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Naosuu, your Guide into the Rabbit Hole


Naosuu

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Hello everybody. I'm Naosuu, your Gray and Alternate Language moderator. :cake:

I'm 21 years old currently studying for my BFA in Computation Arts (studying electronic based arts... like

and
). I'm a gamer at heart, but arguably it is like an addiction... so I'm just very careful about getting new games while I'm in school, haha!!

I have a special fondness for animal documentaries/shows, the CSI and sci-fi genres. I'm also very musically inclined: I grew up playing the piano and I took up the flute when I was 10. I have some farfetched plans to pick up the cello once I have enough money to buy one. I like a wide-variety of music, but I am mostly drawn to cross-genre music. Specifically music that takes classical music/instruments and puts a contemporary twist on it. Stuff like

,
and
to name a few.

Aside from being musically inclined, I am a very curious person. I love to learn, no matter how useless or obsolete it is. I have stuck my head into all sorts of subjects: art; design; technology; programming... and I've always strived to fully understand these subjects. You know music? I play and listen to music, but I've read two books: This is Your Brain on Music and The World in Six Songs by Daniel Levitin. He studies music through a neuroliological lens and explains the effects of music on the brain. I consider myself to be a Jill-of-all-trades, but I don't see this as a weakness. I see it as a strength: "Jill-of-all-trades, master of none... but often times better than master of one." ;)

I see the Gray forums similar to the Asexual Q&A/Relationships: recent experiences can drastically change how you perceive yourself and you're no longer sure how your sexuality fits in the big picture. The unknown can be scary, but I think it also has a great potential for growth: most experiences can only refine who you really are. I encourage the visitors here to explore, ask some questions and hopefully get some guiding input from other people.

For those who are interested, I really recommend checking out Qute's Defining Sexual Attraction thread. I've written a treatise about the whole "sexual attraction" debate, which was submitted there but it can also be found here (I'm still... uh... working on the last part... ... yeah).

If you have any questions, you can always PM me. I'm generally pretty good at answering PMs, but sometimes I slip up. :lol:

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Nomad in Stasis

Hello. ^_^

Question. Is that your dog in your avatar?

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Nomad in Stasis

Nah, it's my eldest sister's :) His name is Charlie. Adorable dog, right?! :wub:

Yes, quite adorable.

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Awesome. A musician moderator. Congrats on the election.

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*wishes you best on your BFA, BFF*

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Hey there Naousuu,

Just a quick note to express my admiration, because you're an interesting person indeed, young lady. Please, keep that insatiable curiosity in good shape and be always ready to learn new things.

Alex

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Hello Naosuu,

Stumbled on this because I was curious as to why it was pinned, then saw it was your moderator introduction.

Glad I did, you seem to be an interesting person. If you haven't read Sack's Musicophilia you might want to take a look at it. I particularly appreciate your affinity for neuroscience. Although in its infancy, at the end of the day all the answers are in the brain.

Also enjoyed your magnum opus. A questioning spirit is just what the asexuality field - and AVEN in particular - needs, at least in my view.

You encourage me to express a issue I've had for some time: the behavior/intent dichotomy expressed in AVEN's definitions. Seems to me AVEN is going against the tide in making such a hard Cartesian duality between thought and action. Frankly, someone who engages with multiple sex partners every month and spends a good deal of time and resources pursing this who claims to be asexual because they feel no 'attraction' is simply not reasonable.

I can understand the attraction to such a hard distinction: it allows enforcement of a "don't tell other people how they feel" rule which is a good goal. However, it's entirely possible to throw the baby out with the bathwater in this case. There is a connection between our actions and our internal state. It is entirely possible for our verbal, rationalizing mind to come up with all sorts of stories that really have nothing to do with who we are.

Feel free to move this as you see fit, I wanted to start it here since it's in response to your great posts.

Thank you for taking on the work of being an administrator, I believe you have and will in the future provide a contribution to the understanding of asexuality.

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