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The Sarmatian Protopope
his desires inscrutable but surely base
Paid Account, Created on 8 February 2004 (#2148017), Last updated on 11 April 2013 [Gift]
- Name:
- Dmitri
- Birthdate:
- 25 March 1978
- Location:
- Portland, Maine, United States
- External Services:
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- justbeast@livejournal.com
- justbeast@livejournal.com
- dzagidulin
- dzagidulin
- dzagidulin
- Schools:
- Середня школа №119 - Одеса, Одеська область, Ukraine (1984 - 1989)Coventry Elementary School - Cleveland Heights, OH (1989 - 1990)Roxboro Middle School - Cleveland Heights, OH (1990 - 1991)Hawken Upper School - Gates Mills, OH (1991 - 1997)Allegheny College - Meadville, PA (1997 - 2001)
- Interests: (150)
- "bob", a softer world, ai, anime, animism, anthropology, arthurian legends, artificial intelligence, artificial life, b movies, bbs, bdsm, biting, black sea, boating, books, camping, cartography, catherynne m. valente, chaos magic, cleveland, cleveland freenet, comics, community-supported agriculture, computer science, crimea, cyc, d&d, dan simmons, daniel quinn, douglas adams, dungeons and dragons, edge of the world, equally large boa, everything2, evolution, fairy tales, film, fire, folklore, game design, games, gatecrasher rpg, genetic algorithms, genetic programming, geocaching, getting stuff done, gogol bordello, iain m. banks, illuminatus!, intentional communities, ishmael, japanese food, jeff noon, jonathan lethem, kagerou, kali, kid radd, kink, lake erie, late night delerium, liber al, linux, lisp, living, lucky wander boy, mediaeval baebes, megatokyo, muds, mythology, mythpunk, neal stephenson, neil gaiman, nes, nethack, obscene amounts of books, odessa, old video games, ontological engineering, open source software, orson scott card, permaculture, philosophers with clubs, php, planescape, polyamory, prester john, programming, psychogeography, pugs, quiet magic, ravenloft, reality bubbles, reincarnation, religion, renewable energy, retro gaming, robots, roger zelazny, role playing, rpgs, russian, russian culture, russian folklore, s.j. tucker, sailing, samuel delany, samuel r. delany, sapiosexuality, schlock mercenary, science, science fiction, self-awareness, serial experiments lain, sex, shakespeare, silence, sinfest, slack, sluggy freelance, smalltalk, sooj, space, strawbale, strugatski brothers, sushi, sustainable living, tai chi, tantra, tao te ching, taoism, technochocolate, technology that works, thai food, the culture, time control, transmetropolitan, tribe, trigun, unresolved sexual tension, video game emulation, video games, web design, web development, webcomics, william gibson, worldbuilding, yoga, zen, братья Стругацкие
- Bio
Darling, I believe that your obsession
I hoard beautiful and amazing things, glimpses of good ideas, and Tech That Works. And I share them with people who appreciate. That's actually my vocation, and a large part of my purpose in life.
is your only way out of here
It's your only spiritual condition
where heart and soul they cross-appeal
-- Gogol Bordello, Sacred Darling
I am obsessed with good scifi books, anime, b-movies, webcomics, old video games, AI and artificial life, MUDs and world creation, near-future RPG systems, clever software, religions, ceremonial magic, intentional communities, portals and knowledge management, Cleveland, sailing and girls.
I'm married to
catvalente
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Yes, this is all going somewhere. I'm trying to get across something with these entries and diagrams. There is a story, and a pattern, and a point. Be patient with me.
Why some words are bolded in my entries - It's for ease of skimming. I want to make it easier for you to skim over what I write, and determine what it's about. I want the best of all worlds: the freedom to be verbose, but not feeling like I'm impinging on readers' time.
FILTERS: I only have one filter -- the [Diary] filter as a simple record of what I did and thought each day. This is merely for organization, and so as not to flood your Friends feed (unless you want me to). :)
To be added to the filter leave a comment on this entry.
If there's anything interesting, juicy or prurient, I'll simply post it to my journal (or merely friends-lock).
Un-Friending note: I am very low-key about my friends list. Please feel free to un-friend without warning.
Some Current Projects: I run Invisible Games withcatvalente -- see also lj feed at 
invisiblegames and announcement/discussion community 
invisiblegamers
Some Trivia:
* Where my current username comes from. Also, where my previous name, 'godlyperspectiv' comes from.
* Work as a programmer, web developer for a small yet fierce software consulting company. Mostly code in Python (although I also love Smalltalk and PHP).
* Languages: English, Russian (fluent), French (studied for 5 years. Can still read, with a dictionary, but losing the conversation skills).
* Books: [Books I've Read in my Lifetime], [Book Log].
* Comics: [Comics I've Read in my Lifetime], [Comics Log]
* Anime: [Anime I've Seen]
* List of (tabletop) RPGs I want to play before I die: Part 1 and Part 2.
* For friends & family: Amazon Wishlist
Frequently maligned movies which I love:
* Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions
* Eyes Wide Shut
* Romeo + Juliet
* Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within