Bio

Well, where to begin? How about I just throw some stuff out there and we'll see what you make of it, because I'm not so sure myself.

Born and raised in cottage country, exposed granite boulders everywhere, lakes and trees and wildlife, and any fences an insulting obstacle rather than any kind of a barrier. A wonderful place to grow up in some respects, and I wouldn't trade it for any other, but there were no other kids around except at school and so ... I spent a lot of time in my head.

An early interest in science fiction and fantasy led to teenage interests in UFOs, black magic and all other things paranormal. Upon university most of this was summarily dropped when I discovered transhumanism, which inspired me to change my major from English literature to theoretical physics, in the hope that I might make some contribution to nanotechnology.

Despite having marks more than sufficient for grad school I took time off and decided to teach English for a year in Tokyo which turned into three years after I fell in love with the city and then ... the world called me back to my home, and I couldn't not return. So I broke up with Tokyo and lived with my parents fir several months being hilariously underemployed ... an experience which left me with a great deal of time to observe the world, consider my place in it and take stock as to what to do next.

At the moment I'm gainfully employed as a graduate student in astrophysics department at Queen's University, where I see myself as almost an undercover agent: outwardly a more or less straight science student, quietly pursuing an agenda of awakening and (dare I say it?) revolution.

Skills and talents

First the useless but possibly interesting: I speak and read fluent Japanese. I have a (bachelor's) degree in theoretical physics. I was in the (pre-9/11) army. I meditate daily and don't spend nearly as much time as a I should doing yoga. I also read incessantly and have done since I could first read ... when I was young I read encyclopedias for fun, and as a result of all this reading I've been described as a walking encyclopedia. That has to be useful for something and no doubt will be, though at the moment a major part of my inner work is bringing some sort of coherence to the collection. As for what might actually be useful here: I write. I've been writing mostly science fiction stories since I was about 8 and was obsessed with the genre from a much younger age (and lately I've been wondering if that means I lived around Aldebaran, say, in a recent incarnation.) I'm back to writing now; I have a fiction project, drawing - I believe - on many of the 'themes' of the new narrative that we're constructing at places like Evolver, which you can find here: http://martianaircastles.blogspot.com/ Don't worry, it's not SF, exactly ... after the unveilings and awakenings I've experienced over the past two years, I can't go back to wondering about a utopia in the future I'll never see, not when I know that will keep us from experiencing it now.

Interests

Activating Gifts, Astrology, astronomy, consciousness, Conspiracies, Cosmology, Everything, History, Language, Meditation, Mythologies, Nothing, Parallel Dimensions, Science

What I'm Reading

The World

What I'm Listening To

The Wind

Movies I've Seen Recently

My Life

Education

High school

Everything I needed to know I learned outside the classroom

College

As above, but I could drink legally.

Graduate school

I study the stars

Additional study

I'm <em>always</em> studying.