Hi Everyone!
Hi Everyone!
My name is Arianne, and I joined the the forum near the end of last year, but I never remembered to introduce myself. I am currently a senior at the University of Pittsburgh, and after graduating I hope to go to law school in the fall (If I ever hear from the schools I applied to.) I have been a huge muppet fan ever since I was born and had a baby kermit doll placed in my hands. I've tried to keep up watching evey episode of the Muppet Show I can find; I own several versions of each Muppet movie, and have spent my life accumulating tons of books and memorabilia that i hope to place in its very own room someday! I have memorized almost all of the feature films by heart. I've wrote my senior research paper on Jim Henson's innovations to puppet technology in high school, and I am currently working on a senior paper on Sesame Street and how it relays civil religion towards children of America for my Rhetoric and Culture class.
I have always considered Jim Henson and the muppets a part of me, everytime I was stressed, depressed, or full of unrest, I would read an old muppet annual I had, or watch the fantastic Miss Piggy show, or sing along to my favorite muppet and fraggle tunes. The muppets have, and always will be, a huge part of my life and I am so glad that I joined a forum where I can share that with other fans like myself.
I spend most of my time on the forum at the fanfic section; I never knew that fanfics existed and after reading so many of them, I absolutely love them. They are the perfect way to get my mind off of things, and they totally fill the void I have for muppet romance, for I have always been a hopeless Kermit-Piggy romantic at heart.
Well, there is a little about me and my muppet affiliation. By the way, this year and last year have been a tremendous time to be a muppet fan; after the lull we had for so many years, all this great muppet appearances and merchandise have been coming out and I couldn't be more excited! The Muppetcast is also fantastic and another way I get through the week. Thanks for letting me introduce myself, have a great evening everyone and remember, "There's nothing to it but to do it!" Sgt Floyd Pepper
(me graduating from pitt pretty soon!)