Introduction

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Name: Stephan

Age: 26

Location: California, U.S.A

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio (Western) and Rat (Chinese) - I'm double trouble because these signs are very very similar- and I am literally a textbook example of these two signs.

Element: Water

Kiersey Temperament: Rational (extremely so) / INTJ

How do you identify?: Sexually, I'm a female, but my gender is male- ergo transgender. I'm a male who loves other males- ergo I'm gay. My patron saint is Oscar Wilde. I'm also polyamorous and pansexual to a degree. (There's still plenty more about my identification/sexuality but that is for later discussion).

Interests/Hobbies: Reading, Writing, Research, Academics, History, Music, Art, Films, Zines, Psychology, Philosophy, Forensic Psychiatry/Psychology, Sexuality/Gender, Sexology, Culture, Travel, The Paranormal, Potterverse

Favourite Authors: P.G. Wodehouse, Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, Edith Wharton, William Shakespeare, E.M. Forster, Patrick O'Brian, J.K. Rowling, Anne Rice.

Favourite books: Harry Potter saga, Vampire Chronicles, Jeeves and Wooster stories, The Scarlet Pimpernel, A Tale of Two Cities, The Hound of The Baskervilles, Dracula, Frankenstein, Bleak House, A Christmas Carol, Our Mutual Friend, The House of Mirth, The Age of Innocence, Hard Times, A Single Man, The German Officer's Boy, The Vampyre, Carmilla, The Piano, The Boy I Love, Whistling in the Dark, The Phoenix, Full Circle, Wicked Gentlemen

Directors: James Ivory, Tim Burton, Quentin Tarantino, and Mel Brooks.

Favourite films: Harry Potter films, Priest, Inception, Inglourious Basterds, Valkyrie, The Piano, Lady Vengeance, Kill Bill, Interview with the Vampire, The Last Samurai, The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Majestic, The Producers, The Strangers, An American Haunting, Sleepy Hollow, Sweeney Todd, Constantine, A Tale of Two Cities, The Brotherhood of the Wolf, Joyeux Noël, Charlotte Gray, Swing Kids, Rosenstrasse, Before the Fall, Zwart Boek, Zelary, Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, Maurice, The House of Mirth, A Good Woman, The Man in the Iron Mask, 1776, Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail, The Great Dictator, The Birds, Rear Window, Belle du Jour, Resevoir Dogs, Death Proof, Wilde, Children of the Damned, The Matrix, Beetlejuice, Goodbye Lenin, A Single Man, Red, Edge of Seventeen, The Breakfast Club, Some Kind of Wonderful, Bad Influence, Dream Lover, Kollegiet, Fritt Vilt I and II, Ab-normal Beauty, Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist, Exorcist: The Beginning, The English Patient, Snow Falling on Cedars, The White Countess, The Heart of Me, The Wings of the Dove, End of the Affair, The Age of Innocence, Bon Voyage, A Love to Hide

Favourite music: Emilie Autumn, Rasputina, The Dresden Dolls, Nicki Jaine, Horrorpops, Voltaire, E Nomine, Nightwish, Leaves Eyes, Within Temptation, Katzenjammer Kabarett, Katzenjammer, Flogging Molly, The Gossip, Franz Ferdinand, The Raveonettes, The Decemberists, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Reverend Horton Heat, Gogol Bordello, Luminescent Orchestrii, The Cure, Oingo Boingo, Devo, B-52's, Blondie, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Creatures, The Sisters of Mercy, The Smiths, Gred and Forge, The Remus Lupins, Draco and the Malfoys.

Favourite Music Genres: Scores, Cabaret, Punk Cabaret, Dark Cabaret, Classical, Celtic, Swing, Big Band, Jazz, Ragtime, Klezmer, Dixieland, Oldies, World Music, Opera, Metal-Opera, German Industrial, Victoriandustrial, Gothic, Viking Metal, 1980's New Wave, Punk, Rock, Alternative, Wizard Rock (Wrock), Folk, Country (traditional/bluegrass/quality country).

Contemporary Composers: Alexandre Desplat, Hans Zimmer, Nicholas Hooper, Danny Elfman, Yann Tiersen, Thomas Newman, Javier Navarette, James Newton Howard, Philip Glass, Michael Nyman, Patrick Doyle, Howard Shore, John Williams, Edward Shearmur, Harry Gregson-Williams, Dario Marianelli, Philippe Rombi.

Favourite TV show(s): The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Ghost Whisperer, Bones, Rizzoli & Isles, Leverage, Ghost Adventures, Paranormal State

Historical Heroes: General de Lafayette, Alexander Hamilton, Oscar Wilde, Charles Dickens, and Eleanor of Aquitaine.

What would you like to send/receive?: E-mails, Instant Messages (my meds don't allow my hands to stay steady enough to write properly anymore)

Who would you like to send and receive mail from?: People with similar interests.

What countries would you like to receive mail from and send to?: Anywhere really, as long as English is used- mainly because I have only two years of French from high school (a decade ago), one single semester of German, pitiful Portuguese (my family are from Brasil, and while I can understand it spoken to me, about 60-70%, I'm terrible in speaking/writing it back), and I have only done one self-taught unit/chapter of Norwegian [Bokmål]. I wouldn't mind getting mail/packages from anywhere, but I am pitifully unemployed and don't have money to send out mail/packages internationally- therefore I'd prefer e-mails and instant messaging, because then no one is left out on the mail/package side.

Anything that you would particularly NOT like to receive?: If someone really truly wants to send me something and can't be dissuaded, please don't send me food unless it is confirmed with me. My meds have totally ruined my appetite to the point that the wonderful things I used to love to eat taste particularly revolting to me and don't stay down. So if you're going to send food, ask me first. I'll tell you what'll stay in my stomach. I'd hate for food to be wasted.

What would be in your dream letter or package?: mix cd, zines (preferably having to do with queer goodness or mental illness/mental health), pocky, fortune cookies- anything really...

Anything else you'd like to add?: Just in case I've confused everyone here by my references to meds- I'll be honest and tell you I am being treated for chronic insomnia and chronic/major depression. However, as I am thoroughly med-compliant, I am fine and well. Just wanted to say this so people know what they're getting. Honesty is my bread and butter. Also, most of the time I tend to be split between my two general moods/personaliies- I'm either forthright, brutally honest, sarcastic, pithy, cynical, clever, morbid, and generally jaded or I'm in a random/quirky sort of mood. When in that mood I love to laugh, watch British comedies, do insane/mischievous things, or otherwise get geeky/nerdy and academic. Though, when I have episodes, I tend to get very moody, melancholic, sad- you get the idea.

Picture (optional): The one time I looked like I could be Draco Malfoy's doppleganger. This is my actual hair color and what I look like most of my days (excepting my hair style is a bit different now). This is just a humor shot of me in my crazy color clashing glory (apologies for the awful quality- taken from my camera-phone).