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Hi. A bartender at work said this was a good place to meet people, and I've just moved to this side of town. I'm Jin, and it's good to meet people? I guess?

I knew there was a reason I'd held off on getting a Playstation 4. Four words: Limited edition with Batman Stenciling. Audrey - is it too early for me to request June 24th off? I know me - I'm going to be up all night playing games once I get home with that on the 23rd.

So I heard through the grapevine that this was a good way to meet people around here.

So hey, I'm Cosima. Originally from San Fran, and was that crazy person that decided spending a few years in Minnesota for grad school was a great idea. Which it was, just not many Californians would agree with me there. Anyways yes, I've recently come back to California, now I'm going for my PhD at UC-Irvine so maybe I'll see some of you around there if I'm not in the labs or in the library?

Also kind of always babbling about science, so be warned of that ahead of time? And always kind of late so I'm always kind of sorry, too.

I feel like I need to write some sort of Frequently Asked Questions page, just to avoid the rush of But you're blind, why are you on a message board? So let's address a few things that I tend to be asked whenever I venture outside of my bubble.

Are you really blind?
Yes, I really am. You can stop waving your hand in front of my face. I'm No Light Perception (or NLP) blind, which is exactly what it sounds like.

How do you use a computer?
The same way most people do, but with some added software. I have a screen-reading program that reads text to me, and a dictation program that I use to write longer documents. Shorter things, like a quick e-mail, I can type on a normal keyboard, and then have it read back to me to make sure my fingers were on the right keys when I was typing. Peer editing is also very helpful.

How do you watch movies?
I don't, technically. I listen to them, like you would an audio book, but with a buddy to explain the action. I usually like radio plays or just listening to music better, but I hear Netflix is introducing audio narration to some of their shows, so maybe I'll check that out.

Am I missing anything?

Tried to not sleep last night. That didn't really work. Felt like I was on Earth 150 years from now. It wasn't a wasteland like everyone on the space station thought. But it was still deadly. Acid fog, friends being used as bait.

The fog got someone. We had to...

I had to put him down.

Well, we finally got to that battle. I led us into battle since I was head General of Aslan's army. At one point it looked like we weren't going to win, but we pulled it off. And afterwards, the four of us were crowned the Kings and Queens of Narnia. I was called Peter the Magnificent, High King of Narnia, Emperor of the Lone Islands, Lord of Cair Paravel, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Lion, which gave me supreme authority over all subsequent Narnian monarchs. Try not to let that one got to your head, yeah?

We spent fifteen years ruling Narnia until one day we were out chasing a stag and happened upon the Lamp Post that marked the exit of the Wardrobe and when we entered, it was as if we had never left England.

Part of me feels like this isn't the end, but I can't imagine what could happen next. We tried going back to Narnia through the Wardrobe, but it wouldn't work again.

Well, these dreams decided to give me a really awesome, adorable pet! ...sort of pet. I only have one, thankfully, so don't get all bent out of shape, mom.

And we'll ignore the fact I practically threw myself at Will. And ignore it was my fault. They're just SO CUTE OKAY?

So uh...this happened today. My best friend Simon would totally geek out over this, so I thought I'd share. I mean...it's an X-Wing in space. Literally!