User:Heimstern Läufer
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Wilkommen!
Hallo! Wie geht's Euch? Ich freue mich, daß Ihr meine Webpage besucht! OK, no more German.
So, my name's Nat Paulsen. I am 24 years old and live in Santa Barbara, California (or, as locals often call it, SB). I'm currently studying for a Ph.D. in music theory at UCSB (yes, even we academics enjoy the subtle pleasures of homstarrunner.com).
My non-HR-related interests interests include various church-related activities, such as choir, Bible Study and outreach. I am also obsessed with classical music of all sorts, especially Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Wagner and Mahler. I enjoy singing Schubert Lieder in my spare time. I am also fluent in German and enjoy speaking it whenever I can (as some of you may have guessed, my user name is a direct translation of the name "Homestar Runner"). Bonus points to the first person to figure out what Strong Bad is saying auf Deutsch in the image to the right.
My history with H*R and the Wiki
I first discovered homestarrunner.com in March 2003, right about the time the show was the new Email. That summer, I introduced it to my entire family and hooked all three of my sisters (who often try very hard not to like anything that I like). I joined the Wiki in August 2005.
Troll — in the Wiki — thought you ought to know
Of late I've been patrolling the recent changes and have had some success catching offenders. Thus far, I've added seven trolls to WikiTroll. Still hunting for numba eight...
What else do I do here on the Wiki, you ask? Or maybe you don't ask, but I'm still going to tell you. I vote on STUFF and correct bad spelling and punctuation (some of you should really watch local news again: Ohh, if-you-want-it-to-be-possessive-it's-just-I-T-S. But-if-it's-supposed-to-be-a-contraction-then-it's-I-T-apostrophe-S. Scalawag.) I also have added a few Fun Facts (for no loafing, virus and bedtime story) and have deleted and STUFF'd some bad ones. I have also reverted many bad edits.
To do:
- Work on proxyblocks
- Ongoing project: Read random articles checking for spelling and grammar errors and looking for opportunities to improve wording.
- Possible project: I've been thinking about adding a list of commonly confused or misused words as an addition/complement to our list of misspellings.
How do you pronounce Heimstern's name?
- Heim- : hime (rhymes with "lime")
- -stern : shtairn ("r" pronounced as a vowel, as some Northeasterners do)
- Läu- : loy (does not rhyme with "how"!)
- -fer : fah (kind of a mix between "ah" and a schwa)
Possible translations of other characters' names
- Pom pom : Pompon
- Marzipan : Marzipan
- Strong Bad: Stark Schlecht
- Strong Mad: Stark Böse
- Strong Sad: Stark Traurig
- The Cheat: Der Betrüger (although I prefer "Der Cheat")
- Bubs: Bubs (not really translatable)
- Coach Z: Trainer Z ("Z" pronounced "tsett")
- The King of Town: Der König der Stadt
- The Poopsmith: Der Mistschmied
- Homsar: Hemsern
Some random facts
- I have a poster on my wall that my sister made for me that says "cool tapes!"
- Favorite SBemail: virus
- Favorite underappreciated character: Strong Sad
- Current favorite quote: "Rondelman, you crack me up! Crack! me! up! That's why you're my D-O-G-E!"
ME: And that's why come Schubert was so awesome.
STRONG SAD: Ohh! I see now!
