Tuesday, January 3, 2012

favs!

The stuff I like. Feel free to comment if you share any of my tastes! we can discuss or just fanspazz together, hurrhurr.

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colors: gold, classic glow-in-the-dark (a very pale yellowish green), bright orange, yellow-orange, amber, bright blue, indigo (blue-purple)

food: sushi/sashimi, bubble tea, camembert and other soft-ripened cheese, smoked salmon, fruit (pumpkin, bing cherry, persimmon, longan, coconut, blood orange, banana, prickly pear), dark chocolate, sturgeon caviar, flying fish roe, chai tea, green olives, venison, ostrich, beef tendon, east asian food in general (japanese, chinese, korean, vietnamese)

number: 34 (my lucky number)

music genres: happy & UK hardcore, hardcore in general, gabber, trance, industrial, hardstyle

musicians/bands/DJs: Scott Brown, Dune, Hixxy, Rob Gee. This list would be enormous, so I'll leave it at these four (my top favs) for now. I'll fill in the rest later!

extant animals:
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mammals:  least weasel, long-tailed weasel, mountain weasel, ermine, black-footed ferret, all other mustelids (but especially those in the genus mustela), domestic goat, wild goat, ibex and all other members of the genus capra, kinkajou, prehensile-tailed porcupines of the genus coendou, red kangaroo, all macropod marsupials, domestic dog, bat-eared fox, spotted hyena, black-footed cat, all genets, fossa, pygmy anteater, egyptian fruit bat, ghost bat

birds: white-backed vulture, griffon vulture, hoatzin, blue-footed booby, yellow-naped amazon, african grey parrot, sulphur-crested cockatoo, swainson's [subspecies of rainbow] lorikeet, duivenbode's lory, psittacine birds in general, red jungle fowl, domestic chicken, ruby-throated hummingbird, bee hummingbird, scarlet tanager

reptiles & amphibians: all blue-tongue skinks of the Tiliqua genus-- especially the Northern (T. scincoides intermedia) and the shingleback (Tiliqua rugosa), rubber boa, sand boa, burmese python, eastern & western green mamba, all mamba snakes of the Dendroaspis genus, jackson's chameleon, axolotl, mudpuppy, greater siren

fish & related critters: giant oarfish, electric eel, red-bellied piranha, all deep-sea anglerfish of the suborder Ceratioidei, redtail catfish, wels catfish, walking catfish, fangtooth, all species of lungfish, barracuda, all goldfish breeds, koi, all sturgeons, spiny dogfish, cookiecutter shark

basal vertebrates: hagfish

invertebrates: all nudibranch species, banana slug, blue-ringed octopus, all tarantula species, earwig, hummingbird moth, primrose moth, planaria (flatworms of the turbellaria class)
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extinct animals: compsognathus longipes, coelurosauria in general (especially compsognathids and the following maniraptorans: deinonychosauria & oviraptorosauria), pachycephalosauria, therapsida in general

plants: dogwood tree, venus flytrap, all pitcher plants, rootbeer plant (piper auritum), coconut palm, all members of the cannabis genus, olive tree, most cacti

temporal periods: late jurassic, cretaceous, early modern period (especially the 1600s & 1700s)

absolute favorite games: Ace Attorney series, Ghost Trick, Final Fantasy IX

other games I like: Diablo series, Pokemon, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, Creatures 3/Docking Station, Spore, Fruit Ninja, Scribblenauts, Ratchet & Clank series, oldskool PS1 Spyro the Dragon series, Plants vs Zombies, Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy series

books: "Breathers: A Zombie's Lament" by S.G. Browne, "Disco Bloodbath" by James st. James (the latter book is also known as "Party Monster"), "Tailchaser's Song" by Tad Williams, "Girl with a Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevalier

authors: Alexander &Ann Shulgin, James st. James, S.G. Browne, Tracy Chevalier, Tad Williams, Max Brooks, Jack London, Terry Pratchett, Roald Dahl, Brain Jacques, Jhonen Vasquez, Augusten Burroughs, Anne Rice, Roald Dahl, David Clement-Davies, Thomas Harris

shows: Doctor Who, The Walking Dead, Dexter

movies: inglourious basterds, trainspotting, up, district 9, the incredibles, happy feet, layer cake, wall-e, fantastic mr. fox, scott pilgrim vs the world, hannibal, the silence of the lambs, corpse bride, coraline, the brave little toaster, who framed roger rabbit, my neighbor totoro, star wars, zombieland, shaun of the dead, rolling, a clockwork orange, tim burton's alice in wonderland, how to train your dragon, schindler's list, gangs of new york, the artist, most zombie movies, most miyazaki/studio ghibli films

anime: Hellsing (the OVA, not the shitty TV series)

mythies: chupacabra, cockatrice

critter traits: prehensile tail & feet, retractable claws, floppy ears, quills/spines, batlike wings, sharp/carnivore teeth, elemental attributes, weird flesh/skin hues, bio- and chemo-luminescence, transparent/translucent flesh & fur, multiple ears, no eyes, hairless mammals, albinism

psychoactives: MDMA, cannabis indica, psilocybin, natural and semi-synthetic opioids

metals: gold, copper

weather: electrical storm (thunderstorm) of course :)

characters: Miles Edgeworth + Phoenix Wright + Manfred von Karma + Maya Fey + Mia Fey + Godot (Ace Attorney), Yomiel (Ghost Trick), Rip van Winkle + Walter (Hellsing), Ripper Roo (old Crash Bandicoot series), Vivi + Zidane + Freya (Final Fantasy IX), the 10th Doctor + the 11th Doctor + the 4th Doctor (Doctor Who)