July 2008- I'm back! Sorry for the long wait, all you aVitO fans (if there are any of you left...). I have been seriously addicted to DeviantArt.com and the visual art that goes with it. Go take a look if you like, most of my gallery is phanart. It's my homepage. ;)

I will try to finish aVitO asap. Whether or not I keep writing phanfics is up to the whims of my instructors and art muse. I do have some ideas, but I stink at fleshing plots out. We'll just have to wait and see.

Anyway, a little about me:

Name: I've had many over the years, including Lyss, Liz, Lizard, Lizkey, Joy Joy (don't ask -_-;;;), Midget, and Talon. Online, I'm usually SilverDrgnbane, although my new alias is the Phantom of the Salle.

Height: 5'1'' (Like I said, one of my nicknames is Midget, though technically you need to be under five feet to qualify as such.)

Weight: That's for me to know and you to not to.

Age: Legal (But not old enough to get a drink...)

Birthday: In May.

Gender: female

Zodiac: Gemini

Chinese Zodiac: Dragon (All hail the mighty dragon!)

Home: The U S of A!! (If you can guess my home state you get a prize!!)

Education: High school grad. Now in college, majoring in 3D animation/ modeling for video games.

Hobbies: Reading (duh!), writing (double duh!), drawing, watching movies, fencing, and day dreaming.

Things that make my day: getting a review (HINT HINT), getting a piece of art finished the way I like (whether it be sketches, video game sprites, or 3D models), finishing a chapter (usually through copious amounts of sugar and/or caffine at midnight), seeing something VERY funny or making something funny by way of my witty sarcasm, and seeing full moons, eclipses, lightning, rainbows, or any other natural phenomenon (no I am NOT a hippy!).

Where to find me: fictionpress.com (Silver Dracan), deviantart.com (SilverDrgnbane), gaiaonline.com (SilverDrgnbane), AIM (PhantomOfTheSal)

Favorites:

Books: Basically most classic novels including but not limited to The Phantom of the Opera (especially Phantom!), The Count of Monte Cristo, and any of the Sherlock Holmes novels. I also read fantasy novels, but only for the dragons! I'll read some sci fi, but I'm VERY picky. Pretty much the only scifi I've read are The Dragonriders of Pern and Dune serieses. I like some comic books and manga, but I'm also picky with those. The only manga I really read is Yu-Gi-Oh. Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings are good too. I recently picked up Stephen King's The Stand and actually liked it. I may read more of his books.

Movies: Wow, I like too many. If it includes a masked man (Phantom of the Opera...mmmmm...) I'll at least tolerate it, if not like it. This means I love superhero movies and comic book adaptations, even the old corny ones like the original Superman movies and The Phantom. Anything by Tim Burton is fine by me. My recent actor crush is Gerry Butler, so I've been obsessing over any movie he is in, including Dracula 2000 (Dracula), Reign of Fire (Creedy), and 300 (King Leonidas).

Sport: Fencing (ya know, the one with the swords and funny masks )

Animal: DRAGONS! (They're real! I just know it!)

Music: I'll tolerate anything except rap and R&B. I like Dragonforce, Nightwish, Creed, Enya, Michael Crawford, Sarah Brightman, classical stuff, movie soundtracks by Danny Elfman and Hans Zimmer, and any kind of music I can find that has anything to do with The Phantom of the Opera. (I am VERY obsessed with Phantom.) I also like music from Les Miserables, Sweeney Todd, and other Andrew Loyd Webber productions.

Actors (in no particular order): Gerard Butler (Phantom, Beowulf, King Leonidas), Michael Crawford (no, I'm not one of his raving fangirls, I just think he's insufferably cute ), Christian Bale (Batman, Quinn Abercromby with Gerry in Reign of Fire), Jonny Depp (need I say more?), Hugo Weaving (Elrond, V, Mr. SMITH!), Christopher Lambert (Highlander aka Conner McCloud, Lord Rayden), Alan Rickman (Prof. Snape), Hugh Jackman (Wolverine, Van Helsing), Bela Lugosi (Dracula), and Arnold Vosloo (the Mummy). You may not recognize some names. I have a thing for little known actors, like Gerry. I try to collect the few movies they are in, or at least see them.

Color: Black, shades of grey, red sometimes, teal blue if its with something I like.

Types of Stories: I like a good drama with suspense. Action is always a plus, but not a must. I really love stories that have main characters put through unbearable ammounts of pain, either physically or mentally (I really can get crazy at times...I'm so morbid...Expect to see this in my stories. I'll try to tone it down to a T rating!). This means I like angst. I recently began to apprieciate romance, mostly becuase of my Phantom obsession. I usually don't care if a story is a fantasy or scifi. If it includes the above material, I'll like it!

Video Games: I am VERY picky when it comes to this! I only like certain real-time and turn-based strategy, as well as a few RPGs. My favorite games of all time are Fire Emblem 1 and 2, Shining Force, Tales of Symphonia, the Age of Empires series including Age of Mythology, and the original format Pokemon games.