{"id":2012,"date":"2014-03-22T06:11:14","date_gmt":"2014-03-22T10:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/?p=2012"},"modified":"2014-03-25T21:19:16","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T01:19:16","slug":"all-the-tropes-that-are-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/?p=2012","title":{"rendered":"All the Tropes That Are My Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes art imitates life.  Sometimes life imitates art. So, for your dubious biographical pleasure, here is my life in tropes.  Warning: the TV Tropes site is addictive; beware of chasing links lest it eat the rest of your day.  Or several days.<\/p>\n<p>First, a trope disclaimer: I am <em>not<\/em> the Eric Raymond from <a href=\"http:\/\/tvtropes.org\/pmwiki\/pmwiki.php\/Main\/Jem\">Jem<\/a>.  As any fule kno, I am not a power-hungry <a href=\"http:\/\/tvtropes.org\/pmwiki\/pmwiki.php\/Main\/CorruptCorporateExecutive\">Corrupt Corporate Executive<\/a>; if I were going to be evil, it would definitely be as a power-hungry <a href=\"http:\/\/tvtropes.org\/pmwiki\/pmwiki.php\/Main\/MadScientist\">Mad Scientist<\/a>.  Learn the difference; know the difference!  <\/p>\n<p>I am, or I like to think of myself as, a <a href=\"http:\/\/tvtropes.org\/pmwiki\/pmwiki.php\/Main\/TheSmartGuy\">Smart Guy<\/a> who <a href=\"http:\/\/tvtropes.org\/pmwiki\/pmwiki.php\/Main\/MinoredInAssKicking?from=Main.CrouchingScholarHiddenBadass\">Minored in Badass<\/a>. I show some tendency towards <a href=\"http:\/\/tvtropes.org\/pmwiki\/pmwiki.php\/Main\/BoisterousBruiser\">Boisterous Bruiser<\/a>, having slightly too physical a presence to fit <a href=\"http:\/\/tvtropes.org\/pmwiki\/pmwiki.php\/Main\/BadassBookworm\">Badass Bookworm<\/a> perfectly.  And yes, I&#8217;m a <a href=\"http:\/\/tvtropes.org\/pmwiki\/pmwiki.php\/Main\/PlayfulHacker\">Playful Hacker<\/a> who is <a href=\"http:\/\/tvtropes.org\/pmwiki\/pmwiki.php\/Main\/ProudToBeAGeek\">Proud To Be A Geek<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tvtropes.org\/pmwiki\/pmwiki.php\/Main\/HeroesPreferSwords\">I like swords<\/a>, but I&#8217;m actually a <a href=\"http:\/\/tvtropes.org\/pmwiki\/pmwiki.php\/Main\/TheMusketeer\">Musketeer<\/a> who cheerfully uses firearms.  (I have also been known to wield the dreaded <a href=\"http:\/\/tvtropes.org\/pmwiki\/pmwiki.php\/Main\/EpicFlail\">Epic Flail<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>It is certainly the case that I married the required <a href=\"http:\/\/tvtropes.org\/pmwiki\/pmwiki.php\/Main\/FieryRedhead\">Fiery Redhead<\/a>.  I own a <a href=\"http:\/\/tvtropes.org\/pmwiki\/pmwiki.php\/Main\/BadassLongcoat\">Badass Longcoat<\/a> but don&#8217;t wear it often, as it&#8217;s heavy and not very comfortable. <\/p>\n<p>Some people think I&#8217;m a <a href=\"http:\/\/tvtropes.org\/pmwiki\/pmwiki.php\/Main\/GlorySeeker\">Glory Seeker<\/a>, but in fact I don&#8217;t much like being famous; one of the few things I genuinely fear is <a href=\"http:\/\/tvtropes.org\/pmwiki\/pmwiki.php\/Main\/BecomingTheMask\">Becoming the Mask<\/a>.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes art imitates life. Sometimes life imitates art. So, for your dubious biographical pleasure, here is my life in tropes. Warning: the TV Tropes site is addictive; beware of chasing links lest it eat the rest of your day. Or several days. First, a trope disclaimer: I am not the Eric Raymond from Jem. As&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/?p=2012\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">All the Tropes That Are My Life<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2012"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5630,"href":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012\/revisions\/5630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}