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| User: | goblinpaladin (6692634) Opinions of a Reformed Dropout
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| Name: | B | |||||
| Location: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||
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| Bio: | I live in Sydney in a decent sized apartment. This is unusual for me. In 2001 I started a Bachelor of Science in genetics and chemistry. Since then I've spent a year working as a kitchenhand, a year and a half as a pawnbroker and recently fled back to the sandstone walls of the University of Queensland to study medieval history. Said university promptly cancelled medieval history. Luckily, I managed to get into the University of Sydney, as of July 2007. Let's hope I manage to do better here. I wear a fedora. Unlike (it seems) everyone else on the internet, I cannot draw, paint or sculpt and do not own a cat. I do write a little, and am gradually gaining a little bit of confidence in this. Nonetheless, I'm aware that a great deal of what I write could safely be called awful. Criticism is always welcomed, even if it doesn't look like it. Some required warnings: I am so liberal that I bleed green. Government is for helping people, which means that welfare is required and so is free or at least cheap healthcare. In my country, neither of these things are bankrupting the economy. I am also an atheist, in the sense that I have utterly failed to be convinced by any of the spurious arguments that there is one or more Gods. As a result of (or as a factor leading to) this, I am a fan of Richard Dawkins and Douglas Adams: I don't see fairies at the bottom of the garden, but it's a beautiful garden anyway. This doesn't mean that I'm going to think you're stupid or small-minded for believing. I used to believe and many of my friends and people I respect do. I have clinical depression. This is something I have been hesitant about stating openly on this profile, but fuck that. It's not something to be ashamed about- if I was wheelchair bound, would that worry me? No. I warn you, because occasionally there will be angst. I try to keep it to a minimum, though. If you like what you see around these parts, or even if you don't, feel free to add me. I am guaranteed to at least read your journal, and will probably friend you in return. It seems the least I can do and most of you are pretty damn interesting anyway. Pretty much everything I say is open for all to read, but be warned that I do ramble a lot. You can also find me on Flickr, as I have recently acquired a little point-and-shoot Pentax. Criticism is not only welcomed, but appreciated, although opportunities for photographs are rare. --- What can change the nature of a man? Regret --- If it doesn't tick the boxes for the scientific method, then it's simply not science. If you start saying, "well, it doesn't do this, but that just makes it less science-y - it's still science, just not as 'hard'", then that opens the door for all the pseudoscientists and religious crackpots like homeopaths and creationists who want to get their personal hallucinations taught as public reality. Pip Hamilton. --- Current Reading: Otherland, Tad Williams. Last Read: Byzantine Iconoclasm During the Reign of Leo III: With Particular Attention to the Oriental Sources, Stephen Gero. | |||||
| Memories: | 6 entries | |||||
| Pictures: | fewer than 10 public | |||||
| Interests: | 95: angels, anglo-saxon history, anti-religion, atheism, black comedy, books, clockwork, cyberpunk, d&d, d20, death, demons, dragons, early medieval history, english literature, ethics, evil, fair trade, false prophets, fantasy, fedoras, film noir, firefly, folklore, goblins, history, horror, humanism, illuminati, in nomine, interactive fiction, jazz, languages, latin, literature, lone wolf, lucifer, mad science, mead, medieval europe, medieval history, modrons, morals, movies, music, mythology, narnia, necrocestablism, neo-noir, noir, old english, old norse, old time radio, opinions, paradoxes, personal freedom, philosophy, planescape, pocketwatches, politics, private investigators, rage, rain, religion, role-playing games, sandman, science fiction, semen apocalypse, serenity, seven deadly sins, shadows, sigil, skepticism, steve jackson games, suicide, the consequences of power, the lady of pain, the shadow, the west wing, tolkein, transformers, unknown armies, unusual books, unusual music, urban fantasy, vegetarianism, video games, warhammer, webcomics, websnark, whisky, words, wordsketching, world building, writing | |||||
| Schools: | Mackay North State High School - Mackay, Qld, Australia (1996 - 2000) University of Queensland - St Lucia - Brisbane, Qld, Australia (2001 - 2007) University of Sydney - Sydney, NSW, Australia (2007 - present) | |||||
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| Friend of: | 92: 7lifeuncommon7, a_fallen_sister, active_apathy, ahsavka, ajodasso, amritsar, annechen67, araithne, areyoustrange, avrory, beag_sonas, blackbuttoneyes, caladan, cendell, chanlemur, crumpetsfortea, daiskmeliadorn, decken, demiurgent, dingoat, dirkdada, dishuiguanyin, dour, duel_jetty, eclecticon, eclipsed_sky, elffinarts, ericmonster, evireon, faerytwee, feralwildflower, fragilemadness, frazicus, gemini6ice, gloomer, gnomist83, goblinpaladin, highlyeccentric, i_are_koj, icegemini, intenslycolored, iremos, jerub, jezebel_z, joelasutherland, kayloulee, kitsunegari, kuffy, life_is_a_star, lonecow, lordgamera, maggishness, majoru, malkav_chan, mckenzee, melodramatist, metaphoroflife, ministry_victim, muppet_dance, narwhale, noirella, nvonflue, packbat, pagan_gerbil, paperwing_flier, peri_renna, phrasemuffin, polly_amore, polymphus, pvenables, ricold, rinabooboo, saint_gasoline, santasbitch99, sepiachord, shaenon, slammerkinbabe, somniloquacious, sugaryfun, suojure, suyongli, thevulgartrade, theweaselking, torificus, ulfruna, vikingcarrot, vureoelt, wytchfynder, xie_ftfesad, zcat_abroad, zunkej, zydee | |||||
| Member of: | 13: 5ideways, anachrotech, apathy_books, apathy_games, critique_club, dada_detective, demonology101, dnd_planescape, friendlyhostile, latin, share_otr, snarkoleptics, urbanitas | |||||
| Account type: | Plus Account | |||||
