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This is the nearly complete list of [[Wikipedia:Userboxes|Userboxes]] that I've found that apply to me. There are many more here than I've chosen to put on [[User:AnnaKucsma|my main Userpage]], simply because there are so many Userboxes that apply.

* Where applicable and/or necessary, I've included a little extra information explaining why and/or how a particular Userbox applies.

* Also, I'm working on a few userboxes of my own. See them at [[User:AnnaKucsma/Sandbox/Userboxes In Progress]].
* For my more-or-less finished userboxes, see [[User:AnnaKucsma/Boxes]]


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==General Information==
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| {{User:UBX/female}}
| {{User:UBX/Zodiac:Virgo}}
| {{User:UBX/Chinese zodiac:Monkey}}
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| {{user no-ancestry}}
| {{user ancestry multi}}
| {{User:UBX/Medieval}}
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| {{User:UBX/Monty Python|Monty Python and the Holy Grail| farts in your general direction}}
| {{User:UBX/knitting}}
| {{user:UBX/Quilting}}
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| {{User:UBX/user NPR}}
| {{User:Aido2002/UBX/Sports/Mets}}
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| {{userbox|black|white|[[Image:Mortarboard.jpg|40px]]| This user studies at '''[[Brooklyn College]]'''.}}
| {{userbox|black|white|[[Image:Mortarboard.jpg|40px]]| This user studies at the '''[[City University of New York]]'''.}}
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Im a [[Virgo (astrology)|Virgo]], and was born in the [[Monkey (zodiac)|year of the Monkey]]. That's all I'm telling you.

On the ancestry thing, I've inluded both ends of the scale, because they both apply to me. Because I've got roots all over [[Europe]] (hence the "multi"), I don't consider myself hyphenated (hence the "none").

I read a lot of nonfiction [[book|books]]; a lot of them seem to be about the [[Middle Ages]] (hence that particular userbox). And I like the movie ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]''. I might be able to go see ''[[Spamalot]]'' now that it's been open a while. Oh, and I also [[knitting|knit]] and [[quilting|quilt]]. My major news source is [[National Public Radio|NPR]], and I'm a [[New York Mets|Mets]] fan.

In theory, I'm a student at [[Brooklyn College]], a part of the [[City University of New York]] — not to be confused with the [[State University of New York]]. (For the record, the acronyms CUNY and SUNY are pronounced "CUE-knee" and "SUE-knee.")  But in reality, I have a day job, and I'm past the stage of education where there are a whole lot of sections of everything. Oh, and I have a rough draft of a Brooklyn College Userbox at [[User:AnnaKucsma/Sandbox/Userboxes In Progress]].


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==Languages==
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| {{user en}}
| {{User:Feureau/UserBox/AmericanEnglish}} 
| {{user fr-2}}
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These explain my profficiency in various languages. I'm a native speaker of [[English language|English]], specifially the [[American English|American]] variety. I know some [[French language|French]], but nothing impressive.


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===English Grammar===
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| {{User punctuation}}
| {{User theretheir}}
| {{User youryou're}}
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| {{User its-it's}}
| {{User passive voice}}
| {{User past sneak:Snuck}}
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These boxes state my preferences in [[grammar]], [[punctuation]] and [[syntax]] within the [[English language|English]] [[language]].

I freely admit to being a stickler, albeit a minor one. See [[Lynne Truss]]'s [[Eats, Shoots and Leaves]] for a definition and description. The book does provide a refresher course, complete with examples of just what can go wrong when you don't pay attention to where all those dots go. 

The [[English passive voice|passive voice]] isn't really a stickler thing for me, but in theory it should be avoided (or, in theory one should avoid the passive voice). I tend to think it is sometimes neccesary, as it sometimes makes for better prose. The passive voice only gets to me when prose doesn't use anything else. As for "snuck," I think "sneaked" sounds weird, despite being nearer to the regular past tense. (I use "pled" as the past tense of "plea," but even [[NPR]] uses "pleaded.")


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==Location==
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| {{User:Disavian/Userboxes/United States}}
| {{User:Patricknoddy/Userboxes/Loves NY}}
| {{User time zone|EST|alarm}}
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| {{User New York}}
| {{User New York City}}
| {{User Brooklyn}} 
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I live in the [[United States of America]]. Yup, I'm a Yank. I'm also a resident of New York [[New York (state)|state]] and [[New York City|city]], boroughs of [[Brooklyn]]. I love it here.


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==Music==
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| {{User:Gary Kirk/User want ipod}}
| {{user band-3|Autour de Lucie}}
| {{User celtic music}}
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| {{user band-2|Altan}}
| {{user band-3|the Battlefield Band}}
| {{user band-3|Cherish the Ladies}}
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| {{user:UBX/artist-3|Natalie MacMaster}}
| {{user band-2|Shooglenifty}}
| {{user band-2|Solas}}
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For my music interests generally, see [[User:AnnaKucsma|my main page]]. Bands listed here are [[Altan]], [[Autour de Lucie]], [[the Battlefield Band]], [[Cherish the Ladies]], [[Natalie MacMaster]], [[Shooglenifty]], and [[Solas]].