Name: Michael
Age: Early 20’s (because it would give away the year.)
Birthday: December 30th
Birthplace: North Carolina, US (the Bible Belt, and the horrible accent I was given...ugh)
Hair Color: Brown (curly and I straighten it sometimes so it's not overdone)
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 6’1”
Heritage: …Anglo-Saxon?
I have no idea. Caucasian.
If the site does end up closing or anything like that, I'll try to post a picture before the forum goes away.
Likes
Movies:
The Little Mermaid, Disney,
Moulin Rouge,
Gone With the Wind,
TransAmerica,
Beautiful Thing,
First Wives Club, the
Murder films (Jane Marple played by Margaret Rutherford),
Little Women (the Elizabeth Taylor version),
The Lord of the Rings,
South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut,
Kiki’s Delivery Service,
Whisper of the Heart
Books:
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,
Howl’s Moving Castle,
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Orson Scott Card (especially the
Ender and
Homcoming series), Agatha Christie (specifically
Jane Marple), Arthur Conan Doyle (specifically
Sherlock Holmes), Jane Austen, mythology/tales (anything from Greek Mythology to the Arabian Tales), T.H. White,
FAKE,
Catcher in the Rye,
The Canterbury Tales (had a class on it this spring; 'twas awesome!
)
TV:
Desperate Housewives,
Courage the Cowardly Dog,
Glee,
The Golden Girls,
American Idol (there's a lot of things I hate about it, but I enjoy watching the singers),
Ugly Betty,
Sailor Moon,
Digimon (season 1),
Supernatural,
Roseanne,
Frasier,
1 Girl 5 Gays (I’ve gotten addicted.
),
Tenchi Muyo/Universe,
South Park (early seasons),
Murder, She Wrote
Food: Home-made Macaroni and Cheese with thick noodles (Kraft sucks), Chicken Pie (without the vegetables--I don’t mind vegetables, but I’m picky about mixing my foods together), Chocolate Frosty’s from
Wendy’s, Rainbow Ice Cream, Fudge Royal Ice Cream (for those who don't know, it was basically vanilla with lots of chocolate syrup mixed in--like a banana split without the banana and cherry), Subway Sandwiches (with anything and everything), Pizza (of course) with Garlic, Apples (I prefer the green for the twangy taste and the red for peelings--the peelings are the best part!
), Cream Potatoes (with ketchup!), French Toast, Chunks of Cheese, Banana Nutbread, Sour-cream Pringles, Hushpuppies, Pumpkin Pie
Candy: Skittles, Bon-Bons, Airheads, Cream Drops (little chocolate triangles with sugar cream inside; my grandmother used to always have these so they remind me of her...plus they're amazing.
)
Drinks: Caffeine Free Diet Dr. Pepper, Papaya flavors, Crystal Light, Sprite, Surge (does anyone know whatever happened to this drink?
) ---* I haven’t drunk any alcohol yet, so I’ll get back to you when I find a job. ;p
Music: Billy Joel, Queen, Elton John, Josh Groban, Pink, Dolly Parton, Kelly Clarkson, Lady Gaga, the Dixie Chicks, Adele, Spice Girls, David Archuleta, Pia Toscano, Jordin Sparks, Darren Criss, Lea Michele, Christina Aguilera, Josh Turner, Mariah Carey, Utada Hikaru, Nobuo Uematsu, Stephen Sondheim, Alan Menken (of course), and many more, I'm sure.
Games:
Kingdom Hearts (and the rest of the series),
Final Fantasy IX (and the others),
Dual Hearts,
Psychonauts,
Mario,
Kirby
Animals: Cats, Owls, Foxes, Swans, Octopi, Snakes
Actors/Actresses: Meryl Streep, Angela Lansbury, Cate Blanchett, Vincent Price, Sally Field, Ian McKellan, Julie Walters, Maggie Smith, Felicity Huffman, Margert Rutherford, Tim Curry, Kristen Chenoweth, Colin Firth, Dixie Carter, Marcia Cross, David Gallagher, Jim Parson, Katherine MacGregor, Della Reese, Carol Burnett
Color: Crimson, Cyan, Silver, Emerald
Talents/Interests
Piano, Reading, Writing, Art (drawing, pastel, sketching, pen-and-ink, etc.--anything but painting or drafting)
Anything Else
I’m a Capricorn (or I used to be before they changed the dates--but I’m not changing!) and an Earth Dragon (Chinese Zodiak). I mostly don’t take these things seriously, but I do enjoy reading them occasionally.
Strangely, I like buying teapots, hourglasses, and
Aladdin-esque lamps.
Winter is my favorite season--though I prefer anything over Summer.
I'm an article editor (unpaid) at Kingdom Hearts Ultimania.
You might already know I'm an Agnostic Christian. Politically, I've always considered myself somewhat moderate, with liberal leanings of course (especially where it concerns human rights).
I used to play Trumpet in band when I was in Middle School. I had thought the band looked cool and asked my parents. Unfortunately, I never could catch on and I wanted to quit--but I had to wait several years because my parents paid a lot for that trumpet. :: In high school, I started taking piano lessons and it was easy for me to learn. ß That’s all strange because the Trumpet has three buttons and the piano has…how many keys?
I'm about to begin my last year of college for English with high school licensure. Student teaching is approaching...*afraid*
I have a dark/ironic humor, and sometimes make jokes that often come across harsher than they‘re meant.
Jay wrote:My friends and I have an official Movie Villainess Club.
I had a Disney Villain club in elementary school. Didn’t really last long. I was Ursula--of course. Had several other people who were Cruella, Medusa, Jafar, Scar and Hades. My trick question for people to get in was: “What’s Cinderella’s Stepmother’s name?” A: Lady Tremaine. Because most average people wouldn’t know that…:lol: It was all very bizarre.
milojthatch wrote:I'm interested in animation and wanted to do that as a career for so long, but the last decade have started to wonder if it could ever work out
I used to really want to do that when I was younger, and I would have except for two things: 1. The nearest college to me that offers an animation degree is a state away, 2. The fact that 2D is practically dying out in the US.
I always dreamed of doing work at Disney, but they don't do 2D anymore and I just don't care about 3D in that way. I thought about doing video game design for a while, but entertainment-related jobs are so uncertain. You might just waste your life away and end up nowhere. So I went with teaching English, so I could write in my spare time and read for the job. Plus, I love investing myself into helping others learn (main reason I want to be a parent), so teaching seemed to work for me. I might’ve went with nursing or veterinary work, but I can’t hold people/animals down when things need to happen because I‘m too empathetic (like a shot, or something like that).
Goliath wrote:Brave New World (Huxley)
I had to read that in 10th Grade (our class was split into groups with different books for each). Reading that was all sorts of hell. I had to use a dictionary every other word.
That said, it wasn't that bad, if it hadn't murdered my will to live for a few weeks.
Scarred4Life wrote:I’m a perfectionist.
I'm a bit of a perfectionist, too. That's why you'll see these super-long list posts where all the numbers have to be perfectly bolded, titles italicized, etc. Or would that be considered anal-retentive?
) And I’m also into the mangas Black Butler and Pandora Hearts, at the moment. 
