User:Ashandarei

About Ashandarei

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Location

This user lives in or hails from Philadelphia.

This user lives in the U.S. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

This user's time zone is UTC-5.

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This user knows that 42 is the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.

This user has an iPod.

This user is a drummer.

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Ashandarei was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the late 1980s. He joined the Wikipedia community in March, 2005. The name Ashandarei is derived from the name of the spear wielded by Matrim Cauthon in the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan.

Biography

Ashandarei favors "older" movies and classic rock music as opposed to today's pop cultural drivel. He also loves videogames and books. As part of his love for videogames, he contributes to the Zelda Universe Wiki and the StrategyWiki as user Ashandarei.

Aspirations

Ashandarei aspires to become either a videogame designer, a videogame journalist, or a screenwriter. He would like to attend college at Brown University.

Favorite Things

Ashandarei's favorite movies include:

• The Godfather
• The Godfather Part II
• The Sting
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
• Fight Club
• Pulp Fiction
• The Silence of the Lambs
• The Indiana Jones series
• The Star Wars series
• Metropolis
• Schindler's List
• The Maltese Falcon
• The Shawshank Redemption
• The Usual Suspects

Ashandarei's favorite books include:

• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams
• Dune series by Frank Herbert
• The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan
• The Foundation series by Isaac Asimov
• The Robot series by Isaac Asimov

Ashandarei's favorite videogames include:

• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (the greatest game ever made)
• Super Mario 64
• The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
• Final Fantasy X
• Metal Gear Solid
• Metroid Prime

Ashandarei's favorite television shows include:

• Jeopardy!
• Lost
• CSI:_Crime_Scene_Investigation
• Grey's Anatomy
• Arrested Development

Ashandarei's favorite musical artists include:

• The Beatles
• Queen
• Billy Joel

Ashandarei's favorite actors include:

• Harrison Ford
• Sean Connery
• Robert Redford
• Paul Newman
• Cary Grant
• Humphrey Bogart
• Robin Williams
• Tom Hanks
• Bruce Willis
• Mel Gibson
• James Earl Jones

Potential Bias Revealed

Ashandarei's is by his own admission a very open-minded person. He does not tolerate discrimination based on race, religion, gender, sexual preference, etc. However, he believes discrimination in moderation is necessary in a society such as ours, namely discrimination against stupid people. While he is tolerant of those with views opposite his own, his views are most often the right ones. That being stated, he is an atheist, a staunch believer in science and evolution, and an advocate of free speech in all cases, even in regards to words considered inappropriate by society. He also supports the use of proper grammar.

Trivia

• He scored in the 99th percentile of students on the SATs.