Hello everyone!

I've been having so much fun writing for this site that I sometimes wish that the computer would swallow me whole. Then I could write, listen to ITunes and watch YouTube whenever I wanted, and never have to worry about school or the troubles of life ever again. But since that can't happen, I just have to write and enjoy myself. And it's very easy to write, have fun and make new online friends with this site

I've got a bunch of stories up, I have several more I want to post, others that I want to write and a bunch of new boards that I've just discovered. The possibilities are endless here. I think this is the only site I enjoy surfing as much as YouTube. God, I love that site.

I think it's great there's a place online for people to share their creativity with those around them. I belong to one other message board dedicated to Nancy Drew and I write stories for that all the time. What happens on that one is that it's a message board about the series of Nancy Drew interactive PC games, all of which I have, and you can ask for hints on the games if you're stuck, chat about upcoming ones, and (my personal favorite) write alternate endings to the games. I've written several. The hard part is keeping people interested in them so that you can actually finish them. I've been having trouble with that lately. I wish I could do that here, and there is a Nancy Drew board, but I haven't done anything on it yet (keyword yet!) If any of you are interested in Nancy Drew, I'd definitely recommend some of the computer games. The company that makes them is Her Interactive. The website is www.herinteractive.com and they just revamped it a couple months ago, so you should go over and check it out.

One thing I really wish this website had was a music category, because as you can tell from my avatar, I'm a huge fan of Celtic Woman. I went to see them in concert one time and it was the best night of my life. And to my friend Asmodeus1389, when you come to my place soon, I will show you the autograph I have from them. I'm not bringing it to school; I don't want to lose it. I actually wrote a story based on one of their songs, "Caledonia," and I submitted it for my high school's literary magazine. That issue of the magazine came in first place!

Links:
Link to Celtic Thunder's "Remember Me, Recuerdame": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_NITHR6yuQ
Link to Celtic Woman's "At the Ceili": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwV3CzbeHKU

Some other little tidbits about myself:

Favorite books: Harry Potter, Narnia, Twilight, Mrs. Murphy Mysteries, Pendergast novels, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Burning Bright, The Other Boleyn Girl and To Kill a Mockingbird
Favorite authors: Tracy Chevalier, Philippa Gregory, Claire Messud and Rita Mae Brown
Favorite genres: Mystery and fantasy
Favorite movies: Harry Potter, Twilight, Lord of the Rings, National Treasure, National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets, Sahara, Seabiscuit, The Illusionist
Favorite music: Irish folk songs (I like a little bit of all genres of music, my ITunes library has everything, but Irish music is my favorite)
Favorite groups/artists: Celtic Woman, Celtic Thunder, The High Kings, Hayley Westenra, Enya
Favorite songs: Caledonia, The Sky and the Dawn and the Sun, Spanish Lady, You Raise Me Up, At the Ceili, The Soft Goodbye, She Moved Thru' the Fair, The Call, Ireland's Call, Heartland, Raggle Taggle Gypsy, The Black Velvet Band, Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore, Marie's Wedding, The Wild Rover, The Parting Glass, Shenandoah and The Water is Wide.
Favorite TV shows: NCIS, Grey's Anatomy, Dancing with the Stars
Favorite sport: Tennis
Favorite tennis players: Roger Federer, Andy Roddick, Dinara Safina and Maria Sharapova

Favorite quotes:

The universe is made of stories, not atoms.
--Muriel Rukeyser

Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy.
--Fiona Shaw

All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.
--Edmund Burke

Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master; thus your art may be, as it were, God's grandchild.
--Dante Alighieri

Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.
--Julie Andrews

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
--Anne Bradstreet

It is a sad fate for a man to die to well known to everyone else and still unknown to himself.
--Francis Bacon

Hermione: "You'll be okay Harry. You're a great wizard, you really are."
Harry: "I'm not as good as you."
Hermione: "Me, books and cleverness. There are more important things. Friendship and bravery."
--Harry Potter and Hermione Granger, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (movie)

Gimli: "What's happening out there?"
Legolas: "Shall I describe it to you? Or would you like me to find you a box?"
--Gimli and Legolas, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (movie)

"Of three things, I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him - and I didn't know how dominant that part may be - that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him."
--Bella Swan, Twilight (book and movie)

Esme: "Glad you're here, we need an umpire."
Emmett: "She thinks we cheat."
Esme: "I know you cheat."
--Esme Cullen and Emmett Cullen, Twilight (movie)

How many times must a man look up before he can see the sky?
How many ears must one many have before he can hear people cry?
How many deaths will it take 'til he knows that too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind.
The answer is blowing in the wind.
--"Blowing in the wind" by Peter, Paul and Mary

Let me tell you that I love you,
That I think about you all the time
Caledonia, you're calling me,
Now I'm going home.
But if I should become a stranger,
Know that it would make me more than sad.
Caledonia's been everything I've ever had.
--"Caledonia" by Celtic Woman

I am the dawn and the new day begun.
I bring you the morning, I bring you the sun.
I hold back the night and I open the skies.
I give light to the world, I give sight to your eyes.
From the first of all time, 'til time is undone,
Forever and ever and ever and ever,
And I am the dawn and the sky and the sun,
I am one with the One and I am the dawn.
--"The Sky and the Dawn and the Sun" by Celtic Woman

I pray you'll be our eyes,
And watch us where we go,
And help us to be wise,
In times when we don't know.
Let this be our prayer,
As we go our way.
Lead us to a place,
Guide us with your grace,
To a place where we'll be safe.
--"The Prayer" by Celtic Woman

"Sing out! Sing out!
Sing to the world.
Sing out, you will be heard!
Sing the message of the world.
Sing a new song to the world!
Sing out! Sing to the world!
--"Sing Out!" by Celtic Woman

Open your heart, I am calling you.
Right from the very start, your wounded heart was calling too.
Open your arms, you will find the answer when you answer to the call.
--"The Call" by Celtic Woman

We're all apart of one world.
We all can share the same dream.
And if you just reach out to me,
Then you will find, deep down inside,
I'm just like you.
--"One World" by Celtic Woman

Someday, life will be fairer,
Need will be rarer,
And greed will not pay.
Godspeed, this bright millenium,
Let it come
If we wish upon the moon.
One day, someday soon
--"Someday" by Celtic Woman

O, America, I hear you,
From your prairies to the sea.
From your mountains grand and all through this land,
You are beautiful to me.
--"O, America" by Celtic Woman

A ship there is and she sails the sea,
She's loaded deep, as deep can be.
But not so deep as the love I'm in,
I know not if I sink or swim.
--"The Water is Wide" by Hayley Westenra

A thiarna dean trocaire (Irish for Lord have mercy)
A Chriost dean trocaire (Irish for Christ have mercy)
A thiarna dean trocaire
A Chriost dean trocaire
--"Heartland" by Celtic Thunder

Like a bird without wings
That longs to be flying,
Like a motherless child
Left lonely and crying,
Like a song without words,
Like a world without music,
I wouldn't know what to do
I'd be lost without you
Watching over me.
--"A Bird without Wings" by Celtic Thunder

But since it fell into my lot,
That I should rise and you should not,
I'll gently rise and softly call,
Goodnight and joy be to you all.
So fell to me the parting glass,
And drink a health whate'er befalls.
And gently rise and softly call,
Goodnight and joy be to you all.
--"The Parting Glass" by The High Kings

I have tons more favorite quotes, I just can't think of them right now. I'll post them as soon as I think of them.

Keep a lookout for more of my stories in the future and review the ones you have read.