Well as you can see if you've been here before the page is quite different
than it was. That's because I was working on the banana page and sleepily deleted this
one along with a picture I was trying to re do. That'l teach me not to hit the back
button when programing html. That or caffeine will be in order. I was tempted to call
this page "Toasted", instead of Elfspage, but it might confuse newcomers. Well my first
page was a mix of self pictures with a Japanese wallpaper, with a cool midi of Imagine
in the back ground.
If you never saw my first page before, I'll reiterate. I live in the Texas
Gulf Coast. My name is David, and friends call me fiannor, or elf. I have several hobbies
of which most are plastered on the following pages. I like most things Japanese including
Sushi and the Shamisen. I study the language and love the culture and history. Strange
for a Texas boy maybe, but there it is. I am a nature nut, (go Euell), and an ex 1960's hippie wanabe. I also am crazy about most things Australian, (especially the beer), and think Aussies and New Zealanders are the best folk, and know how to have a good time.
I grow Bamboo, various species of Banana Plants, and practise Homeopathic Medicine, and gather local herbs. I brew beer, and Mead, (that ancient Viking and pre Bronze Age beverage of the gods that most likely predates both Wine and Beer). I am a bad night owl, (even for night owls), have 1 cat, 1 Iguana, 1 cichlid fish, and the world at my fingertips from midnight till dawn. I have been an avid Role player for ever, and have played with the same great bunch of guys for over 15 years. Although I haven't done it in a long time, and no longer can spend weekends away, I loved camping out with the SCA, otherwise known as the Society for Creative Anachronism, (not Anarchism), and hope to do so again someday. If you've never heard of the SCA check your local parks for lots of thumping sounds. When you see 30 or so people in medieval period costumes your in the right place.
Lets see what'd I leave out. Tolkien! There's a picture of my LOTR (Lord of the Rings), posters on the, "my house", page here, and there's also a link to my Eldamar website, (about Elven home). I started reading LOTR when I was 16 in 1969, and his world carved out a place for me in mine. I could never say enough about Tolkien and the LOTR, but then there's alot of us he touched. BTW Legolas was not a blonde and he didn't ride a white horse, (ahh Hollywood), and I suggest if you have only seen the movies, (though they were awsome, especially to LOTR fans), you should read the books, as there's entire chapters that could not be fit into the scope of the film, understandably. I waited most of my life for Tolkien to be done with real actors, and think Peter Jackson caught the spirit of the book admirably.
Well that's all for now, though I need a better background, (one I could see would be good:), and I'll probably keep adding pages as I find new hobbies. My most recent is making Artisan Bread from scratch.