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    this is so awesome. lol, i guess ill put a bit about myself in here.

    my real name is brianna, i havent decided on a mermaid name yet. i thought i did, but i change my mind so much, so i figured its not the right one yet, haha.
    im 19, and a summer baby (: my zodiac is cancer the crab, and apparently i attract scorpios like moths to a light bulb. my boyfriend of 5 years is a scorpio, along with most of my friends. the ones who arent scorpios tend to be cancers. its odd, really.

    hmm, hobbies. i enjoy playing dungeons and dragons, a few computer games, and swimming. i dont have a tail yet, but i will soon, and that will definitely be another hobby (: i also love to draw and sing. my favorite music genres are folk metal, classical metal, & anything celtic. i also like other metal genres, and i enjoy classical music as well. i graduated from my high school in virginia in 2011, and have been travelling around since. my parents moved to california after i moved, so i went to live with my grandparents in new jersey, where i was born, to stay closer to my boyfriend (who i am fairly convinced is my soulmate). i visit him a lot, and am currently staying with him, trying to get a job so i can stay.

    im terrified of driving for some reason. i havent figured out why it scares me so much, because im usually fine as a passenger, but when i get behind the wheel of a vehicle, i go into panic attacks and cry. its pretty bad. i also dont like cockroaches AT ALL, or spiders if theyre too close to me. stay up in your corner, mr.spider, and i wont mess with you. unless youre venomous. then youll die.
    another one of my fears is death, and growing older. not necessarily death, but what happens afterwards. we can have all these theories, but we wont know what truly happens until we die. i guess its not knowing that scares me.

    i was christian for a long time, but decided that it simply wasnt the beliefs that were meant for me, and was athiest/agnostic up until just recently, when i began looking into paganism. i still dont know exactly what i believe in, but im getting closer. i needed something more nature-oriented, where i feel the most at home and at peace.

    i dont really like fish, although i do eat sushi and crab. but my favorite food is probably italian foods. oh man. all dem pastas, lol.

    i want to get a job at an aquarium as a mermaid performer, but there are several things im worried about, so im too scared to try (CHICKEN, BAWKBAWK.), although id like to try modeling once i get my tail.
    i also LOVE animals. my boyfriend and i have a cat named zorro, and once we get an apartment or something (we live with his dad, were only 19/20), i want to get another cat and a snake. and maybe a dog. or fish. maybe ferrets. hedgehogs? ive always wanted a horse...
    ... has ALL THE AMINALS!!! lol.

    i think way too much about the future, and it causes me to worry a lot.
    my favorite holiday is halloween, and i absolutely love getting/making/thinking of costumes to do. i start planning almost as soon as halloween is over. really, we need holidays like that once a month. it would make life so much fun, and id get to dress up more without feeling like a goofball. not like i care too much... i AM buying a mermaid tail...

    anyways. thats me (: maybe ill start posting my art once i get a scanner. i really need one -_-

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    BY THE GODS, THAT WAS LONG D:
    sorry, guys. >.<

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    Hey Brianna! I also LOVE folkmetal, it's my favorite genera! What are your favorite bands? Mine are Elvenking (older stuff more than newer), and Eluveitie, and some others. I'm also a big fan of traditional irish music, the year before last I took a class and learned to play some tunes on flute and am currently working on transitioning to pennywhistle I also like D&D and looove snakes... we seem like fairly similar people actually, haha.

    Wow I guess I should say something else about myself here... I'm Jade! I'm a college student, I alternate between Illinois in the summers/breaks and Ohio for school. As well as the abovementioned, I enjoy biology and geology (my majors!), mythology, reading, writing, cephalopods, reptiles, and space. I also play ice hockey, tennis, and am co-captain of my college's Quidditch team. I try not to let myself play video games because I get too absorbed in them, but I bought Dragon Age this summer and am loving it so far. I also play Magic the Gathering, and alter the artwork of cards with paint for fun.
    I have a tendancy to give myself projects during the summer to keep myself occupied, and so far the coolest things I've made have been giant squid/cuttlefish plushes I've already posted about, a set of movable 6ft dragon wings, and a hoodie designed to make me resemble Toothless from How to Train Your Dragon. I guess I should mention I'm even more obsessed with dragons than I am with mermaids... hehe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jadestone View Post
    Hey Brianna! I also LOVE folkmetal, it's my favorite genera! What are your favorite bands? Mine are Elvenking (older stuff more than newer), and Eluveitie, and some others. I'm also a big fan of traditional irish music, the year before last I took a class and learned to play some tunes on flute and am currently working on transitioning to pennywhistle I also like D&D and looove snakes... we seem like fairly similar people actually, haha.
    I LOVE ELUVEITIE!! i also really love heidevolk and arkona. you might enjoy them, theyre awesome.
    tyr is a good band, as is amon amarth, but theyre more viking metal. still awesome bands.
    also, i love dragons AAHH IM ADDING YOU RIGHT NOW.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mermaid Brianna View Post
    I LOVE ELUVEITIE!! i also really love heidevolk and arkona. you might enjoy them, theyre awesome.
    tyr is a good band, as is amon amarth, but theyre more viking metal. still awesome bands.
    also, i love dragons AAHH IM ADDING YOU RIGHT NOW.
    I LOVE Tyr. They and Korpiklaani are playing in my home state 3 days after I leave for college, and by my college 2 days before I get there It's the WORST timing and I'm so sad about it. Do you know Ensiferum? Another of my favorites. I'm also a huuuge fan of Amon Amarth I lovelovelove their vocals. I don't know Heidevolk or Arkona, I will have to check them out!!

    I'm actually trying to come up with a glow poi routine to the Eluveitie song Isara. For anyone who doesn't know what poi is, it's a kind of art/dance/thing that is basically spinning two balls at the ends of strings in different patterns. It originated in New Zealand and made it's way over to hawaii, where they promptly lit the balls on fire. I don't spin fire often (don't own the equipment myself) but I spin normal/glow a lot, and am in my college's circus performances when I have time Here's a video of someone who can spin much better than I can:

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    Just gave a listen to Elvenking on Youtube. Good stuff, reminds me of Steeleye Span, which I've been listening to for about forty years. (God, I'm old)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alveric View Post
    Just gave a listen to Elvenking on Youtube. Good stuff, reminds me of Steeleye Span, which I've been listening to for about forty years. (God, I'm old)
    I'll have to check Steeleye Span out then My favorite EK album is probably The Winter Wake, I feel they blended the folk, metal, and pagan-inspired elements best in that one. Wasn't a fan of their newest, Red Silent Tides, but I enjoy all their others to varying degrees.

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    I'll have to check those out. EK also reminds me of Jethro Tull.

    Just listened to Amon Amarth, a bit harsh, but they have their moments.


    Here's a good intro to Steeleye http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvnvoe-jVQ4
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    Can we get back to the thread topic?

    Ok, so I'm not going to give you my name, because it's very unique, and I also don't want people (such as employers) to be able to find this post later on via Google... For those who have met me, please respect my request and keep my name to yourselves, thank you.

    In real life I am 24. I am currently a student at San Diego State University, majoring in geography there with an emphasis in Natural resources and environmental sciences. I love my major. I also completed a Paralegal associates degree. So I plan to use these two degree in the environmental field, with a company that specializes in conservation and preservation of the environment, and hopefully the ocean, and it's life. I am also a native born Australian, and I moved to the United States when I was 15, to be with family who lived here. I miss Australia.
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    This is a cool thread so I guess I'll join in.

    My name is Celine, 23 years old, I live in Belgium and I'm a student at the KCB Brussels, studying Musical. I've done some commercials, photo shoots, semi-professional musicals and television work (nothing important though). I love drawing and designing, I have designed costumes for musicals like Honk!, Alladin, Peter Pan (the mermaids off course) and Seussical. I hope to continue with the designing while trying to become a musical performer, I love everything about the show business world (expect for the people who think they're better then all the rest) and want to keep an open mind in working in that world (like I don't just want to perform in Musicals but also television, commercials, theater, movies, etc), also I'm thinking about designing Mermaid tails I can sell to make a bit of extra money, so if you want me to design you a tail send me a PM,... I think I'll put this into a separate thread :-p.

    I love animals (I have cats, geese, ducks and snakes), playing on my playstation (mostly Final Fantasy, but also Soulcalibur or Okami), dancing, singing and acting (duh :-p), designing, watching disney movies and much more... :-p

    I really hope to work as a professional mermaid in Belgium, which is pretty impossible because they won't even let us swim in public pools, not anywhere, really it's sad. But also I just want to be my mermaid self and feel free when swimming in my tail because that's the feeling I get when I swim :-).

    I think that's about it, check my profile :-p
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    Roamingstudio is not really a mername, but is by current Internet presence. Academic wise I have a BSc in Physics, MSc in medical Physics, PhD in Electrical Stimulation for Neurorehabitation, and work as a product manager and technical developer in the field of Low Back Pain. I also trained as a Fitness Instructor. Life wise I'm on long quest to better understand who I am, having been told, and expected to be, someone else for too long. Recently I have been told I have a strong 'empathy' and 'intuitive' feeling and could be a Shaman - certainly I have a strong affinity to earth, sea, water and mountains. And animals. I have know for many years that I am different, and generally prefer sitting with a camera overlooking Grand Canyon (or sea or mountains or views) than participating in groups. However we all learn to come out of our shells at some point, and it is never too late.I enjoy my work even if it takes up too much time (workaholic) and cycle, run and swim whenever I can. The mer-part of me is finally being allowed to live.I'm also always happy and willing to help guide others on their creative endeavors. I live near Zurich but am originally English, speak some German and French (enough to get by) and miss the desolate wilderness of our planet.
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    Forgot to mention that I tend to walk barefoot. A lot (although frowned upon In USA). And webbed toes means that I can't wear five-toe-shoes. I have hyperflexability in most of my joints, except back and hamstrings which are chronically shortened to keep pelvis and back stable. Something to work on.

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    I'm 19 and I go to school in South FL. I'm a sophomore and currently majoring in Marine Biology. (seems pretty cliche because of the forum I'm posting this in but oh wells) I didn't know what else to choose as a major because nothing interests me. I told my dad when I was 5 that that's what I wanted to be when I grow up so I figure I'll go for it. I've had the name RayeBlonde for a really long time. (6 ish years? Idk) I've kept it because it's unique and I feel like it just sticks to me. I will more than likely use it as my mername. I am a teal mermaid (with hints of hot pink and purple). I do not have a tail yet because I want to just save up for a silicone one. I have had plenty of options to get a fabric tail but I really want a performance tail as my first. My boyfriend calls me 'patches' and I also go by Wolfie. Half the time I'm a mermaid and the other half I am a wolf. >.< I love art. I SUCK at drawing though so I do 3D instead. I like doing glasswork like the mosaic I did or glass fusing (photo attached). Name:  mywolfmosaic.jpg
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Size:  60.4 KB I really wanna try my hand at glassblowing some day. I love modeling, too, although I don't really have any professional pictures right now but if you have a MM account add me! http://www.modelmayhem.com/2727523
    My interests include but are not limited to: cosplaying/costumes, the beach, mermaids, mermaiding, collecting shells, shopping, go go dancing (although I still need A LOT of training), all types of animals, art, longboarding, raves, electronic music, FLUFFY THINGS, LGBT, fetish, cybergoth, EGL, latex, pvc, vampires, and werewolves. I'm really nerdy and kind of in the closet about a lot of the things I like... (My bf and close friends joke that I'm a furry but I don't know if I consider myself one or not) It's not that I care what people think, I just don't see the point of discussing it with someone if they don't share the common interest.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jadestone View Post

    I'm actually trying to come up with a glow poi routine to the Eluveitie song Isara. For anyone who doesn't know what poi is, it's a kind of art/dance/thing that is basically spinning two balls at the ends of strings in different patterns. It originated in New Zealand and made it's way over to hawaii, where they promptly lit the balls on fire. I don't spin fire often (don't own the equipment myself) but I spin normal/glow a lot, and am in my college's circus performances when I have time Here's a video of someone who can spin much better than I can:
    Jadestone!!
    Yay poi! I also poi with my Sircus, called "Sissy's Sircus" in Iowa, a burlesque troupe I helped to found. My name is Aj, and I'm trying to figure out my mermaid name, I had a list and then I've slowly found other mers with those names so my list is down to like 2 or 3, I figure I'll decide and it'll dawn on me once I slither into my tail for the first time (which will be in 3 months, way stoked!). I graduated college a year and a half ago from UNI in Iowa with a major in Theatre for Youth. Right now I travel and teach, I went to Africa for 6 months, and China for a month, and now I'm heading off to Hawaii for 3-6 years because my husband is in the Air Force and we just got placed there (I'm fairly sure they know about me being a mer and decided we would do best in Hawaii). I would love to work for an after school program teaching art and theatre and whatever else, and then work with ocean conservation, or at a day care, and then do mermaiding on the weekend! Other than that I love dancing, poi, singing, signing, and traveling!

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    When I am not a mermaid, I am Rapunzel!



    ... or a unicorn!



    ... or a bellydancing jellyfish!



    ... Or just a normal person with a master's degree in Art Therapy Counseling who likes to make many different things, devotes her time to her hair goals, wishes she had more space to do more art, really needs to get a replacement string for her harp, and really wants a job.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Aj Rose View Post
    Jadestone!!
    Yay poi! I also poi with my Sircus, called "Sissy's Sircus" in Iowa, a burlesque troupe I helped to found. My name is Aj, and I'm trying to figure out my mermaid name, I had a list and then I've slowly found other mers with those names so my list is down to like 2 or 3, I figure I'll decide and it'll dawn on me once I slither into my tail for the first time (which will be in 3 months, way stoked!). I graduated college a year and a half ago from UNI in Iowa with a major in Theatre for Youth. Right now I travel and teach, I went to Africa for 6 months, and China for a month, and now I'm heading off to Hawaii for 3-6 years because my husband is in the Air Force and we just got placed there (I'm fairly sure they know about me being a mer and decided we would do best in Hawaii). I would love to work for an after school program teaching art and theatre and whatever else, and then work with ocean conservation, or at a day care, and then do mermaiding on the weekend! Other than that I love dancing, poi, singing, signing, and traveling!
    Awesome!! Nice to see someone else who spins I've only ever done one performance, in a group, with my school's circus but I think I might attempt a solo glow poi routine this year if I have time. Eep!

    And LittleOrca, that Rapunzel costume is amazing!

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    When human, I have a hammer and paint brush. I can't believe how accomplished with crafts you all are. And how good looking all the mers are.
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    Im working as a makeup and special effects artist. I've been the lead MUA on a couple of music videos recently, am a makeup artist for French cosmetics brand Lancome and I'm basically working my butt off to get onto the next Hobbit movie. I have a degree in Philosophy and World Religion, a Grad diploma in journalism and a diploma in production design and sculpting In my free time I like to play music, draw, socialise and plan my next photoshoot

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    Oh, and my real name is Bonnie

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    Hi I'm Caitlin and I'm amost 15. I am in ninth grade and live in Vancouver Island. My hobbies are mostly about mermaids, but I have a lot of different ones. I love singing, drawings, anything crafty, making youtube videos ( Most viewed has over 700,00 views) I'm starting with making jewlery, and I hope to be able to do some things with silicone in the future. I wish I could model a little bit. I have two amazing guinea pigs named Tabby and Coco. They each have a C and C cage. Hopefully, I'll be able to get some fish tanks set up soon. I think my mermaid name will be Serinessa.

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