These things suck and I'm bad at writing 'em. They always come across stuck up or overly dull. If you really want to get to know me, then message me.


I LOVE to talk about writing and yet never do it and I'm currently "working" on a story. I have music playing almost constantly, mostly metal of almost every type, though I do listen to a bunch of other things as well.

Smart ass is probably the quickest way to explain myself. Beyond that, I'm lazy, underachieving. People have called me interesting before, but I think they were just trying to shut me up.

I try to follow the general philosophy of "don't be an ass (except a smart ass)" and it works quite well for me!

-Beware- I do swear, and I'm an atheist. If either of those bother or offend you, you might want to consider not being my pen pal. I don't mind if you don't swear, or are of some religion, but I've ran into problems with both of those before. It's always an awkward pain, so I'd prefer to just get it out here now.


Hope to hear from you! :)

I'm looking for people around my age (17-21?), both male and female. Preferably people with some of the same interests, but it's always fun to be exposed to new things as well! You HAVE to speak English. It's the only language I know so it would really suck if you couldn't speak it, as you can imagine. If you can read, you're golden! (That's gonna be confusing for non-native speakers, isn't it? Sorry! Message me and I'll explain it. :)

Short friendships don't interest me much. Long lasting friendships are what I'm here for, so if you just want to chat with someone twice and never talk to them again, could you please find someone else more suited to you?

I have no patience for people who are just asses. If you are homophobic, racist, or otherwise an ass, please don't bother talking to me. Grow up and learn to love, 'kay?

I only speak English.

Everyone needs an art form, and for me, that's Netflix binging. In the world of music, people praise Bach; in sports they praise Bolt; in Netflix binging, they praise me.

When I'm not practicing my binging, I practice the guitar, read, and talk about writing. (Netflix binging may be what I'm best at, but talking about writing is a strong competitor.)

If you want me to reply to you, please put "The Turtle Moves" as the subject of your message.

Not really sure if I have any other interests really. I'm a strong proponent of science I guess.

My tastes are fairly broad but lean very heavily towards rock and metal genres. Lately, I've been really getting into some throw-back/slightly stonery bands. Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats, Witchcraft, Horisont, Graveyard, Blood Ceremony... the list goes on!

Here are some of the other genres I enjoy and a few bands/albums I like within them:

Death metal - Death, Behemoth's The Satanist, Cattle Decapitation's Anthropocene Extinction, Gojira, Dark Tranquility, Atheist, SepticFlesh

Folk Metal - Arkona, Eluveitie

Black metal - Agalloch, Carach Angren, Cradle of Filth

Heavy metal - Dio, Rainbow, Metallica

Doom(-ish) metal - Agalloch, Woods of Ypres, Saturnus

Prog metal - Opeth, Orkenjott, Dog Fashion Disco, Scale the Summit, Leprous

Classic rock - Pink Floyd, Dio, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Fleetwood Mac

Misc - Passanger, James Blunt, Tenhi, some of Omnia, Philip Wesley, July Talks, Austin Wintory's Transfiguration (the music from the game Journey)

There's a lot more so I'll almost surely be adding to and changing this!

My all time favorite movie is Shawshank Redemption. If you don't like that movie you are not human. That is an irrefutable scientific fact.

One of my resolutions this year is to watch and consume media I would usually avoid, and it's been working out fantastic so far. I've watched so many movies that is impossible to list here, but I'll try!

Cracks, Lost and Delirious, Forrest Gump, Pacific Rim, Spirited Away, Juno- think that gives a fair idea of the range.

Next up is me trying out musicals. *crosses fingers*

Death Note, Steins;Gate, Psycho-Pass, Breaking Bad, An Idiot Abroad, House of Cards, Mythbusters, Sherlock, Mad Men, Black Mirror, Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations

I tend to like non-procedural dramas (Breaking Bad, Mad Men), anime, and educational shows (Mythbusters, No Reservations). Of course, there are many exceptions to that.

YouTube takes more of my time than TV these days anyways...

Growing up, I went through two book phases. The first, when I was right around five, was me falling in love with a few Roald Dahl books on tape my grandma gave to me. Fantastic Mr. Fox was my favorite, must've listened to that dozens of times in bed.

Then, when I got a little older and the first few Harry Potter movies came outm my gran began to bye me the Harry Potter audiobooks. Every night I'd listen to them - if the intent was to help me fall asleep, then it was a failure as I stayed up for an extra hour or more listening to them. Somewhere in the midst of my Harry Potter addiction, my gran also started to give me the Inheritance audiobooks as well (Eragon, Eldest, etc).

That assortment of audiobooks started my reading addiction. I go through phases where I'll read a book a day... like I said, addiction. Least I'm not lighting the pages up! Unfortunately, I'm not so much a reader now. Mind you, I still like to read, I just don't find myself doing it. Too many things pulling me too many ways leaving too little me left.

Reading story over, here are some books and stories I especially enjoyed, in no particular order!

Patrick Rothfuss' Name of the Wind, Wise Man's Fear, and The Slow Regard of Silent Things.
Practical Ethics by Peter Singer
Ted Chiang's short stories, in particular Exhalation.
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin
I've quite enjoyed almost all of Ellen Hopkins' books
Everything I've read by Terry Pratchett has been phenomenal
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin