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The "Earthrise" photograph, taken on December 24, 1968 during the Apollo 8 mission. — *Earthrise*, taken by astronaut Bill Anders on December 24, 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission -- possibly my favorite photograph.

Hello! I'm Xenonts. I have been using Wikipedia for as long as I can remember^{[citation needed]}, but I created my account in 2018. I wanted my user page to include various interests of mine, and I think it has essentially become a compendium of subjects I find intriguing.

I live in Morris County, New Jersey, in the United States. Sto studiando l'italiano :)

Some of my interests

Americana
Astronomy
Baseball, as a fan of the New York Yankees
Carl Sagan's works, including my favorite book, Pale Blue Dot
Cartography/Geography
Environmental science, which I'm currently studying in college
Film photography; I mainly shoot with 35mm on an early 1950s Kodak Retina Ia
Hiking
History in general, but right now, particularly American history in the latter half of the 19th century (i.e., the Civil War and Gilded Age periods)
Listening to music; I listen to many genres of music, but my favorite is probably classic rock, and my favorite band is Chicago
Playing instruments; I play several saxophones, and main the soprano saxophone, as well as low clarinets, my favorite of which being the alto clarinet
Seinfeld
Time as a concept
Statistics
Vexillology

Some of my favorite music albums

Abbey Road, the Beatles, 1969
Blood, Sweat & Tears, Blood, Sweat & Tears, 1968
Chicago Transit Authority, the Chicago Transit Authority, 1969
Chicago II, Chicago, 1970
Revolver, The Beatles, 1966
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the Beatles, 1967
Time Out, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, 1959

Some of my favorite video games

Deliver Us the Moon
The Forgotten City
L.A. Noire
Minecraft
Okami
Railway Empire
Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption II
The Wii series, with Wii Sports Resort being my favorite game in the series

Wikipedia articles I find interesting

Lastly, since this is Wikipedia, I think it's fitting for me to include a (very) long list of articles of various topics I've found intriguing over the years:

In closing

Thank you for reading this far! Lastly, here's a quote from Carl Sagan:

"We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and by the depth of our answers."

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-Hello! I'm Xenonts. I have been using Wikipedia for as long as I can remember, but I created my account in 2018. I wanted my user page to include various interests of mine, and I think it has essentially become a compendium of subjects I find intriguing.
+Hello! I'm '''Xenonts'''. I have been using Wikipedia for as long as I can remember{{Citation needed}}, but I created my account in 2018. I wanted my user page to include various interests of mine, and I think it has essentially become a compendium of subjects I find intriguing.
 I live in [[Morris County, New Jersey|Morris County,]] [[New Jersey]], in the United States. Sto studiando l'italiano :)