Hello! I figured I ought to do a proper introduction post for my new and old friends.

My name is Shailah (which is pronounced shay-lah and rhymes with “Kayla”). I am nineteen years old. I live with my parents and my younger brother in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. I work part-time doing surveys over the phone with customers for a certain appliance company (it’s a dull job, but very casual and the company is very small and I’m allowed to bring my laptop to work, so I can’t complain haha).

I walk to work every day. It’s about a mile.

I’m currently taking Elementary Algebra at MATC (Madison Area Technical College), the local community college. It’s my first college class.

I have depression, and I’m seeing a therapist for it.

I’m a writer and an artist. I’m interested in going to school for Animation…but I’m not actually sure. I’m iffy about higher education in general. Right now I’m just drawing a lot and working on my Photoshop skills. My depression kind of stops me from doing things I like or from thinking that I have any competence whatsoever.

I would love to live on my own, working a job that gives me sufficient money. I want to be a normal college kid. But I’ve never, ever felt like a normal person. I’ve always felt really isolated from everyone else.

You probably already know my fandoms and other interests, so I shan’t list them! If you’re truly curious, read the interests on my profile page. I don’t mean to sound rude, but it’s such a great resource for all the things that delight my soul but which I may not remember in my day-to-day life.

I don’t read nearly as much fan fiction as I used to. Now I’m only interested in rare pairings or exceptionally interesting plots; things that are more than just sexy sex, which is good wank material but not much else, you know?

On that note, I do have a couple of fanfics kicking around my head that I may post sometime in the future.