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Post by Nemi on Feb 3, 2010 23:34:47 GMT -5
Hey everyone! As you may know, I'm Nemi, and I haven't been around this site for a very long time. I was one of the original admins and my name's been around on forums and stuff, but I've come to realize that I don't really know many of you guys and I hate to storm into everything and NOT introduce myself.
So right!
I've been a CATS fan since I was 14 or so, and I'm 23 now, so about 9 years. For the past three or so, I actually kind of forgot about CATS (aside from last summer, see below)... but when I got the e-mail about the game restarting I was conveniently going to see the US tour the following weekend, so I thought I'd try to integrate myself again.
My brain has been CATSploding ever since!
I've seen the tour 3 times, once when I was 15, once at 17, and now once at 23. Last summer, though, I was lucky enough to be an assistant manager for a semi-professional production of CATS, though I got into a lot of trouble during the process. Knowing as much as I did about it, I got accused a lot of trying to tell the director what to do. Well, sorry madam director if I think that it matters in which order the Jellicles turn around during Memory! XD
So what else can I really say about myself that's relevant?
My favorite character is Electra, which I actually see is a pretty common thing on this board! Coricopat is a reasonably close second, though I really love every single character.
Mungojerrie/Demeter, Munkustrap/Bombalurina, and Alonzo/Rumpleteazer are among my favorite ships.
Favorite CATS song? Old Deuteronomy. Favorite piece, as in on stage with music/lights/everything? The Jellicle Ball.
As far as REAL LIFE goes for myself, I live in a small, boring town. I'm a college graduate (a degree in Theatre and Latin) and live with my 'family' that consists of my boyfriend, my pomeranian Daphne, and my two cats: a long-hair black tom named Puck and a Siamese mix queen named Penny.
I'm very excited to meet you all, and I really look forward to RPing with you!
If you have AIM, I'd love to chat with y'alls. My username is logica absurda. Please add me. Even though I'm dolling my butt off right now, I'm totally bored.
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Post by spectratherestless on Feb 4, 2010 8:38:47 GMT -5
You saw the current tour!?!?! How was it? I'm going to see it soon. ;D
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Quitte
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Post by Quitte on Feb 4, 2010 11:17:42 GMT -5
Hello Nemi. Myself have never met you, let alone rp'ed with you for I came at the dying of the first game, and you weren't there for the recovery. I've not had the luck of seeing the show in life but a friend told me about it and sent me several links from youtube and told me about the various rp that existed about it - she was on some of them though she stopped playing due to players... Anyway, I enjoy the musical very much and even though I was particularly impressed with Quaxo/Misto, he is not my favorite character. Actually, I do not think I've any I like above all else. As for the song, I like the last one 'The Ad-dressing of Cats' (is it how it's written?) best, though several are of my liking as well; and I admit that the dances of the Jellicle ball are jus great (especially the second part). As for my life, I'm balancing between jobs and finishing my studies (economics, rights, law and languages) so I don't have much time to play RPG (which is why I didn't take many characters this time around), but I do look forward playing with you.
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Post by Vivitevka on Feb 4, 2010 16:05:11 GMT -5
Awesome to meet you finally, Nemi! I've been hoping you'd come back so I could meet NJG's mysterious brilliant creator who isn't Lonza XD I'm Viv, but I'd prefer to be called Alex. Yes, I am one of the few boys in the fandom. I'm nearly 22, and have been a CATS fan since I was a freshman in high school when I demanded that my mother buy me the video because I NEEDED to see it. And wouldn't you know, the week after I first fell in love with it, I started RPing it.. and the rest is history. Have seen it once touring, but sadly the performers weren't that spectacular D: My favorite character is Mungojerrie, and recently I've been on little a Mystic Twins kick (hence playing Cori). Don't think I have a favorite song, love them all about equally.. but my favorite song to sing is 'Grizabella the Glamour Cat.' And in real life I have a crappy retail job so I won't be on in the daytime, have lots of very complicated relationship drama at all times, love ball-jointed dolls, and I have an unhealthy obsession with a certain young German pop star Oh, and feel free to add me on AIM as well, my screen name is Doppelgeist.
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Post by whisperinthewind on Feb 4, 2010 16:30:37 GMT -5
I'm Whisper, I'm possessed by a 5-year-old 99.9% of my time and have random spurs of genius in my insanity. I go through MANY MANY phases/obsessions, so don't be concerned if I'm babbling abbout random stuff. My faves are: Mungojerrie, Alonzo, Coricopat and Tantomile and I guess Demeter. I have seen CATS once and only once so far, and I waved to fourteen cats. (Alonzo liked me best ) My life is full of sheer boredom and the only thing exciting about it is that I have just recovered from mono (I'll be going back to school Monday, yay me) and have been stabbed 6 times by needles over the course of 3 weeks.
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Post by Electra11 on Feb 4, 2010 17:18:27 GMT -5
*sings* Getting to know you, getting to feel... *stops* Oh, erm. Yeah. Hi Nemi and all! I'm Ele and I really hate my username now. But, that's how people know me, so I've kept it. About me...Well, I'd hazard a guess that I'm the youngest here. I'm been a fan of CATS since I was about 7. (My brother, who used to be a fan, tried to discourage me, but as a younger sister, I interperet that as encouragement. ) For a while, I kinda dropped it, but last January I rewatched it and went CATScrazy. That's when I first started rping and met Quitte, who refered me to Effanineffable. I've seen CATS once live at a small, comminity theatre when I was about 8. I remember it being good, but who knows. It's not actually my favorite musical. I'm currently interested in The Secret Garden (never actually seen...) and The Marriage of Figaro (an opera, aka Il Nozze Di Figaro). As for CATS, I have a love for the more minor charries. Electra, Pouncival, Tumblebrutus, etc. (Yay Nemi! I know electricia and I are Ele fans as well.) Favorite song...hmmm, I really have no idea. I like singing Macavity, (like Viv) Grizabella the Glamour Cat, and The Gumbie Cat (Munk's part ). Real life wise, I'm a dancer. I life near a small college town, out in the middle of the country ( ). Have 3 kitties: Molly (black, tan, and white calico), Ringer (white and grey tabby), and Orphee (fat, orange tabby).
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Post by Msterope on Feb 4, 2010 17:27:04 GMT -5
Nemi and I know each other, but this is kinda for everyone else who doesn't know THAT much about me (don't say anything Dez ) I'm Msterope, most of you know me from here or Effanineffable or DeviantArt. I've been a fan of CATS for, oh heck... uhmm... 11 or 12 years now. XD I remember when I first saw it my younger sister and I were at my grandparents' house and my grandpa was taping the movie for later. He's huge into art and theatre, but he's an accountant. XD LoL But yeah... I was really confused of what was going on, but later watched the whole thing and kept borrowing the tape, until my grandparents bought my sister and I a copy of the DvD. Hehe I've been RPing for about 7 years now. Don't remember which forum I was on originally, but yeah. I ran my own RPG "In the Land of the Elements" for awhile (it was alive for 2 years I think) and then found this place. Don't remember how... I remember being referred here by Alonza from a different forum I think. This is my favorite musical, although I love the Secret Garden Ele. Hehe I have the video version of it somewhere... And I also love Phantom of the Opera. My favorite characters are Alonzo, Mungojerrie, Etcetera and Macavity. Although Tugger is also up there, that's more for obsessive fan-girl reasons. Fave songs are Macavity, Memory aaaaaaand Growltiger's Last Stand. I've seen CATS once and they did the Growltiger song. It made me happy. BUT I have to say I do have a least favorite character: Jennyanydots. I don't know why but she creeps me out! XD LoL In RL I'm a university student. Haven't been able to dance for awhile (I messed up my knees ) and I'm living away from home. I have two cats at my dad's house (Maeve [shorthair b*tchy tabby] and Shiek [longhair black and white]) and then we have some outdoor cats at my mom's place (currently named Smokey, Tigger, Spaz, Kingsly and Phantom). Most of the cats at my mom's are dark chocolately brown (looks black unless in the sun) but Tigger is a mottled grey (grey with some flecks of light grey, orange and white).
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Post by x22x on Feb 4, 2010 17:57:58 GMT -5
Alright, so I have sort of been talking to you, mainly to just gush over your awesome/amazing dolling skills. But its nice to finally...and formally(wrong word) meet you Nemi!!!
Any of you that don't know me, I'm X2, but X or Ex is fine...I also will answer to Vimmy. I never really got into musicals during my childhood, though couldn't tell you much about my childhood.
My friend in high school, he was into a lot of theatre, and musicals, and got me hooked on not only Cats, but musicals and that was when I joined drama in school and found that I liked it. However, it was probably about 2 years, my senior year, when I finally got into RPing Cats. I'm 21 now, will be 22 this summer. (Can't wait for summer, it's too cold for my tastes. XD) I have only seen it live once, but am dying to see it again.
My favorite character is obviously Macavity. (Though Admetus and Jemima do come in a close second)
As for my favorite pairings that I ship...well I tend to be a slasher, big time, lol. male/male, and female/female...but normal pairings that I love and ship is. Rum Tum Tugger/Jemima, Munkustrap/Bombalurina, and might sound strange, but kind of getting hooked on Mistoffelees/Exotica.
My favorite Cats song, is without a doubt "Growltiger's Last Stand", man I love that song, and wish it had been in the video.
Real life, without going into too much detail, sad stories, or drama. I've been having a bit of a...up and down time of it lately. Mostly down, but there have been some small gleams of light. My mother is an abusive out of control female, who has some mental condition. (Don't know if she's bi-polar, schizophrenic, etc-but she is) And because we can't get her the help she needs and she refuses to get help herself, she's pretty much putting my brother and I through ...lets just say too much stress. Our grandmother lives with us, and being the age she is and in such a denial-ed state, she cares for no one else but my crazy mom, so when I'm not under stress from my mother, it's my grandmother whose doing it. So I try not to let that affect our I am on the forums, but if I'm ever in random moody tantrums, well that's why. I have two cats though, and they're lovable cuties. ^^
And awww man. The only Messenger I have is MSN. Oh well. I think I've babbled enough. *waves to all the members* Can't wait for the board to start, and to start RPing with all of you. It'll be lots of fun!
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Post by Nemi on Feb 4, 2010 18:12:33 GMT -5
@spectra - It was FABULOUS, really. Loved every moment. I saw understudies for... Sillabub, Rumpleteazer, and... oh, someone else I can't remember now . Still, they were lovely! (I think the u/s for Rumple was the main cast Silla... she was brilliant!) Quitte - It's nice to meet you! I totally know what it's like balancing school with homework with life with ONLINE life! Right now, luckily, I only have work (I'm a dog pollicle groomer, which is sometimes fun) and my online life with my REAL life every other weekend, since I live far away from most of my friends, sadly... Also, I know what it's like to NOT be able to really pick favorites. When I was seeing the tour this last time with my friend who'd never seen/heard the show (he LOVED it, btw XD another CATS-addict is born!), I kept mumbling to him "Oh, this is my favorite part!" about... oh, 7 or so different times! @viv/Alex - *blushies* Aw, you're too nice. I'm not that awesome. CATS was the FIRST thing I started RPing, back when I was 14. I was so awful... I remember the first character I ever played was Tantomile, though. I need to return to playing her sometime. I'm excited to see you play Coricopat. I do love him so... Yay for crappy retail jobs, eh? Though (as I mentioned above to Quitte) I'm a dog groomer, I work at a chain pet store and it's redonkulous how much politics and awful corporate stuff I have to deal with on a day to day basis. I added you to AIM and will surely be chatting with you in the future! @whisper - My obsessions include Harry Potter, crochetting, blogs, pokemon, a vast amount of TV shows (not limited to Big Love, How I Met Your Mother, Weeds, True Blood...), World of Warcraft, Greco-Roman Mythology, Latin, and just recently I've become crazy about the Percy Jackson book series. Oh right, and CATS. So we can go on random obsessive tangents together XD. @ele - While CATS will ALWAYS have a special place in my heart as the musical that got me interested in theatre (which led me to meet just about the best people in the world), my favorite musical is Urinetown XD. But it's pretty closely followed with A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Also, the minor characters have always been my favorite. I'm glad to see Ele is getting the adoration she really deserves! I'll have to post some pictures of my pets eventually... my Puck is on his way to being my own Bustopher Jones, no matter how much I insist he eat weight management food! XD Msterope - My least favorite is probably Carbucketty/Pouncival. Or, well, I guess Exotica, if you count her. I always found Carby a little too much for me (though, Asher is totally the new Carbucketty XD), and Exotica... well, there really was never enough about her to endear me. They both grew on my a little when I worked on CATS two summers ago, since the actors were such awesome people and did some really nice things with their characters. EDIT!!! @x2 - I'm glad to see how many of us are young adults! I was afraid I'd just be way old and creepy! I'm a huge femslash pair fan. Why do you think Bomba and Deme are soul mates on this board? I'm hoping that Zephonie can find a female mate (or any mate, at that rate... poor shy thing), eventually. I actually think the idea of Misto/Exotica is very sweet, too <3. On a sadder note, real lives sometimes suck so hard. If you ever need anyone to talk to, I'm open to listen! I THINK I can add MSN people to my AIM? But I'm just not sure. I know that I have one on there, but I'm really not sure how. YOU ALL ARE AWESOME!
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lykaios
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Post by lykaios on Feb 4, 2010 18:45:35 GMT -5
Well, since everyone's getting all nice and cozy I think I'll introduce myself as well. I'm Lykaios, 18 years old and still in high school. I have already gotten into college. Go me! But anyway... I have a great love of musicals and if I were sit here and name them all....well, I'd sound raving mad. However, my favorites would have to be CATS (obviously), Les Miserables, Little Shop of Horrors, Tommy, Pink Floyd's The Wall (rock opera but hey...so is Tommy, then again Tommy was also a stage production...you know what nevermind), and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. And that's just a few. My favorite Cats are...Rum Tum Tugger, Carbucketty, Alonzo, Etcetera, Quaxo and...you know what? I love them all. Same goes for the music though I have to say that The Jellicle Ball is high up there on my liking scale. I saw CATS liveyears and years ago but I loved it and I have a tshirt I also have my playbills, some program book, and a two VHS set and the DVD. Actually, some prints of original character sketches came with my VHS so I have Grizabella, Macavity, and Rum Tum Tugger. They're pretty freaking awesome. I've liked CATS for ages now and it was my first ever musical and I love it dearly. As for real life, I lean a rather boring life in a rather boring town. I live with my parents and I'm in the color guard in the marching band. I'm interested highly in biology and pssychology and am thinking of majoring in one or possibly both. I also enjoy drawing, and wolves are actually my favorite animals. Some other things I dig: The Who, Pink Floyd, CRAZY 70s and 80s movies, Tim Burton Movies, Mel Brooks Movies, Monty Python, The Mighty Boosh, Books, COLORS, Archery, The Food Network Channel as well as Animal Planet and Discovery, Frank Zappa, French, Cirque du Soleil, My English class, akward silences, Fish (yum!) Ummmm...if there's anything else you'd like to know about me just PM me and I'll get back to you as soon as I can
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Post by Electra11 on Feb 4, 2010 19:14:58 GMT -5
@ Lyka: MONTY PYTHON! *high fives* I'm all for Brit coms. Probably my favorite is Are You Being Served? Have you ever seen it? I'd really recommend it if you like Monty Python. And I also love Les Mis. @nemi: Ooh, I love Forum too! My friend and I love singing Impossible! together @ Whisper and Nemi: Ooh! Can I join ya'll? I love getting randomly obsessive...
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Post by whisperinthewind on Feb 4, 2010 19:47:13 GMT -5
@nemi: YAY FOR OBSESSIVE TANGENTS! I love How I Met Your Mother - best show next NCIS. @ele: Go right on ahead. OBSESSION!!!
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Post by lykaios on Feb 4, 2010 21:25:09 GMT -5
@ele: I haven't seen it but I'll definitely take a look. Les Mis is just so awesome, I love Les Amis and Enjolras is just....I LOVE HIM PERIOD. Oh, and I like A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum too. It makes me giggle and want to sing, as off key as I am. XD
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Post by spectratherestless on Feb 4, 2010 22:14:05 GMT -5
Guess I should do this too...
My Interests: CATS (obviously), Wicked, X-Men, Rocky Horror (Woot!), Oklahoma!, art, performing arts, Sweeney Todd, Avenue Q, felines, feline behavior, V for Vendetta, Wolverine
Favorite book: Wicked
Favorite animal: cat
Favorite CATS characters: Bombalurina, Tugger, Macavity, Mistoffelees, Mungojerrie, Rumpleteazer, Jemima
Favorite CATS songs: Macavity, Rum Tum Tugger, Growltiger's Last Stand, Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer, Magical Mr. Mistoffelees, Memory
I have 2 cats: A small, old orange tabby named Sparkles and a big young tortoiseshell diva named Bombalurina.
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Desdemona
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Post by Desdemona on Feb 5, 2010 1:15:14 GMT -5
Hello all! I'm going to join in on the game of getting to know each other. XD I am Desdemona. But Dez is just fine. I've been a CATS fan since I was 8ish or so? I am now 19, so that would make it 10 years about. I didn't start RPing until I was in grade 9 and I got out of it when I hit grade 11 or so. Its only now that I have re-joined the RPing world and I am totally looking forward to it. I LOVE musicals. Each and every one that I see I love. CATS was my first so that is why it has such a permanent spot in my heart. I think Andrew Lloyd Webber is a genius. I've seen CATS twice (Canadian tours since I am Canadian [eh?]). I have the playbill and tickets from the second show I saw. I also own the VHS, the Commemorative DVD and the Ultimate DVD (which I realized are very similar...). My favourite cats are Mistoffelees, Jemima, Alonzo and Mungojerrie. Sometimes I go through this stint of being obsessed with Bomba, so I guess you could call her favourtie as well. As a child I learned all the dance steps to CATS. They weren't perfectly done since I have no dancing experience, but I could do the whole thing without looking at the screen. XP Favourite songs? I dunno. Haha. I can't honestly pick just one. Though, Gus the Theatre Cat is defs in on the bottom on my list. I just find it goes on too long. XP As for real life, I am a student majoring in Dramatic Arts and Drama Education. I live with my boyfriend and at the moment only own two hamsters (Chucky and Turbo) who I love as though they are a cat or dog. I've only had dogs my whole life since I am partial to them and don't really like actual cats. The ones who dance and sing in the musical are fine, but the animal is not my favourite. My favourite dogs are pugs and at my father's house we own three - Marley, Buddy, and Pug (MY FAVOURITE). And yeah... I can't pick just one fav movie or singer/band so if you wanna know some just pm me. That also goes for if you wanna know anything else about me.
-- Dez.
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