Hello! In answer to the above question, this is your founder speaking.
That tells you a lot doesn't it ? Thought so. Well, just incase it didn't,
here's some more...
I'm 20 years old, a student at the University of Warwick in England (Economics) though originally from the south, in Hampshire. Judging from the content of this site and the name of the channel you've probably guessed this by now, but just incase you haven't - I'm a woman! That's about all you need to know in terms of basic facts.
To be honest, I don't really like writing about myself like this, it seems rather arrogant. In the past, when asked to do a bio for another channel I avoided the issue by simply putting up a page of other peoples impressions and opinions about me. You can go and visit that if you want - click here.
What else can I tell you ? How I think maybe...well, recently it has really hit home to me just how clueless I am about life. While I have spent the last 20 years arguing with almost every one I come across and being certain that I know what I'm talking about concerning a wide variety of topics, I've come to see that most of the time I've been wrong! Trouble is, it takes quite a strong person to stand up to me and TELL ME that I'm wrong, rather than just being overwhelmed by my own certainty. Fortunately I meet quite a few strong people online, I'm very grateful for that.
Actually I've met a lot of great people through IRC - some that I've gone on to meet in real life, others have just come and gone. It surprised me a lot the first time I realised that I considered some of these people friends that I didn't want to lose, I'd always thought that internet chat was a pretty "sad" thing to do and only lonely old men and young geeky boys did it. What a mistake that was! The thing is, if you talk to someone (or a group of people) every day, they become a part of your life, even if they live on the other side of the Atlantic...through IRC you can really get to know the person inside without having any of the barriers that are normally hard to avoid getting in the way - age, gender, distance, fear, religion - anything that can keep people apart in real life can be overcome through chat. There will be the usual bullshitters - 49yr old men pretending to be 13yr old girls for kicks, etc, but, on the whole, it's easy to pick them out from miles away.
Since starting at Warwick last October I have had very little time to come online. In some ways it's good - I get to enjoy socialising with the people I know in real life, mix with my own age group and get drunk a lot. I do miss my online friends but we're in touch via email and the occasional meeting on DALnet.
Be honest with me! You'll always get the same in return, be it online
or in real life.
See you in channel :)
