I've been meaning to build this site for absolutely ages, but really my HTML wasn't up to it in any way, shape or form. Hopefully now it's a little less Frontpage-y, thanks to hours and hours reading online HTML guides and Tutorials...

The Address
www.geocities.com/ravens_slavegirl

Simple. I'm a fangirl. I love Raven. Yes, the ECW/WCW/WWE wrestler. He's a total star. In fact, he's a total superstar. Once upon a time he was more my brother's favourite than mine ('cos as was obvious from my old site layout, mine's more or less Rob Van Dam), but he's still pretty damn groovy. Gotta love a guy who's been around so long and done so much. 'Cos I wouldn't think for a damn second that pro wrestling doesn't take it out of you.

HERE there used to be a nice description of why the site was called what it was called, but since it's no longer called 'Misery Made Beautiful', there's not much point in me explaining ;)

Elisabeta
In case you haven't guessed, Elisabeta's me :)

My name
Elisabeta de Alm�sy

Okay, I admit it, so this isn't my real name. Nor is the name De�aneira de Lafor�t that I've written under/built websites under/participated in mailing lists with for a while now. It's one of my three screen names (the others being Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bateman, and De�aneira Kyle). I think I probably prefer De�aneira, since there's a lot of stuff I still associate with that name, but Elisabeta was my first one :) And I guess the name I usually go by (Lizzie) is a diminuative of Elisabeta as well as Elizabeth... *giggles*

Origin

The name Elisabeta is basically ripped off straight from the movie Dracula. No, not the cheesy Christopher Lee Hammer flicks, but the Francis Ford Coppola version of Bram Stoker's Dracula. The count's wife, who committed suicide when she thought he'd died, was named Elisabeta. And being the goth-happy vampire-obsessed girl that I am, I took the name and made it my own.

Originally I named a character after her in a story of mine. If you take a look on the Vampires page of this site you'll eventually meet a character named Elisabeta de Alm�sy. She's the widow of a Romanian count, who I kinda dreamt up... He looked like Trent Reznor from Nine Inch Nails and is absolutely divine. Anyway, she was his wife. She's a big player in the story as a whole, too. Guess I just love her!

Oh, and the surname - the 'de Alm�sy' part - is from the book The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje. I loved the movie, although I was in love with Ralph Fiennes at the time. Anyway, it seemed to fit her. Elisabeta de Alm�sy. It kinda stuck. So here I am with this gorgeous name!

Me
The girl behind Elisabeta

Here there used to be a lengthy description of myself and my interests, but, well, it was tedious and since no one's going to read it, I thought I'd do this section in Q&A format.

Name: Lizzie
Nationality: English
Age: 21
Hair: Blonde, long.
Eyes: Blue
Height: 5'8"
Scars?: One on my top lip where my front tooth was forced through it with a hockey stick.
Tattoos?: Nope, no tattoos. If I ever got one it'd be a tiny blue star on the knuckle of my left hand forefinger, or a picture of Wolverine on the back of my left shoulder ;)

Favourite Colour: Blue
Favourite Band: Metallica/Nine Inch Nails

Favourite Album:
'Disintegration' by The Cure
'S&M' by Metallica
'The Downward Spiral' by Nine Inch Nails
'Euphoria Morning' by Chris Cornell
'Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie' by Alanis Morissette
'Big Ones' by Aerosmith.

Favourite Song:
'Nothing Else Matters' by Metallica
'Hurt' by Nine Inch Nails
'Jolene' by Dolly Parton
any version of 'Walking in Memphis'
'Insatiable' by Darren Hayes
'Kiss From a Rose' by Seal
'Iris' by The Goo Goo Dolls
'Almost Unreal' by Roxette
'My Funny Valentine' as covered by Matt Damon
...and too many others to mention.

Favourite Movie:
Die Hard,
The Evil Dead Trilogy,
The Princess Bride
Labyrinth
The Indiana Jones Trilogy,
Star Wars,
Gladiator,
Spartacus,
Ben-Hur,
Memento,
Pitch Black,
Event Horizon,
Men in Black,
Moulin Rouge,
Lord of the Rings,
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,
Tombstone,
Black Hawk Down,
Sleepy Hollow,
The Mummy,
Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula,
The Talented Mr. Ripley,
Good Will Hunting,
Dawn of the Dead,
Silver Streak,
Audition,
Ring,
Ring 0,
Ring 2,
Friday 13th,
Halloween,
The list is endless.

Favourite Actor: Bruce Campbell. Without a doubt, Bruce Campbell.
Favourite Actress: Cate Blanchett/Angelina Jolie/Kirsten Dunst.
Favourite TV Show: 24, all Star Treks, the X-Files, Stargate, Buffy, Angel, Due South.
Favourite Computer Game: All four Monkey Island games, The Sims, and the original Tomb Raider.

Favourite Book:
'American Psycho' by Bret Easton Ellis,
'Glamorama' by Bret Easton Ellis,
The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice,
'The Mummy' by Anne Rice,
'Cry to Heaven' by Anne Rice,
the Jedi Apprentice series by Jude Watson,
'Exquisite Corpse' by Poppy Z Brite,
'I, Claudius' by Robert Graves,
'The Talented Mr. Ripley' by Patricia Highsmith,
'The Princess Bride' by William Goldman,
Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien,
'The Green Mile' by Stephen King,
'Good Omens' by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman,
'Stardust' by Neil Gaiman,
...and quite a few others.

Favourite Author: Neil Gaiman, Anne Rice, Bret Easton Ellis, Poppy Z. Brite.

Favourite Fanfic: Toss-up between 'Ugly (the Real Me)' by Twig, 'Apprentice' by Ardath Rekha and 'Through a Glass, Darkly' by Caroline Alert.

And that's all, I think. Except you might want to e-mail me... Not sure why you would, but here's my addy anyway: [email protected]