User:Laconia

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"I guess I'm pretty much of a lone wolf. I don't say I don't like people at all, but, to tell you the truth, I only like it then if I have a chance to look deep into their hearts and their minds."

- Bela Lugosi "Fate rarely calls upon us at a moment of our choosing."

- Optimus Prime, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen "''And I'll be everything that I wanna be
 * I am confidence and insecurity
 * I am a voice yet waiting to be heard
 * I'll shoot the shot, bang, that you hear round the world."

- Superchick, One Girl Revolution.

"If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them."

- Henry David Thoreau Jó napot! I'm Marianna, otherwise known on various websites as LadyLaconia. I'm a college sophomore, and I try my best to keep a healthy balance between schoolwork, community service, fitness, and fanon activities. I've recently joined Halopedia under the same username I have here, so if you desire my services there you may send me a message. I'm sort of insistent when it comes to spelling, grammar, and logic/veracity within an article, so if I ever come across as rude, sajnálom. I'm simply of the hard-forged opinion that if one wishes to intelligently present something to an audience as broad as the World Wide Web, a considerable amount of preparation and polish must be applied.

When I'm not editing articles here or yacking on the Irk, I devote my time to a great deal of academic reading and writing. I'm attending university on a full scholarship, so if it seems like I'm not getting much done for days or weeks at a time, it's because I'm busy doing more important things. If you have something important to say to me and I'm not on Freenode, please leave a message on my Talk Page, and I'll try to get back with you ASAIHP (as soon as is humanly possible).



Some Tidbits
I'll be twenty in June of 2012, though technically I'll be biologically twenty in mid-September (three cheers for premature birth!). I seem to be going through a delayed tomboy stage, as I was not allowed to do so as a teenager, so don't let my tendency to yammer on about archery, firearms, video games, and more "masculine" pursuits fool you. It's my intention to serve in a branch of the United States military once I'm through with college, and though I was this close to joining the Air Force this year, I've decided that my heart's with the Marine Corps. Don't get me wrong, I respect all the branches, but I have my reasons for selecting the Corps. Considering that most of the father figures in my life have been former Marines who fought in Vietnam and even on Iwo Jima, I think my reasons are pretty good~

Gaming and Writing
The first Halo game I actually played all the way through was Halo: Reach. This is sort of evident because most if not all of my writing is heavily based on the events and characters in that game. I own all of the Halo novels except for Greg Bear's Forerunner books, and I even ordered Halsey's journal off eBay to satisfy my quest for information (pffffft you think I have enough money to order Reach's Legendary edition? YOU JEST). Now that I've played through all of the Halo games, I can honestly say that Halo 3: ODST is my favorite, and I wish Bungie had transferred more aspects of that game to Reach, such as switching POVs between team members. And (braces for impact) I really don't think Halo Legends was all that bad. I mean, yeah, some of the "artistic license" got a little ridiculous, but all in all I think it was an interesting collection, and it was refreshing to get a unique angle on the Halo universe.

Other than the Halo series, I play games like Call of Duty's Modern Warfare series, Transformers: War for Cybertron, the Mass Effect series, the Kingdom Hearts series, the Orange Box, Portal 2, the Battlefield series, and basically any game that gives me a decent storyline and problems to solve/stuff to shoot. I'm not really a hardcore gamer, considering that I have to pay so much attention to schoolwork and my modest little social life, but I do enjoy sitting down for a couple hours and having some fun on the Xbox.

As for my writing, I really don't have much to say about it. I just write the ideas that pop into my head. Usually I'll start a story with absolutely no idea of how I want it to end and just let it evolve as I go.

Other Interests
My interests are as broad as they are contradictory. I like sci-fi movies, war movies, sci-fi war movies, horror, comedy (in good taste or relatively close), and romance. I've been acquainting myself with anime, and as of right now my two favorite series are Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Ouran Highschool Host Club. I also really really really like Transformers, with the exceptions of the Robots in Disguise and Kiss Players series.

I can listen to any music and enjoy it, I suppose, though I dislike certain variations of rap. My favorite music group at the moment is Poets of the Fall.

The Laconian Commandments
Rule I : The square root of pi is cake.

 Rule II : Speak softly, but carry a big gravity hammer stick.

 Rule III : If at first you don't succeed, erase all evidence that you tried.

 Rule IV : Always watch the watchmen.

 Rule V : It can be reworn as long as it doesn't smell.

 Rule VI : Marianna is gifted, but that doesn't mean she's a genius.

 Rule VII : Always hold the door for people, even if no one seems to care.

 Rule VIII : The fortune cookie is always right.

 Rule IX : Never make the same mistake twice. Be creative.

 Rule X : All of the admins here are awesome.

Lady's Art
Samples of my pencil art.

U-Toob
I'm Ladylaconia there too. These are some of my better videos. I'm no longer able to make them because my good laptop was destroyed, but I hope to return to video-making soon.

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