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Welcome to ANN, this is the introduction thread/Meet your fellow ANN forum goers. Feel free to answer any of the categories that you feel comfortable answering and if you want to post a picture go ahead. Also if you think there's a category not listed go ahead and put it down.

EDIT: The old introductions thread can be found here. I've converted it to a farewell thread, so use it if you must say goodbye to us. ~Zalis

Name: Lets just go with Delta for now, I am sure some of you already know my name thanks to Mr. Sexy voice.

Sex: Male

Blood Type: AB negative.

Location: Glendora, (just outside of LA) California

Marital Status: Single

Age: 21

Ethnicity:1/4 German, 1/4 Italian, 1/4 Czech and 1/8 English with a 1/8 Scottish.

Religion: Agnostic, I was a practicing Catholic for many year.

Pets: One cat, an all black cat that is quite large, he actually adopted me a few years ago.

Drink/Smoke: Drinks socially and doesn't smoke (except hookah on special occasion)

Likes: Posting, talking about Monster, starting threads on New shows. Comedy clubs, and big screen TV's and his automobile.

Dislikes: Uma Thurman's feet....did you see Kill Bill? I rest my case.

Favorite anime: Monster, Fullmetal Alchemist, Evangelion, GITS, Count of Monte Cristo,

Favorite Manga (Light novels): Naoki URASAWA's manga are basically all I read although I have enjoyed Kenshin manga along with Fullmetal Alchemist and the recently started enjoyed Blue Dragon RalΩGrado. Also loves all books/manga related to .hack.

Favorite Books:Timeline, Dracula, Lord of the Flies, Great Train Robbery, Rainbow Six, Catcher in the Rye, Count of Monte Cristo, d'Artagnan Romances (aka Three Musketeers/The man in the iron mask among other stories.)

Favorite game: Zelda II: Link's Adventure/Chrono Trigger/Final Fantasy VI (aka III in the states) probably the games that I have the fondest memories of. Although has enjoyed the new .hack//G.U. series.

Favorite TV shows/Movies: Pan's Labyrinth, Seven, Fight Club, Long Stock and two smoking barrels, Boondock Saints, The Office, 24, Heroes, Bad MTV reality shows, Mythbusters(Basically all Discovery shows), South Park, Around the Horn, Sport Center,Ultimate Fighter, The Soup.

Favorite Drink: Chocolate Vodka with a splash of club soda.

Non-Alcoholic Drink: Coke, Nesquik, and assorted Gatorade flavored drinks.

Favorite Foods: I've recently started enjoying the Japanese style of breakfast with Miso soup and rice, sometimes with salad, loves In and Out for lunch, and for dinner benihana, probably steak and shrimp. That would be a very good day of eats in Delta opinion. Also I just started getting into Sushi and its definitely different, somethings are good and some are really gross. BBQ Chicken Pizza, Ribs, Eggs and homemade French toast and hash browns.

Favorite Sites: Animenewsnetwork, Kotaku, Dave and Joel, Slickdeals, Ebay and is a Myspace junkie.

Favorite Sport (to watch):Hockey, Baseball, Football, Auto racing, (Formula One primarily) and UFC.

Favorite Sport (to play):Baseball, Track and Field, Football, I'd love to race cars, but bumper cars are still cool to me.

Favorite Music: I listen to a little bit of everything, but I do listen to a lot of emo, screamo, good ole rock, and I do love Techno remixes....has a love for Ace of Base also, along with bad music from the 80s.

Job: Demographic Traffic (and analysis) for Nissan.

Hobbies: Photography, Handguns, playing classic video games, snowboarding, relaxing on the beach playing some Frisbee, watching classic cinema (from way back in 1992 :wink:).

Fun facts about Delta:
:arrow: Has two fakes hibs
:arrow: Spent a year in a wheelchair (playing NES most of the time)
:arrow: Has a concaved chest
:arrow: Listen to Podcast (of all sort of varieties) probably more then normal music
:arrow: First concert was for Smash Mouth :oops:.
:arrow: Recently found a love in Handguns and loves the CZ-75BD.

Favorite Quotes: From the Count's pocket watch "Mors certa hora incerta."
Latin :Death is certain; its hour, uncertain

From Evangelion "But people can't really understand themselves, much less each other. Understanding 100 percent of anything is......impossible. That why we spend so much time trying to understand are own motivations, and those of others. That's what makes life so interesting.

Provehito In Altum: Latin for "dive into the unknown"

From Revelation Chapter 13 verse 1 and 4: And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. He had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on his horns, and on each head a blasphemous name. Men worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, "Who is like the beast? Who can make war against him?"

One of the final scenes with Eva and her doctor (from the series Monster):"People are so strange," "Sadness keeps fading away and only happy memories remain. People sure have a convenient make up" his answer; "That's why we can keep on living."

Pictures:A picture from last weekend.
Having some fun after work
One of boys and my Dad, the gentlemen on the far left in my sister bf.
Having a nice dinner with my buddies.
This is going to seem odd but here's me with Santa Claus....
This is a photo of my younger brother and myself at a wedding.

Many Edits later: Updated my profile with photos and lots of things....
 
Meet ANN

Sounds harmless enough.

Name: Alex

Sex: Male

Location: Currently in Boston, MA for school, but my heart is still back at home in Maplewood, MN (near St. Paul).

Marital Status: Single

Age: 22

Religion: Christian, Protestant I guess, but I don't think it's really important whether you're Protestant, Catholic, or Orthodox. I think it's rather unfortunate that politics and personal rivalries have made such divisions, but I think most people are able to get past these differences most of the time.

Drink/Smoke: Can't stand the taste of alcoholic drinks and I find smoking repulsive.

Likes: Music, music, and music. I may be on an anime forum, but I spend way more money and time on music than on anime. I mostly shop for used CDs since they're cheaper although I guess that doesn't support the artists. But most of the bands are broken up or something anyway. I still buy new CDs frequently, though. More often newer releases by bands that still exist. These three links should be able to give you a good idea about my taste in music if you explore them thoroughly enough. I also like to be very precise and over-analyze things. Well, maybe it's not so much something that I like as it's just something that I do. See? I'm being precise! I think this is why most of my recent posts have just been correcting factual errors. I like reading sci-fi and fantasy novels too I guess.

Dislikes: Bad music. I won't be any more specific so we don't need to start any ugly arguments or debates. Also, seafood.

Favorite anime: Full Metal Panic! & sequels

Favorite game: I'm not really much of a gamer. I tend to prefer real-time strategy Japanese style RPGs.

Fun facts about one3rd: Fun facts? I'm not so sure if there are any. I played in a band, now broken up, for about a year called Arsenal Of Venice. I don't feel bad about plugging it since the band is broken up! I left the band so I could attend music school in Boston and I should be done in December.

Pictures: I don't really have many pictures of myself. Here's one of me that looks like a disembodied head. I suppose it's fairly obvious that the picture was altered with some photo editing software.
 
Meet ANN / Tell us about Yourself.

I swear, everytime I'm gone for more than...8 hours, some strange new thread pops up. Oh well, I'll play.

Name: Let's stick with "frentymon".

Sex: Male

Location: Currently in Shanghai suffering as the heat gets exponentially worse every day (man, it was 27C the day before yesterday too, now it's ~36, bound to get even worse...)

Marital Status: single

Age: 16

Religion: Atheist

Drink/Smoke: The former recently only because in China no one cares about drinking age.

Likes: Anime, bishoujo games, manga, J-pop, seiyuu, Japanese cartoons, light novels, anything else that wasn't obvious enough already. Also, chess, music, useless organizational stuff like that Discussions Thread, looking at scenary.

Dislikes: Cynical people, heat, crowded trains.

Favorite anime: Kimi ga Nozomu Eien, Mai-HiME, Twelve Kingdoms, Zettai Shounen, Honey and Clover, Scrapped Princess.

Favorite Manga: Battle Royale, Bokurano, 20th Century Boys.

Favorite game: Starcraft, Pokemon series, Chrono Trigger.

Favorite Drink: Melon Soda.

Favorite Foods: Rice?

Favorite Sport: Tennis, badminton.

Favorite Music: Jazz, classical, J-pop (Halko, KOTOKO, Mami Kawada, Yui Horie, Yukari Tamura, Ayumi Hamasaki, Mikuni Shimokawa, Minami Kuribayashi, Yoko Takahashi, other people), rock, techno.

Fun facts: I actually find all the mundane forum-searching chart-making stuff I sometimes do here entertaining. Oh and I just watched Akagi and I agree that it's a manly-man anime for manly-men.
 
Meet ANN

Sounds harmless enough.

Name: Alex

Sex: Male

Location: Currently in Boston, MA for school, but my heart is still back at home in Maplewood, MN (near St. Paul).

Marital Status: Single

Age: 22

Religion: Christian, Protestant I guess, but I don't think it's really important whether you're Protestant, Catholic, or Orthodox. I think it's rather unfortunate that politics and personal rivalries have made such divisions, but I think most people are able to get past these differences most of the time.

Drink/Smoke: Can't stand the taste of alcoholic drinks and I find smoking repulsive.

Likes: Music, music, and music. I may be on an anime forum, but I spend way more money and time on music than on anime. I mostly shop for used CDs since they're cheaper although I guess that doesn't support the artists. But most of the bands are broken up or something anyway. I still buy new CDs frequently, though. More often newer releases by bands that still exist. These three links should be able to give you a good idea about my taste in music if you explore them thoroughly enough. I also like to be very precise and over-analyze things. Well, maybe it's not so much something that I like as it's just something that I do. See? I'm being precise! I think this is why most of my recent posts have just been correcting factual errors. I like reading sci-fi and fantasy novels too I guess.

Dislikes: Bad music. I won't be any more specific so we don't need to start any ugly arguments or debates. Also, seafood.

Favorite anime: Full Metal Panic! & sequels

Favorite game: I'm not really much of a gamer. I tend to prefer real-time strategy Japanese style RPGs.

Fun facts about one3rd: Fun facts? I'm not so sure if there are any. I played in a band, now broken up, for about a year called Arsenal Of Venice. I don't feel bad about plugging it since the band is broken up! I left the band so I could attend music school in Boston and I should be done in December.

Pictures: I don't really have many pictures of myself. Here's one of me that looks like a disembodied head. I suppose it's fairly obvious that the picture was altered with some photo editing software.
 
Well, with the "Introductions/Welcome" thread meeting its demise, guess it's time to do it again...

Name: Jeff

Gender: ♂

Blood type: O-

Location: Fairfax County, VA, for the time being anyways.

Age: 29.

Marital Status: Single.

Ethnicity: British, Irish, Scottish, Swedish, Welsh.

Religion: Lapsed Roman Catholic.

Drink/smoke: Have not smoked, nor do I ever plan on doing so. I drink only on occasion (to be social, birthday, New Year's).

Favorite music: Soft rock and oldies. However, I'm not picky, and listen to whatever others put on.

Favorite sports to watch: College sports, far and away, especially JMU football and college basketball. That, and MLB; With DC finally having a team of its own, I developed a surprisingly quick interest in the sport.

Favorite sport to play: Basketball.

Favorite games: SNES: Illusion of Gaia, Earthbound, Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger, Link to the Past; GB/GBC/GBA: the Dragon Warrior franchise, Link's Awakening, Oracle of Ages/Seasons (both of which remain unfinished ^_^').

Favorite anime: Azumanga Daioh, Berserk, Boogiepop Phantom, Cowboy Bebop, Elfen Lied, Haibane Renmei, Key the Metal Idol, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Now and Then, Here and There, Texhnolyze.

Favorite manga: Boogiepop, Excel Saga, and Hellsing to a large degree. Also, Cromartie High School and Neon Genesis Evangelion to a smaller degree.

Other animated interests: The Simpsons (for nostalgia's sake), The Venture Bros., Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, Space Ghost: Coast 2 Coast, The Critic.

Other non-animated interests: Stephen King's The Dark Tower series, history, geology, writing, and currency collecting (mostly bills, but some coins as well), as well as stuff pertaining to transportation.

Likes: Cool, cloudy days (no idea why); long drives in the (sadly decreasing) countryside; extra time; a good number of my interests noted above.

Dislikes: Indecisive people who still haven't made up their mind while they've been standing in line for five minutes; drivers who lack any kind of etiquette/courtesy; UPS; people who refuse to accept the virtues of hard work; state and federal legislatures that don't have the political onions to admit higher taxes are necessary to maintain a crumbling infrastructure.

Favorite food: Chinese food, pizza, occasionally Fuddrucker's.

Favorite drink: Jack and Coke.

Favorite non-alcoholic drink: Coca-Cola.

Education/employment: Got my associate's in foodservice management doing part-time classes while working full-time. After that, applied and was accepted to James Madison University to pick up my bachelor's in the same field. Currently employed (during summers and breaks) by a family restaurant chain that does the majority of its business in the northeast.

Favorite websites: ANN, CAA Zone (for discussion of JMU athletics)

Favorite quotes:
"If you're going to do something, do it right, or don't do it at all."

Fun facts about NGE1113:
Was quite the band geek back in high school. Converted from the trumpet to the euphonium, and made it onto three consecutive All-District Bands during high school.

Some marching band bloopers:
During a performance, I lost a shoe on the field. The result: two of the trombones playing behind me nearly went down after walking on it.

At one of the higher rated competitions, I somehow managed to wedge my shoe into one of triangular-shaped yard markers, and dragged it for ten to twenty feet.

From what others have told me, I've made it onto TV (CBS, Comcast Sports Net) twice in my life. The first occurred at a Georgetown basketball game in the 80's at the Capital Centre, back when the feed from nationally televised games was also used as the in-house CCTV feed. My father looked up at the center court TV screen, and saw me on camera as the camera crew faded in from a media timeout.

The other occurred in the winter of 2009, when JMU hosted George Mason. Following the victory, there was a rush at center court (first win in the last ten tries over our rival), but I got out there late. With no one else around me, I was easily visible on the camera pointed towards the huddle of students. I later learned from one of my roommates that his parents had seen me on TV. He saw it as well; for some reason, highlights from the game were broadcasted at Verizon Center during a Washington Capitals game that he attended.


Pictures: Sorry, not at this time.

EDITS:
Added a few things, rearranged and reordered some other things.
 
Well, why not. If Bamboo says she thinks it would be fun I can play along. I'm a sucker for cute women in authority. I'm the same as Delta, wanna know anything else (not sure why you would) just ask. Pics may or may not follow, gotta find some first then determine if I wanna embaress myelf that much.

Name: Redbeard, Mario Batali, Iron Chef Psycho, or just Sean

Sex: Male

Location: Maryland (USA)

Marital Status: In a relationship with a beautiful and wonderful woman.

Age: I'm 28

Ethnicity: About 60% Irish and 40% Scottish. It also seems someone in my family got into the Navajo wood pile.

Blood Type: I am O+ and I donate at least once a year, usually twice.

Pets: I live with my gf's 2 cats Sammy and Boo. My dog Frosty lives with my parents. When I moved out the last time (3rd time lol) I left her with them as they could use her company and vice versa. I live 10 minutes away so I see her plenty.

Drink/Smoke: I drink all the time but I'm not an alcoholic though. I just like to drink my liquor. Lots of people love soda, I love rum, vodka, and lots of other drinks. Don't smoke cigs but sometimes an occasional cigar.

Likes: Anime duh lol. I also like drinking, bowling, shooting pool, watching movies, collecting all sorts of junk (I'm a packrat), going to concerts, hanging with friends, making money, and my number one thing to do is cook. Pretty good at it too.

Dislikes: Arrogant people, back stabbing cheating people, alcoholics, any sort of bigot or racist, animal abusers, bugs (god I can't stand bugs), and people who needlessly waste food. Also dislike people who thrive on and love putting down others behind their backs but won't say anything to their faces. Like my ex gf Andrea for example.

Favorite anime: Oh My Goddess, "X", Haibane Renmei, Vampire Hunter D:Bloodlust, Fatal Fury, 12 Kingdoms, You're Under Arrest, Samurai X, Ninja Scroll, Ai Yori Aoshi, Getbackers, Black Lagoon, Kurau, Witchblade, Hellsing Ultimate, Claymore, Shuffle, Tehxnolyze, K-On, Clannad, and Street Fighter II V

Favorite Manga: Oh My Goddess, Ai Yori Aoshi, Saiyuki, Getbackers, Vampire Hunter D novels, Bleach, Black Lagoon, Lone Wolf and Cub books, Battle Vixens, Aria, Negima, Sundome, Rosario + Vampire, Blood Alone, Galaxy Angel, Deadman Wonderland, and Peepochoo.

Favorite console games: Max Payne 1 & 2, Resident Evil series, Silent Hill series, Halo (especially online), Forza Motorsport, Final Fantasy series, "Shining" RPG series, Lunar RPG games, FInal Fantasy series, FEAR, GTA IV, Wet, and NHL 10.

Favorite PC games: Diablo 2, any Sid Meier's game (pirates and civilization), Rappelz online, Command and Conquer franchise, Sims 2 & 3, the old Mechwarrior games, and Plants vs Zombies.

Favorite Bands: Nightwish, Lacuna Coil, Mindless Self Indulgence, Amaran, Within Temptation, Disturbed, Aerosmith, King Diamond, Iced Earth, Poets of the Fall, KMFDM, Kidney Thieves, Guano Apes, Jem, Linkin Park, Rob Zombie, Blind Guardian, Frank Sinatra, The Corrs, Bon Jovi, Lullacry, Miles Davis, Kamelot, Sick Puppies, Tea Party, and many many more.

Favorite Authors Jim Butcher, Kim Harrison, Laurel K Hamilton, Patricia Briggs, George Martin, R.A. Salvatore, Brian Jacques, Glen Cook, David Weber, Richard Laymon, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Bentley Little, Tom Clancy, Mercedes Lackey, and J.R. Tolkien.

Fun facts about the Psycho:
I wear pretty much nothing else but Hawaiian shirts in the summer and fall.

I have a fairly good sized historical weapons collection.

I love to cook and can make almost any kind of dish from any country.

I would love to one day learn Gaelic and Latin.

I plan to travel to a new spot around the world every 3 years once I turn 30. I wanna see the world (or what's left of it at that point).

I am an avid anime figure collector. Mostly resin and PVC models. My collection has expanded over the years to the point of needing it's own room.

Photos: So the old photo of me is no more. This one however is from a week ago at my friends wedding, I'm the second on the left. The one who looks like Mario Batali.

edit--- So after several years I figured it was time for an update.
 
Well, why not. If Bamboo says she thinks it would be fun I can play along. I'm a sucker for cute women in authority. I'm the same as Delta, wanna know anything else (not sure why you would) just ask. Pics may or may not follow, gotta find some first then determine if I wanna embaress myelf that much.

Name: Redbeard, Mario Batali, Iron Chef Psycho, or just Sean

Sex: Male

Location: Maryland (USA)

Marital Status: In a relationship with a beautiful and wonderful woman.

Age: I'm 28

Ethnicity: About 60% Irish and 40% Scottish. It also seems someone in my family got into the Navajo wood pile.

Blood Type: I am O+ and I donate at least once a year, usually twice.

Pets: I live with my gf's 2 cats Sammy and Boo. My dog Frosty lives with my parents. When I moved out the last time (3rd time lol) I left her with them as they could use her company and vice versa. I live 10 minutes away so I see her plenty.

Drink/Smoke: I drink all the time but I'm not an alcoholic though. I just like to drink my liquor. Lots of people love soda, I love rum, vodka, and lots of other drinks. Don't smoke cigs but sometimes an occasional cigar.

Likes: Anime duh lol. I also like drinking, bowling, shooting pool, watching movies, collecting all sorts of junk (I'm a packrat), going to concerts, hanging with friends, making money, and my number one thing to do is cook. Pretty good at it too.

Dislikes: Arrogant people, back stabbing cheating people, alcoholics, any sort of bigot or racist, animal abusers, bugs (god I can't stand bugs), and people who needlessly waste food. Also dislike people who thrive on and love putting down others behind their backs but won't say anything to their faces. Like my ex gf Andrea for example.

Favorite anime: Oh My Goddess, "X", Haibane Renmei, Vampire Hunter D:Bloodlust, Fatal Fury, 12 Kingdoms, You're Under Arrest, Samurai X, Ninja Scroll, Ai Yori Aoshi, Getbackers, Black Lagoon, Kurau, Witchblade, Hellsing Ultimate, Claymore, Shuffle, Tehxnolyze, K-On, Clannad, and Street Fighter II V

Favorite Manga: Oh My Goddess, Ai Yori Aoshi, Saiyuki, Getbackers, Vampire Hunter D novels, Bleach, Black Lagoon, Lone Wolf and Cub books, Battle Vixens, Aria, Negima, Sundome, Rosario + Vampire, Blood Alone, Galaxy Angel, Deadman Wonderland, and Peepochoo.

Favorite console games: Max Payne 1 & 2, Resident Evil series, Silent Hill series, Halo (especially online), Forza Motorsport, Final Fantasy series, "Shining" RPG series, Lunar RPG games, FInal Fantasy series, FEAR, GTA IV, Wet, and NHL 10.

Favorite PC games: Diablo 2, any Sid Meier's game (pirates and civilization), Rappelz online, Command and Conquer franchise, Sims 2 & 3, the old Mechwarrior games, and Plants vs Zombies.

Favorite Bands: Nightwish, Lacuna Coil, Mindless Self Indulgence, Amaran, Within Temptation, Disturbed, Aerosmith, King Diamond, Iced Earth, Poets of the Fall, KMFDM, Kidney Thieves, Guano Apes, Jem, Linkin Park, Rob Zombie, Blind Guardian, Frank Sinatra, The Corrs, Bon Jovi, Lullacry, Miles Davis, Kamelot, Sick Puppies, Tea Party, and many many more.

Favorite Authors Jim Butcher, Kim Harrison, Laurel K Hamilton, Patricia Briggs, George Martin, R.A. Salvatore, Brian Jacques, Glen Cook, David Weber, Richard Laymon, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Bentley Little, Tom Clancy, Mercedes Lackey, and J.R. Tolkien.

Fun facts about the Psycho:
I wear pretty much nothing else but Hawaiian shirts in the summer and fall.

I have a fairly good sized historical weapons collection.

I love to cook and can make almost any kind of dish from any country.

I would love to one day learn Gaelic and Latin.

I plan to travel to a new spot around the world every 3 years once I turn 30. I wanna see the world (or what's left of it at that point).

I am an avid anime figure collector. Mostly resin and PVC models. My collection has expanded over the years to the point of needing it's own room.

Photos: So the old photo of me is no more. This one however is from a week ago at my friends wedding, I'm the second on the left. The one who looks like Mario Batali.

edit--- So after several years I figured it was time for an update.
 
Name: Aaron.

Sex: Male.

Location: Manchester,UK.

Marital Status: Single.

Age: 26 in a couple of weeks.

Occupation: Science Teacher.

Drink/Smoke: Drink a lot, rarely. Can't stand smokers.

Likes: Watching anime, buying anime, sci-fi and fantasy books and movies, listening to most music, science.

Dislikes: Gangsta rap, boy bands, snobs.

Favorite anime: Anything with a Giant Robot in, anything by CLAMP also Elfen Lied, Last Exile, Nadia, Ah! My Goddess and Ghost in the Shell.

Favorite Manga: Angel Sanctuary, Please Save My Earth! and anything CLAMP.

Favorite games: Skies of Arcadia: Legends (GCN), Final Fantasy VII, VIII, IX (PS1) and Final Fantasy X (PS2).

Favorite Drink: Wine (sweet and fruity).

Favorite Foods: Fish and chips in curry sauce, pizza, lasagne, fried breakfast, anything sweet and sticky.

Favorite Book: A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, also anything by Terry Pratchett.

Favorite Sport: Football and Cricket.

Favorite Music: Anything that isn't Gangsta rap or sung by a boy band.

Fun facts about UKfan: I wear contact lenses but not many people know that, I've worked part time as a Butcher for the past 10 years, if I didn't spend all my money on anime I'd buy a telescope.
 
Oh, why not? Most of what I'm saying here is already available in my Staff Profile or the one done in Protoculture Addicts #90 (which also includes a slightly out-of-date photo) anyway.

Name: Theron (yes, really)
Sex: Male
Location: Indianapolis, IN (and, unlike Mylene, I wouldn't willingly live elsewhere).
Marital Status: Single and looking.
Age: 35
Religion: Non- now, originally Methodist.
Drink/Smoke: Never have and unlikely to ever start.
Likes (beyond anime/manga): American comic books, history, RPGs (especially Dungeons and Dragons), card and board games, fantasy football, big roller coasters, constantly peppy people.
Dislikes: Teenagers who insist "I'm grown" when when they still act quite immature, people who look at everything from a political viewpoint, country and gospel music.
Favorite anime: Key the Metal Idol (naturally!), Scrapped Princess, Twelve Kingdoms, Princess Mononoke, Fruits Basket, NGE.
Favorite Manga: Battle Angel Alita
Favorite (computer) game: Minesweeper, just about any incarnation of Civilization
Favorite Food: Pepperoni and sausage pizza from a small N. Indiana chain called Volcano's.
Favorite Book: Recently, The Twelve Kingdoms (yes, the novel that was the source for the anime) by Fuyumi Ono; all-time, Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Mariller and the works of Jane Auel (Clan of the Cave Bear, etc.) and Douglas Adams.
Favorite Sport: Pro football
Favorite Music: Primarily metal, '80s pop/rock, and anime soundtracks (especially Yuki Kajiura's work), but I can name favorites in just about any genre other than gospel. My current top pick is the soundtrack to Le Portrait de Petite Cossette.
Fun facts about Key:
- I am one generation removed from the farm on both sides of my family but did grow up in an area where some people, to this day, still use a horse and buggy for transportation.
- I teach high school Math (although that may soon be changing) and have often done it in classrooms where I was the only white person in the room.
- I have been writing adventures for the RPGA (Role Playing Gamers Association) since the early '90s and have had other D&D-related publications.
- I am allergic to chocolate.
- EDIT: In reference to NGE1113's post, I was also a dedicated "band geek" in HS. I was a mallet specialist, so I did pit percussion (those fancy sideline set-ups in field performances) or bass drum on the drum line as needed during marching band season. We did three major nationally-televised parades during my time, and my best blooper was falling over the front corner of a car parked on the edge of our practice field while backing up at full speed while wearing a bass drum. (I needed help to get back on my feet.)
 
Well, I'll give it a go...

Name: Lydia

Sex: Female

Location: Riverside, California

Marital Status: Single

Age: 38

Religion: I believe in God and when he wakes up from his day of rest, he's going to be very disappointed with the way we treat each other.

Smoke: Not unless I want my dad to kill me.

Drink: Not when beer tastes like a mouthfull of yeast and anything else causes my nose to go numb halfway through the glass.

Likes: reading, anime, doggy kisses (I still miss my dog! :cry: ), and lots of other things that I can't think of right now.

Dislikes: PEOPLE TALKING ON THEIR CELL PHONE WHILE THEY ARE GOING TO THE BATHROOM! I'm sorry but that is beyond disgusting! People talking on their cell phone but still expect me to help them find something.

Favorite Anime: If most of you don't know this about me by now, I'm very disappointed in all of you - Sailor Moon

Favorite Manga: See above! :D

Favorite Books: The Valdemar and Elemental Mage Series by Mercedes Lackey, The Honor Harringtion and Mutineers' Moon Series by David Weber, The Belgariad by David Eddings, Linda Howard, Nora Roberts, Stephanie Laurens and Katherine Kurtz.

Favorite Game: Not coordinated enough for video games.

Favorite Drink: Classic Coke

Favorite Food: Stuff I'm not supposed to eat anymore but forget do anyway.

Favorite Sport: Football and NASCAR - when I remember to watch.

Favorite Music: Pretty much anything except regge and rap. Duran Duran and I've recently discover Nightwish - symphonic Goth music!

Facts: I found out last November that I have a hypo-thyroid problem and last Janurary, I found out that I have gallstones, so between the two, I've lost 30 pounds :roll:, I still should loose more. :oops: Don't EVER get gallstones! You have to stop eating all of your favorite foods! :cry:

I have recently discover Gaiaonline. I've been running around kicking bushes and building puzzles trying to earn gold so I can furnish my "house" and I'm having fun doing that!
 
Meet ANN

If SakeChanBD approves, I'm in for it

Name: Andrea Ariza Acevedo Rodríguez Valdivieso Reyes Serrano Grandas Esteban, a.k.a Andrea Ariza, Saki or TestamentSaki. No, it's not a joke. I actually know 8 of my surnames.

Blood Type: O+. Confirmed.

Sex: Female, though my college pals tend to forget it and treat me as their equal (as a guy)

Location: Bogotá, Colombia (to my dismay). Born in Barranquilla, Colombia, raised in El Cerrejón (La Guajira, where the coal mines are)

Nationality/Ethniticty: Colombian, born and raised in the northern coast, but her ancestors are from Santander (northeastern Colombia). People think I'm North American due to my accent when I speak in español and my dominant English ^_^'.

Marital Status: Single, has never had a date, but is in no hurry to find someone.

Age: 21 (at the time of original post. Some people know my B-date)

Profession: (Lousy) Music student, forum/anime/soccer freak, cat raiser.

Religion: Half non-practicing Roman Catholic, half agnostic. Thanks, school!

Drink/Smoke: Rarely (if ever) has 1 beer. Hates cigarrettes with a passion.

Likes: Playing/writing/listening to music, soccer, drawing, browsing the Net/learning about new cultures/meeting people, cats, martial arts (stopped practicing ages ago but still loves it), cooking (for lots of people), some videogames, READING (began at age 3), good sarcastic humor, photography, listening to people, RPing and good ole doin' nothing.

Dislikes: Lies, insects (ESPECIALLY butterflies), BLUSHING, homework (studying), dogs (afraid of them), fish (except for sushi), most fruits (except a good ole cantaloupe), cigarettes and most smokers, swearing, crybabies, people who badmouth her country, traveling by car (motion sickness), volleyball, haughty people, being teased and some shoujo series (I'm Looking At You, Crybabies!).

Favorite anime: Captain Tsubasa, any Takahashi Yoichi work, FLCL, FMA, any Watsuki Nobuhiro work, Bleach.

Favorite manga: Any Takahashi Yoichi work, FLCL, Buso Renkin, Martian Successor Nadesico, Bleach.

Favorite game: Guilty Gear and Golden Sun. Also enjoyed the heck out of FIFA 2001 (best result: 32-0 in Intermediate against Paraguay with Japan) before the CD blew a gasket.

Favorite book/authors: Anything written by Stephen King (especially 'Salem's Lot and The Talisman, the His Dark Materials trilogy, any book written by J. Suzanne Frank, Chicken Soup for the Soul and about any book I can get my hands on.

Favorite food: Sushi, Colombian, Italian, Mexican, Chinese food, pizza (you guys gotta try it here ;)), cantaloupe melons, soups, meat (beef, pork), anything home-tasting, noodles, some vegetables (Broccoli is a fave). Hates chicken, fish (except in sushi), some seafood, fruit, offal, onions and pumpkins. Could never be vegetarian or vegan n_nU.

Favorite drink: Tea, water and an occasional Ginger Ale. Hates Coca-Cola and Pepsi with a passion.

Family: Mother and two cats, [b]Taro[/b] and [b]Misaki[/b].

Favorite sport: Soccer. Is a Junior de Barranquilla fan. Also enjoys basketball and martial arts (practiced basketball in high school in spite of her height and practiced Taek Won Do at age 6-7)

Favorite Music: Due to her career, she listens to a little bit of everything, but is addicted to J-MUSIC, 90's Spanish Rock, ballads, some metal (Especially DragonForce) and must listen to Classical Music. Current favorite song (and artist): The Meaning Of Truth -HIRO-X. Hates reggaeton, vallenato, plastic pop (Britney Spears and such) and anything that doesn't have a message in it.

Favorite Quote:
-Life is like a chocolate bar. Once you begin to enjoy it, it's over -Me.
-Kawaisou da yo ne... (pathetic). Dunno where I picked that from, but I'm always muttering it.

Fun (and true) facts:
-Was famous for a time in her country due to having won a National Orthography contest.
-Learned English before Spanish in spite of being Colombian.
-Learned to play the guitar at age 12 and the viola at age 18. Plays 4 instruments, sings and writes her own songs.
-Was considered a 'devil-worshipper' at her school because she loved anime, and ironically was the soloist in the choir (soprano).
-Wishes to go to Japan , Mexico, Spain and Argentina at least once in her life.
-An only child in real life, has an 'adopted' younger sibling in England.
-Diagnosed with hypothyroidism at age 16 and suffers from asthma too.
-Speaks English and Spanish, knows a little Italian and knows just a little bit of Japanese.
-Has been to the USA 4 times.
-Was left-handed, is now right-handed.
-Has to use glasses but does not since she needs new ones.
-Uses her piano bench as comic relief.
-Is the only woman in her group of friends that actually belongs to the group (meaning, she's not there because she's someone's girlfriend), but is treated as a guy at times.
-Learned Spanish in 8 years.
-Began to role play in 2006 and there is no stopping her.
-Quickest typer among her friends.
-Absolutely hates blushing.
-Ran out of ideas.

Picture: Her most decent pic yet
Her most RECENT picture (CAT EARS!)
With a friend she hadn't seen for 5 years
Childhood picture (When did this little girl turn into such an ugly hag?)
 
Name: Yeah, right. Like I want to tell you my real name :roll:
Sex: Male
Location: Texas
Marital Status: Everyday person who dreams of working in the media. Also a gamer.
Age: 15
Religion: Christianity
Drink/Smoke: I don't smoke or drink.
Likes: video games, hip-hop music in general, computer animation, 2D animation, drawing sketches, legoes, and parodies in particular
Dislike (the ones I underline are the ones I hate than just don't like): racists, bees, Jack Thompson, 4kids (after what they've done to One Piece), potatoes, having to hear babies cry, yaoi/yuri, pedophiles, emos, kawaii shows like Melody of Haruhi or Lucky Star, foul smells, gay pornography
Favorite anime & manga: No specific favorite. But I do like Dragon Ball Z, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Naruto, One Piece, Digimon, Afro Samurai, Death Note, Samurai Champloo, Transformers, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, and Gundam
Favorite Non-Anime: Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad, Boondocks, Spongebob Squarepants, Ripley's Believe It Or Not, Flava TV, South Park, My Gym Partner's a Monkey, X-Play, Futurama, Power Rangers
Most Loved games: Mario and any other nintendo franchise, Sonic, Megaman, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, any game that lets you play as your own Mii.
Favorite Drink: Big Red, Frostie, Dr. Pepper, cool-Aid, milk (it helps keep your bones strong, kids :wink: ), Fanta
Favorite Foods: pizza, spaghetti, sushi, eggrolls, any type of meat, broccoli, bananas
Favorite Sport: basketball, football, soccer, baseball
Favorite Music: Hihp-Hop, Rap, R&B, Pop, Rapcore, Horrorcore, a little J-Music, Old school hip-hop, and parody music (see: Wierd Al)
Most-Loved Musicians: 50cent, Justin Timberlake, Lil' John, Wu-Tang, TM Revolution, Wierd Al Yankovic, Bow Wow, Limp Bizkit, Gravediggaz, Necro, May-J, T-Pain, Three 6 Mafia, Panic At The Disco (only for their song I Write Sins Not Trageties), Eminem, Usher, Rick Ashley, Snoop Dogg, Beyonce, Christina Aguilera, Beat Crusaders, Linkin Park, Tupac (R.I.P. Tupac), Chris Brown, Tech N9ne, Nami Tamaki, Jesse Mccartney, and Outkast. Yeah, I have alot of favorited musicians.
Fun Facts: I not only want to do CGI but also be partr of the media industry and consider myself the "King of Action & Comedy". There are three shows I'm planning on doing in the future. Two of them will be action/comedy series. My first show will be base on my Power Rangers fan idea which will be done by Power Ranger fans and people who aren't fans of PR but I will actually hire (i.e. Trey Parker, the man behind South Park and Team Amerca, to be the sixth ranger of the show with his real name ,well, just Trey Parker. I'll also hire H.R.Giger to do certain baskgrounds in stages, if he's still alive I mean.). I'll also do a logn-running show about an anthropomorphic version of my dog. And my third show will be a sketch comedy that's a cross between other sketch comedies like Saturday Night Live, The Dave Chappelle Show, and Mad TV. And it will be named after my media studio. I'm also planning on doing a downloadable game based on my Paper Mario fan-idea as well. It'll be downloadable on my studio's site.
Pictures: I'll only put it up when certain changes are done to my appearance.
- I get a mohawk
- I grow muscles similar to Akon's muscles
- I wear mascaea. I know it's prettty strange for me to do that but I feel like it.
- I get an eyebrow piercing, bridge piercing and my ears pierced (or I can do a photo without any of these on.
 
Name: Dana
Sex: Female
Location: Southern California
Marital Status: Single
Age: mid 30s
Religion: Extreme agnostic
Education/Occupation: Bachelor's in Biology and English. Library copycataloger.
Drink/Smoke: I can drink a lot with my friends, but that's maybe once a month/2 months. I don't smoke.
Likes: Anime & manga (duh), shopping, reading everything, learning (but not in a classroom, just on my own), tidepools, dinosaurs, dining out, cooking, just relaxing with my friends
Dislikes: Homophobia, fundamentalists, interference of church and state, how reality TV overrides good TV, celery
Favorite anime: ROD OAV (I'm the real life Yomiko Readman; my apartment is made up of bookcases), Hajime no Ippo, Cowboy Bebop, Mononoke, Baccano!, Princess Tutu, RahXephon, Fruits Basket, Ouran High School, Yakitate!! Japan, Last Exile, 12 Kingdoms, Cross Game, Samurai Champloo, Azumanga Daioh (and Avatar, although this isn't an anime, exactly)
Favorite Manga: Love*Com, Naruto, FMA, Bleach, Fruits Basket, Ouran High School, Yakitate!! Japan, Paradise Kiss, Fake, Antique Bakery, One Piece
Favorite games: Computer: World of Warcraft (an 80 human mage and a bunch of alts), with a handful of lower characters) Board: Settlers of Catan
Favorite Drink: Beer (microbrews), water, or tea. My favorite beer is New Belgium Fat Tire. My favorite tea is Tazo Berryblossom or regular old genmaicha.
Favorite Foods: Uhhh... I like food. A lot. I love trying new foods, and I especially like flavorful ethnic foods: Indian, Japanese, dim sum (both Shanghai and Cantonese), Mexican, Greek. Anything spicy. Also junk food. For dessert, I love Beard Papa's vanilla cream puffs.
Favorite Book: Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. I also like... er... vampire/werewolf books... :oops:
Favorite Music: Mostly late 80s and early 90s alternative, although I really like a little of everything. I have like 2500+ songs in my iTunes, and that's not nearly all of my CDs.
Fun facts about kyokun703: I have 11 bookshelves in my one bedroom apartment filled with books and DVDs. I have a sporadic food sensitivity to onions, but it's not an allergy per se, according to an allergist. I'm a fourth generation Japanese-American. My major faults are that I'm lazy about a lot of things, I procrastinate, and I can be extremely introverted (I'm working on this last one).
Picture--it's a few years old.
 
Meet ANN

If SakeChanBD approves, I'm in for it

Name: Andrea Ariza Acevedo Rodríguez Valdivieso Reyes Serrano Grandas Esteban, a.k.a Andrea Ariza, Saki or TestamentSaki. No, it's not a joke. I actually know 8 of my surnames.

Blood Type: O+. Confirmed.

Sex: Female, though my college pals tend to forget it and treat me as their equal (as a guy)

Location: Bogotá, Colombia (to my dismay). Born in Barranquilla, Colombia, raised in El Cerrejón (La Guajira, where the coal mines are)

Nationality/Ethniticty: Colombian, born and raised in the northern coast, but her ancestors are from Santander (northeastern Colombia). People think I'm North American due to my accent when I speak in español and my dominant English ^_^'.

Marital Status: Single, has never had a date, but is in no hurry to find someone.

Age: 21 (at the time of original post. Some people know my B-date)

Profession: (Lousy) Music student, forum/anime/soccer freak, cat raiser.

Religion: Half non-practicing Roman Catholic, half agnostic. Thanks, school!

Drink/Smoke: Rarely (if ever) has 1 beer. Hates cigarrettes with a passion.

Likes: Playing/writing/listening to music, soccer, drawing, browsing the Net/learning about new cultures/meeting people, cats, martial arts (stopped practicing ages ago but still loves it), cooking (for lots of people), some videogames, READING (began at age 3), good sarcastic humor, photography, listening to people, RPing and good ole doin' nothing.

Dislikes: Lies, insects (ESPECIALLY butterflies), BLUSHING, homework (studying), dogs (afraid of them), fish (except for sushi), most fruits (except a good ole cantaloupe), cigarettes and most smokers, swearing, crybabies, people who badmouth her country, traveling by car (motion sickness), volleyball, haughty people, being teased and some shoujo series (I'm Looking At You, Crybabies!).

Favorite anime: Captain Tsubasa, any Takahashi Yoichi work, FLCL, FMA, any Watsuki Nobuhiro work, Bleach.

Favorite manga: Any Takahashi Yoichi work, FLCL, Buso Renkin, Martian Successor Nadesico, Bleach.

Favorite game: Guilty Gear and Golden Sun. Also enjoyed the heck out of FIFA 2001 (best result: 32-0 in Intermediate against Paraguay with Japan) before the CD blew a gasket.

Favorite book/authors: Anything written by Stephen King (especially 'Salem's Lot and The Talisman, the His Dark Materials trilogy, any book written by J. Suzanne Frank, Chicken Soup for the Soul and about any book I can get my hands on.

Favorite food: Sushi, Colombian, Italian, Mexican, Chinese food, pizza (you guys gotta try it here ;)), cantaloupe melons, soups, meat (beef, pork), anything home-tasting, noodles, some vegetables (Broccoli is a fave). Hates chicken, fish (except in sushi), some seafood, fruit, offal, onions and pumpkins. Could never be vegetarian or vegan n_nU.

Favorite drink: Tea, water and an occasional Ginger Ale. Hates Coca-Cola and Pepsi with a passion.

Family: Mother and two cats, [b]Taro[/b] and [b]Misaki[/b].

Favorite sport: Soccer. Is a Junior de Barranquilla fan. Also enjoys basketball and martial arts (practiced basketball in high school in spite of her height and practiced Taek Won Do at age 6-7)

Favorite Music: Due to her career, she listens to a little bit of everything, but is addicted to J-MUSIC, 90's Spanish Rock, ballads, some metal (Especially DragonForce) and must listen to Classical Music. Current favorite song (and artist): The Meaning Of Truth -HIRO-X. Hates reggaeton, vallenato, plastic pop (Britney Spears and such) and anything that doesn't have a message in it.

Favorite Quote:
-Life is like a chocolate bar. Once you begin to enjoy it, it's over -Me.
-Kawaisou da yo ne... (pathetic). Dunno where I picked that from, but I'm always muttering it.

Fun (and true) facts:
-Was famous for a time in her country due to having won a National Orthography contest.
-Learned English before Spanish in spite of being Colombian.
-Learned to play the guitar at age 12 and the viola at age 18. Plays 4 instruments, sings and writes her own songs.
-Was considered a 'devil-worshipper' at her school because she loved anime, and ironically was the soloist in the choir (soprano).
-Wishes to go to Japan , Mexico, Spain and Argentina at least once in her life.
-An only child in real life, has an 'adopted' younger sibling in England.
-Diagnosed with hypothyroidism at age 16 and suffers from asthma too.
-Speaks English and Spanish, knows a little Italian and knows just a little bit of Japanese.
-Has been to the USA 4 times.
-Was left-handed, is now right-handed.
-Has to use glasses but does not since she needs new ones.
-Uses her piano bench as comic relief.
-Is the only woman in her group of friends that actually belongs to the group (meaning, she's not there because she's someone's girlfriend), but is treated as a guy at times.
-Learned Spanish in 8 years.
-Began to role play in 2006 and there is no stopping her.
-Quickest typer among her friends.
-Absolutely hates blushing.
-Ran out of ideas.

Picture: Her most decent pic yet
Her most RECENT picture (CAT EARS!)
With a friend she hadn't seen for 5 years
Childhood picture (When did this little girl turn into such an ugly hag?)
 
psycho 101 said:
Name: Sean Patrick Michael Francis Tugwell (yes that really is it, see religion for explanation)
Religion: Roman Catholic (I'm confirmed hence the long name...it's a catholic thing)
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What, exactly, are the occasions for the extra naming? I've never really quite understood.
 
psycho 101 said:
Name: Sean Patrick Michael Francis Tugwell (yes that really is it, see religion for explanation)
Religion: Roman Catholic (I'm confirmed hence the long name...it's a catholic thing)
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What, exactly, are the occasions for the extra naming? I've never really quite understood.
 
Name: Ben is my nickname in RL, however my real name is not really that closely related to it. The only person on ANN who knows my real name is Steven, or Mr. theeunuch, owner of ann, to you, but I've made him swear he won't tell or else I'll swim to Australia and feed him to a crocodile. (BTW Happy Birthday, Steven, sounds like you had a rocky one, hope it gets better from here.)

Sex: Male

Location: West Texas, in a tiny little nowhere town that was, or is claimed to be, the site of the real first thanksgiving.

Marital Status: Single and currently not looking.

Age: 30... ish.

Religion: Christian/Babtist, and that's all I'm saying on this subject.

Drink/Smoke: Recovering alcoholic. I've had 3 noteworthy benders in the past year and a half but otherwise dry. I've smoked since I was 11 years old and it's not as violent a habit to break as drinking but it is harder somehow, but I am finally working towards it. Not so much for my health but it is getting to be one of my more expensive habits.

Likes: Spare time. It is my favorite thing in the world. Every year I look to see how I can manage to make more for myself. Whether it is multi-tasking at work or when I'm out running errands to get more things done at once or making strict "to do" lists for when I have a busy schedule, I will do almost anything to earn even one more free hour a week to do with as I please. *Edit: Oh and sex is nice too, really close second, although I suppose it was at #1 at some point in my life, maybe when I was in my twenties.

Dislikes: I dislike quite a few things but dishonesty is probably at the top. I mean I don't care about little white lies or some internet bragging, that's just expected, but I mean when someone I know does something dishonest that can potentially be hurtful in some way to someone, that really bothers me.

Favorite anime: Look here. And for once the list is updated and current.

Favorite Manga: Ranma 1/2, Gunslinger Girl, Fruits Basket, Ai Yori Aoshi, Hajime no Ippo, XXXholic, and a few others. I don't read a lot of manga so almost anything I read I guess you could call a favorite.

Favorite game: Hmm... Tough one, I haven't really been into gaming for a very long time. The last system I bought was an original X-box when that first came out and I think I played all of 4 games on it and used it a grand total of about a dozen times. Before that I did like the Zelda games from Nintendo though, so I guess you could call those my favorites.

Favorite Drink: Beer! I can't drink it, but it is still the best tasting stuff I have ever or will ever have. Some [bad] fathers give a small sip to children so they can know that it tastes awful and stay away from the stuff, my dad likes to tell the story of me tipping a can my first time at the age of 5 in such an experiment and me trying to chug it before it was forcefully taken away after a struggle. I love beer. Of course I haven't been drinking since the age of 5, just since middle school, but that is where my alcohol tale probably begins. I also love tequila, I love the flavor of it, I used to like to leave a shot in my mouth and swish it around a few times before swallowing because it tasted so delicious.

A close second favorite would be coffee, no fancy cappuccino, espresso, or latte, just plain black with no sugar or cream to take away from the flavor. However I've had ulcers since the age of 17 and just stopped drinking 5 years ago, coffee doesn't do me much better. Funny that I hate tea, no matter how it is made it just tastes awful to me, and to substitute both drinking beer and coffee I now drink Iced tea when out and about, and brewed hot tea in the mornings. This world is just bent on making my life not fun.

Favorite Foods: New England Clam Chowder (when it is made well), raw oysters on the half shell (when they are fresh), pizza (see my posts in the "anime is better than sex" topic), and sandwiches. I love sandwiches, just so many possibilities of meats, veggies, cheeses, other fillings and condiments and breads, simply delicious!

Favorite Book: I have so many here, maybe I'll go with favorite author instead. I love the works of John Steinbeck, just the raw emotions and characters that he builds are simply wonderful and sometimes terrible to read. I get lost in nearly all his works but my favorite of all would probably be East of Eden, there is just so much to this story, so much was put in and it still leaves room for a world of possibilities in how he shows how a cycle once started is not easily stopped. And probably the best part of all: timshel! I've read it at least half a dozen times and each time I still get drawn in. Just horrible and beautiful all at once.

Favorite Movie: Another one that is hard for me to really answer in just a few words, I love movies, but my favorite film of all time is an old Oliver Stone film titled Wall Street. I own that on Beta, VHS, and DVD. Somehow the storytelling and the way you just see the characters get lost in this world, like if it was a completely fictional one, instead of an imitation of life, it is just powerful. It also helps that I think Michael Douglas, pre-Traffic, was the best actor alive and used to watch any and every movie he made.

Favorite Sport: American football. Well watching it anyway, it's been some time since I actually played any sports or involved myself in any athletic activity unless you count that I walk my dog everyday. I like the NFL mostly, and my favorite team are the Dallas Cowboys, but I also follow a few college teams, Notre Dame and UCLA mostly.

Favorite Music: . Hmm, in this order: Rock, Blues, Classical, Metal, Jazz, Country, and some rap and random other styles. I like some R&B but it is not really my thing. A few of my favorite artists are the Beatles, Billy Joel, Stevie Ray Vaughan, B.B. King, Aretha Franklin, Mozart, Bach, Metallica, The White Stripes, Cypress Hill, Eminem, Shania Twain, George Strait, Garth Brooks, Cake, Sinatra, Blues Traveler, Bon Jovi, Brad Paisley, Poison, Sublime, Weezer, and many many more.

Fun facts about ben:
- I have written a number of short stories, and have co-created and co-written a few short films, some of them based on those same short stories. I have co-written a couple of screenplays for full length features, though neither has seen light yet. One that I was supposed to help write, based on an original idea I had, is now in pre-production and may come out in a couple of years.

- I also love live theatre and have spent time as actor, director, technical director, set design, and any number of other positions in different theatres since highschool, although I haven't done anything in this area in 6 years.

- I once managed a sort of gourmet Mexican food restaurant, the owner was a chef who had previously specialized in French food but adapted his style to his homeland food, most of it was really delicious.

- I also worked as a supervisor in a Casino at one point in my life managing a department that counted money, seriously all they did was count money, lots of it, all day.

- I was an English major in college and not only have my skills in this area severely diminished over the years but I have never once used them in any of my jobs.

Fun facts about "undeadben":

- undeadben is a username I came up with when I was in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer online fandom. Although I was only a lurker back then I used the name to sign up to sites that only allowed access to registered users. My favorite haunts were sites supporting a Buffy/Spike relationship as I have and forever will be a Spuffy fan and have since then always kept the same username anywhere I join since it is always available.

- as undeadben my most notable online time (aside from here) was spent in the Harry Potter fandom, something I am now just getting back into. I started while awaiting the release of book 5 and I used to love reading about all the different theories about what was coming up. I have come up with quite a few of my own and have written essays online at different places on topics such as a potential Hermione/Harry relationship, "Ginny is evil" theories, Dumbledore, Book 6, and a few lesser posts and theories on the Marauders, Horcruxes, Dumbledore is dead, and Harry Potter's chances of survival.

Pictures: Still only this one
I've emailed some friends to see if they can send me some of my more recent ones, If they reply I'll post a different one.

**edit** A few people have come through with some pics so I'll add them now. A couple of them were a bit too bizarre and a few had me pointing a middle finger at the camera so I've left those out.

I can't believe my own sister only has pictures of me at her wedding but still she sent me a shot, actually she sent me a shot with her in the center in her wedding gown but I've cropped her out: Me in the formal wear again

I don't know where this next one was taken but apparently it is a fairly recent shot: Extreme bushiness.

Here I'd just woken up at a friend's house and was headed to clean myself up when she snapped this shot: Just woken, not a pretty site.

Here is me in an unfamiliar environment, out in the Sun, well trying to stand in the shade it seems, and my hair's all wet for some reason, I think I'd just gotten out of the shower: Probably hadn't slept well in a few days either

And here I am at work, I think someone had snapped this one when I was just turning around, I usually try to keep my messy hair behind me: At work, so not happy. Actually I got a whole series of pictures of me at work but I think I've already posted enough of me.



Still not bored? I'm sure you are but just in case you really want to continue reading my boring drivel about my interests check out this post in an older similarly fun thread.

Edited a number of times now for a number of reasons.
 
Eh, why not.

Name: Nathan Bradely Maurer, but I go by Nate. There, I did it! :P
Gender: Male
Location: Bountiful, Utah, about 20 min. north of Salt Lake City
Marital or dating Status: Single to both
Age: 21
Religion: Mormon. Ineligible to serve a mission due to learning disabilities.
Drink/Smoke: If you're aware of my religion, you probably already know the answer to this one. :wink:
Favorite Music: Pretty much any form of Hard Rock. Metal and Grunge are probably my favorite types. Jazz and Symphonic music, in fact, I myself am a Trombone player.
Favorite Bands: Boy a lot! Here's my top 25 anyways: Tool, Black Sabbath (Ozzie Ozbourne and Dio in the same category), Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Nirvana, Dragonforce, Metallica, Guns 'N Roses, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Led Zeppelin, Jane's Addiction, Smashing Pumpkins, Linkin Park, Korn, Rammstein, Soundgarden, Rage Against The Machine, Queens of the Stone Age, The Offspring (their earlier stuff anyways), Foo Fighters, Disturbed, System of a Down, Rush, Lynard Skynard. And not even THAT'S everything!
Favorite Sports: Football, Basketball, and Baseball
Favorite Videogame Genres (in order): RPG, Platform, Fighting, 1st person shooter
Favorite videogames: Pretty much any RPG (Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger, and Xenogears being my favorites), Okami, Soul Calibur, Street Fighter, Legacy of Kain series, Devil May Cry, Legend of Zelda, Armored Core, God of War, Gears of War, Half-Life, Halo, Quake/Doom, Mechwarrior.
Favorite Anime/Manga Genres (in order): Shounen, Mech, Seinin
Favorite Anime: Here
Favorite Manga: Here
Other interests: Marvel Comics, TCGs, D&D, Movies, Computers, Cartoons in general.
Dislikes: DRIVING!!!! (believe it or not, I don't have a driver's liscence! 8O) Rap/hip-hop, country music, ignorance, Mindless sexual content in any form of entertainment, racism or any other kind of hate crime, people who act like jerks to me or other people, people in a grouchy mood, arrogance or people who are really snooty, being around people when they smoke
Interesting facts about Nate: I've played the Trombone in all of my school's bands since the 7th grade, am currently (well, I'm off for the summer now) in the Marching/Pep/Symphonic band at Weber State University, and played in Jazz band in both Jr. High and High school (don't in college because I can't fit it in my schedule). I commute to school (much like a lot of people who go to WSU) via bus. Working on general EDs right now, but plan to go into Computer Science. I've created lots of my own manga storylines, and when I can either learn how to draw anime/manga or find someone who can to do it for me, I plan on trying to get them published by Shonen Jump. And, as mentioned above, I have no driver's license, (never really wanted one anyways) and may not for a very long time.

Now here's my pic from the other thread. Just to clarify, I'm the one in the long hair standing behind my mom.

Here's also 2 more recent ones of me:

Me
Me and my 2 year old nephew and 7 year old niece

And here's one of me with shorter hair, just barely taken:

http://img46.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nateze4.jpg
 
Key said:
Location: Indianapolis, IN (and, unlike Mylene, I wouldn't willingly live elsewhere).
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It's not so much Indy as it is that I'm a country girl...I hate living in cities. Except for the whole broadband internet thing, I do rather like that feature. Gimme a smaller town like Lafayette, IN any day (since I can't have my country and my broadband at the same time). Smaller, less crime (I've only lived here a year and already had my home burglarized) and just an hour jaunt to the draws of the "big city." Plus there were better sources of anime up there.
 
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