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William

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About Me

In a phrase: slightly fey, somewhat pragmatic, occasionally taciturn, defiantly optimistic, and likes lots of coffee at breakfast. I've lived in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island for over seven years and love my little adoptive city -- and my amazing and loyal friends -- with all my heart. Every now and again I'll indulge my creative impulses and bang out a tune on my synthesizers or play around with my fancy new digital camera, but I'm generally pretty "chill." When I'm not at work you can usually find me relaxing at home, hiking around, or just hanging out with my friends with some wine, some food, and perhaps a good flick (or two). Those who've known me could say (with some accuracy) that I have a tendancy to be a little intense from time to time, but I don't really take things too seriously anymore if they don't warrant it. Basically, I've endured some calamitous times and have survived a number of ordeals, so I now figure it's bloody well time for some serious Ha-Ha. 'Nuff said!

My Interests

Music (Electronic, Classical, New Age, some cross-overs with Jazz), movies (primarily horror, but a galaxy of different genres besides), books (some Sci-Fi, thrillers, classics), hiking in our great Canadian outdoors, messing around with my digital camera, and occassionaly plunking out a tune on my keyboards, and cooking (nobody's died from mine yet).

I'd like to meet:

That's a toughie: maybe horror movie director, John Carpenter. Perhaps that scarey multi-instrumentalist, Mike Oldfield... or maybe just those single-celled organisms from which all life on Earth evolved (again, it's a toughie).

Music:

Fav artists include Mike Oldfield, David Sylvian, Brian Eno, New Order/Joy Division, Harold Budd, BT, Sasha, Mussorgsky, and Mozart (yeah, THAT guy).

Movies:

Favs include Jaws, Deep Throat, The Thing (1982 version), The Wicker Man (the 1973 version -- not that stupid remake), the Star Wars series (yes, even the prequels), and King Kong (1933 and 2005 versions)... nothing terribly intellectual, although I do dig Fellini's and Welles' films quite a bit.

Television:

The new Battlestar Galactica (okay, I'm addicted), Firefly/Serenity (yeah, I'm a Browncoat), House M.D., The Prisoner, Mystery Science Theatre 3000, most Star Trek (haven't watched Enterprise), CSI, CSI: Miami, and Lost.

Books:

"Foucault's Pendulum" by Umberto Eco, "Perfume" by Patrick Suskind, "The Neverending Story" by Michael Ende, "Beowulf", "Moonfleet" by J. Meade Falkner, "The Double Hook" by Sheila Watson, the Ringworld series by Larry Niven, "More Than Human" by Theodore Sturgeon, and the Rama series by Arthur C. Clarke.

Heroes:

John Waters and Saint Augustine of Hippo (now THERE is a combination you won't find everyday, folks).

My Blog

The Joy of Genre

In this age of bloated multi-million dollar Hollywood productions and endless remakes up the yin-yang, what a joy it is to turn toward the low-budget, independent productions of years past for relief....
Posted by William on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 02:58:00 PST