About

Education:

I currently attend Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas as an undergraduate student. I’ve achieved my midway goal of joining Psi Chi, the national honor society in psychology.

I’ve been to South Korea on a two week tour of their universities and their beautiful country, and I am currently trying to decide which university in South Korea to attend as an exchange student.

Heritage:

Sioux Chiricahua Ulster Scot (Scot-Irish) Swedish English
Sioux Chiricahua Apache Ulster Scot (Scot-Irish) Swedish English
Irish
Irish

(Any percentages listed should not be taken literally and are merely a representation of what I currently think are the more dominant parts of my ancestry.)

From my grand mother’s heritage there is a strong Welsh and French line. From my grand father’s heritage there is a very strong Swedish line. My grand father was a blond haired, blue eyed Swede, and my grand mother has dark hair and thick eyebrows (most confuse her to be Italian).

Grand mother’s side of the family: My great grand mother was probably either from Provence or Languedoc in France. My great grand father’s family name was Olliver, with two L’s, which is apparently a Scottish name.

From my father’s side of the family: My Great Grand Father was Chiricahua Apache, and my Great Grand Mother was Sioux. Rumor has it that my G.Grand Father stole my Great Grand Mother and made her his wife. There is also some Irish from my father’s side.

Miscelaenous:

Liljenquist is the Swedish surname in my family, and they currently live in California.

The Dutch surname in the family is Hoisington (from Nottingham, no less!). The Hoisington in my family are said to be Dutch who eventually moved to England.

I apparently have English heritage from both sides of the family.

My Great Grand Father owned land in England, but he rejected it for whatever reason (rumor is family fued).

I have noticeable red flecks (or tint) to my skin, and when I tan I generally grow more red than a typical tan color (NOT sun burn red). Full tans in my family generally become a darker red than your usual Caucasian tan.

About Moi:

I’m an odd sort of fellow that has always had a strong interest in technology, spirituality, and philosophy.

I’m a dreamer iNFP. The type of person who enjoys getting wrapped up in a good story and occasionally becomes attached to characters (aka; with the ideal that the character represents).

I’m the odd fellow; the quiet fellow. The consummate “hopeless romantic” who believes thoroughly that “it’s the thought that counts”. I can spend hours outside looking at the leaves of trees blow (or be blown about) in the wind, or watching the clouds, or gazing at the stars. All of these things are beautiful and have deep stories; stories that I can barely place “the tip of my finger” upon yet that enwrap me nonetheless.

I tend to see deep meaning in the small – sometimes tiny – gestures or reactions from people in a wide variety of situations. Conversely, sometimes I miss the blazingly obvious.

I also tend to be very, very quiet, keeping constantly to myself as I much prefer to keep my thoughts and my feelings my own. This can result in others perceiving me as a very impersonal, if not out-right cold individual. “Knowing” me may take quite awhile unless we ‘click’ at the start.

I also have a strong interest in the martial arts. I find kung-fu to be a beautiful thing to watch, and I’ve studied am studying have studied Genbu-Kai karate-do (and would love to study Tai Chi, of course!).

Music:

I’m the kind of person who loves music, probably more than most. I sometimes say that “life is not life at all without music”.

Thus it’s probably no surprise that I listen to music from all over the world. Personally I think that every culture has something great to bring to the table, so to speak. I enjoy the drumming of native cultures, the free-for-all shamanic sounds of others, to the modern sounds that most are familiar with.

My favorite would have to be Asian music. Most Asians seem to have a noticeable touch of what made music from the 80’s so darn good, and aside from that, they often put a lot more spirit into their music than musicians from my side of the world.

Rap is the only type of “music” that I won’t listen to. Anything that’s talking about killing people, beating women, and committing other acts of violence is nothing but a hate message. It doesn’t matter if they do or don’t put it to some sort of rhythm, that’s a hate message, not music.

Favorite Musicians: Junko Iwao, Sakamoto Maaya, Lena Park, KOKIA, Lee Soo Young, Park Ji Yoon, Chihiro Onitsuka, JPop/KPop in general, JiNi, Enya, Loreena McKennitt, Delerium, Enigma, Tori Amos, and some Corvus Corax, Therion, Nightwish, Darling Violetta, and other similar styles.

Movies:

I’m a big fan of horror movies, but I prefer horror flicks that mess with your head rather than trying to gross you out. The Others is a good example of what I’m talking about.

Aside from horror flicks I’m also a huge fan of anything with a story, as well as foreign films. For example, Memoirs of A Geisha was a great movie that I would recommend to anyone.

Here’s a quick list:

Legend, The Dark Crystal, The Never Ending Story, Labyrinth, The Last Unicorn, The Goonies, Gremlins, The Grudge, The Ring, The Others, V for Vendetta, Memoirs of A Geisha, House of Flying Daggers, My Sassy Girl, 300.

That’s all folks!