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Derevirn

Amor animi arbitrio sumitur, non ponitur

About Me

Hi all, I'm Derevirn, an IT student from Greece. I love reading books, arguing about politics, listening to music (many kinds) and watching good movies. If you have similar interests, feel free to add me!
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He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.
What else is love but understanding and rejoicing in the fact that another person lives, acts, and experiences otherwise than we do…?
Friedrich Nietzsche ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------
Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.
Our civilization...has not yet fully recovered from the shock of its birth - the transition from the tribal or 'closed society', with its submission to magical forces, to the 'open society' which sets free the critical powers of man.
Karl Popper
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Life results from the non-random survival of randomly varying replicators.
The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.
Richard Dawkins
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Hubble Deep Field
My bookmarks (constantly updated)
My last.fm profile
My YouTube channel
Confessions of rational minds blog (in Greek)

My Interests

Science, Politics, Computers, Music, Comics, Cinema, etc...

I'd like to meet:

Freethinkers, metalheads, geeks and anyone else open-minded.

Music:

Rock/Metal: AFI, Amorphis, Anaal Nathrakh, Anathema, Arch Enemy, Arcturus, Ayreon, Behemoth, Blind Guardian, Cradle Of Filth, Cryptopsy, Darkthrone, Death, Deicide, Demilich, Dimmu Borgir, Dissection, Dream Theater, Emperor, Exodus, Fear Factory, Grip Inc., Hatebreed, Immortal, In Flames, Iron Maiden, Joe Satriani, Kreator, Lacuna Coil, Lamb Of God, Machine Head, Mayhem, Megadeth, Meshuggah, Metallica, Morbid Angel, My Chemical Romance, Necrophagist, Nile, Obituary, Opeth, Pantera, Pink Floyd, Satyricon, Slayer, Slipknot, Steve Vai, Suffocation, System Of A Down, Testament, The Cure, The Haunted, Tool, Trivium

Classical: Tchaikovsky, Bach, Mozart, Vivaldi, Schubert, Beethoven, Liszt, Smetana, Wagner

Others: Combichrist, Soman, X-Fusion, Haujobb, Suicide Commando, Funker Vogt, Wumpscut, Feindflug, Hocico, Laibach, VNV Nation, Clint Mansell, Locomondo, Skaribas

Movies:

Fight Club, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Pulp Fiction, Death Proof, Reservoir Dogs, V for Vendetta, The Matrix, American History X, Trainspotting, Seven Samurai, The Shining, Taxi Driver, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian, Brazil, Harry Potter Series, Azur and Asmar, A Clockwork Orange, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Shawshank Redemption, Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Requiem for a Dream, Goodfellas, Trainspotting, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead (1978), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Videodrome, Evil Dead Trilogy, Saw I-III, The God Who Wasn't There

Television:

24, Alias, Lost, Prison Break, The Simpsons, Futurama, My Name is Earl, Penn & Teller's Bullshit!

Books:

Non-fiction: Richard Dawkins - The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins - The Blind Watchmaker, Richard Dawkins - Unweaving the Rainbow, Richard Dawkins - The God Delusion, Stephen Hawking - A Briefer History of Time, Stephen Hawking - The Universe in a Nutshell, Steven Pinker - How The Mind Works, Steven Pinker - The Language Instinct, Jared Diamond - Guns, Germs and Steel, Carl Sagan - The Demon-Haunted World, Sam Harris - The End of Faith, Takis Michas - Fileleftheri Sosialdimokratia, Noam Chomsky - Two Hours of Lucidity, Nikos Dimou - Askiseis Eleftherias (Exercises in Freedom), Nikos Dimou - 50 Years, Robert Zimmer - the philosopher's portal, The Oxford Illustrated History of Western Philosophy, Lucretius - De Rerum Natura
Fiction: Irvin D. Yalom - The Schopenhauer Cure, Irvin D. Yalom - When Nietzsche Wept, Albert Camus - The Myth of Sisyphus, William Burroughs - Naked Lunch, Charles Bukowski - Notes of A Dirty Old Man, Ambrose Bierce - The Devil's Dictionary, Franz Kafka - The Trial, Michael Ende - Der Spiegel im Spiegel, André Breton - Anthologie De L'Humour Noir, George Orwell - 1984, H. P. Lovecraft - Tales, Fritz Leiber - The First Book of Lankhmar, Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere, Raymond E. Feist - Krondor: The Betrayal
Comics/Graphic Novels: Alan Moore - V for Vendetta, Alan Moore - Watchmen, Frank Miller - Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Frank Miller - Sin City, Neil Gaiman - The Sandman, Garth Ennis - The Preacher, Warren Ellis – Transmetropolitan, Grant Morisson - The Invisibles, Bill Willingham - Fables, Darren Aronofsky - The Fountain, Robert Kirkman - The Walking Dead, Garth Ennis - The Boys, Ed Brubaker - Criminal

Heroes:

Richard Dawkins, Nikos Dimou, Carl Sagan, Friedrich Nietzsche, Bertrand Russel, Bill Hicks, Alan Moore

My Blog

New books...

Got some new books the past week:Gaiman, Neil - Neverwherea gift from my love. very funny and mysterious so far, read the first chapter last night.Aronofsky, Darren - The Fountain My girlfriend bough...
Posted by Derevirn on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 02:47:00 PST

A few thoughts on art

Jackson Pollock's "Convergence"I've always considered myself as an admirer of all forms of art. No matter how experimental or weird a work of art may be, I try to appreciate its merits. I like to view...
Posted by Derevirn on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 05:48:00 PST

My personality test results

Advanced Global Personality Test Results Extraversion |||||||||||| 50% Stability |||||||||||| 43% Orderliness |||||||||| 40% Accommodation |||||||||||||||| 63% Interdependence ||||||||...
Posted by Derevirn on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 06:24:00 PST

Chasing Rainbows

Many people tell me that believing in God would make me happier. I can't deny that, any satisfying delusion can make you happy. Believing that rainbows end at a pot of gold would also make me extremel...
Posted by Derevirn on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 03:28:00 PST

I uploaded some music videos on youtube...

Nile - Chapter For Transforming Into A Snake (live)Behemoth - From the Pagan Vastlands (Inferno Festival 2003)System of a Down - Toxicity (MTV's 2$ bill show)Enjoy......
Posted by Derevirn on Sat, 25 Nov 2006 07:07:00 PST

The Richard Dawkins Foundation

The RDF is a new organization founded by Richard Dawkins to promote reason and science. It's website is now online, containing various articles, videos and other material.http://www.richarddawkins.net...
Posted by Derevirn on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:46:00 PST

The God Delusion has arrived!

Nice and shiny! Yep, that's my reflection...
Posted by Derevirn on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 03:00:00 PST

October 5th - Drive out the Bush regime!

Anyone in USA reading this... please go out and protest, we can't wait 2 more years for that idiot to go away! ...
Posted by Derevirn on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 04:21:00 PST

Exams are over!!!

At last... Time to read those countless books I bought the past months and watch those countless videos I downloaded.
Posted by Derevirn on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:05:00 PST