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Richard Noir

Romantic Realist

About Me


Planetary Perspective:
Pisces Ascendant: creative, artistic, sensitive, eclectic, naive
Mars in Capricorn: endurance and patient ambition
Moon in Capricorn: responsible, serious, aloof
Jupiter in Cancer: imaginative, lucky, loyal, protective
Mercury in Libra: fair-minded, diplomatic, refined
Neptune in Libra: sensual, aesthetic, devotional
Sun in Virgo: intelligent, analytical
Saturn in Scorpio: oh-so-serious about love
Venus in Scorpio: mmm...do you really want to know?... lets just say a proclivity for deep, intense physical, emotional and spiritual connection
What I like to do:
Singing, Performing, Pilates, Astrology, Reading, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Kayaking, Bicycling, Dining, Festivals, Karaoke, Sailing
What I like to drink (here goes my chances with the new-age girls):
Black Martinis, Cosmopolitans (sally drinks, my friends say), Grey Goose, Ketel and cranberry, Bloody Marys, Guinness, Black & Tans, Blanquette de Limoux, Pinot Noir, Sauvingnon Blanc, the occsasional shot of Jack
Places I have been:
Aix-en-Provence, Carcassone, Lourdes, Rennes-le-Chateau, Galway, Essen, San Francisco, Boston, San Diego, Manhattan, Tampa, Raleigh, Ocracoke Island
Places I want to go:
Dublin, Paris, Chartres, Mont Saint-Michel, Saint-Tropez, London, Florence, Amalfi coast
Where I'd most rather be:
Lounging lazily on the deck of my WallyPower 118 (www.wally.com) with the sapphire blue waters of the Côte d'Azur gently lapping against the hull
Drowsing away a sleepy afternoon in my quaint farmhouse in the hills of Provence (after an intense weekend round of parties in Paris)
Strange and sundry things that I like:
Gothic cathedrals, flying wings, Crème Brule, old clocks, my Glock 30, marinas, Art Deco, airships, French Impressionists, old architecture, Symbolist poets, multi-hulled boats, castles, my Toyota Matrix, robots, Cassoulet, old maps, UAV's and AUV's, sailing ships, my Robin Telecaster, inland canals, trains, orrerys and armillary spheres

My Interests

My love is music:
I have sung and performed alternative rock, top 40, vintage swing, opera, musical theater, operetta, madrigals, symphony chorus and celtic music.

I'd like to meet:

A smart, stylish, sensual, sultry and sassy woman

Other people I'd like to meet:
Burt Rutan, Dean Kamen, Colin Wilson,
Jacques Vallee, Robert Anton Wilson, John Keel,
Carl Jung, Georges Gurdjieff, Aleister Crowley,
William Butler Yeats, J.R.R. Tolkien, David Barry,
Jean Cocteau, George Balanchine, Vaslav Nijinsky,
Nicoli Tesla, Richard Lionheart, Eleanor of Aquitaine

Music:

Depeche Mode, Cure, Dead Can Dance, Gary Numan, Psychedelic Furs, Fixx, INXS, Joe Jackson, Ultravox, Roxy Music, Talking Heads, Kraftwerk, New Order, Simple Minds, The Church,
Paris Combo, Paolo Conte, Falco, La Bottine Souriante, Radio Tarifa, Ekova, 8-1/2 Souvenirs, Pink Martini, Andrew Bird, Morphine, Abney Park, Vernian Process
Jeff Beck, Robin Trower, Danny Gatton, Albert Lee, Wayne Hancock, BR-549, Hot Club of Cowtown,
Django Reinhardt, Baguette Quartet, Pearl Django,
Frank Sinatra, Johnny Hartman, Mark Murphy,
Charles Trenet, Yves Montand, Francis Lemarque, Georges Brassens, Jean Sablon,
Miles Davis, Chet Baker, Mose Allison,
Fred Astaire, Bobby Short, Cole Porter, Noel Coward, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin,
Phillip Glass, Kronos Quartet, Stravinsky, Debussy, Ravel, Satie, Quilter, Warlock, Sondheim, Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti, Puccini, Gilbert & Sullivan,
Gypsy Jazz, Paris Musette, Western Swing,
Quebecois, New England Contradance

Movies:

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Forbidden Planet, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Day the Earth Stood Still,
Bell, Book and Candle,
Any movie with pirates in it

Television:

I will watch the Packers, but I haven't watched much TV since Doctor Who left the air.
I love BBC productions, Red Dwarf, Black Adder and (sorry girls) The New Red Green Show.

Books:

Voracious reader.
Occasional writer.
Non Fiction:
National Defense Issues, Aviation, Naval History
Assasination/Political Conspiracy/911,
Medieval/Elizabethan History,
Medieval/Hellenistic Astrology,
Religion, Philosophy (Stoicism)
Speculative:
Templars, Cathars, Priory of Sion, Rennes-Le-Chateau,
UFO's, Nazi Secret Projects/Weapons, Anything secret, hidden or mysterious
Fiction:
Patrick O' Brian, Arturo Perez Reverte, Steve Alten,
Arthur Machen, Algernon Blackwood, Conan Doyle,
H.P. Lovecraft, Jules Verne, Victorian Steampunk,
Mysteries, Techno-thrillers

Heroes:

Frank Lloyd Wright, Admiral Horatio Nelson,
Hugo Eckner (Graf Zeppelin), Frederick the Great (Prussia)

My Blog

Everybody Wants to Rule the World

After reading the umpteenth book or article detailing a millennia-old conspiracy to take over the world, I have finally had enough. Apparently, evildoers have been seeking global domination for thousa...
Posted by Richard Noir on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 08:38:00 PST

Motorist discovers new physical phenomena  physics world shaken!

I have discovered a hitherto unknown force in the universe, somewhat similar to a powerful electromagnetic or gravitational field in its effects. This fascinating, elusive phenomenon appears to m...
Posted by Richard Noir on Wed, 08 Feb 2006 08:00:00 PST

I WAS FLAMED BY THE LESBIAN BITCH-QUEEN!! A true myspace Victorian horror story.

Yes, its true, all too horribly true. My psyche shall remain forever scarred by the foul ichor of her vituperous venom. This is my story.   It was a quiet Monday evening, much like any other. I w...
Posted by Richard Noir on Tue, 24 Jan 2006 01:16:00 PST

Why can't men buy clothes?

Although I like to think that I am a person with good taste with a fine aesthetic sense, and am reasonably metro and all, I find it extremely difficult to buy clothes. Don't get me wrong, I ...
Posted by Richard Noir on Mon, 23 Jan 2006 07:24:00 PST