Jareth247

Thanx for reminding me. I've actually been waiting since I first saw the trailer several months ago.

I've been meaning to read HHGttG, but I keep getting sidetracked. I'm probably a poser, since I got my copy after seeing the movie. Funny story: prior to seeing the film, I had a dream where it was happening for real, but before going with Ford I went to grab my GameBoy bag (at the time contained a single GBA SP and a bunch of games; now contains two SP's, a DS Lite, some DS games in their cases, and several more GBA games). And I read Ender's Shadow BEFORE Ender's Game. It was in my junior year, and before reading EG, but after ES, Orson Scott Card came to my school, though I neglected to get his autograph :-(. I also read Interstellar Pig right around the time I started to become a real ludophile. I even made a real version of it, which is a variation of the WarpSpawn version with elements taken from the book and original content (gave some nameless planets names, game certain planets alien species, etc). The current version is still in the testing phase. I'm still using the original cards (made with Microsoft Excel), but the board is the second version (with smaller planets and stars, all of which are circles; it's also in color and has a little handy guide to the board off to the left side). Future changes will potentially include new cards (with actual pics), a better board (preferably with better looking planets, a star-covered backdrop, and will be done with computers instead of being done by hand), a better looking manual, and so on.

I like reading whatever clicks, though I have an affinity for sci-fi, fantasy and horror. Some of my fave books * Harry Potter series * A Series of Unfortunate Events series * Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire * Oz books by L. Frank Baum (already read the first one, much better than the movie) * The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker * Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card and others I'm currently reading: * Books of Blood Vols 1-3 by Clive Barker (currently on "The Yattering and Jack") * Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (it's the Broadway tie-in) * Abarat by Clive Barker In the last year, I've finished reading all the books in the Harry Potter series and the A Series of Unfortunate Events series.

Harold and Kumar 2 Prom Night remake Prince Caspian Repo the Genetic Opera Indy Jones 4 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Speed Racer

Joan Jett Pat Benetar Fall Out Boy The Phenomenauts Gackt Puffy Amiyumi The Pillows Celldweller Linkin Park Idina Menzel The Ramones Billy Idol Danny Elfman (my fave film composer) Wicked Original Broadway Cast RENT OBC RENT Soundtrack to the Motion Picture Hairspray OBC Hairspray Soundtrack to the Motion Picture Rocky Horror Picture Show Soundtrack Rocky Horror Show (Original London, Original Roxy, New Broadway) Rocky Horror Punk Rock Show and a host of others artists, albums, and particular songs from the '80s, '90s and today.

I don't drink. Drinking messes you up. My parents used to drink and let's just say that things are better now that they don't.

Well, I am from the Castle Beyond the Goblin City. [JOKE] My hobbies are kidnapping infants and tormenting Jennifer Connelly. [JOKE] I listen to almost everything. Seriously, my iPod has everything from musicals (RENT, Wicked, Rocky Horror, and the like), to Japanese rock and pop (Puffy Ami Yumi, Gackt, and The Pillows are my faves, but I listen to others), to James Bond theme songs, and all the way to more mainstream stuff from the '80s (like Pat Benetar, Joan Jett, and Billy Idol), '90s (have a glut of '90s stuff, including the Empire Records soundtrack and every Green Day album out) and today (everything from Fall Out Boy and Linkin Park to stuff like Maroon 5 and Avril Lavigne). I also listen to The Phenomenauts. I am also a major film buff, and collection includes a major selection and variety. My fave directors are Tim Burton, Lucio Fulci, George A. Romero, John Waters, and others. My fave horror films include everything from House on Haunted Hill and Night of the Living Dead to new stuff like Hostel and High Tension. My fave fantasy films include Labyrinth, Return to Oz, The Dark Crystal, and more recent stuff like Harry Potter and Narnia. I also have an affinity for '50s sci-fi, kung-fu movies, Asian horror movies, and kaiju films. I also love video games, comics, anime and manga. In a nutshell, that's Jareth247.