So welcome to the wonderful world of me, thank you for tuning in. Anyway let's start off with the introduction, my name is Kayla and I'm currently enrolled in English 263: Introduction to the Novel - the Irish Tradition. I'm an Art Technology major who has a dutifully cultural crush on the "emerald isle", which is a good chunk of why I'm in this course. I spend a lot of time in front of my computer lately, which works out well for this class in all actuality, however its usually for a less academic reason and a much dorkier one. Video games take up much of my computer time while I'm not being a bigger nerd and reading web comics, by the way I enjoy being a nerd so if you read web comics and play mmorpgs pleas don't take offense. I do take time away from my games to do things like read and draw, both of which I enjoy very much.
Now when I signed up for this class, besides being overly excited about seeing ''Irish Tradition" in the title, I looked at it as a way to expand my current reading selection. Usually when I pick up a novel, especially of late, I'm picking up one of a series, a very long series knowing me. One prime example, and another point of my geekdom, is the Wheel of Time series. When I saw a fantastic world available with powers beyond the human comprehension full of a rich tapestry of history so convoluted that only the author knew what was really going on in the creation of the world I was entranced. Usually that's the way it goes for me, books that take something similar to our everyday world and turns it on its head just enough to look familiar makes me a very happy reader. Also the episodic multi-book story arcs draw me in giving me a chance to not only learn about a character but to learn to love, or just as often hate, a character. It makes me feel like I know a portion of the author every time that I'm given such an in depth view of a character. When it comes to a less fantastic novel I'm bigger on the quirky twisting excitement of novels like Da Vinci Code or The Last Symbol, which take our world and gives us a possibility that most of us have never thought of. Unfortunately this makes it nearly impossible for me to pick a singular novel that I love more than the others. Suffice it to say that I have a handful that I hold dear.
Now this is one of two English classes that I'm enrolled in this semester. The other is actually about the Entertainment Arts and is a lecture/discussion style class, which is more in line with my major. These are also the first two English courses that I've been a part of since I graduated high school, which was not last year. However in high school English was one of my favorite subjects and I took vastly more of them than I was required to. My favorite one had to be British Authors but that's mostly the fault of Mr. Shakespeare and Mr. Chaucer. Now I don't expect those classes to be much help to me in these classes but then again, you never know when some tidbit of 'useless' information will actually come in handy, trust me I know, I'm full of 'useless' info. Take for the fact that I've studied Ireland, its history and mythology mostly, for my own curiosity. I honestly bought the nonessential books just because I was interested in what they had to say. Also, last semester, I was enrolled in Gaelic, the older traditional national language of Ireland. We spent a portion of our time learning about the culture so we understood a little better what we were saying and why. It also helps that I have a bit of Irish in my family background. I'm pretty sure that's where my interest originally comes from.
I will admit, at this time, that I am a member of the online community known as Myspace and I have been for several years. I will also say I have no intention of moving over to the latecomer known as Facebook. As for where else I run around on the net besides the crazy video game chats and forums I can be found on most major messengers as well as a nice little program called IRC. IRC is a constant chat program that is connected to a vast number of severs on which you can usually find someone who wants to talk about something you're interested in. I'm usually on a sever called DarkMyst on which my friends act as moderators. If you have any idea what I'm talking about poke at me and we can see if we know any of the same people. Otherwise I can usually be found lurking around http://www.hulu.com/ catching up on the pop culture that I've missed during the week. All I have to say about Hulu is that that goodness for not needing to fight my family for the record feature on the cable box.
Now a brief interlude with one of my favorite scenes from one of my favorite movies starring some of my favorite actors which I believe everyone should have the pleasure of seeing. Can you tell that I really like this movie? (Please note that there is a small amount of swearing in this clip, it is recommended that you watch away from small children.)And if I ever do get the pleasure of going to Ireland to actually explore the country that has stolen at least a portion of my heart I plan on going to some of the more famous locations, as well as the ones that no one ever talks about. One of the most famous in Dublin is a place called Temple Pub, because you can't go to Dublin and not have a drink.
Well that, at least, is a good start to the introductions of who is the me that is not you. Hopefully I'm not too horrible that you never ever want to speak to me again, or read anything that I have to say. Maybe just maybe we'll walk out of this understanding just a bit more about each other, or maybe I'll be reminded why my blogs have never lasted very long in the past. Still thank you for your time and enjoy the rest of you day/night/week/period of time.
WS
