Introduce Yourself here and say Hi.

[miss tenderness]

:lol: I'm thinking of changing mine to

sad girl!>>>>I'm really stressed today:(

[Nightshade]

hello :wave:

[THX-1138]

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name

[RobinHood3000]

Geek power!! :wave:

[Sad Guy]

miss tenderness


thanks and I'll try not to be as sad as I'm , just to keep the forum in its happy situation .
btw , why are you stressed today ?
nice girls can easily make the life happy ,
just look at the life and give a smile to it ... and I'm sure it'll be happy to have a smile from you :)

Virgil

thanks for your warm feelings , and I wish you the best in your life .


pensive

" there is more to life than sadness "
that's a great statement , I'll not forget it my friend .... :)
thanks for welcomig me .


Regards

[toni]

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.



Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts on dreams, ms direrctor. I promise to live by your words and never give up on acting. Your story is truly inspiring. I wish you well in alll your endeavors....

Let's make our dreams come true!!!:lol:

[msdirector]

I promise to live by your words and never give up on acting.

Uh... that wasn't exactly what I said, Toni. I said to follow your dreams. But I also said that those dreams may change over time. Never giving up on something just because you've decided you want it can waste a tremendous amount of time and energy. After all, what would have happened if I had never given up on MY dream of being a veterinarian and never found out that my true calling was in theatre?!!! That would have been a HUGE mistake. It was only because I was willing to open myself to other possibilities that I was able to find my dream and follow it.

I'm not saying NOT to follow your acting dream, Toni. But I am saying not to tie yourself into a life choice at 16! Try other things, open yourself to other alternatives, give yourself a chance to find out what is really right for you. When people ask me about pursuing an acting career, I tell them, as I did you, that it is one of the most difficult, financially insecure, unstable and risky careers there is. I tell them, if there is anything else that you can do that will make you happy, DO IT!

BUT... I really do understand a passion for acting, and I don't minimize the possibility that a young person could indeed have found her dream. If acting is truly right for you, that passion won't go away by exploring other avenues. And every experience you have in your life, everything you learn, every avenue you take will add to the knowledge and experience that you have to draw on as an actor. I loved acting as a kid, but if I had gone into theatre when I was 16 I wouldn't have been half as good at it as I was later in my life when I had real life experience to draw from. It was the fact that I had worked through my own problems and had come to understand what I really wanted that allowed me to find real strengths and weaknesses and let me find my way to directing.

By all means, Toni, act! Act all you can - audition, take classes, get into a good university theatre training program, follow your dream. But don't close yourself to the possibility that another passion might come along that's even better for you than this one.

One more little story, then I'll stop. My daughter always wanted to be an actor. She pleaded with me when she was in her teens to let her audition for commercials. For many reasons I said no. As she grew up she also realized that she loved kids and wanted to do something working with them, but her dream of acting remained. She chose her college - Brandeis University - for its excellent acting program, but also because it had a very good psychology department. After taking some classes and exploring a bit, she declared a double major in theatre and psychology. She graduate with a BA in both. After a year of working full time in an office day job to build up some money in the bank, she then worked part-time at an Equity theatre for another year and earned her union membership as an actor and stage manager. By that time she was happily married to a wonderful man who had earned his MA in lighting design at Brandeis. At that point she decided that the passion to work with children was stronger than her dream of acting. She went back to school, earned her MA in Child Development (interupted only briefly to have an adorable son who is now a year old), and is now working in the Foster Care system hoping eventually to work in Policy to make the world a better place for all those kids struggling in the system.

The point is that she was smart enough to know that we learn and grow and change as we go through life, and we should be smart enough to recognize that dreams change along with us. I love her dearly and I am so proud of the choices she has made. She would have been a great actor, but she followed her heart, not just her dream, and I respect that tremendously.

Sorry, Toni - I got carried away. I know this isn't an acting advice forum and you certainly didn't ask for mine. But I've seen so many people hurt by this industry that I can't help putting my two cents in when I can. I truly hope that you enjoy your acting, whether as a career or a hobby, and, if it is right for you, that you find it to be everything you hope it will be for yourself.

[Zypher Wolfe]

Hi there, just recently joined. Hmm, something about msyelf....well I like writing poetry. I'm dying for some exposure and critique. Although I'm sure everyone here can give me such I have no idea how to post up my poems. Perhaps I can use this forum as a place to go to to find people who take writing seriously enough to offer different perspectives and interpretations. I'm a college student attending a junior college and planning to transfer to a four year that has a good writing program.

Oh yeah I think wolves rock, they are one of my favorite animals although I don't know why. Well hope I didn't bore anyone, maybe I'll hear from some of you soon.

-ZW

[bacchante]

i introduce myself and say hi

[miss tenderness]

miss tenderness


thanks and I'll try not to be as sad as I'm , just to keep the forum in its happy situation .
btw , why are you stressed today ?
nice girls can easily make the life happy ,
just look at the life and give a smile to it ... and I'm sure it'll be happy to have a smile from you :)







oh, just work problems! I'm fine today:)

[baddad]

.................been away..................been bad..........................nice to come home here..........................

[RobinHood3000]

Heeeey, baddad!! Welcome back!!

[baddad]

oh the pressure!!!!! IIIIIEEEEEEEE........

Just A Girl, welcome aboard! This ship sails with a motley crew, NOT the band, just the motley crew. The magic contained within this site is quite...........illustrating.
I peeked at your public profile, noted your age...........and so, feel inclined to tell you a secret about this place..............a secret you can actively participate in .................

...............wisdom is free here. All should be gifted that.
And wisdom extends its hands through peers around the world..................................so feel lucky..........you found an interesting, sage, and safe place to play. Welcome aboard.........................and stay clear of batman-Vs-superman discussions, pirate VS ninja's discussions < and any discussions concerning the average size of the human head.....ETC, ETC, ETC, ETC, ETC, ETC...................................

[icecappuccino]

Hi I'm icecappuccino!!
About myself...I'm partly crazy because I always have random mood swings from extremely energetic to very depressed. I can be very precocious at times even though I'm not particularly intelligent. I become obsessed about things quite easily and can just as quickly become bored of them. One of my biggest loves in life is reading and writing, although I am a horrible writer. My current favorite author is Jane Austen. I am also into manga, anime, and fan fiction. And well...that pretty much sums up my very boring and somewhat odd self...oh and I like ice cappuccinos:D .

[blacksheep]

heya. I am many things but i would like to rid myself of association from those many things because of prejudice. im sorry, but everyone is consiously or subconsiously racist, sexist, weightist, ageist, religionist, and... yah.

so, i would like to be know as a person. a person with sometimes radical views. sometimes with views that would seem immoral to some...

and i live on the internet. on the internet, one can rid themselves of any association. that's why its so cool, no?

[meme2006]

Hello

Iam a quite person. I like reading, cooking, and searching ofn the Interenet. Iam a Uinversity Student. Nice to meet you.

[xantsurei]

hi everyone.. im xantsurei.. ^_^ err--this is my first post actually though i am already a member here since last august 2006,,

[Pensive]

.................been away..................been bad..........................nice to come home here..........................
Welcome back, bad-bold-baddad. :p

We are glad that you are back here with us to joke around. :p

[miss tenderness]

hey,welcome back,baddad:)

and hi to all new comers:)

[Hayes]

Hello all!

I've been around this earth for more than a few years. If there is one word that describes me, it is "curious." As a result I have done a number of things from teaching elementary, high school and university as a profession. Earlier I had studied acting in NY then, while on a sabbatical I studied bookbinding and restoration in Switzerland. I have always done watercolors as a hobby and though I have had a few shows, I simply enjoy doing it and don't have the moxey to set up shows.

[miss tenderness]

Xsant and Hay ,welcome here:)

[NOORA]

hello
my name is noora
i am from arabic gulf countries>>>>from sultenate of oman. i hope you listen about my country. i am so happy to being a member in this site. i like drawing, reading especialy the history of civilizations. i study english in acollege. this is my second year in my college. english is not my native language but i like it. help me please. thanks

[NOORA]

hello
my name is noora
i am from arabic gulf countries>>>>from sultenate of oman. i hope you listen about my country;) . i am so happy to being a member in this site:yawnb: . i like drawing, reading especialy the history of civilizations. i study english in acollege. this is my second year in my college:blush: . english is not my native language but i like it:wave: . help me please:bawling: . thanks:p

[miss tenderness]

Hi Noraaaaaaaaaaa:)

you are the second Nora we welcomed this week:)


have a good time here,dear.

[mafalda 24]

Hi everyone, this is my first post in this site. i'm feeling quite lonely today, actually, and that's why i've decided to write. i'm a psychology postgraduate student and i love reading, playing music and tango dancing. nothing interesting, now i see it written! i will stop here, and stay alone with my black thoughts (although i'm not sure if the phrase "black thoughts" really exists in english!)

[plainjane]

Hi there Mafalda!
Now I would say that reading, listening to music and Tango dancing are pretty nice pass times :nod: . What do you like to read, and what sort of music do you like to listen to?
How did you happen to learn the Tango? I love to watch but happen to have two left feet, and would probably fall if I tried! :)

English is your second language? Which is your first if I may ask?

I'm a newbie here too, so Welcome!

[fruity]

Hello,

I came across here on one of my google hunts. Looked cool and joined which is rear really that I do that.

Lets see I quess a small introduction is exspected ...?

I work part time am a single mum of two girls. I love playing in paint shop pro where I run a forum for with my best online friend. I enjoy reading, many different genres. I love painting but my pc does take way to much time of my free time these days that unfortunatly my painting time is nihil at the present. We are planning to work on that. English isn't my first language.

Anything else you would like to know ...? Ask and I might not answer ... :p

[Nightshade]

hello newbies!
:wave::D

[Lothwen]

Hello
I've come back afeter a long long time. I've nver been an active user, and it (unfortunately) won't change, so I appologise everyone who wanted (or will want) contac with me and didn't (won't) get reply.

I love reading. Books are (almost) the whole world for me. If I could I would spend all my time reading :) . Alas! Medicine is very demanding studies, so from time o time I'm trying to steal a bit of time, for my hobby, but usualy it isn't enough. The good thig in it is, that books for medicin are very very thick :)

What's more? I don't know. I think it's the longest post I've ever written ;) so it's tme to finish it :)

[mafalda 24]

Hi plainjane! I mostly read fiction, but I also like reading books about philosophy, politics, etc. I used to love poetry, but it' s been some time since I last read something I liked. And I love comics - well, the truth is that I read almost everything that falls into my hands! What do you like to read..?
About music...I like classical music, jazz, rock but I'm open to anything new and good. No, English isn't my first language, but I don't want to say my first yet, because it will be like saying which country I am from. I started Tango lessons accidentaly, after seeing an advertisement for free lessons for beginners in some bar...and I fell in love with it! Now I'm starting my second year, but the price is both in money and time...well it's worth it!
Thank you for your welcome!

[miss tenderness]

hi to all of you:)

[kheldar]

hello everyone,

nothin much can be said abt me. i've been trying to post for a few days, but everyone here seems to know more than me.hehe. i like reading,writing(though i cant) and litening to music. my favorite book would be "brave new world" by huxley. favorite band is pink floyd. now i think i will heed one of huxley great sayings and stop.
oh! if i seem kinda ignorant, do forgive me. i'm new. so im liable to say something stupid. (reasons are just justifiable exuces) ke ke ke.

see ya,

[miss tenderness]

hello khelder:)

see u around.

[apple jiang]

hello ,guys! I haven't been here for a long time,for many reasons.I was so busy recently,:sick: and didn't have time to come here and see you all,and also I had some problems logging in .Now,I'm back!:lol: happy to see so many familiar names! hope I can get on well with you all and have lots of friends here!
wish every body a good time here!:yawnb:

[miss tenderness]

hi ,Apple...this is special for you:

http://albdr.net/up/uploads/1e6ef2f238.gif (http://albdr.net/up/)

[apple jiang]

thank you so much,Miss tenderness,I love this picture so much!such a beautiful girl.:)

[apple jiang]

woo,I forgot to wish you happy everyday!:)

[Stillnight]

*ahem*

I'm just another regular person, who, like you, has some interest in writing and stuff.

*nods*

*bows*

Stillnight

[Morgan le fay]

Hello everybody

I am Morgan le fay. Iam french but I study in London.

I love anglosaxon culture. My favorite writers are Shakespeare, Dickens, Stevenson, Margaret Atwood, Thomas Hardy, Jane Austen, Chateaubriand, , Tolkien... I also have a passion for celtic mythology and everything that concerns the Knights of the Round Table.
Writing, listening to music, meeting new people (especially english-speakers) and watching movies are my other hobbies.

Talk to you soon I hope


;)

[masonblake]

Hi all

New to the forum!

Just a few words to introduce myself, I am currently doing a masters in English literature. I enjoy reading dystopian novels, my favorite book is Cather In the Rye.
I would love to be able to read the Golden Bowl by James without having a dictionary to hand.
I hope to be able to contribute to the forum and learn from all you experienced posters.

Regards

[Virgil]

Welcome Masonblake. Unusual name. I think you will like lit net by your interests. Henry James will probably be sometime in the coming year a book club read of the month, and perhaps The Golden Bowl will be selected. At least you can vote for it.

[Laura11]

Hi everyone. I'm a Spanish English teacher, (I hope I'm not sounding contradictory lol) I'm very happy to be here and sorry not having more time to visit the forum. But I'll do my best to be here with you.
Laura

[Nightshade]

hi newbies!:wave:

[*Blue*]

Hi all, im new member here.. female 24y jordan..

[cuppajoe_9]

Bienvenue, Blue.

[texaspoet]

This site is beautifully laid out site showing much thought to its format. It is my hope that I find on this site what I would call "good folks" without the freaks, foul-mouthed and basically untelligent thinking posters that I have found on other sites. My approach to people is that everyone is good until they prove to me they are not....if they want me as a friend, I can be the best friend they ever had....if I am their enemy.....I can be the best they ever had. Hopefully, I have found a home to be proud of, that I can refer all my Texas friends to.

[Virgil]

Welcome Blue and Texaspoet.

[texaspoet]

You are my first and perhaps only response to my "introduction." Hopefully, the size of this forum is not so large, that one rarely has the opportunity to form a "friendship in a poetry writing group." I was orginally born in Harlem, Manhattan, New York. I came to Texas in 63' out of the Air Force. My hobby is writing and publishing spiritually centered charity driven poetry. I am the co-owner with my wife of a casuality insurance agency of 23 years in Texas.

Regards,


Texaspoet

[toni]

Welcome, Texaspoet, *blue* , Laura11, Masonblake! Hope you enjoy this forum!!

[miss tenderness]

Texaspoet, blue , Laura11, Masonblake, welcome:)

hope you enjoy it here...

[masterlibrarian]

Hi, I'm an italian lover... of books:yawnb:
I'm happy to join this worldwide community and I hope that you forgive me for my bad english:blush:

[miss tenderness]

and we are happy to have you here,Librarian:)

[Pensive]

Hi all! :wave:

Welcome to the forum folks! :)

[Chuck Anderson]

Hi Everyone!

As you can see, this is my very first posting on this Forum. My name is Chuck Anderson and I'm a member of quite a few other Forums on various subjects, and I'm very happy to find a forum on literature. I hope to participate in this Forum often. Thanks!

Chuck Anderson
[email protected]

[miss tenderness]

welcome,Chuck:)


enjoy it around.

[LjerkaP]

Hi, I'm Ljerka, I come from Croatia, Europe. Great to have access to this forum.
I work as an interpreter, my native language is Croatian, B.A. in English and Polish languages.
Married, a son of 15.
Love reading...
don't we all? :)

[Virgil]

Welcome Ljerka. I hope you like it here on lit net.

[LeahAnn]

Hi,
I am 21 years old and love to read, unfortunately most of the people closest to me never even think about picking up a book. Which is why I joined this site to talk about literature, outside from my classes at the university. It is a pleasure to be apart of this.

[NNoah3]

Hello everybody,

Seems like if I have to introduce myself again :D.
I wasn't able to be here for a long long time :( , but I'm here again :banana: :banana: .
I wish all my friends remember me :) :)

Have a nice day!!!!

Nicole

[Pensive]

Hello everybody,

Seems like if I have to introduce myself again :D.
I wasn't able to be here for a long long time :( , but I'm here again :banana: :banana: .
I wish all my friends remember me :) :)

Have a nice day!!!!

Nicole

Surely, we do remember you! :)

Welcome back, NNoah!

And all newbies, receive my warm welcome! :)

[toni]

Welcome LjerkaP and LeahAnn and hello NNoah! :)

[Niamh]

hey i'm niamh!:wave: I'm almost twenty four years old, and was born and raised in Dublin city, ireland!


I'm a big fan of all things literary, and have a small collection of rare and antiquarian books, including a copy of Homers Iliad translated by Alexander Pope dating 1806, and The complete works of Thomas Moore 1901 with John McCormack, the tenors, signature in it.


I Studied Cultural and Heritage studies in college, which means i studied a broad range of subjects like Theatre Studies, Film studies, irish literature, geology and archaeology to name a few! I spend two years as an archaeologist and now supervise five busy bookshops in Dublin Airport, where i get 30% off all books which unfortunately means i waste most of my wages before i even leave the office! :brickwall


I'm a big fan of the anglo-irish literary revival, and the early history of the Abbey theatre which gave us the plays of W.B.Yeats and J.M.Synge.


I signed up to be a member of this site after i stumbled across it a few days ago, and think its a great place for people who are interested in reading to share their wisedom!

happy reading!
Niamh :)

[SummerSolstice]

Wages spent on books are never wasted! ^_^

Me, I have no job, and thus no wages, and buying a book takes two or three week's worth of allowances... but if I ever had that much together at one time, and was to buy a book with it, that wouldn't be wasted either! :D

[Niamh]

i dont mind spending money on books, i mean i'd rather spend lots of money on books than on something that wont last an hour or a day. but i've got so many at this point i think it would be nicer on the limited space in my house if i started going to a library! :) I find it hard to go a few days without having a book in my hands. I'd probably buy two or three a week. my boyfriend on the other hand has been reading the same book for almost a year.

[The Quill]

Hello to you all.
I grew up never understanding just why most of the other pupils in my school saw any type of English class as a punishment. I would look at my timetable, see Double English Literature lesson and just know that I was in for a good time. I am forever grateful to my tutors and their love of the subject, which inspired me to read and gain a little understanding and massive amounts of enjoyment from the written word, throughout my life.
My children and all three of my granddaughters have had books held in front of them before they have even been able to focus with their eyes. We have all spent and continue to spend, some of our best moments together sharing a book or two.
I look forward to being a member here and hope to share some 'best moment' times with likeminded folk.
Best regards:)

[Ariadne]

So....my name is not really Ariadne (I guess you could tell), it's really taken after the Greek myth (I used this for quite a while back when I was role-playing on a Harry Potter website when I was 12)...but I think it's cute nevertheless.

I'm a highschool student, or well, it's my first year and I'm studying in the IB (or it's more like pre-ib, and next year I start the actual thing) which, for those who don't know, is this snobby and annoying English language diploma (I say snobby because my teachers make such a big deal about the whole thing just because it's in English).
My native language isn't English, but I have been speaking it since I was 7 or 8 so in a way it got better than my own native tongue. Apart from English, I also speak Romanian and a bit of French, Spanish and Finnish (oh and I dabble in Japanese at the moment, I started the course in september and during the summer I had an intensive course in German, courtesy of my mother, but I don't recall anything o.o).

I'm a big myth and legends fan, and I've always liked fairytales, though nowadays I think they're rather frightening and I don't understand how I could have been so swayed by the magical part that I didn't notice their cruelty.

Other than that, I admit to reading all those girly YA books, or most of them, my favourite being Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (it tells about vampires, and I looooove vampires!).

Anyways at the moment I am wading through Proust's "In Search of Lost Time", while trying to make sense of Dante's Inferno and Milton's Paradise Lost (I am being masochistic here, as I hate anything to do with poetry >_<) and to relax I am reading a book called Famous Trials and I just started The Anthropology of Numbers (yes, I am fickle, I can't stand to read more than a chapter or two about the same thing, I need to read different things...which is why I usually read the same book twice because I don't understand a thing the first time ._. bad habit).

Oh and should I tell my hobbies too? I like ice-skating. And I nap a lot too. Oh and for some reason I tend to hit into things a lot.

Uhm...that's about it! (sorry if this was too long ._. ):)

[Logos]

Welcome all you newbies! happy to have you here! :wave:

[Pensive]

So....my name is not really Ariadne (I guess you could tell), it's really taken after the Greek myth (I used this for quite a while back when I was role-playing on a Harry Potter website when I was 12)...but I think it's cute nevertheless.

I'm a highschool student, or well, it's my first year and I'm studying in the IB (or it's more like pre-ib, and next year I start the actual thing) which, for those who don't know, is this snobby and annoying English language diploma (I say snobby because my teachers make such a big deal about the whole thing just because it's in English).
My native language isn't English, but I have been speaking it since I was 7 or 8 so in a way it got better than my own native tongue. Apart from English, I also speak Romanian and a bit of French, Spanish and Finnish (oh and I dabble in Japanese at the moment, I started the course in september and during the summer I had an intensive course in German, courtesy of my mother, but I don't recall anything o.o).

I'm a big myth and legends fan, and I've always liked fairytales, though nowadays I think they're rather frightening and I don't understand how I could have been so swayed by the magical part that I didn't notice their cruelty.

Other than that, I admit to reading all those girly YA books, or most of them, my favourite being Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (it tells about vampires, and I looooove vampires!).

Anyways at the moment I am wading through Proust's "In Search of Lost Time", while trying to make sense of Dante's Inferno and Milton's Paradise Lost (I am being masochistic here, as I hate anything to do with poetry >_<) and to relax I am reading a book called Famous Trials and I just started The Anthropology of Numbers (yes, I am fickle, I can't stand to read more than a chapter or two about the same thing, I need to read different things...which is why I usually read the same book twice because I don't understand a thing the first time ._. bad habit).

Oh and should I tell my hobbies too? I like ice-skating. And I nap a lot too. Oh and for some reason I tend to hit into things a lot.

Uhm...that's about it! (sorry if this was too long ._. ):)
I am glad to know more and more people who are interested in Harry Potter series. :D

Have you by any chance tried Greek mythology? It is great!

And welcome to the forum, Ariadne, The Quill and niamhking! :)

[kathycf]

A warm welcome to all the new folks :wave: :) I am sure you have found an online home.




I Studied Cultural and Heritage studies in college, which means i studied a broad range of subjects like Theatre Studies, Film studies, irish literature, geology and archaeology to name a few! I spend two years as an archaeologist and now supervise five busy bookshops in Dublin Airport, where i get 30% off all books which unfortunately means i waste most of my wages before i even leave the office! :brickwall

happy reading!
Niamh :)

Very interesting, Niamh. What a varied array of subjects. You remind me that I must dig out my copy of Riders to the Sea. I also like your avatar (I like Froud too) and must agree with the sentiment expressed about where all the greats come from. (Can you guess I am of Irish descent? ;) )

[Bueller]

Greetings all. Will be mostly lurking and looking for good historical fiction.

[Ariadne]

Yep, Greek myths is what I first read, my mum got me these huge tomes split into Heroes and Gods and I read both of them. Though I admit I liked the Gods better than the Heroes xD Too much gore and fighting there :P

[Virgil]

Welcome Ariadne. I love myths of all cultures, but Greek myths were my first exposure. Your name is appropriate. :)

[kathycf]

Hi Ariadne. :) Welcome.

[Annamariah]

I'm an 18-year-old girl from Finland.

For some time I've been looking for some forum where I could practise my English skills. I've loved reading ever since I was a kid, so I thought that a literature forum would be nice. I found this one a couple of days ago, so here I am now :D

I read pretty much all kinds of books. My favourites are perhaps historic novels, but as I said, I read everything :D I read mostly in Finnish, but also pretty much in English and sometimes in Swedish.


Apart from English, I also speak Romanian and a bit of French, Spanish and Finnish
Hauska tavata, Ariadne :) Where did you learn Finnish and how much do you speak it?

[Niamh]

A warm welcome to all the new folks :wave: :) I am sure you have found an online home.



Very interesting, Niamh. What a varied array of subjects. You remind me that I must dig out my copy of Riders to the Sea. I also like your avatar (I like Froud too) and must agree with the sentiment expressed about where all the greats come from. (Can you guess I am of Irish descent? ;) )

It was a very interesting course, And it was great craic! My class spent most of it's time in the college theatre or sitting outside it singing. Alot of lecturers weren't impressed! Theatre studies and Archaeology where my favourite subjects. I got to play the devil in a medieval macro/ morality play called Mankind It was fun. got to prod the Audience with a large garden fork.:lol:

And Yes you should dig out your copy of Riders to the Sea i used one of the speaches from the play as my audition piece for the previously mentioned play and ended up as the devil! Dont know how that happened!:lol:

Whats not to like about froud!:D

Ariadne, When I was In Secondary school i read all the Anne Rice novels. I really enjoyed them. Some interesting Vamps! I Also love myths and legends, especially everything to do with faeries. Not that you cant guess that from my Picture!:)

[Janine]

I like both you avatars - kathycf's and niamking's! I have not done all the particulars....like Avy, introduce myself and signature.....be patient...soon I will come through with something for each.

[Rogers_68]

hi all.

i'm pretty new here. i've posted a couple times but that's it so far. i've got some info about me on my profile but i'll expound a bit here. i have a very lovely wife and a son who's 1.5 years old. he likes reading almost as much as i do!

i like some books about theology/christian spirituality but good ones are hard to find. i like relationship-based books about the freedom found in it, not "10 steps to owning that huge house and looking like a really good christian" type books. a couple of good examples would be anything by c.s. lewis, the ragamuffin gospel by brennan manning, traveling mercies by anne lamott, etc.

i really enjoy fiction of all kinds and lately i've had a thing for short stories. i've discovered chekhov and cheever, as well as the "america's best short stories" series, and i'm quite thrilled with what i've found so far.

one funny thing about me is that when it comes to literature, i really enjoy thought-provoking, deeper stuff, but with t.v. shows (i don't watch too much but i like some shows) and movies i love stupid humor, like my name is earl (see avatar), the office, the simpsons, anchorman, etc. who knows why? it's just the way i am.

i currently work as a stationary engineer, which is a union term for commercial building maintenance. i mainly do mechanical work, i.e., rebuilding pumps, replacing big electric motor bearings, etc. i'm thinking about taking some more english classes and getting into writing/editing on the side but we'll see. i loved english classes during the couple of years that i spent at a community college.

i play drums and have a love affair with vintage rogers drums (hence the user name). i love tons of different music, with a large part of my collectioin being underground/indie punk, early 90's "emo" stuff, and lots of old music like motown and led zeppelin.

i guess that's enough info about me. i'm stoked about this site, as i just recently found it, and plan on spending a fair amount of time on it.

if you've read all that, thanks. i'm sure i'll have lots to say over time and i look forward to learning from everyone here! :D

[Schokokeks]

Hi there, Rogers ! :wave:
Be warmly welcome on board :nod: !


one funny thing about me is that when it comes to literature, i really enjoy thought-provoking, deeper stuff, but with t.v. shows [...] i love stupid humor, like [...] the simpsons, [...].
Me too, I love the Simpsons ! And deep down I think it can be quite a philosophical show, if you care to think about the issues longer than the characters do :D (e.g. Homer at a job interview: "Are there any chances of promotion ?" - Employer: "No." - Homer: "Yay ! No pressure !" :lol:)


i currently work as a stationary engineer, which is a union term for commercial building maintenance. [..] i'm thinking about taking some more english classes and getting into writing/editing on the side but we'll see.
Wow, that's a fine idea ! :nod: Hope you'll find your way ;).


i guess that's enough info about me. i'm stoked about this site, as i just recently found it, and plan on spending a fair amount of time on it.
Sounds good :D, we hope you'll stick with us, we're definetely looking forward to getting to know you better !

See you posting ;) !

[Rogers_68]

Hi there, Rogers ! :wave:
Be warmly welcome on board :nod: !

thanks for the welcome!:banana:

oh, and btw, i should have added that i'm currently, with the exception of winterhook, a huge redhook fan. mmm, good brew.

[brainstrain]

Howdy! I'm brainstrain, also known as Orbie, Pooks, and the President of the GSA (an ironic joke, as i am bi but not actually in the gay-straight alliance. i find it hilarious).

I adore books of all kinds, and read as much as i can (which isn't that much) when not doing HW, playing RS, animal crossing, or playing piano. I am extremelly tall for my age, 6'2, and i hope to be a social reformist someday. I'm gonna make a blog and tell ya'll more about that...

I also write, my main story is currently 30 pages, entitled The Legend of Flaria. i might change flaria to something not quite as cheesy...haven't decided yet.

Well, thats me in a nutshell. Oh, i made this account like a year ago and never got on again. i regret it now seeing how awsome this site is!!!

[Virgil]

Welcome newbies. Nice to meet you all.

[seacloud49]

Hi everyone! I joined this place back in September but never got around to posting much, so just wanted to introduce myself. I'm a 25-year-old student of English from south-west Germany. I still have my own book forum, which isn't very active, which is why I decided to close it and become more active here. Anyway, nice to meet you all. :)

[Schokokeks]

Hi brainstrain ! :wave:
Nice to meet you ! Hope you'll have fun around here and stick with us !

Hi there, seacloud ! :wave:
Welcome on board !
I'm a student of English at the university of Heidelberg, may be that we are geographically close ? :)
Enjoy yourself around here ! :)

[suppliants]

Hi...I am Greg, a college professor and homeschooling Dad to 2 sons (ages 12 and 13). We are expatriates living in Mexico and I would like for my boys to use this literature forum in order to discuss their lit assignments with other English-speakers. This forum looks to be a place of genuine lit lovers and learners so I think it will be a good place for my guys to converse and express their thoughts. Yesterday they started "Uncle Tom's Cabin." The boys will sign up under their own accounts so I'm sure you'll be seeing them soon.

So...hello everyone!!!

[Nightshade]

hello all newbies:wave:


***I wonder if the people I met at the confrence and begun to tell to come will ever show up??

[cbarto2]

Greetings and salutations! My hobbies and interests are: Jogging; swimming; boating; golf; travel; guitar playing and singing (folk, jazz, rock); biking; playing with my dog; movie going; book collecting; participating in a few book clubs; reading great works of fiction (e.g., M. Cervantes, William Thackeray, Dickens, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Thomas Hardy, Faulkner, Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald,) good current novels (Updike, Russell Banks, John Irving, Don DeLillo) history (American Civil War, Rome, Spain, Greece, European Battles), biography (e.g., Washington, Lincoln, Franklin), some science fiction (Philip K. Dick, R. Bradbury, K. Vonnegut, W. Gibson, R. Silverberg) and mysteries (D. Sayers, A. Christie, A. C. Doyle, G. Greene), fantasy (C. S. Lewis, Tolkien, G. MacDonald), philosophy (S. Kierkegaard, Thomas Reid, A. Platinga), and theology (Luther, K. Barth, Bonhoeffer, W. Brueggemann, N. T. Wright); attended several times an annual weekend retreat that follows the spiritual exercises of Ignatius of Loyola. I have a Ph.D. in biblical literature and have taught and published in my field. I currently sell academic and general trade books for a publishing company and have more time to read for fun that I did as a college professor.

[dramasnot6]

Hi cbarto! Welcome to LitNet! You seem to have some wonderful interests and taste in reading. The perfect traits for enjoyment of LitNet:D Im sure you will love it here.

[Evermore]

I am new but did not see this before lol
I am a student on English Philology and love reading, I have always enjoyed it so much, anyways I liked this site and since it is about literature I could not contain myself from joining:idea: :p

So hello everyone.

[chanitacr]

Hello everyone!, Its great to finally find a good literature forum!, i search in spanish but are not to frequently visited...
I`m from Central America, I love to read mystery books, specialy from Agatha Christie, but also i like romantic ones... like Jane Austen`s "Pride and Prejudice", other things i like is to watch movies, and motocross.
I study Geology, and i would really like to share with all of you the books i read and would really like to share comments about them with others, so... Its a pleasure to be here and HELLO!!! :p

[cbarto2]

Hi cbarto! Welcome to LitNet! You seem to have some wonderful interests and taste in reading. The perfect traits for enjoyment of LitNet:D Im sure you will love it here.

dramasnot6,

Thanks for the welcome. Recent books I've read have been: All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren (1946) now in a movie starring Sean Penn; Pompeii by Robert Harris, author of the Enigma (2003) also in movie form starring Kate Winslet (a friend is including Pompeii in a Latin class he teaches), Murder on the Appian Way by Steven Saylor (1996) historical mystery of Rome around 54 BC, and now Black by Ted Dekker (2004) a fantasy thriller by a young novelist who writes like Stephen King and Dean Koontz, and who also happens to be a missisonary's kid (MK)! My son, Barto3 (24) is also an avid reader of titles by Vonneghut, Shakespeare, Orwell, Bonhoeffer, Dante, and Milton, and Tolstoy! He's not registered yet, but I should encourage him. He's also into music especially Reggae which he sings and plays on his guitar.

[minihulk]

It seems like most 12-yr olds my age and other kids despise to read. Me myself am not one of those kids...(unless im forced to read a boring book). I do most stuff like play video games a bit and a bit of soccer...the usual

[HyroSilver]

Hi I'm new here, this site looks interesting and I hope I can find some thread about a book I know about... I haven't read a lot of books but most of the fantasy books (a.k.a. Eragon, Eldest, etc.) I would've read. Well hope I can find something like that.

[all]

hey everyone. i am new also. i live in new mexico. i am a christian,a wife,and a mother of two beautiful girls! i love to read!! mostly the classics but i also enjoy history and biographies. i am a radiologic technologist which is a fancy way of saying x-ray tech. i am currently working on a prn,as needed, basis so i can stay home with my girls. i hope to pass on my love for reading and books to my children. i also enjoy writing poetry. my favorite author is edgar allan poe. i am very excited to be a part of this forum because my husband does not like to read. he is a very intelligent person,don't get me wrong, but he just doesn't appreciate good literature like i do. it will be fun to discuss books that don't have bunny rabbits who teach school and bears who drive in them!!! :lol:

[Alexei]

Hello. I'm new here too. Finaly I find a place where I could talk about literature, one of my graet passions.

[x-Skarlette-x]

Hi =) I love literature, reading and writing, though I'm new here and I must admit, I'm finding it hard to get the hang of this site

[RobinHood3000]

Welcome, Skarlette - is that you in your profile pic? I like it, very enigmatic and intriguing...

[alhara]

Hi, I’m in Finland, but from the States and am currently in an exchange program. So, consequently there is almost never anyone on at the same time I am. I like to paint and draw and am cursed with being incredibly long winded. I haven’t posted much but I would suggest reading that last sentence of any thing I write and if you like that then read the rest. I have been complete obsessed with most non-destructive things at some point in my life (e.g. computer games, becoming a bard, aim, met, anime:), poetry, writing a fantasy novel, psychology, pre renaissance costume and hair you name it) and if I haven’t already I will later. Right now it is listening all the audio books in the classical section of my media mall, and learning Finnish (which is totally not easy). It seems is you makes these too long people skip over them so I will end it here.

[Alexei]

You look like a really interesting person. Such a great number of interests :thumbs_up :) Wellcome!

[dramasnot6]

Welcome alhara! You have great interests. I too like comp games, aim, poetry, and psych. I'm sure youll have a great time here!

[HardFluffyBack]

Hi all. I was reading the forum's posts and others for some days and decided to become a member. I became addicted to literature recent months. However I am a mediocre in English I would shout out some understandable words sometimes :D

[B-Mental]

Welcome HFB. Ok, now the real addiction will kick in, posting is way more addictive than reading in this forum...I hope you like it here.

My name is B-Mental and I'm an Online-Literature-aholic.

[Santiago-gemini]

Hi All,

I am engineer by profession and really very fond in reading books especially philosophy, social fiction by Dickens and Rudyard Kippling. In new writers I like Paulo Cohelo mostly known by Al-Chemist the most.
I like to read books and discuss with my friends. It is first time here that I am in a forum. I reckon it will help me to find new friends with them I can discuss a lot from books. May be some of you would not like my post because English is not my native. But I will like to make new friends here.

If anyone in you have read The Zahir by Paulo Coelho please PM me i want to discuss somthing.

Bye.

[miss tenderness]

hi Gemini:)


enjoy it here. I've read some of Coelho's books,but not Zahir.

[certiorari]

Hi,

I'm 15 (almost 16, 12/22). I'm basically a Harry Potter geek, I write and read fan fiction, I visit Harry Potter sites everyday and yeah... I found out about this site when I was searching for the book "The Wealth of Nations". It is a very interesting book actually. I take two law classes in school, but I really don't want to be a lawyer or anything, law is just interesting. I'm searching for other books to discuss.

I read all the time, but my friends at school have nothing to say about books, so I come onto the internet to discuss them. :) There's not really any author's that I favor above everyone else, I'll pretty much read anything.

But anyway... homework time... *sigh*
Bye!

[Pensive]

Hi certiorari! :)

Nice to meet a fellow HP fan. :D I can't call myself a big fan really, but I used to be a very huge fan of the series about a year or two ago.

Have you by any chance visited www.fanfiction.net for Harry Potter fanfiction? It is great! If you want any recommendations, tell me. I have got a huge list of good authors found in there. :)

[willie.meikle@b]

I am a 40+ year old Scotsman, a writer of horror and fantasy fiction and screenplays.

I've had 5 novels published, Island Life (Barclay Books 2001), the Watchers trilogy (Black Death Books 2003/2004) and The Midnight Eye Files: The Amulet (Black Death Books 2005)

I'm also a scriptwriter, influenced by The Big Sleep, L A Confidential, Aliens, Lord Of the Rings, Tim Burton and anything by Hammer.

There are 3 more novels on the way , and some screenplays, and more short stories and ...and ...and.. :)

My next book, Eldren: The Book of the Dark, is a vampire novel set in West-Coast Scotland, and is coming in late 2006 from Black Death Books.

The Watchers Series is my retelling of the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion in Britain. Bonnie Prince Charlie, and all his highland army, are Vampires and are heading south to claim the British throne. The "Watchers" of the title are the guards of the old Roman wall built by Hadrian, now reinforced to keep the vamps out. It is constantly patrolled by officers of the Watch, two of whom become the main protagonists of the series.

I got the idea on a walk along what is left of the wall, and by the time I'd had finished my walk and had a few beers the first part of the trilogy was fully formed in my head. Think "ZULU" or "Last of the Mohicans" with vamps and you'll get a feel of what it's all about.

Book 1: The Coming of the King
Book 2: The Battle for the Throne
Book 3: Culloden!

Get them from
Black Death Books
AMAZON.COM
AMAZON.CO.UK

I'm a traditionalist when it comes to vamps - mine are mainly evil, bloodsucking bas*ards. They don't have souls, they don't have good dress sense and they don't get to snog Sarah Michelle Geller. Oh, and they'll bite anything, not just ladies with big, exposed, bosoms.


Willie

[Shadowsarin]

Good Morning.

My name is Alain, and I'm a 16 year old College student from the United Kingdom. Studying at Regent College in Leicester, if anyone knows it? I ask because it is a small world...Ok, maybe that was a little too cheesy for an introduction post. I'm studying English, Philosophy, Critical Thinking, Film Studies and Psychology.

My taste in books is varied, and I rarely come across a book I cannot finish. I have written a few novellas(sp?) in the past, mainly teenage fiction of different kinds.

I came across the site while googleing for articles about Wuthering Hights as I am currently in an English Class on one of the laptops...maybe not the best way to spend classtime.

Anyway, enough for now! See you around the site, hopefully.

[Laindessiel]

To CBARTO, EVERMORE, CHANITACR, MINIHULK, HYDROSILVER, ALL, ALEXEI, SKARLETTE, HARD FLUFFY BACK, CERTIORARI, SANTIAGO, WILLIE. MEIKLE, SHADOWSARIN, SEACLOUD, ADIADNE..........

WELCOME!

(Whew, that was a lot!) :)

[driftwood]

old member posting for the first time- so, greetings

[B-Mental]

welcome to the forums driftwood!

[April214]

Hello ladies and gentlemen.

Hmm. A little about me. Well I'm a twenty-year-old from Canada. I am currently in grade twelve. Yes, I should have been graduated a long time ago, but instead I dropped out to care for my grandma. She had two strokes, which left her left side slightly paralyzed.
Unfortunately, two years ago, she passed away. It took me one year to really get over her death. Then one day, I woke up realizing that I had to get an education instead of sitting at home feeling sorry for myself.
Anyway, in my free time, I like to write, just thoughts and ideas, not anything spectacular, but I absolutely love reading other peoples work. Another hobby I enjoy is singing. Wow, I can sing my little heart out. Haha. One time I actually won first place in a karaoke contest.
And that's about it.

Talk to you later people! :D

[Redzeppelin]

Hmm...well, this is awkward. I've been posting madly away and just now tore myself away from the lit and philosophy threads to find an introduction thread. D'oh! (cf. Homer Simpson)

I stumbled upon this site while looking for some research material on Heart of Darkness and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and I chanced to see the "Forums" tab and, well, I was gone without a second thought. I have wanted, for months, to find a place like this to discuss literature and philosophy, and I am looking forward to many conversations with all of you.

Don't know what else to say - I teach AP English in Southern California, love Shakespeare, William Faulkner, Dostoyevsky, Sandra Cisneros and CS Lewis, Medieval literature and modern poetry. There is nothing better than engaging in thoughtful dialogue with thoughtful people - so this should be fun -

"The game's afoot!" :D

[ghideon]

I spent alot of time looking for a decent website for book lovers and finally here it is. I am an ex New Yorker currently living in Oakland,CA. Graduated from S.U.N.Y Purchase in 1987 with a BA in Literature.
Right now it is morning, still quiet in the world. I look out my window and see two trees, one barren leafless, the other a tall noble pine tree still green despite December. I love them both.
Oh well...out of coffee.:)

ps
what I am currently reading:
Middle Passage by Charles Johnson.
A short novel about life aboard a slave ship and the experiences of an ex-slave who is working on the ship. It won the National Book Award for fiction in 1990.

"I" The Creation of a Serial Killer by Jack Olsen.
This book is not for everyone. This true crime work is important because the sociopath is the one telling the story. Olsen interviewed Keith Hunter Jesperson for countless hours, read tons of documents about the crimes, about the victims and about Jesperson's life. Then he basically became Jesperson and wrote from the killer's mind. I used to dismiss the true crime genre as just a bunch of poorly written novels meant to titilate but not educate. I have not exactly become a convert but some of the key writers in this field do shed light on some complex, troubling and controversial topics.

Anyone who has read either book...or just has thoughts about the books...feel free to send me a post/email.

tata
Ghideon:yawnb:

[miss tenderness]

welcome all:)

[keizi]

Hi guys I just got in ....like 3 or 4 postings ago. For now all I can say is I LOVE IT. I also love writing poetry and singing and listenig to people say all they have to say and making some 'noise' with buddies. Most important: Am proudly ...very proudly african

[Nightshade]

hello all :wave:

Shadow... film studies? ? http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/konfus/a015.gif when did they rename media studies??
What exam board are you doing.?

[#57]

I am a newbie as well so if I accidentally say something offfensive or wrong on a forum, plz don't bite me head off.:banana:

[Sasipak]

I'm Bee,19 from Thailand. I'm obsessed with both British and American liturature.Now I'm studying in the Faculty of Arts,Chulalongkorn University.I will choose English as a major and Spanish as a minor. I do love reading novels.I read Oliver Twist by Charles Dicken,The Professeur by Charlotte Bronte,Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen,the Coral Island by R.M. Ballantyne and The War at Troy by Lindsay Clarke.And now I'm reading The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James.
I'm very glad to be a member of online-literature.com.It is one of my good cunsultants.
Anyways,I will visit this site always so that I can know many members as many as I can.

[miss tenderness]

57 ,Sas welcome both:)

[Pensive]

Hi all!

Have a nice time over here! :)

[Nightshade]

hello newbies!:wave:

[arif]

haii.. i'm arif. when i was browsing i came across this website that think is very useful in the study of literature. currently i'm doing english language and literature in the international islamic university, malaysia. thi's my first visit here. just wanna hai... :)

[subterranean]

Hi, arif.

Apa kabar?

I'm from Indonesia :wave:
Welcome to the forum.

[Gordon Comstock]

Hey to ALL!!
I have been getting ready for my students' end of semester and haven't had the time for personal outside pleasures. I have missed the search for the many infinite questions of life (and all of those others.) Glad to be back!!
Gordon

[Logos]

Ha ha, welcome back Gordon! It's been apparent around here that there is a lot of end of semester panic going on, (lots of homework/essay/paper help questions being posted) my condolences :p

[Gordon Comstock]

Ohhhhhhh Yesssssssssssssssss!

[Poetess]

Hiya, I`m Waph from Lebanon - not the American Lebanon of Maine!
I`m 19 years old. I really was happy when I knew this forum of literature. I`ve been visiting it for quite some time, but registered in here this evening.

I felt attracted by some posters, really friendly.
I adore writing, it`s my only salvation, yet I don`t believe i`m a good writer. Who cares as long as i`m loosing out my anguish.

I lived isolated, I barely interrelated my life to my parents`. Recently, I got new friends and lost the best ones, which made me extremely disappointed - next to my pessimistic view of life.. I had childhood parental problems, and yes my dad was abusive.. maybe still.. a few of my writings are addressed to my mom..
Anyway I just didn`t know how to introduce myself.. :P

I really hope I get to know you guys in here..


Excuse my grammatical mistakes.

[Poetess]

I forgot to mention, i`m bloody into Emily Dickinson and Edgar Allen Poe.

[Virgil]

Welcome Poetess. I hope to get to know you too. I hope you like it here. I'm bloody into Emily Dickenson too.

[charas]

Hello everyone, just wanted to say hi and introduce myself. I've got a BA in English Lit and currently work in corporate communications. I love reading and do a little creative writing in my spare time. One of the worst things about working in the corporate world is that not many people read for fun, so there aren't too many people here to discuss literature with. So I'm just thrilled to have found this forum!

I enjoy all forms of writing, but novels are my favorites. Some authors I really enjoy are Rohinton Mistry, Salman Rushdie, Hunter S. Thompson, Jose Saramago, Arturo Perez-Reverte, Neil Gaiman, Naguib Mahfouz, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Isaac Asimov, Dostoevsky, just to name a few. Couldn't list them all. :)

Looking forward to reading (and hopefully contributing to) some interesting discussions here.

[Gordon Comstock]

Welcome Charas, great to have you here. As a teacher, it is always my hope that students find reading fun for themselves. It doesn't always happen. In one of my classrooms, I had over 500 volumes for them to look through and only had a few who would even pick them up.

I have found this to be a great place with many great minds and a wealth of diversity. Enjoy.

[Poetess]

Hello Charas, welcome in here! I`m certain it`s magnificent.
Keep in touch!




Welcome Poetess. I hope to get to know you too. I hope you like it here. I'm bloody into Emily Dickenson too.



I`m so glad about it, thank you Virgil! Is it your real name?

[lostdog]

hello everyone...I found this site by accident a few days ago when I was looking for a map of Russia circa 1812 so I could plot out the comings and goings in the book War and Peace which I just finished reading. No map here, but clearly lots of interesting people and ideas. It seems like it is not a slam kind of place where people would put others down. I'm enjoying reading the various posts. I'm 61 yrs old..."that guy is really old" My wife and I live on an island in the San Juan Island group, which is in the waters of northwest Washington State next to Canada and Vancouver Island. I drove bus in Seattle for 28 years until I was old enough to retire. When I retired we moved here, I took care of my mother here until she died a year ago in January. I love to read. I read a lot on my breaks when I was driving bus, classics, Melville's Moby Dick, what ever turns up from American lit, and I have always liked reading Latin American authors like Carlos Fuentes. I have only a high school education graduating in 1964. I was a political activist especially in my youth. Civil rights, anti war, peace and other causes which still interest me. Biographies interest me too if they arn't to tedious. The ones I don't like seem to revelle in tracking what someone ate for dinner and who said what to excess. yuk. I have 5 grown children the youngest is 25 yr. My other main interest is music. I've been trying to learn to play saxophone for the last few years. I have a small group that I play with. It is probably the thing that keeps me most involved. I have to really work to learn music. We are learning mostly jazz tunes, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and others, and also some Klezmer and other stuff. our object is to have fun and learn new stuff, and we do. I'm very fortunate to be where I am and to be able to do what I like after all those years of working to support family. I split a lot of wood here, literally and figuratively (sp?) We have a very old cat named Gramshi who sleeps all the time. That is the intro, short form. Nice to meet you all.

[Pensive]

Hi poetess, lostdog and Gordon Comstock! Welcome to the forum folks! :)

[lostdog]

Thanks for the welcome, Pensive. There is a lot for me to learn on this site, including how to use it well. i looked to read the short stories yesterday, but couldn't find them. Also, it seems that if one asks questions about lit, more likely to get responces. I guess that's easy enough, but where to ask them?

[Gordon Comstock]

Thanks for the welcome, Pensive. There is a lot for me to learn on this site, including how to use it well. i looked to read the short stories yesterday, but couldn't find them. Also, it seems that if one asks questions about lit, more likely to get responces. I guess that's easy enough, but where to ask them?

lostdog, you are found. Just ask and these wonderful folks will help you get to where you are going. Need something, they will take care of you.

[JackShea]

Not sure if I am doing this correctly but...HI! I joined this site to learn. After years in an alcoholic haze it is a joy to see the sun. So many things I seek to understand. But...onward and upward as they say. Anything else...Just ask.

All the best,

Jack

[calientestephie]

hello, my name is stephie just signed up, i was just wondering if anyone would refer me to a good interesting book to read. i just read Smack and i'm finishing up on Love Janis. Its Janis Joplin's biography. i'm all about music and such
it'd be cool if someone replyed cause i'm not sure on how these threads work out thanks! peace

[charas]

Thanks for the kind welcome Gordon and Poetess. There's so much to read here that I'm sure it will be a while before I have anything to add. But it should be a fun ride!

Cheers everyone,
charas

[dramasnot6]

Hi Jack! Welcome to LitNet. I'm sure,after already seeing your very nice poem, you'll make an excellent contribution to this forum! :) What type of Lit do you like?

Welcome calientestephie! THere are hundreds and hundreds of good books out there, what type of genra(horror,sci-fi, historical,etc.) are you interested in? Have a nice stay at LitNet!

[Raiv]

Hello, everyone. I'm a high school student with a penchant for reading, and stumbled onto this forum purely through chance. It was a great coincidence, because I've always wanted to read and participate in broad, critical discussions — can't be sure yet if my needs will be satisfied by this place, but I have a good feeling.

I'm not terribly well read, unlike, I'm sure, many people here, but I do try to read most days. With any luck, my participation around here will increase with time.

[alhara]

why raiv? hmmmmm

[Poetess]

Welcome all.

[Dark_Fire]

yo yo yo :D

[soleann]

Hello!
I came across this website by accident, and got excited about it instantly. I read a lot of books but hardly ever get the chance to discuss them with anyone, so I'm happy if I get to do that here.

I'm from Finland, so my native tongue is Finnish. Sometimes it gets hold of me and my English grammar gets all mixed up -- I appologize in advance, because it's bound to happen some time when I post something here.
Otherwise I can speak English practically as well as Finnish, because my education has always been in English; however, this year I've changed to a Finnish-speaking school. (My mother was getting worried about my Finnish skills...)

My interests include art, literature, animals and history. I'm interested in languages also; I'm taking French at school. My favorite book perhaps is Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, but the range of books I read is wide.

Well, I hope I can eventually become active in the conversations going on on this website. :) I'm usually not the active kind in forums and such, but I'm hopeful about this one.

[Pensive]

Hi all! Welcome to the forum. :)

soleann, I myself got education from an English school (in later years) which has spoiled my Urdu writing quite a lot. My teachers used to love my essays in an Urdu medium school (my previous school). Here as well, they like it but whenever I compare the standard of Urdu in both schools, I feel that my previous school was much better. I hear quite a lot of things from my mother for my poor "written Urdu." I make mistakes in writing the alphabets though I can construct really good sentences in it because I speak it on daily basis. No one uses English as spoken language over here actually.

Oh, I do like Wuthering Heights a lot as well. I hope that you will enjoying have discussions and some chit-chat over here. :)

[English Major]

Hey, I'm not sure how I found this place. I typed in something about Paradise Lost on google, I think. Anywho, I'm here, and it's only a few days away from Christmas!

[Poetess]

EM, this site is a piece of Paradise and knowledge itself x)

Welcome.

[dramasnot6]

Welcome english major! Im sure you will like it here, I'm quite addicted myself :p What type of literature are you into?

[Uzziel]

hi! uzziel here

i'm new, posted one here because i haven't had any posts yet:) might make a good start with the intro nthread

the people here are way too cool, hope i could fit in.....

have a great day everyone!

[Jean-Baptiste]

Welcome to the forums, Uzziel!

This thread contains my first post as well; it is a good place to start.

Yes, well, we are all a bit too cool. ;) I'm sure you can fit in just fine.

Enjoy!

[Laindessiel]

Kamusta ka Uzziel, kababayang Pinoy? http://www.cosgan.de/images/more/flowers/029.gif Sampaguita for you! So you're from Cagayan de Oro, huh? Welcome to LitNet! I'm from the Philippines too and my sister (Toni, also a member) stumbled upon this site while researching for Shakespeare, and since then we couldn't get our eyes off this site. Hope you'll enjoy it here as much as we do!

Have a blast! http://www.cosgan.de/images/midi/musik/d025.gif

[dramasnot6]

Welcome Uzzie!!!:D

[Gordon Comstock]

Merry Christmas to those of you who experience Christmas.

Welcome to all the new members and enjoy the company of these great minds.

[moonface]

Hey, all! Nice to meet you!
I am glad to write here. It's an wonderful thing I think. And I feel lucky to communicate here! This is my first time post my message. I hope it is a good beginning.

ok, talk about myself.
I come from China, and my chinese name is Li Xintian. You may not familiar with the accents in Chinese, so you can call me Hermione. That's my English name. In fact, I know Hermione from that book Harry Potter, and Hermione is a character in that book, I like her so much and named myself the same.
I think life is beautiful, and we need to discover the real world. I hope we enjoy life here!

[Virgil]

Welcome Moonface. I hope you will like lit net. Your english is quite good by the way.

[moonface]

Thank you Virgil! I want to express my gratitde to your support, I am sure I like here and I will enjoy wise here. I hope I can make many friends~

[RobinHood3000]

Hello, moonface - pleased to meet you! Hermione is a lovely name, you'll wear it well.

[Laindessiel]

You will spend a great quality time here, Moonface, Hermione, Li Xintian.

http://www.cosgan.de/images/more/schilder/042.gif to LitNet!

[dramasnot6]

Welcome Moonface!

[moonface]

Thank you guys! I am pleased here and meet you! So nice of you! I am sure I will enjoy here and communicate with you not only the words but also the wise and the understand of the world!

[zanna]

Nice to meet you, and Welcome! :) I can barely say that, cuz I'm new-ish also, but I think you will like it here. See you around.

[moonface]

hey, zanna. Nice to meet you too! yeap, there is great place indeed! Too many friendly friends! Of course inclouding you! hope you also enjoy here~~

[MisterBeck]

Hello to all teh [tay] peoples!!! I am from missouri and I'm too big of a geek for my own good.... but I like it. My cousin got me into this (say hello to Jamesian if you "see" him) and I guess I'd just like to say it's great to be here. <wave energetically>

[MisterBeck]

ok, so... after reading all the things the REST of you had to say, I felt I should expound:

I like reading. I can't write so good.

I don't write so good

the best thing about british literature is the fun words (yay brit words!)

cars is my passion. (stress the period)

I have too much time on the intera-web (aka PLEASE AIM ME)

I am goinig to sleep.

[dramasnot6]

Welcome Mister Beck! Any cousin of Trevor is a friend of mine :D Im sure in time your writing will improve, its one of those areas which never produces a hopeless cause. Put in lots of practice and youll thrive Im sure. Ahh i see youre a fun of British slang and expressions just like Jamesian, very nice :thumbs_up Have a good night and enjoy LitNet!

[moonface]

hey,Mister Beck! Nice to meet you and welcome here! I also a new here and want to improve my writing! There are lots of kindness friends! You will have a wonderful time here!

[Poetess]

Welcome all of you :D

[Laindessiel]

Oh Poetess, that explains your fascination with witches and warlocks and fantasy eh? Your new avatar? :D

Yes, hello and welcome Mister Beck! Trev is a very articulate and young man; and, uh, also c*** :D, (oh, James will hate us for that. :p) so I reckon birds of the same feather...yeah you get what I mean.

Have a nice time here! http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/figuren/g045.gif

[Poetess]

My new avatar is too peaceful :P, Adams Family *giggles*

[golgi]

hello world of literature! :yawnb:

[dramasnot6]

And hello golgi! I like your username, tell us a bit about yourself!

[golgi]

hello dramasnot6! I like my username too. I try to write and read somethings and I am here for sharing them and learn new things. I hope... :)

[MisterBeck]

Thanks for the welcome guys, I'll hope that you're all right about my writing improving!

[thehangedman]

Hello all. I am very happy to have found this wonderful site. Gems like this are what's keeping the internet from being completely consumed by the madness of filth and consumerism. I'm no writer or poet, but I do enjoy reading. However, what intrigued me most about this site was not the wealth of literary masterworks contained within online-literature.com's database. The insight into the human condition which you all offer through your posts in these forums is what sparked my curiosity. I've just begun to read what some of you have posted and find your writing not only entertaining but profoundly enlightening. This level of synergy is the foundation of good writing, a fact I am sure each of you are aware of. Bravo.

[della]

Hi everybody, I am della in China. I am completely new here, and actually i am a little afraid and nervous now. Because of you , i see my ignorance. I am trying to look up something about Emily dickinson and Sylvia Plath when i came in this forum by chance. i am sure i can get more here and i hope sincerely that i can know you learnd and interesting people more.:
I like reading, poems specially. Keats is my favourite ,although i can recite little of his works. I also have interests in modernism literature . Sometimes i feel confused, sometimes my heart is deeply shocked by the works of the modernists. Recently i am studing The Waste Land. When i read it, there is always a question daunting in my head: can i truly understand it? To me ,there seems existing a broad gap between the oriental and western culture. But i will try my best to understand.:yawnb:

[Virgil]

Welcome della. If you like poetry, this is a good place for you visit and chat. If you need any help with those poems, you can ask me anytime.

[dramasnot6]

Welcome! You dont need to feel afraid or nervous, dont worry. There is a very large range of people here, from begginers to people who have been reading for decades. I myself also like Keats and Sylvia Plath, just look around and ask some questions and I'm sure you will find what you need.

[Austen Fan]

Hi all,

I have roamed around this site for a while, and I must tell you I am breathless with anticipation of what lies before me now. In my little part of the world, no one wants to discuss literature. My few acquaintances who even read regularly only feel the need to scratch the surface of plot and possibly character traits. I look forward to much discussion and debate.

[dramasnot6]

Welcome Austen! You seem quite zealous about discussion and debate, which means you'll absolutely love it here :D I too love Austen! Especially when i read Pride and Prejudice, i have seen the entire BBC series maybe 6 times. The best of luck to you! :)

[AutumnGal]

...Pride and Prejudice, i have seen the entire BBC series maybe 6 times. :)

Oh! I absolutely adore that production. One of the best the BBC churned out. They stayed very true to the story, I believe--unlike the latest Hollywood-ized version of Sense and Sensibility with Emma Thompson as the herione Elinor, who is 19--and Thompson is what? 40-something?!?. And Hugh Grant (46) was cast as Edward, who is supposed to be early 20s. It just didn't suspend my disbelief.

Anyway, I just had to chime in about the BBC production of P&P.

Cheers!
AG

[Nightshade]

hello :wave:
err it wasnt that true to the original but yes it was the best Ive seen and I think Ive seen 5 versions of P&P . But Emma now that was awful.

The BBC tends to do good period/adaptaion things .:nod:

[moonface]

[QUOTE=della;306223]Hi everybody, I am della in China. I am completely new here, and actually i am a little afraid and nervous now. Because of you , i see my ignorance. I am trying to look up something about Emily dickinson and Sylvia Plath when i came in this forum by chance. i am sure i can get more here and i hope sincerely that i can know you learnd and interesting people more.:QUOTE]
Hey, Della! Nice to meet you! I also come from China, I hope we will enjoy here! And welcome! Don't be nervous, I even think you are greater than me! So believe yourself! :yawnb:

[Shakespearehead]

Happy New Year, all who post here. I'm a 7th grade writing teacher from NJ. My favorites are Shakespeare, obviously, and Austin. I got the A&E/BBC P&P DVDs for Christmas. I can't wait to watch it again.

[Pensive]

Hi all! Welcome to the forum! :)

[Argyroneta]

Hi,

I realised last year that I really enjoy reading. I love Dostoyevsky - and want to read more by the Russian masters of his era. I like other authors too, but at the moment it is all about Muzhiks, Kulaks and the like!!!

Nice to meet you all!

James

[Arania]

Hello!

I'm new... obviously. I really love poetry, and I would love your comments on my work -- good and bad. I hope you all will welcome me.

[Virgil]

Nothing wrong with hillbillies. ;) Welcome Arania. I hope you will enjoy lit net. :)

[dramasnot6]

Hi,

I realised last year that I really enjoy reading. I love Dostoyevsky - and want to read more by the Russian masters of his era. I like other authors too, but at the moment it is all about Muzhiks, Kulaks and the like!!!

Nice to meet you all!

James

Hi james! Welcome to LitNet! I too LOVE Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment is a masterpiece.
Im sure you will get along jsut fine here!:D
-Drama

[dramasnot6]

Hello!

I'm new... obviously. I really love poetry, and I would love your comments on my work -- good and bad. I hope you all will welcome me.

Welcome Arania! Im sure plenty will comment on your poetry, there are a lot of writers here.enjoy!:D

[Idril]

I like other authors too, but at the moment it is all about Muzhiks, Kulaks and the like!!!


Hey! I hear you! I've been obsessed with Russian lit for awhile now, the more I read the more insatiable the desire for more becomes. :lol: I have become quite partial to the Cossacks, myself. ;)

Welcome. :wave:

[JaneEyre1986]

Hey, I just joined this forum. I love books, and have a habit of walking out of a bookstore with a book. My favorite books are Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice. My favorite authors are Charlotte Bronte, Jane Austen, and Jean Sasson.

When I don't have my nose in a book, I'm usually at work at a shoe store, or a candy store, or I'm scrabooking or just hanging out online. I also like extremely old movies, and for Christmas I got a boxed set of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers DVDs. My mom joked the other day that she thought she picked up the wrong daughter from the hospital, since we don't like any of the same things. :lol:

[Poetess]

Hi :D ....

[Yelena]

Hey! I hear you! I've been obsessed with Russian lit for awhile now, the more I read the more insatiable the desire for more becomes. :lol: I have become quite partial to the Cossacks, myself. ;)

Welcome. :wave:

I love Russian literature myself. Since you are interested in Cossaks, you might want to try reading Nikolay. Gogol' and Fedoseev-Shykshin. Those are really good and famous writers:D

[Argyroneta]

I currently reading 'Dead Souls' by Gogol. The man was a genius and I don't think I have ever read anything like it before. I haven't heard of Fedoseev-Shykshin, but I will investigate. Thanks

[pup]

Hi Everybody. I just found this site yesterday. It looks so interesting. I love reading all the posts. I love Mark Twain. I used to live across the street from the Newspaper office he worked in in Virginia City NV. Has anybody read the new book by the author of Cold Mountain, Fraiser..[Thinks that's the spelling] I look forward to getting to know all of you and learning about great books. See Ya..Pup

[Idril]

I love Russian literature myself. Since you are interested in Cossaks, you might want to try reading Nikolay. Gogol' and Fedoseev-Shykshin. Those are really good and famous writers:D

I've read Gogol's Taras Bulba and that's what made me fall in love with the Cossacks in the first place and then that love was secured with Sholohkov's Quiet Flows the Don. I haven't heard of Fedoseev-Shykshin though, I'll have to add that to my list, thank you.:)

[Vesta Luna]

Good Day All,
What a delight to find a world of readers right at my fingertips!!
I stumbled on the site yesterday after being totally frustrated with Shakespeare's play, "All's Well That Ends Well". I am no Shakespeare scholar and quickly surrendered my disappointment to the quest to understand, like, "Ok, Mr. Master Shakespeare, what were you thinking?"
Thus, here I am.
To my delight someone has suggested reading a play every two months and discussing it, so I am in! Forgive me if I jump ahead, but look forward to rich contributions.
Last book read, "Salt, and the Alchemical Soul" a collection of 3 essays by Ernest Jones, C.G. Jung, and James Hillman.
So I say farewell to introductions and head over to the Shakespeare peeps.
blessings all,
Vesta Luna

[dramasnot6]

Hi Everybody. I just found this site yesterday. It looks so interesting. I love reading all the posts. I love Mark Twain. I used to live across the street from the Newspaper office he worked in in Virginia City NV. Has anybody read the new book by the author of Cold Mountain, Fraiser..[Thinks that's the spelling] I look forward to getting to know all of you and learning about great books. See Ya..Pup

Welcome Pup! I also like Mark Twain! I'm sure you will enjoy it here.

[dramasnot6]

Good Day All,
What a delight to find a world of readers right at my fingertips!!
I stumbled on the site yesterday after being totally frustrated with Shakespeare's play, "All's Well That Ends Well". I am no Shakespeare scholar and quickly surrendered my disappointment to the quest to understand, like, "Ok, Mr. Master Shakespeare, what were you thinking?"
Thus, here I am.
To my delight someone has suggested reading a play every two months and discussing it, so I am in! Forgive me if I jump ahead, but look forward to rich contributions.
Last book read, "Salt, and the Alchemical Soul" a collection of 3 essays by Ernest Jones, C.G. Jung, and James Hillman.
So I say farewell to introductions and head over to the Shakespeare peeps.
blessings all,
Vesta Luna

Welcome Luna! Dont worry about the Shakespeare, it's hard for everyone at first. It just takes a bit of researching and practice and I'm sure youll understand it in no time. Enjoy! :D

[Lioness_Heart]

Hey, I just found this site whilst trying to do some research for my English homework...thought it looked interesting...
This is actually the first forum that I have ever joined; I guess I'm a pretty useless teenager really...
I ought to stop the ...ing. It makes me sound so... vague.
I just wanted to say hello. I love reading and writing - I have so many favourite books that it would take ages to say them all, and would probably bore you all silly, but I guess I like fantasy most of all. Well, among other things... I love Shakespeare too; I'm not quite sure why, but his writing feels like magic inside when you read it...
Anyway, I'd better get back to my homework actually. But I look foward to talking to everyone, and finding out more about some great books.
Bye!!!
XXX

[zelus]

hey you're not alone. i found this site also for assignments sake and i believe that i am just as new as you are. I had a passion for reading when i was much younger but growing up sort of killed it. Now i read mostly because I'm an English language major at the university and well, I'd better get that passion back if I hope to make good grades.

Yeah, I'm real good with African Literature since i am African - Ghanaian actually. I will definitely be adding more info in my profile

[dramasnot6]

Hey, I just found this site whilst trying to do some research for my English homework...thought it looked interesting...
This is actually the first forum that I have ever joined; I guess I'm a pretty useless teenager really...
I ought to stop the ...ing. It makes me sound so... vague.
I just wanted to say hello. I love reading and writing - I have so many favourite books that it would take ages to say them all, and would probably bore you all silly, but I guess I like fantasy most of all. Well, among other things... I love Shakespeare too; I'm not quite sure why, but his writing feels like magic inside when you read it...
Anyway, I'd better get back to my homework actually. But I look foward to talking to everyone, and finding out more about some great books.
Bye!!!
XXX
Welcome.,welcome Lioness! Dont worry about boring anyone, anything involving the mass-consumption of books is not boring in the least!
I can already tell we will be friends by the way you describe reading Shakespeare, you pinpointed it exactly. Magic inside you...what have you read of him?
Dont worry, i sometimes feel like a useless teen too, but this site helps. You really get to express your love of reading with others who can relate and contribute really fascinating comments too. I'm sure you will like it here!

[DKelly]

Opppps, didn't see this thread...Here's my Hello that I started another thread with! :blush:

HELLO (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21473);)

[B-Mental]

Thats fine DKelly...Welcome to the forums. I hope you like it here

[Lioness_Heart]

Hi Drama,
Thanks for the welcome; it's nice to know that there are people out there who won't mind me constantly rabbitting on about books!
As for Shakespeare, I'm currently studying Hamlet at school (for my AS English lit.). Last year, I did Romeo and Juliet. Those two are my favourites, but I've also read (and seen): A Midsummer Night's dream, Twelfth Night and The Tempest. Until last year (during GCSEs we had to go to school on Saturday morning), I went to a Shakespeare youth drama group, and we did two main pieces based on King Lear and The Merchant of Venice. This year, for my LAMDA silver medal (solo acting), I'm doing a soliloquy from The Comedy of Errors, but I haven't read that one yet.
I love the poem, by the way. What is it from?
- Lioness XX

[Poetess]

Hello and welcome alllll!!!
Lioness, Kelly, Zelus, Pup, Vesta, Argyroneta and and..

[andave_ya]

Hallo! I found this site while researching the word "literature" for an essay. This site is fantastic! I'm having a ball reading all the posts by people who are as hopelessly in love with books as I am.
Anyways, I am a teenager with decidedly unusual tastes. I have garnered quite a reputation in my church for being the hopeless bookworm, specializing in books no one has heard of. My favorites are Dorothy L. Sayers's Lord Peter Wimsey books (Has no one heard of the inimitable Lord Peter?) and J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. I've also read and admired the Silmarillion, but it's really hard reading!
Finally, because there seems to be an emphasis on schooling, I wanted to include something about it. Right now I am still in high school, but I am looking forward to starting college. Currently (I still have a couple of years) I'd like to major in English literature and minor in library science. Like I said, I'm a hopeless bookworm, and, I like to write as well.

[dramasnot6]

Hi Drama,
Thanks for the welcome; it's nice to know that there are people out there who won't mind me constantly rabbitting on about books!
As for Shakespeare, I'm currently studying Hamlet at school (for my AS English lit.). Last year, I did Romeo and Juliet. Those two are my favourites, but I've also read (and seen): A Midsummer Night's dream, Twelfth Night and The Tempest. Until last year (during GCSEs we had to go to school on Saturday morning), I went to a Shakespeare youth drama group, and we did two main pieces based on King Lear and The Merchant of Venice. This year, for my LAMDA silver medal (solo acting), I'm doing a soliloquy from The Comedy of Errors, but I haven't read that one yet.
I love the poem, by the way. What is it from?
- Lioness XX

Sounds like some fantastic Shakespeare experience! :D The poem is from the book "The Series of Unfortunate Events" by Lemony Snicket

[dramasnot6]

Hallo! I found this site while researching the word "literature" for an essay. This site is fantastic! I'm having a ball reading all the posts by people who are as hopelessly in love with books as I am.
Anyways, I am a teenager with decidedly unusual tastes. I have garnered quite a reputation in my church for being the hopeless bookworm, specializing in books no one has heard of. My favorites are Dorothy L. Sayers's Lord Peter Wimsey books (Has no one heard of the inimitable Lord Peter?) and J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. I've also read and admired the Silmarillion, but it's really hard reading!
Finally, because there seems to be an emphasis on schooling, I wanted to include something about it. Right now I am still in high school, but I am looking forward to starting college. Currently (I still have a couple of years) I'd like to major in English literature and minor in library science. Like I said, I'm a hopeless bookworm, and, I like to write as well.

Welcome fellow bookworm! :)

[LPRox015]

Hello!
Ok, first off, i'm a college freshman studying Business Management. I'm addicted to the written word and am a huge shakespeare fan. I have many hobbies besides reading though. I also love dancing (especially salsa and merengue) because I am latina. I am also an accomplished singer who took vocal lessons at the age of 5 but at 10 I stopped taking lessons because my teachers had nothing more to teach. I play electric guitar and compose my own music and lyrics. I am currently writing a novel. I am also currently working as a real estate investor. I speak 4 languages...English, Spanish, Italian, and Japanese. I am also learning French. I love watching anime...if you don't know what that is..it is japanese animation. I have lots of friends that I love and cherish very much. I am extremely outgoing and active. I love working out, swimming, running, jet skiing, camping, hiking, hanging out with friends, and so much more. I am usually happy and joyful and when I get sad my friends and family help me get back up in a jiffy. I love life and I love people and I plan to live my life to the fullest!!! This is me. Nice to meet you. :)

[Virgil]

Wow. Welcome LPR. You are quite accomplished for your age. You will make an excellent addition to our family. :)

[freya'sdaughter]

Hello All-
I'd like to introduce myself. I am a college student. Actually, this is my second time at being one. I'm at the end of my program and will be starting my externship at a local law firm soon. I have loved literature and the written word since I was a child. My life long dream has been to be an author. I am looking forward to having thought provoking and challenging conversations with you all.

[LPRox015]

Virgil:Wow. Welcome LPR. You are quite accomplished for your age. You will make an excellent addition to our family.

@ Virgil: Awww. Thank you! That's so sweet! I love this site so much already. I feel very welcome. Thanks a lot! :)

Welcome Freya'sDaughter! Hope you feel as welcome here as I do!

[dramasnot6]

Welcome freya! Welcome LPR! :) Enjoy the site!

[Captain Pike]

I stumbled in here looking for a source for some Poe literature. I found what I was hunting for, and low and behold -- a treasure trove! So I'll be around.

:yawnb:

[dramasnot6]

Welcome Captain Pike! I too am a big fan of Poe! I especially love "The Raven" :) I am sure you will love it here!

[LadyArmand]

Hello all,

My name is LadyArmand. As you can plainly see I spent way too much time reading Anne Rice as a teenager. I’m a poet primarily but I’ve just finished my first novel and am working on editing it. And hope to shop it around to publishers soon. I’ve been published in a poetry anthology but out by a small press.

[Idril]

I stumbled in here looking for a source for some Poe literature. I found what I was hunting for, and low and behold -- a treasure trove! So I'll be around.

:yawnb:

Hey! A classic Trek fan, nice to meet you! :wave: Although I have to say, I'm more of a Kirk fan myself. ;)

[dramasnot6]

Hello all,

My name is LadyArmand. As you can plainly see I spent way too much time reading Anne Rice as a teenager. I’m a poet primarily but I’ve just finished my first novel and am working on editing it. And hope to shop it around to publishers soon. I’ve been published in a poetry anthology but out by a small press.

Welcome LadyArmand! You sound very accomplished! I am sure you will like it here, there are many talented writers and avid readers around :)

[Eels]

Hello!

I was looking for an English Literature forum since I started studying English and Latin at the university of Leuven (Belgium) this year.

I discovered that, although my knowledge of English literature is quite good, my vocabulary and grammar is thoroughly lacking. I hope to improve by taking part in this forum. Of course I'm also interested in English literature in itself :)

Eels

PS: Don't hesitate to correct me, since I really want to improve my English!

[dramasnot6]

Welcome eels! It is always admirable to see someone putting in the effort to keep up another language! I know I am always hungry for practice in Chinese and relate. It sounds like your english is really good! And it is very cool you are taking Latin too! I am sure you will really like it here.:D

[allisonaa]

good morning from phoenix--my name is alli and i ran across this site looking for some new information on emily dickinson. it looks like it could be very fun and a great source for a wide variety of information/opinion. i have a ba in english lit and some towards a master's and hope to do some freelance writing. looking forward to gettting to know ya'll...

[Virgil]

Welcome Alli. I think you will like lit net. It has a lot of variety. We can always use another english major on board. ;)

[andave_ya]

Congrats on getting published! Wow!

[pillows]

Hello, my name is pillows. You all lay your heads on me when you stop your reading and feel sleepy. I asume most of you read in bed. Well, I don't.

For the girl who is currently working on a paper about Dracula. Check out Nietzsche. You may be surprised to discover that Nietzsche's main work 'Thus spoke Zarathoustra' has been published in the same year as did 'Dracula' by Bram S.
And Nietzsche specifically mentions the existence of vampires, such as Dracula (in accordance to his Ubermensch-philosophy), but not in 'Thus spoke...' but in one of his other works, for you to find out which one it is on your own.
If this is any help to you, glad I could give it.

For the rest of the folks here. I am an avvid, but rather slow, reader at times. My mother language is Dutch but I live in Belgium.
My favorite author is Paul Auster.
But many others can compete.

Greetings. O, sigh

[dramasnot6]

Welcome pillows! If you are interested in Nietzsche feel free to stop by the Nietzsche thread i have recently started and share your thoughts! I too read a lot but am rather slow.I find it is more the quality of what you read that counts, and that you understand it, rather then the amount or speed.
Enjoy!

[symphony]

Here goes a big hello to everyone active or inactive. :)

Basically i joined this forum because literature is one of my...ok i guess "passion" would be the word. + i love forums, they're often found to be lively and interactive and quite fun. But i must confess that it's a li'l hard to try to become a part of such a huge forum as this in a short time(it took me 5 visits just to go through the names of the threads, for instance!), so i think i'll take my time and check out the stuff. :D It's impossible in my part to read all the stuff that's been posted over the years though! :blush: and i have a vague doubt that this post by me may not be ever found in this li'l dark corner of the 99th page :( .

And oh! i almost forgot to tell abt myself!! :p okay so i'm this strong believer of the life-is-wonderful-theory, from south asia, Bangladesh to be more specific, and i m also a firm follower of the take-it-easy-theory! :D I worship music, & i love ...now thats the difficult part 'cuz i love so many things- i love nature(who doesnt?!), rhythm, words, friends, having friends, good company, .....well this can go on forever! :blush:
All in all, i love Love, Life, i love this world, though it's vile and wild at times.
I am nuts about physics and literature, odd combination i know! :D

And now i'm really boring u by my ultra-boring intro, so ciao! :D

[Sapphire Sky]

Meow, ( I started staying that becuase I once started taking naps and then i called them cat naps and then i felt more catty) i also have other original greetings and farewells I am an "INTP" which stands for Introvert-iNuitive-Thinking-Perceiving. I Am very creative and i have a good sense of justice becuase i know the difference between right any wrong. I also know that just becuase one has a sense of justice doesn't mean they will be completely just or something. Justice is about harmony becuase harmony is about agrement and only good things agree and bad things never do without the justice between them. Bad things would destroy each other but good things will never. So justice is about taking out the bad things to conserve the harmony between good things. I am also caled Enrique buT i could be called Sapp or sky or sappy or don't know... um.--- "Sapphire Sky "Was something i created to describe myself in the deepest way possible, and believe me i could write 10 pages of everything it has to do with me and everything. One example is that my favorite color is blue. I also like white red and yellow, colors of fire of course. Blue stars are the hottest of the universe and skies are the deepest on earth. I joined becuase there were things i wanted to mention about this book called "1984" I am afraid of the possiblilty of it ever happening. And so i have been finding ways to prevent it and ways to get messages across that would make people understand reasons why it does not have to be that way as it is in the book.

I have like 20 poems i can mention but should get the rest that are not published published.... this is my first post and i probably won't post to often. anyway, peach out ( instead of peace out).

[Sapphire Sky]

great poem andi have a picture ofa bok with a magnifying glass one the word" love and "lovage" which iam mentioning becuase your pictures reminded me of it anyay i should have some other stuff to do. toodles.....it looks like i didn't get this post subscribed to dramasnot06 ....lol hey , i am a newbie andi am doing everything as fast as possible.

[Satori]

I live in a tiny town of about 150 people in far eastern Oregon, and I've been looking for a good, active literary forum for quite a while now. Book clubs here are pretty much nonexistent, so this is a lovely option for me. I look forward to participating in what appears to be a lively community!

I'm a voracious - some might say indiscriminate - reader. I just finished school and am looking for a job in the health care field. The last book I read was Cormac McCarthy's The Road, and it was pretty harrowing but ultimately very satisfying. I'd love to start a discussion about it.

Thanks so much for this opportunity. Once again, I am so glad for the internet's ability to bring all manner of people together!

[B-Mental]

Welcome to the forums Satori. I hope you like it here. Some really great people and good ideas are easy to find. Enjoy:)

[Jean-Baptiste]

Hello Satori! :wave: Eastern Oregon, eh? What a coincidence! I know what you mean about the lack of book clubs in the area. I started one with my English professor--maybe you should join us. :) This is definitely a great place to fill the void of literary discussion inherent in our region. I hope you enjoy yourself here.

I've not read anything by McCarthy, though I was told recently that "he is arguably the greatest living American Novelist." I'll have to look into confirming this for myself.

Welcome to the forums!

[Captain Pike]

I'm not just a trekkie, not really much of one at all. However, I have a special kinship with Captain Pike... keep pondering

[dramasnot6]

Welcome Symphony, Satori and Sapphire Sky!

[jab]

I teach private music lessons from my home as well as public K-5 music at a downtown charter school. As with many on this forum, I enjoy reading in my spare time, and I'm joining hoping to find occasional interesting dialogue! My favorite authors are cummings, Wordsworth, Garcia Marquez, Herodotus, Shakespeare, and--most recently--Neruda.

My hope is that I'll make "friends", meet fascinating new (to me) works, and insights into familiar ones. My fear is that I'll find an overly high percentage of posts that petition others for help "figuring out" poems for a last-minute school paper.

I write quoniam nihil agere delectat, scribo (spinning off a famous Cicero quote) because I love to read and write for relaxation and stress-therapy. The quote translates inasmuch as it is pleasant to do nothing, I write.

[jab]

I teach private music lessons from my home as well as public K-5 music. As with many on this forum, I enjoy reading in my spare time, and I join today hoping to find fascinating "friends"; engage occasionally in interesting dialog; exchange good recommendations; and find insights into works, both familiar and obscure. My fear is that I'll find an overly high percentage of posts that petition others for help "figuring out" poems for last-minute school papers.

My favorite authors are cummings, Wordsworth, Garcia Marquez, Herodotus, Shakespeare, and--most recently--Neruda.

Quoniam nihil agere delectat, scribo (spinning off a famous Cicero quote) I sign because I love to read and write for relaxation and stress-therapy. The quote translates: inasmuch as it is pleasant to do nothing, I write.

[Jean-Baptiste]

Welcome to the forums, jab! :wave: I'm sure you'll find plenty of stimulating conversation here. Don't worry too much about the "last-minute school papers" questions; those are very rarely posted by members, and certainly don't constitute a majority of posts. They are frequent enough, but not so much as to be bothersome. I like your list of favorite authors. Although, I'm not familiar with Neruda; I'll have to fix that. Again, welcome.

[dramasnot6]

Welcome Jab! I too am a fan of Shakespeare and Cummings :)

[Reccura]

Hi everyone! I always read LitNet posts...
But it's only now that i joined.
Hello, everyone!

[dramasnot6]

Welcome Reccura! It's nice to know youre already familiar :) I am sure you will have a blast

[nicol]

hello everyone
my name is Nicol and i am a BA Theatre student in the UK. I was drawn to this sight for the discussions that you seem to have about Bram Stokers dracula. I am currently in my third and final year at uni and i'm writing a dissertation about the audiences perception of the themes explored in the book/film 'Bram Stokers Dracula'.
I would ne grateful for any ideas or views that anyone has on the matter
thanks Nicol*

[B-Mental]

Hello Recurra and Nicol. Welcome to the forums. I hope you enjoy them.

[abecedarian]

Hi everyone! I'm Vicki from Kansas and I see lots of familiar names here from other forums I visit. To say I read a lot is an understatement, but it is true! At the moment, I'm reading Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco as well as Pride of Carthage by David Anthony Durham. I'm looking forward to getting to know you all and get reaquainted with old friends. Have a great day all!

[Greenwood Tree]

Hello to all out there! This looks like a tremendous site, and I look forward to being exposed to a multitude of ideas and opinions, and I'm sure I'll learn many things in this forum!

I'm primarily interested in the arts, specifically in music, history in general, and all things relating to Shakespeare, but I'm looking foward to being exposed to many areas of literature.

[nicol]

hello everyone
my name is Nicol and i am a BA Theatre student in the UK. I was drawn to this sight for the discussions that you seem to have about Bram Stokers dracula. I am currently in my third and final year at uni and i'm writing a dissertation about the audiences perception of the themes explored in the book/film 'Bram Stokers Dracula'.
I would ne grateful for any ideas or views that anyone has on the matter
thanks Nicol*

All people dream, but not equally.
Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their mind,
Wake in the morning to find that it was vanity.

But the dreamers of the day are dangerous people,
For they dream their dreams with open eyes,
And make them come true. :idea:

[benplanet]

Hello everybody! New member here....

I hear reading makes you smarter.. What the hell i felt smarter when i read 2 books in a matter of a week... now i am hooked!

Looking forward to reading lots more books and becoming even S M A R T E R

Cheers,
Ben

[That Guy]

Hello everyone... I must say when I first discovered this forum I thought the only use I could possible have for it would be for using it as a saftey net for doing reports on books I never actually read.

I have spent a few months using this site -mainly for that reason- and have discovered I actually enjoy absorbing all of the opions people have on various literary subjects.

About me- I am a high school student. I love English, Music, Drama, and Biology -ok so that last one is a little out of place- I am just now taking an intrest in more classic literature. Recently I read 1984 by Orwell and I loved it.

This is my first ever reply and I hope to make numerous other ones in the future.

Well...catch y'all another time...

[B-Mental]

Hey That Guy. Welcome to the forums. I hope you enjoy yourself. I hope to see you around.

Welcome Benplanet, same goes to you.

[dramasnot6]

Welcome BenPlanet! Reading is a wonderful activity, knowledge really is power.

Welcome THat Guy! I too love all those subjects! Human bio is a particular interest in the bio area. What type of classical lit have you been reading?