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Alonso

Amor est vitae essentia - Love is the essence of life

About Me


Dark Northern Souls is a site for literature, intelligence and discussion created by myself, Alonso, and my wife, Rain. Both of us shall now be maintaining and contributing to this site.

My Interests

The inane, sublime, seedy underbelly of society. Independent films, passion, incense, English history and literature. How doth the little crocodile
Improve his shining tail,
And pour the waters of the Nile
On every golden scale!

How cheerfully he seems to grin,
How neatly spreads his claws,
And welcomes little fishes in,
With gently smiling jaws!

- Lewis Carroll

I'd like to meet:



Our sons, Ambrose and Kieran
Freaks, goths, intellectuals, nightmares, poets, dancers, artists. Anyone really EXCEPT I DON'T LIKE frilly teenaged bubblegum trendsetters, EMO kids, posers, fakes, haters.

Music:

The children of the night . . . what sweet music they make

Movies:

Bram Stoker's Dracula
Death and the Compass
Sleepy Hollow
Eraserhead

I also love the live theater but do not see a "Performing arts" section here. I adore ballet, opera, and full orchestral arrangements.

Television:

is a medium of the masses

Books:

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Never bet the devil your head by Edgar Allan Poe
Hamlet by Shakespeare
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Kama Sutra
The Doctor is sick by Anthony Burgess
Enders Game by Orson Scott Card
1984 by George Orwell
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Earthsea trilogy by Ursula K. LeGuin
Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Gaurds! Guards! by Terry Pratchett

Heroes:

My inspiration for life and my muse Rain Shi'Arti
Edgar Allan Poe
Bram Stoker
Prince Vlad
Lady Bathory
Nosferatu
The Archangel Gabriel
and the little creatures in nature, they don't know they're ugly

My Blog

Toddler Tech Terror

© Gary Larson. Drawn in the early 1990s, is he a prophet? Reference Articles for this blog: Who Needs Parents? , Hi Diddly Dee A Gamer's Life for Me!        &nb...
Posted by Dark Northern Souls on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:50:00 PST

Apparently Reading ain't Right

    Apparently, 31% of adults (at least in America) don't believe reading is all that important. For us in England, it is 44% ( in 2003)- still sadly low I believe! Here is an article f...
Posted by Dark Northern Souls on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:30:00 PST