Greetings Internet!

"On a dark and rainy night, a college student sat freezing in her dorm room and decided that blogging would be much more fun than blankly staring at a blinking underscore that cheerfully reminded her that her contributions to the essay had been her name, an awkward title and several spaces. For a flourishing dramatic use of white space. Or something like thing."

And so it begins.

Hi! I'm me. Here on the blog you may refer to me as "Reller" or the Mighty And Fierce Alyraptor. Perhaps as you gain experience and level up, you'll be granted access to more names.

Zing.

Not even one whole paragraph and I'm tossing out geeky remarks right and left. I feel your willingness to keep reading evaporate. WILL CHECK.

Ahahahaha.

At least I didn't make a Chuck Norris joke. And I totally could have. Eff Why Eye.

So, I, a humble denizen of the webbernets decided to make a blog. So before I leap into tangled rambles that leave people wondering what sort of awkward crazy being could have written such nonsense, I shall introduce you to the crazy person. ...In simpler words: "I'ma make an intro post".

I'm a college student. I moved from a small town in Missouri to the much larger city of Buffalo. Many people ask me why. I really don't have a simple answer for that. After all, Buffalo is windy, cold and the cars try to gun me down with terrifying persistence. The whole story of how on earth I ended up in Buffalo is quite the tale, and another blog entirely. But for most people, and for right now you, I just shrug awkwardly and say "I felt like it was the place to be for now".

Then I pay for my coffee and wander away wondering how that conversation even started.

I am currently a Theater major, though despite being a Sophomore (really a weird Freshman/Sophomore/Transfer hybrid) I've been an English Major (Psychology minor) and very briefly a double major for English and Psychology. I have several passions in terms of academia. Theater is one of them, and really it's just supposed to be a "for this year" major before I switch to become a Film and TV major. But who knows how that will go. The more I'm in Theater classes, the more I remember how much I like it. I'm silly like that.

Back home, in the relatively small town known only because of the university chilling there, I left behind quite a large family. Not in the "I have eight brothers and five sisters" big. That would be grounds for crossing the Atlantic. It's more of....My grandmother, aunts, uncle, and cousins and family friends all clustered around this one town. We're secretly vying for domination. But Shhhh, don't tell.

Also left behind is a nice handful of friends, stories of which will most likely pop up now and again. One of which is a certain Fox. No, not in the "a vaguely slutty vixen at the bar eying you over a martini" definition of Fox. That's just her name. She's a part of the reason I ended up here, typing away a rambling summary of Me at 9:30 pm.

Luckily, I'm not totally alone and isolated up here though. Slightly across the border is the Boyfriend, and his family, who do their best to make sure I don't die in the city. There is also the Roommate, who doubts my sanity on a daily basis. But I don't blame her. She's a Nutrition major. How is she supposed to know what to do when I start improving with myself or speaking in gibberish? I'm personally just glad she hasn't attempted homicide yet.

ANYWAY.


(That was my excuse of a transition. Spiffy, eh?)

I suppose, as a sort of warning, I'll briefly wander over the dangerous waters of "My Interests".

I love video games. Oh, how I love them. Specifically, I'm a bit of a rabid fan of Silent Hill. It's scary, it has zombies, it has plot and PSYCHOLOGICAL ELEMENTS?! I eat that stuff up. There's also the typical games that frequent the hearts of geeks everywhere, as well as a few odd cases. But I think Silent Hill is the one I'd mention the most. So. There you have it.

As a subnote, I also love graphic novels and comic books. Especially Batman. Mmm, grit.

My favorite author is usually Neil Gaiman. I say usually, because sometimes I'll be reading a series and decide THEY are the most awesome thing since sliced bread. But it usually goes back to Gaiman. J.K Rowling was the first author I ever worshiped, and Jim Butcher is the one I'm currently devouring the books of. Literally. I haven't read this fast in years. Serious props to him. Also to the Boyfriend for finding him for me.

I'm also a film geek. I grew up on movies. I believe one of my all time favorites is Jurassic Park, featuring the eyecandy called "Jeff Goldblum's Voice". That leads me to dinosaurs. I love them. I have a plush velociraptor named Moe, who is the guardian of my bed and sleeps with me when Boyfriend isn't accidentally throwing him in the laundry hamper.

I watch television, but not that frequently. Dollhouse was my great love (recently) and then it died. I still haven't completely recovered. Fringe however is and has been my favorite show in a long time and the only one to repeatedly tear me up.

I roleplay. Both online and tabletop. I wish I could find a LARP to join, but alas. Buffalo isn't that cool. Or it's holding back on me.

And finally, I had a long history as a Debate and Speech competitior in high school. It still holds a lot of weight in my life. And definitely fleshed out the stubborn, competitive bitch in me.

But that's another story.

And to close this long ramble, I welcome you to this blog, and bid you farewell for now.

See you soon!