Alright, my bio... Well, I "am" morgaN. I put that in quotes because it's somewhat imprecise. I'm more of an instance of MorgaN, which is a verb. But nevermind that babel just now. Some quick background stuff: I'm 19. I was a conscientious objector with high school. I did, however, get my GED. Education is perfectly resonable; this society's approach to it, however, is generally rather out of whack. I'm a full time slacker; which tends to preclude having a job. I'm pretty tired of capitalism anyway - or at least consumerism -, so this works to some degree, but, alas, I still like to own fun stuff. I am a vegitarian for the reason that I find it morally reprehensible to encourage and contribute to an industry of institutionalized slaughter. Murder is simply wrong. I am a pacifist. I'm a geek. As I type this I find myself surrounded by six computers in my bedroom. I like to have the slickest, most powerfull hardware (even though most of my friends don't appreciate it the way I do). Computers are my ego-extension, I suppose. I've been programming since I was in 3rd grade (Atari Basic...) and I still haven't gotten tired of it. I'm queer. This no longer means much too me; I've gotten used to it, I guess. If you want it defined a bit more, I'm bisexual (ugh, the term even presumes that we look at people by their sex and not who they actually are) and gender-neutral (ie, I don't try to act masculine or feminine or anything else, I simply exist as a human being). At any rate, I'm happy with who I am. I am theoretically tolerant of religions. However, when they are oppressive and obviously screwing up people's lives, I can't and wouldn't want to accept them. They're simply being destructive. As for my religious standings: I'm a Discordian, primarily. It's like Taoism, but funnier. I'm of the psychedlic, ontologically-agnostic variety. I choose to not believe in any particular interpretation of reality as being more valid than any other. I do, however, accept that various certain ideas-about-reality seem to be more appropriate for various certain different tasks and situations. I have several realities which I choose to accept and believe in at different times. They tend to have many areas of overlap, or I wouldn't be able to understand them outside of them. I've gotten to the point where I can shift between them quite simply. For example, in regular functioning I don't believe in the goddess Eris, but that doesn't stop me from engaging in active exchanges with her if I feel so inclined. Another example: upon reexamination of my experiences in an "altered state of conciousness" (conciousness is always being altered, but this was one of the more dramatic, temporary(?) alterations..) I experienced being an entity from some other realm of existance that merged with my mind and formed a symbiotic connection with it. I did experience this. I can believe it to have been a sort of subconciously projected hallucination or as being what it actually seemed to be. I accept both explanations (and any others...) equally, and I may choose to utilize either of them as appropriate to whatever the particular situation I find myself in.    "Greater Poop: Maybe you are just crazy.    Mal-2: Indeed! But do not reject these teachings as false because I am crazy. The reason that I am crazy is because they are true."       -- Principia Discordia Indeed. The Right People(TM) could probably find me to be crazy or insane, but considering the state of "normal" and "sane" within this society, an alternative state of mental orientation is almost guaranteed to be an improvement. I am a Unitarian Universalist, too. It provides a wonderfull community of liberal folks for me to amuse myself with. And several of them are even willing to listen to me rant about all the stuff I like to rant about (largely Discordianism and related philosophies)! I truely enjoy ranting... I am almost perpetually amused (though once in a while I'll forget this and start acting serious for a very short time). Life is beautifull. Sometimes things don't seem to go so well; but Life is still beautifull. Welcome to my life; my biggest trip. I hope that you enjoy the spectacle. 4-09-2000