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daclawson2
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Well my name is Derek, as well, at least we share the sane spelling of our name. lol. I'm 22 from Chalmers, IN, tiny town or village in Northwest Indiana approx. 500 people. I'm a 5th year senior at Ball State University, I changed my major after 2 1/2 years in architecture to English - Creative Writing. I love it. I'm also minoring in Philosophy. I'm a History channel fanatic and lately have been listening to Pete Yorn, Elliott Smith and Norah Jones. I love snow more than anything, thankfully it has finally come and stayed. I'm happy about that. I am initially a poet but i'm learning my place in fiction and creative nonfiction genres. i play guitar and a little piano, I love sports mostly playing them. I'm a hopeless romantic. i suppose i'll tell you i'm 6' 4" 180 lbs (my writing leaves little time for eating. ha ha) I love talking to new people about anything but especially writing. I'm stubborn when it comes to reading but find a lot of inspiration from what I do read. I have and extremely open mind but still have some skepticism. I want to begin a career in publishing - editing in literary magazines, journals or books. but we'll see, that's about it, ask me anything you want.
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daclawson2
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[quote="LoveHatesYou"] - I am interested in how a man's shoulder's make that line down to his neck and why it turns me on so.
That's all too funny, I like that about women.
That's all too funny, I like that about women.
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DuchessAngel37
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I'm Melissa! Hi! I'm 24, from Buffalo NY, with a BA in Sociology and an AAs in Criminal Justice, from University at Buffalo (or SUNY at Buffalo to out-of-towners). I've taken many exams, gained entrance to the Police Academy, and then decided I had no intention of choosing that as a career, I mainly took the courses just to enhance my knowledge.
Yes, I am one of those weirdos that enjoys learning.
I'm 98% all friendly and pleasant and wonderful. My view on things like love and relationships has taken a drastic turn from realist to cynical bitch after suffering, at my young age, a broken engagement and a miscarriage. The break-up occurred when I was ditched for another girl... who subsuquently ditched him for a girl as well. Yes, you read that right. Ahhhm karma. However, after her brief dalliance in lesbianism, she went back to him and they are now living in Baltimore in the house that I picked for me and him, and are getting married in May.
As for the other thing...well, sometimes I give in to the idea that things happen for a reason, and since the guy, who is four years younger than me, is definitely not The One, I think I'm better off not having a reason to be connected to him forever.
Let's see, what else? I feel like I'm writing a personals ad. I have dark dark dark dark brown eyes, so dark they look black from a distance of more than a foot. Sometimes I throw my hazel contacts in, and I look all exotic. My hair is currently a rusty brown. I haven't seen my real color in at least two years, but I'm pretty sure it too is dark brown. With sort of coppery undertones. It doesn't matter, because in a few weeks I'll be making it 'Plum Brown'. Which is dark brown with a slight purple hint.
I've been writing since I was old enough to spell. Which reminds me, I hold the record at my elementary school for winning the Western New York Spelling Bee three years in a row. And since we were only eligible in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade, that basically means, I won it every year. Which also means that as a 6th grader, I kicked 8th grader ass.
Okay, back to the writing. Yes. I used to get in trouble in class a lot for not paying attention, because I was busy writing. By 5th grade I had penned a whole series, called the 'Polka Place Pals', which followed best friends Ellie, Janet, and Renee through middle school and the first year of high school, and the trials and tribulations they faced (Janet gets a boyfriend and ditches her friends - gasp!). I believe the series contained 115 books. Now, keeping in mind each 'book' was about 20 hand written pages long and at 10 years old I know nothing of high school, they were obviously pretty cheesy. But I had a dedicated following amongst my classmates, so... yeah.
Then as I hit my teens (coinciding nicely with the re-emergence of the pop world), I began to dabble in fanfiction (shut up). Yes, a lot of my early work was BS like '5 girls meet Nsync and all 5 guys fall in love with a girl and everything works out perfectly for all involved'. But that all got scrapped. I moved to more serious subjects. I still stick with the fanfic base though. In fact, I have only one story that I kept from back in the '5 girls meet 5 guys' days, mostly because it's part of a trilogy, so, I can't just get rid of it, but also to go back and see how my style has changed. I'd completed it by the time I was 19 and didn't pick up the 2nd story until I was about 21 or so, and it's amazing to me to see how much I've changed in just that amount of time.
My most recent venture involves Post-Revolutionary Colonial New England. It's NOT fanfic, and it's your clich? love story about a landowner and a slave. I have it planned out in 5 chapters (short story, obviously), and the first three were easy. The ending is already done. It's just getting there that's the problem.
As a matter of fact, that's always been my problem. I've never been the type to plot out a story ahead of time. Never. Always hated it. Even when it came to writing essays in school. Don't believe in outlines. Sorry. Anyway, as far as my writing goes, I have more fun when I don't even know what's going to happen next, when I let the characters write it themselves. Sometimes, I don't even know everything about a character until they tell me.
Unfortunately, I have 2 stories going right now that I know how they end. I know a few of the details in the middle. And I don't want to write it. While I do write for my fans (obviously, that's why I have the website), I write mostly for me. And if I know how the story ends, that's all that matters. On many, many stressful nights, I've considered just posting the summary of what goes down and saying "There ya go!", but I can never bring myself to do it.
Alright, so I'm freezing my ass off, because after all, I am from Buffalo. It's currently 18?F, but feels like 1? with the wind chill. So, in the words of Lewis Black (one of the funniest men alive), "Then it's 1?, asshole." Pardon the cursing, but, that's the line, and without it, it's not as effective.
One degree. Why? Why even bother recording the temperature anymore? Why even bother with that degree, why not just say it's zero? In fact, when it gets below say, 25?, we should just go with 0. You can't tell the difference at all.
Okay, so I'm gonna get going because I have some stuff to type up -oh yeah, I like the old fashioned style of writing my stuff out first, then typing, unless I've just finished typing up what I have and I wanna keep going, then I'll work directly on the computer- and then I gotta charge this battery up, then it's time for Ugly Betty. I hope you've all enjoyed my thorough introduction. Hopefully I'll be back later!
Yes, I am one of those weirdos that enjoys learning.
I'm 98% all friendly and pleasant and wonderful. My view on things like love and relationships has taken a drastic turn from realist to cynical bitch after suffering, at my young age, a broken engagement and a miscarriage. The break-up occurred when I was ditched for another girl... who subsuquently ditched him for a girl as well. Yes, you read that right. Ahhhm karma. However, after her brief dalliance in lesbianism, she went back to him and they are now living in Baltimore in the house that I picked for me and him, and are getting married in May.
As for the other thing...well, sometimes I give in to the idea that things happen for a reason, and since the guy, who is four years younger than me, is definitely not The One, I think I'm better off not having a reason to be connected to him forever.
Let's see, what else? I feel like I'm writing a personals ad. I have dark dark dark dark brown eyes, so dark they look black from a distance of more than a foot. Sometimes I throw my hazel contacts in, and I look all exotic. My hair is currently a rusty brown. I haven't seen my real color in at least two years, but I'm pretty sure it too is dark brown. With sort of coppery undertones. It doesn't matter, because in a few weeks I'll be making it 'Plum Brown'. Which is dark brown with a slight purple hint.
I've been writing since I was old enough to spell. Which reminds me, I hold the record at my elementary school for winning the Western New York Spelling Bee three years in a row. And since we were only eligible in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade, that basically means, I won it every year. Which also means that as a 6th grader, I kicked 8th grader ass.
Okay, back to the writing. Yes. I used to get in trouble in class a lot for not paying attention, because I was busy writing. By 5th grade I had penned a whole series, called the 'Polka Place Pals', which followed best friends Ellie, Janet, and Renee through middle school and the first year of high school, and the trials and tribulations they faced (Janet gets a boyfriend and ditches her friends - gasp!). I believe the series contained 115 books. Now, keeping in mind each 'book' was about 20 hand written pages long and at 10 years old I know nothing of high school, they were obviously pretty cheesy. But I had a dedicated following amongst my classmates, so... yeah.
Then as I hit my teens (coinciding nicely with the re-emergence of the pop world), I began to dabble in fanfiction (shut up). Yes, a lot of my early work was BS like '5 girls meet Nsync and all 5 guys fall in love with a girl and everything works out perfectly for all involved'. But that all got scrapped. I moved to more serious subjects. I still stick with the fanfic base though. In fact, I have only one story that I kept from back in the '5 girls meet 5 guys' days, mostly because it's part of a trilogy, so, I can't just get rid of it, but also to go back and see how my style has changed. I'd completed it by the time I was 19 and didn't pick up the 2nd story until I was about 21 or so, and it's amazing to me to see how much I've changed in just that amount of time.
My most recent venture involves Post-Revolutionary Colonial New England. It's NOT fanfic, and it's your clich? love story about a landowner and a slave. I have it planned out in 5 chapters (short story, obviously), and the first three were easy. The ending is already done. It's just getting there that's the problem.
As a matter of fact, that's always been my problem. I've never been the type to plot out a story ahead of time. Never. Always hated it. Even when it came to writing essays in school. Don't believe in outlines. Sorry. Anyway, as far as my writing goes, I have more fun when I don't even know what's going to happen next, when I let the characters write it themselves. Sometimes, I don't even know everything about a character until they tell me.
Unfortunately, I have 2 stories going right now that I know how they end. I know a few of the details in the middle. And I don't want to write it. While I do write for my fans (obviously, that's why I have the website), I write mostly for me. And if I know how the story ends, that's all that matters. On many, many stressful nights, I've considered just posting the summary of what goes down and saying "There ya go!", but I can never bring myself to do it.
Alright, so I'm freezing my ass off, because after all, I am from Buffalo. It's currently 18?F, but feels like 1? with the wind chill. So, in the words of Lewis Black (one of the funniest men alive), "Then it's 1?, asshole." Pardon the cursing, but, that's the line, and without it, it's not as effective.
One degree. Why? Why even bother recording the temperature anymore? Why even bother with that degree, why not just say it's zero? In fact, when it gets below say, 25?, we should just go with 0. You can't tell the difference at all.
Okay, so I'm gonna get going because I have some stuff to type up -oh yeah, I like the old fashioned style of writing my stuff out first, then typing, unless I've just finished typing up what I have and I wanna keep going, then I'll work directly on the computer- and then I gotta charge this battery up, then it's time for Ugly Betty. I hope you've all enjoyed my thorough introduction. Hopefully I'll be back later!
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dukeloath
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Hello,
My name is Martin. I am from Ayrshire, Scotland but currently living in Cambridge, England. My first degree is in Neuroscience from Glasgow University then I done my PhD at St. Andrews University and I am now a postdoc at Cambridge University.
I have gone through a bit of an intellectual revolution in the past few years. Initially my PhD was a means to an end - the end being a high-flying job in industry with the nice house and nice car. However, during the course of my PhD I was consumed by all things academic and began to enjoy thinking and psychology, which was rather fortunate as it was the subject matter of my PhD! I am now a fully fledged academic, which would have been a side-splitting notion if you had suggested it to me 7 years ago.
About 2 years ago I became aware of literature and what it had to offer, although this realisation was a slow process that has developed and intensified since then. I had read before but in a very cliched manner, in other words I read all the Irvine Welsh novels but then I was only reading the story, waiting for the gory bits, not actually reading. With the help of my girlfriend, I am learning to look beyond the literal meaning and I have even managed to achieve a sense of what an author is meaning to convey all on my own on a couple of occasions. Three quarks for Muster Martin!
Nuff said for now I think,
Goodnight,
M>.
My name is Martin. I am from Ayrshire, Scotland but currently living in Cambridge, England. My first degree is in Neuroscience from Glasgow University then I done my PhD at St. Andrews University and I am now a postdoc at Cambridge University.
I have gone through a bit of an intellectual revolution in the past few years. Initially my PhD was a means to an end - the end being a high-flying job in industry with the nice house and nice car. However, during the course of my PhD I was consumed by all things academic and began to enjoy thinking and psychology, which was rather fortunate as it was the subject matter of my PhD! I am now a fully fledged academic, which would have been a side-splitting notion if you had suggested it to me 7 years ago.
About 2 years ago I became aware of literature and what it had to offer, although this realisation was a slow process that has developed and intensified since then. I had read before but in a very cliched manner, in other words I read all the Irvine Welsh novels but then I was only reading the story, waiting for the gory bits, not actually reading. With the help of my girlfriend, I am learning to look beyond the literal meaning and I have even managed to achieve a sense of what an author is meaning to convey all on my own on a couple of occasions. Three quarks for Muster Martin!
Nuff said for now I think,
Goodnight,
M>.
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bplayfuli
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I suppose I should introduce myself, since I've been posting on here for a little while now. I'm 29, from Pickerington Ohio. I've been an LPN for 8 years and am 25 credit hours from a BA in Literature at The Ohio State University. I am still sad that we lost the Fiesta Bowl, but I have to say I saw it coming a mile away. Those SEC teams are just too stinkin fast!
I highly doubt I wll do much with my English degree. I have a job right now working with a nonprofit company that provides guardianship services for people with MR/DD. I had to take a pay cut for the job, but it is worth it. If I were out for money I would have stayed a Chemistry major & gone to pharmacy school as I first planned. I took two years of advanced math and chemistry only to change to an English major! And I've been much happier since then.
I did work in a nuclear pharmacy for 2 years, but no, I don't glow in the dark! I have some nice pictures of myself in front of my hood, which is layered in lead b/c I got it "hot". I loved that job, but the schedule stank. I had to leave there and work as a floor nurse so that I could go to school. I worked in an assisted living facility for four years, and simply adore working with the elderly. The long hours and demanding work load started to wear on me, though. That and the emotional toll. You get close to people when you take care of them for a few years, and when they die, it hurts. Sorry to be so morbid but it is true. I felt like it was time for a change, saw an ad for my new company, and here I am.
I highly doubt I wll do much with my English degree. I have a job right now working with a nonprofit company that provides guardianship services for people with MR/DD. I had to take a pay cut for the job, but it is worth it. If I were out for money I would have stayed a Chemistry major & gone to pharmacy school as I first planned. I took two years of advanced math and chemistry only to change to an English major! And I've been much happier since then.
I did work in a nuclear pharmacy for 2 years, but no, I don't glow in the dark! I have some nice pictures of myself in front of my hood, which is layered in lead b/c I got it "hot". I loved that job, but the schedule stank. I had to leave there and work as a floor nurse so that I could go to school. I worked in an assisted living facility for four years, and simply adore working with the elderly. The long hours and demanding work load started to wear on me, though. That and the emotional toll. You get close to people when you take care of them for a few years, and when they die, it hurts. Sorry to be so morbid but it is true. I felt like it was time for a change, saw an ad for my new company, and here I am.
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Hybrid.Rainbows
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I'm Juliette and I'm 15 turning 16. (Joy, such a great age huh?) And, I'm still pretty new to this I suppose. But, I live in Maryland and go to school. Nothing really special or whatever. I'm taking all AP and honors classes, along with Creative Writing, German, and Strings. Though, I'm shocked that I keep those grades. For the most part at lease.
I love music, reading, writing. And I am a huge anime/manga/video game nerd. Along with Rping of course. (Rping for those of you who don't know is Role Playing) I listen to music all the time, and I love all kinds. I listen to everything. I'm trying really hard to go to NYU. If I can't get into there, I'm going to one of their...hm, whats the word. "Pre" colleges. I guess, with my friend.
I'm pretty twisted at times. And I tend to write a lot with out meaning to. Like, I'm sure that you can tell now. I like to, elaborate on things. I can't spell to save my life, I use spell check. Thank god for it to. I read on a college level, and I always mess up the schools, because I'm probably to mature for my age. Ah well. I love love love horror movies. I'm a horror fanatic, and I've come across some.. odd nicknames. One of them being Zombie or Zombeh. I love bringing up touchy topics, and voicing my opinion. Though, its rather hard to find people to have intellectual conversations with here. I have a strong opinion, I just have a quite voice (for the most part) I can cause more pain when I write them down first.
I'm a dreamer, a lover and a fighter. I tend to get my head in the clouds. But that doesn't mean that I can't be pulled back down to earth. As you can tell, I ramble mindless words most of the time. So, I suppose I'll stop now. While I'm ahead.
I love music, reading, writing. And I am a huge anime/manga/video game nerd. Along with Rping of course. (Rping for those of you who don't know is Role Playing) I listen to music all the time, and I love all kinds. I listen to everything. I'm trying really hard to go to NYU. If I can't get into there, I'm going to one of their...hm, whats the word. "Pre" colleges. I guess, with my friend.
I'm pretty twisted at times. And I tend to write a lot with out meaning to. Like, I'm sure that you can tell now. I like to, elaborate on things. I can't spell to save my life, I use spell check. Thank god for it to. I read on a college level, and I always mess up the schools, because I'm probably to mature for my age. Ah well. I love love love horror movies. I'm a horror fanatic, and I've come across some.. odd nicknames. One of them being Zombie or Zombeh. I love bringing up touchy topics, and voicing my opinion. Though, its rather hard to find people to have intellectual conversations with here. I have a strong opinion, I just have a quite voice (for the most part) I can cause more pain when I write them down first.
I'm a dreamer, a lover and a fighter. I tend to get my head in the clouds. But that doesn't mean that I can't be pulled back down to earth. As you can tell, I ramble mindless words most of the time. So, I suppose I'll stop now. While I'm ahead.
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knightss
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awelker
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well what can i say about myself. i am 18 and a senior in h.s. i am really excited about this being my last year. i concider myself a huge dork because i like to read a lot and i like to watch jeopardy. my family makes fun of me all the time because of this.
the books that i read are really random. i read just about anything. a family friend reads a lot so when she is done she sends them to me. i have so many books to read and when i go into a book store i can't help but walk out with a book. i have two bookshelves filled with books. a lot of them are books that my grandma gave to read before she passed away.
other than that there isn't really much to say.
the books that i read are really random. i read just about anything. a family friend reads a lot so when she is done she sends them to me. i have so many books to read and when i go into a book store i can't help but walk out with a book. i have two bookshelves filled with books. a lot of them are books that my grandma gave to read before she passed away.
other than that there isn't really much to say.
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Hybrid.Rainbows
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haha. I don't think that you can fully stop being a nerd. It always will run in your veins. Um, I do a lot of different ones. I guess it depends on what mood I'm in. I'm on gaia, which is a forum rp website, that's were I do most of my rping I guess. I like a lot of animes too, right now my favorites are Loveless and Vampire Knight. It tends to changes. Psh, you can never get to old for anime.knightss wrote:haha i'm a huge nerd 2... or atleast was.. but it still runs in my veins. what rpgs do you play? and what anime do you like? I can't remember the last time i watched anime =/... i think i just told myself i was getting to old for it haha.
anime: favorite all time is cowboy bebop
And, I know what you mean. I read alot of random books to. If its good, I'll read it.
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sleepydumpling
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I am the same - I have boxes and boxes of unread books, I work for the largest public library service in the southern hemisphere... and yet I still buy books!awelker wrote:i have so many books to read and when i go into a book store i can't help but walk out with a book.
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inkcharmed
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sleepydumpling
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Ooh I'm off for a sticky beak at it now...
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LoveHatesYou
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Not funny, just honest- It does, and it facinates me, becuase I want to know why...daclawson2 wrote:LoveHatesYou wrote: - I am interested in how a man's shoulder's makes that line down to his neck and why it turns me on so.
That's all too funny, I like that about women.
"I am a slave to the wonders of the imagination and the cage of creativity." -E. Maggard
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knightss
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ohhh i just checked this site out, it seems pretty cool. i'm excited about signing up haha. thank you =)inkcharmed wrote:Maybe not the place to mention it, but thought I'd throw out here that I found a cool little site, sort of like a myspace for readers. Shelfari.com. You guys should check it out.
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inkcharmed
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