Portrait of the Author as a Young Girl

I thought now was the best time, my invisible and most probably non-existant reader base, to introduce myself, after three months of random literary and critical posts. My name is Eleanor. I am a 15 year old from New Hampshire--and yes, since my half-birthday was April 2nd, I can legally drive.

At the moment, as my age may suggest, I am a freshman at my local high school--believe me, I'm not that thrilled about it, but I was waitlisted at St. Mark's and Commonwealth, so I suppose I have to put that behind me (wait...wouldn't even mentioning that be alluding to it?) and I really am not sure what I want to do when I graduate. That is, when I graduate from college; I want to go to Oberlin college, where my dad went. Philosophy holds great attraction, as does psychology or writing; possibly music; I can see myself in law or science or something but that's not likely to happen, since whatever I end up doing will need a great degree of dedication.

I really do like music, which is necessary because my father is a choir director (my mother is a math teacher, which doesn't interest me quite as much. I'm no good with arithmetic but I like algebra.); you can check out the Slacker Radio box at the bottom of the page. My favorite band lately is probably Coldplay and my favorite individual artist is Sinead O'Connor.

Virginia Woolf is my favorite author. The last book I read of hers was just last week: Mrs. Dalloway, which I didn't like quite as much on the whole as To the Lighthouse. Seriously, though, reading Virginia Woolf in study hall when I'm really tired is trippy. I'm also a great fan of Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings. The last book I read was Morningside Heights by Cheryl Mendelson. I liked it a lot, for a modern novel (I'd give it a 4/5); it reminded me a bit of Jane Austen in how planned out and intricate it was.

So that's me at the moment! Thanks for reading and please comment...