Posters: Introduce Yourselves Here

[Hydesland]

I am Hydesland. I am proudly British. I like economics and philosophy. I am better than you. Deal with it.

[St Bellamy]

You are now in the running for my favorite person, but I can't exactly give you the title until I know you better. Welcome!

Thanks ! (And now I'm heading off to a Scientology protest, heh.)

[Big Jim P]

Greetings. I am Jim. I have been here a long time, but how much longer I will be, I do not know. All you need to know about me is in my sig.

[Urelia]

My name is Rudolp
Nothing much to tell im a regular day student in austria and im pretty good with varios languages.

[Grenartia]

I'm Allison. I'm 25 years old and work as a cancer research nurse for phase I (first-in-man) clinical trials. Before switching to nursing, I was an East Asian studies major for three years; my foci were Japanese language and North Korean history. I love foreign language, history and travel. I have an absurd wanderlust that is squelched by my need to have, you know, a living. I plan extravagant trips in my head. I live in Nashville currently, but I have lived in Vermont, Ohio, California, Germany and Ghana. I have traveled all over Europe as well as a couple of countries in West Africa. My preferred method of transportation is train, and I'm not picky as to whether it's a freight train or a passenger train.

One of my big passions is protesting Scientology as I find them to be a very dangerous criminal cult; I've been protesting them every month since February 2008. They know who I am and have threatened me and my family. I met my boyfriend, our roommate and most of my local friends at Scientology protests. The three of us have two dogs (Bellamy and Zoë) and a snake (Monty), and we live in a frighteningly hipster part of Nashville. Frighteningly.

I am Mahayana Buddhist and a Libertarian.

*used to live in Nashville* *shudders*

[Dyakovo]

I'm Allison. I'm 25 years old and work as a cancer research nurse for phase I (first-in-man) clinical trials. Before switching to nursing, I was an East Asian studies major for three years; my foci were Japanese language and North Korean history. I love foreign language, history and travel. I have an absurd wanderlust that is squelched by my need to have, you know, a living. I plan extravagant trips in my head. I live in Nashville currently, but I have lived in Vermont, Ohio, California, Germany and Ghana. I have traveled all over Europe as well as a couple of countries in West Africa. My preferred method of transportation is train, and I'm not picky as to whether it's a freight train or a passenger train.

One of my big passions is protesting Scientology as I find them to be a very dangerous criminal cult; I've been protesting them every month since February 2008. They know who I am and have threatened me and my family. I met my boyfriend, our roommate and most of my local friends at Scientology protests. The three of us have two dogs (Bellamy and Zoë) and a snake (Monty), and we live in a frighteningly hipster part of Nashville. Frighteningly.

I am Mahayana Buddhist and a Libertarian.

*used to live in Nashville* *shudders*

Fix your post Gren (as I did in my response)... You put your response to St Bellamy inside the quote of what she said...

[Grenartia]

*used to live in Nashville* *shudders*

Fix your post Gren (as I did in my response)... You put your response to St Bellamy inside the quote of what she said...

Yeah I noticed that. In fact, I edited it at the same time you posted that.

[Charlotte Ryberg]

I'm Charlotte Ryberg, one of the UN/WA resolution writers. I'm a student in London doing Graphic Design. I also have interests on the London Underground and Urban Rail Transit, Hinduism, computing and computer gaming, paper money and politics.

What interests me in NationStates is the ability to imagine a democratic and alternative anti-big-brother country which could satisfy the needs of the modern generation without being too radical.

[The Nuclear Fist]

*nods politely*
Oh yes, I almost forgot to add something. Next month, I and a group of my friends will be travelling to the People's Republic of China.

[Nadkor]

My name is Jen, I'm 24 (although I will be 25 too soon for my liking), and I'm from Belfast, Northern Ireland, where I lived until I was 21. I live in Kingston Upon Hull, England, where I'm at university studying for an LLM in International Human Rights Law. I have undergraduate degrees in both Modern History and Law. I intend on doing another LLM, in European Public Law, if I can save enough over the summer, before going on to qualify as a solicitor.

I like music, football, drinking (beer and gin being the two usual culprits), smoking, sex, and most things generally entertaining. I very much enjoy sleeping. I also have an incredibly useless boyfriend.

I used to play hockey for a club in Northern Ireland (and was good), but then I got lazy and stopped.

I find myself interested in almost everything. I can speak French to a reasonable degree (although don't ask me to write anything), and most summers spend a few weeks in France with some friends. I'm a member of the UK Labour Party, and have been for a number of years. I wish I was better at maths (a subject I am useless at) so I could have done something more science-orientated. I tend to read on a fairly wide range of topics - law, music, history (ancient and modern), science, philosophy, politics...anything really. I love English literature, and used to have incredibly long conversations with one of my friends who studied it at uni about everything on her course. She could never understand how I knew just as much as her about it. I'm much more fun to be around than NSG would imagine, I think.

I like hiking. I once spent a month hiking around Argentina. Got pretty high up in the Andes, was fun. I also like volunteering. I spent a summer in a Romanian orphanage when I was 18, and spent the years of my Modern History degree volunteering on-and-off on a National Trust property (not one of the houses, a big farm) in Belfast

My favourite latin phrase is "tu stercorem pro cerebro habes".

Er...that's it? I think. I couldn't come close to defining myself, I prefer to leave that for other people.

[Maurepas]

The number of degrees you have at 24 makes me despair at 22,

[Nadkor]

The number of degrees you have at 24 makes me despair at 22,

I'm a degree collecting machine.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Hi, my name is Lydia. I'm 30, recently got married to an NSGer, Galloism, and moved to the state of Arkansas. I was born and raised in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain and lived for the better part of 2009 as Buffett & Colbert's neighbor in PR. I'm an art history major. I can also speak Spanish, French, English and I am mildly fluent in Japanese. I can understand and speak Catalonian, Galician and Asturian and if prodded, I can understand Italian, Portuguese and some Romanian. Maybe I should've gotten my degrees on languages.

I enjoy reading, writing (when the muses hit me) and listening to music. I worked as a protocol agent for the PM's house for 3 years and also did curating of furniture. History, especially Medieval and Renaissance, interest me greatly, and sometimes I draw. I do like watching anime, but since I'm on a budget, I can't buy any. I like to cook (who knew) and I want to think that I'm fun and approachable.

Nothing else to say.

[Katganistan]

I'm Rawrgirnia. I am 21, work at a K-12 school, and I am getting ready to go back to college to start my teaching degree. I just made my first post a couple days ago.. I'm too shy to post a lot! I'm liberal, vegetarian, and pretty sarcastic. And weird. Very weird.

Oof, welcome to the world of teaching. Start a thread if you want to commiserate -- we've a number of educators here.

[Katganistan]

Note to self: Avoid Dyakovo

Nah, don't avoid him. Even with the creepy animated baby-skull avatar, he's all right.

[Gravlen]

The number of degrees you have at 24 makes me despair at 22,

I'm a degree collecting machine.

To a certain degree, yes. Also, WRITE THAT IN FRENCH!!

[Nadkor]

I'm a degree collecting machine.

To a certain degree, yes. Also, WRITE THAT IN FRENCH!!

Je suis une machine pour rassemblement la qualification.

Possibly.

[Mad hatters in jeans]

The number of degrees you have at 24 makes me despair at 22,

i have 15 degrees in my room.
oh no wait it went down to 12

[The Blaatschapen]

The number of degrees you have at 24 makes me despair at 22,

i have 15 degrees in my room.
oh no wait it went down to 12

Switch to Fahrenheit to have more degrees

[Nadkor]

i have 15 degrees in my room.
oh no wait it went down to 12

Switch to Fahrenheit to have more degrees

Maybe that was Farenheit.

Christ, I hope not!

[The Deleted Chris]

My name is Jen, I'm 24 (although I will be 25 too soon for my liking), and I'm from Belfast, Northern Ireland, where I lived until I was 21. I live in Kingston Upon Hull, England, where I'm at university studying for an LLM in International Human Rights Law. I have undergraduate degrees in both Modern History and Law. I intend on doing another LLM, in European Public Law, if I can save enough over the summer, before going on to qualify as a solicitor.

I like music, football, drinking (beer and gin being the two usual culprits), smoking, sex, and most things generally entertaining. I very much enjoy sleeping. I also have an incredibly useless boyfriend.

I used to play hockey for a club in Northern Ireland (and was good), but then I got lazy and stopped.

I find myself interested in almost everything. I can speak French to a reasonable degree (although don't ask me to write anything), and most summers spend a few weeks in France with some friends. I'm a member of the UK Labour Party, and have been for a number of years. I wish I was better at maths (a subject I am useless at) so I could have done something more science-orientated. I tend to read on a fairly wide range of topics - law, music, history (ancient and modern), science, philosophy, politics...anything really. I love English literature, and used to have incredibly long conversations with one of my friends who studied it at uni about everything on her course. She could never understand how I knew just as much as her about it. I'm much more fun to be around than NSG would imagine, I think.

I like hiking. I once spent a month hiking around Argentina. Got pretty high up in the Andes, was fun. I also like volunteering. I spent a summer in a Romanian orphanage when I was 18, and spent the years of my Modern History degree volunteering on-and-off on a National Trust property (not one of the houses, a big farm) in Belfast

My favourite latin phrase is "tu stercorem pro cerebro habes".

Er...that's it? I think. I couldn't come close to defining myself, I prefer to leave that for other people.

I'd echo that.

And bloody hell you make me feel lazy.

[The Blaatschapen]

Switch to Fahrenheit to have more degrees

Maybe that was Farenheit.

Christ, I hope not!

Still better than degrees Kelvin. In which case he's a cool dude. A very cool dude.

[Alevuss]

I am Alevuss. I live in the USA, and I've been on NS for almost a year now. I've been learning to play the piano since August, with hopes of joining my friend's band once I have a few years of experience under my belt. I joined NS because I was looking for an accurate, but fairly simple, nation simulator, and NS seemed to fit the discription. I tend to mostly hang around in F7 and Factbooks and Information, though you may find me occasionally in General, Arts and Fiction, and maybe even International Incidents. I am a big fan of anime, manga, and japanese culture. I also hope to see other countries one day. I hope that newcomers find me easy to get-along with.

[The Norwegian Blue]

Hi, my name is Lydia.

It is always really startling to me when a prolific poster suddenly acquires a real-life name. I think it's that I don't really notice that I didn't know their name until I do, and then I have the strange mental readjustment of telling myself, "Ohhhhhh, yeah, people do typically have names. Right. I forgot."

[Sarkhaan]

Hi, my name is Lydia.

It is always really startling to me when a prolific poster suddenly acquires a real-life name. I think it's that I don't really notice that I didn't know their name until I do, and then I have the strange mental readjustment of telling myself, "Ohhhhhh, yeah, people do typically have names. Right. I forgot."

I still call Neo Art by "Neo" half the time, even when we are sitting across from each other eating.