Seth

General

--Writing and language are my passion. Clear communication and literacy are among the most important qualities for a free and equal world (the pessimist in me sees these things dwindling and dying out while the optimist sees where they're flourishing and being renewed). I love writing - not the creative kind; I don't have the kind of mind that's good at thinking up stories and characters. My strong suit is the more boring, oft-overlooked, but nonetheless important technical writing (imagine that in a fancy cursive font)

--At the risk of sounding anthropocentric: I think human beings and the cultures and art and technology we create are the most interesting things in the world. For better or for worse, the Earth would be a lot duller without us running around on it.

--W*rld of W*rcraft and L*ague of L*gends player (derogatory)

--Games I'm not ashamed to admit I like: Terraria, Morrowind, EarthBound, NES Tetris, GTA, Core Keeper, Bloons TD 5/6

Music

Metal subgenres: heavy, thrash, (brutal) death, black, sometimes slam if I'm feelin extra caveman

Classical: mostly late Romantic and a lil baroque, but I enjoy composers from pretty much any era. Some favorites are Rachmaninoff, Bruckner, Mahler, Mitja Nikisch, Lūcija Garūta, Chopin, Shostakovich, Smetana, Dvořák, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, Scriabin, Prokofiev, Nikolai Medtner, Felix Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Purcell, J.S. Bach, Vivaldi, Georg Philipp Telemann

Other: I'll listen to damn near anything depending on the mood. Jazz, funk, salsa, Latin, bossa nova, shoegaze, post-rock/metal, pop, hyperpop, folk (whatever the culture/tradition, be it Woody Guthrie or Tuvan throat singing), country (not the bro variety), soul, electronic, disco, 80s, classic rock..........

Movies

The Shawshank Redemption, 12 Angry Men, Dr. Strangelove, The Shining, Silence of the Lambs, The Babadook, Get Out, Parasite, All Quiet on the Western Front, Godzilla Minus One, A Clockwork Orange, Hot Fuzz, Monty Python (Holy Grail & Life of Brian), most Quentin Tarantino movies (Pulp Fiction, Inglourious Basterds, and Django Unchained are standouts), Ex Machina, Donnie Darko, The VVitch, The Lighthouse

Television

The Wire, The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Squid Game, Narcos

(^ all the red flag shows I know; I'll just say that I don't look up to Walter White or Tony Soprano as role models and leave it at that)

occasional weeb, my favorite anime is Saiki K (Jet Black Wings represent! ✊)

Books

Nineteen Eighty-Four, Down & Out in Paris & London, The Road to Wigan Pier, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Breakfast of Champions, A Clockwork Orange, Brave New World, Frankenstein, Heart of Darkness

I don't read nearly as much as I should, but perhaps one day the brainrot will clear away and I'll fall asleep with book in hand rather than phone

Heroes

idk the difference between DC and Marvel. isn't there a 3rd one too? my mind is a blank......

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