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'''Ruadhán J McElroy''', also '''R J McElroy''', '''Ruadhán Jarlath McElroy''', and '''Ruadhán Jowan McElroy''' (born on [[July 22]] in [[Toledo, Ohio]]), is a [[wikt:Blogger|blogger]], writer, [[artist]] and musician who lives in [[Ann Arbor, MI]].  He usually claims to be between thirty and twenty-five years old.  Since he always claims that, as per the [[Chinese zodiac]], he was born in "the year of the [[Rooster (zodiac)|Rooster]]," if one is to assume this as correct, he was most likely born in either [[1969]] or [[1981]] -- it may also just be a claim made from his alleged [[penis]] obsession.

He was educated at [[St. Adalbert]]'s [[Catholic]] School from grades K through 6, went to [[Public_school#USA|public school]] from grades 7 through 11 and quit in his senior year, having made the choice to work full-time to pay his rent.  He obtained a [[GED]] at [[Washtenaw Community College]] on a bet to get $50.  He is still owed that $50.  

== Personal Life: Not Just Info For Nosy [[Bastard]]s Anymore ==
Though a [[transman|female-to-male transsexual]], he identifies as a [[gay man]].  Unlike most visible gay male-identified FTM persons, Ruadhan also eschews the [[bear (gay)|bear scene]] and describes his own gay [[gender]] expression as closer to that of a [[dandy]] or self-described "[[art fag]]" (Ruadhan's personal preference, as it implies a sly vulgarity) and uses both terms interchangably despite the inisitance of different meanings on the pages of Wikipedia.

Speaking of medical conditions, through no known fault of his own, his eyes are in a terrible shape.  He is [[nearsighted]] and suffers from [[Astigmatism]].  His eyes are also extremely [[Photosensitivity|photosensitive]].  As of 2010, with glasses, his [[visual acuity]] is 20/60.

=== Family? ===
His [[father]] was a former [[vagabond]] and [[factory]] worker (and in the summers, a [[Little League]] [[umpire]]) from [[Detroit, Michigan]].  His [[mother]], a former [[opera]] singer, [[Biker#Motorcycle_Gang|biker]] and later a registered [[nurse]] from [[Toledo, Ohio]].  

His paternal and maternal grandparents were both [[immigrants]], respectively from [[Ireland]] and from [[England]].  His parents [[divorce|divorced]] when he was ten, after his mother [[coming out|came out]] as a [[lesbian]].  He has a total of eight [[siblings]], half-siblings and step-siblings combined making his placement in the [[birth order]] at [[Seven of Nine|number seven out of a total of nine children]].

For all intents and purposes, he is estranged from his entired family.  His mother, in [[1993]], "fell off the face of the planet".  His father died in [[2002]] from a [[brain aneurysm]] at the age of 59.  The two had not spoken for nearly five years.  He does not speak to his step-mother or any of his siblings and maintains that this is the way everybody is happiest.

He currently describes his "family" as being his room-mate, their two cats and a small handful of close friends.

=== The McElroy Clan ===
There is very little known of The McElroy Clan, other than the surname originated in [[Ulster]], and has many centuries-old connections in [[Belfast, Northern Ireland|Belfast]].  

Ruadhán has some interest in researching his family name as well as in meeting other [[Irish]], [[Irish-Scots]], [[Ulster-Scots]] and [[Irish-American]] McElroys.

So far he has determined that, while generally ne'er-do-wells, the McElroy clan has had a long, albeit sporadic, connection to music and the arts.

== Career? ==
His first job was working the front line at a [[Mexican food|Mexican]] [[deli]] in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  He's since worked extensively in the field of "grunt work and gophering".

For posterity's sake, he's also a former article writer for [[punk]] and [[deathrock]] [[zines]], and has since penned two novels featuring unusual [[gay]] characters, usually with distinct physical peculiarities.

He also has a [[sound collage]] project (he objects to it being referred to as a "band", despite the project's use of original composition) called [[This Is Where the Fish Lives]].  He's working on a This Is Where the Fish Lives album, tentatively titled ''[[Ersatz]] Music For Ersatz People''.  He's an accomplished, albeit former, choral singer as well as a self-described "[[guitar]] noodler".  He's noted for playing a solid-body electric [[viola]] in This Is Where the Fish Lives.

He paints [[murals]] on comission, and claims to have once sold a [[watercolour]] "[[portraiture|portrait]]" of [[David Bowie]]'s crotch from the film ''[[Labyrinth (film)|Labyrinth]]'' for a packet of [[Djarum]] Black [[kretek|clove cigarettes]] and a bottle of [[whiskey|Wild Turkey]].

== Other neat [[shit]] or what you Earthians call "trivia" ==
* He grew up, in part, in [[London, UK|London, England]] with parental duties administered by his sister and brother-in-law, who are about fourteen years his senior.  His brother-in-law is [[China|Chinese]] and from [[Hong Kong]] and he and Ruadhan's eldest sister have lived in the UK since marrying.
* He has adult-onset [[ADHD]], which he feels has aided in his intellectual status as a [[polymath]].
* Routinely [[Age fabrication|lies about his age]] because few people seem to genuinely believe he's the age his state-issued [[identification card]] says he is.
* The name "Ruadhan" is Irish name meaning "little red one", which he chose because he's a Socialist who, coincidentally, looks very good in [[red]] and quite frankly, always has.
* Religiously speaking, he's a practising [[Hellenic polytheism|Hellenic Reconstructionist]] who feels drawn to [[Apollo]], [[Dionysos]], [[Athene]], [[Eros (mythology)|Eros]], [[Hermes]] and [[Pan]] as his patron deities.  He really can't stand most other modern Hellenic Pagans, including other "purist" Reconstructionists on account of the fact that most of those whom he has made contact with are, quite frankly, gits.
* He is also a [[Church of the SubGenius|SubGenius]] who has never taken [[Paul Rubens]]' name in vain.
* Was once contacted on [[MySpace]] by one of his musical inspirations, [[Karl Blake]].  Blake has done work with [[Danielle Dax]], whom Ruadhan once claimed he's go straight for a day for.
* Has a strong fondness for [[British]] and [[American]] [[camp (style)|camp]] and, conversely, regional satire with a specifical appeal to the [[American Midwest]] and [[rural]] [[Canada]] (which he considers, culturally speaking, almost indistinguishable from Northern Michigan, specifically [[Upper Peninsula of Michigan|Michigan's Upper Peninsula]], Wissconsin and Minnesota).  His favourite television programs, for example, include ''[[Pee-wee's Playhouse]]'', ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' and ''[[The Red Green Show]]''.
* Has almost died twice, before the age of sixteen.  Once from a severe case of [[chicken pox]] at the age of ten.  Once from an allergy to the prescription drug [[Lithium]], which was prescribed to him at the age of fourteen for [[bipolar disorder]] -- the resultant near-death which has since led bipolar, in his case, to be determined a misdiagnosis.
* His Western [[Zodiac]] sign is [[Leo (astrology|Leo]][http://www.skyviewzone.com/astrological-dates-signs.htm].

===[[Grammar]] Usage:===
* A staunch [[Socialist]], he pays homage to [[The New Left]] of the 1960s, by adopting the spellings of "America" as "[[Amerika]]" and "United States" as "United $tates", as well as other "political misspellings".
* Despite having never lived there, many of his friends on-line are [[Australian]].  As a result, he has picked up much [[Australian English|Australian slang]].
* Raised in both the UK and the US, he's used to the idea of both [[American English]] and [[British English]] being technically correct, but chooses to maintain many UK grammar rules in his own writing for aesthetic purposes.
* Uses gender-neutral language within reason.
* Will usually edit Wikipedia articles indiscriminately to conform to his own grammatical aesthetic preferences.

===Musical Preferences and Other Bits:===
* His first band was a "sort of [[glam rock|glammy]] [[rhythm & blues]]" outfit called 13 Chester Street (after a song recorded by [[1960s]]' [[British R&B]] outfit, [[The Pretty Things]]), he was the singer.  They recorded three songs on [[reel-to-reel tape]].  The tape was later destroyed in [[vodka|a coffee-table accident]] and no known copies survived.
* McElroy jokes that he was raised "by [[church choirs]] and the music of [[Frank Zappa]]."  His mother was an enthusiastic Frank Zappa [[groupie]] in the late [[1960s]].
* As a result of his upbringing, he appreciates most genres of music and can find either socially or artistically valuable or relevant musicians in almost every genre, but maintains that musicial snobbery is a necessary and good thing as both a musician and a fan.
* He was a one-time muse of Wendy Frye-Henderson who, in [[1993]] (when Ruadhan was still living as a girl) wrote a song about Ruadhan for Frye-Henderson's [[Christian alternative rock]] band, The Deep.  The song is called "Erin".  Frye-Herderson and her husband, Mike Henderson, were [[youth ministry]] pastors at Rasin Center [[Society of Friends|Friends]] Church, an "[[Evangelical]] Quaker" organisation.

== Quotes ==
* "My [[penis]] is bigger than the [[Internet]]!"

==External links== 

* [http://thisiswherethefishlives.sexyhobbitsuperstar.com This Is Where the Fish Lives]
* [http://rowaninblack.deviantart.com/ Ruadhan's deviantART account]

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