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Ladies and gentlemen, this is Orwelliantherye (aka Rye, and Rev. Rye).

Contents 1 Username Origin 2 Religion 3 Background on the Forum 3.1 As Told by Mephi 3.2 As Told by Me 3.3 Medals 3.4 ND Milestones 4 These are a Few of My Favorite things 5 Rye's Top Ten (sic) Top Ten 6 Somewhat of a Resume 7 Rye's Enemy List 8 Guilty Pleasures 9 Testimonials 9.1 Template for sig in case of Third Batshit War

[edit] Username Origin

I got the username from my old habit on Internet Boards of naming myself with something related to the theme of the board and the suffix "intherye", from my favorite novel The Catcher in the Rye.

[edit] Religion

I was raised into the Lutheran Church (Missourah Synod), which has brought up such luminaries as Dr. Seuss, and John List, which should give you some idea as to the kind of people the church breeds. While I found the Bible very interesting as a book, could not swallow the idea of a God of any kind being so cruel but describing himself as all-loving (whether he is the Genocidal maniac in the Old Testament who makes Hitler seem like Gandhi or whether he is the stage mother he is in the New). I ultimately became the resident leper of my grade school (affiliated with the church), with things ranging from gaining an in-school suspension for no reason whatsoever (apparently because I gestured a kid to move aside twice) and my being blamed for starting the AIDS pandemic, while my church took a turn for the fundie, while our pastor became obsessed with Mel Gibson's The Passion and gave an entire Easter sermon as the Angel outside Jesus' tomb. Eventually, I went to a Catholic High School just to spite them, and I certainly find it better than Grade school. I have made it more clear there that I don't believe in God and surpsisingly, the people at school and even my dad (the son of a Catholic deacon) accept it (although my mother accepts my opposition to organized religion, she hopes I believe in God). Despite my lack of Religion, on March 10, 2007, I became ordained in the Universal Life Church (mainly because I read that all four Beatles did). I have yet to actually marry anybody with this authority, however.

[edit] Background on the Forum

[edit] As Told by Mephi

"A "hyperlexic freethinker" (ex-Lutheran Missouri Synod) who started to post on and off occasionally, Orwelliantherye (or "Rye" as he is occasionally called) started to post regularly in mid-May of 2006, just in time for the First War on rats, and credits himself with being the first to coin the phrases "The Batshit War"(In the medals thread) and "First war on rats" (In his signature). Orwelliantherye has great taste in music, and often likes to discuss that very subject. In addition, orwelliantherye likes to discuss religion, or rather, his irrational hatred for our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Orwelliantherye is a socialist, but unfortunately rarely discusses that subject. His main flaws include his relatively laconic style in a forum where many forumers have more than 100,000 words, his relative lack of threads he has started which don't come from news sources, and his lack of interest in debating anything other than music and religion (not saying his debating is bad, though!)."

[edit] As Told by Me

I started out on the forum in late February 2005. I posted on the forum on and off until I finally decided to become a full-time member of the forum in May 2006, just in time to fight in the First Batshit War against rats. One of my threads came to the Attention of BB and he enjoyed it enough to mention it in his 2005 year in review. Eventually, I did. For the most part, I generally stuck to religious issues (mainly taking the opposite side of what most religious people would do), and often, I mentioned my love for music and movies in other threads. I usually post only in the most recently updated threads, so for the most part, I tend to not make my own threads (although this has been changing lately). I usually get along well with other members of the forum, except for the fairly few conservatives on the forum, and with posters who seem to be trolls. With this in mind, and the fact that I am more active than Ingsoc Officer, who usually updates the thread, he asked me to create my own heirarchy thread, and after some misgivings, I did. I have a habit of writing fairly short posts, although I have been writing more and more longer posts (especially where I'm starting my own threads). As Mephi stated, I rarely discuss my socialism (Specifically Democratic Socialism) in large threads, unlike many other forumers. One large reason is because of the fact that while I found that Democratic Socialism was the political ideology most suited to my interests, I am mainly interested in cutting back on the power of religion, especially fundamentalist Christianity, in our society, but the economics in socialism lose me, mainly because I am not (yet) interested in the economic aspects of political theory. Of course, my brand of socialism has some Libertarian elements (primarily the Civil Libertarianism of the ACLU.)

[edit] Medals

Glorious Citizen of Oceania 2nd Class (Celebrating my being a member for 2 years with more than 200 posts) Comrade Ogilvy Citation for Continued Confrontation - 3rd class (2nd if I'm Lucky) (Celebrating that I am among the Top 13 posters in the last 10 days) Winston Smith Wordsmith Award - 3rd class (2nd If I'm extraordinarily lucky) (Celebrating that I am among the Top 13 posters in terms of number of words written in the last 10 days)

[edit] ND Milestones

• Joined the Outer Party: 11 July 2006
• Joined the Inner Party: 15 July 2007
• Will become a Minister: Eventually

[edit] These are a Few of My Favorite things

• Album: Aqualung
• Band: The Beatles
• Beatle: George
• Book: The Catcher in the Rye
• Movie: Silence of the Lambs
• MST3K episode: Manos: The Hands of Fate
• Musical (Non-Concert Film): Rocky Horror (Picture) Show
• Non-Beatle solo artist: Nick Drake
• Recent Movie: Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters
• Riff: "Ana Ng" by They Might Be Giants
• Television series (US): Saved By the Bell
• Television Series (UK): Blackadder
• Television Series still making episodes: Family Guy.

[edit] Rye's Top Ten (sic) Top Ten

• List 11: 10 Best Adult Swim Series

1. Aqua Teen Hunger Force 2. The Venture Brothers 3. Moral Orel 4. Boondocks 5. The Brak Show 6. Assy McGee 7. Perfect Hair Forever 8. Sealab 2021 9. Squidbillies 10. Metalocalypse

• List 10: 10 Best Films of the 21st Century

1. Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theatres 2. Good Night and Good Luck 3. D.E.B.S. 4. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan 5. Napoleon Dynamite 6. Sicko 7. Jesus Camp 8. Neil Young: Heart of Gold 9. Fahrenheit 9/11 10. Match Point

• List 9: 10 Best songs

1. "Ana Ng" (They Might Be Giants) 2. "Variations 1-4" (Andrew and Julian Lloyd-Webber) 3. "You're Gonna Miss Me" (13th Floor Elevators) 4. "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)" (Meat Loaf) 5. "I am the Walrus" (Beatles) 6. "Jesus He Knows Me" (Genesis) 7. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (Joy Division) 8. "More than a Feeling" (Boston) 9. "Aquarium" (Camille Saint-Saens) 10. "Take Five" (Dave Brubeck)

• List 8: 10 Best Albums

1. Aqualung by Jethro Tull 2. Black Monk Time by The Monks 3. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles 4. Pink Moon by Nick Drake 5. Animals by Pink Floyd 6. Bat out of Hell by Meat Loaf 7. Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles 8. Horses by Patti Smith 9. A Love Supreme by John Coltrane 10. Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

• List 7: 10 Best Books

1. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 2. The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins 3. Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain 4. Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon 5. The Tunnel by Ernesto Sabato 6. Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden 7. The King James Bible by a whole buncha anonymous Elizabethans 8. The Adrian Mole Diaries by Sue Townshend 9. Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris 10. Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

• List 6: 10 Personal Heroes

1. John Lennon and the rest of the Beatles 2. Lord Bertrand Russell 3. Frank Zappa 4. Voltaire 5. Jean-Paul Sartre 6. BIll Hicks 7. Woody Allen 8. Quentin Tarantino 9. Oscar Wilde 10. the historical Jesus.

• List 5: Top 10 best Yank TV series (non-Adult Swim)

1. Saved by the Bell 2. Family Guy 3. All in the Family 4. Oz 5. Beavis and Butt-Head 6. Brady Bunch 7. Wonder Showzen 8. Dick Van Dyke Show 9. Blue Collar TV 10. Penn and Teller's Bullshit!

• List 4: Top 10 Best Brit TV series.

1. Monty Python's Flying Circus 2. Young Ones 3. Secret Diary of Adrian Mole 4. Absolutely Fabulous 5. Vicar of Dibley 6. Blackadder 7. Father Ted 8. Mr. Bean 9. Only Fools and Horses 10. Fawlty Towers

• List 3: Top 10 films based on a previous book

1. Silence of the Lambs 2. A Clockwork Orange 3. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf 4. One Flew over the Cucko's Nest 5. Maltese Falcon 6. 12 Angry Men 7. Forrest Gump 8. The Graduate 9. Elmer Gantry 10. Shrek

• List 2: Top 10 Best original films of the 20th Century

1. Annie Hall 2. Citizen Kane 3. Good Burger 4. But I'm a Cheerleader 5. Taxi Driver 6. Singin in the Rain 7. Modern Times 8. Sixth Sense 9. Duck Soup 10. Glen or Glenda

• List 1: Top 10 Best Musicians/Bands

1. The Beatles/All Solo Beatles 2. The Monks 3. Frank Zappa 4. Pink Floyd/Syd Barrett 5. Velvet Underground/Lou Reed 6. Rolling Stones 7. Nick Drake 8. The Who 9. Led Zeppelin 10. Bob Dylan

[edit] Somewhat of a Resume

• #2 guy on my academic team in high school.
• IQ: 135.
• Diagnosed with Hyperlexia (a form of high-functioning autism, as have AceBrock, Kirov, and Comrade Acrimony) at an early age. I would not be surprised if more mental diagnoses came later.
• Also diagnosed with a mild form of spina bifida (as John Mellencamp was), and has a fairly weak back, which hinders my ability to do much physical work.
• Lifelong Chicagoan
• Has Been a Foot Fetishist for years.
• Devotee of Film, Books, Television, and Music.
• Veteran of the First and Third Batshit Wars (I hadn't much of a chance to fight in the second.)
• Guitarist (mainly rhythm solo acoustic).
• I have been keeping a Blogspot Site, as infamous forumer rats has, since October 2005.
• In the tradition of Sorianofan, Has Submitted to Ex. 8:2 and Deut. 28:53
• Lives one town away from Comrade Acrimony and has expressed a desire to meet her at least once.

[edit] Rye's Enemy List

• Mia Farrow
• Orlando Bloom
• Harry Chapin
• Dick Cheney
• Pat Robertson
• Richard Nixon
• Robert McKee
• rats
• My classmates and teachers in grade school (you know who you are).

[edit] Guilty Pleasures

• Womens' feet
• Bad Movies
• Virtually anything with a Cult following
• Teenaged Lesbians
• Nighthawks (The Painting)
• Drew Barrymore
• Chick Tracts
• One-Album Wonder Bands (ie Minor Threat, The Monks, The New Radicals, The Vaselines, the list goes on)
• A Bit of the old UltraViolence

[edit] Testimonials

• "So true. One of the best quotes I've seen worth quoting in this thread."- The Enigma Code, on a quote of mine regarding The Bible.
• "ParNomCom thank Comrade orwelliantherye for his efforts!"- Ingsoc Officer on my efforts with the Current Party Heirarchy thread.
• "Holy crap. This is perhaps the most bizzare thread I've ever seen..."- Mephi, from my(first) entry in his wacky thread contest.

[edit] Template for sig in case of Third Batshit War

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