Iron Shield

"Forever loyal, bold and true in the face of overwhelming odds and challenges." If I could go back in time in time to change it I would (not that I don't like the idea). For one I'd make it less serious and heavy yet still have meaning to myself, I'd also make it less wordy and I'd make it more laid-back. Yes, I would change it to "That's just how I roll." I like that a lot.

Valentine's Day is typically a normal day for me with an added loneliness bonus, never had a Valentine or anything like that before. Once it used to really get me down in the dumps, these days I'm just content and accept V-day as just another plain ordinary day for me.

Flirt with a rich guy and make filthy promises, , meet him at his place, wait till closer to midnight to steal a rich amount of money, run away with the money hidden somehow, change back into a man and get away with ease because he's looking for a woman.

Haven't played in public since public school because I haven't had anything hand held since then, I just play console at home. But I can imagine not being embarrassed.

Well 2 weeks ago in Field Ornithology class (college) I actually held and handled a domestic Rock Pigeon. We measured wing span, the legs and the beak (and no animals were harmed). They're pretty cool... but the moment I brought him from the back of the lab to my bench in the front he took a dump allover my chest and got me a second time later. That's why we wear lab coats. Besides that I don't know much else, they are kept as pets though which I didn't know before.

Yes I still play (Xbox 360), I voted on and off because I don't play constantly and I've been on Skyrim lately. It's still a lot of fun when you use your imagination.

Skyrim - I'm a Nord with Wolf heavy armour, Shield of Ysgramor, Skyforge Steel Sword, Steel Dagger, and Nordic Bow. I've always been glued to the Nord/Heavy Armour/Shield/Sword (sometimes war axe) play style, I just love it and I'm most comfortable with it. Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition - I really overhyped the Skyrim mash-up pack.

I don't tend to generalize on such matters. I like to think more on a individual level and based on that I think when it comes to genders and shallowness one is just as capable of being as shallow as the other.

I'd wager I'm not very known at all as my activity tends to be limited and I'm still newish I suppose. I just come and go not expecting too much. It took years and daily activity on another forum I'm on to earn celebrity status and respect so I know it's something that would time and effort to gain, for me at least. But honestly I'm content, if people happen to like me than that's good.

Why are people jerks on the internet? There is probably a variety of reasons, trying to compensate for something, thin-skinned, anger problems, imagined slights, some people just want to watch the world burn, narrow minded in their opinions, only had a bad day, never got hugged as a child, daddy issues, controlling and so on. And of course it's easier to do things on the internet and it makes yourself feel good... but only for a bit anyway I should add.

In public school days I used to run around just in my underwear only, but when I moved to a new home around the time of starting high school I magically dropped that habit by always being fully dressed in one way or another. I always wear slippers, especially in winter. Edit: Oh, this is strictly about foot wear according to the poll I just noticed now? ... oh well.

E.T: The Extra Terrestrial Good god E.T scared the shit of me.

I used to like collecting things, now collecting is near none existent in my life, I just get whatever I please on occasion. I do have "remnants" of old collections on the selves or in boxes which haven't been contributed to in many years and beyond. - Alien/Predator/AvP (love the movies still, AvP to a lesser degree) - Star Wars (love it in general) - Green army men (built a massive army as a kid) (lost interest) - Axis and Allies/Star Wars miniatures (lost interest) As a child I collected a lot of pokemon cards, digimon cards, yu-gi-o (spelling?) cards, hockey cards and star wars cards. They've all been long gone for many many years and I have no regrets either as I simply have no interest anymore. I do however have 2 Friendship is Magic cards which I got this year, Applejack (great condition in a protective card case) and the other relating to the Crystal Empire. My mother actually got them off ebay somehow thinking she'd get the image of Applejack on the cake (is that even possible with cards?) the other cards was a bonus, but when she asked for help about the cake I printed out a good Applejack image off the computer and then she just gave me both the cards as an early surprise birthday gift instead of for her original plan, I keep them on or in my nightstand by the bed because it's the one place in my room in which I'd have to be a moron to lose them. I have lots of video games I really enjoy, I suppose that counts as collection now that I think about it. I guess my books count too (Ontario's history, WW1, WW2, Canadian Heroes of WW2, 33 Strategies of War, Canadian History of the 20th Century. I also have I.D books such as Birds of Eastern North America, Photo Field Guide to the Bats of Ontario, Freshwater Fishes of Canada, Freshwater Fishes of Ontario, Wetland Plants of Ontario, Tracking and the Art of Seeing (Mammal I.D), and Trees in Canada.)

It depends, I've enjoyed some spicy food, but this one time... It was in guitar class in high school and we were all just practicing. Someone brought hot peppers, I had never one before but he was hesitant about having one. I'm like "what's the worse that could possibly happen? I'll show you." and he let me have one. I just took one bite out of the entire thing, chewed a bit then swallowed it whole. At first I'm proud-like and say "See?" Then as he starts to have one I begin to notice a really intense burning in my mouth and so on, apparently my face went all red and I looked like I was in agony. First thing that came to mind was "WATER!" and I quickly chugged down a whole water bottle... but it didn't really do anything so I left class to go find a good water fountain to drink from. I was trying to ease that intense burning with water for 30-50 minutes. After that my breath still felt hot like I was almost able to breath fire. I learned from that experience.

I'm Canadian with Irish, Scottish, Welsh and English ancestry.

I'll just leave some more here. The Maple Leaf Forever (Canada 1867 - 1980) Advance Australia Fair

I curse, but not to the point when it's as common as "f**k" every 2-3 sentences like it's nothing or of equivalent nature, that's when you gotta shut up and learn some manners. Now that I think about, I knew this girl in high school who said "f**k" every sentence. It was very obnoxious.

My one complaint would be minimum character lengths in posts, but I haven't been posting in a long while and since I've started again the character limit seems to be reduced, a good change.

The earliest nickname which I didn't enjoy was "Dick", given by people who figured they were clever (my name is Richard), and the earliest I was okay with was "Geronimo" given by my father. Later I was okay with "Rich" and not as okay with "Richie Rich" both started by the girls in public school. Grade 9 gym I got "The Terminator". Grade 12 fitness I got my more popular nickname "Crazy Rich" for being very "enthusiastic". It also became a username and my gamer tag. Overall, in person my preference is for my real name, "Richard", which means "brave power".

O Canada (1980 - Present) It's kinda biased because I'm a patriotic Canadian, I do believe it's a beautiful anthem regardless. That said I actually enjoy a lot of anthems. U.S, U.K, France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Russia, more.

Back in high school finding a relationship was somewhat of a big deal to me, never did get one up to this day. But after I graduated and especially going into college my view has changed to not really a big deal anymore. I don't think relationships in high school are "bad" nor "good", there are different pros and cons for different individuals. I will say that though it bothered me in high school that I was never in a relationship, but today when looking back on it I feel rather silly. On top of that there was a lot of break ups as graduation day got closer.