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| User: | joshuwain (417093) 
A Geek's Eye
The Thoughts, Life, and Journal of Sylvan ... David J Rust
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| Name: | Sylvan |
| Website: | the Darken Hollow |
| Location: | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States |
| Birthdate: | 1967-08-21 |
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| Bio: |  Passionate, Sylvan (aka "Joshuwain") was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota on August 21st, 1967 at 9:58 in the morning, giving his mother a Grand Mal seizure. At times, he's toyed with the thought that somehow this meant he was destined for great things, but -really- in the years that have followed he's neither gotten a glowing green ring from outer space nor written the Great American Novel. Still, he seems to write a few interesting things, now and then, but mostly just enjoys life as a geek.
Joshuwain, you see, was a centaur (called a "Caflenal" in the stories Sylvan wrote about him) and filled an iconic role in a few tales about coming of age. While Sylvan himself never had an older sibling and, in fact, was the eldest of all the grandchildren on his mother's side of the family (and second-oldest on the other side), he wrote strongly about young Joshuwain coming out of his brother's shadow.
Nicknamed "Josh", his adventures never went beyond three tales but the character came to epitomize an uncertain yet kind fellow just stepping into the world for the first time.
This is an attitude that Sylvan often feels about himself, despite his age.
 He's definitely a Leo and used to wear his long hair like a lion's mane down his back. His interests, listed -in part- below, include a strong affinity for Wolves, Horses and Ravens. These three species, for mostly aesthetic and subjective spiritual reasons, represent the depth of emotion that he has fostered in his love of animals. His long-lasting friendship with Domino, a Wolf at the Como Park Zoo, was well-known to his more human friends.
Minneapolis is Sylvan's home, the Twin Cities being one of the most wonderful places on the face of the Earth from the standpoint of blended art, nature, and urban reality. Even in the heart of downtown, you can find old ruins from the settler days, over a hundred years ago. The combination of these elements have created an impossibly high standard in places he'd ever want to live, although he's considered Seattle and Toronto.
| Mill Ruins Park and Archeological Dig in downtown Minneapolis
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Who knows?
Maybe he'll head out that way some time...
He is openly bisexual (but mostly gay), a practicing Wiccan, a geek, an activist, a journalist, a writer, a gamer, a cook, and a furry fan.
Behold: the power of GEICO
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| Memories: | 229 entries |
| Pictures: | over 1000 public |
| Interests: | 150: "weird al" yankovic, alton brown, ancient history, animals, anthony bourdain, anthropomorphics, associated student bodies, astrophysics, babylon 5, ben folds, blood of heroes, buffy, bunnies, circles, city of heroes, city of villains, civilization iii, comic books, comics, convergence, cooking, cowboy bebop, dining out, doctor who, documentaries, donnie darko, dreams, dungeons and dragons, environmental concerns, erotica, fandom, fantasy, fantasy & science fiction, filk, filk music, fine food, fire bad tree pretty, firefly, food, friends, furry, furry art, furry fandom, futurama, futurism, game design, gaming, garlic, gay, gay pride, gay rights, geeks, good eats, gourmet food, h. p. lovecraft, harry potter, heather alexander, heroes, homosexuality, house of toast, hyperfurs, indian cuisine, iron chef, jonathan coulton, julia ecklar, kitchen confidential, leslie fish, liberalism, livejournal, lord of the rings, loreena mckennitt, lycanthropy, macintosh computers, macrophilia, magick, marriage equality, mars, meg davis, michael moore, microphilia, midwest furfest, minneapolis, minnesota, minnesota renaissance festival, moulin rouge, movies, mst3k, mystery science theater 3000, mysticism, mythology, nanowrimo, national novel writing month, ookla the mok, ozy & millie, pagan pride, paganism, pen-and-paper rpgs, philosophy, podcasts, poetry, progressive politics, rennaisance festivals, rent, road trips, role-playing games, roleplaying games, rpgs, samhain, science fiction, sex, sf conventions, shaun of the dead, short stories, shrinking, skylands, snow storms, something positive, space exploration, speculative fiction, stephen colbert, superheroes, sushi, swimming, tabletop role-playing games, tarot, thai food, the daily show, the mars trilogy, the prisoner, the twin cities, the twin empires, this american life, thunderstorms, time travel, tom smith, top chef, torchwood, vanguards of the future, venture brothers, watership down, web design, weird al, werewolves, wicca, wil wheaton, witchcraft, wolves, workforce democratization, world war z, writing |
| Schools: | Alexander Ramsey High School - Roseville, MN (1981 - 1985)
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Minneapolis, MN (1985 - 1991)
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| Friends: |  | 147: | 2_gryphon, 7thstranger, anthony_arndt, arctus, astor_apatosaur, ataramos, atlantamike, aubrin, auryanne, avinsen, barda, barondave, bfdragon, bigtig, branwyn, brellchild, bringing_light, burnunit, cajones, cargoweasel, cashewlou, cecylyna, chazpup, chebutykin, chipotle, circuit_four, dajagr, danath65r, dangerdhotrod, danshrugs, denare, dook, doryllis, duncanroo, eldogo, elvisomar, escapepodcast, feezlekahn, filkertom, firecatmn, foeclan, fragglemon, fraxx, gafoxtaur, gealach, gentle_wolfox, gideon_hoss, gmlilith, graveyardgreg, greenkira, greenways, hbruton, hellziggy, invisiblewolf, iridium_wolf, iyu, jakebe, jecklar, jenkatb4u, jklumpp, kajicarter, kamberlane, kaya_iwa, khirsahdrgn, khromat, kieranwolf, kint, koogrr, lazytea, lexinatrix, lionmage, little_coon, lula_p, malcolmmalamute, mellowtigger, mfwolf, miami_pony, michaellee, millerwolf, minasithil, mirrdae, moneygod, montechristobo, moonstalker, mtschimperle, nanowrimo_dave, nauta, neur0vanity, nrasser, nudog, onyx_flamewolf, palabrajot, palanth, pathia, pawslut, perkk, petsnakereggie, pieces_of_ashke, pisces3857, podcastle, queenofstripes, quentincoyote, rexxwolfe, rigelkitty, rolliebear, roxikat, rozberk, sabrewing, sceptre1067, sephebonblade, sfeley, shaterri, siege, silfur, silmarian, slygoat, smccloud, sorien, squeakypony, sugerhound, swiftpawfoxie, sylvan, talesin, tchall, teaselbone, thaadd, theotherseph, tigjah, tincrash, tommicat, toob, torrle, tw_babiez, uberhill, unclekage, verec, viggen_zebra, vorrant, windelina, wingywoof, writerrabbit, wynther_knight, xydexx, zexyz, zimskunk, zirien, zxizaraxii |  | 36: | bad_rabbit, carpediemcomic, con_report, crazymeds, deeper_issues, dinnerparties, fandom_counts, fans_dining_out, filk, food_porn, furry_connect, furrywriters, fursonals, fursthatcook, gads_ljbook, gay_cooks, gaycomicgeeks, hyperfurs, leftfurs, lolconnies, macrophile, midwest_nano, minnesota_queer, mn_gamer, nanowrimo, naphodayr, napoewrimo, nonfluffymagic, phoenix_lj, practicalmagick, progressive_mn, team_fatty, top_chef, vanguard_x, w_m_3, wikifur |  | 2: | breaking_nano, someposifeed |
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| Friend of: | 186: 2_gryphon, 55seddel, 7thstranger, almeda, anje2, anthony_arndt, arctus, astor_apatosaur, ataramos, aubrin, auryanne, avinsen, barda, barondave, beoweasel, bfdragon, blacksheepbaa, branwyn, breisleach, brellchild, bringing_light, burnunit, cargoweasel, cashewlou, caskiyote, cecylyna, chaos_cat1979, chebutykin, chipotle, chipuni, circuit_four, dajagr, danath65r, dangerdhotrod, danshrugs, davidkingsley, denare, deven_lupos, dominic_loup, dook, doryllis, dracoemberwing, draconder, dragon_talons, duncanroo, edswife, electricdog, ellinestel, elvisomar, emoburd, escapepodcast, feezlekahn, firecatmn, flickeropinions, foeclan, fragglemon, fraxx, freeformliving, furinfurout, furrysaint, gealach, gentle_wolfox, gideon_hoss, giza, gmaster13579, gmlilith, graveyardgreg, greenkira, greenways, gryphalcon, hellfyredrgn, hellziggy, i_need_hugs, invisiblewolf, iridium_wolf, iyu, jakebe, jenkatb4u, jklumpp, jlwolf, kajicarter, kamberlane, kharnak, khirsahdrgn, khromat, kieranwolf, kint, kobi_lacroix, koogrr, lazsrealm, lazytea, lexinatrix, lionmage, little_coon, logicallywild, lula_p, malcolmmalamute, mejeep, mellowtigger, metalfox, mfwolf, miami_pony, michaellee, midlifexis, millerwolf, mirrdae, mn_swordsman, moneygod, monothefox, moonstalker, mtext, mtschimperle, nanowrimo_dave, nauta, nekura_ca, neur0vanity, nrasser, nudog, onyx_flamewolf, palabrajot, palanth, pathia, pawslut, perkk, petsnakereggie, pieces_of_ashke, poppyokapi, prio, prismo, pucsworkout, queenofstripes, quentincoyote, qvamp, rakarra, redgormor, rexxwolfe, rigelkitty, ripner, robert_kessel, rolliebear, rozberk, rubberskunk, saberwind, sabrewing, sassy_nanowrimo, sceptre1067, sephebonblade, sfeley, shaterri, shesingsnow, ... |
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