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Long post a’hoy!
So.
I’m never very good with introduction posts, which’ll probably turn out to be a pain because by the time I’ve finished writing this I will probably: a) have divulged exceedingly personal information by accident that will then haunt me for the rest of my life; b) embarrassed myself completely; c) been unable to spell “embarrassed;” and d) delete the entirety of this post multiple times to see if it will look slightly better without text in it.
Let’s try and avoid a self-fulfilling prophecy naos!
Anyways, I’m Kite, and I’m actually quite certain that I’ve been on here before, only that I can’t remember my previous name. I’m also not sure if I want to remember said name, because when being young (oh wait, I still am–) I have a tendency for stupid names. :3 General information about me, then: I’m female, fifteen and in high school, a Conventions Nazi (except in situations where I purposely misspell words), obsessed with penguins/MUDing/role-playing/writing/Muse, and an avid user of run-on sentences. My hobbies include complaining, sleeping, eating, breathing, and wandering aimlessly about the Internet, supplemented with stalking people on Facebook and (occasionally) doing art. My favorite colors are white, black, and orange, and my favorite punctuation mark is probably the interrobang. I say probably because I had to look it up to remember what the name was. :3
Kite also constantly refers to herself in third person.
Also, I tend to abuse the stuffing about of emoticons and smileys, just because my sentences tend to feel naked without them. And I feel mean if my comments don’t have :)’s after them. (Personal aesthetics, though, dislike the little round-face thingys that they tend to turn into. I want my smiley faces to look like colons and parentheses. D:)
Lastly, personal aesthetics also dislike that my double-spaced paragraphs fail to show up on preview. But I should stop complaining now.
Well! Several paragraphs of horrible writing (eek! no transitions!) later, I seem to have finally run out of things to say about myself. Feel free to ask questions so that I can feel important and loved, or I will melt into a pile of wailing depressed goo. <3
Welcome! I believe you’ll fit right [back] in.
As a sidenote, you can create smiley faces with colons that don’t turn into pictures if you type
:instead of just:. For instance, this: :) doesn’t turn into this: :). If you want to use a semicolon instead of a colon, type this:;. If you need anything else, just ask.Welcome, Kite! Were you here in 2008 under the name Illusionary Sky?
Yep, I think that would be me. :) Though I think I’ll be sticking with this name for now, just because my brain’s gotten adjusted to it.
Thanks for the advice and welcomes, guys. <3
I think my comment here was kidnapped by the spam filter.
You are correct. Comment now rescued.
Hey, Kite! Nice to meet you!
Hi.
Hi, Kite! I’m MuseBlog’s resident duck person who tends to be confused and not make a lot of sense. That pretty much sums up my personality.
And here’s your pies:
Welcome back Kite. I’m back to, but I wasn’t gone but a few weeks.
Hello, I’m new. I’ve been getting Muse for a while now, but I couldn’t FIND THE BLOG. I’m not very good with computers, which is why I finally gave up. I have found it now, however, and will not get lost again, because I have added MuseBlog to my favorites. Anyway, introduction….
I am female, 11 (almost 12), and I live in Maine. I like frogs, Japan, and Final Fantasy 10. I also enjoy going on rants about enviromental issues. I also like books, Muse (well, duh!) , and my dogs (and cat.) I play the guitar(not very well) and the clarinet. I also tend to overuse parentheses. Umm… well… Yeah, that’s about it. Oh, and I also looove NINJA.
Welcome!
I’m Enceladus, the blog’s resident vampire ninja.
Looks like there’s nothing to tell you much about… you’re using grammar, capitalization, spelling, you read Muse…
*more pies* (They’re friendly, don’t worry!)
No, I’m the blog’s resident vampire ninja. Welcome, Mikazuki!
Welcome! The reason you couldn’t find the blog is probably because you were searching for it on Google. The GAPAs made it invisible to Google because we’ve had serious problems with Spammers before, once taking the blog offline for nearly a month, I believe. This way, it’s practically impossible to find unless you know it’s there. (
Unfortunately, it’s not invisible to lowly search engines such as Yahoo, so if you’re absolutely desperate and are able to force yourself to sink to the level of using Yahoo, that’s an option.If you have to, you can always find it via Yahoo. Fortunately, the URL is Museblog.com, which is very easy to remember, and an alternate url (musefanpage.com) can be found at the bottom of the Q&A page, which Robert Coontz and Rosanne Spector (GAPAs, or Great And Powerful Administrators of MuseBlog) both write for.Sorry for the lengthy explanation. Anyway, it seems that you’ve adapted to MuseBlog culture fairly quickly, using punctuation, spelling, capitalization, etc. You’ll fit in quickly here!
The URL is Museblog.com? Really? I’ve always seen it as musefanpage.com/blog.
We own the domain http://www.museblog.com, too. There’s a pointer there that sends you to http://www.musefanpage.com/blog, where the blog really lives. Either will work.
You do? I accidentally went there a few days ago and it was most definitely NOT Museblog. (It was full of ads and things offering to sell stuff for discounts.)
Yeah I meant domain. I am not an internet god. Whatever.
Welcome! I like your name!
Oh, yeah(sorry for the double post) can you see my picture? ‘Cuz I just set it up, and all I see now is a black box. not sure if it’s my picture, computer, or gravatar. Or if it’s just taking some time.
I only see a black box. It could be taking a while. (You have added an image and selected one to be your gravatar, right?)
I like your gravatar. It seems fitting for someone who loves NINJA.
Welcome, Mikazuki!
I’m glad you finally found your way here. It looks like you’ll have to try your gravatar again–it is just a black box.
Thanks! Yeah, I think if it’s not gone in a day or two I’ll retry it.
Okay, it loaded!! Sorry for double post.
*Welcome pies
:arrow:* Is your gravatar red with what looks like a green leaf in the corner? Because I think I see it after all.
Yeah. It was just a black box before, but now it has loaded. Thanks for the navigation tips too!
Oh! Is your gravatar a frog? It’s sorta hard to make out…
Yeah!! His name is Spotty…
Ohhh….I thought it was a deer head. XD Sorry.
Welcome Kite and Mikazuki!
Welcome Mikazuki and Kite!
I am NSWAT! Nice to meet you!
Welcome Mikazuki!
You seem like you’ve already been on the blog for awhile… Well, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it! 
Hello! I’m Bibliophile (obviously, and I’m guessing it’s also obvious that that’s a pseudonym, so I don’t need to tell you, and won’t, though that was going to be my next sentence, with changes). I’m an 11-year-old girl (although I turn 12 on the 16th). I’ve been looking around a bit here before posting (I hardly ever do anything without researching it first a bit, to be honest–though I never go too overboard–or at least contemplating it, so I had to at least read the HG2MB, and the rules, and this page, and probably something else I’ve now forgotten, because I’ve a horrible memory. I’m very absent-minded.), although I’m not entirely sure how often I’ll post. Usually, if I’m to do something like this, I post a comment, and then see how much I enjoy it afterward, and whether I want to do it more. *glances at previous sentence* But who am I to say ‘usually?!’ I sound like I post on many online forums. I don’t; just the Cricket Chatterbox (under a different name), and now here, too. Anyway, I was going to say that since I haven’t yet decided how often I’ll post, I could immediately begin posting every hour, or never again. I’ll see.
Not that I’d need spell-check anyway, but many of my computer keys stick, and I don’t like searching for typos in my posts; like I said, I’m.), Muse (When will I stop posting obvious things?), writing, art (that involves oil pastels, my favorite utensil—to use, that is, not to look at; I don’t have a favorite art utensil to—look at? Did I just say what I think I said? Well, I think you know what I mean, so I won’t go to the trouble of changing it, because I, being lazy, have other things to do with my time.), the Chatterbox long sentences (obvious by now, I’m sure), and hopefully this site in the future if I like it enough. Oh, and words. I’m a hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian (which is self-evident), and, if this post is anything to go by, probably stating the obvious as well. Is it possible to have an obsession without even knowing it? I think I might. Anyway…
My interests include reading (obviously), biology (Tardigrades and tenrecs and pangolins and mustelids! Yay! …Sadly, my computer’s spellchecker didn’t register any of that. I wonder why…
Welcome, other neophytes! That was a long post….
Welcome! Please do post more!
Well, YOU’LL fit right in. Welcome to the semi-official
pie torture centerMuseBlog. We don’t bite,that would be Edward Cullenso come right in and make yourself at home. I’m Castle, and I’m 12, turning 13.Wecome!
I’m Maths Lover, the resident Spock fangirl.
Hey, welcome and namaste! I’m KaiYves, the resident space cadet. (Meaning that I like NASA and Star Wars, not that I’m any crazier than anybody else around here.)
Welcome! It’s easy to tell that you’ll fit right in here. Here, have a pie!
Welcome! Since we all seem to be introducing ourselves…I’m Luna, resident fangirl. Or resident fangirl of a very few specific things. Like Doctor Who. And Torchwood. And John Barrowman. And, of course, of Harry Potter (hence my blog name, lol).
Welcome!
I’m one of the several resident HG2G fanpersons. Although, I really do need to read it again… You don’t need to hear about that. You sound like you’ll fit in nicely.
I suppose I should introduce myself… In that case, welcome! I’m speller73, the blog’s resident former speller, total math geek, and Whedonite. I’m 15 and going to be a junior in fall at boarding school. And I’m currently in the best place in the world aka math camp.
And most importantly, she’s my ‘blog sister. XD
Oh, yes. Can’t forget that. We’re also each half of a goddess, the Spelluna. (By the way, Bibliophile, blog sister is an artificial creation. She is not actually my sister nor have we ever even met in real life, but we’re scarily similar, and we’ve sort of been like sisters to each other for the last half year.)
Welcome! I’m the resident… uh… lurker… though I do try to keep up with things. But this doesn’t interest you.
Anyway, you seem to fit right in already, so have a pie!
Hi
I’m the resident person who hates “resident so and so” introductions.
This is two days late but…welcome! You seem like a Muserly person!
I know I’m a bit late, but welcome!
I’m Starr, resident of I-don’t-really-know-what. I do enjoy several sports, including soccer and basketball. I also really like reading, writing, music, playing the clarinet, Greek mythology, Latin, and…food. (Yes, I enjoy eating!) That is all!
Welcome! I’m the RPG lover/ Namechnger/ Bookworm!
I’d have to say that the Bookworm is the actual bookworm.
He hasn’t been ’round in ages, though…
Hello! I’m A total Doctor Who lover, like luna. Welcome, Bibliophile!
:arrow:!
I am a neophyte! Welcome me!
I finally got on MuseBlog after a lot of procrastinating. It looks like a lot of fun here, and as I am a wierd and crazy person I’m sure that I’ll fit right in.
Ooba tooba translates to “awesome” or ” great”. It is a name in oobaspeak. Ooba represents all things wierd, fun and geeky. Ooba tooba is an adjective used to describe such things. purple is the color of ooba. Ask me for aditional information on ooba.
There is so much fun stuff here that I don’t know what to do first. If anyone has any suggestions, please post them.
PS. is there a conspiracy theory thread?
I was wondering who you were! Well, hello there! You may know me from band camp! OMG – I just realized that if you’re my friend from band camp then there is finally ANOTHER TROMBONIST on the blog. YES! Haha! Welcome!
Our Reclusive Gardens is a nice thread to post on.
Welcome! * pies into oblivion *
Hello Ooba Tooba! You could search for conspiracy theory in the search box or put that in the suggestion box thread. I’d suggest going to the Hare and Hedgepig tearoom first. Piggy is a welcoming host and there are lots of delicious, but virtual, options on the menu.
19- Hello. I’ve only been on MuseBlog for a month, maybe? But, you seem like an interesting person. So, I thought I’d drop a line. Hope you enjoy your stay! Oh, and have a nice day!
Ooba? Tooba oob, oobity Tooboaoo.
And how are YOU doing? To answer all of your questions/statements:
Q:I am a neophyte! Welcome me! A: We always do this, although I’m sure you’ve lurked long enough to know.
Q:I finally got on MuseBlog after a lot of procrastinating. It looks like a lot of fun here. A: It is!
Q:I am a wierd and crazy person. A: Be that you may, but in this case the e comes before the i. Spelled as such, it looks like…weird.
Q:Ask me for aditional information on ooba. Ooba tooba?
Q:Is there a conspiracy theory thread? YES. Just go to the search bar and type “Kokonspiracy Thread” or just click here.
Have fun!
Welcome, ooba tooba!!!
Thanks guys!
Trust kokopelli: thank you! I will take a look soon.
P_M: yay! Another tromboneist.Horray! Exclimation point!
psudonym: pie you back!
Gingerkid: Have a nice day too!
castel: Thanks For the spelling tip and all of the helpful answers ( even to things that weren’t questions.
beetles: Thanks for welcoming me. I welcome you!
Haven’t been on the welcoming threads for such a while now. I am late.
Welcome, Ooba Tooba!
Hey!
I’m new here… is there anything I should know? How exactly does one navigate through the many threads/pages/topics whatever you refer to them as?
Hi Gandhi! Guess what! You’re improving our spelling count! *sends hearts, as well as
:arrow:*
To navigate? Well, this is a great place to start! To find a thread, see the dropdown menu on the right-hand side? You can click on it and it’ll tell you some subjects the threads are organized by, such as Life, Chess, and Muse Academy. The place that’s always the most frequented is the Monthly Random Thread, which is currently what’s called Pleistocene Dreams but will probably be something else by tomorrow. In fact, the whole Currently Popular menu is a really fantastic place to find threads in which talk to Musers. Luck!