Out of My Element, But Not Antagonistic

[Lady Macbeth]

Hi!

I'm Lady Macbeth, 25 years old (26 years old on the 25th of this month) and just finished with college. I'm married and have two cats and a dog.

I'm an artist and writer, and I spend most of my free time reading manga and watching anime. My favorite titles are unfortunately frowned upon, so I will not detail those here.

I found this website through a link on SerenityBuzz.com, the website for the Christian manga series "Serenity", and since I decided to contribute to the thread discussing that manga, I figured I'd better introduce myself as well.

For those who haven't read that thread, I'll say up front that I'm Pagan (hence the "Out of My Element" part of my subject line) but I am married to a Christian and I have no problems reading Christian material (hence the "But Not Antagonistic" part). I am very much interested in Christian views on life in general as well as anime and manga, so this seemed like a good place to start.

[Nate]

Coolness! Welcome to the boards, and don't worry, we don't bite. ^^ We're glad to have you with us, so sit back and relax!

But...watch out for Boo... <.< >.>

[Lady Macbeth]

Coolness! Welcome to the boards, and don't worry, we don't bite. ^^ We're glad to have you with us, so sit back and relax!

But...watch out for Boo... <.< >.>

My friend's cat is named Boo...

Probably not the Boo that you're talking about, though. Her Boo is a sweetheart.

[Nate]

Nah, just a running gag. XD

[Lady Macbeth]

Nah, just a running gag. XD

Running gags can be quite scary! If a person doesn't watch out, they'll run right over you!

[ShiroiHikari]

Hello~ Welcome to the boards. Good to have ya.

I write too

[bigsleepj]

Welcome, Lady Macbeth. Although, as Kae proved, we do not bite, we do tend to get very silly. I hope you don't get scared away. There's a lot of writers here so you'll feel right at home though.

As for running gags....
HONK! SCREEEEECH!
ZOCK!
(gets run over)
...they can hurt.

[Lady Macbeth]

Thanks for the welcome! I hope I'll get to know people here! I've been prowling around to find threads that I can post in, and reading up on the rules for each forum.

I do have one question - I found the Rules threads for most forums and topics, but I'm having trouble finding the rules for the Art Contests forum. Are the rules different and specific for each contest? For example, in the December Coloring Contest thread, I found the deadline by reading through the thread, but I couldn't find any other rules. I don't want to accidentally post wrong or break a rule by mistake.

Thanks all!

[Roy Mustang]

Welcome to the board.

*Hands out Chocolate Pocky and Ramnue Soda to our new member*

If you ever need to talk to someone, just send a pm.





Wingzero22

[shooraijin]

Thanks for the welcome! I hope I'll get to know people here! I've been prowling around to find threads that I can post in, and reading up on the rules for each forum.

I do have one question - I found the Rules threads for most forums and topics, but I'm having trouble finding the rules for the Art Contests forum. Are the rules different and specific for each contest? For example, in the December Coloring Contest thread, I found the deadline by reading through the thread, but I couldn't find any other rules. I don't want to accidentally post wrong or break a rule by mistake.

Thanks all!

As far as I know, yes, they are specific to those particular contests. They're run semi-officially, so feel free to ask whomever announces the next one any specific questions.

Hajimemashite. We certainly don't mind non-Christian users, and have had many such (and often active) users before and currently, as long as it's clear that Christianity is the official stance of the site. Otherwise, please enjoy yourself.

[Mikomi]

Welcome!

[Technomancer]

WElcome to the board, I hope you enjoy your time here.

[termyt]

Welcome aboard, Lady Macbeth. I hope you feel welcome here. Some of us can be rambunctious at times, but we usually mean well.

Well, that didn't come out right. So...
If that didn't scare you off, then glad to have you.

[Lady Macbeth]

Thanks for the welcome, everybody!

[Arnobius]

Welcome Lady Macbeth... I'd introduce my dog Spot, but I'm afraid you might tell him to get out

<runs from the lynch mob after making the awful pun>

[shooraijin]

Is that a ban button I see before me?

[Arnobius]

Tough crowd

[Lady Macbeth]

At least no one's accused me of killing the king! That's the one I usually get.

[uc pseudonym]

I generally don't welcome new users, but considering the number of your posts I've run across in this session I will make an exception.

Welcome to the forums; we're glad to have you with us. It looks as though you'll be a good contributer to our discussions here.

[Arnobius]

Curious about your avatar... is that Faye from Questionable Content or a work of your own?

[Lady Macbeth]

Curious about your avatar... is that Faye from Questionable Content or a work of your own?

Mine? It's a Yahoo!Avatar, cropped down to 80x80. In Yahoo!Mail you have a little avatar next to your name when you log in that you can change the hair, eyes, clothes, etc on - I just designed one to look like me.

Though my hair is dark brown now, not red. Even though I loved my red hair, I'm going back to my natural color so that I don't have to keep redying the roots.

My profile pic is the same Yahoo!Avatar, just zoomed out for a full length shot and compressed to fit file size limits.

[Icarus]

Curious about your avatar... is that Faye from Questionable Content

That was my first thought as well.

Welcome, Lady Macbeth. I should warn you that we tend to shorten names here. So pick a nick while the pickin's good, or you may be given one you may not prefer. Like I was.

I look forward to reading more of your posts.

[Lady Macbeth]

People tend to call me "Lady M" or "LM" on other boards...or whatever crosses their mind at the time. As long as you quote me when replying to something directly, I'll know who you're talking about.

[Arnobius]

People tend to call me "Lady M" or "LM" on other boards...or whatever crosses their mind at the time. As long as you quote me when replying to something directly, I'll know who you're talking about.

Not all nicknames are the best. Most people call me AH, but a few call me 'Heretic' which I could do without

[Lady Macbeth]

Not all nicknames are the best. Most people call me AH, but a few call me 'Heretic' which I could do without

I could see how that would be a problem. If I feel the need to shorten a name, I usually just grab the first part of the name, or the first letter of each part - in your case, either "Anime" or "AH".

But for the most part, I just type the whole thing out.

[uc pseudonym]

Not all nicknames are the best. Most people call me AH, but a few call me 'Heretic' which I could do without

For the most part in my experience people do not shorten only part of a name, but if they did, it is possible they could call you A Heretic, which would be a level worse.

On the subject of nicknames, I have acquired a ridiculous number of them. When I joined CAA, there was a much smaller character limit for the usernames, so I shortened "uncreative pseudonym" arbitrarily. That turned out to be a fateful decision.

[Mithrandir]

:lol: At least no one's accused me of killing the king! That's the one I usually get.

HEY! I accuse you of kill...

other members: It doesn't work now!!!

Oh...

On the subject of nicknames, I have acquired a ridiculous number of them. When I joined CAA, there was a much smaller character limit for the usernames, so I shortened "uncreative pseudonym" arbitrarily. That turned out to be a fateful decision.

I have a propensity to call him US for some reason. That became CS which became Clive Staples. I just call him clive now.

My nick usually gets shortened to Mith or Mithy. There are a few ways people could abuse it, but no one has figured them out yet, so I'm certainly not going to post them.

Anyway, welcome to the Nuthouse!


BTW: I'm surprised no one else said anything, but you appear to share a birthday with a very special friend of mine, though I admit I would hate to have to be upstaged by that every year.

[Lady Macbeth]

BTW: I'm surprised no one else said anything, but you appear to share a birthday with a very special friend of mine, though I admit I would hate to have to be upstaged by that every year.

Indeed I do. I was actually surprised that no one had mentioned it yet myself - I know the Department of Motor Vehicles, various jobs I've applied for, and most other applications that require my birthdate has at least one employee who has to mention it every time.

I'm used to it. And no, I don't get double presents.

[EireWolf]

No double presents?? Bummer. HEY! You should have an un-birthday party in June. That way you don't get gypped.

Oh yeah, and... Welcome! Hope you don't mind the slightly wet wolfish greeting.

[Radical Dreamer]

Hey there! Always nice to see a new uh...avatar on the boards! Haha! Anyways, glad you decided to join, and hope you have lots of fun while you're here! See you around!