Introduce Yourself here and say Hi.

[Pensive]

Hello everybody, It's nice that we are getting so many new forum members who share with us their precious views. There should be a place to introduce yourself and say hi; and this is it. :D

Come on and tell us about yourself. :D What are your hobbies? What are your favourite books? And also share with us everything else you would like to tell us about yourself.

Have a nice time browing the wonderful world of books and book-worms! :)

[Logos]

A great idea Pensive thank you for starting this :D

I look forward to meeting lots of newbies here!

[Virgil]

Hello everyone. I've now posted over a hundred messages in the past few weeks but have yet to introduce myself. OK, here it is.

I've filled in a few things in my profile for you to check. In addition to that let me add a few things.

I'm probably older than most here, at least according to those who have replied to the age poll. My occupation is probably different than those on this forum. In undergrad I was torn between lit and engineering, at least at first. I wound up taking six years for my undergrad diploma, combining english lit classes with engineering. I wound up graduating with over two hundred credits, a rediculously inefficient amount. Given that there are better jobs for engineers I would got my B.A. in that. Just barely though; my last year in engineering I was really souring on it, but I'm glad I stuck it out because a job in engineering is completely different than schooling. I get to be very creative at my job, and I think that's what separates me from the others. There is no creativity in the education of engineering.

I went on to get a Masters in my true love, literature. But not before I attempted a single grad class in engineering. I went for a couple of weeks and said to myself this is no longer for me, even though my job would pay for it. I wound up paying for my Masters out of my pocket, and for no direct career benefit. But I loved it. It took me, I can't remember exactly, but something like nine years taking a class here or there at night. I loved the give and take in class room discussions, and I loved writing essays, believe it or not. My concentration was on the modern English novel, so if anyone has any particular questions on that, feel free to ask. But I've read most of the classics in the English language, fiction, drama, and poetry, and I've read a bit, though not comprehensively, the classics from other languages, in English translation of course. Like most Americans, I'm not very skilled in foreign languages. I can get by reading a little Spanish (six years off elementary education gone to waste) and Italian (the language of my parents), and I'm trying to dapple in Latin, but that's hard.

What else? Virgil is not my real name. I picked it as a pseudonym when I registered. I've been reading Dante lately, and the character (and of course the author too) has been on my mind. I'm pretty much into all types of music. I don't have any formal training there, and I'm terrible at playing anything. But I do appreciate great music, Mozart, Beethoven, Duke Ellington, Rolling Stones. My laterst kick is early music from the Middle Ages. I don't know why but it's really cool to me.

The avatar I picked has a wolf, which I consider a noble intelligent creature and which if I were to return after death would be the creature I would want to be. It's a running wolf, which I thought reflects my energy and love of life. The avatar also has a dark, mysterious, blue millieu which I thought was cool.

My signature comes from William Butler Yeat's "Byzantium" and the title under my name is my personal motto which I selected for myself several years ago. It means, "He conquors who conquors himself." A motto of self restraint and disapline (I'm a lousy speller).

So much for now. Talk to you on these pages.

[Riesa]

Wow, Virgil, what a great introduction. You seem so very interesting. Great idea Pensive. It seems like so many of this forum members are so much more interesting and entertaining then the "joes" around my neighborhood. I feel lucky to have stumbled across this site and all you posters.

[Virgil]

Thank you, Reisa. I consider 99% of the people in all walks of life, not just here on this forum, interesting in some fashion. They just haven't brought it out and made it public. Or perhaps they're not aware of what is interesting about themselves.

One thing I meant to mention in my intro but forgot was that my Master's Thesis was on D.H. Lawrence's late fiction. Because of all the research for the thesis, I consisder myself an unofficial, semi expert on Lawrence. I've read most of his fiction, some of his poetry, some of his non-fiction, and a lot of the scholarly criticism on him. I'd be happy to field any questions on him specifically. I consider him a great writer. But don't confuse his ideas with me. I'm not in philosophic agreement with him on most things. Some things perhaps, but that's irrelevant. It just goes to show that you can appreciate a writer, but disagree with him philosophically.

[Weeping Willow]

Well i guess i can't write as much as Virgil wrote but i'll try my best.
As can be shown under my name i'm from Israel, and that ok i guess
except i personally don't like it here so much.
I can't say alot about myself since i can think of anything meaningful about my childhood so i guess i'll start off at 18.
I don't know how many of you know but in Israel when you graduate from highscool at the age of 18 you do not get out to the "real life".
Instead you go on to being drafted (which is mandetory to all) for 3 whole years to the army.
Yes that's right i spend my beautiful years of 18 till 21 serving in the army.
As a direct result of that i must say that when i finished my service it felt like i was 18 again and just finished highscool.. the 3 years seemed as a bad nightmare that i just awoke from, but it wasn't so.
I was 21 and had to get over the lost of those years quickly.
So now i spent my time working in a rathar unusual work place, and i'm pretty proud of saying that i sort of getting paid for playing computer games.
As for studing i really have no idea what i want to learn literature is something i would like to study but it has the problam of not being very useful later on when you actually need a job. on the oppsite side i'm not really a science person.
As for hobbys i like music, almost every kind from jazz to rock. classic is still a bit rougth for me.
I used to play the drums which i stopped at the age of 18 for the reasons mantioned above.
as for book this is my latesed passion.
while i was serving in the army i have no idea why but one day i grabed a book and never looked back.. i read some science fiction some fantasy but lately i discovered the classics. which is where i'm right now. (the three musketers at the moment.)

Wow.. that was much longer than i thought it would be but basicly that's all about me.
Cheers!

[Eva Marina]

Great idea, Pensive!

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

[Virgil]

Nice to meet you both. You both seem interesting.

Weeping Willow: Some day I'm sure you will regard your military experience with the honor and nobility it deserves. Some day there will finally be peace there, and you can tell yourself that you had a hand in the accomplishment.

Eva: I'm impressed with your language abilities. If I have a question on latin, which I've been trying to learn on my own--and poorly at that--I'll shoot you an email.

[Weeping Willow]

hay.
I really hope that someday there will be peace here but i can honestlly tell you that me serving in the army won't have nothing to do with it.
I don't think that serving was all a bad experiance, i tell you one thing it makes you grow up really quick, how should i describe it..
You become aware to your surroundings, become more mature that the word i was looking for... but again.. three years... that's alot of time..
But that doen't matter right now (at list until the will call me again to reserve duty).
I want to add that i'm very impressed that you managed to acomplish both your engineering and literature togther it must have been a hard task.
I just can't decide what to learn.. literature is very interstaing yet not very useful in today's world. and computers is not that intersting to me
altought it has really good jobs....

[Virgil]

hay.
II want to add that i'm very impressed that you managed to acomplish both your engineering and literature togther it must have been a hard task.
I just can't decide what to learn.. literature is very interstaing yet not very useful in today's world. and computers is not that intersting to me
altought it has really good jobs....

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

Let me lay out some of the options. If you major in lit you'll either be a teacher or do something totally unrelated to literature. If you want to be a teacher, fine; if not, then what did the lit degree amount to? If you get a degree in computers, work may be completely different than school (like it was for me in engineering) and you might like it and be happy; if it's still boring then you made a bad choice. While a job does not have to be the love of your life, you have to be happy at a job. You are there 8 or so hours a day, one third of your life. I happened to get a good job and then went back at took up what I enjoyed, more as a hobby than anything else.

[RobinHood3000]

Hi, thought I might as well see what this thread was about and introduce myself.

Call me Robin. I like my anonymity. Nice to meet everybody :p.

[Virgil]

Hey Robin. We started on this right around the same time, but you got 4X the number of posts than I do. Wow.

[Weeping Willow]

Ok than in Israel it's defintly not an option to become a teacher since with the kids of today you need to be suicidle..
Teachers here get paid real bad and get treated even worse by the students and their parents..
so thats out..
I guess what i would probably do is study somthing like computers.. and like you did, late night course in literature.. because it's just fascinats me.. Thanks for your help it was inlighting...

Oh and it's pleasure to meet you Robin..
Are there any weeping willows in sherwood forest??

[Koa]

Weeping Willow, a question about that army thing: does really everybody spend their age from 18 to 21 in the army??? What if they want to study at University? They do it later??? Here draft was compulsory for one year for all males, but they could delay it for study reasons, or in the last few years avoid it by doing some public service instead. From this year it's not compulsory anymore, totally volunteer, and since a few years ago it's open to women too.

As for introduction well... I guess I'll introduce myself cos I dont have much else to do at the moment, even though I suppose the 'old' ones know enough about me already... well maybe some newbies won't mind since I'm as new to them as they are to me...

Where can I start from... I'm Italian and on 28th November I graduated in Foreign Languages And Literature (that's how the faculty is called, our system seems to be really different from the American one, as far as I know about it), namely English and Russian, plus French as a third language. Languages are my first and true passion, though I am not fond of grammar and absolutely unable to do anything by self-teaching...I need a course and a motivation to do my homework! At school I did English, German and French... so I am fluent in English, I can manage rather well with French, I know little German and little Spanish (just cos it's so easy for an Italian!), I somehow understand and speak Russian, and I know very little Hungarian because I spent one semester as an exchange student in Hungary... which was possibly the best time of my life, when I learnt a lot and finally opened up myself (I've been kinda avoiding social situations from the age of 14 to 22... until last year when I was down there...)...though the wonderful effect of that experience is kinda vanishing and I am back at some passivity...
I am known as the official traveller of the forum, infact I love travelling and experiencing life in new places (besides Hungary, I spent one month in Moscow last summer). I don't like living here, as I don't share most aspects of the Italian mentality.

These days I am working at an office, well rather helping, though I dont really like it and anyway it's going to be temporary, till I decided what to do with my life... Which i really dont know. I think I'll apply for some traineeship abroad, and I am considering doing a MA or something like that in the UK, which I consider my spiritual homeland (though I've never tried to live there for long...), and because I want to experiment a different educational system cos I find the one here deeply unsatisfying at university level. Though I'm not sure exactly what kind of specialisation I want, either Translation or Slavic Studies or something like international relations, or maybe journalism...though I don't think I have the personality to be a journalist.

I like reading though in the past years I havent done it as much as in the past... but I still enjoy it. I've been reading a lot of Russian literature though it would be hard to name any favourites or something I'm really an expert of. I prefer to say that I'm second to noone when it's about ignorance :D

As for music, I particularly like what could be called synth-pop, I love those electronic sounds, and 80s stuff, especially the dark ones like The Cure and Joy Division, though my favourite band ever is Depeche Mode... I also enjoy some rock and occasionally some pop mainstream stuff, though I dislike silly commercial pop.

And this is way too long so I'll stop it, I just got carried away as usual, but I can never explain things in few words :(

[samercury]

*Looks at the people above her with awe*--wow -o-

...um....introduction...

Let's begin- I'm a high-school student. I really, Really love drawing and reading- books and graphic novels- (A LOT!!!):D....For some reason, I really like the sciences (esp. chem and bio)...
I also love languages- right now I'm taking French and Latin.(yay)....hope to learn other languages later on...
...What else?....I love singing and running, soccer's fun too :nod:...and I'm learning how to play the violin.
I don't like to watch tv a lot...except for anime and I easily get fascinated by random stuff....I love snow and flowers.....
Oh yeah, I love smileys :nod: :D :lol: ;) :p
That's all...for now :lol:

[Juliee]

can anyone tell me how to start a thread?

much appreciation :D

[Virgil]

You have to go to a forum heading like "General Chat" and you should see a button toward the top left for starting a thread.

[Juliee]

thank you virgil

[Pensive]

Hey, We have so many interesting members here. :D

Smiles-lovers, Photographers, Music-lovers, language-lovers and most of all Literature-lovers. :D

[Weeping Willow]

Hay all.
Just back from some long 9 hours at work... and soon going to my spanish lesson.. so i'll be back online only tommorow.. :(..
Now as for koas question..
Yep it's true.. army in Israel is mandetory to all.
Boys - 3 year right after finishing highschool.
Girls - 2 year right after finishing highschool.
If you want to study then you just have to wait after finishing your service.
Altought in the last years there is an increasןing amount of people that refuse to serve or leave the army for medical\mentaly reasons.
I have at least 4 or 5 friends like that, (it's not that they really get carzy or something the army just sometimes prefers not to handle with people that make a lot of trםubles and don't really want to serve..
Altought for some of them it really hard to leave becouse they use them as example for others and sometimes even send them to jail... ).


I

[voracious]

Hi, I'm so delighted to discover this website that really suits my interests. Can't believe that there are so many already registered and welcoming new friends in literature. I would like to have this as my regular pastime.

[adilyoussef]

Hey hey. Pensive, what a great idea. It never crossed my mind to start a thread like this. I'm glad to come across it.

The name I use is my real name, but separated. Adil Youssef. I use it all the time at any place I subscribe to.

The avatar represents the kind of person I would like to become, wise and chearful.

My hobies are sport, music and reading. I love horses. The first time I rode one was at age of 4. I like also cycling and swiming. For music, I like rock music and instrumantal one also. I have a guitar although I'm not a profetional. BTW I don't have a good voice. I avoid singing.

I'm now a teacher trainee. I've not expected to become so but it hapened. I've started learning English since 2001 and now I'm teaching it. I truly love this language. I believe that anyone who truly like what he/she does succeeds in it. I've not yet finished my university studies but I hope next year I'll have a chance to finish them. I most like psychology and anthropology. But we don't have them in my city. If I graduate at the university, I'll try to get my PHD in these fields: somthing like an analysis of human behavior according to a specific culture or area.

I don't whant to bother you with what I've done in my life or the diplomas that I got for that I'll be just boring. I feel I'm writing a lot.

There is one thing that I'd like to say which is I love this Lit. web, it is truly something I find myself in. You guys are the best friends I have for I share with you what love.

Thank you for all being here and sharing our ideas and respecting what we are. We are different but all human.

Kindest reguards.

Adil

[Pensive]

Hi voracious, You are welcome here. Nothing is better than new active forum members.

adilyoussef, I hope that you will be enjoying your time as a teacher trainee and you will get a lot of experience. Best Of Luck with your job.

[smilingtearz]

A Lovely thread!! i must say and all of u r so interesting!...

:wave: hi everyone!!
well i did say a lot in my intro thread...but here's some more!

I'm 18, a gurl from india, love reading, writing, sketching and music...im an active member of the church youth group, a bible sharing community, a choreography society and my college cultural, fine-arts and muic society...
... i'm basically inclined to the creative-arts...and am learning the guitar(by the way my dad gifted me a lovely guitar, it's black and i juz LOVE strumming it!)...I've got a big friends circle...but really few of 'em can be called really close to me...

my real name's Evangeline(meaning 'Gospel')...my friends call me Eva

my username "Smiling tears"... umm...well ...
1) I love oxy-moron phrases
2) Smiling tears show emotional strength
3) My friends call me emotional and compassionate
4) Quintessence= Essesnce/epitome/embodiment/personification

My Avy reflects the way i am, lost in deep thoughts!


That’s just about it
Yeah one more thing…I won the second position in my church for the Christmas carol competition this year!!! :banana: :banana:

[Nightshade]

How did I miss this thread?
Ok actually dont go there I know how I did lets see now.....
HUmmmmmmmmm
okay doky
Im nightshade I read keats ode to melencholy the day I signed up and I loved the line abot Nor suffer thy pale forehead to be kissed by nightshade ruby fruit etc etc but usually I go by night as its my real name and all
:D
Shade is when Im angry.
At the moment in real life Im staring t the screen and thing do I really want to say all this in a sticky thread and all at once but the answer is well err not sure
so Im working at the moment in a library LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT
before my 16th birthday I had lived on 3 continents so you could say I have moving in my blood now and cant wait to be off again except for the whole goodbyes thing.
Still I belive you give just a little bit of yourself to whoevre you speak to (yes pensive its a varaition on a theme from a tree grew in broklyn :nod: )
yupp and smilies are great and sos this place so come in and have fun

:D

[Virgil]

No, no, go not to Lethe, neither twist
Wolf's bane, tight-rooted, for its poisonous wine;
Nor suffer thy pale forehead to be kiss'd
By nightshade, ruby grape of Proserpine;
Make not your rosary of yew-berries,
Nor let the beetle, nor the death-moth be
Your mournful Psyche, nor the downy owl
A partner in your sorrow's mysteries;
For shade to shade will come too drowsily,
And drown the wakful anguish of the soul.

The first stanza of Keats' Ode to Melancholy. Very nice Nightshade. Now I will always remember where your name came from. We could spend hours talking over Keat's Odes. Possibly the best poetry in the English language, even better than Shakespeare. My favorite lines from that poem are the concluding two lines:

His sould shall taste the sadness of her might,
And be among her cloudy trophies hung.

[Pensive]

Smilingtearz, I was a kind of surprized when I saw some members calling you Eva, now I have gotten it. So I gotta call you Eva from now on. *smiles*

Nightshade, Great Introduction....reminds me of A tree grows in Brooklyn. I should re-read it but no, first I have to complete The Magus. It is getting interesting.

[smilingtearz]

yeah ...go ahead pensive....
i'd love it if all you lovely people in here call me Eva...:)

[Naveen]

hi friends. Glad to meet you all.

[smilingtearz]

lot of indians suddenly coming in!
hey naveen :wave:

[Virgil]

Isn't that what they saiid to Custer at the Little Big Horn?

[smilingtearz]

was it?...............

[Dark Lord]

Hi
well , i know that i am not active that much , but anyway its good to know others
my favourite authers are the Bronte's , Anton chekhov , George eliot and many more , now iam reading Agnes Grey
i love reading , painting , playing vidoe games specially RPG and at last
writing ,
and i really love to make friends here ;)

[Pensive]

Hey Dark Lord, You like Bronte and Eliot like me. :banana:

You will find a lot of people here who are interested in literature, painting, RPG and in making friends as well. :D

[Weeping Willow]

Hi
my favourite authers are the Bronte's , Anton chekhov , George eliot and many more , now iam reading Agnes Grey
i love reading , painting , playing vidoe games specially RPG and at last
writing ,
and i really love to make friends here ;)

Hi Dark lord it's pleasue to have you here... i havn't unfortunatly read Bronte yet altough it is waiting on my book shelf..
If you want to chat about games.. i'll be happy to as well since it's after all my job..
Hope to see you around more....
Cheers..
:lol:

[Dark Lord]

Thanks Pensive
all my mates are not interested in literature at all so i share my life here and the library :nod:

[Nightshade]

agnes grey the only one of all the bronte books I enjoyed
:D
Then again I didnt read all of them
:D

[Dark Lord]

Agnes Grey i believe the simplest and the least complex of all but i really liked Shirley and withering heights ;)

[Nightshade]

Its the happy endings I like! :blush:
and wuthering hieights is too melodramatic and morbid for me and jane eyre is just annoying.
I thinkl if shirley is the one Im thinking of it was alright I guess and the tennet of whatever it was hall was ok too.

[Virgil]

Isn't that what they saiid to Custer at the Little Big Horn?


was it?...............


Only kidding. I wondered after I posted this if all the non-Americans knew of Custer and Little Big Horn.

[my one and only]

hi
i'm new to this site, so hello to everybody.
i'm a fulltime college student at usc.i just started to get interrested in literature.
i like stephen king which is not literature, but i love his books and movies anyway.i just wanted to say hello and hope to meet some nice people.have a nice day and don't be scared to reply ;) :lol:

[Virgil]

I wouldn't say Steven King is the writer of the century, but he is literature.

[Virgil]

Oh, I'm sorry, Meone and only. Excuse my manners. Welcome.

[Riesa]

HI my one and only,
Welcome. and I like Stephen King too. The Shining and Stand by Me are great movies.
I've read some of his books too.

[Pensive]

my one and only, Welcome to the forum. Hey, I hope to see you often.

Riesa, I have read "Rose Madder" by Stephen King and I found it ok. I have heard that his horror novels are better. So Iam going to try them now.

Dark Lord, I think that Wuthering Heights is one of the most depressing and beautiful book that ever existed in the world. It really made me cry but sometimes I really like weeping. It has its own pleasure.

[smilingtearz]

:banana: me too ....me too!!!...:banana:
I mean i love wuthering heights and (@ Night) i love Jane Eyre... Bronte does her work perfectly, and i love the fact that she makes sure all her "round" characters develop by the end of the novel...

[Dark Lord]

Hi my one and only welcome to this forum
i liked that Stephan King movies ,but i 've never read his works , the only horror auther i 've read was for Algernon Blackwood i believed his works are much interesting ,
the best writers are the Bronte's , I don't know but i felt that their writes full of their life experences , i mean each story had something from their life and personality , i liked Withring Heights caz it is full of passions unlike Shirley , it was just like treating some kind of clergymen's problems and mill's owner during their time

[NightmareBeauty]

hey everybody. Im new here. Im NightmareBeauty.

I like art, music (mostly rock and metal depending on artist.), acting, reading and esp. writting. I also draw.
Im into pretty much gothic stuff even though i'm not really a goth. ;) I can be preppy at times. I love poetry from edgar allen poe, and many more gothic/macabre authors. Have u guys heard of H.P Lovecraft? He's cool too. I read fantasy, goth/macabre/horror, and science fiction. I write my own poetry and im working on writting tales. This site is awesome. It was love at first site while i was just simply looking for poem for english,lol.

c,ya!

[Kid2kiddo]

Hi I'm a new member. Call me Kidd <- my pen name which I use for my drawings as well. I am going to be a college freshman! w00t! Sadly I'm still stuck in high school. I have recently been taking AP Lit, which boosted my interests in classics. My favorite books so far are the Catch-22, Waiting for Godot and Crime and Punishment. I am big supporter of classical music! I love classical music. Some of my favorites are La Flute de Pan, Pied Piper for flute and piccolo, Genzmer Sonanta, the Barton Sonata (and yes, I'm a flute player), Fire bird Suite, New World Symphony by Dvorak, Sorcerer's Apprentice (this piece is amazing, extremely hard, and tiring, but good nonetheless). I prefer new alternative and heavy metal and classics over other music. I like playing games like Soul Calibur II, Super Smash Bros, and other kinds of mmorpgs. I like classical word games like bookworm. I love comic books as well. I like Foxtrot, Garfield, X-men, Superman, Naruto, One Piece, Now, Get Backers, Air Gear, etc. I consider my self fairly well rounded person. I like nearly everything. I hate rap. That is one thing I cannot stand. I have not posted any at the moment. But I hope to do so. I think many people here are well rounded. Although I haven't posted anything, I have read many threads. I'm one of those people who have to read through the entire thread before posting anything of my own because I don't want to repeat something some had said earlier on.

Well... That's most of my interests and ideas.

I'm also very interested in writing. I write, draw, and practice during my spare time. I would love to work with a writer to make a comic book. I have to say, I have read many fictions out there on line and have not found a very great writing yet. My drawing style reflects that of the "anime" style. But I must say, I despise anime. I like manga, but I cannot stand anime, with exception of the animes that were originally anime from the beginning.

I chose panda for my icon because I am very fond of the big furry creature. I am some what like them. I usually dress in black and white. I get excited easily, but I am in peace in my mind. There are many things that I share with panda.

Ok, I think I wrote enough to give you the gist of what kind of person I am. I am glad to meet you all. I am very excited to be around people like yourselves. It is a great pleasure on my part.

[Pensive]

Hi Ngithmare beauty: Its lovely to meet you here. Welcome to the forum. I love Poe's poetry specially the poem: "The Raven"

I also like music very much. I can hear rock, classic, rap...etc. (not too choosy)

Its cool that you write poems. If you like, you can post your poetry on our poetry.com.

I hope to hear from you often.


Kid, Welcome to the forum! Its nice to meet you as well. I also like drawing writing but I am not very good with writing. (hehe)

*says to herself: Pensive, Your interests are getting too common, its good because you will be able to find friends.*

[Virgil]

Welcome Nightmare and Kidd.

I've only been around since November, but does it seem like there's been an uptick in membership the last couple of months?

[RobinHood3000]

FOXTROT is the King of Comics.

[YVONNE]

hello to everyone
i really am yvonne so no anonimity for me - well a little i guess
i live in UK the North West
look foreward to conversing

[YVONNE]

i clicked on advanced :confused: i have a lot to learn :banana:

[RobinHood3000]

S'all right, we're here to offer tutelage. Welcome to the LitNet Forums!

[Virgil]

Welcome, Yvonne. I hope you enjoy our discussions. A couple of them have been pretty lively lately.

[Neverland1247]

Hello! I feel really, really new right now, but after reading all these comments, I think I'll feel more familiar with the site soon!
My passion is for literature. When I was little, I skipped a whole level of reading and went straight from Boxcar Children to Shakespeare. An odd childhood, but it's been useful. Right now, I'm discovering the beauty of Charles Dickens; I have never read one of his books without shedding tears. Tolkien is also a favourite, and just this summer I read the 'Space Trilogy' (C.S.Lewis) and was awestruck at the power of words. I myself love to write: I am working on three novels.
However, I cannot write unless I have the proper inspiration. Firstly, God (I'm a Christian) aids my speech. My favourite book of the Bible is Revelation; I remember the first time I read it I could not stop crying for wonder.
Secondly, music. I have developed a fondness for some modern music, but mostly I like soundtracks to movies such as Finding Neverland (the source of my name), Narnia, and LOTR, and then compositions such as Holst's The Planets and Ralph Vaughan William's fantasias on Greensleeves and various Thomas Tallis works.
I generally only watch movies of books- LOTR, Narnia, Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, and A Tale of Two Cities were this year's.
I'm learning Spanish, French, and Latin. Linguistics are so intriguing. And that feels like a terribly long bio for a "quick reply". I'll toddle off to the forums now.

[Virgil]

Welcome to you too. You sound like an interesting person.

[RobinHood3000]

Well, howdy there! Nice avatar, the original "Boxcar Children #1" was the best, and welcome!

[sporkubus]

Hello everyone! My name's Zach, I'm 18, and I live in (currently) frosty New England. I stumbled upon this forum accidentally by the grace of Google, read a few posts, liked what I saw - and here I am!

I've been interested in literature for a long time but never buckled down and started reading a lot until recently. I read Adler and van Doren's book "How to Read a Book" one idle afternoon and now I'm on a thirsty quest to devour as much of the world's classics as I can. Right now I'm using Fadiman's "New Lifetime Reading Plan" as a starting point and jumping around his list to get introduced to authors I've heard of and never read, and to get reacquainted with authors I've read before. So, I'm really excited to talk to others about these books.

I'm not a big hobby person, but I enjoy taking walks and jogging, swimming, writing, and philosophizing. The center of my interest the last few years has been religion - all religion from Christianity to Buddhism - and how different religions compare and contrast to one another. My favorite conversations are ones about God, ethics, and the afterlife.

I'm not sure what else to say, so I'll just leave it at that. Looking forward to getting acquainted with everyone!

[Virgil]

Wecome, Sporkubus. It sounds like you've come to the right place.

[RobinHood3000]

Ahh, you like talking about religion, eh? Welcome home--the Religious Texts forum will suit you just fine. Have fun on the forums, and enjoy your stay.

[Pensive]

YVONE: Welcome to the forum! I hope to see in the forum again.

Hey Neverland, "Finding Neverland" is one of the best movies I have ever seen. I am glad that you liked its sound track. I agree with you there that every book Dicken has written is beautiful and one can't remain tearless when reading it. Keep on posting.

Hi sporkubus: Nice to meet you too, You say that you are not a big hobby person but still you have a lot of hobbies. Afterall hobby is something we like to do or enjoy. Like Robinhood, I will say that if you want to discuss religion, you can talk about it all in Religious Text. Keep on posting.

PS: I am counting on you guys that sometime you will drop again.

[NightmareBeauty]

Hello fellow literature lovers,

im back, sorry that i haven't been on for a while. I try to maintain a life outside the computer world,lol. Hi Virgil, Pensive, and Kid nice to meet you. Its cool that we pretty musch share love in the same interests. Love to talk to ya more! THANK GOD I GET 2 WEEKS OFF FOR THE HOLIDAYS. :santasmil It s going by so fast, tho. :rage: Revenge!(inside my mind: on who?) Oh well might as well pic up my ipod, pen,pencil, paper, a book, and a remote control, and make the best of it :nod:!

:banana: - this is one of the most RANDOM thingS ever created in a smile box. a dancing banana. IT ROX! I live for the random and weird things.

Hey kid, i here (read actually!) that you like comics. SO COOL. I use to read spiderman, x men , i admit i need to read more. I heard there were comics of emily the strange. Ever heard of her? I kinda wanna check it out. I for one do like anime. I love , repeat love INUYASHA. It kicks butt. Naurto is cool. Ireally need to watch the show. I only seen one episode. I've seen the comic books for it. One of my friends have them. It's pretty funny. It cool that you like video games. It love super smash bros. but I really love Zelda. ( Can you say fantasy freak?). BTY, I HATE RAP AS WELL. I'm a rock lover( inside my head: mostly!) It has no meaning in lyrics. Really, the only rap I'll accept is from the band Linkin Park. Mike Shinoda raps about real things. Take a listen their really great in my opinion.

Hey pensive whats up? Its cool to know that you love music esp. rock. I gotta admit i like some classical like Beethoven and such BUT I don't really listen to it alot. If its in a movie then, i guess. lol! I read that you like " Finding Neverland" I love that movie. Johnny Depp and the cast did a great job. I honestly must say that I cried at the end. Its neat that you like edgar allen poe. I can't choose a favorite poem but if i did it'll probably be "The Valley of Unrest". The raven is awesome too.

Virgil, hello. Thanx for the welcome. Love to get to know ya more. I told my friends about this site. My bff sounds interested but their is sort of lack of love for books in my circle of friends. Mostly 3 of us love to read. I hope they join so that this place an have more members. This place is awesome.

Inside my head : dang what a long reply. I think I gotta go.

HELLO TO ALL NEW MEMBERS!!!!!!!!

[RobinHood3000]

"Kid?" To whom is he referring?

[Pensive]

"Kid?" To whom is he referring?

The new member. :p

Not you, so don't worry. :p

[Uncle Mikey]

Good Morning, Uncle Mikey here. Militant Reader currently living (if that's the word for it) in South Carolina. Semi-professional recluse wholly addicted to the written word. Currently working at "rebuilding my childhood" (i.e. at a ripe old age I've started collecting children's literature. Almost finished completing my Mary Poppins set and have almost an entire run of the Tom Swift Jr. books. Next target: the "Young Biographies Of Famous Americans" series which I enjoyed as a tad). God Bless This Noble Company . . . God Bless eBay!

[Pensive]

Hey Uncle, Welcome to the forum. Its nice to have you. Keep on posting.
Do you like music and movies as well?

[Dark Lord]

Hi NightMareBeauty ,
Glad to have u here , i too noticed that many of members have alot od common , i loved Zelda ,and did u check the new Legend of Zelda , its really going to be something , but i am sick of waiting for its release

[Pensive]

I have played the game "Legend of Zelda"

Do you mean the game, Lord?

[Dark Lord]

yes Pensive , the game in GameCube which is called Legend of Zelda : The twilight princes , heard of it ?

[RobinHood3000]

I hear it's going to be pretty good, but aimed at a slightly older crowd than the previous Zelda games. Apparently, they're actually going to use blood. The mounted combat looks intriguing, though.

[Tiresias]

hi all,

all hail the online symposium! a beautiful site - thankyou.

i am yet another inductee with a fatal attraction for the written word - the list of favourites is endless - blake, whitman, salinger, lawrence durrell, kafka, konstantine kavafis, henry miller and (surprise, surprise) will shakespeare being a good start.

i'm also pretty fascinated at the moment by a certain kind of country music - the sort of stuff that crossed spheres with bob dylan and leonard cohen in terms of lyrical content (townes van zandt, steve earle etc.) looking forward to sharing some thoughts about these guys - bruce springsteen?

anyhow, i wont make this a protracted intro,

looking forward to participating in this sight the minute i get that computer!

[Pensive]

Hey Tiresias, welcome to the forum. I hope to see you as an active member. What are your interests other than Gossip and literature?

[RobinHood3000]

Excellent--welcome, and nice handle!

[poe's raven]

I am stumbling my way around this site and I found this. it is a really neat idea! my family is taking a vidio lecture course on great authors in western literature and in finding suggested reading we found this site. can't wait to find out more.

[Nightshade]

hello :wave: it is great isnt it?

[Pensive]

You are welcome here.

[Tiresias]

those are the primary ones. i'm fascinated by ancient cultures (the greeks in particular), religion and the human drama. i also have a distinct weakness for football, foreign climes and fancy old buildings.

[smilingtearz]

lots of interesting old buildings in India...especially in Delhi(the capital),
The architecture's fascinating.

[Tiresias]

oohh, don't i know it!
seems the only criteria india doesn't satisfy in that brief list of interests is football - but hey, 5/6 ain't bad, and neither is cricket ;-)

[smilingtearz]

britain and India...have always had good relations haven't they?....:D

[Tiresias]

i'm south african - so guess we were both colonised by the british!

[smilingtearz]

no guessing.....Im sure we were!!
ur location made me think u were British.

[Virgil]

. i also have a distinct weakness for football, foreign climes and fancy old buildings.

Nice to have you with this forum. Welcome. Is your weakness for American football, or that other game where they just kick that thing around with no scoring? :p ;)

[RobinHood3000]

Nice to have you with this forum. Welcome. Is your weakness for American football, or that other game where they just kick that thing around with no scoring? :p ;)
Aren't those the same thing? :p

[Tiresias]

the boring one - where several dedicated old fans are still waiting for their teams to score the fabled 'goal'.

i believe in the american version obese, helmeted juggernauts smash one another into submission in a desperate attempt to clear a path for the fleet footed one to carry a hardened pigs bladder over the line? according to others who have gleaned pieces of the myth this occurs many times in a single game (!), and once a team has suceeded in this quest they get to kick a creature called a field gole? apparently the game also has ritualistic significance as a thanksgiving spectacle, during which time the entire american populace grinds to a halt and assembles on couches across the continent, giving praise to the almighty "quarterback" and pouring libations of budweiser to the football gods?

frankly i can't imagine why it hasn't caught on on this side of the atlantic??!

thanks for the welcome, glad to have discovered this place :-)

[Virgil]

LOL. Touche.

[rachel]

I love that word touche. I hate the football, whatever it is called anywhere with a passion.Guys running about wearing tights and slapping each other on the derriere is revolting. Smashing one another being loud, crude and disgusting. And that is just the fans!. No way.
But welcome, I too am colonized I suppose, being from Canada. I still love the queen anyway even if the royals have rather flipped out the last decade or so.

[Virgil]

LOL. Rachel, have you lived in Canada all your life?

[rocksa]

well hello, here u have a new literature fan who would like to share her thoughts and feelings about her favourite books.
I know this site for quite a while, as it has been quite useful for my english literature course, but only now I discovered this forum.I logged in looking for some interesting things about james joyce`s Portrait of the Artist.I`m in the process of reading this book and I find it very interesting, it my first contact to Joyce but I take it as a training for Ulises and Finnegan`s Wake.
talk to u later..and meanwhile have a happy new year!

[RobinHood3000]

Welcome, rocksa, and may your stay here be permanent and enjoyable.

[Pensive]

Yep, Hey rocksa, Keep on posting. You can always say Hi here no matter how old you get.

[Virgil]

Welcome Rocksa. I hope you enjoy it here. I have some knowledge of Joyce (except for Finnegan's Wake) so if you have any specific questions or things you might want to get my opinion on, feel free to ask. Portrait of an Artist is fine novel and once you get by the Joyce's technique is novel not too difficult to comprehend. You might also want to read Joyce's book of short stories, Dubliners. Ulysses is a hard read, and I don't know anybody who's actually read Finnegan's Wake, other than college professors. Are you doing something specific on Joyce?

[Pensive]

Hi Virgil, Hi Robin: How are you today?

[Virgil]

I'm fine, thank you. I've been off from work this week and I have another week after this of vacation. I hope you're doing well too. Hope your Christmas went well. Are you ready for the new year?

[Pensive]

Yup, I am waiting for the first of january. well, I don't celebrate Christmas but I don't mind it. Its a festival and festivals are always cool.

[rachel]

no, for a while when I was young I lived in the deep south part of the US. I was in the Carolinas, Missouri(Missoura my adopted grandfather said), then Montana and I can't remember where else. I always thought Americans spoke so very slowly in the south, and LOUD everywhere else and were quite impolite, but very exciting.

[poppastevoe1st]

hi, am poppastevoe, you all have a happy and prosperous new year 2006 and other years.
ceao!

[Logos]

Great to see lots of newbies here, I hope you have fun on the site :)

[Pensive]

Hi pop, Welcome to the forum!

Thanks, You too enjoy the surprizes 2006 will bring.

[rachel]

yes welcome welcome. I had a best friend(passed away from illness) Lee who travelled to Africa by luxury liner and worked at Johannesburg. It was there she met and fell in love with her husband who is a geophysicist and professional photographer for National Geographic. She loved it there very much. You bring back lovely memories.
May your New Years be splendid.
Hello Miss beautiful Logos, princess of this forum. How goes it and are you eating your veggies as I write this.?

[Harlequin]

Hi. I'm Harlequin, and I just found this site. I'm looking forward to meeting everyone.

Oh, and that quote in my signature is mine, but it's not copyrighted. :thumbs_up

[Virgil]

Nice quote, Harlequin. Welcome to the forum.

[Harlequin]

Thanks, I just don't quite know where to start.

[rachel]

harlequin, rats why didn't I think up that excellent name. I love that name. So mysterious and with lots of possibilities. where to start? start where your heart is.
If it is writing, start there. Or book review or if you want to enter a wierd soap opera type of a world which has not existed very long on this forum look for all the postings by a person called Starrwriter. If you want to look for noble intelligent postings try Virgil or Nightshade or Jay or Shea, any of that group that seem to post together.
If you want two word answers to your questions post to Admin or Logos.
Just a few suggestions. Robinhood3000 is so witty and charming and fun his posts are novel.

[RobinHood3000]

Hehe...the lady is much too kind :blush:.

[Nightshade]

Intelligent ...me?!
checks again.... umm rachel how did you manage a typo that looks like nightshade?!
:eek:
Hello harlequin, do you mind just being Harl?
:D :wave:
If your looking for general kindness and solid goodnesss look up Rachel as evidence above:D

[rachel]

M'Lord, could you start a new thread of adventures in Sherwood or something. I miss us all being together now that the mystery has been solved. It will be great practise for our writing skills. Well it is just a thought. Or perhaps something else you have up your Lincoln green sleeve.
Oh and by the way I am sure your girlfriend is beautiful.

[RobinHood3000]

Hmm...perhaps you could all join DigitalCrash's RPG Forums, and we can do something there?

[RacinBuddie27]

Hello just wanted to say hi so i can post on all of your threads! :lol:

[Nightshade]

hello :wave:
Robin, you might suddenly be edited I dont think we are supposed to promote outside sites.
Mind you RPG has nothing to do with literature.:D

[RobinHood3000]

I disagree. I'm working on a graphic novel, and I role-play with my friends sometimes to help me better get into the minds of my characters. I find it very helpful.

[Pensive]

Welcome to the forum Racin!

Keep on posting!

[Nightshade]

I disagree. I'm working on a graphic novel, and I role-play with my friends sometimes to help me better get into the minds of my characters. I find it very helpful.
blah! I was talking about preexsiting written literature you can discuss not future classics :rolleyes:.
A graphic novel thats a comic with a better plot isnt it??
whatever it is when its written Ill buy it :nod:

[Readergirl]

Hi, I'm new here and look forward to learning and reading new things. I'm very intrigued by poetry, but am not an expert.
I enjoy old movies, being outdoors, and used bookstores. Oh yeah, I like to cook too.

[Virgil]

Welcome to our forum, Readergirl. I hope you find us interesting.

[V&Sforever]

hey all, i just stumbled on to this site and found it interesting, then i found this thread and thought that i would introduce myself, my names Stephanie and i love so many things thats its too much to mention :p

[Nightshade]

:wave: hello

[RobinHood3000]

Welcome to the Forums, Stephanie!

[Pensive]

Hi VandSforever, Welcome to the forum and hopefully see you in other threads as well.

[Kyuyi]

Hii :D
I loove Literature! And I love you guys here!

[Riesa]

Hi Kyuyi, Welcome to the forum, See you and your magical map around, I hope!

[Kyuyi]

Thank you! Yes, I will be. The facts and stuffs here are reliable, and the people here are nice :nod: Hoping to know more about you guys soon!

[Pensive]

You are welcome, dear.

[dawningoftime]

Hello, I look forward discussing books on this board. I love reading and finding people to talk about them with.

[Pensive]

Hi dawningoftime, Welcome to the forum and hopefully you will have a very nice time here. Keep on posting.

[smilingtearz]

hi :wave: dawningoftime...welcome to the forums ...have fun ... happy posting!!

[cherry chuang]

hello! everyone!i am :p a new comer

[Logos]

Hello all you newbies, I hope you will feel welcome here and join in on the forums :)

[Pensive]

Hello cherry, Welcome to the forum!

[Sami]

Hi to you all!

Instead of just announcing that I am new, (which will be obvious by the fact that this is my first post), I thought I would make a quick comment about the site. It’s really great to see a really broad spectrum of comments. It appears that while a lot of posters are quite the “literature experts” there’s also room for those of us who are perhaps a bit more timid. Nice to see some varied dialogues happening!

Sami

[RobinHood3000]

Hola, Sami. Welcome to the Forums!

[Virgil]

Hi to you all!

Instead of just announcing that I am new, (which will be obvious by the fact that this is my first post), I thought I would make a quick comment about the site. It’s really great to see a really broad spectrum of comments. It appears that while a lot of posters are quite the “literature experts” there’s also room for those of us who are perhaps a bit more timid. Nice to see some varied dialogues happening!

Sami
Don't be afraid, Sami. We love timidity as well as aggression. No need to be timid. We won't bite your head off. Welcome.

[alanhester]

Hello, I'm glad to be here. I'm hoping to get a little help, and meet some new friends!

[Pensive]

Hi alan, If you want to ask any question man, you are welcome.

[Coraleen212]

Hi everybody! I'm new here and this thread seemed like a good place to start ^^. Ok, a little bit about me...

I'm a student currently in my year 13 studying English Literature (yay!) among other things. I like writing, reading and paricularly fantasy stuff :thumbs_up

Well I'll keep it short but sweet for now and look forward to getting to know you all better - this seems like an interesting community to be part of ^^ Later all! :banana:

[Pensive]

Hi Coral, welcome to the forum.

[Diop Babacar]

Hello everybody from the litterature Network Forum, I am very happy to join you again because I had an accident some days after my registration and i spend two months at hopital but i am Ok now I will resume work in early march. Thank you all for your solidarity and moral support

[usha]

Hello everybody

I have been using this site for quite some time, though I have never posted anything.
Well, I am Usha and I love reading. I also like music and movies. Looking forward to getting acquainted to all you interesting people.

[Pensive]

Diop, It is nice that you are feeling better now. Welcome to the forum again.

Usha, Hehe, In my childhood my mother used to call me Usha. By the way, welcome to the forum. If you have not posted yet, you can post now. *smiles*

[lakulkitty]

:wave:hello I like this site hope 2 make the most of it.
nice

[Nisha]

Hey you ppl...
Im Nish.I registered three daz ag. & haf been wanderin completely clueless...till I stumbled here... :nod:
I mus say I am very awestruck by sum of the ppl arnd here..hehe...you guyz seem to be cumin rit out a story book..But I guess thts sum thn every one wud thnk abt another person..I tried to read all the postings but (hehe) wen variouse names & info abt ppl atarted makin me dissy I decided jus to tak a deep breath & scream HEY YOU ALL!!!!CAN I JOIN IN? :D
Now then..My intro dho..Im Nisha ..Iz my real name & Im frm Maldives..befor you ask itz a small itzy bitzy country made a entirely of lil islands..We got arnd 11990 or sumthn islands... :rolleyes: O and itz in the Indian ocean.. :nod:
umm...Im seventeen years ols..Bday is 3 Aug & am proudly a leo.. ;)
I am doin my A levels in my country at the one & only higher educational institute v haf whivh is name CHSE(don bother with the long form)
I started readin Shakespear wen I was 11 years old..Now this might not be a big accomplishment but iin my no kid tht age shows any interest in readin any thn in english.Due to my interest in readin..(lol..I started out readin archie comics btw) my parents decided tht I shud tak lit wen I went to grd 8 along wit sci subjcts..I wasnt sure personally..but now Im am forever indebted them(sigh.They keep on remindin me)
My interest in Lit grw the three years tht I did Olevel lit & by the time I had finished my O level ..I was a nut!!
in fact I was soo passionate abt the subjct tht I demanded specail attention frm my current school..Makin em giv me specail timetables and stuff..I actually gav up Sci and transfered to buss( my parents practically disowned me) cos aperently the subjct wasnt availbe to sci students(honestly our education system here is corrupt)
For the record the number of lit students in my class amounts to a healthy..........
FOUR!!!!!
So you see..I need more ppl to help me remember tht I did an ok thng by givin all up & choosin lit ... :confused: Cos I get slightly worried & stuff...
Lik sumone mentioned before..lit isnt a very practical choice..And at a place lik Maldives you need to be the best to be any thn...
Nywaz..I thnk I haf knda poured my heart out.... :p
in my experience thses knda stuff alwaz seems lik you are writin in ya dairy o sumthn..cos I prolly wont meet nyone arnd and itz knda easier to jus pour out my heart out ...hehe...nywaz..Me gots to go..Hope I hafnt bored ya all to tears..cya..
O and Pensiv since it has turned to be tradition to knda thnk you for startin this thread...And evenif it wasnt....Wna thnk you inge.. ;)

[crveniormaric]

Hello it's nice to be here. I'm a passionate reader and this looks like a perfect place for me. I'm from Croatia and I don't have any special type of literature that I prefer. It only has to be a good book.

[Virgil]

Welcome, crven, Nisha, lakul, usha, Diop. Don't be afraid to get into discussions. Jump right in. I hope you enjoy it. I do.

[Pensive]

lakul, Welcome to the forum!

Nisha, Hi Nisha, Welcome to the forum. Nice Introduction but please, if you write full words, it will be more easier to read. Thanks.

Creven, Welcome and keep on posting. Every book that gives us pleasure, it is good. Y

[Nisha]

Sorry Pensive.Im an msn fanatic.
Can anyone tell me why there is a reference to Hyperion & a satyr in Hamlet?
(act 1:scene 2) .....Hyperion to a Satyr, so loving to my mother .....?!
thnkz.
ps:That was hard on me pensive.Im soo used to shortenin:P

[Pensive]

Hi Nisha, It is alright. No need to be sorry. I am sorry that I can't help as I have watched "Hamlet" movie only and I have forgotten parts of it.

You can start a topic in "Discussion On Specific Authors And Books" There you will get more response - I think.

Thanks

[Cherub]

Just thought I'd drop a line to say a huge cheery HELLO to one and all. :banana:

Bit about me!
I'm 28 and currently in my second year of a BSc Equine Science degree. Have had to dissect some pretty gruesome things such as eyes, lungs, intestines, legs and an unborn feotus (horse of course)!! It is so interesting, thank god I have a cast iron stomach!
Live in Hereford, UK with my four favourite things, my Dad, brother, my horse Joey and my crazy dog Delta!

Really into my books and writing. Bit of a fantasy fanatic myself! :D Love Martha Wells and Terry Pratchett.

Looking forward to chatting with you all in the future.

[Pensive]

Hey Cherub, welcome to the forum. I hope to see you more than often on the forum.

[higley]

Hi :) I'm an art student from Ohio, USA. This forum looks very interesting and I'm looking forward to some good discussions. :)

[RobinHood3000]

If you're looking for interesting discussions, you've found 'em here--welcome!

[mingdamerciless]

hurrlooo. me be new. me like reading and discussing. so all is good. obviously i am new, although i have already posted a couple of things so yeeer, didnt actually notice this intro bit. i am rather inclined to get lost on things like this. he he. well neway howdy all!!!!! :brow: (oooo this looks evil and disturbin, he he i'm liking)

[rachel]

mingdamecilles
welcome and I know what you mean. I was totally lost on this forum for about a month, but it comes to you little by little. And if you have any problems just go to members list and look up Admin or Logos or Scher and they will help you along your path, smoothing things out and removing any boulders that daunt you.
In no time it will be you telling others how to navigate the unchartered waters of this forum
cheers
rachel

[rachel]

Oh and to anyone who ever was not formally welcomed by someone,
it was not done on purpose. we are all in other worlds too and can be forgetful.
welcome one and all and know that your thoughts and feelings are precious and will be respected and probably admired on the lit forum. :D
so know in advance this is what I personally think of all of you, the others will have to do bananas themselves! :banana: :lol: :banana:

[CrazyJane]

Hi there

I'm from Bordeaux and try to share my love for english literature, so please correct me when I make mistakes...

In my place the sun has disapeared so in that sad day I'm trying to enjoy myself, but the only thing I've found to do is to read some Edgar Allan Poe poetries... Factualy I like it, but I'd rather read something more hopeful.. any idea?

[Pensive]

Hi Jane, Welcome to the forum. Ok, if you mean english spellings and gramatical mistakes in your post, then I will like to correct your little mistakes. (not that I am very good in English)

You have written "that sad day"
It should be "the sad day"

It should be Edgar Allan Poe's poems not "poetries"

I will advice you to read something funny that will cheer you up.

[Weeping Willow]

Hello Jane! Welcome :D i love thatn name Jane... Great name :D
Any how Once again welcome.. well how about reading the Three Musketers.. you prpbably understand the Franch name much better then me :D

Well hope to see ya more often and have a great day :wave:
Willow :D

[Virgil]

Hi there

I'm from Bordeaux and try to share my love for english literature, so please correct me when I make mistakes...

In my place the sun has disapeared so in that sad day I'm trying to enjoy myself, but the only thing I've found to do is to read some Edgar Allan Poe poetries... Factualy I like it, but I'd rather read something more hopeful.. any idea?
Welcome Crazy Jane. I love that name too. Do you know that William Butler Yeats has a bunch of poems with a character named Crazy Jane? Perhaps you do and took the name from him. Here's a cool Crazy Jane poem by Yeats to welcome you to the forum:

CRAZY JANE TALKS WITH THE BISHOP by William B. Yeats

I met the Bishop on the road
And much said he and I.
'Those breasts are flat and fallen now,
Those veins must soon be dry;
Live in a heavenly mansion,
Not in some foul sty.'

'Fair and foul are near of kin,
And fair needs foul,' I cried.
'My friends are gone, but that's a truth
Nor grave nor bed denied,
Learned in bodily lowliness
And in the heart's pride.

'A woman can be proud and stiff
When on love intent;
But Love has pitched his mansion in
The place of excrement;
For nothing can be sole or whole
That has not been rent.'

[Anthony Furze]

Hello Im Anthony, a literature teacher in Karachi, Pakistan. We re studying Shakespeares Macbeth and Twelfth Night,Dickens Great Expectations, an assortment of poems and some short stories.
Im happy to find an active literature group. Our British Council library closed down and I miss the link with literature.

[Virgil]

Welcome Anthony. I hope you enjoy lit net. It has something for every literature lover.

[Pensive]

Hi Anthony, Well, I guess our literature course has not changed, the same old stuff by Shakespeare.

By the way, welcome to the forum and I hope that you will have a great time here.

[CrazyJane]

thanks you Pensive, for the correction, it will help me.

Virgil for the poem, I didn't know it, well it's pretty nice thank u too.

Today there's snow in my garden, but the sky is still grey... I don't like clouds...
Willow, the french name of the Three Musketers is "les trois Mousquetaires" from Alexandre Dumas, I've read it few years ago, the story is a bit slow at the beginning but I remember that I enjoyed it. yesterday I decided to read American Psycho, I don't think that was great idea, it's really strange, but it changed my feelings so I guess it was not that much a bad idea. What do you think about it?
( I've just finished a season of Buffy in DVD, the Third one, and my favourite character remains willow, the witch... :) )

[Pensive]

Hey Crazy , No need for "thanks" *smiles*

I have got American Psyco DVD and I might watch it someday. I have watched some episodes of Buffy, The Vampire Slayer and I liked them a lot.

[thecow135]

came to say hi

i used to come here sometimes back in late 2004/ early 2005?

never saw a forum lol

juss joined and yah i dont enjoy lit that much but uh i reelie lyk animal farm and all =)

[topher-30]

hey y'all the master of all has finally arrived to this petty little lit site. i am here to terrorize you to make you wished you had never heard the name topher, nad excpecally to make you wake up in the middle of the nights in cold swets just wonderin what else i could possibly spell wrong... :lol: just kidin tho :goof:

[Nisha]

hey y'all the master of all has finally arrived to this petty little lit site. i am here to terrorize you to make you wished you had never heard the name topher, nad excpecally to make you wake up in the middle of the nights in cold swets just wonderin what else i could possibly spell wrong... :lol: just kidin tho :goof:

:lol: :p
that sounded lik sumthin Naruto wud say..You kno Naruto?!..anime..?!Manga...?!
mmm..?!No...?! yes..?! :D

[Petrarch's Love]

Hi, I've posted here a few times and have enjoyed looking through these forums. It's nice having such a variety of different people talking about different types of literature. Just thought I'd introduce myself here and say howdy :). I'm currently in a graduate program in lit. so I do a lot of reading. I'm especially fond of Renaissance poetry (hence "Petrarch"), but I also like the Romantics (Keats is one of my faves), and of course I surface into the twenty-first century every once in awhile when I don't have too much research to do :). Anyway, looking forward to meeting you all. :wave:

[Pensive]

Welcome topher and Petrach. Have a nice time here.

[Virgil]

Welcome Petrarch. As grad student I'm sure your time is limited, but I hope you stick around. I've enjoyed our discussions in the Poem of the Week forum. Thanks for letting me know a little about you. I've wondered about you and ktd. One question, just so I can relate a little better to who I'm talking to, are you male or female? I can't quite tell. If you wish, you can read about my background in my intro which is one of the earlier posts (it's post #3 on the first page) on this thread.

[topher-30]

:lol: :p
that sounded lik sumthin Naruto wud say..You kno Naruto?!..anime..?!Manga...?!
mmm..?!No...?! yes..?! :D
actually Nisha, yes me and Naruto havbe been friends for many centuries now. back in the day when we were able to roam around in public view we used to do many tricks and spells togather. actually i have no idea what on earth i am speaking about i just like to mess around alot and to act like an idiot. no nisha i do not know of this naruto character. sorry

[Fontainhas]

Hi! :D

I'm Veronica Fontainhas and I'm a mad art student (wouldn't you guess heh?!)
I'm Portuguese and I live right near the seaside ^_^, in Paço de Arcos.

My interests are very variated: Books, Music (especially classical), art, India and Nepal, manga, anime, cartoons, pot, movies (especially documentaries), Hermann Hesse, Klimt, Hermann Hesse....did I mention Hermann Hesse? :D

:banana: uhuhuhuhu!

[Pensive]

Hello Fountain, It is very nice to see you. Nice interests, you have got there.

You have mentioned "Hermann Hesse" three times if I have calculated right. *smiles*

[EAP]

Hello Im Anthony, a literature teacher in Karachi, Pakistan. We re studying Shakespeares Macbeth and Twelfth Night,Dickens Great Expectations, an assortment of poems and some short stories.
Im happy to find an active literature group. Our British Council library closed down and I miss the link with literature.

Welcome aboard.

If you don't mind my asking, which short stories are you discussing in your class? (College, I presume?)

[Petrarch's Love]

Thanks for the welcome Pensive and Virgil.

Virgil--since you're curious, I'm a woman (technically not Petrarch, but his "love"). I read your intro. and was interested to find out a little about you too. I think it's admirable that you went back to get your masters in a subject you love. I just completed the MA last year (now working towards the infamous PhD :eek: ), and it took all the time and energy my little brain could muster so I know it would take some real dedication to do that while working full time in an unrelated field :nod:. Well, gotta go see to my bird who's chirping loudly for attention. Ciao for now.

[zanyzenni]

Well Hello one and all.

I love learning, possibly why I joined this site. I love reading and spending time with my friends. I play volley ball and surf. I amazingly enough watch virtually no TV, I think that time is made up on the computer. I do enjoy movies, especialy old ones and musicles. I enjoy the sciences and history. I especially love singing and music. Well that is me in a nut shell.

[Virgil]

Virgil--since you're curious, I'm a woman (technically not Petrarch, but his "love").
You don't have to answer but on that piece of info, I would infer that your real name is Laura.

Hi Zany - Welcome. Surf? You must be a good swimmer.

[Petrarch's Love]

Virgil-- Hai ragione! Il mio nome e lo stesso. :) I was wondering when someone would guess. Conosci bene la poesia di Petrarca?

[Virgil]

Virgil-- Hai ragione! Il mio nome e lo stesso. :) I was wondering when someone would guess. Conosci bene la poesia di Petrarca?
Not really, Petrarch, but I am aware of his platonic love. I'm sorry I can't write in Italian, but I can read some; limited vocabulary, though.

[trinityshiva]

Hi friends,
I am tuppera shiv kumar a critic on the modern translations of shakespeare works i have a google group under shakespeare revived and open for all the students teachers and researchers, critics. make use of me when found on line at that group or at this forum. please make this forum to gain my help in assisting your projects or assignments all free of any cost or expense. i am the editor of a website on shakespeare. rest all teaching is my hobby my livlihood and shakespeare is every thing to me.
regards and god bless u
shiva

[Pensive]

Hi shiva, you can discuss different plays of Shakespeare here if you are interested in his works.

Zany, Have a nice time here and welcome to the forum.

[trinityshiva]

thank you zany i shall strive to be useful to your forum
regards
shiva

[Panurge]

Hello all,

I've just started posting today - I'm a teacher working in China (originally from England). My hobbies are reading and doing other stuff.

This sight is a little oasis for a man starved of conversation in his native language. Thanks!

[trinityshiva]

dear panunrge
your yearining for native language is resonably felt and acknowledged by me but this forum is the oasis you had been yearing for and i am a piece of this oasis recently added to. but the thirst for quenching the soul's thirst can be achieved only when the attitudes confluence and reach the culminating point. i am a shakespeare maniac and nothing other than a discussion about shakespeare would intereest me. if u call it a weakness i would not mind. of all the arts that a man tries to learn and cultivate,perhaps, the most difficult art of accomplishment is the art of living which consists in the true unerstanding of life and so regulating ones conduct as to reach that goal nearer nearer everyday. and that art of living which ii have learnt from researching shakepeareean works leaves me , nevertheless indisposed, and i do idoloize him
god bless u and bye
with regards
shiva

[Panurge]

Dear Trinityshiva,

I wouldn't say that a mania for Shakespeare is a weakness unless it affects your daily life. Don't start talking in blank verse or getting into duels over mistaken identities and you should be fine... ;)

My favourite play (at time of writing, at least) would be 'The Tempest'. How about you?

Thanks for your greeting...

[Jessica222]

heyy!!! i just joined today... and i have no idea what to do on here... i like to watch tv.. go out with my friends... and draw (when im really bored) so thats me... OMG i love snow too! its really pretty.. lol... and im obsessed with a couple shows... mainly just friends... but mind of mencia is really funny! and i watch everybody loves raymond.. will and grace.. everything on vh1... and ofcorarce ((melissa i didnt forget)) living with fran.. but anyway.. i hope to talk to a lot of people... it'll give me more to do

[Fontainhas]

Hello Fountain, It is very nice to see you. Nice interests, you have got there.

You have mentioned "Hermann Hesse" three times if I have calculated right. *smiles*

Thank you dear, I love Hermann Hesse!
By the way...it's not Fountain, it's FONTAINHAS (which is my last name) :D lol!

[Pensive]

Hi Jessica, Welcome to the forum! Keep on posting.

Panurge, It is nice to have you here. I have read some of your posts and I found them really interesting. Keep on posting.

[Panurge]

Thank you Pensive.

Where is your signature from? It seems familiar...

[Hazel-Ra]

Wow, I just realized I've been posting on this site for about a month and never said Hello.

Hello!!

[Riesa]

Hello! ;) Welcome to the Forum Hazel-Ra, I've really been enjoying your presence here; you seem like a lot of fun.

[Pensive]

Thank you Pensive.

Where is your signature from? It seems familiar...

It is from "Lord Of The Rings"

Hi Hazel! :D

[trinityshiva]

thank you pensive your words are very encouraging and help and enhance the efforts of the ones struggling to get noticed.
god bless u
shiva

[Petrarch's Love]

Hi Shiva--good to welcome a fellow Shakespearean to the forum. May I ask, what country are you coming from, and what initially pulled you to Shakespeare in particular? Do you have a favorite play? I study Renaissance lit. and find it a fascinating period. :)
Also welcome to Panurge (glad you've found an oasis), Jessica 222, and Hazel-Ra. :wave:

[trinityshiva]

dear sir/maa'm
some inexplicable cruel ordeals of my life have pushed me to the brinks of death and after recovering from coma, during the period of recuperation, when i stood too drained out even to venture outdoors, a benefactor had come visiting me who is from a maths stream and the most sought after home tutor and at his behest sine literature is my strong point though i have not studied it at university level, did i yield and concede to his request of teaching but when the students started pouring and each child holding some book of his choice to learn Julius Caesar, i was horrified to notice how ridiculously shakespeare was being taught and translated and had to resolved to tranlate his works and present them anew to this world so that the intellectual wealth ruined over 400 years is repaired and re-presented. i am an insignificant indian eking out just a living in a just way and yearning to be noticed. This morning opened with a joyful note reading your mail had further rejenuvated my energies i shall strive to be useful to this forum.
thanks
god bless u
shiva

[Petrarch's Love]

Shiva--I am glad that exploring Shakespeare helped you after having to overcome difficult times. I know from personal experience what great inspiration and comfort poetry can offer during times of illness. Do you mean that you are translating Shakespeare's works into your native language? A substantial undertaking indeed. I wish you good fortune in your work and teaching.

[trinityshiva]

you got me wrong petrach
i am correcting the existing modern english translations which kept polluting the intellect of the children of this era and the era that had gone by. this morning i have posted many posts under the merchant of venice and the tempest and some on the julius caesar. my postings could be haphazard for i am less aquainted with computers and advise you to read my postings by "all postings by trinityshiva" to make your survey more comfortable and kindly keep me posted for i am human being like you and prone to be wrong at many times be frank my friend only those who boldly point out your mistakes are good friends
god bless u
shiva

[trinityshiva]

Examine the meaning of the pair of words “Father, in”[The merchant of Venice]

W.Turner brings in another some CN Pooler to orchestrate his absurdities and quotes him to have averred that “the sentence is dislocated and inconsequent, but to make Lancelot Coherent is to undo Shakespeare’s work.”
The Oxford University’s Roma Gill gives the meaning of the word “in” as “go into” and avers that “off the stage by implication into Bassanio’s house”. . Read the last two lines of this dialogue. Where do you think that Launcelot is going? Or would you agree if I take a suggestion from Roma Gill’s dialogue that Bassanio and Shylock the Jew, have maintained a common residence?
Here we should take the meaning of the word “Father” as “The God the almighty going by the Roget’s Para 976 and the meaning of the word “in” as “heart” going by the Roget’s Para 221. Out of gratitude for having been bestowed with employment, Launcelot is stating that the heart of Bassanio is at par with the heart of the God in the heavens above when the quantum of kindness is considered. Now I would like to call your attention to the first dialogue of this scene. Don’t you see that Shakespeare had called Shylock an incarnation of the devil himself? What is the harm if he presents Bassanio almost to be the incarnation of the God himself?
One to be respected and be called a gentleman should honestly admit when some expression of Shakespeare is not decipherable but calling this great soul incompetent using words of the nature of “dislocated or inconsequent, almost amounts to a cruel crime in my eyes.
However you be the better judge Lament”400 years have already gone when will this intellectual eclipse end Shakespeare’s intellect be revealed in it’s true perspective???

[trinityshiva]

Examine the translation of the words Weeds so Loathly.[The Tempest]

Roma Gill translates as “Traditionally the marriage bed was strewn with flowers”
Refer page number 1220 of Oxford dictionary edited by JB Sykes. Word” “WEEDS” when used in plural is a (widow’s) deep mourning worn by a widow. I don’t think in any culture flowers are seen strewn over the bed of a mourning widow.
Even if we concede for a while with her, how do you explain the word “loathly” following weeds? How will Roma Gill explain the flowers strewn over a marriage bed to be with a feeling of disgust? When Shakespeare keeps discussing about the harms of union before marriage, to make the children to desist from such unholy practice, Roma Gill encouraging the practice with ornate, flower strewn beds of marriage or nuptials would have a harmful affect upon the adolescent children of ISC culminating into a dreadful and disproportionate height of intellectual pollution upon the minds of innocent Indian children. I feel it safe and logical to go by the word meaning option “separation” for the word “weeds” (See Para 905 0f Roget’s)
Now you be the better judge.

Lament”400 years have already gone when will this intellectual eclipse end Shakespeare’s intellect be revealed in it’s true perspective???

[trinityshiva]

“See the translation of the lines 152 to 158.[The Tempest]
W.Turner tries to impress us that Prospero is groaning and filling the sea with his saline tears. But to me it does not appear to be so. Read this dialogue carefully I think the sea is groaning not Prospero and that groaning of the sea is due to the defeat it felt because Prospero over came it. This groaning of the sea had raised his morale and this surge in morale helped him to gather the power and courage to sustain against the events to follow.
Now let us take a look at Roma Gill’s editing in this context. She happily and with true dedication accepts the Turner’s absurdity and boldly goes a step further to make the issue more amusing. May be being a woman she takes the words “bear up” to connote child bearing and takes us all to the department of Gynecology right into the labor room to give us a feel of the miseries a woman goes through at the time of child bearing to understand the groaning of Prospero.
Now don’t start chuckling! I have another amusing issue to share with you pertaining to this dialogue. I beg your pardon but may I ask you how would you add beauty to the sea and make it appear pleasing to the eye when I drop you along with your three year old child in to the sea? Do you find the sea decorated with you and your child struggling for your lives? But this is how Roma Gill feels. For her the meaning of the word decked in this context is decorated and adorned.
Now pick up Roget’s and go to the Para 211 and you will find an option floor as a meaning for word deck. Now pick up oxford dictionary edited by JB Sykes and go to page 375, under the meaning number 5 you find a meaning over came for the word floor.
However you be the better judge
Lament”400 years have already gone when will this intellectual eclipse end Shakespeare’s intellect be revealed in it’s true perspective???

[trinityshiva]

“Examine the words “No name of magistrate”[The Tempest Ganzalo’s commonwealth]
W.Turner” No name of magistrate”” I would not have such an office as that of a magistrate.
In other words W.Turner means to say that Gonzalo would do away with the judicial system. But can we live with the judicial system or the system of listening to the petitions and redress of grievances removed from the society? Shakespeare presents the character of Gonzalo as a noble one and would an intellectual like Shakespeare write such meaningless and absurd dialogue for a noble character?
Now let me explain this dialogue in a saner and logically acceptable manner. Pick up a dictionary of Legal terminology and look for the meaning of the word “Name” and the meaning would be discrimination. So I think Shakespeare is suggesting that there should not be any discrimination in the appointment of the magistrates by way of favoritism or nepotism.
However you be the better judge
Lament”400 years have already gone when will this intellectual eclipse end Shakespeare’s intellect be revealed in it’s true perspective???

[trinityshiva]

Examine the words “Letters should not be known” ”[The Tempest Ganzalo’s commonwealth]

W.TurnerLettersno learning; no education from books.
Roma GillLettersno literature, no academic education.
Now I feel W.Turner is taking us to the Plato’s ideals of education that man should learn from the Nature while Roma Gill is for complete abolition of literature and academic system of education.
Do you feel that an intellectual of Shakespeare’s stature would suggest such absurdities? What is the logic behind this kind of conveyance? In my opinion I think we should take an appendage marque as an implied appendage and assume that Shakespeare is suggesting “the letters of marque” giving a meaning amounting to crime and criminals i.e. he wants the society to be free of crimes and criminals. Refer Para 791 of the Roget’s to be convinced.
However you be the better judge
Lament”400 years have already gone when will this intellectual eclipse would end and Shakespeare’s intellect be revealed in it’s true perspective???

[trinityshiva]

Examine the words “riches, poverty and use of service, none” ”[The Tempest Ganzalo’s commonwealth]

1. W.TurnerThere should be no riches or poverty nor utilizing the service of the other people.
2. Roma Gilluse of servicekeeping servants.
3. Can you be a cobbler, carpenter, barber, potter etc., and all rolled into one? If such interdependence is to be absent, the concept of society would not have come into the being. Will a person of Shakespeare’s stature suggest such dis-association in the society? Can we live if such interdependency is abolished and forbidden?
4. By using words “riches and poverty” Shakespeare must be trying to talk about economic reforms pertaining to reduction of gap between the rich and the poor by proper distribution of wealth by avoiding its concentration in fewer hands.
5. While we are at examining the words “use of service” I suggest that we take the words “use of” as a pair and adopt the meaning suggestions made at Para 613 of the Roget’s and pick the option “habit of” or “the tradition of”.
6. Now while dealing with the word “service” we must adopt the options made out at Para 749 and opt for the meaning “serfdom” the tradition of propagating or encouraging slavery. If you do so you will be doing justice to Shakespeare and save his face from the prospect of shame of being looked upon as the insane man by the upcoming generations.
7. However you be the better judge.

[trinityshiva]

examine the meaning of the word “contract”[The tempest Gonzalo's commonwealth]
1. W.Turnercontractagreement between man and man
2. Roma Gillcontract=bargaining and property dealing
3. According to me we should pick up an option from Roget’s Para 806 and the perfect word meaning in this context would be “encumbrance” i.e. a state of restrictions.
4. However you be the better judge.

[reyzai]

I am a newbie too... i love british english poetry, looking forward for emails and information about it. enjoy yourselves here.

[Pensive]

Well, welcome reyzai. I have not understood that what do you mean by "looking forward for emails and information about it" *feeling confused*

Well, keep on posting!

[ElizabethSewall]

I'm a new member and I just wanted to say hi.
Well, I'm French and I study Anglo-American literature and civilisation in College.
I must apologize in advance for my English, which can be clumsy. Feel free to correct it.
My favourite authors are Louisa May Alcott and William Shakespeare but I also love many others.
I guess that's all for now.
See you soon,
Elizabeth Sewall.

[Pensive]

Hey Elizabeth. Welcome to te forum! I am also learning French now a days.

[ElizabethSewall]

Merci Pensive!! :D

[truth_forest]

Hi everyone,
I'm Truth_forest. I study at the faculty of humanities, English literature major.
I love literature and art...
At first, I want to study in law but it's hard.
I change to this major that I don't like.
In the first term, I 'm not happy about "the introduction of literartue". It's harder than Law. I hardly quite but my teacher insprie me.
Altough literature is hard to understand, there is so interesting...
Literature isn't like science math or law that have definite answer. There are many thing about literature that I don't know and I want to learn...
Now, I don't sad for studying Literature, I 'm so happy that I choose it.

for this website, I have known this for 3 months. The website is very interesting and useful.
Thank a lot!

[RobinHood3000]

Welcome, truth_forest! I don't suppose you'd know my friend, Sherwood?

ElizabethSewall, is that Claire Danes in your avatar? Or am I mistaken?

[ElizabethSewall]

Indeed, that's Claire Danes as Juliet Capulet, in Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.
Welcome everyone!!! :D

[broken_rainbow]

Hi everyone... As this is my very first post, I guess I aught to introduce myself!
I'm currently a student at college in Spain as an expat. studiying for my British A levels in English Literature, Psychology, Business Studies and Spanish. I enjoy reading novels, mainly autobiographies and the like, at the moment I am reading Sharon Osbourne's - Extreme. I also enjoy writing both poetry and short stories, although I have just started a novel; but I am yet to finish the second chapter!
I haven't really had the most exciting of existances, mainly because of my "troubled" childhood, and so there isn't very much worth writing about...
Anyway, hello to you all, and I hope to see everyone around on the forums :o) Glad I stumbled across!

[Virgil]

Welcome Broken Rainbow. I hope you enjoy it here.

[RobinHood3000]

¡Hola, señor broken_rainbow! ¡Bienvenidos a LitNet!

[Petrarch's Love]

Welcome Broken Rainbow and Elizabeth Sewall. :wave:

[christopherlee]

Hello Everyone,

I would like to intriduce myself by refering to a quote given by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, addressed to the youth of America
" You have to be the voices for change in America. Bring your hopes and bring your dreams, bring your IPods and your cell phone cameras, and change the world your way."
Well done

[RobinHood3000]

Welcome, christopherlee. Is your namesake the actor?

[Pensive]

Hi christopher, Welcome to the forum!

[CuRlZa]

Well im from Australia and Im kinda new to this website.

[RobinHood3000]

So we can see by your post count :p--welcome, CuRlZa!

[Venicemerchant]

Hi Everyone
I am Venicemerchant and I just started reading Shakespeare. (A bit late in life 34 years old)
I hope to learn more about him and his writing.
I am also an Emily Dickinson fan and one of her best poems

Parting
My life closed twice before its close;
It yet remains to see
If Immortality unveil
A third event to me,
So huge, so hopeless to conceive,
As these that twice befell.
Parting is all we know of heaven,
And all we need of hell.

I found that poem after I had lost both my mama and daddy and that was exactly how I felt. Partins is all we know of heaven and all we need of hell...
Anyway just saying Hello to everyone...
God Bless
Venicemerchant

[Pensive]

Hey Venice, Welcome to the forum! You can discuss plays by Shaky Shocky Shaken Pear here. Have a nice time and keep on posting.

It is a good poem.

[charlotte smith]

Hi. I´m new. I am doing an English philology course in Madrid. I am doing English Literature 2nd year and I am studying Charlotte Smith and Frances Burney and Jane Austen right now. I am a guy and I am from London. Sorry about the name. I love literature and history and..... yeah, I love women, in spite of the name. Most of all I like communication but I might be reading something or teaching, so do not count my non-reply to your questions as an act of anti-sociability.
I like Bach, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Vaughan Williams, Vivaldi, Tchaikovski, Gershwin, Frank Sinatra, Billy Holiday, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Buddy Holly, Sam Cooke, Elvis, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Cream, The Doors, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Santana, Led Zeppelin, The Jam, The Style Council, Rick Astley, The Smiths, The Blow Monkeys, The Stone Roses, Coldplay etc.

[RobinHood3000]

Whoo! Stevie Wonder, Sam Cooke, Buddy Holly--bonus points for charlie!

[2brnut2B]

This is the first time I write. I'd like to introduce myself since I received a message inviting me to say "hi." Well, I am a Shakespearean at heart. It's funny that I say that now, because if you would have asked me this before last semester that I took it for the first time at school, I would have told you I was afraid to take the class. :confused: But from the moment I read one of Shakespeare's works, I was hooked. I told my instructor, "I think I'm going to like this Shakespeare guy. I'm staying in the class." Lo and behold, I am still taking upper level Shakespeare classes today.

I am an English major trying to attain my Bachelor's degree. I became an English major because I enjoyed grammar. However, I found out that English majors needed to read, compare, and analyze literature. Well, I was in for the ride of my life. :banana:

So, it was a little nuts in the beginning getting used to all that reading, especially when I wasn't a reader at heart. However, I took the plunge and went for it. Well, here I am still plucking away and almost done. :nod: I plan to teach middle school or high school, but when I mention it, people think I'm coo-coo. :goof: So, I'm still deciding. But, just so you know...my life is going to school and loving it.

My hobbies are the outdoors. I love being in nature and embracing every aspect of it. I love going hiking, fishing, camping, and exploring the outdoors during the summer months. I am sort of an adventurer and love to travel.

I'm also a people person. I am active in clubs involving social, leadership, and honor organizations. Currently, I am president of AYLSS (As You Like Shakespeare Society) and we go to many of Shakespeare's plays. We also coordinate an annual Spring Tea and do a call for papers for our annual journal where students have the opportunity to get a publication if they are selected. So, that's the Shakespeare side of me. :thumbs_up

Aside from that, I am a tutor and help university students in all levels of writing and grammar. I work directly one-to one or do study groups as well. I enjoy working and helping students. That is a passion of mine that I find very rewarding.

Well, that's my intro. It was nice meeting you. :p

[Petrarch's Love]

Greetings to VeniceMerchant, Charlotte Smith, and 2brnut2B (and any other newbies I missed). :wave: Wow, two Shakespeare lovers and a real music afficianado. Hope you have fun here.

[proseofpearls]

Howdy,
I like to read and write, but my school English courses are dreadful. happy posting.

[RobinHood3000]

Welcome, welcome, one and all!

proseofpearls, nice to meet another "Howdy" user...

[Virgil]

Welcome to the newbies. I hope you enjoy lit net.

[Pensive]

Hi 2burntp, Welcome to the forum! Nice intrduction by you. Have a nice time here.

proseofpearls, Welcome abroad. I hope that you will be able to cover your school course nicely. Keep on posting.

[CuRlZa]

Im from Australia where its hot at the moment and this is all very new to me considering I've only just gotten into literature this year at school. Have a good day!

[Pensive]

Hi CuRIZa, Welcome to the forum! It is hot here too.

[chef]

i am chef, and i am from TX jiji well i am still in high school but i just need this year and the next one to end the whole drama YEA :D !!!!!!! Well have a good one

[Riesa]

Hiya, chef. Welcome.

[chef]

well now you know i am new so can i ask you something about the forum?

[Pensive]

Hi chef, Welcome to the forum! You are welcome to ask any question related to the forum but you should read the FAQ first because it might help you and if not, then you can ask questions in "Literature Network" subforum.

[chef]

well i don't think the FAQ can answer the question i am going to ask so here it goes, What is it that you like the best about the forum?

[Pensive]

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15849

Chef, This link might help you. :)

[Evergreenleaf]

Hey everybody, I've been here for a couple of days and posted a few times, but I thought that introducing myself wouldn't be a bad idea.

I'm a college freshman planning on majoring in writing. I like writing, reading, art, and music. I play the guitar and the lute. I like primarily Celtic and Celtic-inspired music. I like The Lord of the Rings. I am currently writing a fantasy/speculative fiction sort of novel, just finished the rough draft a month ago.

That'll do, I suppose. See you all around the forum!

[RobinHood3000]

Indeed, it's an excellent idea--welcome, welcome!

[chef]

Well hello i am not exactily new here cuse i joind last week haha, so i am chef, though i am not one nore plan to be one, that how they call me in school because my brother is a chef. so yea that me, hope to know and talk to you later....

[Virgil]

Hey everybody, I've been here for a couple of days and posted a few times, but I thought that introducing myself wouldn't be a bad idea.

I'm a college freshman planning on majoring in writing. I like writing, reading, art, and music. I play the guitar and the lute. I like primarily Celtic and Celtic-inspired music. I like The Lord of the Rings. I am currently writing a fantasy/speculative fiction sort of novel, just finished the rough draft a month ago.

That'll do, I suppose. See you all around the forum!
Wow. A college freshman with a draft of a complete novel written. I'm impressed. Welcome and I hope you share your thoughts with us.

[Virgil]

Well hello i am not exactily new here cuse i joind last week haha, so i am chef, though i am not one nore plan to be one, that how they call me in school because my brother is a chef. so yea that me, hope to know and talk to you later....
Hi chef. Too bad you're not a chef, becuase I would like to bounce recipe ideas off you. But perhaps you can ask your brother for me. Welcome, nonetheless, and I hope you enjoy it.

[chef]

well thanks, i hope so too. And i gess i can ask him for a few recipes

[Petrarch's Love]

Welcome to Chef and Evergreenleaf. Hope you enjoy the forum. :wave:

[chef]

well thanks

[malwethien]

Hi everyone!! This is my first post here and I'm so glad I found this forum. I love reading more than anything and I'm happy to find a place where I can discuss books I've read with other people.

[Pensive]

Hi mel, Welcome to the forum! I hope that you will have some good discussions here.

[malwethien]

Thanks! So far I'm liking it a lot :D