The dirt on me (Bel/Cerion)
Name: Maria
Internet aliases: Belazikkal or Cerion
Country of origin: Sweden
Speaks/Comprehends the following languages: Swedish, Norweigan, Danish, English and French and German to a lesser extent.
Year of Birth: 1986
Occupation: Student at Gothenburg University (Ranger)
Main interests: Animals, WW2, samurai, vikings and history in general, art, music, literature (both reading and writing), science fiction and fantasy as well as horror, gothic architecture, role playing games, tapble top wargames, computers, machines, natural science and comics.
Likes: Nature, mountains in particular, satire, Douglas Adams, Iron Maiden, Sabaton, Alice Cooper, The Addams Family, Inspector Gadget, Ed, Edd n Eddy, Richard Wagner, Franz Liszt, elves, Gaunt's Ghosts, Battle Angel Alita, Meitantei Conan, airplanes, submarines, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, Albert Speer, Japanese cherry blossom trees (sakura), Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000, swords, martial arts, vampires, werewolves, eagles, tigers, wolves, dinosaurs, Halloween, Metroid Prime, The Legend of Zelda and Charlie Chaplin.
Dislikes: Nazis, racists, fascists, revolutionary left-wingers, hip-hop and pop music as well as country music, post modern art, Creationists (and that inlcudes people who promote Intelligent Design), religious fanatics (and in extension, organised religion), metaphysical drivel and emo-kids.
As people can no doubt deduce from above I am a person with very firm ideas of what I like and not. The list is of course far from complete and the only idea of getting tp know me closer is to contact me. That said, I live by the saying "You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar", so I'm not unfriendly. At least if you don't give me reason to be.
I don't smoke, but I do drink (preferably beer and whiskey). I am no vegetarian, despite feeling strongly for animal's rights.
The metal bands I listen to are too many to count. The Links page give an idea of the ones I listen to more frequently. The classical composers I appreciate are easier to list (pun intended): Wagner and Liszt (as noted), Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and Orff. I listen to many more, of course, but I seldom appreciate such large parts of their output as for these gentlemen.
Yes, I am a woman. Next question please!
I am also a Darwinian. It's a scientific theory, not "just" a theory. Intelligent Design/Creationism is poppycock. Enough said on this matter.
I count myself as Goth. But I do not cut my arms nor do I feel constantly depressed. I have no relation to the Ankh whatsoever and I don't even think Kain existed. If vampires exist, they are not some by product of God, warped by the Devil, as neither exist. Furtthermore on that matter, I do not believe there is no God, I am convinced there is no God, which is a very different matter. To me, Goth is to be able to see beauty in the grotesque. I love movies like Beetlejuice (I love Tim Burton overall), the Addams Family, Aliens and Gremlings. I saw many of them when I was young (6-10 years old). To me, dark, moody places like graveyards, Gothic cathedrals and mountains have a very romantic quality. Darkness in itself if romantic for me. Violence can be beautiful, hence the "art" in "martial art".
I could read before I started school. And don't just mean simple words. I read novels. But I was never bumped up a year because of it. This has probably made me a bit complacent in certain aspects of life, as school never proved a true challange until late Senior High and now at University.
My interest in World War 2 began as early as when I was 8 or 9 years old. I'd seen the movie Where Eagles Dare, I think. Anyway, I still think it is the most massive and most interesting conflict in human history. Why? It has everything you could want from a war! True, war is hell, but it is still compelling to read about D-day, El-Alamein, Kursk and Stalingrad just because of the epic scale of the conflicts. And it's not only the large battles but also the skirmishes that took place "in between" so to say, that enthralls me.
Anyway, when I was that young, I couldn't quite understand why it was so important. Not until, when I was 12, when school gave out a rather thin but info packed book called "We must tell you about this...". It dealt with and told the story of the Holocaust/Shoah.
Ever since I read that book, and I read it cover to cover, despite feeling nausea, ever since, I have hated Nazis with a fire that no one can quench.
That's why I have a rather complicated relationship to Albert Speer. He was Hitler's arhcitect (1935-1945) and minister of armaments (1942-1945). He was very likely involved in the Holocaust, if not directly, indirectly, due to his position. He was also the only top-Nazi to accept any form of guilt for said genocide. This earned him the monicker "The Good Nazi" or "The Nazi Who Said 'Sorry'" (In addition to "The Devil's Arhcitect", of course). He got twenty years imprisonment in Spandau following the Nuremburg Trials (Many say he should've hanged) and subsequently wrote some very good autobiographical works after his release. Some say these are ghost-written, but I put it down to an unability to see people in grey-scale. Because that is what Speer did to me. Up until when I read his Secret Diaries of Spandau, I had the Nazis pinned down as callous, insensitive and anti-intellectual brutes. Speer was the total oppposite. Ruthless, yes, but aren't all people in positions of power ultimately ruthless?
Speer changed the way I look at humans for good. And he did it 25 years after his death. I'm never going to take any person at face value ever again.
But I still hate Nazis.
Internet aliases: Belazikkal or Cerion
Country of origin: Sweden
Speaks/Comprehends the following languages: Swedish, Norweigan, Danish, English and French and German to a lesser extent.
Year of Birth: 1986
Occupation: Student at Gothenburg University (Ranger)
Main interests: Animals, WW2, samurai, vikings and history in general, art, music, literature (both reading and writing), science fiction and fantasy as well as horror, gothic architecture, role playing games, tapble top wargames, computers, machines, natural science and comics.
Likes: Nature, mountains in particular, satire, Douglas Adams, Iron Maiden, Sabaton, Alice Cooper, The Addams Family, Inspector Gadget, Ed, Edd n Eddy, Richard Wagner, Franz Liszt, elves, Gaunt's Ghosts, Battle Angel Alita, Meitantei Conan, airplanes, submarines, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, Albert Speer, Japanese cherry blossom trees (sakura), Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000, swords, martial arts, vampires, werewolves, eagles, tigers, wolves, dinosaurs, Halloween, Metroid Prime, The Legend of Zelda and Charlie Chaplin.
Dislikes: Nazis, racists, fascists, revolutionary left-wingers, hip-hop and pop music as well as country music, post modern art, Creationists (and that inlcudes people who promote Intelligent Design), religious fanatics (and in extension, organised religion), metaphysical drivel and emo-kids.
As people can no doubt deduce from above I am a person with very firm ideas of what I like and not. The list is of course far from complete and the only idea of getting tp know me closer is to contact me. That said, I live by the saying "You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar", so I'm not unfriendly. At least if you don't give me reason to be.
I don't smoke, but I do drink (preferably beer and whiskey). I am no vegetarian, despite feeling strongly for animal's rights.
The metal bands I listen to are too many to count. The Links page give an idea of the ones I listen to more frequently. The classical composers I appreciate are easier to list (pun intended): Wagner and Liszt (as noted), Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and Orff. I listen to many more, of course, but I seldom appreciate such large parts of their output as for these gentlemen.
Yes, I am a woman. Next question please!
I am also a Darwinian. It's a scientific theory, not "just" a theory. Intelligent Design/Creationism is poppycock. Enough said on this matter.
I count myself as Goth. But I do not cut my arms nor do I feel constantly depressed. I have no relation to the Ankh whatsoever and I don't even think Kain existed. If vampires exist, they are not some by product of God, warped by the Devil, as neither exist. Furtthermore on that matter, I do not believe there is no God, I am convinced there is no God, which is a very different matter. To me, Goth is to be able to see beauty in the grotesque. I love movies like Beetlejuice (I love Tim Burton overall), the Addams Family, Aliens and Gremlings. I saw many of them when I was young (6-10 years old). To me, dark, moody places like graveyards, Gothic cathedrals and mountains have a very romantic quality. Darkness in itself if romantic for me. Violence can be beautiful, hence the "art" in "martial art".
I could read before I started school. And don't just mean simple words. I read novels. But I was never bumped up a year because of it. This has probably made me a bit complacent in certain aspects of life, as school never proved a true challange until late Senior High and now at University.
My interest in World War 2 began as early as when I was 8 or 9 years old. I'd seen the movie Where Eagles Dare, I think. Anyway, I still think it is the most massive and most interesting conflict in human history. Why? It has everything you could want from a war! True, war is hell, but it is still compelling to read about D-day, El-Alamein, Kursk and Stalingrad just because of the epic scale of the conflicts. And it's not only the large battles but also the skirmishes that took place "in between" so to say, that enthralls me.
Anyway, when I was that young, I couldn't quite understand why it was so important. Not until, when I was 12, when school gave out a rather thin but info packed book called "We must tell you about this...". It dealt with and told the story of the Holocaust/Shoah.
Ever since I read that book, and I read it cover to cover, despite feeling nausea, ever since, I have hated Nazis with a fire that no one can quench.
That's why I have a rather complicated relationship to Albert Speer. He was Hitler's arhcitect (1935-1945) and minister of armaments (1942-1945). He was very likely involved in the Holocaust, if not directly, indirectly, due to his position. He was also the only top-Nazi to accept any form of guilt for said genocide. This earned him the monicker "The Good Nazi" or "The Nazi Who Said 'Sorry'" (In addition to "The Devil's Arhcitect", of course). He got twenty years imprisonment in Spandau following the Nuremburg Trials (Many say he should've hanged) and subsequently wrote some very good autobiographical works after his release. Some say these are ghost-written, but I put it down to an unability to see people in grey-scale. Because that is what Speer did to me. Up until when I read his Secret Diaries of Spandau, I had the Nazis pinned down as callous, insensitive and anti-intellectual brutes. Speer was the total oppposite. Ruthless, yes, but aren't all people in positions of power ultimately ruthless?
Speer changed the way I look at humans for good. And he did it 25 years after his death. I'm never going to take any person at face value ever again.
But I still hate Nazis.