Update: England was awesome, Wales was wild and wonderful, Ireland was full of food, fun, and good times, and Scotland... Gods, I miss Scotland so much and I was only there for two days! I will definitely be going back at some point - this country just doesn't feel quite so much like home as Scotland did.

Wow, I can't believe that I have now been on this earth for two decades. Let's see, for those of you who don't know me, I'm in college, therefore I update roughly once every blue moon; if you like my stories, please have patience. I am not in the habit of abandoning projects half-finished and I will, I swear, return to my real work when I have time. It should also be noted that I use flames to test my theory of dementor flammability, so if you don't have anything nice or even constructive to say, then don't bother. For those of you who do... well, I don't really need to say anything, do I?

Books I like: Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, The Historian, Phantom of the Opera, Laurie King novels, The Art of War, Kidnapped, Tale of Two Cities, Treasure Island, Richard Sharpe series... mostly historical fiction but some fantasy novels, to generalize.

Movies: Pirates of the Caribbean 1 and 3; I hated Dead Man's Chest and I hated Beckett more. Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings, Goldeneye, Kingdom of Heaven, Troy, Moulin Rouge, The Island, DOOM, Stardust, Last Samurai, Interview with the Vampire

Characters I like to play with: James Norrington, Boromir, Sirius Black, Severus Snape, Lucius Malfoy, Alec Trevelyan, Richard Sharpe, Patrick Harper, Septimus of Stormhold

Favorite quotes:

"The only rules that really matter are these: What a man can do and what a man can't do"-Jack Sparrow

"Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts, not amid joy"-unknown

"Age... a matter of feeling, not years"-unknown

"Death is only another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain curtain of this world folds back and all turns to silver glass. And then you see it. White shores, and beyond... a far green country under a swift sunrise." - Gandalf

"All that is gold does not glitter; Not all those who wander are lost." - LOTR, FOTR, J.R.R. Tolkien (and the scary thing is that most of us understand all those abbreviations)

"The way is shut. It was made by those who are dead, and the dead keep it. The way is shut." LOTR, ROTK

"The power of accurate observation is often called cynicism by those who have not got it." - George Bernard Shaw

"Nevermind what should be or what might be or what ought to be. It's what things are that's important." - Granny Weatherwax

"I don't like murderous beasts that are not on my payroll." - Draco Malfoy, They Shook Hands: Year Two by Dethryl

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