Introduce Yourself here and say Hi.

Well, you know where I live, now. I was born here and have no plans to live anywhere else, although I have traveled a bit. I, like Virgil, am probably older than anyone here...I'll be 50 next summer, and finally at a place in my life where I can pursue a life dream: Teaching Literature and Language Arts! Which is really not so much about me being the teacher as it is a way that I can continue to learn.

I had a tough time thinking of a favorite book. Last year, I presented a paper on the role of the artist in Kerouac and Nietzsche. Yikes! I really enjoyed reading Dharma Bums and plan to read On the Road if I survive this semester of MAT. Right now I have a stack of textbooks jealously staring me down, so I had better sign off. This looks like a great forum!

Thanks....

Hello, Alaska77.

I'm 52 and a teacher as well.

Hello. I am Zerstorer.

My favorite books are: The Time Machine (HG Wells), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne).

I enjoy writing and reading, and always carry a spare book.

Hi, I'm new here, too.

I'm a English/German student from Germany and I just love books! Reading and writing are two of my passions. And I'm kind of a weirdo, cause I think I'm one of the very few people who doesn't like Shakespeare ;)

Hi,
My name's Claire, and I stumbled across this site whilst surfing the net for information on T.S Eliot for a school project .
I like a wide variety of books, things ranging from Alexandre Dumas through to Bret Easton-Ellis and Alex Flinn. I have yet to find a book which will not satisfy me on at least one point (even, God forbid, Twilight -or are we not allowed to talk about that without breaching the rule which states no quibbling over current politics:D-), and hope never to do so.
My favourite authors are deffinately Cecilia Dart-Thornton (The Bitterbynde Series), Louis De Bernieres (Captain Corelli's Mandolin), Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Crime and Punishment etc.), Charles Dickens and T.H White (The Once and Future King), and I highly recommend these to all!!

Some things I really enjoy are reading (big shock), watching Christian bale movies, rock-climbing, tree climbing, horse riding, skiing, writing stories (which I hope may one day be completed and published), clothes shopping .... spending money is a big favourite of mine ...... especially on bale films.......

Anyways; I listen to Short Stack, Tom Felton, Taylor Swift, Huey Lewis and The News (sad, i know), All my favourite musicals (Little Women, Billy Eliot, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, The Little Mermaid.... the list goes on).

I love singing; and my friends and i think I have a brilliant voice, but i've never had an unbiased opinion, we feel the same way about my acting and writing skills ... i get the feeling that a big wake-up-call is waiting for me somewhere down the track, but I will continue to live, totally oblivious of the large possibility that is my inability to sing, act, and write.

That's it for my first post on this site .... hope to meet some other people with the same interests and likes as me!!

Hello from Jo'burg

I am very pleased to have found this wonderful place and very pleased to meet you all. I look forward to this place of escape.

My warmest regards to you all.

:banana:You are so fortunate to have so many brilliant friends who recognize all of your talents; My next door neighbors are the only ones who hear me sing (in the shower) and they claim it's just pitifull. It sounds pretty good to me:brow:

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Originally Posted by DocHeart

Hello folks,

Greece here. It gets rather gloomy in Athens in September, even if the whole nation refuses to accept that summer is finally over and insists on walking around looking at the sky and smiling. You seen that movie, Shawn of the Dead? Remember the opening scene where Londoners walk around looking like zombies, even if they haven't become ones yet? That's Athens. Only, in Edgar Wright's cult creation Londoners don't smile. We smile. Constantly. Irritating, stupid bunch of idiotically smiling zombies.

Maybe it's the olive oil.

I enjoy grumbling.

I also enjoy football, cooking, and surfing the net for porn. I often go to a bar called "Jazz in Jazz" whose owner and bartender is in love with an Argentinian dancer and wants to move to ****in Buenos Ayres. I like good whiskeys, but unfortunately I can only afford mediocre ones.

I'm thankful for the last six months, in which I've been with someone who might very well turn out to be the love of my life. It's a woman. Sorry, if I hadn't specified that my whole post would make me look incredibly gay. Which I'm not. Not that I've got something against gays, it's just that I'm not. If I were I would make sure I have the best time possible, but I'm just not. Alright?

Although my friend Dimitri is indeed gay. Married, but gay. I don't see much of him unfortunately, but I do see quite a bit of three guys I've been close friends with since primary school. My friends are a very important part of my life. We all sit there and drink scotch and smoke and wonder whether Dimitri's wife knows what a faggot her husband is.

I think that's it. I've covered everything about myself and run out of conversation.

This is a great forum to discover, and I'm very glad I'm here. I'm looking forward to contributing.

Best regards,
DocHeart

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:eek::redface::banana:I'm amazed and impressed; Are you this funny before the scotch? Well, I'd invite you to any party I had.

Hello, everyone, my first introduction into this community. Very nice to be a part of it. Looking for Joyceans and Nabokovians and lots of others....

Hi, to all!

I am a resident of North Carolina. I enjoy having the mountains and the coast within close proximity of each other, and it seems that this has greatly inspired my writing muses, as well as outlook.

I am in my final year of being a student at a local Early College High School (for those of you who do not know of what I speak, I attend high school and college classes at the same time on my local community college campus, and I will graduate this year with an AA in College Transfer without paying a dime.). When I graduate, I intend to pursue a BA of English, and perhaps go on to complete an MA in English or Counseling, this I have yet to decide.

Literature is a natural high for me, and I enjoy it nearly as much as I enjoy stepping outside in the mornings to take a breath of cool, fresh air and watch the sun rise. It is a wonderful opportunity to be among like-minded individuals on this forum, and I look forward to getting to know you all.

Hi, everybody!

hi from Turkey :wave:

a big welcome to all the newbies! :wave:

Hi, my name is Gigi and I am from Ohio. I enjoy reading the classics, especially the Brits. I am a huge Jane Austen fan and that is originally what drew me to this site.

I would have to say that my favorite book is Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. I can read it again and again and each time I find something I had previously overlooked.

I write in my spare time and have recently decided to make it a priority. I am taking a few online courses to try and disipline myself. I've the inspiration but not the perspiration.

I have been looking around and I am not exactly sure how this site works, I suppose I should read a few of the guideline posts, huh? Anyway, I really hope to find some like minds on this site and become motivated to get through the stack of books I have always wanted to read.

And that dancing banana is just silly...

hi everyone. I'd like to take this moment to introduce myself. :p

Hey there,

I just found this cosy hall of literature and hope to get and give some reading inspirations around here.

Looks promising so far .. ;)

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