Here we go! First question. What's your name?

Well, by birth, my name is Lee Erickson, but in the middle of high school people began calling me 'Nekko', and thus, the transition of nerdiness began...

So where did the "fox" bit come in?
Long story behind that one. Long ago I was dating a girl who said that those Japanese characters with the cat ears and tails were called 'nekos', though she never clarified the spelling. Well, about that time I was joining Elftown and I though to myself, "Hm, if I say Nekko, and add Fox, peopel will assume the persona I am creating is a humanoid with a fox tail and ears". It was not until I'd been on the site for over a year that someone pointed out that "Nekko" was a misspelling of "Neko", and neko in Japanese means Cat. Well, foxes are my favorite animal, so I kept that part in my name, but I changed it to say "neko". DOZENS of personal messages came pouring into my message box demanding to know why on earth I would alter my name from Nekko to Neko. So...I changed it back, and I couldn't have Nekko withou Fox... And so I have been 'Nekko Fox' for a while now.

A rather verbose wall of text, yes?

What are you currently up to? (School, work, play, etc.)

A combination of things actually. While technically employed and in school, I work temp. jobs that last maybe a week before they finish and I can't get to school because of the lack of a car. Woeful, but it means I get to spend some more time at home with friends.

Do you have any notable hobbies?

Well, this and that. I'm a writer, mostly, and I write towards the more adult end of that pool. Considering one of my stories, The Runt, has already had over 19k views, with all of my stories having a combined viewing of over 109K views, I can only assume that I'm doing something correct. Aside from that, I do draw and paint, though my preferred medium of the two would be pencil and paper. Finally, reading. I am a devout bibliophile, and consider the quote by Erasmus to be rather spot on.

‎"When I get a little money, I buy books. If any is left, I buy food and clothes."


What do you like to do on Elftown?

Mostly, I write my stories, exchange fond words with friends, and generally make a nuisance of myself to others on wikis and through private messages.

Do you have any favourite members here?

[Ashoka Virlym] who helped me explore who I was, and [Mortified Penguin] because he is the most wonderful lunatic around. There are others, but the list would be too great to accommodate.

What's your favourite thing about the site?

Well, I've been on ET for a great long while. Not as long as some, but a while. I would say the diverse collection of misfits, dilettantes, and eccentrics make this place so intriguing, as well as being a good place to post creative works, both in the form of pictures and in the means of written prose. Couple that with the fact that you get places like Bob's Diner and it's never a dull moment.

Any other interesting haunts around the site?

My preferred spot is Bob's Diner, though Wolf Den 2 is a good hang out. As well, my wiki page Different is a good place for perusing some of the flotsam that the internet has washed up onto my hard-drive.

Now's your chance! What's your message to all your fellow Et-ers?

There is nothing wrong with you, there is nothing wrong with your creativity, don't always follow the will of your parents and be sure to question everything. People have a bad self-image and, hokey though it may sound, being yourself is all you need. You don't need to be a size 1 supermodel or super buff hunk of meat for people to find you attractive, you don't need to recreate the Mona Lisa to be talented, you don't need to go to college, have a family, or a well paying job to be happy, and you don't need to swallow governmental propaganda to be a good citizen.

Be true to yourself and life has a way of making it all work out.

And last but not least, what are two pictures of you we can use for your feature on Mainstreet?