I am a girl, aren't you shocked? I currently living in the USA. I'm not sure about the date I really started role playing. I was looking up manga when I found Mangafox.com. I stayed on there for like a month reading manga and one day decided to take a real look threw the forums and found the Role players area. I started role playing and became average at it.
I found the link to this site on a friends page and followed it here. I took a look threw here and I pretty much have to say this place seems more laid back, but less colorful, I only say colorful because I have yet to see any moving smileys. LOL