User:SailorAlphaCentauri

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Please Note: Life has taken some unexpected turns for me in 2008. I had some unexpected troubles with the reliability of others for letters of recommendation for graduate school to only have that dwarfed by the sudden and unexpected death of my grandmother on January 6th. The capper to this zany month has been finding out that I am expecting my first child in late August. I'm making my return to Wikipedia slowly and I don't know when I'll be back to full capacity.

New Edit: I managed to get into graduate school after all, but as things have not settled down yet, I will be on Wikipedia infrequently.

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I'm new to this whole writing-about-myself thing, so bear with me.

My name is Kay, I'm in my late 20s, I just finished my Masters in Library and Information Science, and I spend too much time on the Internet and not enough on real-life things, like sleep. I'm in the process of applying to go back to grad school to, ultimately, earn a PhD, so I'll be a bit more rare and a lot more stressed than usual.

I usually go around in Wikipedia and edit existing articles, since I don't have the time to write any of the articles I would like to see in Wikipedia.

Keep your fingers crossed for me [or pray, or do what is most comfortable for you] as I embark on my attempt to continue my education. The GRE is the first hurdle that I must overcome, but there are others.

I'll add more as I think of it...

A little about me This user lives in or hails from Cleveland. This user was born during the Carter administration This user was born on the year of the Horse. 馬 en This user is a native speaker of English. fr-2 Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau intermédiaire en français. ja-1 この利用者は少しだけ日本語を話すことができます。 BA This user has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. MLIS This user has a Master of Library and Information Science degree. This user is a graduate student in Comparative Studies.

Anime & Manga Interests ~_~ This user is a definite fan of Anime. ^_~ This user is a definite fan of Manga. アニメ sub This user prefers to watch his/her anime subbed. This user is a fan of Sailor Moon. This user knows the mystery of Setsuna Meioh. This user is an Ah! My Goddess! fan. L3 This user is a loyal follower of Lupin III. もののけ 姫 This user must learn to see with eyes unclouded by hate. MSN This user works on the Nadesico This user is a One Piece fan. GB This user gets back what shouldn't be gone. Shin-chan This user is a fan of Crayon Shin-chan. 炎 This user is a Hokage Flame Master.

Other Interests This user enjoys comics. G This user does not like Mondays. This user likes Krazy Kat werra, werra much. V This user reads Vertigo Comics. This user wonders who is watching the Watchmen This user reads webcomics. Sin City This user knows that if you walk down the right back alley in Sin City, you could find anything... This user reads Dark Horse Comics . This user reads Image Comics. WWWD? What would Wally Do? C&H This user has managed to transmogrify himself into a Calvin and Hobbes fan. The Far Side This user reads The Far Side. This user reads S i n f e s t. This user reads Penny Arcade. DTWOF This user reads Dykes to Watch Out For. PhD This user has a statistically significant probability of being Piled Higher and Deeper! This user prefers the DS Lite over the Original DS This user still enjoys playing the Super Nintendo Entertainment System This user feels that the SNES or Super Famicom was the last great console. PS2 This user enjoys playing games on a PlayStation 2. This user wants a PlayStation 3 but is too poor to get one. This user plays Dance Dance Revolution. This user plays Tetris. This user prefers to play the drums while playing Rock Band. + This user prefers to sing while playing Rock Band. + This user is opposed to regional lockout. This user is interested in fantasy. This user likes all types of music. This user enjoys origami. This user is, or once was, a Girl Scout. This user enjoys computer and video game music outside gaming. AYB This user knows that "all your base are belong to us."

Random Natterings This user is a member of the Birthday Committee! This user is proud to have been a Wikipedian since September 29, 2005. This user has a page on the Wikimedia Commons. wiki-2 This user is an intermediate Wikipedia editor. Wikipedia is not censored. 500+ This user has made over 500 contributions to Wikipedia. This user has been on Wikipedia for 2 years, 8 months and 11 days. This user edits Wikipedia while bored at work. Rant It is more cathartic to curse the darkness than to light one stupid candle. This user likes to wink a lot, usually by the combination of a parenthesis and semicolon, but sometimes with a pretty graphic. This user sometimes or always feels useless on wikipedia. The sanity of this user has been disputed. Refer to the talk page to discuss this topic.

[edit] Accomplishments

I would list what I've done, but most of my edits are either minor or the article gets edited so often that you'd have to dig to find what I've done. I hope to do more when I have the time, but until then I will edit until the cows come home (and add more user boxes along the way!).

[edit] Cheer!

I'm happy that my hometown was today's (March 29, 2007) featured article! Huzzah! Besides, it's my userpage and I can be happy about it if I want.

[edit] What!?

I just found out that the great people at the GRE board have decided to add new verbal question types to the exam in November. How am I supposed to prepare for these things? I'm having a hard enough time as it is and....

I just need to calm down. Yes, this sucks, but I need not vent here (and, for that, I apologize).

I'm just glad that I checked the Wikipedia article about that, or I would've never known about the test's changes.