"Yea, quiet as a mushroom did I wait..."
-Emilie Autumn

Hello there.   :D

I'm Neraida, Junior Chick in High School.

Now let's see. The first writings I ever did were song-like poems about my first crush(gag) and my love of storms in 1st and 2nd grade. In 3rd grade I wrote a story about space travelers and was invited to this Young Authors' Convention because of it. In 4th grade I got a poem published in the 2002 Edition of the Anthology of Poetry by Young Americans. Really my writing isn't all that good. I don't really like people I know to read my work, especially not outloud. So I don't really want to put it in my school's literary journal so I'll post things here instead!

I'm pretty quiet most of the time; one girl was even surprised that I spoke at all and we've had classes together since 8th grade. I just don't normally have anything to say and I'm a bit shy. But I don't like to think of it as shyness, just as more detached. Not that that's better, I just don't like people calling me shy. When I do talk, it's normally in some form of sarcasm or insult or joke so I probably come off as cold or rude but that's just how I am. It's hard not to talk sarcastically to people who aren't some of my best friends. But I'm actually pretty sweet most of the time.

I am also an Advanced Scuba Diver! I love shipwrecks; they're just so awesome! They're historical, beautiful and mysterious. Underwater, where basically the only sound is your rhythmic breathing, deep wrecks can be kind of eerie but it just adds to the fun. I also love dancing and acting. Weird that despite my quiet and 'shy' personality, I can actually put on a good strong performance. It's just too fun! And of course, I'm into reading. I really like the classics like Shakespere and Edgar Allan Poe. And although I like Poe, I prefer Southern Gothic literature to Classic Gothic. Southern Goth has more to do with the human mind which can be way scarier than 'Tell-Tale Heart' or 'Masque of the Red Death'. I'm in love with 'Yellow Wallpaper' by feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The writing style is way interesting as it's written in journal form and the writing deteriotates as the character's mind does.

Favorite Stuff ^-^

Favorite Food:
Buffalo Wings; Pork Dumplings; Snow Peas

Favorite Movies:

Freedom Writers; August Rush; Every Child is Special

Favorite Anime/Manga:
Naruto; Skip Beat; Prince of Tennis

Favorite Bands:
Linkin Park; Simple Plan; Within Temptation; Alanis Morrisette; Avril LaVigne; Nightwish; All American Rejects; Bruce Springsteen; Elton John; Saosin; Panic(!) at the Disco; Paramore; The Academy Is...; Emilie Autumn; Mindless Self Indulgence; The Birthday Massacre; Kamelot; A Love like Pi

Favorite Songs(of all time):
Papercut(LP); Untitled(SP); Jump(SP); Jungleland(Springsteen); Angels(WT); Hate Me(Blue October); The Poet and the Pendulum(Nightwish); Eva(Nightwish); American Pie(Don McLean); My Hometown(Springsteen); House at Pooh Corner; Build God, Then We'll Talk(P!ATD); My Heart(Paramore); You're Not Alone(Saosin); Voices(Saosin); This is Halloween(Marilyn Manson/Nightmare before Christmas); Let the Record Show(EA); Straight to Video(MSI); The Human Stain(Kamelot); Blue(TBM); Young Men(ALLP)

Favorite Book(s):
A Ring of Endless Light; Shadow Divers; Life as We Knew It

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Favorite School Subjects:
History; Dance; Design Technology
Favorite Color: All!

Favorite Animal:
Shark
Favorite Season:
Autumn
Fav. Female Anime/Manga Character:
Kyouko Mogami(Skip Beat)
Fav. Male Anime/Manga Character:
Shinji Ibu(Prince of Tennis)