Greetings!

Hi all! This is more or less a repeat of my "info" page, so if anyone already read it there, sorry for repeating myself. <p> I'm a physicist living in the Atlanta area. I finished my Ph.D last September in a much colder part of the country, and moved down here for a postdoc at one of the area Universities. I'm still learning to cope with the heat. <p> I've been a fan of anime, and Japanese pop culture in general, for a few years now. I've long been a science fiction fan and was aware of anime, but it wasn't until a friend gave me "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" that I really became a <b>Fan</b> with a capital <b>F</b>. It's only grown and spread since then! I'm currently trying to learn Japanese via the <a href="http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/all-japanese-all-the-time-ajatt-how-to-learn-japanese-on-your-own-having-fun-and-to-fluency">"all Japanese all the time"</a> method. It's been going much much slower than I'd like, but I certainly know more than I used to. <p> My favorite series tend to be in the slice-of-life/healing genres (shows like Hidamari Sketch, K-On, Aria, last season's Acchi Kocchi, ...) though that's certainly not all I watch. And I'm happy to discuss pretty much anything! <p> Anyway, I'm here looking to make some friends who share my interests. And if one of those friendships should happen to develop into something more... well, I certainly wouldn't complain ^_^