Heroes in a half shell! TURTLE POWER!
 

O.K, this has nothing to do with Turtles, but every post title on this thread is [unsurprisingly, given the topic] some variation of "hello", so, you know, I thought I'd jazz it up a little.

[Much kudos if you comment continuing the song, however. :D]

So, yes, greetings, I am in fact new here, I am not in fact a mutated reptile [except for when I wake up first thing in the morning] and I love music, though I guess that that pretty much goes without saying.

If you'll forgive the cliche, I really do listen to pretty much everything, although I tend to prefer stuff with guitars [rock, post-hardcore, metal-core, metal, indie, pop-punk etc]. Still, it's boring to listen to 9,000 songs in a row that sound the same - my idea of a good playlist is one which sounds slightly psychotic, like it's been smushed together by at least 20 different people [who all intensely dislike each other].

I also write my own music, however, having read the forum rules, I'm guessing that posting any wouldn't be looked upon too favourably, so if you're interested, then obviously I'll link you up, if you'd rather just sip tea and perfect your 80s cartoon character costumes, then by all means, do that instead. :D

Other things I enjoy are writing bad fiction, drawing mediocre drawings, taking unexceptional photographs, and being chronically self-deprecating [I'm British. It's a national hazard.]

I live in a small city, earn money by singing in a covers band, and read and sleep a lot.

Things that are awesome:

Pizza
Ice cream
Huskies
Zombies
Vikings
Sporadic and superfluous verbosity
Sennheiser headphones

Things that are not awesome:

Mashed potatoes
Terrible grammar
Mental arithmetic
Evil, miniature vampires of doom [spiders]
Running out of hard-drive space
My eyesight.

Anyway... it's potentially a pleasure to meet you, random forum person reading this. Hopefully this shall be the start of a beautiful friendship! No... why are you edging away from the computer?! Come back! We haven't even been properly introduced!

Oh. Or you could just run away, muttering about restraining orders instead. That's ok. The dog still loves me. :)

- Eliza

P.S. What's this adoption malarky you mention in the rules? And does it mean I get extra Christmas presents? :D

That might be the best intro post ever. Welcome aboard.

I'll adopt you providing you agree I have the option of selling you at a later date if things don't work out. :D

Thank you very much!

I'd be honoured to be adopted by a connoisseur of nonsense, since nonsensical things are often the most entertaining. I'm afraid you can only sell me at a later date if you'll permit me to retain the merchandising rights [hey, it worked for George Lucas] :D It probably wouldn't make too great a difference though, because I'd make a pretty terrible action figure.

Anyway - nice to meet you, Mr. Charlie. What sort of music do you like? Do you play any instruments yourself? And which is your favourite turtle? :D

What is this!?

It would be awesome if you actually stuck around. What a lively intro post.

I know you didn't ask me but Michaelangelo used to be my favorite but then I moved onto Donatello and he's my current fave.

Mashed potatoes is so completely awful. I don't know how people eat that rubbish.

This is me on caffeine haha.

I do intend to stick around: people seem friendly so far, although I do confess that my memory is abysmal at the best of times :)

Snap! I always liked Donatello [mainly because I was utterly unoriginal at that age, and copied my older brother's preference, plus his soft toy Donatello may have had something to do with it] but actually, purple is now my favourite colour, so it's quite fitting. :D

And yes! Finally! Another person who apprehends the horror that is piles of flavourless, textureless, completely pointless starch. All it does is soak up sauce/ gravy that should rightfully be used on the remainder of your food - the parts of the meal actually worth eating.

But now... I have a very important question for you. It is an enquiry of tremendous significance, that will determine the awesomeness of all future interactions!

Are you ready?

...This is the question:

Do you own an actual chameleon? :D

Now that you mention the color connection. Orange was my favorite color as a kid but Mike loved pizza more than the others. So I was all about Mike but then I moved over to Donatello because he was the smart techy nerd and I related to him much more plus I loved his weapon of using a staff.

Sorry to disappoint but that's a negative on the chameleon ownership.

Cats are my thing/pet of choice.

....Cats are almost as good :D And certainly far more effective lap-warmers :D

I love pizza too :) Fighting staffs are pretty cool, I like Matt's use of one in Wheel of Time [if you read those books?] back when I was 4 or 5 or whatever though, things like which one was the coolest toy/ colour were most important, I confess: it was never a particularly informed decision.

Do you have any pictures of your pets? Are we allowed to post pictures here?

No, I haven't read Wheel of time.

Yes I have posted some pictures of them in this thread.

We are allowed to post pictures of our pets here
http://www.musicbanter.com/introduct...e-gallery.html

and pictures of ourselves here
http://www.musicbanter.com/introduct...e-gallery.html

I'm too lazy to go digging through the pet picture thread so I'll pull some from G+
Caught my littlest one sleeping
that's Porque
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-O...206_092649.jpg

Tails my oldest one but she's still pretty petite.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-o...825_141843.jpg

KD(Porque's mother) and Porque.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/Xb...8=w737-h552-no

Awwww! They're beautiful! Female ginger cats are quite rare, aren't they?

Funnily enough my pet is also red-haired [I have an Irish Setter]. I was going to show you some photos, but apparently I have to have posted 15 times first :/

hmmm they are considered Orange Tabbys but I'm not sure how rare they are.

Also the 15 posts that you need to make are in the music section of the site because posts anywhere else like here and the Lounge don't count towards your post count total.

Yup, yup, nonsense is the sweetest elixir.

I like good music. :D

I play the guitar a bit; can just about scratch out something resembling a tune but, really, the less said about that the better.

My favourite turtle? Those that hatch on moonlit beaches and head for the ocean. Those chaps are the cutest.

Aaaah, crafty. I will try to contribute to some of the music threads then, only if I can actually think of something to say, however :D

I think they're supposedly rare simply because the ginger gene is recessive and linked to the X chromosome, like haemophilia and colour blindness, which are consequently far more common in men? I could be completely mistaken though, perhaps it's simply an urban legend.

Start out with easier to jump into threads like What are you listening to now? thread and the Albums you are digging thread also the last album you have bought, downloaded or w/e thread.

Well, good music is the best kind to like, haha :D

I suspect you're being somewhat modest with your estimation of your guitar-playing abilities; you're almost certainly better than me [most people are]. I've discovered that people don't tend to notice if you just sing very loudly over the top of it - they're too busy trying to escape the caterwauling :D

And... excellent answer! Those turtles may not technically be mutants or ninjas, but they are exceedingly adorable. Do you have any pets as well? :)

Haha. Trust me on the guitar playing. I'm pretty bad. Worse than you I wager. ;)

No pets. I do live with a stray tortoiseshell cat. She's lovely, a real chilled out creature who chose to live with me. But she ain't mine.

Yes, that's a good idea. I wish I had more money to buy more music, I actually can't remember the last time I purchased a CD. Simply downloading or streaming isn't the same. :/

I don't know, I am genuinely pretty awful :D

Do you have a name for her? Maybe she has half a dozen sort of "partial" owners, that would be a very feline thing to do.

No name, no. Puss, Whiskers, Fatty, Bitch, Paws, Your Highness, I call her whatever comes to mind. I get the impression she believes she's living in ancient Egypt when cats were deities, and worshipped as such. :rolleyes:

Then you should call her Bast :D

As a plus, whenever you're irritated with her, you could just lengthen it it "bastard".

My dog is actually named Rory, but I often call him "the creature" or "Fur-face", because it sounds amusing [especially yelled across several fields at full volume... I'm infantile like that].

Have you ever done any song-writing or anything, or is your guitar playing purely recreational? :)

I can picture the puzzled looks of passers-by as you yell out silly names. :D

I don't write. Or sing. There's nowt in me to come out. 'Cept my sexuality maybe. ;)

Well hell, if you can possibly be bisexual, go for it. I always feel slightly envious of the extra options it would provide. :D

Got 15 posts now, so going to try posting some pictures of my animal. [I promise that's not a euphemism.]

http://s23.postimg.org/ix3opz1qz/Ror...adial_blur.jpg

http://postimg.org/image/kdcwoz6hh/

http://s27.postimg.org/iu3coe68z/ror...ck_smaller.png

http://postimg.org/image/e2a2qf9dp/

:D