The Tao of Khajiit:

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Here comes nothing...

 

I've been cracking my head on how to start this one for weeks now. In end, I've decided I'll just start writing and see where it leads me, the same way I always do. Planning is for the weak!

 

 

So yes, a blog entry dedicated to Khajiit and Khajiit only... for the sake of it, I'd best not jokingly refer to myself in that weird, third-person manner.

 

Where should I start though? I'm just a unique 24yo guy from Poland who lives his life day by day, taking everything it brings and regretting nothing. Unfortunately, I also value my privacy greatly therefore I doubt you'll hear too many stories about my life from me ... ...well okay, it's just the fact that ever since I remember I had a rough life, but my story is not about bad things that happened to me over the course of years but rather about how I overcome most of them and I'm still doing so with any and all issues I encounter in life.

Still, that doesn't mean I like talkin' about them. If you really want to have a slightest idea how my life looked like, take a look into the Elder Scroll image I've implemented in this blog and read it by yourself It's a carbon copy Rather than giving you a deeper insight into things that most people would call "drama", I'd better move to other topics like...

 

 

 

Oh boy, whenever I hear this word my mind draws blank!

Thankfully, after a moment some distant memories start flowing into my mind.

• MUSIC!
  

First and foremost. Music is love, music is life. For the last 5 years there wasn't a single day I wouldn't listen to music. (unless I virtually had no way of doing so :< ) I can't really recall how I've developed that irrational and irresistible adoration of fine tunes. When I was young (10-12yo?), I used to spend my summer holidays living in the countryside with my grandparents. What's there to say? Everyone know how it looks like. Tough work was fine with me, but I was a boy coming from a city. I. Was. BORED. To the guts. The only thing that kept me alive back then was an old radio that had barely a few stations on it. So, in my free time I used to sit next to it for days, learning to "imitate/sing" songs I've heard on it. (Many years later I'd learn the language and translate what they've meant. Laughter would ensue. Ever tried singing Vengaboys songs without knowing what they mean in public? Yeah...) That was also the very moment I've discovered I like singing a lot, and never stopped doing so.

 

It's easy to predict, however, that due to the fact I've spent so many years listening to radio, I've grown used to listening to pop music, with rock, reggae, classical, some random blues and generally the kind of music you'd get to hear on the radio.

The only music styles I've never really gotten into were metal, rap, r&b, hh, electro, techno and the like. That is actually quite funny given current situation, as I see that majority of this fandom adores the music I dislike myself Oh well, to each their own!

 

Oh, right. I have both favorite band and favorite singer of course.

 

The band is Linkin' Park. Unfortunately, I'm not a very loyal fan. I'm of the type who believes the running, bad joke about them is true. "Linkin' Park made three really wonderful albums. ... ...what the hell happened with them after that?"

The singer's name sometimes makes some people cringe. Because I simply love listening to Shakira. Her European debut song, "Whenever, Wherever" is my main memory of the time I've spent in front of radio at my grandpas. I remember I used to switch between the stations randomly searching and waiting for that one, single song. Over the time, as I grew up, I've discovered her different songs and albums, and then it just escalated. I actually attended the one and only concert she gave in Łódź, Poland. And I've paid quite the money to get a good place. You'd think that it's not anything unusual, but let me tell you this: It's the only paid concert I've ever went to, and in my life I went only to four concerts in total so far

• BOOKS!
  

I'm not Twilight of course, but I do enjoy a goo- well, that's questionable. I do enjoy fantasy/sci-fi books with some horror/thriller mixed in.

Terry Pratchett? Yep. This British writer's unusual talent of making a satire of our world in a crafty constructed fantasy book series has won him my commendations. The Discworld series are undeniably my favorite series so far. Although lately I haven't been reading much, I'm slowly catching up with this activity. Currently I'm finishing the Dance with the Dragons. And I have a giant challenge awaiting me, for I have set myself a target of reading Frank Herbert's "Dune". And it's a giant amount of pages to go through... But I hope that after Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and Silmarillion I'll somehow manage to go through this one as well

 

I also really enjoy weird ... hmm... Documentaries? Encyclopedias? In short: books like Bear Grylls' "Guide to Survival" or Reader's Digest "Strange Worlds, Amazing Places". I guess I'm generally interested in the visual aspects of said books first before I start reading about what I see. Because I love traveling (that's why I never traveled further than 5 meters outside the border of my own country... *Sigh*...).

 

But at once, any documentary that's well presented might grasp my attention. Example? Harvard's ex-historian and economist David Saul Landes wrote a book called "The wealth and poverty of nations", which is basically a book dealing with economical history of our world based on geographical locations of certain countries. And it was one of the best reads I've ever had.

• SPORTS!
  

... wait what? What's this one doing here...? I mean, apart of skating a bit I'm not really into sports. Of course, I do watch soccer sometimes, ski jumps... but these don't have too much impact on my life. I don't really need to keep fit either because I'm rather underweight, but that has a bit more to do with the gym rather than sports

• MUSIC! ...revisited?
  

Didn't we go through this one already?

 

Well, guitar. That's something different... I guess? Meh. Let's just roll with it. I didn't really have too many chances of playing guitar. I owne- BORROWED one for a year, and that was during the time I've had some more important issues to deal with in life. But each time I sat with it, I loved it. Although I wouldn't even call myself an amateur yet, I'm planning on getting myself one soon and wasting my time in a new, creative way

• GAMES!
  

...oh God, why is this even being mentioned?

 

Okay, before I start I just want to say I'm actually ASHAMED with my gaming history. When I look back, I feel sad knowing that all the time I've wasted playing games could have been spent so much better, on hobbies that I could actually utilize by GOING OUTSIDE and DOING SOMETHING WITH PEOPLE.

 

My personal advice to anyone who's reading this: DON'T. DON'T fall into gaming trap as I did ._.

 

Anywhoooo... Back in the past I've played a lot. Like, really a lot. RPGs, shooters, strategies, sport games, rhythm. Been there, done that. However, I never really owned a powerful machine, so I've stuck with the classics.

 

Red Alert, Stronghold, Enemy Territory, Baldurs' Gate, Jedi Knight, Diablo, Starcraft, Serious Sam, Settlers, GTA, Cossacks, Heroes of Might and Magic, Legacy of Kain, Sacred, Unreal Tournament, Quake, Total Annihilation, Total War series, Warcraft, IGI, Heretic, Blood, Warhammer 40k, Sniper Elite, Urban Terror, League of Legends, LotR games, S4 League, Soldat, Devil May Cry, Maple Story, Air Rivals, Warrock, Grand Chase, Nox, Max Payne, Sniper Elite, Doom, Worms, Age of Empires, Need for Speed, Soldier of Fortune, Penumbra, Splinter Cell, Empire Earth, Amnesia... The list goes on and on and on... And I wish it was never created in the first place. But well, I guess this is my legacy. Between my closest friends I'm known as a person who should "always be played with, not against". I've proven it countless times in shooters via reflex and cunning plays, RTSs with strategy and multi-tasking adventures by piecing things together...

 

Even my username indicates I'm a games' fan. Well, to clarify, the username did NOT come from a game originally. It came from a comic. Although I must say I do enjoy The Elder Scrolls series a lot. Morrowind remains unmatched, Oblivion, Skyrim, Daggerfall and Hammerfell can go and hide themselves.

 

 

How did I get hooked to the show?

 

I sincerely don't remember. I don't know was it an image that caught my attention, did I stumble on random video? Was it a friend or a person that got me into it? Or maybe I was just randomly browsing internet and decided to stay on one site for longer.

 

I somehow can't shake the feeling that it had something to do with a lost bet and a sixpack of beers. *Shrugs*

 

What I do remember though was that the first episode I've NEVER SEEN (will explain shortly) was Boast Busters, during the time when S2 just started airing I believe. I did not and will not watch previous gens.

I remember I've quickly skimmed through that episode, and I didn't see anything that actually made me like the show. I'm not a fan of Trixie. But I decided to go to episode one and see what's it all about. And well, I've caught up with series the next day. Rarity forced me to stay ._.

 

I registered on my first forums on 29th of February 2012 (yeap, the leap day, I wasn't aware of that until more than a year later). Since then, I've hoped from one forums to another for various reasons before finally making my home here.

 

And what I must say, is that the community is amazing. You all know the reasons as for why. Open arms, kind attitude, etc etc. In fact, silly thing, the amount of positivism this fandom contains sometimes made me feel sick True story. There have been posts that when I've read them, I was like: "Oh God, how can anyone be this nice? EW..." xD

 

But seriously, I can't express how amazing majority of people in this fandom consists of are.

 

But what I do know is that artists deserve a very loud applause in it. If you look back and try to comprehend the MLP phenomenon, you'll see that one day everything was quiet, and the other day the internet simply EXPLODED with images, movies, music, sculptures, knits, plushies, everything. And it was all related to MLP. If there are people responsible for making MLP so popular, widespread and loved, I "blame" artists for that.

I want it to be known that I appreciate every single artist that exists in this fandom, be it a person who makes the most beautiful, true pieces of art, or just a person who sits 5 minutes on a simple sketchie that doesn't even look like show yet and is imperfect. They all started somewhere, in same manner, so don't give up

 

Did fandom influence my life? Not really. I treat it as a hobby, tending to it in free time. Which is quite hectic lately for me, but hopefully it'll clarify itself soon.

 

Something that I should mention, however, is roleplaying. Explaining shortly: connected with my habit of reading books, the possibility of writing an interesting story in cooperation with others sounded like an interesting idea for me. That's the one and only reason I've gotten into roleplaying in the first place. (the other one maybe being a chance to polish my English writing skills)

 

 

 

I always think I was half-drafted-half-forced-half-volunteered into the staff actually heh. An old friend of mine, who used to be a staffer here before me (and I miss him since he's not on the forums anymore ._.) noticed my presence here after we left different forums and remembered I used to be kinda fine roleplayer. I also worked beside him on another RP site we tried to create but it failed.

 

So yeah, he approached me and implied that he could use my help. You could think that I was hired due to "having connections", but I actually went through the same process any other MLPF staffer did I'm not sure why I've said "yes" back then. Of course, I don't regret it and I'd say "yes" again. I guess it can't be helped in end, there must be a reason why I get "Rarity" result in every pony test I take

 

However, for a long time my presence here was rather unnoticed. Mainly because A: I work in RP section, which isn't a section that is frequented by entirety of MLPF userbase and B: I'm a ninja Khajiit. Grandmaster stealth user. I simply try to do what I'm supposed to do, as long as my free time allows me to, while keeping an eye on any matter that could concern me or YOU

 

Nowadays, I jokingly blame Troblems for spreading rumors of my existence and making people aware of what I do

 

But let's get real. I didn't agree to help out with roleplaying section just to be able to write blogs like these. If you're a roleplayer by chance, and hell even if you're not, you should know that although I do not reach out to people on my own, I am very easily approachable and have tremendous amounts of patience and understanding.

I'd be happy to be of help to any and all, no matter the case as long as it has to do with roleplaying.

 

 

...it's a reminder that I probably should stop writing at some point. I could write a lot, lot more in here, but I guess I still wouldn't cover all the questions.

 

If you have them, you SHOULD have them, fire away. PLEASE HAVE THEM, I'LL DIE WITHOUT THEM D:

 

Oh... wait... Did I mention that reading Elder Scrolls makes you go blind gradually... I feel I should have at some point...

 

PS:

wanted it to be filled with action, adventure and romance

I once went clubbing and tried hitting on that lovely girl by the bar. Everything was 'koo and smooth until it turned out she used me to make her bf jealous, who was *kinda* bigger than me. Returned home with a few bruises because the guy drank a bit already ._.

 

But hey, I've won!

I think :l

Security kicked us both out before we managed to finish.