User:Peccavimus

Peccavimus lives near Chicago, where he is struggling to get his Ph.D. in modern American and British literature. He occasionally writes books about the occult and articles about roleplaying games.

Professional interests

My professional interests include:

• Stylistic analysis of literature.
  • Register variation in poetry.
  • Code switching in fiction.
• Queer theory.
• Beat poetry.
• Oral literature.
• Linguistic pragmatics (language in use).

Personal interests

Entry in personal interests does not imply any level of expertise. My personal and hobby interests include:

• Natural language learning.
  • Latin
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Bahasa Indonesia
• Constructed languages.
• Role-playing games.
  • Mage
  • GURPS
  • Warhammer
• The occult
  • Hermetic magic
  • Chaos magic
  • Shamanism and Neoshamanism
  • Paganism
• Punk rock
  • NOFX
  • Apocalypse Hoboken
  • The Cramps
• Simple musical instruments
  • Pennywhistle
  • Jews harp
• Weightlifting
  • Yes, really.

Political views

Essentially anarcho-socialist. I tend to vote Democrat, though. I support social programs, do not support increased military spending, and am against the war in Iraq. I am suspicious of corporate influence in government and nervous about religious involvement in policy making.