

I have many interests: Dance (Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Swing, Ballroom), Martial Arts, Meditation, Occult Practices, Psychology, Fencing, Sword Fighting, Sai Practice, Movies, Horror, the Macabre, Reading 18-19th century novels, Gothic Literature, Creative Writing, Sci-Fi, Dungeons & Dragons, Vampire the Requiem (formerly Masquerade), Roleplaying, Working out, Magic, Fantasy, Ancient Religions, History, Cats, Drawing (particularly light sketches), Poetry, Argueing, Republican Party ("Imperialistic" in Nature), Photography, Video Games (Pc, Xbox, PSP, PS1, Sega Genesis)

I'd like to meet:

People who are intellectuals; someone whom I can speak to on a deep level; someone who isn't superficial. There are a lot of people out there who believe that because they have the ability to "think" that they are masters in all opinions and that their opinions are valid. I'm not looking for the run of the mill individual, but someone who isn't afraid of open mindedness and who shy away from everything people feel is "set in stone."I am currently engaged.

Music:

I like all music, with special interest in Classical (dirges, requiems, minuetes), Industrial, dubbed "gothic" music. Elvis, Michael Jackson, some pop bands (though I'm sure some of you shiver at the thought).I despise most Country and believe that Rap should be destroyed.

Movies:

Favorites are: Bladerunner, Tim Burton Films, Sci-fi and anything Noir.

Television:

What ever is on the Sci-Fi channel, History Channel, HBO, occasionally Showtime, and a little Cartoon Network here and there.

Books:

Where to begin? --In no particular order--"Vampire of the Mists" by Christie Golden, "I, Strahd" by P.N. Elrod, "Knight of the Black Rose" by James Lowder, "Spectre of the Black Rose" by James Lowder, "Castle of Otranto" by Horace Walpole, "Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus" by Mary Shelly, "Dance of the Dead" by Christie Golden, The Circle of Magic Series by Debra Doyle and James D. MacDonald, The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice, Jane Austin, "Master and the Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick, "Adam of the Road" by Elizabeth Janet Grey, "Phantom of the Opera" by Gaston Leroux, "The Castle Spectre" (play) by Matthew Lewis, The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Lord Byron, John Paladori, Shakespeare...,I am sure there are others I just can't think of them all.

Heroes:

Mary Shelly, Lord Byron, Horace Walpole, H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allen Poe, John Paladori, Christie Golden, Anne Rice, and many many more.

My Blog

Didn’t Quite Make the Cut

So a boo-hoo goes out to me for not getting the job at Pearson's for their proofreading position, apparantly they found someone who was just a bit more qualified.  Oh well, it happens. ...
Posted by Nathan on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:35:00 PST

American "Liberalism" vs. its original roots

So a recent blog comment has perked my interest in explaining my absolute abhorrence to the term "liberal".  Liberal is supposed to mean "Liberty": the freedom of the individual, free market, equ...
Posted by Nathan on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:16:00 PST

Startling Discoveries about Iowa Labor Laws

1) Employers can work you as many hours per week as they want 2) It is NOT Iowa law that if you work 12 hours, that your employers must give you 8 hours to rest before scheduling you again.  Most...
Posted by Nathan on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:49:00 PST

Startling Discoveries about Iowa Labor Laws

1) Employers can work you as many hours per week as they want 2) It is NOT Iowa law that if you work 12 hours, that your employers must give you 8 hours to rest before scheduling you again.  Most...
Posted by Nathan on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:49:00 PST

Startling Discoveries about Iowa Labor Laws

1) Employers can work you as many hours per week as they want 2) It is NOT Iowa law that if you work 12 hours, that your employers must give you 8 hours to rest before scheduling you again.  Most...
Posted by Nathan on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:49:00 PST

Stopped dragging my feet

For the past two years I have been dragging my feet over the possibility of going back to school to try and apply to Law School.  Since I was little I alwasy thought of being a lawyer as a possib...
Posted by Nathan on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:16:00 PST

Writers and their inflatable Egos

Someone on Critiquecircle.com who I have never seen before, must be a new member, critiqued a fragment of a story of mine today.  He claims that my style is too ambiguous, that I overuse similies...
Posted by Nathan on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:16:00 PST

Release of

align="> The release of "Rubberband Lazer; or The Adventures of Casey Norider and Jack Synergy - Episode I, Deputizing and Holyfire" is official.  I have an unedited version available to th...
Posted by Nathan on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:41:00 PST

Back up and running

Sunday, 12:30 a.m. a brownout hit my street.  It wasn't really a brownout, it was more of watching the transformers on the power boxes outside explode in a brilliant flash of light and arcing ele...
Posted by Nathan on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:25:00 PST

Feeling left out...

After reading everyone's blog I just wanted to add my 2 cents: life sucks, fucking sucks, everything sucks, I suck, you suck, life blows chunks, people suck, medicine sucks, bills suck, cars suck, peo...
Posted by Nathan on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 07:25:00 PST