Hullo, all.
New to the site, but not the the Wheel -- I first started reading when Eye of the World was first released (on the recommendation of my lab-partner in Advanced Biology, since we tended to finish everything before the others, so had time to read or doodle in the meantime), my only issue with them being the time between (of course -- that allowed for time to re-read them, so...). I fell out of reading them for awhile, but am catching back up now. Hard to pick a favorite characters, but I have fondness for Perrin (I appreciate the simple honesty he continues to put forth
), Lan (I appreciate a dry sense of humor), and Nynaeve, though I have fondness for Thom and a few others.
I came to the site, since a friend from college is in, and I've also been seeking ways to find people of like mind, since I am fairly isolated up here, and with being recently unemployed, even more isolated than I once was. Before I was 'let go', I was a software tester -- testing avionics software (primarily communications and navigation, though some displays), though I've tested other software as well. That's not to say it was what I wanted to do, but it paid the bills. If wishes worked, I would write and teach, but we'll see where the Pattern sends me now.
I'm a voracious reader, and love Tolkein, Narnia, Harry Potter, Valdemar (older more than the more recent books), the Wizard of Fourth Street books, the Cross-Time engineer books, the Spellsinger series, the Flinx series, and various other things (Deborah Harkness' new series is a good read, if dense). I love dumb movies (Mel Brooks), am a closet sappy romantic. I love music, with the exception of the bulk of rap & country, though there are some I find I like. I'm a mediocre and very inconsistent artist, but I can occasionally put out something I don't mind (avatar I doodled), usually with pen, ink, and colored pencils, but I've experimented with acrylics, too. I write stories, predominantly fantasy, though some slapstick fantasy sometimes creeps out of the mind, though I am as-of-yet unpublished. I play flute, soprano recorder, and have a tolerable singing voice, though my upper range is cutting back lately.
Anyway -- currently in the "Southern Tier" of New York (if you make a triangle on a map between Binghamton, Elmira, and Ithaca, you'll find me close to the center, sitting about with my cat.
That's about it from me for now!
Yours,
Gwenne
PS - Favorite creature: gryphons.
New to the site, but not the the Wheel -- I first started reading when Eye of the World was first released (on the recommendation of my lab-partner in Advanced Biology, since we tended to finish everything before the others, so had time to read or doodle in the meantime), my only issue with them being the time between (of course -- that allowed for time to re-read them, so...). I fell out of reading them for awhile, but am catching back up now. Hard to pick a favorite characters, but I have fondness for Perrin (I appreciate the simple honesty he continues to put forth
), Lan (I appreciate a dry sense of humor), and Nynaeve, though I have fondness for Thom and a few others.I came to the site, since a friend from college is in, and I've also been seeking ways to find people of like mind, since I am fairly isolated up here, and with being recently unemployed, even more isolated than I once was. Before I was 'let go', I was a software tester -- testing avionics software (primarily communications and navigation, though some displays), though I've tested other software as well. That's not to say it was what I wanted to do, but it paid the bills. If wishes worked, I would write and teach, but we'll see where the Pattern sends me now.
I'm a voracious reader, and love Tolkein, Narnia, Harry Potter, Valdemar (older more than the more recent books), the Wizard of Fourth Street books, the Cross-Time engineer books, the Spellsinger series, the Flinx series, and various other things (Deborah Harkness' new series is a good read, if dense). I love dumb movies (Mel Brooks), am a closet sappy romantic. I love music, with the exception of the bulk of rap & country, though there are some I find I like. I'm a mediocre and very inconsistent artist, but I can occasionally put out something I don't mind (avatar I doodled), usually with pen, ink, and colored pencils, but I've experimented with acrylics, too. I write stories, predominantly fantasy, though some slapstick fantasy sometimes creeps out of the mind, though I am as-of-yet unpublished. I play flute, soprano recorder, and have a tolerable singing voice, though my upper range is cutting back lately.
Anyway -- currently in the "Southern Tier" of New York (if you make a triangle on a map between Binghamton, Elmira, and Ithaca, you'll find me close to the center, sitting about with my cat.
That's about it from me for now!
Yours,
Gwenne
PS - Favorite creature: gryphons.
Love him!
If you need anything or have any questions, please don't hesitate to shoot me a visitor message! 
