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jimella · June 13, 2012 11:51 pm

Hello everyone! I just signed up this week and I am very happy to be a part of such a very active community on Sherlock.

I read Sherlock when I was a kid and I am loving the series to bits. I haven't seen any of the other adaptations (save for the Robert Downey Jr movies, which I really loved) but I hope to remedy that in the near future.

Aside from Sherlock, my interests include writing, crafts, traveling, Japanese pop culture (I am a big fan of Fukuyama Masaharu, in case anyone here is a fan too) and I love languages too.

Hmm, I can't think of anything else...I was born in the 80s like Irene :D

Anyway, have a great day, everyone!

Sherli Bakerst · June 14, 2012 12:06 am

Welcome, jimella! You're going to have lots of fun here!

Who is Fukuyama Masaharu? I know I could look it up but, well, I don't feel like it.

Sentimental Pulse · June 14, 2012 12:20 am

Hi Jimella welcome! Now I have to google Fukuyama Masaharu. Is he cute?

jimella · June 14, 2012 12:38 am

Thank you for the warm welcome, Sentimental Pulse and Sherli. Yes, Fukuyama Masaharu is cute. The cutest 40+ year old man in Japan
He is mainly a singer and actor, but he also has a radio show and he is a photographer as well. Quite popular in Japan. If ever they choose to dub Sherlock in Japanese, I hope they cast him as Sherlock. Benedict's voice is much better but Fukuyama's deep voice may suit the role

veecee · June 14, 2012 1:29 am

Hi,Jimella -- welcome to the forum. I'm sure you'll enjoy it. There are threads for everyone.
I'm into languages, too. What ones do you speak or have you studied?

Davina · June 14, 2012 5:31 am

Welcome to the forum Jimella, I hope you have great fun here!

jimella · June 14, 2012 7:44 am

Thank you Davina ^_^

veecee wrote:
Hi,Jimella -- welcome to the forum. I'm sure you'll enjoy it. There are threads for everyone.
I'm into languages, too. What ones do you speak or have you studied?

Thank you veecee ^_^ The only one I studied seriously was Japanese. Spanish and German were just for a few months. How about you?

SusiGo · June 14, 2012 8:08 am

Nice to meet you, Jimella. Japanese, that is interesting. I speak German, English and French and understand a little Italian and Dutch. We are really global .

Sherlock Holmes · June 14, 2012 8:28 am

Hi Jimella...nice to meet you and welcome to the forum.

I'd recommend watching the Jeremy Brett adaptations next...he was a big influence on Benedict's portrayal of SH.

Tantalus · June 14, 2012 1:41 pm

Glad you found the "Introductions" thread, Jimella! Welcome, and have fun.

hepzibah · June 14, 2012 2:23 pm

Hi Jimella, welcome to the madness! I am just down the road from you in Australia. Pop by one evening, we'll have dinner

m0r1arty · June 14, 2012 2:30 pm

Welcome aboard Jimella!

I've a slight hankering for Japanese culture too

-m0r

veecee · June 14, 2012 8:54 pm

jimella wrote:
Thank you Davina ^_^
veecee wrote:
Hi,Jimella -- welcome to the forum. I'm sure you'll enjoy it. There are threads for everyone.
I'm into languages, too. What ones do you speak or have you studied?
Thank you veecee ^_^ The only one I studied seriously was Japanese. Spanish and German were just for a few months. How about you?

Mostly romance languages -- Spanish, Portuguese, some French, a little Italian and Catalan.
I would like to learn more Japanese. The class I went to was only once a week, so hard to really get into it. Can you write it?
The only thing I can remember in Farsi (Persian) is how to say "I don't speak Farsi." Whenever I say it to someone who does speak it, they start speaking to me in Farsi, even though they understood what I just said. They're just so happy to hear a westerner give it a try.

darknessinzero · June 17, 2012 10:34 am

jimella wrote:
(I am a big fan of Fukuyama Masaharu, in case anyone here is a fan too)

I'm also a fan of the japanese Sherlock Holmes counterpart.

Milkomeda · June 18, 2012 1:47 am

Welcome = ).

jimella · June 18, 2012 8:58 am

Tantalus wrote:
Glad you found the "Introductions" thread, Jimella! Welcome, and have fun.

Thanks for pointing the direction, Tantalus. I am having so much fun over here. This is such a great community

Sherlock Holmes wrote:
Hi Jimella...nice to meet you and welcome to the forum.

I'd recommend watching the Jeremy Brett adaptations next...he was a big influence on Benedict's portrayal of SH.

Thanks for the rec, Sherlock. Must watch them next. I read so much about Jeremy Brett but outside of his Holmes work, I don't know much about him.

hepzibah wrote:
Hi Jimella, welcome to the madness! I am just down the road from you in Australia. Pop by one evening, we'll have dinner

Sure thing! Will let you know if I am in Oz.

m0r1arty wrote:
Welcome aboard Jimella!

I've a slight hankering for Japanese culture too

-m0r

Thanks for the welcome, m0r! Yay, 3 Japanophiles in this community so far

Milkomeda wrote:
Welcome = ).

Thank you

darknessinzero wrote:
jimella wrote:
(I am a big fan of Fukuyama Masaharu, in case anyone here is a fan too)
I'm also a fan of the japanese Sherlock Holmes counterpart.

Haha, don't get me started on THAT guy.

SusiGo · June 18, 2012 9:58 am

Welcome, Jimella . I just googled Fukuyama Masaharu whom I didn't know before. A very handsome interesting looking guy .

jimella · June 18, 2012 10:31 am

@SusiGo: I know, right? He's 43 years old and he doesn't look like it. Men in Japan want to be him, women want to do him. That's what they all say :D

jimella · June 19, 2012 7:02 am

veecee wrote:
Mostly romance languages -- Spanish, Portuguese, some French, a little Italian and Catalan.
I would like to learn more Japanese. The class I went to was only once a week, so hard to really get into it. Can you write it?
The only thing I can remember in Farsi (Persian) is how to say "I don't speak Farsi." Whenever I say it to someone who does speak it, they start speaking to me in Farsi, even though they understood what I just said. They're just so happy to hear a westerner give it a try.

Yes, I can write and read Japanese. I taught part time for a couple of years. I quit because my day job was getting too stressful.

Sammy · June 19, 2012 4:49 pm

Hi and welcome!
You can count me to the japanophiles.. ;)