In response to
wolven's request, from a few months ago.
I am Zachary William Anderson. I designed the game Mad Scientist University,
http://www.warehouse23.com/item.html?id=AG1310 ; just released nationwide by Atlas Games. I intend to create more games, and eventually become a full-time game designer.
I live in Decatur, Georgia, and am in the process of metamorphosing it to Berkeley. There's something... je ne sais quoi about Berkeley, and I'm seeing if I can bring the same 'feel' here. It's a process. The clouds are a good start.
I am in something of a search for a soul mate. "something of" because I have a very specific key for which I'm looking, but I'm not taking any specific external steps because it's just flailing in quicksand at this point. No need for admonitions, I am still 'getting out there', and spending nice time with people, and there's almost always new people at Tango, but... like I said, no need to flail in quicksand. And no, I'm not unhappy just because I'm single. Life is fanbloodytastic.
I dance Tango, and am one of Georgia's best, having danced for nine years. I thoroughly enjoy it, and despite my recent maudlinity I could never give it up. It ends up combining a puzzle (let's see what steps we can fit within the framework of the music) with a music listening (lots of enjoyable music, sometimes live) with social interaction (no dance without a connection) with flirting (hey, look at how well I move my body... in fact, look at how well I move your body...). And the endorphins are a nice drug.
I enjoy cooking. I do so irregularly because of the realities of my living situation: I'm a single male, my cohabitor and I have different schedules, and I'm a vegetarian and he isn't. I have recently been considering studying to become a chef... although with the vegetarianism, I'd have a somewhat limited audience. And I'm sure there would be some who would say, "As if he wasn't arrogant enough already..."; I know some who say all chefs are arrogant, and some who say I'm arrogant; I'm not sure if they reside in the same body. However it is, I especially like making fudge. I probably like sweets more than I should, and am just a bit overweight.
I like the Dungeons & Dragons. I like it a lot. And Legend of the Five Rings. I sometimes wish I had more time for such, and more tools to put together scenarios for each, but right now I just play when I can.
I recently... well, half a year now... bought a beautiful new condo. My first property. Or rather, as I've said too many times, I've bought a massive amount of debt and in exchange they're letting me live in this nice condo. Despite having had "Decatur" on my address for the past ten years, this is the first time I actually feel like I live here. I'm on the condo board and everything!
I am Christian, but not crazy. I don't believe the Bible is infallible, especially after the copies with "Thou shalt commit adultery" were circulated, and considering the vagaries of different translations and some words simply not existing from language to the next. I do believe in hope, salvation, and doing right. I don't believe that an absolute truth exists for every person; what's right for me isn't necessarily right for you. I think that magical paths and non-Christian beliefs are valid, and sometimes incorporate such into my thinking (especially since the early Christians borrowed so many ideas). I'm Not Really Here by Tim Allen is one of my favorite books in the vein.
I think I've already pushed my proof about why hell can't exist too many times, so I won't go into it again, but I do think that all people can put themselves into personal hells by not following right action. But... agnostically, I can rarely tell you what right action is for you, since it's different from mine, and I have trouble figuring out mine sometimes. The Very Wise can sometimes tell you. Sometimes the Pope is Very Wise, sometimes he is not. Sometimes a homeless prostitute is Very Wise, sometimes she is not. God speaks to us in many voices. And as I said before, sometimes what's right for you isn't right for me.
I am an Eagle Scout. I have a strong sense of social responsibility. This means it is very important, to me, to help those around me who need it, and find ways to maintain all the wonderful resources we share. I don't sponsor every event, help with every charity, call every activist; jumping at everything would leave me penniless and heartbroken, and I'd become a useless shell. I think I can do more in the long run by not throwing everything in now. But I like to think I do what I can.
I'm a stress puppy and social butterfly. I have way too much scheduled, sometimes overlapping. It sometimes buzzes me to be in a rush. Often it tires me out, and I end up skipping everything , leaving the dishes in the sink, and reading fantasy novels.
I am a media consumer. I have a compulsive habit of 'finishing', and this is horribly detrimental to my time constraints when I pick up a thread on a webpage that links to more pages that link to more webpages and I end up reading fifteen essays after a friend off-handedly linked the Wikipedia article about Tesla. Also applies to all the aforementioned parties and fantasy novels.
I like of the sex. I sometimes wish there was more of it, but it rather conflicts with the aforementioned 'overscheduling' bit and the 'no soulmate' bit. Not to brag too much here, but my former roommates can probably attest that my lovers have all sounded quite happy with me. Teehee... fill in joke from above about 'finishing'. I do enjoy a bit of dom/sub play. I like getting what I want, and immobilizing people. But a girl who is willing to demand what she wants is unquestionably a turn-on.
I love wordplay, innuendo, dry wit, and the absurd. And blasphe-everybody, that's fun. The Reverend Mother came up with the description of Christianity's holy symbol as "deity on a stick."
I have been compared to a cat, and can purr.
I often feel as though I'm missing out on a quest. I'm not sure if there is a quest, and I missed it, or I just don't have one yet and need to keep my day-to-day until such point. Bad side effect of too many aforementioned fantasy novels. It conflicts rather strongly with the sense that lots of people know what they want to do 'when they grow up', and I never got a clear call.
When sleep deprived, I often envision terrible intelligences or primal urges in the dark, out to get me. See any of the previous 'fear' tags for examples.