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Mark

By the furnace, by the anvil, by the tongs and by the hammer. By the dwelling of the blacksmith, by

About Me



Elven in nature. Graceful and cunning. On a given chance,
I can even emit lightning bolts from my fingertips.

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My Interests


Likes:
Anything that I find interesting and fun. Such things include but are not limited to - Fantasy (High Fantasy/Sword And Sorcery Genre), Mythology, Videogames -RPG's specifically- (Zelda, Final Fantasy, Lunar, Chrono Trigger, Star Ocean, Castlevania, etc), Anime, Anime Conventions, Reading, D&D(The few campaigns I've played), Music, Drums, Tea, Sushi, Nature: Forests, Autumn, Winter, Science: Biology, Genetics, Evolution, Astronomy, Museums, Walking/Hiking, Other Cultures, Renaissance Era, Renaissance Festivals, Faerie Festival, Medieval Era, Chivalry, Weapon Collecting, Ancient and Medieval History, Art, Computers (Linux Windows), Learning/Trying New Things, etc.
Dislikes/Pet Peeves:
Drinking, Smoking, Drugs, "Partying it up", Rap. (Whatever mind numbingly dumb things you kids find 'fun' these days)

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who finds me interesting and has similar interests.I can be contacted through here via message and through instant message:
AOL Instant Messenger: morbid avatar
MSN: [email protected]
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Music:

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Movies:


I prefer movie genres such as Comedy, Action/Adventure, Fantasy, and Anime.
Lord of the Rings, Braveheart, 300, King Arthur, First Knight, Kingdom of Heaven, Gladiator, Excalibur, Beowulf (CG movie), Carl Sagan's Contact, Clash Of The Titans, Over The Hedge, Hot Fuzz, Mel Brooks movies (Spaceballs, Robin Hood:Men In Tights, History Of The World Pt.1, etc.), Monty Python: In Search For The Holy Grail, Sin City, Army of Darkness, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Pan's Labyrinth, Apocalypto, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street, The Crow, Vampire Hunter D, Cowboy Bebop: Knocking on Heavens Door, (ALL) Hayao Miyazaki films, Transformers: The Movie (animated), Some Jim Carrey movies, James Bond films (Preferably Sean Connery and Roger Moore), Jackie Chan movies, Indiana Jones Trilogy, Back to the Future Trilogy, StarWars Trilogy: Episodes 4-6.

Television:


Childhood favorites: Various Nintendo shows, Original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Original Transformers, etc.
These days: Science Channel, History Channel, National Geographic, Carl Sagan's Cosmos, Survivorman, Colbert Report, Penn & Teller's Bullshit, Richard Dawkins' Root Of All Evil, Good Eats, and a vast array of anime (The Slayers, Cowboy Bebop, Rurouni Kenshin (Samurai X) , .hack//SIGN, Chobits, Love Hina, Berserk, Star Ocean EX [atleast what was actually finished] , Claymore, etc.

Books:


:High Fantasy:
- J.R.R. Tolkien's works, Dragonlance
:Mythology/Epics/Legends/Fairytales:
- Beowulf, Poetic Edda, The Odyssey, Brothers Grimm Fairytales
:Scientific:
- The God Delusion, Origin Of Species, Cosmos
:Other:
- Good Omens, Lords Of Chaos

Heroes:

Forest Trolls.

My Blog

Home Movies

My friends and I have made several fun movies for school projects a few years ago, but now, their whereabouts are unknown to us.  The only remaining one is our adaptation of "King Arthur" which m...
Posted by Mark on Sat, 03 May 2008 02:39:00 PST

Paganfest 2008! Jaxx in Springfield Virginia.

These are videos my friend Chris found from the Paganfest that we all went to on April 28, 2008 in Springfield, Virginia at the Jaxx venue! Enjoy!Turisas Ensiferum Eluve...
Posted by Mark on Sat, 03 May 2008 08:35:00 PST

Concerts of My Life

This is just a list of concerts I've been to in my life, the bands I liked and the ones I didn't.My first being:(July 2003)Motorhead, Dio, Iron Maiden (All were awesome 80's Metal!)(February 2004)Devi...
Posted by Mark on Mon, 22 May 2006 08:23:00 PST

Gaming Endeavors

-Seeing as how I can never seem to keep a blog up about anything specifically and worth updating, this just came to me a little while ago and I thought it would be cool for myself if not anyone else. ...
Posted by Mark on Tue, 29 May 2007 02:17:00 PST

Basic HTML editing for Dummies (Created by me)

[A lot of people like to have pictures and graphics on their profiles, even send them via comments/messages.  I decided that with minor knowledge in editing HTML code I would create a mini tutori...
Posted by Mark on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:22:00 PST

The Bards And Their Songs... Blind Guardian!

Monday, December 4, 2006... Blind Guardian and Leaves' Eyes at Jaxx in Virginia.These are the songs I can remember off of the top of my head that Blind Guardian played...  No Majesty : (  I ...
Posted by Mark on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 11:41:00 PST

101 Rules of Being Black Metal

1. Don't be gay. 2. Be "true". 3. All people who arent "true" are gay. 4. Be grim. 5. Be necro. 6. Be simultaneously grim and necro if at all possible. 7. Break things while being grim and necro...
Posted by Mark on Sat, 13 May 2006 11:37:00 PST