Introduce Yourself here and say Hi. [Archive] - Page 5

lalaine

08-14-2006, 09:47 AM

Good evening! Wow I just found a great treasure-this website. I am so privilege to be part of this forum. :lol:
I am Lalaine from the Philippines. I love life. I am blessed with an loving husband and 2 adorable kids. I love nature. I love art. I love to sing, dance, act, write and read .
I am currently teaching in an International school here in the country. We are presently reading Great Expectations in my Grade 8 English class. Today my students gave me a set of questions some of which I find it difficult to answer. I need your help.

lalaine

08-14-2006, 09:54 AM

Logos

08-14-2006, 10:21 AM

Welcome to LitNet lalaine :)

Please re-post your questions in this Teaching part of the forums,
http://www.online-literature.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=3163 you will get more people seeing them.

zampano

08-14-2006, 11:29 AM

This is me. A dot.
A point.
A tiny theoretical point on an infinite two dimensional plane.
Surrounded by billions of other dots in an infinitely uncaring eternal cosmos known as the web.
From one theoretical point to another:
Hi.

Just joined.

subterranean

08-14-2006, 09:44 PM

hi to all newbies!!!

Jean-Baptiste

08-14-2006, 10:26 PM

Welcome to the forum, Zampano! Sounds like you really know your place, to an excruciating degree. I'm sure you'll have a nice time here.

joprast

08-15-2006, 07:07 AM

Hello Everybody! I'm Spanish And 50 Years Old I Got This Site Because I Am Very Interested To English Literature. I've Been "sonet Shakespeare A Day" Suscriber For, At Least, Six Years. I Am Working In A Multinational Enviroment And, For That, Knowing As Much As Possible About English Literature Is Very Important For Me.
Best Regards To All Of You

Pensive

08-15-2006, 10:43 AM

Hi all of you!

zampano

08-15-2006, 04:05 PM

Welcome to the forum, Zampano! Sounds like you really know your place, to an excruciating degree. I'm sure you'll have a nice time here.

Hi back, and thanks for the welcome.
Yes, I do find this reality, and my place therein, excruciating sometimes; It's not all fun.
Your remark is possibly a good way of putting it, anyway.

Woody

08-15-2006, 04:54 PM

Hi. Question # 1- In the first chapter of the book, what did the author mean about his brothers "being born on their backs with their hands in their trouser pockets"?
HOw did his parents die and his other siblings? Did they die young? Pip never got to see his parents,how was he able to describe how his parents looked? Thanks.

Newby here, and don't have a clue what book you are refering to, but anybody born on their back with their hands in their pockets would be someone that's more than just lazy. That praticular individual would be so lazy they wouldn't take their hands out of their pockets long enough to put food in their mouth.

subterranean

08-15-2006, 09:10 PM

Welcome on board joprast and Woody :wave:

cindiwithani

08-16-2006, 02:14 PM

Here goes nothing. I am new to this sight. Found it while studying for the CSET exam to get my English teaching credential. I have a BA in Journalism which I thought would somehow make me qualified. While in college (back when dinosaurs roamed the earth) I did have to take lit classes, but mostly I learned to get a good story and write - not really delve into the finer points of the classics. Boy, am I overwhelmed!

Virgil

08-16-2006, 02:26 PM

Welcome Cindi. We won't hold the fact that you have a Journalism degree against you. :D Only kidding. Welcome. ;)

DianeShishio

08-17-2006, 04:54 AM

ohayoooooo

Pensive

08-17-2006, 10:40 AM

Hi Cindi and Woody! Welcome to the forum!

RJbibliophil

08-17-2006, 12:00 PM

Welcome Zampano! :wave:

Welcome Joprast! :wave:

Welcome Woody! :wave:

Welcome cindiwithani! :wave:

kobi_ruralgirl

08-19-2006, 03:24 AM

I'm a MSc. student in mathematics from Iran.
I love readig books,knowing about writers and their literary works. When I read a book,
I want to know the ideas of people that have read it.
I think here (this web site) is a good place to meet peope and know about their opinions about life,nature,human being and every thing.
I'm glad to join this site.
Thank u
ruralgirl

RobinHood3000

08-19-2006, 06:39 AM

Welcome -- if ya like books, you'll be at home here.

Pensive

08-19-2006, 06:51 AM

Welcome -- if ya like books, you'll be at home here.
I couldn't have put it better myself. :D So welcome, Kobi!

Virgil

08-21-2006, 09:17 PM

Welcome Kobi. I'm sure you will like it here. I'm amazed at how many people from around the world drop in and wish to talk about books. I believe you're the first from Iran.

Shalot

08-23-2006, 08:41 PM

Hi,

I am fairly new to this forum, though this is not my first post as I have been really digging the song title game and posting there a lot. But, I thought I should formally introduce myself here and say hello to everyone.

I joined this forum because once long ago I was a literature student, and I am trying to get back into that mindset. It's weird, but I can't remember enough to participate outright in the discussions on literature, but I have enjoyed reading the posts. All I can remember from my school days is really enjoying The Lady of Shalot (I ended up writing two papers on that one and there is a good recording of it by Loreena McKennitt) so that is where I got my name here. I also liked William Blake. :) I see some really interesting poeple and posts on the forum and I am glad I stumbled accross this one.

Virgil

08-23-2006, 09:47 PM

Nice to meet you Shalot. Don't worry about what you remember and what you don't. We're not too harsh. Welcome.

Pensive

08-24-2006, 10:22 AM

Hi Shalot! Welcome to the forum!

Keter_Lee

08-31-2006, 08:28 AM

Hi, everybody!

It's the first day i'm on this great website which allows me to meet so many friends here. Thank Pensive!

I'm from China. I'm a postgraduate majoring in linguistics, but i start to prepare for GRE in the hope that i could study in U.S.A. after my graduation. I like sci-fiction, romance stories and Robert Frost's poems. I keep reading because it can open another world and a different kind of culture to me; also it enhances my English gradually and helps me think in English instead of Chinese.

Weeping Willow, hi, i'm happily surprised when i know you are from Israel. I was a volunteer for the World Choir Games held in Xiamen China during Jul.16-Jul.26, 2006. I served as a translator and tour guide for LACHAN Jewish Chamber Choir. The Choir members are Jewish but live in Canada. We have had a great time together. This experience makes me feel intimate to Israel, Jewish people and Canada. ^^ My registered name "Keter" is given by the Choir Conductor which is a Hebrew name meaning "crown". All in all, it's glad to say hello to you on here.

Anyway, i'm so happy to meet you here. :p

razzmatazz

08-31-2006, 12:15 PM

As you can see, I'm very new to this forum, I stumbled across it one day and thought it was great, so, here I am. :D

Of course I have to say that I love to read. Right now I'm really keen on Austen and the all three of the Bronte sisters. I read P&P and I absolutley LOVED it. I also enjoy mystery, (Agatha Christie is a guilty pleasure), fantasy and the odd sci-fi. I come from a very musical family, so I play piano, sing and am learning to play violin. I am also a lover of all sorts of music from classical to rock and almost all things in between. I draw and act.

It feels kind of wierd to read all the things that others have posted and know there really isn't anything exciting for me to post, but I guess I'll just have to wait.:rolleyes:

RobinHood3000

08-31-2006, 01:00 PM

WHOO, Christie!! Welcome to all new members!

Styx

08-31-2006, 04:44 PM

Hello, I just joined. I'm 17, still in school and literature is probably my biggest hobby. I would like to discuss the books I read, talk about literature in general and get to know more about English literature.

miss tenderness

08-31-2006, 09:37 PM

welcom all:)enjoy it around.

Pensive

09-01-2006, 10:04 AM

Welcome to the forum, people. Enjoy yourself here!

totyfroty

09-01-2006, 04:25 PM

welcome
take care

have a nice day

ellen c

09-03-2006, 02:51 AM

I seem to be a lot older than most people here but I hope to hear from someone who loves French Lit. (in translation) - Balzac, Zola, Flaubert
and I wish everybody good health, happiness and lots of whatever they enjoy reading, Ellen c

subterranean

09-03-2006, 02:55 AM

Hello, ellen!

What do you mean by older?

Thank you for your kind wishes and the same go to you too :wave:

Stick around!

ellen c

09-03-2006, 03:24 AM

A great deal older in age I"m afraid but young at heart and enthusiasms
I am looking forward to this diiscussion group and thanks to everyone for the welcome - will post picture as soon as I can, ellen c

abirpal

09-03-2006, 09:30 AM

Hi! Guys just signed on today. Looking for smart minds to discuss books and ideas with. Am reading Shadow of the Mind , Carlos Zafon. has anyone read it? What did you think?

miss tenderness

09-04-2006, 01:01 PM

welcome abirpal:) you'll definitly find smart minds around...

Virgil

09-04-2006, 01:27 PM

Welcome Ellen and Abirpal. Nice to have you here.

Madhuri

09-08-2006, 11:04 AM

Welcome Ellen and Abir.

Lavender

09-09-2006, 12:55 AM

hello.
i actually just stumbled across this site tonight while doing a little research on one of my favorite books/stories of all time: The Phantom of the Opera. After looking for a little bit on the site, i decided to join.

so yeah...an introduction...

i'm sixteen going on seventeen in a few months, and a high school senior (go class of '07!). I'm most definately in love with books (my fave genre is fantasy) and consider myself a total bookworm.

a few of my passions...
1) reading. definately. i never understand it when people are all like, "ugh, i have to do reading for homework..." in a tone of disgust. It makes me sad! :bawling:
2) writing. oh man...you have no idea... one of my aspirations in life is to become published at least once. my favorite thing to write is Phantom of the Opera fanfiction and fanfiction in general (if you're into that sort of thing, feel free to look me up on www.fanfiction.net ;my penname is dark-hearted rose), but i do have a few originals in the works, and some average poetry as well.
3) music. i like to consider myself rather musically inclined...i might not be very good, but hey, it's there, hiding... anyway, i love listening and playing music (the good kind...:D ); it's a big part of my life. i play piano, violin, a little cello, a few guitar chords, and can get a noise out of a clarinet, and my voice is pretty good...not spectacular, or anything, but not hideous either.

so that's a little bit about me...can't wait to see what these forums have to offer!

Your Obedient Servant,
Lavender

serafina

09-09-2006, 04:30 AM

HI all!

I stumbled across this forum when searching information about Irish authors for my contemporary Irish lit class. Even though I did not find the info I was looking for I liked what I saw and got stuck here for hours :D
I was in awe of this place and all of you like-minded, interesting, witty and intelligent people, so you gave me no choice but to join in...

So here comes a quick intro:

I'm Serafina, living in the far northern corner of Europe. I'm a grad student majoring in history, but I have also ventured the realms of literature, art history, political science, media studies and now film and television studies, my new passion.

I passionately love literature, although I haven't had time to read fiction for years. I'm just now starting again, trying to find my way through all these incredible classics. My favorite poet is W.H. Auden, although I'm so new to poetry I still find it pretty hard to read. I love Austen, Bronte sisters, Dickens, Hugo, Steinbeck, Hemingway, Greene, Wilde and Orwell, among others. These were just the first one that sprung to my mind... My fave contemporary is John Irving.

I'm also a movie buff with a stark passion for film noir and French new wave (and '50s melodramas as a quilty pleasure). Oh, and I simply couln't live without music. I listen to quite a wide range of music; pretty much anything from Lady Day to Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, the Smiths, Tom Waits to Death Cab for Cutie and Coldplay. Besides pop and blues I also listen to classical when I have the mood for it.

Ok, that's probably enough, will start exploring this awesome forum and stop bugging you guys for now :D:D :D

RobinHood3000

09-09-2006, 07:21 AM

Welcome to all newbies!! You WILL enjoy LitNet, we promise you.

Lavender -- sounds like we have a great deal in common. It's nice to meet a fellow writer longing to be an author. I've got a little anecdote...

I was sitting in the library when a pair of secondary school students met at a table near mine. Their conversation ran along the stereotypical teenage fare, but somewhere in there, I heard "Ugh, I hate reading" in reference to school. In a library. The irony was palpable -- all I could do not to walk over and slap Oxford English on to the table.

Pensive

09-09-2006, 10:47 AM

Hi guys, welcome to the forum!

Lavender, I also visit fanfiction.net, mostly, to read Harry Potter fanfictions. Do you read/write them too?

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My favorite poet is W.H. Auden, although I'm so new to poetry I still find it pretty hard to read.
Hi Serafina! I have read two poems of Auden and I really liked them a lot. Your favourite author's list seems really interesting too. Have fun around!

Beaunydle

09-09-2006, 12:08 PM

Hello everyone.

I am new today.

I stumbled on the forum whilst hunting down the origin of a quote.
I imagine lots of us find our way here like this.

My first question was kindly answered within a short space of time.
I am now browsing through lots of interesting posts from the past.

I am a 45 year old English bloke.
I love word games and play lots of Scrabble on www.isc.ro.
I am also an Acroholic and can often be found on www.Acronomics.com.

I play chess in the Warrington & Distict League (BCF grade 110 to I'm only a novice/intermediate). I also play in a quiz league for my local pub.

Nice to meet you all

regards

Beau

optimisticnad

09-09-2006, 02:41 PM

hi beau (no matter what i do all i think about is you, even when I'm with my...ok, cant sing-kelly & nelly i think!)

anyway nice to meet you. i read extremely fast so: acroholic became alcoholic. lol.

i have been away for a while. but im back now for another...'while'. so hello again everyone. i have a habit of double posting which annoys everyone. But im putting my (small) foot down: i cant help it. its an illness.!!
x x

optimisticnad

09-09-2006, 02:42 PM

i just wanted to say that im beating this illness but...i have2double post to say that....actually got a question, if uv got just some random creative stuff u want to share where would you post that? let me know.

Logos

09-09-2006, 06:29 PM

Welcome to all the newbies, and the not-so-new, glad to have you here :)

optimisticnad

09-10-2006, 10:39 AM

eugh, sigh,'forum rules', yep spoil all the fun why not and scare the newbies away. lol. :-)

Logos

09-10-2006, 11:23 AM

It's my sigline, in every post I make ;)

Arguendo

09-11-2006, 10:06 AM

Hi,

Here via a search for Chekhov short stories (which, by the way, isn't really typical of my reading habits...).

But I'm a literature glutton and rather indiscriminate, will read just about anything that catches my eye. Fave authors include Truman Capote, Iain Banks, Clive Barker, Tom Wolfe, Virgil, Steven Saylor, Alexander Kielland, Raymond Carver, Sarah Waters, Sylvian Hamilton... Right, should stop somewhere.

I'm Norwegian and read English in addition to Scandinavian languages, and wish my French and German were good enough for reading beyond school textbooks. I have a degree in literature, specifically hypertext literature (electronic and otherwise), and since I certainly don't mind reading on screen I let out an embarrassing little squeal of delight when I came upon the author index here.

Glad to be here, hope you won't mind having me :)

Madhuri

09-11-2006, 01:09 PM

We would really like if you join the discussions. You'll find a lot of interesting people here. :nod:

Welcome Arguendo :wave:

Celebmirril

09-11-2006, 09:53 PM

Hi I am Princess Celebmirril or Celeb for short nice site i love lit

subterranean

09-11-2006, 10:33 PM

Hi, welcome on board.

Stick around :)

Cheers!

Scudéry

09-13-2006, 10:01 PM

Hi!

I'm 31 and just recently started my Ph.D, probable specialization identity and ethics in Trollope and Gaskell. I'm also teaching a course in modern poetry, which is nowhere near my specialty, so I'm prone to crises of confidence.

I stumbled across the site looking for a Yeats reference. Since I'd been thinking about finding a forum of this kind, I registered.

subterranean

09-13-2006, 10:06 PM

Hello, Scudéry!

Welcome on board and please stick around :wave:

Pensive

09-14-2006, 07:24 AM

Hi Scudry! Welcome to the forum!

lostforwords_06

09-14-2006, 12:57 PM

Hi everyone, I am Sam...and yes i do like green eggs and ham. That should give you a good feel for my sense of humor. I am an English graduate student, just starting out and found this site through a search for some information on Jane Eyre. Actually I was interested when I saw a comment about the Eyre Affair by Fforde (read that as an undergrad in a mystery class) Anyhoo, as you can tell my nic is more of an pun of sorts when it comes to me being a real conversationalist (either in real life or online) I am hoping to meet others with the same love of literature and who enjoy a good rambler.

Serenata

09-15-2006, 11:48 AM

Hi. I just started in the forum a few days ago. But I've used this website countless times. I am 17. I love music, as is apparant by my membership in my high school's Madrigal group. I write poetry, am in Forensics, which is a performance based class, I love chocolate, have sugar gliders as pets, live in Kansas.

Oh, yeah. I am a girl. I just made one of the leads in the school musical. I live in a tiny town in Kansas. I love reading. Right now I am typing on my Senior Aide hour. I aid for my drama director.

My real name is Jessi. Named for Jesse James the bank robber, who I am related to.

Although I just joined a few days ago, I am loving posting here and meeting new people who share my love of literature. I really feel comfortable talking to the people of this forum, although I'm not so good in my actual life.

So yeah, I'm glad to be here.

Pensive

09-15-2006, 11:51 AM

Heh, welcome to the forum lostforwords! Nice screen name, I like it!

And welcome Serenata! I hope you will like it here! But what do you mean by, you are not good in actual life? You seem like an intelligent and interesting person. You must be good in every life!

Walter

09-15-2006, 01:24 PM

Hi everyone,
The name is Walter.
Doing this first before even looking around.
I read almost everything and am looking for friendly book discussions and conversations.
Not so long ago it was "Wedding in Winter." This morning I decided against "The Black Dahlia." Someday soon I hope to get around to "New York Trilogy."
Nice to see you all.

Trifkin

09-16-2006, 11:06 PM

Schokokeks

09-17-2006, 06:43 AM

Hello, everyone!

My closet is a library.

I am glad to have discovered this place, this haven. Here I will never be asked, "You mean, you're reading that for fun?", nor given funny looks for hugging a book. I hope.

Hehe, be sure you won't ! ;)
A huuuuge huggy welcome to you, Trifkin and Walter ! :wave:
Hope you'll stay with us, we'd love to hear more about your favourites, comments on books or whatever you feel like sharing ! ;)

Walter

09-17-2006, 06:20 PM

Hehe, be sure you won't ! ;)
A huuuuge huggy welcome to you, Trifkin and Walter ! :wave:
Hope you'll stay with us, we'd love to hear more about your favourites, comments on books or whatever you feel like sharing ! ;)
Schokokeks,
Thanks for the huge huggy! :)
It turns out that today I went out browsing and saw a different book on the Black Dahlia, by Donald H. Wolfe, The Black Dahlia Files,(2005), a fact-crime book which really claims to solve it, right down to the name of the killer and his accomplices. It also claims to discount the solution in the previous book I was aware of, and it is clearly going to provide more facts than the movie I saw yesterday. It sounds like I am getting sucked in to becoming an amateur expert on the case. After I read the book, that is, which will be who knows when? :(

plainjane

09-17-2006, 09:29 PM

Hi there, I found this forum kind of by accident, and am really glad I did! I love to read, and look forward to some wonderful discussions here. I enjoy reading mysteries, history, either fictional or non-fiction, and really just stories about people, their lives. How and why they did what.
I suppose that about covers it for now.
Now off to see what is going on around here. :brow:

merrycollie

09-17-2006, 10:24 PM

I am finally reading(in my golden years), Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austin. It's not bad. I get involved from the 1st few chapters. I guess I need to stop being a lurker and respond to some of the posts. Merry

AllisonForbes

09-18-2006, 12:06 AM

Hi everyone. I really don't remember how I found this forum, must have been on one of my late night searches. I am a wife and a mother of four children. I love to read, and I am currently writing several short stories and a novel.

My two favorite genres are literary fiction and humor. I love to laugh and to think deeply and if I can do both, then all the better.

I'm looking forward to getting to know you better.

Schokokeks

09-18-2006, 05:56 AM

Hi there plainjane, Merry and Allison !! :wave:
Be you warmly welcome ! :D

plainjane, I'm sure you'll find a lot of people around here sharing your mystery, history and biographical interests ! A good place for discussing "how and why they did what" is the Forum Book Club. Or you just open a new thread for a discussion on the book you're currently reading :nod:

Merry, I do envy you for living in Maine ! :nod: I've only read about the place as a setting in books, but I'd so love to visit myself and see the Indian Summer ! Hope you'll enjoy yourself around here ! :)

Allison, it's nice to see another writer joining our lines ! Your experiences and ideas will surely be appreciated here ! :nod:

Hope you'll all stay with us and allow us to get to know you better !

jon1jt

09-18-2006, 05:59 AM

Welcome welcome Plainjane and Allison. I'm not sure how I found this site either, but I'm still here! :)

Trifkin

09-18-2006, 08:58 PM

Schokokeks

09-19-2006, 04:32 AM

Thank you for the warm welcome, Schokokeks!

Why, you're welcome :nod:
I just read in your profile that you work in a book store ! Now that's great ! :D Now we know whom to ask about different editions and lots more of extra information ;)
Hope you'll stick with us and have fun posting ! ;)

Pensive

09-19-2006, 05:48 AM

Welcome all!

Trifkin

09-20-2006, 01:08 AM

Why, you're welcome :nod:
I just read in your profile that you work in a book store ! Now that's great ! :D Now we know whom to ask about different editions and lots more of extra information ;)
Hope you'll stick with us and have fun posting ! ;)

I love my job. Working in a used book store, I get to see a lot of things that have long been out of print. I have found many interesting books that I might otherwise never have known about. As for questions about editions and the like, well, I'll answer what I can. n_n;;

miss tenderness

09-20-2006, 04:47 AM

interesting job,Trif,really. I'd love to try it..

Lurker

09-21-2006, 06:10 PM

Hello everyone,

I graduated with a BA in literature and technical communication in December '05. Well, as some of you may be able to relate to, I'm sorely in need of literary stimulation! I miss my lectures and essays - in fact, I miss college in general. So, here I am, at a literary forum, the first I've joined.

I'm an INTP in MBTI, which stands for Myers-Brigg Type Instrument. I took a class on personality theory in college, and I read Jung's personality theories in depth. MBTI is an offshoot of Jung's personality theory.

The British Romantic and Modern literary eras are my personal favorites; if I go to graduate school, chances are I will concentrate on either Romanticism or Modernism. Alternately, I might concentrate on technical communication, since I need to eat. ;)

Detire

09-26-2006, 09:49 AM

I'm new...Umm, i'm pretty boring...haha. I just came across this forum and since I like to read...a lot...i thought i'd join and see what happens! nothing has happened yet though...I like dot dot dot's...as you can see. Incidentally, has anyone on here read Donita K. Paul's books? They are fantasy books, and i like them a lot, so i just thought i'd see if anyone else has read them. In case you have, there is a website for them. dragonkeeper.us in case you cared. that's about all i want to tell you. okay, bye. oh yeah, i wondered why i can't vote in the dickens for october poll. just wondered. detire (det-uh-ray)

subterranean

09-26-2006, 10:11 AM

Hello, Detire and Lurker!

Welcome :)

Scheherazade

09-26-2006, 01:11 PM

oh yeah, i wondered why i can't vote in the dickens for october poll. just wondered. detire (det-uh-ray)Welcome to the Forum, Detire!

To be able to vote in the Book Club polls, you need to have at least 50 posts, which is not a big challenge once you start visiting the Forum's Games section! ;)

Hope to see you around! And please do not hesitate to PM if you have any further questions about the Forum! :)

MDalloway112

09-27-2006, 01:33 PM

Hi! I'm new here.

My name is Madeline, I'm an American university student.

I'm taking this year off to earn money and travel in SE Asia with Thich Nhat Hanh.

I love Modernism and post-Modernism to a degree that is truly stupid. Literature, visual art, theater, music -- all of it, I adore.

Right now I'm reading Lolita for the first time, which is a thrilling experience.

I love travel, the french language, avocadoes, and amatuer photography.

:) Excited to be here.

Jay

09-27-2006, 01:44 PM

:wave: Welcome, Madeline, nice to have you aboard :)

MDalloway112

09-27-2006, 02:04 PM

Thanks! Very nice to be here.

**shelby**

09-27-2006, 05:37 PM

Hello everyone! I just register today and I have no idea about anything. I will write about myself after I'm done with this essay, which I have no clue how to write.

Schokokeks

09-28-2006, 02:34 AM

Hi there MDalloway and shelby ! :wave:

Hope you'll stay with us !
We'll be waiting for your introduction, shelby ! :nod: Good luck with your essay !

Pensive

09-28-2006, 04:51 AM

Welcome to the forum, shellby and MD! I hope you guys will like it over here! :D

Big Al

10-01-2006, 02:52 PM

Hello everybody. My name is Adam, but I am known as Big Al to many of my friends. I live in a small town in Illinois, where I attend high school as a sophomore. I am a straight A student, and I am considered very intelligent for my age, though modesty forbids me from having an opinion on the matter.

I try to be a pretty nice and friendly guy, though I will admit to having streaks of cynicism, skepticism and sarcasm. I am pretty laid-back, I am adamently individualistic, and I am an intellectual free-thinker.

As far as my interests go, I love (and have a lot of knowledge in) great modern literature, fine, artistic cinema, rock music mostly from the 60s and 70s (or the "glory years" as I call them), writing (I am currently taking a writing class), and Fighting Illini basketball, which I obsessively follow and invest a tremendous amount of emotion.

Anyway, to give you a somewhat more specific picture of my interests, here are some my favorite:

Authors - Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Mark Twain, George Orwell, Ursula Le Guin, Hunter S. Thompson, John Steinbeck, Edgar Allen Poe and J.R.R. Tolkien (sometime in the near future I anticipate immersing myself in the works of Ernest Hemingway, Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov and Thomas Pynchon).

Filmmakers - Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Orson Welles, Ingmar Bergman, Luis Bunuel, Carl Theodore Dreyer, Federico Fellini, Martin Scorsese, Akira Kurosawa, Andrei Tarkovsky and Jean-Luc Godard.

Bands - The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, The Doors, Ween, Yes, The Clash, Van Halen, AC/DC, The Stooges, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Alice Cooper, Led Zeppelin, The Ramones, The Flaming Lips, The Jimi Hendrix Experience and John Lennon.

TV Shows - Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Simpsons, Penn and Teller: Bull****!, Twin Peaks, Fawlty Towers, South Park, Mr. Show, Mad TV and Chappelle's Show.

Well, that's about it. Any questions?

RobinHood3000

10-01-2006, 03:20 PM

Well, for one thing, don't you think that's an awful lot of personal information to give out?

Big Al

10-01-2006, 04:01 PM

Well, for one thing, don't you think that's an awful lot of personal information to give out?

No, it's not really something that worries me. But since you mentioned it, I went ahead and edited it anyway.

Serenata

10-01-2006, 04:16 PM

And welcome Serenata! I hope you will like it here! But what do you mean by, you are not good in actual life? You seem like an intelligent and interesting person. You must be good in every life!

Thank you, Pensive. But apparently I am bitterly sarcastic to a fault and a lot of people don't like that, including myself. At least when I write, I can control the worst of it. And hello everyone.

optimisticnad

10-01-2006, 04:43 PM

Well, for one thing, don't you think that's an awful lot of personal information to give out?

we cant all be emotionally stunted like you!

Pensive

10-02-2006, 05:03 AM

Thank you, Pensive. But apparently I am bitterly sarcastic to a fault and a lot of people don't like that, including myself. At least when I write, I can control the worst of it. And hello everyone.
Hi again Serenata! You need not to worry about it, many people are like this. It's a human thingy. :D

~And Hi BigAl, you seem like an interesting person. Welcome to the forum!

Logos

10-02-2006, 08:53 AM

Welcome to all the newbies, great to have you here :)

iNsoLeNT

10-03-2006, 08:05 AM

Hello every one !! @@

i'm from Kuwait ,, do u accept as a a member of ur family !! :$

Virgil

10-03-2006, 08:31 AM

Of course we'll accept you insolent. Welcome.

Dry_Snail

10-03-2006, 08:40 AM

I was under hybernation for some months
so i thought i would introduce myself again as human's have a very short memory.
I am from India (and NO we dont eat snakes, cast spell on people,ride on elephants, etc etc...):D

Nothing much to say about myself!!

MDalloway112

10-03-2006, 04:13 PM

Dry_Snail, Where in India are you from?

Dry_Snail

10-04-2006, 02:17 AM

Dry_Snail, Where in India are you from?

i am from pune, maharastra

where are you from?
and one more thing : M. Dalloway as in Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway???

OZEED

10-04-2006, 03:45 AM

er...er...uhmm...I'm a twenty something from South Africa and no I dont have any Lion or Zebra running around in my backyard contrary to popular belief...and YES! I'm a literature-holic.DAMN! I should never have carried my pocket size oxford....thats a dead give away.
I think this is a great forum and 10points on this into page.
(que chariots of fire soundtrack in the background) I love that I can pick up Shakespeare and have a renewed sense of faith in the frivolity of love or page through Oscar Wilde and have respect that he had the guts to advocate his ideals(picture of Dorian grey) eventhough I might not agree with it myself.
thats that,(and the soundtracks finished) heres to virtual friendships.

WriterAtTheSea

10-04-2006, 04:44 AM

Hello Group!

I literally stumbled upon this site tonight, and I am elated! (Not that I need another reason to blog something or to state an opinion, but hey...) It is approaching 2 am, and currently my brain is fuzzy, but sure as shootin' I will think of something stimulating to say tomorrow!!!

:flare:

Pensive

10-04-2006, 04:58 AM

Welcome all! :wave:

Walter

10-04-2006, 08:28 AM

Hello forum,
It appears that I have been away for several weeks and that fact has become apparent. I'm sorry if I have missed respondng to any welcomes in the meantime. I have been in the claws of the Real Life demon lately and when I get that demon back into its cage I'll start moseying around. Probably to see if I can tag onto a discussion of Nabokov or Woolf whom I have enjoyed reading recently. Until then, there is probably more silence ahead. Meanwhile I am glad for at least the prospect of becoming an active member here, and many thanks for all your welcomes.

MDalloway112

10-04-2006, 09:48 AM

i am from pune, maharastra

where are you from?
and one more thing : M. Dalloway as in Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway???

I'm from the USA (Cleveland, OH) but I'll be travelling to Tamil Nadu in the winter.

And yes, MDalloway as in Mrs. Dalloway. Of course. (though M is my first initial, so it's a little of both)

A Woolf fan, I assume?

Very nice to meet you, in any case.

OZEED

10-04-2006, 09:49 AM

Welcome all! :wave:

thanks pensive, you folk have a huge welcome mat.good job!

MDalloway112

10-04-2006, 09:57 AM

Logos

10-04-2006, 10:00 AM

Welcome to all the newbies, nice to meet you all! :)

Walter

10-04-2006, 01:31 PM

Nabokov and Woolf! My two favorites. Hopefully we can spark some worthwhile discussions.

MDalloway,
Fortunately the demons should only be temporary (burdensome paperwork). I definitely hope we can get to discussing your and my two favorites. I've read about half of VN's novels, most recently King, Queen, Knave, and have only recently discovered Virgina Woolf, reading your namesake of course. Looking forward to reading more of both some time soon. Is there a preferred venue here on the site for discussion? I really havn't looked around yet.

plainjane

10-04-2006, 02:39 PM

Nabokov and Woolf! My two favorites. Hopefully we can spark some worthwhile discussions.

Nabokov! I've read some of his too, they are always like coming home. :cool:
I'd registered a bit ago, but everytime I returned, I am sorry to say I was a bit put off by the bright orange. I'm glad it is changed to a calmer shade. :)

And I thank the 'powers that be'.....:D

la rose

10-05-2006, 12:14 AM

I'm Egyptian girl

I 've 21 years , Iam in the latest year in the university .......

My Faculty ...is .. Faculty of Litrature The departement of English

I hope there learn many things . ......., i wanna be perfect on English lamgauge

I wanna speake Eng As I speak Arabic( mother tongue) & I hope To know more about English Litrature

I'm fond of learning of Langauge ...........I hope to know more of langauge .........Eng & Frensh ..............etc

My Hoppies : Internet , swimming & Reading.

OZEED

10-05-2006, 05:01 AM

I've been to Tamil Nadu,the experience changed my life. More so because I am a NRI(non resident indian). It was special going back to my "root".
The people are the best!
hope you have a great time.

lizmac

10-05-2006, 03:24 PM

I'm Liz. I'm a feature writer for a newspaper. I'm an avid reader and don't really have people to talk to about what I've read. I found this site while researching for an article and it looked like just the thing.

Billie_Bumble

10-06-2006, 03:30 AM

Hello everyone,
I'm Billie and I'm delighted to be a member of this site.
I'm in my 40's and having done menial jobs all my life, I've now decided to get educated and am just starting an English Lit degree course with the Open University.

Reading is my big passion and has kept me going through the years, my motto being 'if it's got words, I'll read it.' I'm now being more selective and this site is the best to find the sort of material I want. I've been reading here for a while so decided to join the forums and hopefully make some friends.:)

Logos

10-07-2006, 05:18 AM

Welcome to the site Walter, plainjane, la rose, OZEED, lizmac, and Billie_Bumble :) I hope you enjoy it here and make some new friends!

tocoz

10-07-2006, 07:09 AM

hi im tocoz im new at chating and the lingo be patient

Billie_Bumble

10-08-2006, 02:28 AM

Thanks Logos,
I'm having a great time already.
Hi Tocos, you'll soon get the hang of it, I'm sure.:)

Pensive

10-08-2006, 04:19 AM

Hi tocoz and Billie Bumble! :D

Broken mirror

10-08-2006, 02:55 PM

Hello, from ancient Hispania.
:blush:
I like opera, classical music, cinema, travelling.
My fauvorite city is Barcelona, and I have got too many fauvorite writers... I'll try it: Virgil, Boccaccio, Cervantes, Shakespeare, Voltaire, Rosseau, Goethe, Baudelaire, Maragall, Mann, Joyce (of course), Faulkner, Cortázar, Foix, Ferrater, Nabokov and García Márquez.
Well, bye!!

Nota bene: I'm sorry, I can't speak (and write) well enough in English. Please, forgive my mistakes. I will have the dictonary near, on the table.

Dry_Snail

10-09-2006, 04:35 AM

HI broken mirror
u speak spanish right?

Broken mirror

10-09-2006, 04:41 PM

Yes, I speak Spanish very well. :brow:

optimisticnad

10-09-2006, 05:27 PM

can u teach me some phrases in spanish? like moron? he he ( yes , i knw YOU'RE reading this now.)

Broken mirror

10-10-2006, 12:01 PM

Moron=imbécil.
But, in fact, I don't understand you at all. Are you angry? Have I lost anything?

Madhuri

10-10-2006, 12:27 PM

I dont think she is angry, she seldom is, I think this is her way of welcome and this is how she makes the newbies feel comfortable. Dont worry. ;) :D

T.D. Anderson

10-14-2006, 07:18 PM

Hello,
I am new to this wonderful Site so permit me a short introduction of myself.
As my user name gives away I am T.D. Anderson but in order of convenience you may call me Tad. I am a student from Germany. My interests are politics, many kinds of sports and of course reading. I have joined this site to highten my understandig, to learn from different kind of views und to exchange thoughts.

I apologies for the strangeness of my language. I think my english to be exceeding the degree of just beeing sufficent for acceptable conversation but I have some trouble with grammar und I am making mistakes when I am doing word to word translations. So please don´t bother and tell me if something isn´t understandable.

Gruß
Tad

Logos

10-15-2006, 10:56 AM

Welcome to the site Tad, and don't worry, you're not the only member here who doesn't use english as their first language :)

bettywalsh

10-15-2006, 02:47 PM

I joined the site a couple of months ago - I found it while doing some research online. I already started a thread but have not yet introduced myself. I love to read novels - reading is my escape from everyday life. I don't currently have a lot of people with which to discuss the books that I am reading, so I was very excited to find this site. I am currently reading "This Book Will Save Your Life" by AM Homes, my first novel by Homes but probably not my last.

literature bug

10-15-2006, 08:37 PM

How are you all? Well, I am doing great, joyful and happy, from life and circumstances. I play the flute and want to make it my career, I'm very busy:sick: from marching band right now, but we do compititions and are doing very well. I'm ecstatic because our theme this year is Edgar Allen Poe's Tell- Tale Heart[U]. We have floorboards at the end of the show in which the guard climbs through. I love the narration in it, too, even though we're having some trouble finding people who want to do it.
I just finished [U]1984:thumbs_up and am very pleased. I absolutely loved it and want to read Animal Farm. I'm reading To Kill a Mockingbird right now.
PLEASE recommend any and all books. I have a long list right now, but I love to read during the winter especially.:D

jw90019

10-16-2006, 07:40 PM

:) Greetings, I'm a new member. I was an English major at Columbia University (BA) class of 67, and received an MFA in theater arts from the short-lived theater program there.

I've been a professional actor all my adult life. I was privileged to be a part of New York Shakespeare Festival's Shakespeare in the Park productions of Henry IV parts i and ii (with Stacy Keach as Falstaff and Sam Waterston as Prince Hal). And one or two years later, the combined productions of Henry VI, i, ii, iii and Richard III (with Donald Madden as Richard). The Henrys were combined into two evenings and Richard III the third evening. I was among the corps of actors who comprised the "ensemble", meaning I had more costume changes than lines!

orra

10-19-2006, 05:27 PM

Hello
Am a new member in this forum. I come across this site in a research paper.
My username is orra but it is anickname thay my friends use to call me by.My real name is Arwa. Am 22years old.Am a student of English specialised in literature.
I love reading, travelling and basketball.

Riesa

10-19-2006, 05:29 PM

Welcome to the forum, orra! and jw90019. My dad just played Falstaff in a small production of The Merry Wives of Windsor, what a great character. Looking forward to your posts.

orra

10-19-2006, 05:36 PM

Thanks a lot Riesa

IdelRaven

10-19-2006, 05:38 PM

hello everyone, I've just join and looking forward to meeting interesting people. I love to read and write poetry, but my great love is William Shakespere.

Look forward to talking to you all !!

MTUBINGWA

10-19-2006, 05:40 PM

Hello everybody. New kid arround the block.

Logos

10-19-2006, 05:55 PM

Welcome to the site MTUBINGWA, IdelRaven, orra, bettywalsh and literature bug :) And jw90019, sounds like you've had a fascinating acting career, maybe you will tell us more about it? there are many students here studying Shakespearean plays. I take it you mean Central Park in New York? Waterson is a great actor in Law and Order, I watch it all the time.

sando

10-19-2006, 06:44 PM

Hello all.
My name is John, I was born and raised in Australia. I work in occupational health and safety within the mining industry. I enjoy modern and classic literature, with poetry being a real interest/love of mine. One of my favorite pieces of poetry at the moment is "The Second Coming" W.B Yeats. I also love all types of music and i also enjoy movies. I am currently reading "The Historian" Elisabith Costova, Which I am enjoying.
If anybody wants to know anything else please ask.

Logos

10-19-2006, 06:49 PM

Hello Sando, I'm reading The Historian too, about halfway through, and absolutely love it. I hope you enjoy the site :)

Virgil

10-19-2006, 06:51 PM

Welcome Sando. You sound like an interesting person. I think we had a detailed discussion of The Second Coming on one of the threads. You can find it here starting at post 126: http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13557&page=9&highlight=poemoftheweek

sando

10-19-2006, 11:19 PM

VIRGIL, it wasn't me that you had the discussion with. But I will definitely be reading through everyones thought on the second coming. It really is an excellent piece that som many people can relate to.
LOGOS, I am really enjoying the Historian as well, I am having trouble putting it down. This the first of elizabeth costovas books, Looking forward to delving to some others.

tiny explorer

10-19-2006, 11:26 PM

hello!!! i'm here since last year but it makes me feel like i'm always new...hahaha hope everyone enjoys the warmth of lit net beyond space.

Virgil

10-19-2006, 11:38 PM

pingu

10-20-2006, 02:24 AM

Hi I came upon this site in hopes of finding out more information on Animal Farm for school.
So I'm currently in high school and my interests are reading, writing, listening to music, movies, hanging out with friends...
Hahaha right now I'm just depressed about my low essay/multi paragraph marks. I was in regular English last year but this year I went into Honours after my last year's teacher put me in. The teacher I have now is notorious anyone whose had her will gasp if you reveal you have her. She's specific (standards) in what she wants and even though I'm pained everytime my papers are returned (my solid C! "^^ ) I've sort of stayed in the class even though so many people transferred out (there was not enough seats or desks for people the first day and just yesterday the teacher commented I'm glad the class has gotten smaller, it's about 20 or maybe 15 people now) I'm not sure if it's because I'm too lazy to go get my schedule changed this late in the year or if it's because I want to try and improve my essay writing which I've always thought sucked and made no sense.

kathita

10-20-2006, 09:41 AM

Hi, I'm new here. In fact, I'm new to English literature too!
My name's Kathita, and I'm Thai. I've just read Lord of the Flies and I really like it. So, I thought of reading more English books, but don't know how to start.
Whatever. Nice to meet you all!

xtina

10-20-2006, 10:53 AM

Hey everyone! Here's a brief intro:
Name: Christina
Age: 25 ^_^;; Just had my birthday last week!
Books: I'm in a newly formed book club (we're reading the Samurai's Garden). I love mysteries, thrillers, fastasy, vampires, books that make you weep, historical, sociological....anything, I suppose. Also a Marx fan ;)
Job: I work for the state for the Office of Women's Health
School: Graduated from UC Davis with a degree in sociology, minor in music.
Other: I'm an avid book reader and I love hearing about great reads, talking about books I love (and hate!), and since my bf doesn't like books, I have to share my passion with others. ;)

See you guys around! :blush:

Kathita: Welcome! :wave:
pingu: that's too bad about your teacher. maybe you can go to her class early in the morning and ask for some pointers? maybe have a different teacher proof your essay/ask for recommendations? good luck!

Pensive

10-20-2006, 12:44 PM

Hi kathita, pingu and xtina! Welcome to the forum!

kathita, you can check out some of the recommendations thread in General Literature. I hope they will help.

kathita

10-21-2006, 06:02 AM

Thanks Pensive! I'll try...

Gordon Comstock

10-21-2006, 09:35 AM

Greetings.

I consider this a great distinction that you allow such an indigent, as myself, into the bowels of a knowledged society.

Gordon

Thilaga

10-21-2006, 11:55 AM

Hi
I am Thilaga from India. I teach English Literature to graduate and Post Graduate students. I love fiction - British, American, European.:brow:

ceemarguerite

10-24-2006, 02:01 AM

Hello!
Just stopping by to introduce myself as suggested.
So, a little bit about myself:
My book friends say I'm a classic lit nerd who doesn't appreciate 'modern fiction' (modern being anytime after 1960, so I guess that's post modern). It's not true, though, because I do appreciate modern fiction, I just feel like there are SO many excellent books that I need to read before I get to the modern stuff. And I have to admit that I really enjoy the agonizing process of trying to comprehend a difficult or obscure passage and I LOVE footnotes. Still, in the past year I have made a definite effort to read more modern stuff, and I have succeeded...sort of.
Book I'm always reading: Don Quixote by Cervantes (various translations)
Book I'm starting: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch by Solzhenitsyn (translator: ...I've got to look...)
Book I just finished: Middlesex by Eugenides
Book I'm in the middle of but probably will never get back to (though I can hope): Swann's Way by Proust, Anna Karinina by Tolstoy
Books I'm in the middle of but will never finish: anything by Dostoevsky who I try every year to read and never succeed, Wicked by Maguire
Authors I'm not old enough for (i.e. can't appreciate yet): Dickens, Austen.
Favorite books (in no particular order): Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (hooray for footnotes!), Middlemarch by Eliot, Don Quixote by Cervantes, The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov, Heart of a Dog by Bulgakov, Sentimental Education by Flaubert, The Sin of Father Mouret by Zola, and many, MANY MORE!

Right now, I'm in a self-imposed exile from my real life (i.e. living in a place I really don't enjoy so that I can live rent-free and save money to rejoin my life) after a thoroughly enjoyable 4 month extended vacation from working in theatre. I'm thrilled to find this forum so I can try to keep my brain active! I hope that I will be able to contribute to what seems like a lively community.
--ceemarguerite
PS I tend to use very long, disjointed sentences. I hope that won't be too annoying!

smallik

10-24-2006, 04:49 AM

hi there,
i guess Iam the latest addition to this forum.I have completed my Masters in English Literature and now am thinking of pursuing phd in the same.but the major obstacle is that i simply am not able to decide on which topic to do my research on :-( !!!! Its this reason that got me introiduced to this forum while i was surfing to find some help!So here i am requesting everyone if someone can help me out!thanks!

Chrysalisyah

10-24-2006, 05:28 AM

I'm a seventeen-year-old, and will be leaving academic factory (high school that is) next year. I like ancient Egypt, poetry, gothic literature, photo manipulation, philosophy, religious matter, and paranormal research... I live in the south east asia; Malaysia. I'm an avid reader of philosophical and photography blogs. I've been raised to be somewhat philosophical. I often read my father's books. Haha. You can also find me on myspace.

RobinHood3000

10-24-2006, 05:45 AM

Welcome to all of the new forumers -- hope you enjoy your time here!

Chrysalisyah

10-24-2006, 06:25 AM

Welcome to all of the new forumers -- hope you enjoy your time here!

Thanks! We will! :)

Pensive

10-24-2006, 07:01 AM

Hi all! Have a nice time over here! :D

Dimitra

10-25-2006, 01:02 PM

Hi.This is my first post here.:) My name is Sani and I am from Greece.I am almost 19 years old and on the second year on the uni studying Veterinary.;p

I love sciense fiction and fantasy and just recently started reading some classic literature but I am not very sure where to start from.:(
Right now I am reading Crime and Punishment but can't say I am exactly absorbed..:blush:

My hobbies include apart from reading,tennis,cinema and travelling.I hope I will have a good time in this forum and make many friends.:)

roxannec

10-25-2006, 02:07 PM

Introduction: I'm an artist and a mom who homeschools because she gets to learn the history she hated when she was young. I'm currently on a poetry kick (Dante, Keats, Adrienne Rich, Donald Hall) but also am reading a lot of Jung and associated writers (Hollis, Hillman). Am trying to make time for Arthur Miller, Proust, and Shaw. I'm a dancer (modern), writer, painter (oils) and video artist.

Evi

10-25-2006, 06:19 PM

Hi to evryone,

I am a new member, my name is Evi and i am from Greece. I just joined the forum as i love reading and i generally love books, magazines, newspapers, i just like reading everything. I am a lawyer and i have other hobbies as traveling, walking, chatting, cinema and theatre. My favorite authors are so many, anyway, among them are: Jonathan Coe, Leo Tolstoy, Fiondor Dostoyefsky, Shakepseare, John Irving, Plutarch, Isabelle Aliente, Garcia Marques, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain and many many others that i am forgeting right now, sorry for this. I will be glad to talk with any of you about literature. My email is [email protected]

Best wishes,
Evi

RobinHood3000

10-25-2006, 10:07 PM

Whoo, Shakespeare!

Evi...I hope you don't mind my asking, but is that pronounced Ee-vee or Eh-vee? It's a lovely name.

miss tenderness

10-26-2006, 03:03 PM

welcome dear new forumers:)

Evi

10-26-2006, 03:53 PM

Hi Robin Hood,

My name is pronunced like that: e ( like elephant) , v ( like victory) and e ( like the i in the word middle) . Hope it helps.

Very nice meeting you all!I am glad i am here.

Evi

eventide

10-26-2006, 04:41 PM

I found this forum a week ago and only now am posting -- from the threads I've read, you all seem to be nice people and that's more than encouraging for me to post an introduction. I've never participated in any online forum before and always feel quite timid or uncertain to join one.

Well, introducing myself then: I'm Iris (but of course you can call me by my username, whichever is okay), a soon to be 23 years old girl (I say girl because I still feel like a teenage most of the time ¬¬) that is only a semester and a half away from obtaining her technician in Industrial Design diploma and plans to study Graphic Design after that. *cross fingers*

I can safely say that the greatest love of my life is (and probably will forever be) Art. That's sort of my nemesis as well: my biggest frustration is the fact I'm not a talented artist or an expert for that matter. :lol: All the things I don't know, still need to learn or just can't grasp -- ARGH. But I guess that's life, no one knows all even if only about a particular subject... right? :alien:

I like to learn (not to study though :() and subjects like Anthropology, Sociology, Languages, Psychology, History etc are very interesting to me and I would love to learn more and more about each.

Another noteworthy fact about me is that I'm very random eclectic; music wise especially. I can go from Frank Sinatra to Joy Division, for example. xD As for literature, I'm a classics lover. I adore childrens lit for some reason I'm still not entirely sure -- my best guess is the fantastic nature of the majority of them for I enjoy fantasy and sci-fi as well.

I love to have a laugh and chat -- feel free to contact me to have a chat if I'm online and you happen to be bored. I like soccer, volleyball and F1 although I fail at all three (ha!), dancing, listening to music, playing with animals, and, wow!, reading. The last one you didn't see it coming, confess it. :D

Mm, I guess that's enough for an intro post. I would just like to add that I hope to be a good member of this forum and since English isn't my native language, feel free to correct me if I ever misspell or use a word out of context -- I'll be grateful for that rather than angry or hurt. ;)

That's it. Have a nice day! o/

cuppajoe_9

10-26-2006, 05:43 PM

Hello there eventide. Welcome to Lit-Net. Make sure to vote on the native language poll (http://209.85.114.118/forums/showthread.php?t=14464). (We anglophones are getting to be a smaller minority everyday it seems). Enjoy yourself.

eventide

10-26-2006, 06:05 PM

Thanks. Already voted.

Logos

10-26-2006, 06:22 PM

Hello to all you newbies :wave: I hope you just jump right on in and feel welcome here :)

Evi

10-26-2006, 07:09 PM

Thank you all for your warm welcome.

Evedinte, welcome as well!

Evi

eventide

10-26-2006, 07:11 PM

Thanks, Evi. ;)
And welcome to all! \o/

miss tenderness

10-27-2006, 11:38 AM

welcome,Eventide,u seem very interseting person>>>see ya around:)

Aiko

10-27-2006, 12:52 PM

Hello everyone! :wave:

My name is Aiko. I am of Japanese origins, but currently lives in Belgium.
I am a student of psychology and a real bookworm.

Though a bit shy, I do hope to make friends soon, and enjoy at its best this lovely website.

Have a nice day. Cheers,

Aiko.

eventide

10-27-2006, 12:57 PM

Thanks, Miss Tenderness. :)
Welcome, Aiko! o/

Evi

10-27-2006, 04:25 PM

Welcome Aiko, i am rather new here as well but i liked it very much.

Evi

Stefan

10-27-2006, 05:14 PM

Hello to everyone!

My name is Stefan, I am 25 years old, and I am from Romania.

I graduated Biology at Bucharest State Univesity and now I`m studying Philology, with an English major, at "Stephan the Greate" University. I am a big reader, and I love both British and American writers and poets. I wrote a fiew essays and articles for local papers, but I do not dare to concider myself a writer.

Literature is my greatest passion, from fiction to poetry and from Homer to modern writers. I love good music and mountain trips, from rock climbing to camping under the bare sky.

I love this site and I have greate concideration for all the people here, coming to get their literary "fix" for the day, and talk about what they read, enlightening or seeking light.

I am very glad to be here, I hope to feel at home among you and, maybe make a fiew friends.

All the best!

Evi

10-27-2006, 07:06 PM

Buna seara Stefan,

Ce mai faci? I will speak in English for the shake of everyones here. I studied in Romania in Cluj Napoca and i spent six wonderful years in your country. Welcome here, hopefully you will fins it very interesting as i do.

Evi

cuppajoe_9

10-27-2006, 07:09 PM

Aiko and Stefan, it's a distinct pleasure.

grace86

10-27-2006, 07:19 PM

Welcome Aiko, Evi, Eventide and Stefan! Glad to see so many colorful people joining. Hope you all have a wonderful time hanging out with us. Don't be shy, we don't bite...well, if we do, just bite back! :p

Eventide, I'm an anthropology major - very interested in all the the same subjects you are (although graphic design is out of the picture for me)

Aiko, I think your country is beautiful. I would love to learn more about Japan in your posts.

Stefan...

I love this site and I have greate concideration for all the people here

...why thank you! I know you will make plenty of friends here.

Evi, you seem like a very warm welcomer yourself! You should help hang out and welcome all the newbies like yourself.

Looking forward to knowing all of you!

Xhdajin

10-27-2006, 11:51 PM

A guy from future and back to present wants to expose those vicious guys whom use time machine in Shanghai,2006 now and wants to murder a good man and those vicious guys are xingda/hongda Zhang(Jin) and hongda's senior himself whom comes from future and converted into their genders into females and then gives birth to Danian Jin (Daniel Jin)and Danian Jin married with Xingda's female body then gave birth to Elizabeth Jin(Yi Jin) whom is a deceiver and dared to deceive this whol world and desire to become queen of England.Then she get married with Paul Xu in name of Mary Xu and her father was Yin Jin in another time zone in the future but they come here now in order to make criminal activity with her father's help and her father is Kuangdi Xu and he also asked her to appropriate around 0.9 billion RMB from present government in 2006 or earlier.
Their scheme is to kill a person whom is no guilty at all but they collaborate together themselves and others they are Pinsheng Jin,Shaobo Xu,Paul(hu) Xu, Qinzheng Liu,Daimei fang whole family,Zhouqing and her mother(genetic father of Paul Xu and latter killer his adoption father in the field) ,Yaojing,Hao Jin(whom is Yi Jin herself but converted into male by surgery),and Hua Li.
Just hope good people would be careful and make exposure to people whom believe time zone or time traveling by time machine.
If you think it were a talltale,please leave that and sorry for bothering.

Bookworm89

10-28-2006, 12:15 AM

I am a devout Southern Baptist, high school student who likes to write, and listen to classical music. My favorite books are anything by William Shakespeare, Agatha Christie, and most other classics, but I don't care for modern teen and adult books unless they are scientifically, religiously, or historically based. I volunteer at the local library. I would love to become a librarian or literature professor. I am a member of a chess club and a book club.

yourasthma

10-28-2006, 10:52 AM

Alan Moore is cool too

Great idea, Pensive!

As for me, I like music (and singing), reading (although I haven't been able to a lot lately), writing, and history. Particularly, I like musicals at the moment, and writing poetry. Most of the year, I play soccer, even though for a quarter of the year, it's snowing (or just really cold). I live on the East Coast, though it doesn't snow a whole lot here. We pretty much survive the winter on minimal snow days, if any at all, though last year we had about two and a half or three feet of snow fall. My favorite books range about as far as my music genres, which is about anything, as long as it's good. Right now, though, I'm in a "Good Omens"-mood, by Teri Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, which was a fantastic book.
I think I may have said this somewhere else on this forum, but I love languages. I'm taking Latin and Classical Greek this year in school and trying to learn a bit of Spanish and German on my own (though it's not going too well). When I finish with Latin, though, I'll be changing to the otherside of the Eurasian continent and maybe pick up some Korean (my grandmother is from Seoul).
I love photography, too. Some things, especially in every day life, can be so beautiful if you can catch them at the right moment. Speaking of which, there is a used roll of film sitting on my desk right now. Hmm, I should probably get it developed some time soon.
Anyway, that's me in a nut-shell in this moment. Can't wait to learn more about you guys out there!

miss tenderness

10-29-2006, 01:41 PM

welcome all new forumers:)

bookworm,I love Agatha too.

Aiko

10-29-2006, 01:43 PM

Thanks everyone and welcome to the new members as well.
This site truly is a beautiful place to hang around. :)

Dr Eep

10-30-2006, 10:41 AM

Just wanna say howdy!!

Looking forward to getting to know y'all. I love writing and laughing - so this looks like the place to be.:nod:

cooljul

10-30-2006, 10:51 PM

I'm a homemaker in Ohio who was once going to write The Great American Novel. Instead, I'm raising our 3 girls and reading everything I can get my hands on. We regularly visit the library and I have a list ttthhiiss lllooonnngg of books I want to read. I don't write much anymore but hope to return to it someday. In the meantime, read, read, read. I'm relatively new to forums, but I'm finding them entertaining and addictive. I look forward to participating. Thanks for letting me share!

OZEED

10-31-2006, 07:24 AM

welcome to all the newcomers, HIGH FIVE!!:wave:

another sara

10-31-2006, 01:34 PM

hi im sara and im new here...:D oh and im 20 :D

Aiko

10-31-2006, 03:07 PM

Aiko, I think your country is beautiful. I would love to learn more about Japan in your posts.Arigato, Grace-san. I would love to tell you about my country as well. I miss it very much, though Belgium is nice. I have left Japan this summer, to study in a foreign country. It is quite hard sometimes to be so far at only eighteen. Yet, Japan remains a beloved part of me, and learning French is quite fun (it's such a beautiful culture).

And welcome everyone! :D

another sara

10-31-2006, 03:12 PM

Arigato, Grace-san. I would love to tell you about my country as well. I miss it very much, though Belgium is nice. I have left Japan this summer, to study in a foreign country. It is quite hard sometimes to be so far at only eighteen. Yet, Japan remains a beloved part of me, and learning French is quite fun (it's such a beautiful culture).

And welcome everyone! :D

oh i have a friend from japan!:D he is really cool

miss tenderness

10-31-2006, 03:37 PM

Dr Eep,cool,Sara,Aiko>>>>welcome all from miss tenderness:)

you guys seem interesting.

another sara

10-31-2006, 04:55 PM

Dr Eep,cool,Sara,Aiko>>>>welcome all from miss tenderness:)

you guys seem interesting.

:D thanks hun!
partyyyyyyyyyyy :banana: :banana:

smaxie

10-31-2006, 06:16 PM

I totally stumbled on this site this am at work looking googling an author on vampire books. I went ahead and signed on not really looking much further. But now I am sitting at Mayo in Rochester, MN in a clinic waiting room waiting on my husband's appointment and using their internet! I have been navigating around and trying to figure out how to post my intro and finally here it is!

About me: married, no children, live in Minnesota, work as a director of a national home care agency. I read to escape reality of day to day issues, escape the endless political commercials on TV and anything that remotely resembles my job! LOL No really, when I have the time and I certainly wish I had more, I love to read. My favs are Sci-Fi Fantasy, which my mom introduced me to 30 years ago. I could always find her curled up in a chair reading. My husband and I raise and breed AKC Boxers and Bulldogs. Currently we have one on the "show road" competing for his championship.

I know from the threads I have been reading that I don't have the Lit background most of you have, but I love reading what you all write. Hopefully I will be able to contribute in the future meaningfully, but for now I will enjoy reading the interesting forum threads!

miss tenderness

11-01-2006, 05:32 AM

welcome Smaxie:)

tucsongirl

11-02-2006, 11:09 PM

I stumbled upon LitNet looking for research info for a essay. I am not as well read as all of you. Someday I hope to be But am facinated with the items I read here on LitNet.
I am a 39 year old single mom. Two teenagers! Who are wonderful but exhausting. I've been a massage therapist for ten years and although I love my job, I know my days are numbered in this profession. So this summer for the first time I started college. I've got a few ideas what I'd like to do when I grow up, but I'm still undecided. I love school, but it has been a challenge to jugle everything.

I'm a huge music fan and like everything except gheto rap.

I have two cats "Super kitty" and "Loki"

For fun: Hiking, Snow Skiing, Gardening, Bicycling, Drinking wine, going to concerts.

I'm glad to be here!

bayazid

11-03-2006, 02:38 PM

Hi, guys i'm bayazid i've heard so much about you and i thought why not be part of the crew. I want to tell you that its really a great previledge being part of you guys.

OZEED

11-03-2006, 03:46 PM

Gordon Comstock

11-03-2006, 07:06 PM

... So this summer for the first time I started college. I've got a few ideas what I'd like to do when I grow up, but I'm still undecided. I love school, but it has been a challenge to jugle everything...

tuscangirl,
Welcome. I am new here also. I started back to school late, at 35. I was enrolled as a full-timestudent, worked full-time as a municipal employee and a had a part-time job to get two of my children started in college. Whipped is the best word! I have since retired from my municiple job and now teach school. I enjoy almost every minute of it. It was worth the struggle. You can achieve only what you set out to do.

Always remeber, one step at a time.

Gordon

miss tenderness

11-03-2006, 07:59 PM

tucsongirl

11-04-2006, 12:49 AM

Thanks Ozeed, Miss Tenderness, and Gordon! You've made me feel welcome! You're kindness and encouragement is appreciated!

toni

11-04-2006, 01:43 AM

Hi! I am toni. (duh) I love this website and I discovered it while doing my research on Shakeapeare's biography. Sometimes, I mean always, I feel guilty because I spend so much time sitting and browsing here in this forum that I forget to cut my nails, help my brother with his homework and such.. but I don't mind, this is the best forum ever!! Spending time here is so worthwhile and I get feedbacks on the poems I made.

I love...
Literature and poetry..:banana: :banana:
Eating strawberry..
Watching Formulaone races..
:banana:

I am most happy when....
Drinking coffee whie reading Shakespeare while listening to coldplay.
Dad buys me all sorts of smelly cheese:banana: :banana:

Pensive

11-04-2006, 01:54 AM

Welcome to the forum, toni. I am glad you are liking it. :D

Lily Adams

11-04-2006, 02:49 AM

Good evening, or morning, or afternoon depending on where you are, I am quite new here, and I as you can see, my name is Lily Adams, and I'm going through kind of a Hornbeck phase right now...though I don't believe Inherit the Wind is on the forum's list of books...no matter! I'm just glad there are some other people who are just as crazy about literature as I am, however rare that may be!

Virgil

11-04-2006, 03:18 AM

Welcome Lily. I hope you enjoy it here.

Lily Adams

11-04-2006, 03:30 AM

I am sure I will, Virgil, thank you.

Laindessiel

11-04-2006, 04:31 AM

Grazie, Pensive, for starting this thread. I was wondering where I could introduce myself as a new membah.

If you wanna know more about me (that is, IF), just check my profile out!

I have been temted by my writer sis (a member of this forum too) to join 'cause I saw how fun it is doing this, ya know, talking to different people from different parts of the world...it gets me all hyped up! I have only been a member since last night when I couldn't take the excitement no more. Haha!!!

But since then, I have become and insomiac. :nod:

Virgil

11-04-2006, 04:40 AM

Welcome Laindessiel. Hey I just checked your profile and you say:

Interests:
As I am now a registered user, posting and browsing and editing and reading and commenting in this forum and hoping not to be afraid of Virgil, like a member of this forum is. But before that, reading everything that has letters in it.

Hahahaha. Who's afraid of me? I'm a nice, softie. Never, never, never be afraid of me. I do get petulant once in a while, but if I ever get angry at anyone it will be forgotten the next day. I never hold grudges. And feel free to put me in my place if you don't like something I say.

Welcome again. I'm sure you will like it here. BTW, is that a photo of you in your profile? If so, very pretty.

Laindessiel

11-04-2006, 04:53 AM

Anastazija

11-04-2006, 10:29 AM

Hey guys!
Im Anastazija (Anastacia?!), 17y/o and Im glad I found a place like this - where people talk about literature.

AITM

11-04-2006, 11:13 AM

Just wanted to say hello. My name is Michael, I'm from Fort Lauderdale,(a.k.a. Fort Liquordale) Florida. I like to skip around with the book topics that I read, but I seem to always go back to Agatha Christie. As far as music, Shane McGowan and Tom Waits are major influences.

I'm also a recently published author with my novel, "Abandoned in the Maze".

miss tenderness

11-04-2006, 11:53 AM

hi Anictazia and Aitm,welcome around:)

cool, Aitm,I'll try to have a look at ur site,is your novel there?

toni

11-04-2006, 01:20 PM

[QUOTE=Virgil;276089]Welcome Laindessiel. Hey I just checked your profile and you say

Hahahaha. Who's afraid of me? I'm a nice, softie. Never, never, never be afraid of me. I do get petulant once in a while, but if I ever get angry at anyone it will be forgotten the next day. I never hold grudges. And feel free to put me in my place if you don't like something I say.

:bawling: I am afraid of you, Mr. for-your-information-I-have-an-MA-in-Lit. I don't know why, maybe because I am less than half your age. but from then on, I decided not to provoke you. Well, *thinking* I want to argue with you when I get my MA in Lit 5 years from now. Will you wait for me here?

Welcome again. I'm sure you will like it here. BTW, is that a photo of you in your profile? If so, very pretty

Now, how come noone tells me I'm pretty? pretty Laindessiel and I are sisters. Seriously. i'm not that bad looking-I swear! I don't think I'm pretty but I think, I'm Ok. But I don't think we look alike. I look more chinese.:flare: Anyway, Mr. Virgil, Even though you say you are a "nice softie" I am tired of feeling scared of you. Peace? For now? At least until I get my MA in Lit?
I ike your signature, It is one of the best around. What do you think of mine? I will try to find William Faulkner works.

miss tenderness

11-04-2006, 02:44 PM

Toni, you seem an elegant lady:)I like that.

kilted exile

11-04-2006, 05:40 PM

How could anyone be scared of Virgil? (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=406)

Nightshade

11-04-2006, 06:14 PM

Hello all :wave:

Virgil

11-04-2006, 11:51 PM

Oh, thanks Virgil! Uh, I've read that Toni is ghastly scared of you because she provoked you once when you were having a heated debate with Regit about Hamlet.

Oh well, Mr. Softiepants, I'll tell her that you're as soft as a bird's breast.

Si, si, I'm having fun!

Yep, it's me in the photo.

toni is scared me? :lol: Toni, please be assured I'm all bark and no bite. ;) I've even apologized to poor Regit. He didn't deserve my petulance.

Oh toni, welcome to lit net, BTW. You're very pretty too based on your picture..

toni

11-05-2006, 12:00 AM

toni is scared me? :lol: Toni, please be assured I'm all bark and no bite. ;) I've even apologized to poor Regit. He didn't deserve my petulance.

Oh toni, welcome to lit net, BTW. You're very pretty too based on your picture..

Yeah, well... I guess your avatar is to blame. Peace, now, Virgil, I didn't say that you were bad. I think, I'm not scared of you now. They say you are 'adorable" It is just that I think you know so much about literature. Peace!!:thumbs_up :thumbs_up

RobinHood3000

11-05-2006, 12:04 AM

Aye, Virgil's loads of fun. Musketeer number 2 on these here forums!

Virgil

11-05-2006, 10:50 AM

Yeah, well... I guess your avatar is to blame. Peace, now, Virgil, I didn't say that you were bad. I think, I'm not scared of you now. They say you are 'adorable" It is just that I think you know so much about literature. Peace!!:thumbs_up :thumbs_up

Well, I'm not really a wolf you know. You can even find my picture in the photo album thread.

toni

11-05-2006, 11:52 AM

Well, I'm not really a wolf you know. You can even find my picture in the photo album thread.

You know what I did when I saw it? It went like this:

"Arrgh!!! VIRGIL!!"!

:flare: You are the opposite of your avatar. You look as kind as a sheep in a province in Germany. Plus, your dog is adorable!

Virgil

11-05-2006, 11:57 AM

You know what I did when I saw it? It went like this:

"Arrgh!!! VIRGIL!!"!

:flare: You are the opposite of your avatar. You look as kind as a sheep in a province in Germany. Plus, your dog is adorable!

Thanks Toni. That was my previous dog. She died shortly after that picture three years ago.

toni

11-05-2006, 12:00 PM

Oh, I'm So Sorry. What's her name and breed?

miss tenderness

11-05-2006, 12:44 PM

you know,when I first joined in I felt a bit(stress on a bit)uncomfortable with this person with this woolfy avy>>>seems ready to beat you any time!:D

now ,I feel like:
http://albdr.net/up/uploads/3eab0a5321.gif (http://albdr.net/up/)

on a brotherly sense,of course>>>he's just thousands year ahead of me:D:P

RobinHood3000

11-05-2006, 01:06 PM

Awww, isn't that precious?

miss tenderness

11-05-2006, 03:38 PM

lol :D........Virg is supposed to answer:p

Virgil

11-05-2006, 04:59 PM

ElizabethSewall

11-05-2006, 05:11 PM

Bienvenue à bord! :wave:
It's great to see so many newbies around.
Hope you'll have a lot of fun. There are so many things to be learnt here, far more than one could imagine at first.
I wish you all the best, both here and in RL. :D

miss tenderness

11-05-2006, 05:15 PM

http://albdr.net/up/uploads/96ac5430e1.gif (http://albdr.net/up/)

hi,Cherie>>>>glad you're back:)

how are you? feeling better?missed u around,Julie:(

Coyote

11-05-2006, 05:22 PM

Hello...

I am not usually very good at introducing myself (I'm shy!) but I joined the forum a year ago, posted once, and then got so busy I wasn't able to return. I'm not the post-and-leave kind of girl so I thought I would drop back in and redeem myself a little.

A little about me, hmmm. Well, I am a married mom of three kiddos. I have a background as a health care provider but I have been working at home full time for two years writing. I have written one novel and plotted a second but took some time off from that to co-write a screenplay with my husband. Movies are not my "field" but I really had a lot of fun doing it and we have just gotten an agent and have begun the submission process, so it's very exciting. We are planning two more screenplays within a year.

In addition to writing I have been teaching myself web design and I own a very successful internet riddling gaming site with more than 300 levels. I also started the first web based real time team scavenger hunt, which requires members from all over the world solve a riddle to discover their target then physically go take a digital picture of that target with a team sign. It will have been open for a year this coming December and it's a lot of fun. Each game has it's own busy forum and thanks to great moderators I don't have to be there constantly anymore.

I don't have a lot of time to post, but I like to read what others have to say, so you might see me lurking around from time to time. I usually pipe up here and there. I think that just about sums me up. Nice to meet all of you.

Virgil

11-05-2006, 05:28 PM

Welcome back Coyote. You sound interesting. And there is no need to be shy. Post to your heart's content.

ElizabethSewall

11-05-2006, 05:28 PM

hi,Cherie>>>>glad you're back:)

how are you? feeling better?missed u around,Julie:(Hey Taleen!

How are you sweetheart?
It seems so unreal to be back here and I feel so happy, I am afraid I may wake up and find this a dream. :p
I am back home, which is great, and as my moral improves, I believe my health will recover along with it.
The Doctors allowed me to spend some time every day (if I feel ok) without the ventilator, so that I can interact with you. :D

Janine

11-05-2006, 05:45 PM

Thanks for the compliment. It just seemed to work out that way. Having a good job is very important, unless you're independently wealthy.

Let me lay out some of the options. If you major in lit you'll either be a teacher or do something totally unrelated to literature. If you want to be a teacher, fine; if not, then what did the lit degree amount to? If you get a degree in computers, work may be completely different than school (like it was for me in engineering) and you might like it and be happy; if it's still boring then you made a bad choice. While a job does not have to be the love of your life, you have to be happy at a job. You are there 8 or so hours a day, one third of your life. I happened to get a good job and then went back at took up what I enjoyed, more as a hobby than anything else. Virgil, I agree with you about job verses hobby. If you do something 'day in and day out', you start to see it as work and work can be all monotomy. Better to reserve the things you like best outside the workplace. Not many people love their jobs, unforunately. I was one of them, being stuck in a position not entirely what I had gone to college for. I hated reading at a young age, but that was because they made us read certain novels in high school. I like to pick my own! Now I love reading and pursuing certain authors. BTW, Virgil, I can't seem to find the Shakespeare thread where the active discussion of Hamlet is taking place. Can you clue me in? I will go there later on. Also, I will try to write something to introduce myself on this thread. Who ever started it - great idea!

hillhopper

11-05-2006, 06:19 PM

There is no creativity in the education of engineering.

:blush: :bawling: :flare: :sick: :lol:

I don't know you personally, but the rest of your post seems friendly enough. However, (above) seems a bit over the wall. It is true that the abuse of the results of engineering have much to be desired, but the education of any discipline is a tribute to the creative elements it professes. I would not be far afield saying that the wonders of today's discoveries of the unknowns which remained a source of superstitions in our past, are a product of the creativity which comes from intelligent application of engineering principles taught by engineering education. I will concede that the abuse of this or any knowledge about power and energy, is an atricious moral transgression against the respect our delicate environment deserves. After all, who are we that can make no more that an hundred years or so of life on a planet that has an approximate age of 4 billion years more or less. :crash:

hillhopper

11-05-2006, 06:30 PM

I'm a grumpy old man with too much to give and an axe to grind. If the world is going to hell, I don't want any credit for helping it to do so. Not because I'm not guilty of contributing, but because it's not my heart's desire to see it go that way. For over 60 years I have seen more to praise than to curse, but the cursing is quickly gaining, depending on experience, of course. May the goodness of what life has to offer you lay in your path, while what you owe for it has already gone another way.

RobinHood3000

11-05-2006, 07:16 PM

Hey, a replacement for Starr!

Welcome, hillhopper -- we're glad to have you. There's always room for controlled grumpiness 'round here.

damart2b

11-05-2006, 07:40 PM

Hi all,
This is my first post. I am 74 and wheelchair bound. I like to think
that while my body deteriorates my mind expands. You all sound
like folks who can keep my mind busy. I have 5 grandchildren and 2 greats
(a third is on the way.)I still fix Holiday meals and enjoy family get togethers.
My family includes 3 teachers, one Principal and many many seekers of knowledge.

Virgil

11-05-2006, 08:41 PM

:blush: :bawling: :flare: :sick: :lol:

I don't know you personally, but the rest of your post seems friendly enough. However, (above) seems a bit over the wall. It is true that the abuse of the results of engineering have much to be desired, but the education of any discipline is a tribute to the creative elements it professes. I would not be far afield saying that the wonders of today's discoveries of the unknowns which remained a source of superstitions in our past, are a product of the creativity which comes from intelligent application of engineering principles taught by engineering education.
If your saying that the world has been greatly improved by the application of engineering, well I definitely agree with you. Perhaps my statement was a little over the top. There is no reason why engineering education cannot be creative. However, I must say that it was not my experience. Let me also say that I found a disconnect between what is taught in engneering schools and real life engineering jobs. But that was 22 years ago. I believe they have improved somewhat since, at least around me.

I'm a grumpy old man with too much to give and an axe to grind. If the world is going to hell, I don't want any credit for helping it to do so. Not because I'm not guilty of contributing, but because it's not my heart's desire to see it go that way. For over 60 years I have seen more to praise than to curse, but the cursing is quickly gaining, depending on experience, of course. May the goodness of what life has to offer you lay in your path, while what you owe for it has already gone another way
Welcome hillhopper. I hope you like it here. It seems the older I get, the grumpier I am becoming. However, I believe the world is getting better not worst. People's lives are improving, as far as I can tell.

Virgil

11-05-2006, 08:43 PM

Virgil, I agree with you about job verses hobby. If you do something 'day in and day out', you start to see it as work and work can be all monotomy. Better to reserve the things you like best outside the workplace. Not many people love their jobs, unforunately. I was one of them, being stuck in a position not entirely what I had gone to college for. I hated reading at a young age, but that was because they made us read certain novels in high school. I like to pick my own! Now I love reading and pursuing certain authors. BTW, Virgil, I can't seem to find the Shakespeare thread where the active discussion of Hamlet is taking place. Can you clue me in? I will go there later on. Also, I will try to write something to introduce myself on this thread. Who ever started it - great idea!

Janine, the thread is called The Ghost, here http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?p=276461&highlight=ghost#post276461

toni

11-05-2006, 08:45 PM

Oh you're so sweet Miss T. You would make a great little sister. Thank you.

I wanna be your sister, too, Virgil! Although now that I think about it, you could be more like my uncle..:lol: :lol:

Virgil

11-05-2006, 08:51 PM

:alien: Sure Toni. You really know how to compliment a guy. :lol:

toni

11-05-2006, 08:55 PM

thanks. I never thought I could say that before, you know. When I used to tremble at the sight of your name.:lol:
Now, I like to believe you are a simple guy with a passion for literature.:lol:

luckydove

11-05-2006, 10:12 PM

Hey guys! It really is a comfortable place here but I "disappeared" for quite some time and I'm sorry for that.

I'm a Chinese girl. Days before I was occupied by the test of GRE and now I'm busy with the application and research as well.

I miss you and I hope I can come here more after the application.

msdirector

11-06-2006, 12:32 AM

Hi All...

I'm pretty new here, but I have contributed to some of the Shakespeare's Hamlet discussion on the "Ghost" thread and so I have had the chance to "meet" Virgil and some others.

My names Arlene, I'm 59, married, and I have always been a voracious reader of just about everything. I've been a professional stage director and dramaturg in the NYC/NJ area for over 20 years, and my passions are New Play Development - I work in close collaboration with several playwrights in the development and production of their new plays and musicals - and Shakespeare. With the exception of some high school plays, I didn't get into theatre until I was 34 when I "accidently" ended up getting an Associate degree in theatre arts and started acting, stage managing and directing in community theatre as an increasingly intense hobby for over 10 years. At that point I had the good fortune to Assistant Direct and Stage Manage for a wonderful NY director who encouraged me to ge into directing professionally and eventually became my mentor and a dear friend.

I've always loved Shakespeare, but recently I've become more passionate in my study of his work, and several years ago I was thrilled to be accepted to study for an MA in "Shakespeare & Theatre" in a wonderfully innovative part-time program at The Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK. I had my first class there last summer and am currently working on my next two classes through long-distance learning. This coming summer I will return to Stratford to take my final class and then begin work on my dissertation, which will focus on an alternative approach to the roles of Ophelia and Gertrude in Hamlet, exploring the reinterpretation of both characters as more active participants in the actions of the play than are traditionally presented, particularly in their relationships with Hamlet, Claudius and each other. Hopefully, it will include a full production of Hamlet that I will direct. This has been a dream of mine for years, but I never believed I could actually do it... Apparently being a cockeyed optimist pays off, because here I am, living my dream!

I'm happy to be here and to meet you all and, hopefully, to get the chance to contribute to some good, passionate, but friendly discussions.

tucsongirl

11-06-2006, 12:38 AM

Hi Arlene! Welcome. Congratulations on your achievements! Great Job. Nice to have you here!

toni

11-06-2006, 12:42 AM

I've always loved Shakespeare, but recently I've become more passionate in my study of his work, and several years ago I was thrilled to be accepted to study for an MA in "Shakespeare & Theatre" in a wonderfully innovative part-time program at The Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK. I had my first class there last summer and am currently working on my next two classes through long-distance learning. This coming summer I will return to Stratford to take my final class and then begin work on my dissertation, which will focus on an alternative approach to the roles of Ophelia and Gertrude in Hamlet, exploring the reinterpretation of both characters as more active participants in the actions of the play than are traditionally presented, particularly in their relationships with Hamlet, Claudius and each other. Hopefully, it will include a full production of Hamlet that I will direct. This has been a dream of mine for years, but I never believed I could actually do it... Apparently being a cockeyed optimist pays off, because here I am, living my dream!

I'm happy to be here and to meet you all and, hopefully, to get the chance to contribute to some good, passionate, but friendly discussions.

Wow, a stage actress and a theatre director in my midst? I must be lucky! If you must know, I quite fancy being a theatre actress.. I plan on taking acting workshops next summer and I can't wait!:alien:

I am happy for you, ms director, your dreams are coming true. That must be the greatest feeling a human could ever feel. I have yet to feel that, though.

Oh, and btw, Welcome to Litnet!

msdirector

11-06-2006, 12:46 AM

Hi Arlene! Welcome. Congratulations on your achievements! Great Job. Nice to have you here!

Thanks, Tuscongirl!

msdirector

11-06-2006, 01:11 AM

Wow, a stage actress and a theatre director in my midst? I must be lucky! If you must know, I quite fancy being a theatre actress.. I plan on taking acting workshops next summer and I can't wait!:alien:

I am happy for you, ms director, your dreams are coming true. That must be the greatest feeling a human could ever feel. I have yet to feel that, though.

Oh, and btw, Welcome to Litnet!

Hi Toni! Thanks for the welcome. :wave:

I know that you don't want to hear this, but you are young yet and have lots of time to work on making your dreams come true. I'm convinced that if you want something enough you can make your dreams come true. Sometimes not in the way you originally thought you wanted them, but sometimes in ways that turn out to be much better. Remember, I didn't start working on my dream until I was much older than you. It's amazing how much your dreams change throughout your life. At 16 I wanted to be a veterinarian! :confused: In college I studied to be a medical technologist and actually got my degree in that and worked in the field for about a year. Then I was a wife and stay-at-home-Mom for years. Then I was a Tupperware Lady. Then, while I was studying theatre and doing community theatre I did silk flower design and even had my own store! :idea: It wasn't until I was past 45 that I realized how important theatre and directing was in my life and that it was really what I had been moving toward all my life.

Acting professionally is one of the most difficult careers there is. But if you have talent and are willing to work really hard, to study to learn the skills you will need and have passion, determination and perseverence, you too may have a chance to follow your dreams and to feel the joy of seeing them come true. Taking acting workshops is a great start for you. I hope you have a wonderful time with them.

Vedrana

11-06-2006, 03:37 AM

Hi. Just thought I would add something to this thread.

I've posted on this website before, but I've never seen this thread.

I get the feeling I'm not going to sound as impressive as everyone else, but I'll press on. I live in Australia. I have played the piano since I was ten, and the violin for a bit less. I've done year 12 Italian, but I wouldn't boast of being a hugely fluent speaker.

I love the music of Mozart (Happy 250th Mozart!). I also like Rachmaninov, Schubert, Ravel, Saint-Saens and I would have to say I cannot live without "The Lark Ascending" by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

I really enjoy reading (obviously), and while I haven't read just about every book in English Classical literature, I figure I have many years yet to do that. I like the works of Jane Austen, Anne Bronte, P.G. Wodehouse (though I haven't read much of his yet), Oscar Wilde, and Henrik Ibsen. I have other favourite books, but these are just some authors I thought of. There are about a thousand other books I have not yet read (or have started but never got round to finishing), and I hope you can all offer me a few recommendations.

miss tenderness

11-06-2006, 03:53 AM

Oh you're so sweet Miss T. You would make a great little sister. Thank you.

ya,I had to take this movement,Virg>>>the girl was scared:D so,if miss tenderness likes the guy ,then ,she may accept that the woolf guy is a nice person:lol:
see? she wants to be your sister now:yawnb: I make wonders;)

pham le van

11-06-2006, 04:09 AM

I'm a vietnamese girl and am studing in France. 23, married. I have a great desire to study foreign literatures and hope to find as much interesting information on it as I can on this wonderful website.

miss tenderness

11-06-2006, 05:20 AM

hi Le Van, enjoy it around pretty gal:) welcome to all new comers.

OZEED

11-06-2006, 06:41 AM

Hi Toni! Thanks for the welcome. :wave:

I know that you don't want to hear this, but you are young yet and have lots of time to work on making your dreams come true. I'm convinced that if you want something enough you can make your dreams come true. Sometimes not in the way you originally thought you wanted them, but sometimes in ways that turn out to be much better. Remember, I didn't start working on my dream until I was much older than you. It's amazing how much your dreams change throughout your life. At 16 I wanted to be a veterinarian! :confused: In college I studied to be a medical technologist and actually got my degree in that and worked in the field for about a year. Then I was a wife and stay-at-home-Mom for years. Then I was a Tupperware Lady. Then, while I was studying theatre and doing community theatre I did silk flower design and even had my own store! :idea: It wasn't until I was past 45 that I realized how important theatre and directing was in my life and that it was really what I had been moving toward all my life.

Acting professionally is one of the most difficult careers there is. But if you have talent and are willing to work really hard, to study to learn the skills you will need and have passion, determination and perseverence, you too may have a chance to follow your dreams and to feel the joy of seeing them come true. Taking acting workshops is a great start for you. I hope you have a wonderful time with them.

Well said msdirector, I love people that make their dreams come true.
Heres to big dreams!
WELCOME ALL!!! :wave: :banana:

Sad Guy

11-06-2006, 06:57 AM

Hi every friendly body in this great website :)
I'm a new member and I'd like to read about the American literature in depth because I'm not American . I'm Arabic and I read a lot of the arabic literature , and some of the American too . Recently I came to America to study . I've been living at the pacific ocean caost for about 6 months , specificly in Oregon State . So , that's why I want to read more and more about America . I read a little bit about how the American essence came into being , but the most important for me is to know about the literature history and who were the most famous writers in the American history .

I abologize if there is any grammar or spelling mistake :D

thanks Pensive for giving us this chance to introduce ourselves :thumbs_up

RobinHood3000

11-06-2006, 07:01 AM

Welcome, welcome, to all the new members and old-but-late-in-returning members!!

Gordon Comstock

11-06-2006, 07:24 AM

Welcome to all new voices and to a great site to converse and to let those thoughts hang out.

Gordon

miss tenderness

11-06-2006, 11:31 AM

Virgil

11-06-2006, 11:56 AM