I'm reasonably intelligent,​ romantic and rather adventurous - an artist, a poet, perhaps a little bit of a writer as well - but most of all, perhaps a simple person who loves pondering things, or just looking up at the stars in wonder and awe at all that might be 'out there'.

I'm an idealist, a philosopher,​ a dreamer - but as I've survived a few years in the jungles and desert I think there must be a good bit of the realist in me too. I love life. I love traveling, I love meeting new people, listening to their thoughts, sharing my own.

I'm TRULY interested in what others have to say, in what they think - I find people's thoughts so fascinating,​ and would love to get mail from some intelligent,​ unique, original, or simply nice people. I love listening to people and discussing things. I find the exchange of ideas so interesting and it teaches me so much.
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For those who might be interested, my website is..

                                      AlexanderPh​oenix.com​

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INDIA:​
Oh, and one more thing - my friends already know this, obviously, but for anyone new, I'm staying in India​ for the moment, and might be here for quite some time.

I'm used to oriental countries, of course, having spent quite some time in Tibet, and more than a year in Myanmar, as well as shorter periods in other nations.

India interests me because it is a fascinating land to explore, but it's also a very nice place to live in because people here are very kind and friendly and extremely hospitable. And it's a very civilized place in some ways - I see children playing alone in the parks, with nothing to fear, and people leaving the doors of their apartments wide open. A refreshing change from many cities I've been in, really.

And ultimately, a country is it's people, so India is a wonderful country, and that's high praise from someone whose seen a lot of different lands.
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Creative geniuses, brilliant intellects, or kind hearts...   And, if such would descend from Olympus, they who incorporate all three...

Will help you all I can.

Reading good books, reading and writing poetry, writing short stories, traveling, stargazing, sculpture, painting, acting & the theater, the martial arts, traveling, making friends
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The classics and various opera.

I've been watching Pride and Prejudice recently - the one with Colin Firth..  and I had lots of fun re-reading the book and comparing the movie to it. It compares very well indeed - not many movies based on books truly do the originals justice.
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Other movies I like...
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Paris Je T'Aime, The Unbearable Lightness of Being - in a lighter vein, Forrest Gump, finding Nemo and others. I also liked Ghost, and some episodes and movies from Star Trek.

I also liked 'The Last Samurai,' though of course from the historical point of view it is little more than a fairy-story.​ But I liked the way feudal Japan is romanticized​ in the movie - it may not be realistic, but it is beautiful, as a castle in the clouds may be beautiful.
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T.V.???? Is that some kind of alien blinding device? JUST kidding.

Russian authors like Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, and others. Also the plays and stories of George Bernard Shaw, the works of Shakespeare,​ Jane Eyre, Sherlock Holmes, Lolita - actually, if a book is at all worth reading, I'll read it. I'm an omnivorous reader, I'm always reading something.

"Amare​ et sapere vix deo confiditur."​​
     To be in love and to be wise is not granted even to a god. Virgil, I think.
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"Nec​ Deus intersit nisi dignes vindice nodus incederic.."​​
     Let not a god intervene unless a knot occur worthy of the untier..
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"Nobod​y deserves our tears. And those who deserve them never will make us cry."​
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"What​ is sorrow? Sorrow is to have eyes that look beyond the horizon and through time, to know the wonder of what will be - and to know also that it will​ be​​ long after one is dust. Sorrow.. is the love of the distant future in the prison of the now."​
                               - Just a thought that occurred to me.
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"I​ love English not because it is a beautiful language - it probably isn't. But I love it because it is the language I hope to help make beautiful."​​
                               - me again
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"Withi​n the circle of his sword, a warrior is king.."​​

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