On Working Character Bios

I'll try to keep this short, as, in essence, this entire blog is about "who I am." I hate to go with the cliché list of items, but it really saves time, and considering I plan to go into much greater detail on matters of genuine importance (at least to me), it should suffice for the roughest estimate of kind of prick you're currently dealing with. (As I add more, I'll just keep tacking on parenthetical remarks...like this one!)


Name: Carlton Griffith Knowles II (named after my paternal grandfather)

Age: Twenty-two

Birth date: October 7th, 1986, approximately 10:55 AM (Had a friend born on the same day, we'd always argue about who was older, so I looked into it. My niece's birthday is the 5th, my dad's is the 6th. It's my understanding that the 6th is actually the most common birthday in America...fuckin' Valentine's babies.)

Sex: Male (therefore, yes please)

Orientation: I like the ladies. Very much so.

Marital Status: Can't remember the last time I had a conversation with a girl my age

Nationality: Caucasian Mutt (maternal grandfather was some degree of Irish, maternal grandmother was English Canadian, paternal grandmother was full-blooded German, paternal grandfather was a mix of British isles, mostly Scottish and Welsh (the name's Welsh (who I suspect are the basis for hobbits, as evidenced by the name (Knowles-knoll-Guy-who-lives-in-a-hill), my furry feet, and diminutive stature)))
I tend to think of myself mostly as the Scottish-Welsh part.

Height: 5' 7"ish

Weight: 'bout 155lb

Hair: Brown (shaved to an eighth-inch)

Eye: Brown (blind as a fucking bat)

Intelligence Quotient: 135~ (varies by test, never lower than 132, never higher than 138)(Yes, I'm a big enough dick to mention this, and no I'm not actually intelligent enough to know how pointless the IQ is, like every genuinely intelligent person I've ever met is)

Born: Dallas, TX

Hometown: Galveston, TX

Current Locale: Denton, TX

Education: Working on a bachelor's in Philosophy (ohh, so that's why he's such an asshole...), with a minor in Japanese (and a weaboo to boot) at the University of North Texas in Denton.

Political Leanings: Libertarian (I know some people think this is a fad, but I do adhere to a economically conservative, socially liberal viewpoint.)

Religious Leanings: Agnostic Philosopher (read: "asshole devil's advocate atheist who loves to argue with zealots")(I definitely lean toward atheist, but I'm open to less strict observations on deity)

Musical Preference: Mostly Classical (The kind with scary Latin choruses) Jazz ("If it ain't got that swing"), and Funk (The electric piano is the greatest instrument. Ever.). But like most, I'll listen to nearly anything. The Last.fm gadget in the sidebar to your left should give you some idea of what I listen to regularly (mostly soundtracks to various shit).


A few of my fa-vor-ite things:

Color: Violet (if it wasn't screamingly obvious, and no I'm not gay, but I'd really like to smack the fucker who started the whole purple=gay thing.)

Food: Corndogs and/or Watermelon (what can I say, I'm a southern boy)

Beverages: Arizona Green Tea and/or Dr. Pepper (invented in Waco don'tcha know)

Movies: Big Trouble (I don't care what you think, Tim Allen is funny)
Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy (soon to be quadriology, I believe)
Ocean's Trilogy (David Holmes rocks my proverbial socks)
Super Troopers (You are freaking out, man)
The Birdcage (Men smear)
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (ひさしぶりだな、クラウド)
National Lampoon's Animal House (They took the fucking bar!)
The Dark Knight (How about a magic trick?)

Television Programs: The Simpsons
Futurama
Family Guy
Good Eats
Spaced
Firefly
Cowboy Bebop
Mythbusters
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Fawlty Towers
Shin-chan (the Funimation version, of course)
South Park
Scrubs (Thank God they're finally gonna let the series die)

Books: I really don't read as much as I should (everyone says that), but I really dig the His Dark Materials trilogy, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and yes, even the Harry Potter...septilogy?

Art Medium: Comic Strip (I've got a bunch of webcomics listed to your left, but I also love some of the classics: Calvin and Hobbes, Garfield, Foxtrot, and of course the Far Side)

Quote: Try to learn something about everything, and everything about something. - Thomas Henry Huxley

Games: the Final Fantasy series(hurr, and really most Squaresoft titles (I don't respect the Enix))
God of War series
Grand Theft Auto series
Katamari series
Soulcalibur series
Disgaea series
Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness series
Elder Scrolls series
Legaia series
Legacy of Kain series
Destroy All Humans series
Command & Conquer series
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos (PS1 classic with a fantastic soundtrack)
Okami
Shadow of the Colossus
Portal (had a hard time getting into the rest of the Orange Box, not sure why, as the plot of Half-Life is wildly interesting)
LocoRoco
Megaman Legends
Puzzle Quest.
(there are plenty more games I know are great, but I haven't played them...yet)

A Basic Summary: I'm a more-or-less average 20-something gamer-nerd. I'm inclined to be a hermit, for various reasons I'd rather discuss in an in-depth post. I play a lot of video games, do a lot of papercraft, and generally just soak up media through LCD screens and speakers. I'm told I'm smarter than the average bear, but I know I'm not smart enough to get over the childishness of being an asshole to be people less intelligent than I am. I enjoy philosophy, but hate other students of philosophy (self-centered assholes...oh wait). I enjoy British and Japanese humor, but have never been as into Anime as one might expect from a person in my position. I think cartoons and comic books should be regarded as serious media, but I've never really been an aficionado of either (well maybe not comics, I watch the shit out of some cartoons). I'm something of a voice acting buff, in that I know the extended works of most American voice actors (ironically my own voice is rather high and unpleasant...go watch that Cloud WIP video if you don't believe me). I tend to find myself alienated from most groups, being too nerdy (or just generally obstinate and proud of it, I don’t drink, smoke, or do any form of recreational drugs (in a word, I’m “straight-edge,” but I assure you the ‘no sex’ part isn’t on purpose)…I’m also generally a vegetarian, but not because I have some ideological issue…it’s just meat’s expensive and I’m fuckin’ broke) to blend with the average college age kid, but too self-loathing of my own nerdiness (and general habit of being out-of-touch) to just embrace it and roll with my fellow members of the subculture. I used to be a pretty good musician, but I slowly drifted away from it when I went off to school (which is ironic, because UNT has renowned jazz program), and have a tendency to be defeated by my own fear of failure (true of almost everyone, no?). I believe strongly in the power of fiction, and my only real goals at the moment are to develop the skills necessary to become an effective raconteur. My music and pornography libraries are disturbingly large (perhaps the latter more disturbingly than the former), and I refuse to leave my apartment without my headphones.


There's plenty more to say...but I'll save that for later posts. This should suffice to scare you off if you aren't ready to listen to my incoherent, self-centered babble.