Hi there! Quotidian Torture here, but you can call me QT. Geddit? Oh, I crack me up sometimes.
So. What's a Quotidian Torture? It's a lot of things.
A blog
, one of my internet handles, and that sinking sensation you get when you realize that you're so unhappy with your life that it's killing you, day by day.
Which is depressing, I know. A word of warning: I do get that way sometimes. It's clinical. I'm getting better, though, and working to get my life on the track I want it to go down. This little entry is just a small part of that. It's complicated: For the longest time, I've wanted to be a writer. Actually, a story-teller, but words are the medium that I find are the most powerful and the easiest for me to work with.
Of course,
TV Tropes is a wonderful site for the aspiring writer, and I've gotten a lot of fun out of it as well, so I feel like I should give back in some way while I work on learning and improving my craft. Not to mention I've heard lots of good things about the community around here, and I could really use an outlet and the chance to chat with some like-minded individuals.
So. Some things about me. I'm twenty one, (cis)male
[1], and something of a nerd, but only in the sense that I'm partial to intellectual pursuits. I'm currently in architecture school in a certain west Texas college town that's in the ass crack of the bible belt. That needs to change sometime soon, or I'll probably go
completely insane.
I went by "Pyroclasm" for a while, even on this Wiki. Not that anyone probably noticed. I only made one entry. I eventually decided that it was too "kiddie" sounding, and went with something that sounded a little better (and abbreviates well too).
So. There you have it. My introduction. I'll be lurking around the site and the forums, and maybe even posting or editing. Other than that, there's not much to say.
Oh, and I'm shy, yeah, but I do like hearing from people, even people I don't know, so if you want to tell me how awesome I am, or how much I suck, or just chat about whatever, feel free to drop a line on my blog, or on this page, or whatever.
QUOTIDIAN TORTURE NEEDS FRIENDS BADLY!
Some tropes I fit loosely into:
- All Love is Unrequited: Courtesy of Incompatible Orientation.
- Apologizes a Lot: And I'm sorry for doing it!
- Badass Beard: Halfway between this and Permastubble.
- Bi the Way: But not so good at the romancing stuff.
- Blue Eyes: Of the "intense" variety. Also apparently my most attractive physical feature.
- Brilliant but Lazy: 99th percentile on damn near every aptitude test out there. Squeaked through High School with a B- average.
- Character Alignment: Chaotic Good, leaning True Neutral.
- Dark is Not Evil: I like dark colors. I introspect a lot, usually while wandering outside at night. I've got a lot of morbid interests and love to read/write horror fiction. I'm also an Eagle Scout, a committed humanist, and the guy who always gets stuck holding the door for a huge line of people.
- Driven to Suicide: Almost. But I Got Better.
- Ethical Slut: Despite being a virgin. Yes, it's possible!
- Forgets to Eat: I've gone for days at a time without eating (assuming coffee doesn't count as food). SSRI's are awesome!
- Friend to all Children: Thanks to a pretty decent Big Brother Instinct.
- Friendless Background: Due to a complicated mixture of 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
- Gentle Giant: 6'4". Wouldn't hurt a fly.
- Hollywood Atheist: Subverted, but played for laughs occasionally.
- The Insomniac: Type 3, unfortunately.
- Intelligence Equals Isolation: Maybe. High School wasn't fun. At all.
- Intergenerational Friendship: I've always gotten along with people who are older than me, and very rarely identify with people my age. This only recently changed because, you know, college.
- Jade-Colored Glasses: Leading into Knight in Sour Armor territory. I know chivalry isn't dead, because I've got it hooked up to life support.
- Le Parkour: In a half-assed way.
- Loners Are Freaks: Not by choice! I'm just terrible at making friends!
- Merit Badges for Everything: Because being an Eagle Scout has more uses than just looking good on a resume.
- Messy Hair: Almost to Wild Hair levels, if I don't keep it tied back.
- Misery Builds Character: Ooh, I hope so.
- Nerds are Sexy: Yes. Yes we are.
- Nice Guy: When I'm not being grouchy.
- Not a Morning Person: Especially when morning comes right after night, without any sleep in between.
- Perpetual Smiler: Surprisingly, yes.
- The Quiet One: Unless I'm writing. Then I can't shut up.
- Sad Clown: Constantly. With a hearty dollop of Self-Deprecation.
- For instance: I originally spelled that "Self Depreciation. Herp derp. What am I, real-estate?
- Scary Shiny Glasses: It's fun to scare incoming Freshmen touring the studios this way.
- Seme: Of the "Likes to take care of his Uke" variety.
- Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Guess.
- Shrinking Violet: A male version, yes.
- Single Issue Psychology: So, so subverted.
- Sophisticated as Hell: Might be a trait of all architecture students, though.
- Stoic Woobie: If, indeed, you think I'm Woobie material and not just full of Wangst.
- Also subverted. Bottling everything up is not good for your emotional health, but the very existence of this trope makes it impossible for me to ever talk about my problems without feeling like a complete waste of good carbon.
- I kind of want to punch myself in the face just for complaining about how hard it is for me to complain about things.
- Tall Dark and Snarky: Tall, light gray, and bitterly sarcastic. Close enough.
- True Art is Incomprehensible: Damn pretentious Po Mo architects. That's half the reason I want out of this major.
- Upbringing Makes the Hero: Subverted. More like "Upbringing Makes the Loser". Except I'm getting better.
- What You Are in the Dark: Apparently I'm a pretty okay guy, when not whining or running on two hours of sleep.
- Younger than They Look: Someone my age should not have streaks of gray in his hair.
Things on this site I've worked on:
Things that are my original work:
(Nothing here yet. But that will change.)
I welcome visitor comments! Post em below:
