New members, introduce yourselves here!

[Elessar]

Hi I love Due South, I don't know of many people who do! Hope you have fun here. Oh and I'm pretty new so I don't remember you sorry. But I think I saw a Starwatcher on HoT, is that you?

The one and only . Star and I go way, way, way, way, WAY back! We've been friends this whole time she's been away, and I've beat her w/ the stick every time TriS comes up to come on back

[WarpGirl]

I hope she gets you back Elessar didn't your mama teach you not to hit girls.

[Elessar]

I hope she gets you back Elessar didn't your mama teach you not to hit girls.

When I was about 10 I really did punch a girl in the face and my mom made me go to her house to apologize not because I was being like, abusive, I just didn't get how girls were "less than" men in a chivalrous sense, I didn't see the distinction in not punching a girl vs. a guy . Of course today I do!

[WarpGirl]

Just teasing dearie, just teasing. Jeeze two of my brothers often say they wished they could punch me when we were kids.

[Aquarius]

Getting back to welcoming our returning member--

Howdy, starwatcher.

[starwatcher]

Thanks guys, I can't tell you how good it is to be back talking about Trek and mixing with some old chums I can't tell you how wonderful it is to see the site alive and kicking, thriving even! So much good fanfic that I need to catch up on!!!!

Oh, someone asked me if I was the same Starwatcher as at HoT, I think so, but my FF skills have mucho improved since then I'll have to post something when I get it up to a standard that I'm pleased with

[WarpGirl]

Cool!

[Kevin Thomas Riley]

Hi there, starwatcher!

[Aikiweezie]

Welcome Thot & Starwatcher!!!!!

[Thot]

Hi, starwatcher. You are the first I can welcome myself. (I'm not so long activ here myself)

Welcome Thot & Starwatcher!!!!!

Thanks!

[panyasan]

Welcome back, starwatcher! I remember you from HoT. So what is the subject of your doctoral thesis? I assume it has anything to do with your study of U.S. history? "The influence of Star Trek on U.S. history and the rest of the world?"

[starwatcher]

*Sighs* - I wish would have made the researching and writing process of LOT easier! Instead I found that Trek was more of a diversion from the PhD, but a welcome one, all the same. My PhD was primarily on economic history, particularly the New Deal - not terribly trendy or popular, I'm afraid but I enjoyed it all the same!!!

[Alelou]

I would think that would be pretty damned relevant these days.

I really enjoyed an American Experience piece on the Civilian Conservation Corps this week.

[starwatcher]

Yes, it certainly is!! Maybe someone in the new govt. will whisk me away to some kind of lucrative advisory job....... There is a fairly sizeable academic sub-division devoted to all things Trek, so maybe I should tap into that - then I can legitimately spend hours talking about T'Pol, Trip et al and not feel as though I'm neglecting my work!

[aadarshinah]

Gah, I hate these things, but feel I must do it:

Hi, I'm aadarshinah, *pauses for halfhearted greeting from the gathered* and I have an addiction. I suppose it's probably pretty obvious what it is since I'm here, but it is still an addiction, and places like these help me self-medicate until someone on high decides the time is right for another Star Trek series.

I found this place through Alelou, who was kind enough to tell me about it after I started posting http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6066414/1/A_Grief_Shared over at ff.net. "A Grief Shared" isn't my first fanfic - I've done stuff with Harry Potter and Twilight in the past, and have another story going for Mass Effect - but it is my first Star Trek/TnT fic.

Let's see, what else? I've been a Trekkie since before I was born - my mother watched them when she was pregnant with me, and taped episodes were a staple of my formitive years - and, though I'm here, DS9 is probably my favourite of the bunch; love SyFy of all sorts - Asminov, Orson Scot Card, Chyrrh, Alistair Reynolds, Douglas Adams, Farscape, Star Wars, you name it, I've probably seen/read it.

I'm over-educated, under-employed, and a Trekkie. That's about it.

*sighs and ducks out of the room*