Fiction: The Lord of the Rings, The Wheel of Time series, the His Dark Materials series (even though I HATE the ending!), Earthsea and anything else by Ursula K. LeGuin, A Wrinkle in Time and anything else by Madeline L'Engle, the Darkover series and anything else by Marion Zimmer Bradley, the Witchworld books and anything else by Andre Norton, Kushiel's Dart, Kushiel's Chosen, and Kushiel's Avatar, The Eight, anything by William Gibson, Glasshouse (with more Charles Stross on my upcoming reading list); Comic Books: Sandman, The Books of Magic, Grendel, Crying Freeman, Sanctuary, Kabuki, Electra (and to a lesser extent Daredevil), The Crow, Love and Rockets, The Watchmen, Miracle Man, a fair number of the Batman spin-offs (especially Arkham Asylum), V For Vendetta, Swamp Thing, Promethea (anything by Alan Moore), Cry For Dawn, Gods in Chaos, The Spider Garden and anything else by Michael Manning, Elfquest, random one-shots and not-so-well-known stuff; Non-Fiction: anything pertaining to Theoretical Physics, Metaphysics, Symbolism, Art, Psychology (but not pop!), Herbal Medicine, Brewing, Holistic Medicine, Gardening/Horticulture, Permaculture, Archeology, Linguistics/Philology, some Biographies, occasional bits of History and Socio-Political Commentary...

Performance art, world-fusion dance, modeling, promotional work, running a convention, brewing mead, costuming, urban gardening, and living, eating, & breathing art. Oh, yeah, and smashing things...

Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Creatures, Rhea's Obsession, Abney Park, Cocteau Twins, Hedningarna, Nightwish, For My Pain, Betray My Secrets, Dark Seed, Mortiis, VNV Nation, Hybrid Thoughts, Garmarna, Corvus Corax, Dead Can Dance, Cruxshadows, Type O Negative, Faith and the Muse, David Sylvian, Bryan Ferry, Duran Duran, Queensryche, Warrior Soul, Crimson Glory, Wovoka, T Ride, Steve Vai, Mediaeval Baebes, Sheila Chandra, Alison Moyet, The Cure, L'Ame Immortelle, Fields of the Nephilim, Joy Division, Tristania, Kate Bush, Tori Amos, Bel Canto, Dissidenten, Black 47, The Pogues, Talvin Singh, Johnny Cash, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Ofra Haza, Natascha Atlas, Rasa, David Hykes, Incus, Eluveitie, Agalloch, Rachid Taha, Niyaz, Gogol Bordello, Rasputina, Apocalyptica (original tracks only), Hanna Pakarinen, The Moon and The Night Spirit

Movies:
Aliens, Lord of the Rings, City of Lost Children, Blood of Heroes, Blade Runner (Director's Cut), Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Comet Butterfly and Sword, Hero, Iron Monkey, The Replacement Killers, Cemetery Man, Moulin Rouge, Legend, Seven Samurai, Ran, Throne of Blood, Tampopo, Tatie Danielle, Ghost in the Shell, Ninja Scroll, Wicked City, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Millennium Actress, Escaflowne (the series - not that monstrosity that they released as a movie in the United States), The Fifth Element, Unbreakable, 300, V For Vendetta, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Frankenstein Unbound, The Matrix Trilogy, Dead Man, The Brotherhood of the Wolf, In the Company of Wolves, Night Breed, Bitter Moon, El Mariachi, Desperado, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Twelve Monkeys, Fight Club, Buckaroo Banzai, Sleepy Hollow, Ninth Gate, Kama Sutra, The Lover, Casshern, The Cook the Thief his Wife and her Lover (Director's Cut), Stigmata (Director's Cut), The House of Flying Daggers, Amelie, Sin City, Batman Begins, Equilibrium, Serenity, Avalon (Polish Sci-Fi, not that other nonsense), The Fountain, The Promise, The Piano, Dune (the original David Lynch film, not the edited version, nor the painfully-costumed miniseries - ick!), Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, Spices, French Twist, Bread and Tulips, Chocolat, A Series of Unfortunate Events, all of the Harry Potter movies, The Hunger, The Keep, Liquid Sky, Beautiful Creatures, Das Boot, Pitch Black & Chronicles of Riddick, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Kung Fu Hustle, Memoirs of a Geisha, Versus, Alive, SPL, Attack the Gas Station!
Television:
As a rule, I don't watch television, but if I'm to be trapped in a room with a live television, I'd rather it be tuned to the Sci-Fi Channel. In the past, I've had a fondness for Babylon 5, Nowhere Man, Deep Space Nine, Farscape, the original Iron Chef, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Samurai Jack, Dirty Jobs, Monty Python, Firefly, Doctor Who, Jon Stewart, The Addams Family, Monarch of the

Seattle transplant to East Coast, currently in Rhode Island after years of the gypsy life

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WARMACHINE, HORDES

Oblivion, Fable, Bioshock, Viva Pinata, various puzzle games

Tsuro, Tannhauser

Ximon

Vampire, Werewolf, Changeling, Mage - Old or New World of Darkness

I was a Realms of Wonder LARPer for years, but haven't done much of that variety of LARPing in a while.

D&D 1st & 2nd ed., Shadowrun, Palladium, GURPS, Villains and Vigilantes, Vampire the Masquerade, Werewolf the Apocalypse, Unhallowed Metropolis...

I'm game for nearly any role-playing system, whether I've previously played it or not.

Magic the Gathering, slowly learning Vampire the Eternal Struggle

Microbrew Only

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mundanity, willful stupidity

Steampunk, absinthe, homebrew, potions, oddities, martial arts, Hong Kong cinema, comic books, burlesque, belly dance, dance in general, world fusion music, Indian and Vietnamese food, molten metal, and...

To crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and hear the lamentations of their women.

I am a well-dressed barbarian.