boredandtwitchy tips her hat in greeting

Hey all,

I actually don't like wearing hats...

I've been lurking/randomly posting for a bit, and I thought that it might be about time to actually give an introduction. I turned 23 back in January, and am about to retire from a long and difficult stint as a professional student (I'm graduating on May 26th with my MA degree, and I hope never to set foot into a classroom again as a student; setting foot into a classroom as a teacher on the other hand...). My drama addiction has grown recently, as I approach the reality that I have no job waiting for me after graduation, due to the fact that dramas help me both to relieve stress and to realize that things could be worse for me. I could be: a soul on a mission to collect three pure tears before the end of 49 days; a jaded police officer trying to solve the mystery surrounding my daughter's death; or hold a job that no one respects due to my gender. (And yes, I'm currently watching 49 Days, Crime Squad, and Manny--how'd you guess?) Anyway, the lesson here is: Unemployed Former Graduate Student is, for the most part, not a bad role to have in this world. My first drama was actually a Japanese one, Mei-chan no Shitsuji, which my best friend recommended to me during a particularly stressful finals period last year, and my first Korean drama was My Girlfriend is a Gumiho. So, I'm kind of new to this whole drama thing---please be gentle with me.

Apart from Korean pop culture (music and dramas), my interests are: anime (since I was thirteen); dinosaurs (since I was five because DINOSAURS ARE AWESOME [see my avatar image]); fantasy everything (novels, movies, etc.); geek culture in general (my dad is a huge Trekker, and his most prized position is a photo of him, me at the age of three, and Leonard Nimoy posing together at a convention. Yep, we're all doing the Vulcan salute.); general hippie liberalism; and excessive use of parentheses (in case that wasn't obvious--I've been told that I even often speak in parentheticals since I love going off on tangents).

TL; DR: Um, hi... Let's be friends?

hehhe.. i love 49 days ... :X ... Scheduler "drools.. anyways ... hi BNW .. your username is too long.. right i am too lazy to write the whole thing.. :D .. nice to meet you

*does the vulcan salute* live long and prosper!

Hahaha, thanks for the greetings, everyone! Also, I realized belatedly that "position" should be "possession". See, this is why I'm leaving academia--if I'm too lazy to edit forum posts, can you imagine how terrible I am at editing papers? BLEGH. My forum name is kind of long, but I've used it for almost 8 years now, and I've grown too attached to it to change it. Feel free to shorten it to your liking!

Hello Bat!

Bat seems like a good nickname, I'll use that if you don't mind. Your introduction was very interesting, so I wanted to welcome you to MDL from my part as well. :)

cris_mond wrote: My drama addiction has grown recently, as I approach the reality that I have no job waiting for me after graduation, due to the fact that dramas help me both to relieve stress and to realize that things could be worse for me.

I see, so you can use dramas as a form of therapy or stress reliever... Good to know. I'll try to graduate next year and I think my drama addiction will grow seriously next autumn when I'll have very few classes and I should be writing my master's thesis... *sigh* Anyway, congrats on your graduation (I'm sure you'll find a job) and have fun here in MDL! :)