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Guess I'll do this by the books, for now

Name: Jeremy

Location: Toledo, Ohio (middle 'o friggin' nowhere)

Hometown: See above

Birthday (sign?): October 6th, 1985 AD, making me a Libra by Western standards, and a Wood Ox by Eastern Astrology, and I identify closely with both.

Age: "Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the right circumstances he could be the baddest mother[woop]er in the world." -Neil Stephenson

Sex: I keep my plumbing on the outside

Occupation(s): Woefully unemployed

Favorite Food(s): Of the moment, vanilla yogurt (I don't know, I just find it delicious right now). On a broader scope I love asian cuisine and other 'light' foods; though if it's covered in or filled with melted cheese I'm usually going to eat it.

Favorite Color(s): Orange, Green, Purple

What is the wing speed of an unladen swallow?: Laden or unladen? African or European? This question is decidedly non-specific

Toys: Poi, juggling clubs and balls, contact juggling, staff (though I am admittedly a novice in all areas) getting a slackline soon too

Hobbies other than the obvious: Small electronics, chainmail jewelry, building computers, board games which take more friends to play than I can ever seem to gather in one place.

Education: Dropped out of community college a few years back due to lack of any plans at all; going back this year with a better idea

Favorite Book(s): Neverwhere, Snow Crash, The Anthropology of Cannibalism, the collected works of H.P. Lovecraft, just about anything by Douglas Adams

Favorite Movie(s): Labyrinth (duh), Fifth Element, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Naked Lunch, Lo

Godzilla vs. a Star Wars Star Destroyer. Who wins? Why?: Which variation of Star Destroyer? Imperial? Interdictor? Pellaeon? Regardless, unless Godzilla was given the ability to venture out into space I'm pretty sure a Star Destroyer in Low Orbit would cook that lizard.

Favorite TV show(s): Invader Zim, Pushing Daisies

Plans for life in general: Right now the general idea is to go back to community college and take care of some core-credits while building my portfolio and trying to get into an art school. I have my eye on the West Coast, specifically Oregon College of Art and Craft, even more specifically a BFA in Metals. However, I'll go wherever the wind blows me.

Favorite Music Artists/Composers: All over the board, truthfully, but the artists that I listen to most while spinning are Deadmau5, Rusko, Nine Inch Nails, and just about anything with a good bass beat

Do you think these pants make my butt look too big?: It's not the pants, sweetheart.

Favorite ice cream flavor(s): Gummy bear, hands down.

Marmite, Vegemite, or Nutella?*: Nutella, on the grounds that I live in the US and I'm pretty sure I lack the genetics to enjoy the others.

That out of the way, I'm fairly new to skill toys, though I have been lurking the forums and the internet in general. Found out about poi after my lovely lady friend (who I'm sure will turn up here when she gets the time to make a proper intro) bought me a contact ball at the local Ren Faire and, while looking for another, I was directed here. Got curious, did some research, fell in love. I spend most of my down time playing with a set of lava-colored fluffy poi on cole-cord and double-loops. And being unemployed, I have a LOT of free time x_x

Glad to be here, hope to meet new people, learn new things, and maybe even provide some schadenfreude in my continued adventures in learning things which are physically dangerous to myself

"Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the right circumstances he could be the baddest motherf*cker in the world." -N. Stephenson

'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland