Board Thread:Watercooler 2.0/@comment-6191693-20140207025103/@comment-6191693-20140211223054

All right, then. As the OP, I suppose I have a responsibility to post the first serious introduction:

I'm a substitute teacher and a bitter cynic who has a slightly unhealthy obsession with cars and zombies. I have a bachelor's degree in English, which I feel gives me legitimate license to be the most hardass grammar Nazi on the Internet.

A/s/l? 25/female/the Nasti Nati (Cincinnati). Cincinnati is a strange place where I'm fairly certain it's still the 1980s in some places. Even Mark Twain once said he would like to be here when the world ends because everything happens here 10 years later; it's still very much true today.

I consider myself a progressive; Americans tend to consider me an ultra-liberal until they find out how supportive I am of gun rights, then become comfused; people from more civilized countries tend to consider me a center-left moderate, or even center-right. I'm not too concerned about the label; I just do my best to be a good person -- to act and to vote according to Jesus' teachings. That is to say the actual things he taught, not the whole American Christian philosophy of "fuck the poor, sick, homosexuals, or minorities -- it's all about me!" I believe in the Jesus who taught Love and Forgiveness, who healed the sick and fed the poor, who threw the money changers out of the temple, and who gave a big old middle finger to the Romans. So-called "Christians" tend not to like me very much. Maybe I'm a hippie. Maybe go fuck yourself.

Movies! I love movies and enjoy a broad variety, but I'm especially fond of anything with a good car chase or with over-the-top, violent comedy (like Machete or Braindead/Dead Alive). When it comes to music, I also like a very broad variety, from ska to metal to swing to punk. It depends on my mood. I like science fiction books; I think 1984 was one of the greatest novels ever written.