Introducing myself

"Hello.  My name is _____.  I like ______."

I'm from the United States.

Def. jikoshokai:

(lit.) a self-introduction; 

(JET) your life story.

This is my family.

Remember "All About Me"? Like that.

This is our cat.  She likes to sleep a lot.

In just five school days,

I have met nine different groups

with one lengthy spiel.

                  

I like moose...

... but I don't like bears.

(Well, three different spiels, 

the shared elements being

myself and a moose.)

My favorite food is pizza.

And now the students

at the middle and high schools 

know about quidditch!

Can you guess what they are playing?  (No.)

And, last but not least,

here’s the short and sweet version

(for normal people):

はじめまして。メイリーです。どうぞよろしくお願いします。

I like skiing.  I am looking forward to winter here!

And now, a special I-have-way-too-much-spare-time bonus: 

The etymology of “self-introduction"

self- < OE self, seolf, sylf “one’s own person” (pronoun also used in compounds such as selflice “self-love, pride”) < P.Gmc. *selbaz “self” < PIE *sel-bho-, suffixed form of root *s(w)e-, pronoun of the third person and reflexive.

+

introduction “formal presentation of one person to another” (1711) < “an introductory statement” (mid-15c.) < “act of bringing into existence” (late 14c.) < O.Fr. introduccion < Lt. introductionem “a leading in” (past participle stem of introducere “to lead in, to introduce”) < intro- “inward” (< PIE *en-t(e)ro-, suffixed form of preposition *en “in”) + ducere “to lead” (< PIE *deuk- “to lead”)

[Note: I no longer have access to the OED, so these etymologies were taken and adapted from http://www.etymonline.com/ ]