Hi. My name is Alaric and I worship Loki.

No, not really, I’m an atheist. But still, I think Loki is awesome and I would absolutely become his follower if he actually existed.

In any event, here is a little about myself:

By day I’m a writer for a gaming web site and a web developer for a local company. By night I study History and Anthropology over at Northwestern University. There are seven more classes until my bachelor’s degree (got delayed by the military, but then got back on track.) This is just for fun though, although I’d love to one day have a Ph.D. in the History of Computer Games.

I like traveling and so far have been to England, Russia, Korea, Estonia, Czech Republic, Mexico, France, Ukraine, Scotland, Israel, Latvia, Spain, and the Virgin Islands. Admittedly, my “to-go” list is much bigger than my “gone-to” list, but I’m working on it.

Aside from that, I love reading, writing, watching movies and playing games. I also like walking, bicycling, photography, weapons, computers, animals, and practical jokes. My condo barely has any furniture, and that's exactly how I like it. My cat is named Kitteh (like on lolcats) because that's what she is.

I mostly listen to power metal, or symphonic metal, or speed metal, but I also enjoy classical and folk. Other genres I rarely seek out, but every single one has very nice compositions occasionally.

Politically I believe in the rights to life, liberty, and property, and in that any activity that goes on between consenting adults is nobody else’s business.

I feel equally comfortable in the company of corporate suits, screaming metalheads, clean-cut soldiers, naked kinksters, and crusty old professors of anthropology.

Hoplophobia is a fear of firearms.