~Croatoan1
Dan
United States
Current Residence: The Upper Left Armpit of Nowhere, CO
Favourite genre of music: Just about anything, really
Favourite photographer: I can only think of Ansel Adams, but I don't know as he's my favorite...
Favourite style of art: No real preference; I like what I like
Operating System: Windows 7. It came bundled with my new laptop. And I still don't know why it matters.
MP3 player of choice: Philips GoGear 2GB (less by choice than out of necessity) or Windows Media Player
Shell of choice: Like a seashell? Conch shells are cool, I suppose...
Wallpaper of choice: A photo-of-the-day from National Geographic's website, but it changes regularly.
Skin of choice: Default.
Favourite cartoon character: Konota (Lucky Star), Haruhi Suzumiya, Mari Illustrious Makinami & Asuka Langley Sohryu (Evangelion), Hiccup, Toothless & Astrid (How to Train Your Dragon), Dory (Finding Nemo), Minion (Megamind) and all of THE minions (Despicable Me), Anemone (Eureka Seven), Yuki, Mikuru & Tsuruya (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya), Mater (Cars & Cars 2), Lilo & Stitch, Phineas & Ferb. I have no life...
Personal Quote: "If this were Heaven we'd all be eating strawberry Pop-Tarts with Kim Novak."
Interests
Favorite visual artist
Hayao Miyazaki, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Masamune Shirow, Svetlana Chmakova, Fred Gallagher
Favorite movies
Shawshank Redemption, The Fifth Element, The Sixth Sense, Usual Suspects, Tangled, Band of Brothers (okay, technically a miniseries). Captain America and the last Pirates of the Caribbean were cool, too.
Favorite TV shows
Lately I've been watching a lot of documentaries (I love "American Pickers", "Pawn Stars", loved "WWII In HD"). Recently I began rewatching "The Muppet Show" on DVD. And I still think that a lot of older shows are great.
Favorite bands / musical artists
Joe Hisaishi
Favorite books
See Favorite Writers below. I tend to reread the five central "Rings" books (Tolkien) and the "Dune" chronicles annually. Just finished reading "Hybrids" by Whitley Strieber, planning to read Orwell's "1984" next.
Favorite writers
JRR Tolkien, Richard Bach, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, Stephen King (but I don't care for his movies), F Paul Wilson (his Repairman Jack books are great), Haruki Murakami, Mike Resnick, Robert A. Heinlein, more
Favorite games
Don't play many games anymore, but Burgertime, Dig Dug, Joust and Donkey Kong Junior were cool.
Favorite gaming platform
Playstation 2; Call me oldschool but I wanna get my hands on an old Colecovision and Atari 2600, too
Tools of the Trade
An overactive imagination, wordprocessor, and plenty of caffiene
Other Interests
Reading, writing, anime, manga, movies, sci-fi, fantasy, cryptozoo, japan, embracing my Geekdom
Sta.sh
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