What are your special interests.

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My academic interest is biology, especially microbiology (bacteriology and virology) and zoology.

I like to write and read science fiction (my favorite author is Arthur C. Clarke). My vice is Earl Grey tea.

I remember Mario Bros. We got that game with our Nintendo.

I could never defeat it. I think I got to about world 8 or 9.

And Sonic is cute.

Sounds like you're interested by how everything in nature is created.

Tell me, what is the most interesting thing to you about those fields?

Out of all the games I've played, I'll always be obsessed with Rare's games. Banjo-Kazooie, Perfect Dark Zero, Viva Pinata... Those are the kinds of games I love. And video games is my only special interest. It actually stems into other things, such as drawing video game characters.

I remember Perfect Dark as well. There were people that owned copies of that game that lived nearby when I was in college and we would get together and play against each other.

Okay, so I thought you might enjoy checking these out

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0271111/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0177266/

http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0008405/

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I don't have any friends to play games with, but I do play against my brother in Halo 3 and Perfect Dark Zero. We also do co-op. In PDZ, I cover fire, while he gets the mission done.

Well, I think I would have fun playing them, too.

Cats
Roger Bannister
The Olympic Games
Medical topics
Legal topics
History
Geography

Well, at least there are a couple there you can turn into professions.

What aspect of history fascinates you the most? Current events? World history? Or any others?

And what's Roger Bannistet ?

Mine used to be, in rough order:

video games (all types)
piano
guitar
politics
linux/unix/programming
counter strike
quake 3 CPMA
graphic design
poker
WoW (not proud of this one)
sorta now: genetic algorithms / understanding what is really going on in social interaction

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Well, my almost aesthetic affection for such fields may seem odd, but things like bacteria and viruses exemplify what is truly beautiful about nature. Viruses are deceptively simple, at essence being DNA or DNA wrapped in a protein coat (capsid), and yet..they can completely manipulate organisms many times more complex. The same goes for bacteria; they are the oldest kingdom of creatures on Earth (kingdom Monera) and still reign today as the most plentiful, and their descendants are even within us as our mitochondria (it's called endosymbiosis, when one organism has a symbiotic relationship via living within it a similar relationship is thought to be with plants' corresponding energy source, the chloroplast).

Thank you for asking. I appreciate your interest. Why do you harbor such affection for vintage radio shows?

music
animals
brains

Molecular/cellular biology
Star Trek
Spock
Drew Carey
Writing
Dragons
Werewolves
Green Day
Harry Potter
Zelda games
Pokemon
InuYasha
Wolf's Rain
Samurai Deeper Kyo
Case Closed



If I think of more, I'll edit my list.

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Well, I think the social interaction one is a good one. That will help you learn how to understand others, or so I think.

that makes sense.

As for the radio shows, they are entertaining, but they are also a part of our history. Before radio, there really wasn't a way to communicate with vast people instantly, so, as a result, the first news broadcasts were on radio. During WWII the government relied on radio heavily to inform the public as to how the war effort was going. Otherwise, people would have to wait until the next days news.

Another is that listening to the old radio shows is a little like opening a time capsule. The ads that were run nowadays give the listener a small glimpse at life during the 40's and 50's. Ads for lux soap, for example, would take forgranted that the listener washed all of their dishes by hand. The programs themselves work much the same way and as a result I have gained a deeper appreciation for what people from that time gave up to win the war.

And the last thing is that radio programs don't have to rely on pictures at all. Instead of showing you the story that they were telling you, like tv had to do, they would just use sound effects and allow the listener to imagine what was going on. For example, Orson Welles was able to describe alien attacks using heat rays, make like they were going on all over the world, and use these word pictures in such a way that people actually believed the entire world was being attacked by Martians.

Personally, I've found that radio programs like these will kind of expand my imagination.

And even later ads work kind of like a time capsule, like one that I have for a candy from the 80's or something called "Aydes" (no, I'm not making it up. It apparently was an actual candy designed to help decrease a person's hunger and help them loose wieght). Or, better yet, some of the programs that I have from the 70's have celebrities reading the ads that are now dead, or they advertise things like chewing tabacco and cigarettes (which is now illegal on radio).

And what about these fascinates you?