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Hi! I'm Martin. I was born on August 12th, 1974, and through hard and stubborn work, I've managed to become 175 cm tall. Among my interests are:

• Learning new languages (I'm currently working on my Estonian, German, French, Spanish and Japanese). Unfortunately, I suffer under the delusion that the best way to learn a new language is to read Calvin and Hobbes in that language. This has impeded my progress considerably.

• Illustration (I work as an illustrator and comic art teacher; unfortunately, I also suffer from repetitive strain injuries, which means that my life mainly consists of frustratedly waiting for my hands to get better so I can finally draw comics and replace my outdated illustration portfolio.).

• Programming (I've programmed a bunch of small games and programs, e.g. a raytracer). At the moment, my injured hands stop me from programming any more.

• Weird things other people believe in (culture clashes, religion and superstition). I think religions are silly and their one mitigating feature is that they make some people happier. On the other hand, they say that some people enjoy watching Adam Sandler movies, and that's obviously not a valid reason not to eliminate Adam Sandler.

• Moral philosophy, philosophy of mind, psychology, sociology.

• Chocolate (I'm doing important chocolate cake-related research.)

• I dislike smoking, superstition and bad spelling. I like intentionally absurd conversations. I think the world needs more evil robots. I am surprisingly bad at geography.

• I have no TV at home. I hate watching sports but I like playing soccer, volleyball, table-tennis and basketball. I also enjoy downhill skiing and snowboarding.

• I have written some ridiculously extensive pages, detailing my tastes in books, movies, comics, illustrators, music and other things. It took a lot of time, but I have such uncommonly good taste that I felt it would be a crime not to provide people with a chance to learn from me.