2011: Meet cake.ninjak

[cake.ninjak]

Meet cake.ninjak

Well hello there! My name is Kelvin (yep....like the degree scale), and I'm one of your mods for this month's Meet __________ section.

I've been a member of Snitchseeker for almost 4.5 years now after being dragged into it by my friend Alyssa (who no longer visits the site, unfortunately). She knew I loved Harry Potter and forced strongly encouraged me to join. Four and a half years later, here I am!

When I first joined, I didn't really do much. I was sorted into Ravenclaw and made a character (who I didn't play for a while) and that was about it. But after about 7 months on the site, I became really interested in the role play (which, at the time, was...oh gosh, what term was that? It was the term where Hogwarts was taken over by Pierre...was that Baby Cries?) Anyway, in my time as a student, I played Ryan Lee, who was apparently a Ravenclaw stud. I played quidditch for a few terms and captained the Ravenclaw team for two terms until I was hired to the school staff to teach Charms (I was also the editor/graphics guru/adviser to the SS School Yearbook for a while). I taught Charms for a year IRL, and decided to step down because I was getting too busy with college.

I now currently moderate the Weasley's Wizard Wheezes (Games), Madame Malkin's (Graphics and Art) forums and the Social Groups feature, and I love it!

As for my life away from SS, I'm a 20 year-old (21 next month WOOT) university student from California studying Psychology and Social Behavior (with intended minors in Education and Asian American Studies). I play taiko (Japanese drumming) and volleyball and uhhhhhhhhhhh ask to find out more?

Oh, I'm also procrastinating on writing a paper right now.

Ask away! (And remember to follow all SS Rules)

[jwalters15216]

First post!

Lol at the procrastinating on writing a paper.. What year are you in at your university?

[cake.ninjak]

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Originally Posted by jwalters15216

First post!

Lol at the procrastinating on writing a paper.. What year are you in at your university?

I'm in my third year. I'm actually really excited because I thought I was going to have to stay a 5th year because a lot of my classes are getting cut, but I just found out I can graduate a quarter early. WOOO!

[jwalters15216]

That's pretty cool. I should be in my second year, but I'm taking a semester off. Just noticed your avatar too haha. Boy Meets World is one of my favorite shows. I like the later episodes when they are in college the most. What about you?

[cake.ninjak]

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Originally Posted by jwalters15216

That's pretty cool. I should be in my second year, but I'm taking a semester off. Just noticed your avatar too haha. Boy Meets World is one of my favorite shows. I like the later episodes when they are in college the most. What about you?

I wish I had discovered Boy Meets World sooner. I didn't discover it until I was about 14 or 15 I think (maybe a little earlier...I'm no good with dates. Columbus came to American when? Is that the War of 18whastitcalled? etc.), but OH MAN I love that show. I agree - I liked the show better once they got later into high school and then college, but the show is good no matter what. It's so easy to relate to. I actually had quite a few teachers in high school who were a lot like Mr. Feeny. I didn't have them as teachers as many times as the kids in BMW had Feeny, but they were certainly incredibly inspirational people, and I am better to have known and learned from them.

Also, apparently, the woman who played Topanga just enrolled at a university not far from here.

[AbbiPybus]

Hiya!
I noticed you are the 'graphics guru'
Do you have any tips that could help me into the graphic design industry ?

[cake.ninjak]

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Originally Posted by AbbiPybus

Hiya!
I noticed you are the 'graphics guru'
Do you have any tips that could help me into the graphic design industry ?

LOL well Graphics Guru is just a nickname I got while on Snitchseeker Yearbook staff. I would by no means consider myself a graphicing expert. I don't know if I could give you any tips to get into the industry either (I'm not even part of it?), but I guess try to be original with your work, and don't expect to be SUPER!AMAZING right away. Everyone has to start somewhere.

[Belle]

How is it living in California? Have you met anyone famous? I wish I was there in that warm, beautiful weather. It is snowy and cold where I am and it royally sucks! Lol.

[Luna_Lovegood]

4.5 years? Wow! I jsut joined this evening, heehee. (:
And I live in California too! Small world.

[cynder]

Hey there! Thought I'd join this site in order to indulge my Harry Potter obsession, so...

WHOA Japanese drumming. I just play the trumpet. How is that different from playing a regular drumset?

[cake.ninjak]

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Originally Posted by Belle

How is it living in California? Have you met anyone famous? I wish I was there in that warm, beautiful weather. It is snowy and cold where I am and it royally sucks! Lol.

I love it! I have. If you know AJ Rafael from Youtube, I've met him. I'm also pretty good friends with Jennifer Chung (also Youtube) and I'm constantly around pretty famous dance crews (I've met Victor Kim and Mike Song a few times). I also saw Emily Osment and Mitchell Musso at Disneyland once.

I suppose I can't really say much, since it was 90 degrees F today (while I was at Disneyland ), but there are definitely places in California where it gets COLD. Where I'm originally from, it frequently drops below freezing during the night, and borders on freezing during the day.

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Originally Posted by Luna_Lovegood

4.5 years? Wow! I jsut joined this evening, heehee. (:
And I live in California too! Small world.

Ooh! Well I hope you like it enough to stick around. Welcome!

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Originally Posted by cynder

Hey there! Thought I'd join this site in order to indulge my Harry Potter obsession, so...

WHOA Japanese drumming. I just play the trumpet. How is that different from playing a regular drumset?

You know....I honestly can't really tell you. I'm not trained as a Western drummer at all, but I suppose the main difference is that taiko is more about the passion and the movement than Western drumming is. That's not ALL taiko is about, but it's a major difference from Western drumming.

[Magical.Being.08]

Do you enjoy studying Psychology and Social Behavior?

[Lady of the Lake]

Doing social sciences, just like me...I'd like to visit the US, I've got relatives there. Have you ever been to England?

[Lindalou]

Oh, I also doing social sciences, with the focus on media studies and political science.

[cake.ninjak]

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Originally Posted by Magical.Being.08

Do you enjoy studying Psychology and Social Behavior?

I love it! I think it's so interesting. I honestly think I like it so much because, when I was little, my mom used to take me to the airport and we would just people watch for a couple hours.

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Originally Posted by Lady of the Lake

Doing social sciences, just like me...I'd like to visit the US, I've got relatives there. Have you ever been to England?

I have! Back in the summer of 2007, I took an EF Tour through my high school to England, France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, and Germany. It's actually what inspired me to become more active around here!

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Originally Posted by Lindalou

Oh, I also doing social sciences, with the focus on media studies and political science.

How interesting! I've thought about what area of psychology I'd like to go in, if at all, and I'm considering I/O Psych.

[Lissydove]

If Daffy Duck and Donald Duck arranged a fight to the death, who would be the victor and what would be the psychosocial ramifications of such a duel?

[cake.ninjak]

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Originally Posted by Lissydove

If Daffy Duck and Donald Duck arranged a fight to the death, who would be the victor and what would be the psychosocial ramifications of such a duel?

WELL. First of all, Daffy would definitely win, even though I like Donald Duck more. However, this battle would take quite the toll on Daffy because he would have to take out one of his brethren. How tragic! I think it would cause Daffy to develop a nervous twitch, and any time he saw a fellow duck, he would have a vision of elephants running toward him to trample him.

In addition, their battlefield would look like a meteor crater (as though one divided by zero) and the site would be haunted by Donald's ghost. Then Ghost Adventures would come to the site to research it and run everywhere and scream and flex and wear awkwardly tight shirts. Oh, and they're all wearing hipster glasses. Donald's ghost too.

[Becca]

Its nice to meet you.

I'm Rebecca. I'm 19 and i have a 19 month old daughter. I hope to become as strong a member of this website as you. When can I get sorrted? How does all this work. I can't wait.

Thanks for introducting yourself.

[cake.ninjak]

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Originally Posted by Becca

Its nice to meet you.

I'm Rebecca. I'm 19 and i have a 19 month old daughter. I hope to become as strong a member of this website as you. When can I get sorrted? How does all this work. I can't wait.

Thanks for introducting yourself.

Hi Rebecca!

I hope you will become a super active member as well.

You can get sorted starting on April 12th (which happens to be 5 days before my 21st birthday! ) After you get sorted, you'll be able to start playing in our Hogwarts Role Play. But even before then, you can get involved in our Ministry of Magic Role Play (which also involves Diagon Alley and, I believe, now Knockturn Alley). There's so much to do here, though. You can read or write fan fiction, you can start your own role play (as in come up with a story line and invite people to play with you), you can play games, explore pop culture (through the Leaky Cauldron section of the site), and so much more! All I can say is explore explore explore! Snitchseeker may seem gigantic and intimidating at first, but once you get the hang of things, there's so much fun to be had.

[Lissydove]

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Originally Posted by cake.ninjak

WELL. First of all, Daffy would definitely win, even though I like Donald Duck more. However, this battle would take quite the toll on Daffy because he would have to take out one of his brethren. How tragic! I think it would cause Daffy to develop a nervous twitch, and any time he saw a fellow duck, he would have a vision of elephants running toward him to trample him.

In addition, their battlefield would look like a meteor crater (as though one divided by zero) and the site would be haunted by Donald's ghost. Then Ghost Adventures would come to the site to research it and run everywhere and scream and flex and wear awkwardly tight shirts. Oh, and they're all wearing hipster glasses. Donald's ghost too.

I really just laughed out loud on this one. Ohmigosh.


Hypothetical situation (thank goodness): The ice cream man stops selling Choco Tacos. What would be the impact on people everywhere? Would the Ice Cream Sandwich fulfill the need for people who like chocolate covered tacos and ice cream? Or would the old fashioned Ice Cream Cone step up?

[cake.ninjak]

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Originally Posted by Lissydove

I really just laughed out loud on this one. Ohmigosh.


Hypothetical situation (thank goodness): The ice cream man stops selling Choco Tacos. What would be the impact on people everywhere? Would the Ice Cream Sandwich fulfill the need for people who like chocolate covered tacos and ice cream? Or would the old fashioned Ice Cream Cone step up?

The world would end. Nothing else would even have a chance to take over as the satisfier of all chocolate-covered ice cream delights.

[wickedcml]

Nice to meet you. What part of California are you in? I'm in So Cal and I know all about procrastinating on writing a paper. :-D I'm the queen of it.

[cake.ninjak]

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Originally Posted by wickedcml

Nice to meet you. What part of California are you in? I'm in So Cal and I know all about procrastinating on writing a paper. :-D I'm the queen of it.

I'm originally from NorCal, but I moved down to SoCal for college.

[Miss Alasse]

How did you get into taiko? Do you do this type of drumming by yourself, or are there others with the same interest?

[cake.ninjak]

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Originally Posted by Miss Alasse

How did you get into taiko? Do you do this type of drumming by yourself, or are there others with the same interest?

I got into it when a friend dragged me to a practice with her when I was 8. I ended up loving it and sticking with it.

And yes, the form of taiko I play is called kumi-daiko, or group/ensemble drumming.