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User:blacksilk3000 (11448937)
Name:blacksilk3000
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Bio:I'm headed for Gwangju, Korea, to teach English at a haegwon. I should be there around mid-October. Until then I'm doing some subbing and trying to teach myself some Korean.

I studied philosophy and linguistics, and I love languages.

I love strategy games. Nominally, I'm still a tournament Scrabble expert, although I rarely play tournaments these days and probably won't be playing much while in Korea. I also play various forms of poker, especially limit holdem and limit Omaha/8. Poker is probably also on hold for a while.

I read and write poetry of a generally formalist bent, although I like experimentation with structure. Right now I'm oddly getting more deeply into both Rilke and Larkin. I also love "popular music" in genres from prog rock to indie pop to 70s folk rock to bluegrass, and I write about song lyrics and those rare songwriters whose lyrics are of a consistently high quality...

As far as I can tell, I'm some sort of atheist Christian existentialist pessimist wannabe preacher of universal love. The closest thing I have to a religious icon is Lola running.

My favorite joke goes like this:

Q: How do you catch a blue monster?
A: With a blue monster net.
Q: How do you catch a red monster?
A: Hold its nose until it turns blue, then use your blue monster net.
Interests:11: aimee mann, dar williams, existentialism, gillian welch, korea, linguistics, neko case, philosophy, poetry, poker, scrabble
Schools:None listed
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People2:loricae, olaugh
Communities2:lj_maintenance, scrabbling
Mutual Friends:2: loricae, olaugh
Also Friend of:8: andysaunders, crosstables, masochistically, meldeiry, millcake16, nagekinoki, ragaman, saganist
Member of:1: scrabbling
Account type:Plus Account

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