Well, I kinda just realized that I haven’t actually
posted about myself here. Which is somewhat surprising, because I just love talking about myself.
My
profile on the main page has a little bit, but it’s very brief there’s certainly more I’d love to share about
myself. As mentioned there, my name’s Duncan and I’m a high-school sophomore living in the great state, pardon
me, the great commonwealth (:roll:) of Virginia, U.S. of A. I am, believe it or
not, a Pixar fanatic. Yep, it’s the truth. I saw The Incredibles when it came out in theaters, and thought it
was a great film. I’ll tend to develop a certain level of fanaticism for this, that, and the other whenever
something new comes out (for instance, I’m a Harry Potter fan, but I’m only a Harry Potter fanatic when
there’s a new book or movie), and it was during this period of fanaticism that I stumbled across an Incredibles
fansite. If I hadn’t joined up, I honestly think that my obsession probably would have died down and I
wouldn’t have remained the dedicated Pixar freak that I am today, which is a very scary thought that never
ceases to make me shudder. I made many good friends on the site, and before long I was starting to become
interested in Pixar’s other masterpieces. Apparently, others at the site were, too, because it eventually
morphed from an Incredibles fansite into a Pixar fansite. I got all the other Pixar DVDs for Christmas at some
point during all of this. The Incredibles, despite being my introduction to Pixar, took a back seat to such
films as Monsters, Inc. and A Bug’s Life. Cars came out and my fanaticism grew a hundred-fold. The fansite
died.
BUT! One of the wonderful moderators there happened to be a fellow by the name of Dash. We’d
gotten to know each other fairly well, and so I followed him around, like a faithful little puppy, to a few other
forums until one day when lo and behold, I found that he’d taken it upon himself, along with a few other folks
from the old Incredibles/Pixar site, to create a brand new, state-of-the-art, and overall incredibly spiffy Pixar
fansite, christened as Pixar Planet.
And that is a very long, but very fun to write, history of the events
leading up to Pixar Planet through my eyes. It also all but completely neglects to introduce me myself. So
that’s next. (Yes, there’s more. Bear with me. But I’m enjoying it, which is all that matters.
)
So, my life with Pixar has pretty much been detailed rather well in the above segment, so now all the
other stuff about me. For the title of love of my life, Pixar is tied with, or, believe it or not, perhaps even
slightly behind the theatre; I was in my first school play two years ago when I got hurt in athletics, which was
a great relief because I’d never really enjoyed playing sports all that much anyways, and it didn’t take me
long at all to realize that the theatre was my calling in my life.
While I don’t exactly play sports, I
love watching them, and am a huge ice hockey fan. My favorite team is the New York Rangers, which is mostly
because I love New York City, which is mostly because of Broadway, which goes to show that theatre really has
spilled over into most every aspect of my life.
I’m an avid reader, with far too many individual books to
list, but my two favorite authors are Douglas Adams (best-known for [i]The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the
Galaxy[/i] and its sequels) and Michael Crichton (best-known for having his book
Jurassic Park turned into a good-but-not-nearly-as-good-as-the-book
film).
I’m a Monty Python fanatic. Eh? Eh? Know what I mean? Know what I mean? Say no more!
I
have a large interest in science, especially theoretical physics and astronomy. I read [i]A Brief
History of Time[/i] in my free time a few years ago, back when I had free time, and I’m always on the
lookout for anything NASA-related in the news.
I like pretty much any music, from country to techno to
easy listening, although I can’t stand rap and I’m not a huge fan of heavy metal. I’m a big Weird Al fan;
that man is a genius.
And that’s all I can think of. Now you all know more about me than you ever wanted
to know.