Hey! For starters, feel free to call me "Ari" OOCly, it is a diminutive of my full first name. =) I'm an old lady-- I'm going to be turning 30 this September and I've been RPing since I was 13. Haha, just the amount of time that I've been RPing makes me sound old! Hard to believe it's been just about 17 years! I started out with the tabletop game "Gamma World," then when that group disbanded, I played D&D for about 6 years, until I had to move away from where that group was located. I've also played Nexus:TK, an old online RPG that I was part of several RPs in. Hmm... I've RPed on forums extensively, I've owned one of my own that lasted for several years (until my host vanished and I lost contact with most of my members.) I've also RPed in a few other online games, Forsaken World being the most recent MMORPG RP I've done.
Before we continue, let me state that coffee has replaced my blood and that I probably keep stranger hours than your least favorite banker. My interests are extremely varied, as are my real-life areas of expertise. I enjoy exploring, photographing and treasure hunting in ghost towns and abandoned mines. I make my own natural perfume and hope to start a business some day. I have dabbled in henna art more than once, I am a classically trained singer and I play the electric guitar. My musical tastes range from SIDmetal and nearly all other form of metal to Irish punk, German industrial, opera and classical. I love older RPGs (SNES through PlayStation 2 era) and have never played a newer game. Yes, I grew up in a family of gamers, it was my mother who introduced me to Dragon Warrior on the NES when I was seven years old. I do not watch TV, but I do like horror, psychological and fantasy books, anime and manga. My favorite animal is the cat and I have yet to meet one that I cannot teach to perform a few parlor tricks and how to walk on a leash.
If you can't tell, I am actually a very boring person, though I like to think I'm rather approachable. Also, I despise writing about myself, because I never really know what to say. XD Anyhow, this place looks extremely promising and I do believe I will be sticking around just as long as I am welcome here. =D