Let me try something fun here. =D And let me know if you have any suggestions for potholes.

[[DeadpanSnarker That's great]], it [[JustBeforeTheEnd starts]] with an earthquake, [[RavensAndCrows birds]] and [[SmugSnake snakes]], [[FlyingHigh an aeroplane]] - [[TheJester Lenny Bruce]] [[PrettyCoolGuy is not afraid]]. [[DissonantSerenity Eye of a hurricane]], [[InnerMonologue listen to yourself churn]] - [[ItsAllAboutMe world serves its own needs]], [[ButtMonkey regardless of your own needs]]. [[UpToEleven Feed it up a knock]], [[TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot speed]], [[LittleNo grunt no]], [[BigNo strength no]]. Ladder structure clatter with [[GentleGiant fear of height]], [[TheNapoleon down height]]. [[KillItWithFire Wire in a fire]], [[YuGiOh represent the seven games]] in a [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical government for hire]] and a combat site. Left her, wasn't coming in a hurry with [[TheHecateSisters the furies]] breathing down your neck. Team by team reporters baffled, trump, tethered crop. Look at that low plane! Fine then. [[OhCrap Uh oh]], overflow, population, common group, but it'll do. [[TakingTheBullet Save yourself]], serve yourself. [[StatusQuoIsgod World serves its own needs]], [[CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon listen to your heart bleed]]. Tell me with the [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence rapture]] and [[KnightTemplar the reverent in the right]] - right. You [[VitriolicBestBuds vitriolic]], [[MyCountryRightOrWrong patriotic]], [[HeavyHanded slam]], [[BerserkButton fight]], [[LightIsNotGood bright light]], [[GenkiGirl feeling pretty psyched]].

It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.

Six o'clock - [[TrappedInTVLand TV hour]]. [[ItsAllUpstairsFromHere Don't get caught in foreign tower]]. Slash and burn,
return, listen to yourself churn. Lock him in uniform and [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Fahrenheit451 book burning]],
blood letting. Every motive escalate. [[MyCarHatesMe Automotive incinerate]]. [[CandleJa Light a candle]],
light a motive. Step down, step down. [[DramaticShattering Watch a heel crush]], [[StalkerWithACrush crush]]. [[OhCrap Uh oh]], [[FearlessFool this means no fear]] - [[TheyJustDidntCare cavalier]]. [[FaceHeelTurn Renegade]] and [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast steer clear]]! A [[TournamentArc tournament]],a [[InevitableTournament tournament]], a [[XanatosGambit tournament of lies]]. [[DeusExMachina Offer me solutions]], [[DiabolusExMachina offer me alternatives]]
and [[TakeAThirdOption I decline]].

It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.

The other night I tripped a nice continental drift divide. Mount St. Edelite.
[[ThemeNaming Leonard Bernstein. Leonid Breshnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs]].
[[BreadEggsMilkSquick Birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean]], [[StuffBlowingUp boom]]! You symbiotic, patriotic,
slam, but neck, right? Right.

It's the end of the world as we know it.
[[EarthShatteringKaboom It's the end of the world as we know it]].
[[EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine]]...fine...

[[LonersAreFreaks (It's time I had some time alone)]]

****

Who am I? I'm a crazy Jewish [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existentialism existentialist]] type B {{tsundere}} from [[WashingtonDC greater Washington]] who has a not-so-secret obsession with [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel the stuff from your nightmares]]. I suppose that makes me quite weird, though the fact that [[NightmareFetishist it is another trope entirely]] threw me for a loop. I'm so glad I found it. <3

While my name may seem completely random, it actually has a {{backstory}}. Once, when I was called to lift the [[TheBible Torah]] in Saturday morning services, I got a good look on the cover and noticed that the embroidered design looked just like a bunch of silvery shoelaces. [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome I thought that it sounded cool enough to make it my universal username]].

[[foldercontrol]]

[[folder: I'll start here with my favorite anime and manga. ]]

* {{Bleach}} is the best MagicalGirl series I've ever read.
* {{Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle}} and {{xxxHolic}} have to make the list because I'm a CLAMP fan, but honestly the major plot twists in Tsubasa near the end were things I expected. I hope xxxHolic ends on a more interesting note.
* [[RosarioToVampire Rosario+Vampire]] is a great manga. It's an okay anime.
* {{Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei}} is downright hilarious, and extremely troperiffic.
* {{Phoenix}} is probably extremely underrated, since it's overshadowed by the much more famous TetsuwanAtom. But it is probably one of the most ingenious manga I've ever come across.
* {{Digimon Adventure}} and {{Digimon Adventure 02}} are still awesome now that I've grown up, and its alternate universe sequel {{Digimon Savers}} has also managed to earn a very special place in my heart.
* {{Girl Friends}} is a silly manga about [[LesYay two girls who are friends]]. Sort of.
* {{Legal Drug}} got discontinued by CLAMP, and I'm still hoping they pick it up again.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Favorite books ]]

* {{The Count of Monte Cristo}} is an exciting tale of a quest for revenge, on a huge budget. Also, its spinoff {{Gankutsuou}}} was pretty awesome too.
* {{Crazy Lady!}} I read it for the first time in elementary school, probably around second or third grade, and [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming it was the most touching thing I had ever read at that point]]. And when I reread it, it just gives me that nice warm, fuzzy feeling. [[BetterThanItSounds It's basically about a kid who is failing English, so he befriends an autistic kid his age in return for English lessons]].
* [[NineteenEightyFour 1984]] is chilling, but in a good way.
* {{Of Mice and Men}} is so sad, but the [[HeterosexualLifePartners amazing friendship]] between George Milton and [[GentleGiant Lennie]] [[MeaningfulName Small]].
* {{The Stranger}} is about a nihilist who kills someone out of logic and [[spoiler:gets imprisoned for trying to explain his logic to those darn illogical humans]].
* {{Welcome to the Ark}} involves genius adolescents that get placed in a mental institution. The institution manages to notice that they aren't actually insane and puts them together, and [[BetterThanItSounds they discover their psychic powers together]].
* [[FriedrichNietzsche The Gay Science]] is nonfiction. [[NietzscheWannabe By Nietzsche, which you tropers have probably heard of.]]

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Favorite Plays ]]

* {{Julius Caesar}}
* [[AMidsummerNightsDream A Midsummer Night's Dream]]
* {{The Producers}}
* {{Phantom of the Opera}}
* [[http://www.dramaticpublishing.com/product_info.php?products_id=1185 Pizza With Shrimp on Top]] has earned itself a slot on my favorites list, not only because I met the playwright, but because I got to do the makeup for the show. The audience definitely didn't see that coming. :]

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Video Games ]]

* {{Disgaea}} is the funniest map-based RPG I've ever played.
* {{Pokemon}} never gets old. I now plan my parties out before I start, and stick to the same Pokemon the whole way through.
* [[RockBand Rock Band 2]] is great in small groups.
* [[TekKen Tekken Tag]] is pretty old, but it's still good. I've played it since the arcade. I should probably buy the actual arcade console at this point.
* {{Tetris}} is addictive.
* [[PhoenixWright Gyakuten Saiban]], also known as Phoenix Wright. You know, that lawyer game.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Here are my favorite movies ]]

* {{National Treasure}}
* {{Stardust}}
* {{The Dark Knight}}
* {{Hairspray}}
* {{The Producers}}

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Favorite Tropes: ]]

* {{High Octane Nightmare Fuel}}
* {{Tsundere}}
* {{Nietzsche Wannabe}}
* FromACertainPointOfView
* {{Moral Event Horizon}}
* {{Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism}}
* {{Licking The Blade}}
* {{Xanatos Gambit}}
* {{Fantasy Kitchen Sink}}
* {{Swiss Moment}}
* {{Ki Attacks}}
* {{My Death is Just the Beginning}}

<<|TheContributors|>>