Some of these might be interesting, most of em will probably be whiney and emo. So read with caution.

1. I’m a Buddhist



No really. I know what you are thinking, “lol white guy who is a Buddhist? LOL WEEBOO” and that’s fine. You can think that. I still am one however. I specifically follow the teachings of Bodhidharma. I’m always hesitant to speak about religion with anyone. Case in point being when during a conversation about religion with a couple coworkers, I mentioned that I was a Buddhist and my coworker countered with “So, don’t you believe in magical powers or some shit then?” *sigh* That’s why I don’t talk about it. I don’t go to a temple, I don’t “worship” a god. It’s a life philosophy and no, I’m not perfect about it either.

2. I wish I did something cool in the games industry



While it’s awesome that I work in the industry and I love it, I wish I could be an industry rockstar. I’m working on it, but I doubt it will ever happen. I think I’m just stuck being an office zombie doing work on games nobody cares about. Much like the movie industry, that’s what a lot of people do in games.

3. I’m envious of people with special talents



Especially music or art. Personally, I don’t think I have one particular skill or trait that I’m over the top excellent at. I used to be pretty good at drawing, at least good enough that I was taking college prep courses in high school for it, but my interest in it fell. So that’s more my fault for not sticking with it. Music, I’m incredibly untalented in and I love music, so I’m jealous of those that can do it.

4. I’m really proud of the forums



In case that wasn’t obvious. By no means can I take credit for much of it. I’m really just “managing” them in a sense of I’m adjusting options here and tweaking stuff there or coming up with ideas for things to do. I couldn’t do it without the editors, CTZ, Mxy, and especially Niero. Of course, it’s the community itself that creates all the awesome content. Without the community, the forums would be empty. I guess I’m really just proud to have played a part in it.

5. I have a really wacky schedule



Whenever I’m jobless, (like I am now)I tend to revert to my natural sleeping schedule. I’m a night person, so I tend to stay up till about 5 or 6am and sleep till 1 or 2. I really feel like a lazy bum, but I am only sleeping 8 hours. It’s just a weird 8 hours. So if you ever see me on the forums at like 5am PST, that’s why.

6. I have a reaaaaly poor image of myself



Oh, here we go with the whiney emo crap. Yeah, I have a really poor image of myself. I honestly don’t think I contribute a whole lot of anything worthwhile. To make things even more difficult, I hate it when people pity me (or what I perceive as pity). It just makes me feel worse and then I get upset about it. Let’s just say I was ignored by my parents and it’s usually the reason most of the relationships I’ve had fail and leave it at that. Yes, I’ve been to therapy, it helped but I still get really self conscious about everything.

7. I smoke like a damn chimney



Yes, I know it’s bad for me. Yes I know it’s gross. I KNOW. Fully aware of how dumb it is of me to not only smoke but also be aware of how bad it is. I still do it though. It’s relaxing and it helps me clear my head. I had a girl tell me she was breaking up with me because she was tired of me smoking. Of course I’m the asshole for pointing out that I smoked before and while we were dating and she never said it was a dealbreaker. Why date a smoker if you hate smokers? Which leads me to my next thing…

8. I’m pretty sure I’m un-dateable



Woo, more emo shit. This cartoon demonstrates what happens with every girl I’ve ever tried to get with. It’s been about 6 years since my last decent relationship. I’ve had girls I’ve dated since then, sure. I’ve gotten laid since then, absolutely. But those never turned into anything lasting more than a few months. I’ve pretty much stopped trying at this point. I’ve been set up, I’ve gone out and met people with the exclusive purpose of picking someone up (a practice I just loathe) and I’ve had girls approach me. None of it works. I’m sure it has a lot to do with #6 and various other things I do wrong.

9. I really dig science. Especially astrophysics



Let’s go back to positive stuff. I really dig the study of space. I think it’s just fascinating and I’ll watch or read anything having to do with it. In particular, anything having to do with how the universe works. Anything in theoretical physics is also just endlessly fascinating for me.

10. I’m a lore junkie



I’m a big fan of lore. I play WOW just because it’s got such a involved backstory. Heck, I catch myself reading the wowwiki just for background info about some random NPC. I also tend to love games that have established histories, even if it’s the first game of a series or the backstory is just discovered through the game. It explains why I love star wars (because there is so much going on beyond the films), why I love fallout 3 and why I love Diablo and Half Life among many other great games with great lore.

Ok, sorry that was probably TL/DR and most likely dumb. For those of you that read it, thanks. For those of you that didn’t, thanks. For those of you that don’t care, waffles.