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EmperorWhenua joined BZPower on December 23rd, 2005, and has racked up 2245 posts in that time. EmperorWhenua's interests include The Challenge- Well, it appears that Turakaii has accepted my challenge to create the longest bio, and Necro has somehow entered, too, so here goes. I shall try and keep this as fair and spam free as possible, but beware the occasional random spurt. :D

As it seems, I have 50,000-ish characters to fill, so I should get busy, no?

Disclaimer- I do not accept any illnesses, injuries and/or malignant cancers from reading this bio. If you are not interested in reading every aspect of this, then I advise you to read little-by-little over the next decade or so.

First off, I am a devoted Star Warser. Well, I would be, but I am not quite sure if that is an actual title. In any case, I am a very big fan of Star Wars, although I do not like the style the new Legacy Era is presented with the wardrobe of several characters being very... er, extreme? Even comparing them to Lea Organa when she wore an iron bikini when shooting the Jabba's sail barge scenes. Well, I guess that is why I love the other side of the story, like the Old Jedi Order era, with the epic battles between Jedi and Sith that can make a Clone Army blush.

BTW, Kavar was just AWESOME! (had to add that...)

Oh, and Qui-Gon Jinn was the greatest Jedi Master ever!!!!

And Mace Windu was just a kick butt Jedi! Palpy = LOSER!!!! Mace FTW!!11!1!!111!!!

*ahem* Sorry... I just realized that I am supposed to be "dignified"... Whatever the *blippity bloop* that is.

In any case, if George Lucas said that every fan of Star Wars had to dress up in a latex Jar Jar Binks outfit and strut like a chicken down main street saying "exqueeze me" and "haw wude!" at every passing stranger, I would actualy consider doing it. Really. The only hard part is coming up with the costume...

Star Trek is just a miserable idea. I cannot stand the story, and it gets redundant to me. Spock? Kirk? The red troops?Wha? Huh? I know nothing, really, as it simply never interested my adventure-seeking mind. I mean, do they have humming blue and green and red swords with people who can push you away with the wave of a hand and win a pole-vaulting competition without a pole in Star Trek? I thought not. ;)

Dirk Pitt- I am also a big fan of the Dirk Pitt series of books by Clive Cussler. So far I have read about... ten of the books, with a Kurt Austin adventure and a Oregon Files adventure. My favourite book has to be a tie of Sahara (which they made a movie of!), Inca Gold, Dragon, and Trojan Odessy, though I treasure Trojan Odessy above the others because of its very mystic feel throughout the book and how Cussler tied myth with fact to create a brilliant book.

Tintin- Whee! Tintin! No, not the Tin Man. I mean the series of graphic books by Herge. I have read all the stories and loved them all, falling in great admiration of Captain Archibald Haddock. In fact, for a while I adopted his attempt as cursing by using "billions of billious blistering blue barnacles in a thundering typhoon with a second-rate son of a sword swallower", thought it got to be too much of a mouthful for me to say correctly. :-X

My favourite story is... ummmm... Well, Destination Moon got me laughing nonstop at the same joke for about three hours straight. *cracks up at the thought of it* LOL, oh lol! Haddock's attempts at curing Professor Calculus' amnesia is just sooo hee-fricking-larious! :D

Okay, give me about an hour to catch my breath after that laughing burst... *blows in paper bag*

Okay, I'm back... You may not like the fact that I still have about 19/20ths to go, but I care about that not. :P

Music- In my early days of musical discovery, I loved Engelbert Humperdink, an easy-listening singer. Now, I have moved on very much, though I myself disdain my tastes right now.

Currently, I like many artists. The notables and the reasons why are as follows:

Coldplay- I adore them because they are conservation oriented and very down-to-earth. The music plays an important role, of course, as it is very melodic, soft and in a way, beutiful. However, it is the fact that the band was formen as a group of friends who care about each other like brothers that has me hooked. It is the unity and aura of genuine devotion to self, other and music that creates the perfect band. I have vowed that I will never waver my choiceof favourite band unless they violate the very princibles that made them great.

U2- Their music says what they feel, not just some mushy lovy-duvy-honey-boopy noteful series of chords that many artists persue nowadays. They, like Coldplay, stick up for what thet, and I, think is right. And the fact that they are still around after twenty years is testament to their success. Yahweh, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own are my favourite songs as they apply brilliant virtuous lyrics and great melody.

30 Seconds to Mars- As a classical music buff, I prize unity, harmony and substance above many other things. 30 Secs, though it is a progressive/alternative rock band, applies all these things to their work. From Yesterday, for an example, is a masterpice, perfectly melding five tones and chords at once without flaw. As of yet, this has not been duplicated before me exept in the work of classical music artists such as Tchykovsky.

Linkin Park- They speak for the teenage public in many ways, and I am not an exeption. Namy songs apply to me, though not entirely. Numb, In The End, Somewhere I Belong, What I've Done and No More Sorrow especially are great. However, as I am not a fan of nu metal or rap rock, they are not my favourite band.

Nickelback- Canadian bands FTW! 'Nuff said. :-D

Wierd Al- You want a comedy song? You got it! Whenever I want to hear some silly melody I just grap my iPod and play Wierd Al. There is no other parody artst I know that can replicate his utter mastery of the comedy song.

The Veils: Not the greatest band out there, but I like them because they have a style much like Coldplay and their music has heart and meaning.

I also like the following:

Covenant (the synthpop group, not the rock band)
Carmelldansen (gee, thanks HH and Turakii. :P )
Rise Against
Skillet (a little, though it is a very controversial subject with me)
The Rasmus
Three Days Grace
Moby
Jason Mraz
Daniel Powder
Evanescence
Cold
The Caesars
Breaking Benjamin (slightly)
Cascada
Angels and Airawaves
The Backstreet Boys

I mentioned classical music, too. I adore:

Claude Debussy- The wonk he did shall live on. He could take a simple subject, create a work of art in music with it, and inspire feelings you never felt before with it.

Peter Illich Tchykovsky- The Destiny, especialy the Finale Andante Maestoso Allegro vivace invokes a great feeling within me. In fact, it makes me thing of the infamous Battle of Khartuom and the fight that made General Charles George Gordon even more loved, by many others and myself.

There are many other composers I love, but as I have listened to the radio sparsely in recent months, their names escape me... Windy! I call upon thee! :P

Peotry- Grr. I meant poetry. I always goof that word up. Ah, well.

I am not a poet at all. I do not study poetry, I cannot write it very well, and not even haiku is within my grasp on literature. However, Edgar Poe's The Bells is prized by me, and a poem that flows from my mouth is adored by myself.

6934 0f 50000 characters... And Turakaii is laughing. WE WILL SEE WHO IS MORE INTERESTING!

So, let us move on to food. :D

Food- YUMMY YUMMY FOOD!

I love European cuisine. Dumplings, wursts, kartoffelsuppe (potato soup), and the typical German breakfast are my top picks for the German part. Italian foods are scrumptious, too. Pasta in the realm of rigolini, tortelini, fettucini, Musullini... --wait, not that one. Heh. Though it COULD be a pasta...

Mexican food... mmmm. As a part Hispanic, I just have to love it in some way or another. Tortas, enchiladas suizas, chimishangas, chalupas... mmmm. B-P

Moving on... to... to... um... Lessee... I already did food, music... literature... movies? 'K. Lets do movies. Or rather, I do movies. We shall see.

Movies- I thoroughly enjoy the old movies, pre-1980. John Wayne (the Duke) made some fantastic movies, indeed. Notables inclue, but are not limited to: Hatari, McLintock, The Fighting Kentuckian, The Alamo, Brannigan etc, etc, etc...

I also like other westerns, like The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (that is ONE movie, not three ;) ), Quigley: Down Under, etc.

I also like:

The Illusionist
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park II
Jurassic Park III
Star Wars I, II, III, IV, V, VI
The Patriot
The Great Escape
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
The Ice Age films
3:10 to Yuma
Cantinflas movies (Mexican movie star of the comedy genre)
The Ice Age saga =D
The Herbie Love Bug saga (if you can know about them, you win! :P (note: NOT the '06 remake. Ugh.))

...

So, what shall I talk about next? Ummmmmmmm.

BZP- I am not really having a great life, have not for the past three years. I live thirty miles from my friends, separated by mountains are rivers, so as a result, BZP is where I have my friends within an arm's reach. Thus, you may find that the friends I have here are somewhat closer than those in real life.

However, as Turakaii learned from ~Po~, those friends we have on the net are not really friends, as we may never really see one another. *sigh* Depression strikes again... *sob*

By the way, I should mention that I AM NOT EMO! NO! BAD EMOISHNESS! Though depressed alot of the time, I am not under any circumstances an emo, and that is in every aspect. I just want to make that clear. ;)

I am also a respectism philosopher here, well, anywhere. I think it is fair to say I am a one of a kind in that aspect, as so far nobody else has claimed the place I have nor has explored ethical respectism at my degree.

I must also state that I claim no grasp as a logician. I study wisdom, not knowledge. Though logic is applied, it is by no means the only thing that I use.

My devotion to BZP is complete, as I have devoted much of my time to helping here in the forums and such.

Martial Arts- I am ashamed to say that I am just about useless when I am without a weapon of some kind in my hand. My grappling skills are poinless, and though I can indeed make some pretty good jabs, I am just a twirling person and have been defeated at every spar of weaponsless combat I have had (with the exception of the time when I turned a little braggart upsaide down, despite his rank as a green belp at Tang Soo Doo).

However, so long as I have a bladed tool in hand, I am almost unbeatable unless matched. Butterfly swords? Yup. Dais? Yes. Katanas? Oh, yeah. Jians? Daos? Yup-yuppers. Even European medieval battle axes or broadswords? Yes, I am capable of wielding them too.

My preffered form is a Tai Chi variant of mine which uses a Jian and is chistened the Rising Lotus Form. In it, one revolves on axis points all over, as to be compared to petals that are starting to bloom. The idea here is to make hooks and penetrate your enemys defense while you yourself are within a subconcious state of mind, dwelling upon the serenety of the battle. As a result, your power inceases as your enemy struggles, and you are still unscathed as your opponent is striken in several places. The goal is mostly a psychological victory, as your opponent will recieve much pain as he fights and attempts to defend himself. But one must be able to contain himself in the subcouncious, as the form also requires much retreating which will provoke taunting from the opponent.

One can see a couple links between the Rising Lotus Form and the ficticious form of Vaapad of Star Wars, as they both use loops of focal energy and dwell on the battle, but I assure you, unlike Vaapad, the Rising Lotus Form is very much functional in the real world. ;)

For the past year or so, I have been using double bladed variants. I practice with Katanas and Wakizashis alot, and Jian and dagger styles are no stranger to me, either.

... But that is enough about fighting, right? :)

*sigh* I... can... get... three thousand... words... today... Must... have... WATER!!!!!

*GLUG*

Anyway, what should I say next? How about technology?

Technology- I am not a technology nut. I sure am impressed by it, and certainly could have fun with it, but it is not a hobby of mine at all. I like my lappie, I want an iPod Touch, and could have great fun with a PSP, but *meh*, what is the real point? Technology has become more a habit than an actual need in the new centuries. It was intended to make our lifes easier, but insetad it has become the only way, as opposed to a better way.

I could make an entire rant about it here, but I think a blog entry would be better suited for it, don't you?

Gaming- I am not a very hardcore gamer. At all. I have only a few games, and even so I don't play them that often. Sure, I'll play Star wars battlefront II once in a while, and Knights of the Old Republic is always fun, but I just don't game that often, though I also have Lego Star Wars 1-2.

But I do like MMORPGs. That is, Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games. But in Tibia, MMORPG stands for Massive Multitudes of Royal Paladin Gamehunts. =P Tibia is one of the oldest and largest MMOs out there, and I am glad to be a player there. It's 2D, almost, but is full of plenty adventure. If you play, by all means let me know. I also play Flyff, though I find the communication controls to be confuzzeling... I also have Rappelz on my comp, but I don't play it at all.

Other than that, I don't play video games. I just don't find the time, mostly.

Grammar- I hate bad grammar, though I am understanding in the Way of the Typos. :P I make ALOT of typos, and I am not a very skilled typist, either. But ah, well, I try to have great grammar as much as possible.

Internetz- Aside from BZP, I also go to a few other forum sites and am a "staffer for hire" so to speak, helping new forums until they can run by themselves with their own staffers. Sadly, I can't say what forums / sites I go to, but ah, well.

I also like IMing. I am almost always found on MSN, and am usually signed into AIM, though invisible alot. Additionally, I have Skype and Googletalk voice over IP, though rarely use it and will not talk over voice to those I dunno. If you reeeaally wanna hear my horrid speaker-distorted voice, then let me know. Do be aware that I can and will turn some down on the issue, because I am simply cautious.

Both my MSN and AIM adresses shall remain hidden for now. I had too many people sending me invites and I had not even the faintest idea who they were! And to accept their invitation means I must talk to them, and I generally dislike starting new conversations with "Who are you?"

On that note, I dislike phones. If I have something to say, I'll contact them in person (or at least try to).

I certainly enjoy the communing I have over IMing. It's all so fun, being able to talk to friends and feel that they can undertsnd me. I am slightly saddened by the fact that I may never meet them in person and just hug them tightly, but... Aww... Am I sounding cute or something now?

Friends- Many of those in my friends list are those whom I trust and/or have much respect or share a common concept with.

Zenith ( <33 )
Turakaii #1 Lavasurfer
AvohkiiLight
Beefy (BionicleFanNuva to most)
Toa Vezorn (now Luv Addict (now just Vezorn))
Cederak (kudos)
Lady Kopaka
Gakurak
bonesiii (or bony, bone, bonsai, bones eye, etc, etc...)
Adventurer
Toa of Kenn (jawohl :P )
Emperor Kraggh
Astro_Jaller_204
Lazon: [something] Muse (or whatever he goes by now)
Repubic Commando Sev
Republic Commando Fixer 40
Necro (the returned)

In consideration to Caleb, my real life best friend who sent me on a journey of discovery, though he himself knew it not.

... GTG, but I shall return to wipe Turakaii's record off the web. Muahahahaha! ... Erm, whatever...

~EW~, and location is described as South Western Oregon, USA, and last visit was on May 12th, 2008.

EmperorWhenua next celebrates a birthday on July 23.