I'm 24, have a two year old son and work at resturaunt. I love reading(wouldn't be here if I didn't) and have a reasonable collection of books and mangas. I'm not reading anything right now, but I've read Love Hina, Video Girl Ai, Rouroni Kenshin, Sensual Phrase, Hot Gimmick, Trigun, some Hellsing, Full Metal Alchemist, and Chibi Vampire. Also, I'm a big fan of Naruto. I like marvel comics, but I'm only trying to follow Ultimate Spider-Man at the moment.
I also enjoy watching movies and televsion, I gave up trying to list favorite movies, but my favorie shows are Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and House. I play video games as well, but I don't usually read or write fanfiction for any games.

As for writting, I do a fair bit of play-by-post roleplaying, and as of writting this, my fanfics are only of Naruto and Harry Potter. I haven't been able to do alot of either though, since I live with two other people, two children under three, and we only have one computer. In light of this fact, I'm changing my goals in regards to fanfiction writting. I wont be trying to write continuous fics anymore. I do intend to continue Replay, but that and a dollar will get you a cheeseburger. What I'm planing to do is open Random Select to all fandoms, and just put whatever I write in there. If a particular entry is popular or it is requested of me to do so, I'll write a multi-chapter fic based on that.

That said, I'd like to point you towards the best of the best of my favorites. After all, lots of people have lots of stories marked as favorites, but which are the really good ones?

The Shocker: Legit, by Max Landis - Very funny story starring Herman Schultz. It's from the main Marvel Universe and it has a decent update rate.

Hinata's Story, by KlosetAuthor - A funny story staring Hyuga Hinata as she works to prove to Naruto and herself how good she is. The updates don't come very quickly, but the chapters are looooong, so it's worth it _

The Way of the Apartment Manager, by Elizabeth Culmer - Great fic in all categories. Set six years pre-manga this is a Ripple/Butterfly Effect story, in which one ninja who died, lives, and makes a huge difference. It's also completed so you can have it with all the intensity of a ravenous Pitt Bull

The Guardian in Spite of Herself, by Elizabeth Culmer - Sequel to Apartment Manager. Set a few months to a year later, the ripples spread in ways you wouldn't have expected. Featuring a very irritated 7-year-old Sasuke

Anything else by Elizabeth Culmer

Harry Potter: Nightmares of Futures Past, by S'TarKan - Harry sends his memories back in time after winning a war he might as well have lost. Lots of humor and yelling at Dumbledore

Anything else by S'TarKan

This Means War, by Jeconais - Harry/Ginny fic that's quite funny. It's seems he's not going to be posting other stories here, but hopefully he'll continue to post TMW on this site. If not, just go to his own site where he's got a bunch of other stuff. If you're over 18, Empty Nest is fairly interesting... : cough :

And finally, anything with the word "Teamwork" in the title, by Asuka Kureru.

And with that, I'd like to add something that's a bit of a modified quote:
Fanfic writing is a hobby that is indulged in mostly by idiots, simpletons, and people who barely or haven't yet made it out of high school.
Fan fiction isn't difficult to write. It's difficult to write well.

(Updated 4/27/09)