I'm a student who is very much interested in anime & manga. My favorite manga-ka is CLAMP, with Arina Tanemura coming in at a close second. The genre of the series I tend to watch and read is SHOUJO. I absolutely *love* shoujo series, and I don't use that term lightly. But I will read non-shoujo series and enjoy them as well, so please don't think that my love of shoujo is exclusive and absolute law. I just generally love a good story.
Some of my other interests/hobbies include drawing, reading, writing (both original and fan fiction), sewing, cosplay, games, and para-para dancing, although I'm not very good at that last one. It's still fun though.
I came to MAL because I thought the concept of being able to keep track of series one is reading/has read and/or watching/has watched seemed like pure genius to me, and when you mix it all up with being able to find others who like the same things as I do... well, I was sold.