Hi, I’m Adeodato Simó. I’m male, queer, 26 during 2009, and Spanish. My e-mail address is dato@net.com.org.es, and below there are a number of paragraphs about me that you may or may not want to read.

I am a computer geek

I spend many hours of my day in front of a computer, both for a living and leisure. However, it’s very easy to get me out for some fun (some kinds of fun, anyway).

I’m also a Free Software developer, and the main project I work on is the Debian GNU/Linux distribution; at the moment, I’m one of the Release Managers there. It leaves me little time for other development projects, which is about the only downside.

I get the blues slightly more often than average

I have bipolar disorder, but I’m only mentioning because I think visibility matters, much, in order to detabooize mental illnesses. I’m also happy to say that after a late diagnosis and some years of struggling, I have reached the point where I’m enjoying a very good quality of life, which is awesome and for which I’m very grateful.

I supposedly can’t drink alcohol because of the medication I’m taking, though at times I forget.

I like foreign languages

I really enjoy communicating in other languages. For a long time I’ve only known English as a foreign language, but I’ve recently started to learn French. Sometimes I will intermix English with Spanish in a peculiar way, but I’ll stop if asked not to do so.

I don’t normally enjoy dubbed content, and I welcome native speakers to point out mistakes in my usage of their language.

I ignore God

I was raised in a quite religious environment, and was quite religious myself until the age of 14. Since then, however, my life has not had a place for God at all, particularly not to believe it exists.

(If you really must know, I believe that God is a human invention that covers, like every invention, some human need. And, the same some people choose to live without a car or a TV in their lives, I choose to live without God in mine.)

I do choose to believe, though, that there is no other life after death, and this quote from Camus has always had a prominent place in my quote file. However, I must confess I fantasize about “next level” worlds every now and then.

I can’t live without music

I listen to music many hours a day, though it’s true it stays off more often now than before. I have what you’d call an extensive musical taste (heh), and I’m finally not ashamed of people noticing María del Monte in my top artists list, next to Placebo.

I am also happy to accept that music plays no important role in the life of many people, including many of my friends.

I am smart, fragile, not excessively selfish, and romantic

(Among other things.) I also like to laugh and make others laugh, but prefer not to smile in pictures. I used to be a terrible procrastinator, but I’m slowly getting not to be that of a big one.

I try to cut people lots of slack, and make an effort to always understand their point or situation. Some behaviors will inevitably enrage me, though.

I love some people, and they love me back

And for that I am immensely grateful.

I haven’t found the love of my life

And thankfully it does not make me unhappy (anymore), but I dream of finding it oh-so-many nights before falling asleep.

Verses exist that made me cry

Nunca te entregues ni te apartes
junto al camino, nunca digas
no puedo más y aquí me quedo.
Otros esperan que resistas
que les ayude tu alegría
tu canción entre sus canciones

José Agustín Goytisolo, “Palabras para Julia”
(English)

Webby bits

Last.fm — LibraryThing — Twitter — Identi.ca