Introduce Yourself here and say Hi.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Originally Posted by nicol

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

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

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

Hello everybody! New member here....

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

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

Cheers,
Ben

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

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

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

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

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

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

Welcome Benplanet, same goes to you.

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

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