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Ooh, a shy person guild! Does that mean everyone will be polite and courteous? I hope so...
I don't remember if I'm new, but I was off for a while. Now I'm active again, so Hello Everyone!

....hi....

Um. I can't think at six in the morning, so I'm going to copy and paste my intro post from another forum.

My name, as you already know, is Dante the Viking. I also go by Harlequin, which if you know the original Italian definition of the word, suits me very well indeed. I was born in Kansas to an interracial husband and wife, and when I was one we left Kansas for the more tolerant suburbs of California. I lived in California for seventeen years, unfortunately. My father was the recovery pastor at our church during that span of time, and he is also a psychologist with a degree in marriage counseling. Two years ago, now, we moved to Russia to work with a church here. My father is going to be training pastors to counsel recovering addicts and alchoholics.

I have clinical depression, Attention Deficit Disorder, and agoraphobia. On a more uplighting note, I am an aspiring author. I spend most of my time writing, reading, or watching films because it helps me learn about different aspects of telling a story. I also play a lot of video games and spend time online on roleplaying forums or researching a few...cryptozoological topics. I am 18 years old, and instead of the labels I am stuck with ("nerd", "geek", "loner", "Mister Nocrowds") I prefer to think of myself as a flaneur. See the newest Lemony Snicket book.

I want to be a writer when I grow up, and my current plan for myself is to finish the two years of Russian-language-classes I am taking, go to the University of New Mexico to major in Creative Writing and Russian, and then return to Russia and live there until I die. I administrate a roleplaying forum and spend a lot of time participating on other forums where I enjoy varying levels of popularity due to my odd sense of humor and rather gentle nature.

In real life I am quiet, shy, neurotic, and clingy. I don't make friends easily, but once a person is my friend I am very loyal to that person. My faith plays a large role in my life, and most of the time when I'm not at home I'm at the church helping to clean or set up for an upcoming service/event. I don't watch nearly as much television as I used to,which is unrelated to the church subject but still something I decided to mention for no real reason.

My favorite films are Labyrinth, Nightmare Before Christmas, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and The Corpse Bride. I am also a hopeless Godzilla movie fan.

Oh, you can call me Nathan if you like.

Hi... um... how much should I say...

Well, I'm 18, I'm kind, I'm into all kinds of science and quantum physics and stuff, I like making my own fashions and playing video games (RPGs), I'm shy of course... I have a extreme anxiety disorder in a larger rare mental illness that I've had since birth, so I'm strange because I grew up with psychosis and extreme anxiety and all that fun stuff. I didn't go to school, except for a little bit in elementary school, so I'm self taught... I'm on disability... I don't know. I probably like you. I'm interested in other people, I just can't talk to them.

Hi?

Hello Everyone,

I'm an old member of the guild, but I left gaia a long time ago and recently came back, so I thought I would reintroduce myself.

My name is Ashlen, I'm 27 and I've been shy as far back as I can remember. Although I've been pushing myself to socialize more lately, I think I will always be shy.

Anyway, great to meet everyone (and some of you, great to see you again).

Hello everyone. biggrin

Bwahaha.