I'm not sure as to how i should make this post so i'll just write what come to mind.
I'm a 21 y.o. collage student from Romania.
Romania=just u'r average former communist country in witch 2 out of 100 ppl know what manga is (and if u'r lucky 1/500 has actually read something), thankfully anime has gained some popularity over the past year due to a new tv channel... but ppl still look at u funny if u'r over 14 and still watch "cartoons" (just goes to show what kind of mentality ppl have here)
I first got introduced to anime when i was 7 or 8 although i don't remember witch series it was (i remember watching "Sailor Moon" on an Italian network though). But as i got older even though i never stopped watching anime that occasionally was aired on tv (especially Germany's RTL2...until the bastards from the cable company cut the program 4 years ago) i never got the chance to talk to somebody about my interests...i tried talking to some friends but they just looked at me funny whenever i brought it up, so after a while i stopped trying (guess that's the reason why even though i've been a member for about 6 months...until today i just had 3 posts on the forums).
The first manga i've evar read was "One Piece" about a year ago (don't know why i did it...probably boredom & because i liked the anime several years ago) and i have to say i was captivated... i have something like an obsessive-compulsive disorder about the things that i like: finished reading "Shogun" by James Clavell in 4 days & "One Piece" in like 3 (yes i'll admit it...i'm a freak...when i was playing KOTOR 2 i stayed awake for 4 days just to finish the game).
Anyway after "One Piece" i was hooked and i kept experimenting with different genres and drawing stiles ...except yaoi (never yaoi...guy on guy is just not my thing).
Here are my lists in case u'r interested:
Ongoing: http://www.mangaupdates.com/mylist.html?id=32890&list=re ad
Complete: http://www.mangaupdates.com/mylist.html?id=32890&list=co mplete
Dropped: http://www.mangaupdates.com/mylist.html?id=32890&list=un finished
The series were dropped because i didn't like the art or how the story started (usually i can tell by the end of the first volume if i'm gonna like a series or not...although i do sometimes go back on my decision if i'm bored & with nothing else to read).
Recently i started to look for shojo series...but i'm new in that field and i didn't find many that could appeal to an average male reader.
I found this site 10 months ago and i have to say i liked it very much, i decided to become a member 5-6 months by accident (i think the site was malfunctioning at the time...because u could only check the releases if u were a member...so i became a member )
Ever since then i whould check the forums but seeing as i've been a recluse almost all my life i had no desire to participate in the discussions. I know this is something a stalker might say but over the many months of watching from the shadows i feel that i know many members of the forums... so i decided to correct my twisted ways and become a participant rather than an observer...hope to get along with everyone
Now enough of baring my soul to the world... let's continue the introductions:
As i've said i'm a 21 y.o. collage student from Romania. My other "obsessions" before stumbling on to manga were: reading books(8 years ago) < RPG's(6 y.a.) < MMORPG's(3 y.a.) < comic books(3 y.a.) < T.V. series(2 y.a.) < manga(present)...although i still do the stuff mentioned above manga is now on top (and probably will stay there for a while longer).
I'm 180 cm tall, brown eyes & long hair... although for the past week my father (yes i still live with my parents) has been chopping away at it in my sleep 2-3 cuts at a time
but i'm keeping my resolution not to give in to his sneaky tactics (even though my hair looks like s**t now and i'm ashamed to show my face in public).T.V preferences: anything goes, especially comedy. The shows that i followed this year were: "Heroes", "Prison break", "Battlestar Galactica" & "Veronica Mars"
Music preferences: same as t.v. ...anything goes, i used to have a phase when i listened to "Sonata Arctica", "Running Wild", "Nightwish"...i like all good music (when i was like 14 i evan had a clasical music phase). The only genres that come to mind now that i dislike are:
1) manele - a local genre much loved by the stupid masses here...u'r lucky if the song has 10 verses in it...it just repeats the same s**t over & over ad naseum, and has only 3 subjects: money, wemen & enemies (there r thousands of songs with just 3 subjects...as i'v stated music for stupid ppl)
2) the type of rock music where the singer growls, roars & yells so that u can't understand a word he's saying (i'm not into the whole categorization of music... if i like it i like it, i don't care what it's called )
Games preferences:
RPG's: played many but consider "Diablo II" nr.1 in my book
MMORPG's: MuOnline (gave that game 2 years of my life...stopped playing 3 years ago), Lineage 2 (one of the best)
others: shooters, strategy games, racing games & others... too many to mention
I've never been any good at making friends so i had a lot of free time on my hands.
Book preferences: i'm just gonna tell a few titles from universal literature that i've enjoyed cuz there's no point enumerating romanian books: Frank Herbert's "Dune" series; Isaac Asimov's "I Robot"; Stephen King's "The Shining"; James Clavell's "Shogun"; the Harry Potter series...and many others that don't come to mind (just remembered Bram Stoker's "Dracula"...i am from Transilvania after all)
Good personality traits: open minded, funny, intelligent (i'm pretty sure there r more but none come to mind
, and i don't want ppl to think i'm bragging)Bad personality traits: shy, introverted (maybe to much so), lazy as hell
This concludes my chapter of "Introductions", i whould like to thank the ppl who had the patience to read this entire post (hope i didn't bore you to much with my lame a** confession) & i think u'll certainty be hearing from me from here on out.
P.S. I apologize if i butchered the English language (spelling is not my strong point)
my dad keeps pushing me t get a haircut... i menai ts not even THAT long... i used to haev buzz cuts (number 2 all over) but i wanted a chnge of style 
but yeah. 
