Location: Toronto
Member Since: August 26, 2009

Nerdiest Obsession: a tie between reading various translations of The Master and Margarita and playing SNES games

Wastes too much time on: aforementioned SNES games

Favourite female nerd: Mary Bennet 

Favourite male nerd: Mr. Saturn

Secretly collects: stationery

Hates with a fiery passion: reality tv

Nerdy line that makes you swoon: not necessarily nerdy, but: “I could listen to you rant all day long.”

Top 5 sites visited daily: robotaday.com, dieselsweeties.com, somethingpositive.net, arstechnica.com, lovelypackage.com

Top 5 things everyone should check out ASAP: homemade sushi, The Master and Margarita (Pevear and Volokhonsky is a good translation to start), Dune (it’s always time for Dune), Supernatural, Earth X

Books

Fave book(s): Pride & Prejudice, Dune, The Master and Margarita, The Wind in the Willows, Black Dahlia
Fave author(s): Jane Austen, Mikhail Bulgakov, James Ellroy, Naomi Wolf
Most disappointing "based on the novel" film: Black Dahlia (ugh, the casting!)
Books you'd love to see made into a film: it always ends so badly, I’d probably rather just watch A&E’s Pride and Prejudice again
Most impactful book/author: Promiscuities/Naomi Wolf
First book you ever read: an illustrated selection of Grimm’s fairy tales

Video games

Favourite game(s): Final Fantasy (1-7 + Tactics), Harvest Moon (original, BTN, DS Cute, Rune Factory), Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen, Disgaea DS, Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, Phantasy Star 4, Shining Force 2, Earthbound, Suikoden (1 + 2)
Favourite character(s): Lucca (CT), Laharl (Disgaea), Canopus (OB:MotBQ), Mr. Saturn (Earthbound)
Spent too much time playing: Harvest Moon(s)
Most disappointing ending in a game: Final Fantasy (NES)
Would fit right in: Earthbound
First game ever played: Snafu (Intellivision)

Comics

Fave TPB(s): Hellboy, Earth/Universe X, Sam and Fuzzy, Magellan, Something Positive, Fables, Marsh Rocket
Fave character(s): Hellboy, Rorschach (Watchmen), Spider-Girl (Earth X), Mina Murray/Harker (LoEG), Constantine, Sam (Sam and Fuzzy), Kim Anasie (Something Positive), Kaycee Jones (Magellan)
Fave artist/inker(s): Mike Mignola, Becky Cloonan, James Jean, Jules Rivera
First comic book ever read: random Archie digest
Currently reading: rereading a bunch of Hellboy
Fave writer(s): Randy Milholland, Mike Mignola, Sam Logan, Alan Moore

Movies

Fave film(s): Psycho Beach Party, Singin’ in the Rain, My Fair Lady, Conan the Barbarian, L.A. Confidential, MST3K: The Movie, The Silence of the Lambs, Fargo, Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach
Fave director(s): Henry Selick, Stanley Donen, Joel + Ethan Coen
Biggest cinematic letdown: Star Wars 1-3
First film ever seen: Conan the Barbarian
Last film you watched: Star Trek