I dont think she is angry, she seldom is, I think this is her way of welcome and this is how she makes the newbies feel comfortable. Dont worry. ;) :D
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I dont think she is angry, she seldom is, I think this is her way of welcome and this is how she makes the newbies feel comfortable. Dont worry. ;) :D
Hello,
I am new to this wonderful Site so permit me a short introduction of myself.
As my user name gives away I am T.D. Anderson but in order of convenience you may call me Tad. I am a student from Germany. My interests are politics, many kinds of sports and of course reading. I have joined this site to highten my understandig, to learn from different kind of views und to exchange thoughts.
I apologies for the strangeness of my language. I think my english to be exceeding the degree of just beeing sufficent for acceptable conversation but I have some trouble with grammar und I am making mistakes when I am doing word to word translations. So please don´t bother and tell me if something isn´t understandable.
Gruß
Tad
Welcome to the site Tad, and don't worry, you're not the only member here who doesn't use english as their first language :)
I joined the site a couple of months ago - I found it while doing some research online. I already started a thread but have not yet introduced myself. I love to read novels - reading is my escape from everyday life. I don't currently have a lot of people with which to discuss the books that I am reading, so I was very excited to find this site. I am currently reading "This Book Will Save Your Life" by AM Homes, my first novel by Homes but probably not my last.
How are you all? Well, I am doing great, joyful and happy, from life and circumstances. I play the flute and want to make it my career, I'm very busy:sick: from marching band right now, but we do compititions and are doing very well. I'm ecstatic because our theme this year is Edgar Allen Poe's [U]Tell- Tale Heart[U]. We have floorboards at the end of the show in which the guard climbs through. I love the narration in it, too, even though we're having some trouble finding people who want to do it.
I just finished 1984:thumbs_up and am very pleased. I absolutely loved it and want to read Animal Farm. I'm reading To Kill a Mockingbird right now.
PLEASE recommend any and all books. I have a long list right now, but I love to read during the winter especially.:D
:) Greetings, I'm a new member. I was an English major at Columbia University (BA) class of 67, and received an MFA in theater arts from the short-lived theater program there.
I've been a professional actor all my adult life. I was privileged to be a part of New York Shakespeare Festival's Shakespeare in the Park productions of Henry IV parts i and ii (with Stacy Keach as Falstaff and Sam Waterston as Prince Hal). And one or two years later, the combined productions of Henry VI, i, ii, iii and Richard III (with Donald Madden as Richard). The Henrys were combined into two evenings and Richard III the third evening. I was among the corps of actors who comprised the "ensemble", meaning I had more costume changes than lines!
Hello
Am a new member in this forum. I come across this site in a research paper.
My username is orra but it is anickname thay my friends use to call me by.My real name is Arwa. Am 22years old.Am a student of English specialised in literature.
I love reading, travelling and basketball.
Welcome to the forum, orra! and jw90019. My dad just played Falstaff in a small production of The Merry Wives of Windsor, what a great character. Looking forward to your posts.
Thanks a lot Riesa
hello everyone, I've just join and looking forward to meeting interesting people. I love to read and write poetry, but my great love is William Shakespere.
Look forward to talking to you all !!
Hello everybody. New kid arround the block.
Welcome to the site MTUBINGWA, IdelRaven, orra, bettywalsh and literature bug :) And jw90019, sounds like you've had a fascinating acting career, maybe you will tell us more about it? there are many students here studying Shakespearean plays. I take it you mean Central Park in New York? Waterson is a great actor in Law and Order, I watch it all the time.
Hello all.
My name is John, I was born and raised in Australia. I work in occupational health and safety within the mining industry. I enjoy modern and classic literature, with poetry being a real interest/love of mine. One of my favorite pieces of poetry at the moment is "The Second Coming" W.B Yeats. I also love all types of music and i also enjoy movies. I am currently reading "The Historian" Elisabith Costova, Which I am enjoying.
If anybody wants to know anything else please ask.
Hello Sando, I'm reading The Historian too, about halfway through, and absolutely love it. I hope you enjoy the site :)
Welcome Sando. You sound like an interesting person. I think we had a detailed discussion of The Second Coming on one of the threads. You can find it here starting at post 126: http://www.online-literature.com/for...=poemoftheweek
VIRGIL, it wasn't me that you had the discussion with. But I will definitely be reading through everyones thought on the second coming. It really is an excellent piece that som many people can relate to.
LOGOS, I am really enjoying the Historian as well, I am having trouble putting it down. This the first of elizabeth costovas books, Looking forward to delving to some others.
hello!!! i'm here since last year but it makes me feel like i'm always new...hahaha hope everyone enjoys the warmth of lit net beyond space.
I didn't mean we, me and you, I meant we here on lit net.:pQuote:
Originally Posted by sando
Hi I came upon this site in hopes of finding out more information on Animal Farm for school.
So I'm currently in high school and my interests are reading, writing, listening to music, movies, hanging out with friends...
Hahaha right now I'm just depressed about my low essay/multi paragraph marks. I was in regular English last year but this year I went into Honours after my last year's teacher put me in. The teacher I have now is notorious anyone whose had her will gasp if you reveal you have her. She's specific (standards) in what she wants and even though I'm pained everytime my papers are returned (my solid C! "^^ ) I've sort of stayed in the class even though so many people transferred out (there was not enough seats or desks for people the first day and just yesterday the teacher commented I'm glad the class has gotten smaller, it's about 20 or maybe 15 people now) I'm not sure if it's because I'm too lazy to go get my schedule changed this late in the year or if it's because I want to try and improve my essay writing which I've always thought sucked and made no sense.
Hi, I'm new here. In fact, I'm new to English literature too!
My name's Kathita, and I'm Thai. I've just read Lord of the Flies and I really like it. So, I thought of reading more English books, but don't know how to start.
Whatever. Nice to meet you all!
Hey everyone! Here's a brief intro:
Name: Christina
Age: 25 ^_^;; Just had my birthday last week!
Books: I'm in a newly formed book club (we're reading the Samurai's Garden). I love mysteries, thrillers, fastasy, vampires, books that make you weep, historical, sociological....anything, I suppose. Also a Marx fan ;)
Job: I work for the state for the Office of Women's Health
School: Graduated from UC Davis with a degree in sociology, minor in music.
Other: I'm an avid book reader and I love hearing about great reads, talking about books I love (and hate!), and since my bf doesn't like books, I have to share my passion with others. ;)
See you guys around! :blush:
Kathita: Welcome! :wave:
pingu: that's too bad about your teacher. maybe you can go to her class early in the morning and ask for some pointers? maybe have a different teacher proof your essay/ask for recommendations? good luck!
Hi kathita, pingu and xtina! Welcome to the forum!
kathita, you can check out some of the recommendations thread in General Literature. I hope they will help.
Thanks Pensive! I'll try...
Greetings.
I consider this a great distinction that you allow such an indigent, as myself, into the bowels of a knowledged society.
Gordon
Hi
I am Thilaga from India. I teach English Literature to graduate and Post Graduate students. I love fiction - British, American, European.:brow:
Hello!
Just stopping by to introduce myself as suggested.
So, a little bit about myself:
My book friends say I'm a classic lit nerd who doesn't appreciate 'modern fiction' (modern being anytime after 1960, so I guess that's post modern). It's not true, though, because I do appreciate modern fiction, I just feel like there are SO many excellent books that I need to read before I get to the modern stuff. And I have to admit that I really enjoy the agonizing process of trying to comprehend a difficult or obscure passage and I LOVE footnotes. Still, in the past year I have made a definite effort to read more modern stuff, and I have succeeded...sort of.
Book I'm always reading: Don Quixote by Cervantes (various translations)
Book I'm starting: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch by Solzhenitsyn (translator: ...I've got to look...)
Book I just finished: Middlesex by Eugenides
Book I'm in the middle of but probably will never get back to (though I can hope): Swann's Way by Proust, Anna Karinina by Tolstoy
Books I'm in the middle of but will never finish: anything by Dostoevsky who I try every year to read and never succeed, Wicked by Maguire
Authors I'm not old enough for (i.e. can't appreciate yet): Dickens, Austen.
Favorite books (in no particular order): Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (hooray for footnotes!), Middlemarch by Eliot, Don Quixote by Cervantes, The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov, Heart of a Dog by Bulgakov, Sentimental Education by Flaubert, The Sin of Father Mouret by Zola, and many, MANY MORE!
Right now, I'm in a self-imposed exile from my real life (i.e. living in a place I really don't enjoy so that I can live rent-free and save money to rejoin my life) after a thoroughly enjoyable 4 month extended vacation from working in theatre. I'm thrilled to find this forum so I can try to keep my brain active! I hope that I will be able to contribute to what seems like a lively community.
--ceemarguerite
PS I tend to use very long, disjointed sentences. I hope that won't be too annoying!
hi there,
i guess Iam the latest addition to this forum.I have completed my Masters in English Literature and now am thinking of pursuing phd in the same.but the major obstacle is that i simply am not able to decide on which topic to do my research on :-( !!!! Its this reason that got me introiduced to this forum while i was surfing to find some help!So here i am requesting everyone if someone can help me out!thanks!
I'm a seventeen-year-old, and will be leaving academic factory (high school that is) next year. I like ancient Egypt, poetry, gothic literature, photo manipulation, philosophy, religious matter, and paranormal research... I live in the south east asia; Malaysia. I'm an avid reader of philosophical and photography blogs. I've been raised to be somewhat philosophical. I often read my father's books. Haha. You can also find me on myspace.
Welcome to all of the new forumers -- hope you enjoy your time here!
Thanks! We will! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by RobinHood3000
Hi all! Have a nice time over here! :D
Hi.This is my first post here.:) My name is Sani and I am from Greece.I am almost 19 years old and on the second year on the uni studying Veterinary.;p
I love sciense fiction and fantasy and just recently started reading some classic literature but I am not very sure where to start from.:(
Right now I am reading Crime and Punishment but can't say I am exactly absorbed..:blush:
My hobbies include apart from reading,tennis,cinema and travelling.I hope I will have a good time in this forum and make many friends.:)
Introduction: I'm an artist and a mom who homeschools because she gets to learn the history she hated when she was young. I'm currently on a poetry kick (Dante, Keats, Adrienne Rich, Donald Hall) but also am reading a lot of Jung and associated writers (Hollis, Hillman). Am trying to make time for Arthur Miller, Proust, and Shaw. I'm a dancer (modern), writer, painter (oils) and video artist.
Hi to evryone,
I am a new member, my name is Evi and i am from Greece. I just joined the forum as i love reading and i generally love books, magazines, newspapers, i just like reading everything. I am a lawyer and i have other hobbies as traveling, walking, chatting, cinema and theatre. My favorite authors are so many, anyway, among them are: Jonathan Coe, Leo Tolstoy, Fiondor Dostoyefsky, Shakepseare, John Irving, Plutarch, Isabelle Aliente, Garcia Marques, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain and many many others that i am forgeting right now, sorry for this. I will be glad to talk with any of you about literature. My email is [email protected]
Best wishes,
Evi
Whoo, Shakespeare!
Evi...I hope you don't mind my asking, but is that pronounced Ee-vee or Eh-vee? It's a lovely name.
welcome dear new forumers:)
Hi Robin Hood,
My name is pronunced like that: e ( like elephant) , v ( like victory) and e ( like the i in the word middle) . Hope it helps.
Very nice meeting you all!I am glad i am here.
Evi
I found this forum a week ago and only now am posting -- from the threads I've read, you all seem to be nice people and that's more than encouraging for me to post an introduction. I've never participated in any online forum before and always feel quite timid or uncertain to join one.
Well, introducing myself then: I'm Iris (but of course you can call me by my username, whichever is okay), a soon to be 23 years old girl (I say girl because I still feel like a teenage most of the time ¬¬) that is only a semester and a half away from obtaining her technician in Industrial Design diploma and plans to study Graphic Design after that. *cross fingers*
I can safely say that the greatest love of my life is (and probably will forever be) Art. That's sort of my nemesis as well: my biggest frustration is the fact I'm not a talented artist or an expert for that matter. :lol: All the things I don't know, still need to learn or just can't grasp -- ARGH. But I guess that's life, no one knows all even if only about a particular subject... right? :alien:
I like to learn (not to study though :() and subjects like Anthropology, Sociology, Languages, Psychology, History etc are very interesting to me and I would love to learn more and more about each.
Another noteworthy fact about me is that I'm very random eclectic; music wise especially. I can go from Frank Sinatra to Joy Division, for example. xD As for literature, I'm a classics lover. I adore childrens lit for some reason I'm still not entirely sure -- my best guess is the fantastic nature of the majority of them for I enjoy fantasy and sci-fi as well.
I love to have a laugh and chat -- feel free to contact me to have a chat if I'm online and you happen to be bored. I like soccer, volleyball and F1 although I fail at all three (ha!), dancing, listening to music, playing with animals, and, wow!, reading. The last one you didn't see it coming, confess it. :D
Mm, I guess that's enough for an intro post. I would just like to add that I hope to be a good member of this forum and since English isn't my native language, feel free to correct me if I ever misspell or use a word out of context -- I'll be grateful for that rather than angry or hurt. ;)
That's it. Have a nice day! o/
Hello there eventide. Welcome to Lit-Net. Make sure to vote on the native language poll. (We anglophones are getting to be a smaller minority everyday it seems). Enjoy yourself.
Thanks. Already voted.