Introduction

2006-10-06T15:29:00.000-07:00

Let's start this blog off with some basic stats.

Name: Satyricon Jelly

Is that your birth name? No, silly!

Gender: Male

Ethnicity: Caucasian

Sexual preference: Heterosexual

Favorite holiday: HALLOWEEN!

Second-favorite holiday: Winter Solstice

Favorite films: Ernest Scared Stupid (1991), The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Jurassic Park (1993), Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), Batman (1989), Dick Tracy (1990), Beetlejuice (1988), Nightbreed (1990), Darkman (1990), Big Top Pee-wee (1988), Halloween (1978), Halloween II (1981), Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988), Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989), Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995), E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Trick or Treat (1986), Pumpkinhead (1988), The Halloween Tree (1993), The Thing From Another World (1951), The Thing (Remake, 1982), The War of the Worlds (1953), Alien (1979), The Wicker Man (1973), The Mummy (1932), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), and Dark City (1998)

Favorite television shows: Millennium (1996 - 1999), Doctor Who (original series 1963 - 1989, new series 2005 - present), The X-Files (1993 - 2002), Friday the 13th: The Series (1987 - 1990), War of the Worlds: The Series (1988 - 1990), Rod Serling's Night Gallery (1970 - 1973), Are You Afraid Of The Dark? (1992 - 1996), Batman: The Animated Series (1992 - 1995), and The Adventures of Pete & Pete (1993 - 1996)

Favorite actors: Lance Henriksen, Donald Pleasence, Vincent Price, Sam Neill, Tom Baker, Bruce Campbell, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Liam Neeson, and Christopher Lee

Favorite musical artists: Danny Elfman, John Carpenter, Ozzy Osbourne, Danzig, Samhain, Black Widow, Black Sabbath, Rick Wakeman, Electric Light Orchestra, Pink Floyd, Kiss, and Tangerine Dream

Top ten favorite albums to listen to: Danny Elfman: Batman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 1989); John Carpenter: Halloween III: Season of the Witch (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 1982); Ozzy Osbourne: Bark at the Moon (1983); Danzig: Black Aria (1993); Danzig: Danzig IV (1994); Samhain: November-Coming-Fire (1986); Black Widow: Sacrifice (1970); Black Sabbath: Black Sabbath (1970); Rick Wakeman: Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1974); and Pink Floyd: Animals (1977)

Favorite reading material: The Halloween Tree and Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury; The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien; The Man Who Fell To Earth by Walter Tevis; It, The Dead Zone and Firestarter by Stephen King; The Sound of Midnight by Charles L. Grant; The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving; The War of the Worlds and The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells; Dracula by Bram Stoker; Frankenstein by Mary Shelley; The Wicker Man by Robin Hardy and Anthony Schaffer; Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke; Good Omens and American Gods by Neil Gaiman; and virtually anything by H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard and J. K. Rowling

Favorite heroes: Doctor Who, Dr. Sam Loomis, Batman, Supergirl, Darkman, Conan the Cimmerian, Clarice Starling, Pee-wee Herman, Ernest P. Worrell, and Jack Skellington

Favorite villains: Michael Myers (a.k.a. "the Shape"), Conal Cochran, the Scarecrow, Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lecter, the Daleks, Oogie Boogie, and the Thing

Wet dream woman: Supergirl!

Personal role models: John Carpenter and Glenn Danzig

Life-long dream: To become a highly esteemed writer of macabre fiction, to fight against the stupidity of the masses, and to eventually settle down with a real Supergirl of my very own

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Introduction