Artemis

For as much as it frustrates me, I've gotten obsessed with World of Tanks once again.

Straight coffee. No cream(er) or sugar. I prefer darker roasts such as Italian or Spanish, but anything down to a medium roast is fine. Light roasts such as "breakfast blends" just don't do it for me. As for brands, the most common, off the shelf stuff I get from Walmart whenever I go is either Maxwell House or Chock Full o'Nuts. I also own a Keurig which expands my options a bit without having to go to a Whole Foods or the like.

Starbucks and Folgers are the worst, in my opinion. Folgers just plain tastes bad, and even a freshly brewed pot of Starbucks coffee tastes like it's been sitting on the burner for hours.

Mineral, Virginia had a noteworthy earthquake a couple years back. Noteworthy in that they rarely happen in this part of the country and that it was actually pretty severe. I used to work in Mineral and I lived in Beaverdam, which isn't far away. When it struck, I was at work in Richmond and the building I was in started swaying considerably. Didn't move though. Just watched everyone else on the security cameras as they scrambled for the stairs.

A friend's parent's house was rendered uninhabitable by that earthquake. I helped them move shortly thereafter. Aftershocks continued for many months.

While I know plenty wouldn't consider it "scary," I'd have to say Predator because it contains many scenes that might normally scare a four year-old child. Didn't cause me any loss of sleep or nightmares, so I'd say everything turned out fine.

People often think it comes from the goddess or Artemis Fowl (never read those books), but it actually comes from Artemis Entreri. For those unfamiliar with The Legend of Drizzt or the Forgotten Realms, he's (originally) a lawful evil assassin with fighting skills on par with those of Drizzt, essentially a moral mirror of himself. While I certainly respect Drizzt much more and admire him as much as I ever have a fictional character, I once found many parallels when comparing some of my personality traits and methods of reasoning with those of Entreri's. Like Artemis Entreri, I've faced many past demons and overcome quite a few. Taking his first name for my user name seemed appropriate enough.