Introductions...

So I guess introductions are in order.

I am me.

Will that do??? Probably not although it is true people normally like to know more about an individual other than that they exist. Hmmm.....

Well my name is Melanie, my surname is famous in British history seeing as I'm a direct descendant of Sir William Wilberforce. I've been nicknamed many things but most of them included the words mad or mental in some form. Here's a sample:

Loon!
loony
loonylass
loonalee
M
Madmel
Melünia (Eric_the_girl insists it has to have the umlaut)
Mentalmel
Mental Spice (argh!)
Mixed up spice (double argh though more original)
The Mental One
TMO

I've also been known by many other names such as Thera, Pthia, Gwyddor, Vendaval, Meridwen and more from the many characters I keep going for various roleplays, they're all little bits of me so I can never feel too lonely, I also have various nicks on several chat progs/servers from aim to dalnet (erm actually I think I'm still banned from dalnet )

I live in Guildford which is near enough to London to be handy and far enough away to be nice I have in the past lived in many other places, these place include several in the UK, several in Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, and Finland. I went to fourteen different schools, two of which were boarding schools and one was girls only "ARGH!" I hear you say...well it wasn't nice, but I've never been expelled, I was suspended once but that was for hitting someone and breaking a couple of bones - his not mine. In my defence he was the school bully and 8 years older than me, I've since learnt to control my temper

I was born the year Star Wars was released in the cinema originally, it's also the year that is the title of an ASH song, and the year Bat out of Hell is copyrighted. The day and month are the same as the Bat out of Hell II album is copyrighted. Those who've bothered to look these things are even weirder than me (I salute you - and if you know them without needing to you must have freaky eidetic memory) will know what my birthdate is and can work out how old I am, failing that you can find out by asking me or finding a forum I post on...or a website or something...

I am a geek, a goth, a gamer...and a girl. I like playing with my computer and if I have money I tend to go for an upgrade. Sometimes I'll buy comics, I collect comics. Or a game for my pc one of my many consoles, a boardgame, some rpg sourcebook or even a pack of tcg cards, or I may spend some money on lrp gear. Of course I usually don't have any money because I bought a flat and work for the NHS

I've played every form of hockey known to mankind and sadly ended up injured with a knee that's been operated on, major bummer as it means I need to try and lose weight and regain my fitness now I can walk again.

I'm trying to learn Japanese, partly because I then won't have to worry about subtitles ever again and partly because I simply wanted to, the language after that will be Cantonese and then maybe Mandarin (then maybe I'll brush up on some of the European languages I kinda know a little from living in a lot of different countries).

I teach sailing, I've been taught fencing (foil, epee and sabre, but also broadsword), I enjoy archery, I read a lot and watch movies. I tend to be into sci-fi/fantasy and martial arts so a lot of my book and movie collections reflect this.

I've been paid to draw/paint and use various materials from pastels through to silk painting in various styles from a style that's all my own through to comic and manga but it's just a hobby really.

I do a lot of things, and I have an obssessive personality in some ways... If you feel I've failed in some way and you still want to know more you can always ask me, I don't bite (unless you want me too )...