A long overdue introduction.

[poetrywolf.livejournal.com]

Well, I figured it was about time that I stopped just dipping a paw into the metaphorical water of this group and actually leapt on in, so here goes.

Most know me as Kaitlyn, a nineteen year old (in three days! ^_^)woman who attends a small liberal-arts school in Ohio, is currently working towards getting a degree in music and possibly (theatre/psychology/anthropology/english), and is trying to live in the best way I can for myself and those around me. My general interests include reading, writing, swimming, walking in the woods, gaming of all sorts, and role-playing. In terms of describing my religion and spirituality, I suppose you might use the term shamanic practitioner, though I guess I really just consider myself a student of spirits and my own experiences, and a believer in some form of sacred life-force that connects all beings as equals.

To a limited few I'm known as Ekunyi, a red-wolf person with a penchant for reading up on all things related to therianthropy, if perhaps tending to be a tad shy about writing about it herself. I do tend to stalk websites or groups, interested in hearing more about others' experiences and then trying to learn from them, but I rarely get around to posting in them myself. This is usually done out of concern that my writings won't be good enough, but admittedly sometimes out of fear of someone I know making the connection between those writings and the human-me they know in person and then deeming me crazy.

I've tried to work towards bridging the gap between these two selves. I joined Werelist a few years ago, but the tendency for arguments to rise among members (and then dissolving into insult-wars), and my recognition of a fair amount of elitism amongst some of the "elders" of the forums made me lose interest. Nevertheless, here I am, giving it another go. I am determined to find the same pride in my writings and thoughts as I have in being able to consider myself red wolf, while hopefully learning a fair bit from you folks, who seem to be a wonderfully understanding bunch with incredibly intelligent things to say about your experiences as animal people. I look forward to getting to know you better, and reading more of your writings!

Comments

[aloiis.livejournal.com]

Hey there, you! :) Nice to read you here.

(You are free to friend-lock your entries here for more privacy if you prefer that no one else find them out.)

Don't be shy, this community is a safe place for everyone to muse and write about therianthropy as long as they're sincere. There is no rating system of any sort here, everything is worth a read. I'm happy you've enjoyed it so far and am looking forward reading more from you whenever you'll get around to write if you want it.

[poetrywolf.livejournal.com]

Sorry for falling off the face of the earth again immediately after joining -- moving back to my college and then dealing with the first week of classes has been a bit crazy time-wise. At anyrate, I'm back online again, and... well, I think I'd like to try to be as open as I can be with the entries, work on building a bit more confidence. *grins* Thanks for the welcome.

[paleo.livejournal.com]

Greetings! Look forward to your writings.

[poetrywolf.livejournal.com]

*smiles* Thanks for the welcome!

[liesk.livejournal.com]

Welcome! As aloiis said, you don't have to be shy. Everybody is welcome to share their thoughts. If you prefer to lurk, though, that's okay too. :)

Your name (the second one you gave, that is) sounds interesting to me. Is it from a particular language, or did you come up with it?

[poetrywolf.livejournal.com]

^_^ Thanks for the welcome, though I'm sorry my response is so delayed!

As for Ekunyi, it's... well, I don't know how folks here feel about totemism/spirit guides, but it's a name that was given to me from a guide of sorts, who told me it translated to "little alpha" or "little leader". I've always just found that I like both the meaning, and really just the flow of the word itself, thus I've stuck with it for the past few years, particularly when referring to spiritual matters, or my life as an animal-person.

[makhsihed.livejournal.com]

Welcome! You seem really interesting, mind if I friend you?

Don't be shy; you seem pretty articulate so far!

[poetrywolf.livejournal.com]

*chuckles* Thank you for the vote of confidence. ^_^ And you are more than welcome to friend me -- though may I ask the same of you?

[makhsihed.livejournal.com]

Certainly! Add away.

*looks up Kenyon college* Oh wow, you're just two hours away from me! (I go to Cleveland State for psychology.) Very neat. Ohioans all over the place!

[zenosaur.livejournal.com]

Welcome! I look forward to reading about what you think. In the meanwhile... have some Zeno cookies *offers cookies*

[poetrywolf.livejournal.com]

Mmm Zeno cookies. *munches, then headtilts* Out of curiosity, what ingredients are included in such?

[zenosaur.livejournal.com]

I could tell you... but then I'd have to eat you ^_^. It's classified...

[7deadlysins.livejournal.com]

Oh. My.

Be my new best friend?

I am 18, attending a small-ish liberal arts school in Ohio, and majoring in music. :O

What school are you going to?

By the way, I'm adding you to my friends list, if you don't mind.

[poetrywolf.livejournal.com]

O.O; Well this is just all sorts of awesome! By all means, please do friend me, then I can do the same and... er. Wow. Similarities. XD!

Aaanywho. ^_^; I'm currently at Kenyon College, just finished up my first week of auditions and all sorts of other craziness, thus the lack of internet appearances. But it's good to be back, and I look forward to talking more with you and reading your works!

[wampus-cat.livejournal.com]

Welcome! I vaguely recall someone with a similar-sounding name on Werelist who was a red wolf person, but I'm not sure if it was you or not. Did you go by the same screenname there?

Regardless, don't be shy about posting here. I look forward to seeing more from you, as you seem like an interesting, articulate person. :)

[poetrywolf.livejournal.com]

*smiles* Yep, I went by Ekunyi on Werelist, though admittedly it's probably been about a year since I've posted there.

At anyrate, thank you for the kindly welcome. ^_^

[fleetfoot77.livejournal.com]

hope to read more from you soon.

And I'm glad to meet you. Thumbs up.

[poetrywolf.livejournal.com]

Good to meet you as well. :-)

[streetjaguar.livejournal.com]

can't wait to read your writings as I used to identify as a red wolf and I haven't yet read much about what red wolf feels like from someone else (which I've always thought was different from grey wolf/coyote friends.) Welcome and I hope you are having fun studying music! I'm right next door to berklee in boston and I've got a lot of friends who are involved with music/theatre, they love it :]