3/07: I'm back. Or will be back, in late July, after taking the most wretched soul-sucking, back-breaking, mind-crippling exam: the NY Bar Exam.

My biography. Sort of.

About writeups

Please pardon grammatical/spelling errors. I re-read all my stuff constantly and do correct errors over time. I firmly believe that everything can be improved. Though you know, if you catch any mistakes, point it out to me. I can only read my writeups only so often before I want to stab myself with a spork.

My E2 philosophy

Fill in the blanks. Dabble in a little of everything, don't keep to only your "expertise." Attempt to write engaging and interesting factuals, put in interesting observations. Make sure you list your references. Write reviews that make other people really want to go out and read/watch/listen - pure opinion has never worked well for me; I want to know what something's about before I can listen to you blather about what you thought of it. Occasionally go back to revise. Read nodes and write messages to those that you especially liked. Realize that E2 allows you to be mercifully (or mercilessly) amusing and opinionated with your writeups, so even if you're writing factuals, take advantage of that.

As for E2 itself - I like using my votes, almost everything except petty node bickering is fine by me. Lots of people say XP's only a number and stress other things like merit - but remember, merit is only a number, too. Don't sweat the small things like downvotes.

My fellow noders

Dream strongly and without fear; have the willpower and the courage and desire to make these dreams real. Desire to be a true note within the silence, a splash of color in a field of gray, a smile in a world of apathy. Do that, and you will have my respect and my deepest wish that you succeed. There are so few with the dreams and the desire, and I am sorry for its lack.

As for Me

An ordinary person in an extraordinary world. The rest is irrelevant.

Noders Who Know I'm Real

Not to be growing at an exponential rate any time soon.

• TenMinJoe, who thinks that I use far more exclamation points in person than in writing; and
• SharQ, who says I'm lully and thinks I'm mad as a hatter.
• pint, who owns two really cute cats. Too bad I'm allergic to them.

let's share a seat, you and i. i'll tell you my stories, and you'll tell me yours, and in that fashion, both of us will have received something of great value. a lie or a truth, cunningly told, are valid coin; without one, you cannot have the other. behind our paper masks, you and i, we may be angels or we may be demons, but until both you and i agree to take off the masks, you will get a wonderful comedy, a spirited discourse of fact and fiction, a passion play of no meaning beyond the sheer pleasure of the tale itself. nothing more, nothing less.

i wish i wasn´t flesh and blood
i would not be scared of bullets built with me in mind
for then i could be saved
my sweet lord take care of me for i think i´m done
kiss my mother on her cheek and lay my burden down

but now that we know for sure they´re telling lies when they say
no one gets hurt and therefore nobody dies
you know it´s hard to believe anything that you hear
they say the world is round