I'm kinda new here. Actually been stalking the site and doing my own thing for about a week now. I'm kinda shy, so...I didn't really feel comfortable with posting in the forum yet.

Uh, well, my name is Jessica but most of my friends have called me Oki for a few years. I'm twenty two and work in a library. I love my job~. Expect for the kids. And not the little, cute ones who sit downstairs and get stories read to. Middle schoolers.

I have an irrational fear of them...

Ummm, I've been getting back into roleplaying and I'm also trying to learn basic graphic making and profile coding. At the moment, it's going okay but I haven't done anything on my own account yet.

Fandom wise, I love Pokemon, Pandora Hearts, Kingdom Hearts and Sherlock. My favorite games are Journey and Shadow of the Colossus.

And...that's all I can really think to throw out about myself for the moment...Hope to get to know some of you here and that I won't be so crippling shy that it will keep me from doing so~.

Welcome to Subeta! I'm Lauren, it's nice to meet you. Yeah, i'm a bit shy myself, so I know what you mean. Everyone here is pretty nice, though, so that's always a good thing. :)

I'm trying to get my mom into video games. We don't really like the same things, so I was trying to just find something we can do together. I want to get her to play Journey when we get a new TV. Ours is broke. It's one of those game that you just need a big screen to get the full effect of. It's a beautiful game. Made me very emotional on my first play-through.

Are you excited for the new series of Sherlock? I heard the first episode already has a title and is based on the short story, "The Adventure of the Empty House".

Ah, thank you for the welcome, Lauren~! I hope that there are others who are rather understanding~.

My mom's played video games for years, but it's mostly like, Might and Magic or some kind of 'questing' games. We're trying to push her into playing Skyrim, honestly. Not my kind of games, but she really enjoys them herself.

As for Journey, I actually need to get a PS3 first myself. I had seen a couple a things going around about Journey and looked it up myself. Caught my attention right away. I love games that can give so much feeling from the environment alone than a story line or their characters. They're so hard to find though.

I am super excited~. I've been trying to find news on it recently. I'm glad that they're getting somewhere now. The way season two had ended left me wanting the next season right away. They've got that effect though, and I'm glad. It's hard to get hooked on any form of TV anymore. I'm really glad my friend pestered me into watching the first season with her last year.

Welcome, welcome! Don't feel so bad about waiting to post; I never posted an intro and took months before I transitioned from lurking to actually inputting.

About your fear of middle schoolers, I can relate. I've got intense anxiety for talking to strangers. Not only in person, even on the phone when I call an administrator from my university I haven't talked to, my throat closes up and tears come to my eyes and I have a hard time saying words. Or not always strangers. I had a fifteen minute chat with a professor I've had for months now, and she's super sweet and nice and relaxed and understanding and I basically cried just trying to talk to her. But I'm quite normal once I get used to people! I think. I'm still odd, just less in the makeyoutotallyworriedI'mhavingananxietyattack kind of way.

Anyway, hello hello hello, I hope you love Subeta, like I do. Feel free to direct any questions or chatting my way. c:

Welcome to Subeta! Working at a library must be awesome. And I don't think being afraid of middle schoolers is irrational at all. D; They are self-centered, immature, and travel in packs... that is really scary! D:

Ah, it's good to know that I'm not the only one or for quite some time~.

I understand those kinds of issues. I was pretty afraid to openly talk to people or on the phone when I first started working at the library. It took some time, but I found that my confidence kind of grew through the year and a half working there. I've held pretty lengthy conversations with mostly completely strangers on my part.

Still really awkward about some of those things though. When I stumble on words or don't speak well enough, I tend to feel like a complete moron...There are some who are able to turn around and joke with me on it though, so that eases my anxiety a little. I've come to like those people a lot. :3

But thank you for the warm welcome! If I do have questions, I'll be sure to ask~.

I love my job most days~. Really hoping that I can stick with it as long as possible. Even part time, it's hard to land a job at a library.

Oh, they very much are. I don't cope well with them and they quickly ride on my nerves. One of my sister's is at that age and she's really gotten an attitude in the past year. It's gotten to the point where she's nearly made me cry a couple of times. .__.

Hey there, welcome to Subeta! Just so you know, you can also reply to users by simply putting an @ in front of their username. This gives them a ping alert so they know you've replied to their post in the forums ^__^ Don't be a stranger if you've any questions c:

My good friend is working on her degree to become a librarian, and she is wary of kids too. :) Kingdom Hearts is one of my boyfriend's favorite things. Not just the game, he loves everything KH. And I love the little deer friend you have there with your HA. So sweet! Welcome to Subeta!

Well, that'll make that easier to go about replying! Thank you for letting me know! And thanks for the welcome~. I appreciate it!

Ah, I'm thinking about going into that myself but I'm not sure yet. Just at that point in my life where I'm really not sure what I want to do with my future or where I want to be. >__<

Oh~. I kinda grew up with KH but had dropped out of it for many years because I didn't have time to play the games as they came out. I'm trying to catch up now and am glad I'm doing as such~. Been to long~.

Thank you! :D I love my little deer friend as well~. And thank you for the warm welcome!

You're very welcome!