The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.

William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, Act 5, Scene 1

Advanced Persistent Fool is an ideological portmanteau, and joke, combining two loves of mine. Security with its Advanced Persistent Threat, and literature.

Shakespeare’s not the only one who gets the idea about us fools. William Blake’s Proverbs of Hell from The Marriage of Heaven and Hell was my initial inspiration for the title: “If the fool would persist in his folly, he would become wise.”

What follies do I persist in? Writing, video game design and development, and information security.

I know, it’s pretty brave of me to anger the SEO gods. I also always try to combine these interests into one post. I’m human (just check my Turing test), so I overcomplicate things. 💅🏼

Favorites

Video Games: Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Mass Effect Original Trilogy, Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines, Undertale, The Witcher 2

TV Shows: Please Take Care of My Refrigerator, Venture Brothers, Los Espookys, Ode to Joy (though I skip through many Season 1 Qu Xiaoxiao scenes until Dr. Zhang rejects her the first time), Age of Youth (S1)

Books: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, Cemetery Boys, anything by Lyla Lee

Movies: The Shape of Water, Scream, Love & Other Drugs, Misery, Serial Mom

I’m a big defender of romcoms and Lifetime movies. All work is effort, and all effort matters! Plus I just like feeling happy!

2024 Going-ons

Currently Playing: Baldur’s Gate EE

Currently Reading:
Fiction: Maurice by E.M. Forster
Nonfiction: The Interior Design Handbook by Frida Ramstedt

Currently learning: Still improving my Creation Kit knowledge with Arcane University<3