Hey guys!
Im Anastazija (Anastacia?!), 17y/o and Im glad I found a place like this - where people talk about literature.
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Hey guys!
Im Anastazija (Anastacia?!), 17y/o and Im glad I found a place like this - where people talk about literature.
Just wanted to say hello. My name is Michael, I'm from Fort Lauderdale,(a.k.a. Fort Liquordale) Florida. I like to skip around with the book topics that I read, but I seem to always go back to Agatha Christie. As far as music, Shane McGowan and Tom Waits are major influences.
I'm also a recently published author with my novel, "Abandoned in the Maze".
hi Anictazia and Aitm,welcome around:)
cool, Aitm,I'll try to have a look at ur site,is your novel there?
[QUOTE=Virgil;276089]Welcome Laindessiel. Hey I just checked your profile and you say
Hahahaha. Who's afraid of me? I'm a nice, softie. Never, never, never be afraid of me. I do get petulant once in a while, but if I ever get angry at anyone it will be forgotten the next day. I never hold grudges. And feel free to put me in my place if you don't like something I say.
:bawling: I am afraid of you, Mr. for-your-information-I-have-an-MA-in-Lit. I don't know why, maybe because I am less than half your age. but from then on, I decided not to provoke you. Well, *thinking* I want to argue with you when I get my MA in Lit 5 years from now. Will you wait for me here?
Welcome again. I'm sure you will like it here. BTW, is that a photo of you in your profile? If so, very pretty
Now, how come noone tells me I'm pretty? pretty Laindessiel and I are sisters. Seriously. i'm not that bad looking-I swear! I don't think I'm pretty but I think, I'm Ok. But I don't think we look alike. I look more chinese.:flare: Anyway, Mr. Virgil, Even though you say you are a "nice softie" I am tired of feeling scared of you. Peace? For now? At least until I get my MA in Lit?
I ike your signature, It is one of the best around. What do you think of mine? I will try to find William Faulkner works.
Toni, you seem an elegant lady:)I like that.
How could anyone be scared of Virgil?
Hello all :wave:
toni is scared me? :lol: Toni, please be assured I'm all bark and no bite. ;) I've even apologized to poor Regit. He didn't deserve my petulance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Laindessiel
Oh toni, welcome to lit net, BTW. You're very pretty too based on your picture..
Yeah, well... I guess your avatar is to blame. Peace, now, Virgil, I didn't say that you were bad. I think, I'm not scared of you now. They say you are 'adorable" It is just that I think you know so much about literature. Peace!!:thumbs_up :thumbs_upQuote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
Aye, Virgil's loads of fun. Musketeer number 2 on these here forums!
Well, I'm not really a wolf you know. You can even find my picture in the photo album thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by toni
You know what I did when I saw it? It went like this:Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
"Arrgh!!! VIRGIL!!"!
:flare: You are the opposite of your avatar. You look as kind as a sheep in a province in Germany. Plus, your dog is adorable!
Thanks Toni. That was my previous dog. She died shortly after that picture three years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by toni
Oh, I'm So Sorry. What's her name and breed?
you know,when I first joined in I felt a bit(stress on a bit)uncomfortable with this person with this woolfy avy>>>seems ready to beat you any time!:D
now ,I feel like:
http://albdr.net/up/uploads/3eab0a5321.gif
on a brotherly sense,of course>>>he's just thousands year ahead of me:D:P
Awww, isn't that precious?
lol :D........Virg is supposed to answer:p
Oh you're so sweet Miss T. You would make a great little sister. Thank you.Quote:
Originally Posted by miss tenderness
Bienvenue à bord! :wave:
It's great to see so many newbies around.
Hope you'll have a lot of fun. There are so many things to be learnt here, far more than one could imagine at first.
I wish you all the best, both here and in RL. :D
http://albdr.net/up/uploads/96ac5430e1.gif
hi,Cherie>>>>glad you're back:)
how are you? feeling better?missed u around,Julie:(
Hello...
I am not usually very good at introducing myself (I'm shy!) but I joined the forum a year ago, posted once, and then got so busy I wasn't able to return. I'm not the post-and-leave kind of girl so I thought I would drop back in and redeem myself a little.
A little about me, hmmm. Well, I am a married mom of three kiddos. I have a background as a health care provider but I have been working at home full time for two years writing. I have written one novel and plotted a second but took some time off from that to co-write a screenplay with my husband. Movies are not my "field" but I really had a lot of fun doing it and we have just gotten an agent and have begun the submission process, so it's very exciting. We are planning two more screenplays within a year.
In addition to writing I have been teaching myself web design and I own a very successful internet riddling gaming site with more than 300 levels. I also started the first web based real time team scavenger hunt, which requires members from all over the world solve a riddle to discover their target then physically go take a digital picture of that target with a team sign. It will have been open for a year this coming December and it's a lot of fun. Each game has it's own busy forum and thanks to great moderators I don't have to be there constantly anymore.
I don't have a lot of time to post, but I like to read what others have to say, so you might see me lurking around from time to time. I usually pipe up here and there. I think that just about sums me up. Nice to meet all of you.
Welcome back Coyote. You sound interesting. And there is no need to be shy. Post to your heart's content.
Hey Taleen!Quote:
Originally Posted by miss tenderness
How are you sweetheart?
It seems so unreal to be back here and I feel so happy, I am afraid I may wake up and find this a dream. :p
I am back home, which is great, and as my moral improves, I believe my health will recover along with it.
The Doctors allowed me to spend some time every day (if I feel ok) without the ventilator, so that I can interact with you. :D
Virgil, I agree with you about job verses hobby. If you do something 'day in and day out', you start to see it as work and work can be all monotomy. Better to reserve the things you like best outside the workplace. Not many people love their jobs, unforunately. I was one of them, being stuck in a position not entirely what I had gone to college for. I hated reading at a young age, but that was because they made us read certain novels in high school. I like to pick my own! Now I love reading and pursuing certain authors. BTW, Virgil, I can't seem to find the Shakespeare thread where the active discussion of Hamlet is taking place. Can you clue me in? I will go there later on. Also, I will try to write something to introduce myself on this thread. Who ever started it - great idea!Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
:blush: :bawling: :flare: :sick: :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
I don't know you personally, but the rest of your post seems friendly enough. However, (above) seems a bit over the wall. It is true that the abuse of the results of engineering have much to be desired, but the education of any discipline is a tribute to the creative elements it professes. I would not be far afield saying that the wonders of today's discoveries of the unknowns which remained a source of superstitions in our past, are a product of the creativity which comes from intelligent application of engineering principles taught by engineering education. I will concede that the abuse of this or any knowledge about power and energy, is an atricious moral transgression against the respect our delicate environment deserves. After all, who are we that can make no more that an hundred years or so of life on a planet that has an approximate age of 4 billion years more or less. :crash:
I'm a grumpy old man with too much to give and an axe to grind. If the world is going to hell, I don't want any credit for helping it to do so. Not because I'm not guilty of contributing, but because it's not my heart's desire to see it go that way. For over 60 years I have seen more to praise than to curse, but the cursing is quickly gaining, depending on experience, of course. May the goodness of what life has to offer you lay in your path, while what you owe for it has already gone another way.
Hey, a replacement for Starr!
Welcome, hillhopper -- we're glad to have you. There's always room for controlled grumpiness 'round here.
Hi all,
This is my first post. I am 74 and wheelchair bound. I like to think
that while my body deteriorates my mind expands. You all sound
like folks who can keep my mind busy. I have 5 grandchildren and 2 greats
(a third is on the way.)I still fix Holiday meals and enjoy family get togethers.
My family includes 3 teachers, one Principal and many many seekers of knowledge.
If your saying that the world has been greatly improved by the application of engineering, well I definitely agree with you. Perhaps my statement was a little over the top. There is no reason why engineering education cannot be creative. However, I must say that it was not my experience. Let me also say that I found a disconnect between what is taught in engneering schools and real life engineering jobs. But that was 22 years ago. I believe they have improved somewhat since, at least around me.Quote:
Originally Posted by hillhopper
Welcome hillhopper. I hope you like it here. It seems the older I get, the grumpier I am becoming. However, I believe the world is getting better not worst. People's lives are improving, as far as I can tell.Quote:
I'm a grumpy old man with too much to give and an axe to grind. If the world is going to hell, I don't want any credit for helping it to do so. Not because I'm not guilty of contributing, but because it's not my heart's desire to see it go that way. For over 60 years I have seen more to praise than to curse, but the cursing is quickly gaining, depending on experience, of course. May the goodness of what life has to offer you lay in your path, while what you owe for it has already gone another way
Janine, the thread is called The Ghost, here http://www.online-literature.com/for...ost#post276461Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
I wanna be your sister, too, Virgil! Although now that I think about it, you could be more like my uncle..:lol: :lol:
:alien: Sure Toni. You really know how to compliment a guy. :lol:
thanks. I never thought I could say that before, you know. When I used to tremble at the sight of your name.:lol:
Now, I like to believe you are a simple guy with a passion for literature.:lol:
Hey guys! It really is a comfortable place here but I "disappeared" for quite some time and I'm sorry for that.
I'm a Chinese girl. Days before I was occupied by the test of GRE and now I'm busy with the application and research as well.
I miss you and I hope I can come here more after the application.
Hi All...
I'm pretty new here, but I have contributed to some of the Shakespeare's Hamlet discussion on the "Ghost" thread and so I have had the chance to "meet" Virgil and some others.
My names Arlene, I'm 59, married, and I have always been a voracious reader of just about everything. I've been a professional stage director and dramaturg in the NYC/NJ area for over 20 years, and my passions are New Play Development - I work in close collaboration with several playwrights in the development and production of their new plays and musicals - and Shakespeare. With the exception of some high school plays, I didn't get into theatre until I was 34 when I "accidently" ended up getting an Associate degree in theatre arts and started acting, stage managing and directing in community theatre as an increasingly intense hobby for over 10 years. At that point I had the good fortune to Assistant Direct and Stage Manage for a wonderful NY director who encouraged me to ge into directing professionally and eventually became my mentor and a dear friend.
I've always loved Shakespeare, but recently I've become more passionate in my study of his work, and several years ago I was thrilled to be accepted to study for an MA in "Shakespeare & Theatre" in a wonderfully innovative part-time program at The Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK. I had my first class there last summer and am currently working on my next two classes through long-distance learning. This coming summer I will return to Stratford to take my final class and then begin work on my dissertation, which will focus on an alternative approach to the roles of Ophelia and Gertrude in Hamlet, exploring the reinterpretation of both characters as more active participants in the actions of the play than are traditionally presented, particularly in their relationships with Hamlet, Claudius and each other. Hopefully, it will include a full production of Hamlet that I will direct. This has been a dream of mine for years, but I never believed I could actually do it... Apparently being a cockeyed optimist pays off, because here I am, living my dream!
I'm happy to be here and to meet you all and, hopefully, to get the chance to contribute to some good, passionate, but friendly discussions.
Hi Arlene! Welcome. Congratulations on your achievements! Great Job. Nice to have you here!
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Originally Posted by msdirector
Wow, a stage actress and a theatre director in my midst? I must be lucky! If you must know, I quite fancy being a theatre actress.. I plan on taking acting workshops next summer and I can't wait!:alien:
I am happy for you, ms director, your dreams are coming true. That must be the greatest feeling a human could ever feel. I have yet to feel that, though.
Oh, and btw, Welcome to Litnet!
Thanks, Tuscongirl!Quote:
Originally Posted by tucsongirl
Hi Toni! Thanks for the welcome. :wave:Quote:
Originally Posted by toni
I know that you don't want to hear this, but you are young yet and have lots of time to work on making your dreams come true. I'm convinced that if you want something enough you can make your dreams come true. Sometimes not in the way you originally thought you wanted them, but sometimes in ways that turn out to be much better. Remember, I didn't start working on my dream until I was much older than you. It's amazing how much your dreams change throughout your life. At 16 I wanted to be a veterinarian! :confused: In college I studied to be a medical technologist and actually got my degree in that and worked in the field for about a year. Then I was a wife and stay-at-home-Mom for years. Then I was a Tupperware Lady. Then, while I was studying theatre and doing community theatre I did silk flower design and even had my own store! :idea: It wasn't until I was past 45 that I realized how important theatre and directing was in my life and that it was really what I had been moving toward all my life.
Acting professionally is one of the most difficult careers there is. But if you have talent and are willing to work really hard, to study to learn the skills you will need and have passion, determination and perseverence, you too may have a chance to follow your dreams and to feel the joy of seeing them come true. Taking acting workshops is a great start for you. I hope you have a wonderful time with them.
Hi. Just thought I would add something to this thread.
I've posted on this website before, but I've never seen this thread.
I get the feeling I'm not going to sound as impressive as everyone else, but I'll press on. I live in Australia. I have played the piano since I was ten, and the violin for a bit less. I've done year 12 Italian, but I wouldn't boast of being a hugely fluent speaker.
I love the music of Mozart (Happy 250th Mozart!). I also like Rachmaninov, Schubert, Ravel, Saint-Saens and I would have to say I cannot live without "The Lark Ascending" by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
I really enjoy reading (obviously), and while I haven't read just about every book in English Classical literature, I figure I have many years yet to do that. I like the works of Jane Austen, Anne Bronte, P.G. Wodehouse (though I haven't read much of his yet), Oscar Wilde, and Henrik Ibsen. I have other favourite books, but these are just some authors I thought of. There are about a thousand other books I have not yet read (or have started but never got round to finishing), and I hope you can all offer me a few recommendations.