Greetings from The Red Queen

[TheRedQueen]

Miss Rosie and Miss Lily - please may I join your juicy little gem of a site? :)I promise to be good, not to spam, to try to post thoughtful and erudite replies, and to stay on-topic as much as I can (ooh, I saw that, Rosie – you raised your eyebrows in a skeptical way! That’s not nice…)

I’ve wended my way over here from TORC, and I’m happy to see some others have wended their way over also – hi to elanor, MoH, Raksha, SMOR, PFaz, Rosie, lauring, Lily, Stefania, and SueB. And I’m looking forward to getting to know everybody else, especially the intriguingly named Eggowaffles. ;D

My official title is The Red Queen, but please don’t feel obliged to curtsey or stand on ceremony in any way – I’m a modern monarch and most people just call me Red or RQ!!!

In the real world, I teach English Literature to Grades 11 and 12 high school students, which is a great job for me because I have a captive audience for my lame jokes and insane ramblings. I don’t write myself (except shopping lists and the odd billet doux), but I have enormous respect for those with the talent and guts to create stories and put them before an audience.

I do have a terrible weakness for Faramir/David Wenham (to the extent that I sometimes require medical attention to deal with the after-effects of elevated blood pressure and fainting fits), but I also like those other strapping men of Gondor, Boromir and Aragorn. But I’ll read anything you put before me.

Now I’ve just made some pancakes and extra-jammy scones for all of you – do help yourselves. :-*And yes, because I’m the new girl on the block, I am indeed trying to bribe you to accept me and love me.

-rEd

P.S. Lily, you’ve got jam all over your chin!

[nyquil]

Pancakes and scones!!! Thank the Valar you're here!!!

I absolutely adored my 11th and 12th grade English Literature teacher, so I shall picture her face when I read your posts, RQ (and eat your scones!).

Welcome! ;D

[eggowaffles]

The intriguingly named Eggo Waffles would like to get to know you, too! Welcome to the board!

[shieldmaiden]

Hey, Queenie! And thanks for the scones!

Love that you're an English lit teachter, btw. Most of my favorite teachers in high school were English Lit.

[elanordh]

Hello rEd *waves* Nice to have you here! ;D

[Rosie]

You made it then? Which seems to be my phrase of the week as I leaped onto PFaz at the airport yesterday with those very words. And bear in mind that the poor tired lass had no idea who I was (she having sent me far better picturess than I ever sent her) and was probably thinking "Mugged already!"

Welcome RQ. Or should we call you Arku. Which sounds like something out of The Never Ending Story which is appropriate......

I'm waffling. (Not Eggowaffling).

[TheRedQueen]

Thanks quil, eggos, SMOR, elanor and Rosie for your welcomes. I'm feeling good now about teaching English lit after your kind comments (plus David Wenham's big sister, Helen, is an English lit teacher...)

quil, I've just laughed myself silly at your avator. My stomach muscles hurt now...

Rosie, yes, I finally made it! We Cancer crabs can be terrible procrastinators, you know. Great site and thanks to you and Lily for creating it - I've been poking my nose into the various rooms and posting all over the place.

;D ;D ;D re. your meeting with PFaz at the airport. If you'd done that to me, I'd have socked you in the eye and screamed for aiport security... ;D Hope you all have a relaxing and fun time together!!

-rEd

[Lily]

Hello RQ! That´s nice to see you here too! *wipes the jam from her chin*

And you are an English teacher! I thought I had left this part of my life behind me!

Thanks for your wishes for our meeting - we definitely had a good time together.

[lindahoyland]

Welcome RQ,it's good to have you here !