Wow, I'm late to the party. Hope nobody minds? Figured it'd be nice to introduce myself here, since I'm relatively new.
My name is Denise and I'm 22 years old. I'm from the Netherlands, so Dutch is my first language. I grew up with two very openminded parents. My father got me my first computer and now I can't do without.
I've been in multiple fandoms for about six years, I think. At first I was more into anime (even back then I occasionally read yaoi, which is slash), but that died down fairly quickly. Movies and actors came along, which eventually led me to TV shows. I found that making graphics and (sometimes) writing fic was something I could do. Sometimes even do well, since people seemed to like it.
I was actually on TV.com looking at an episode guide for House when I saw an icon with two guys kissing, in big bold lettering proclaiming 'Brian and Justin/QAF'. I typed in QAF and read the introduction and a few of the plot outlines for the first episodes, which got my interest.
QAF has never aired in the Netherlands (as far as I know) so I ended up downloading every episode (I was relieved to know the show had already ended and I could watch everything in one go). That was January 2006, I think. I watched all the episodes during the next few weeks. Since I already knew about fandom, I got online and started looking. It turned out that most roads led to LJ, so I joined and lurked until I found IJ.