Interests and Hobbies
(and a bonus list of my favorite things)
Welcome to my Can of Worms, and please approach me to discuss any of these things.
Many list entries will have associated pages created in time, and more entries will be added as I inevitably remember things I forgot.
Interests
- Biology
- Zoology
- Ornithology
- Mycology
- Botany
- Paleontology
- Ecology
- Conservation
- Taxonomy
- Music
- Fashion
- Video games
- Game development
- Survival games
- Roleplaying games
- Games where you play as animals/creatures
- Games with user-created worlds
- Fantasy
- Xenofiction
- Science fiction
- Anime
- Virtual pets
- Perfumery
- History
- Medieval weaponry and armor (Ask Me About My Sword)
- Symbolism
- Unusual objects
- Bulleted lists
Hobbies
- Making art
- Hiking and foraging
- Photography
- Costuming and fursuiting
- Writing, worldbuilding, character development, roleplaying
- Exploring
- Gaming
- Aquarium keeping
- Scrounging and salvaging
Favorites
Colors
Sap green; madder red
Animals
Specifically: black vulture (Coragyps atratus); Eurasian magpie (Pica pica) and black-billed magpie (Pica hudsonia)
Broadly: Birds, especially vultures (both New and Old World) and corvids; wolves; ungulates, especially pigs, sheep and deer; insects, especially robber flies, moths, and wasps; domesticated animals and scavengers in general
Artists
Eli McMullen
Evgenii Rachev
Jacek Yerka
Toshihiro Kawamoto
Walton Ford
Yoshitaka Amano
Music
Bands/Artists: Trophy Scars, Tom Waits, Jhariah, The Mountain Goats, The Mars Volta
Albums: Holy Vacants, Nighthawks at the Diner, TRUST CEREMONY, Frances the Mute, The Shepherd’s Dog, Moon Colony Bloodbath
Video Games
Thief II: The Metal Age
Ultrakill
Rain World
Risk of Rain (pre-Gearbox)
Portal 2
Team Fortress 2
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Psychonauts
Books
The Locked Tomb
His Dark Materials
Murderbot
Watership Down
Movies
Chirin no Suzu
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Labyrinth
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
The Thing
Shrek 2
Shows (Anime and TV)
Wolf’s Rain
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Gungrave
Ginga Nagareboshi Gin
JJBA: Stardust Crusaders
Twin Peaks
What We Do In The Shadows
Better Call Saul