de Corbin
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Hey gang!
Corbin enters the empty lecture hall and looks around. There's nobody here.
Excited to be the first, he heads toward the lectern, executing a perfect and graceful pirouette, toe dancing the rest of the way.
Corbin taps the microphone...
"Testing, testing (tap tap tap)." It emits a loud buzz and Corbin turns down the volume.
"Me me me me," he sings. "Figaro, figaro, FIG-A-RO!"
"Now is the winter of our discontent.
"Call me Ishmael.
"This is England's finest hour.
"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit."
OK, enough goofin' around. Let's get down to business. My name is B. de Corbin, and I'm a pagan, and an artist.
(muffled gasps and understanding sighs drift upward from the disembodied entities in the room. "I hear ya, brother," come across faintly)
You can call me Corbin, or de Corbin, or Bill, or Poor Old Bill, or any other combination of those things you care to type. Mainly, my friends just call me "Hey you!"
I've managed to survive for half a century, so another name that is frequently applied to me is "Geezer."
I was born a pagan, which doesn't mean I was born into a pagan family, it just means that all my life I've felt draw to a spiritual way of life that doesn't fit into the standard big five religions.
I don't think there's really a name for what I am, but I'll generally refer to myself as an Alchemist, because the philosophy of Alchemy, and the way of working in Alchemy fits so well into my skin that it could have all been invented just for me.
Artistically, I'm very versatile. I teach high school art, so I need to be reasonably conversant in a whole range of different techniques and media.
However, I'm not really a master in anything.
Primarily I work in metals and make jewelry. I'm also fairly good at drawing, although drawing doesn't really come naturally to me - I had to work at it very hard, and drawing is still difficult for me. But I can do it, and I like to do it.
I live in a rural part of Northern Michigan, am married, and have two daughters who are pretty much close to perfect. Except that they don't do the dishes when they should. But, you know, aside from that, they're pretty good.
As far as I know, I wasn't born with a tail.
I understand, though, that when people are born with tails, the tail is routinely excised quickly at the hospital, so if I was actually born with one, I might not even be aware of it.
Not that it bothers me. Most human tails are short and stiff, and just make it uncomfortable to sit on the couch for long periods of time. It'd be different if they were graceful like a cat's tail, or bushy and elegant like a dog's tail, or prehensile like a monkey's tail. How many times, while working on a complicated project, have you wished you had another hand? A prehensile tail could come in useful.
Did I mention that I'm also known as Crazy Corbin?
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11/28/2008, 7:40 pm
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hesilly
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Re: Hey gang!
Salute to our Head Administrator!!
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Saijen SilverWolf
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Re: Hey gang!
**shakes her head and rolls her eyes at Corbin's silliness** 
Hehe....you KNOW I love it!!!!
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