I'm Nox_Noctis from the Gleemax boards (Wizards boards). I most frequently posted on Gleemax (the role-play by that name, not the much larger forums as a whole) but then left after it became quite unenjoyable due to aggravating circumstances that I would rather not discuss. After that, I became primarily active in Character Optimization, hence my presence here. I used to play Magic: the Gathering but no longer find it as enjoyable (and also have few, if any, friends to play with regularly). So I play D&D 3.5, primarily via play-by-post. I'm Dark-Penance on Myth-Weavers.
On a more personal note, I am 18 years old, male, and permanently reside in Orange, California in the United States, though I dorm at the University of California, Irvine, in Irvine, where I am majoring in English, considering a major in Latin, intending to take an Emphasis in Creative Writing (fiction), and have been active in various student governments and somehow managed a 3.508 and a 3.841 GPA my first two quarters. I should be getting a 3.841 this quarter as well, making me rather satisfied with myself.
Next year I will be taking English 100 (historical theory and criticism), Latin 37A (early Rome), Statistics 7 (basic statistics), Latin 101A (prose), and a natural science yet to be decided (but likely nutrition science). Statistics is tenative, however, as I enroll in 2 weeks, it may reach maximum enrollment earlier, and I need to verify that it fulfills my breadth requirement for Mathematics (as the third course required of three).
I need to write out a more complete list of all my major and emphasis requirements to ensure that I can take all of the classes comfortably in four years but I think I ought to be fine (though I may need to take 20 units, the maximum without a petition, for a few quarters).
After that I hope to either go to UCI again for English (as the school has the best graduate English program in the nation) or go to Law school. My long-term career goals are leaning towards publishing fiction novels. My consideration of Law is a side-interest that I may decide to pursue more fully (but I believe I will likely resolve to stay with English).
I've written dozens of poems and a few short fiction pieces (including a flash-fiction piece of less than 400 words, which earned me a place among the top 5 flash-fiction submissions to New Forum literary magazine). I have been published (5 poems) in El Modena High School's Winter 2006-2007 issue of the literary magazine, Imprint. I hope to continue to submit pieces to New Forum (submitting four pieces this quarter - the flash-fiction last quarter was not submitted to be published but as part of a contest) and perhaps take a staff position with the magazine in the future.
I am considering applying for the New U (the campus newspaper), but have yet to fully decide.
I enjoy rock music (Bad Company, Foghat, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Aerosmith, AC//DC, DragonForce, Disturbed, and many, many others), as well as select songs and artists from other genres (including a wide array of JPop and JRock, which a friend of mine introduced me to a few years ago). I'm fairly open to listening to new types of music and, while I certainly prefer specific artists and genres, there are few, if any, types of music as a whole that I entirely reject.
I'm fairly open and straight-forward when responding to inquiries about myself, so if anyone actually has an questions, feel free to ask or contact me via AOL Instant Messenger or MSN Messenger.