Profile
Chosen Name: Piaroh
Honorific/Modifier: Cze
Other Aliases: Poe, Blaine, Captain, Boss, Chou, Chairman, Towkay, Yore, Pucker, Jay, Vertigo, Doc, Asperger, HP, Archduke, Nemophantom, Gil, Stalin, Revan, Jacket, MD, Splinter, Kingpin, High-Collar, Chrome, Corleone, Alekhine, Panov, Dorsale, Greg, Danny, Collar, 41st, Sheridan, Xanatos.
Political Inclination: My own Non-Religious Postpartisan Deontological-Leninist-Confucian-Libertarian-Fascist-Anti-Feminist (not chauvinist) Hard-Centrist position.
- Relationships are as important as convictions.
- Criticism needs to be well-balanced by self-criticism.
- There must be an overriding commitment to dialogue and deliberation.
- There must be an overriding commitment to diversity of opinions and perspectives.
- Compromise is not the only endgame.
- Be simultaneously creative and practical.
- Demonstrate a penchant for big ideas.
- Support a bias for action.
- Demonstrate concern with values and principles.
- Have a long-term vision.
Idolation: James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, Napoleon Bonaparte, Moltke the Elder, Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Vasilevsky, Julius Caesar, Fyodor Mikhaloyvich Dostoyevsky, Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Vladimir Illyrich Lenin, Niccolo di Bernado dei Machiavelli, Mikhail Tal, Stan Lee, Boris Spassky, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Joseph Fouche.
Spiritual Inclination: No satisfactory label.
Activity Inclination: So long as I have a human opponent to beat.
Aesthetic Inclination: Literature (excluding Shakespeare, which I suck at; Ben Jonson is THE KING), War Poetry (the only type I understand easily), Film, Drama and Music (check the other page for list); I need further coaching on more visual stuff.
Literary Inclination: Prose; Edgar Allan Poe (King of Horror), H.P. Lovecraft (King of Terror), Ben Jonson, Robert Louis Stevenson, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, Harry Turtledove, David Weber, Mikhail Shishkin, Boris Akunin, Alexandre Dumas, Victor Hugo, Haruki Murakami (though I’ve yet to actually complete any of his novels), Oscar Wilde, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Franz Kafka, ETA Hoffman, Steve Jackson, Jefferey Archer, Ian Fleming, Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, Neil Gaiman, Jed Rubenfeld, Jane Austen (the only woman); frankly however, I’d read anything I can get my hands on.
Musical Inclination: Rock, Bossanova, Indie, Country and certain movie soundtracks.
Film Inclination: Particular emphasis on depth of characterization, originality of dialogue, soundtrack and skill of directing.
Television Inclination: Anything with a character I can relate to; House from House (Psychometric assessment insists on a 96.2% similarity), Geoffrey from The Fresh Prince etc. I usually avoid documentaries for their lack of characterization though, as well as most variety/reality shows unless I need a cheap laugh.
Gaming Inclination: Strategy- or Stealth-based; I prefer out-thinking as opposed to out-mashing my opponent, though I certainly enjoy the latter immensely.
Dietary Inclination: Strong dislike for most greasy food, Moderate dislike for most meat dishes, Immense love for fish, Extreme loathing for unshelled crustaceans, Soft spot for beans, Maniac about dairy and soy products, Stickler for anything grainy and tasty such as nuts.
Beverage Inclination: Enjoys alcohol, Absolutely hates beer (except Hoegaarden), Coffee addict, Largely favours Vespers but the humble spritzer will also do as well, and liquer/mocha coffee particularly Irish, known to be on Jim Bean.
Gambling Inclination: Blackjack, Mahjong, Most variants of poker.
Firearms Inclination: SA80 L85A2, SAR 21 Lightweight Carbine, Mateba Grifone, Colt Python, Steyr AUG A1, Smith & Wesson Model 340PD, Heckler & Koch MP5.
Vehicle Inclination: Volvo XC60 SE T6, Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, Jaguar XK Mark II, VW Golf GTI MK 6.
Other Recreational Inclination: Fiction where I superimpose personal friends into extraordinary circumstances without significant deviance of characterization, Flicking through DC Comics if I happen to find any, Gathering inspiration from strange characters or settings or ideas, Plotting world domination.
Other Affiliation: Strategic Hostilities Intervention, Espionage and Law Directorate.
Piaroh-Cze:
Who is but a function of what, and what I am is a man with many names.
