J.E. Haldeman

What is it with these about pages? Seriously, there's like nothing to see here. I'm an author, i'm a nerd and I draw pretty pictures. I'm certainly not the first to do the above three things. Won't be the last from the looks of it. However, you require an About page, so I guess I can expound on who I actually am. That is of course, between the typos and the spell checks.

I'm a Water Dog, Capricorn with a rising of Gemini - sadly one of 8 .... miscarriages that is. I'm an only child, and born in 1983 (SHH. BEFORE THE CHINESE NEW YEAR!) in a strange town.... city... metro area .... of the Twin Cities (St Paul ...EAST SIDE BABY!). I spent half my life living in Minnesota, where my dad's from - and the other half where my mother MOVED to by the time I was sixteen. Roughly half and half - maybe that's why i'm Lactose Intolerant and can't eat ice cream anymore? I live in New Zealand, went to Roseville Area high School, then Queens and then Bayfield High School. Eventually settling into the strange sense of perennial student life until I hit 31 - and gave that idea up.

I will say on one sense of the word i'm an OTAKU, but the thing is - I don't fit into any label or box. Nobody does, but I'm also strange enough that most people fit boxes and labels more than I do. I'm not talking BAD labels - just that i'm talking that you can't assume who people are based on their interests. I adore japanese culture, but I can't say i'd run around in a Gothic Lolita dress. First of all, my ass is too huge - and second of all i'm not interested in tiny top hats and looking 'kawaii'.

I am however addicted to music, and art on all forms. Pretty pictures and pretty sounds - now get that stupid Miley Cyrus CD out of my face before I break your knuckles. Also, i'm PICKY with my comics, picky with my anime - and certainly suck at playing video games. I play Pangya, Minecraft and some other stuff - and miss playing console games - I'm broke and too brain dead to learn new games!!!

I write books.

I draw pretty things.

I read, and I'm a picky reader - I try books when they sound interesting. Ready Player one i miss reading, want to read again, same with Pirate Cinema.

I'm 31, and I act like i'm 12 most of the time. I do know how to be mature, and I realize there are times that I must be mature. But be honest, can you see me actually being my own age for once?