greetings and salutations

[residentgeek.livejournal.com]

Name: Chris

Age: 29

Location: Missouri

How do you identify?: Lesbian and genderqueer

Interests/hobbies: I cross-stitch video game characters. I play Magic and Munchkin and way too much Plants vs Zombies. I'm trying to get back into riding my bike. I used to play co-ed ice hockey until I almost broke my neck, now I play paintball. I coach a middle school robotics team. I want to go back to school to become a mechanical engineer.

Favourite books: Asimov's Robot series, Scalzi's Old Man's War series, Card's Ender's Game series (his personal politics are atrocious though), and I'm finally getting into the Dresden Files series

Favourite films: The Lord of the Rings trilogy; Shawshank Redemption; Fried Green Tomatoes; Tank Girl; the original three Star Wars; The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert; Sneakers; any and all Star Trek films

Favourite music: Sandi Thom, Styx, Boston, Catie Curtis, Rush, Tom Petty, and of course Jonathan Coulton

What would you like to send/receive?: I wouldn't mind sending a video game cross stitch to someone who would enjoy it. I always like finding surprises in the mail.

Who would you like to send and receive mail from?: I'm not particular.

What countries would you like to receive mail from and send to?: I will send just about anywhere but unfortunately I only speak English. I took Japanese in high school and have forgotten nearly all of it.

Anything that you would particularly NOT like to receive?: nothing that would get me in trouble with my wife or that I wouldn't want the kids to see

What would be in your dream letter or package?: a deed to a house in Vermont with a job offer attached

Anything else you'd like to add?: My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die. Also, I am a dork.

Picture: This was right before I left for a float trip on the Missouri River. I don't typically wear camo in public otherwise :o)

Comments

[sporks-of-doom.livejournal.com]

Robotics team? *perks up* How fun! I really wish I could make robots. I wish I could make robot hands and crush soda cans...

Cross stitching video games? Lovely!

[residentgeek.livejournal.com]

It's a LEGO Robotics thing with the Mindstorm kits. It's part of a program called FIRST LEGO League that tries to get kids interested in science, technology, and research. There are a couple of competitions we go to and our robot has to negotiate a bunch of obstacles autonomously. I enjoy it. Sometimes it's stressful but overall I think it's cool.

You should check out spritestitch.com (http://www.spritestitch.com), especially the forums. Lots of video game projects there :o)

[ahjingjing.livejournal.com]

hi! You sound awesome! lol video game stitching FTW and also a huge fan of Munchkin and PvZ

[residentgeek.livejournal.com]

I just bought a new Munchkin deck last week and can't find anyone to play. I will persevere though :o)

Have you gotten the gold trophy in PvZ? I'm still working on it. The minigames are kicking my butt.

[ahjingjing.livejournal.com]

Very nice. Which sets do you have? My roommates and I are big board game fans, so far we have the original, Super Munchkin and Munchkin Foo. Don't worry, I'm sure you'll find others!

No, I'm not even close to beating it yet, I kind of get sidetracked with all of my games... but now they're piling so I need to get through them lol. I think I'm gonna get it on my ipod though, then I can continually work on it.

[residentgeek.livejournal.com]

My friends have the original plus a couple of expansion packs for it. I have Star Munchkin. Thinking about getting Munchkin Booty and Munchkin Cthulu. I suppose if I get Booty then I'll also have to get Fu, since I'm a fan of pirates and my best friend prefers ninjas (somehow we manage to get along).

After you complete all the levels in PvZ, you have to play all of them again so you can see the mysterious Yeti zombie :o)

[anorienparker.livejournal.com]

ROUS's? I don't think they exist.

Anyone who can quote Princess Bride is a winner in my book! I don't do snail mail often, but if you'd like an epal, I'd love to be friends! :)

[residentgeek.livejournal.com]

Would you prefer LJ friending or email?

[anorienparker.livejournal.com]

How about both? I love your LJ info page, btw. The Leo quote is one of my favorites. And Josh! And Donna! And Q! And....yeah, well you get the idea.

Friend LJs and maybe a few emails to get to know each other?

[anorienparker.livejournal.com]

Erm....my email is

anorien.bean@gmail.com

[residentgeek.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a plan.

You can find me at theresidentgeek@gmail.com

[burning-acrobat.livejournal.com]

Star trek, Princess Bride AND styx?
You are super cool :)

[residentgeek.livejournal.com]

I try to be spectacularly awesome as often as possible :o)

[burning-acrobat.livejournal.com]

What is your all time favorite star trek series?

[residentgeek.livejournal.com]

I would have to say Deep Space 9. It was on while I was the right age to really get into it. I've watched all the episodes and just enjoy the series as a whole.

My second favorite would be Next Generation, after the first season. I am ashamed to admit I have not watched very many of the Original Series, but I've liked what I've seen and I really enjoy the original movies. I know next to nothing about Voyager (I watched a few of the first season episodes) and have never watched an episode of Enterprise.

[marycontraria.livejournal.com]

Hey! I like your intro... I will snail-mail with you! If you email me at maryleithharris@hotmail.com, I'll introduce myself properly. :)

*Leith