[HP4GU-FAQ] Getting To Know You, Getting To Know All About You

[pennylin]

Hi --

I always like these things so here goes.  :--)

>Real name:

Penny Linsenmayer

>Also known as:

Elizabeth's Mommy

>Age/Sex:

37/F

>Birthplace/Livingplace:

Smalltown Nowheresville, Texas/Houston, Texas. 

>Family Life:

Married 10 years this year.  One daughter (just turned 2).  Two miniature dachshunds.  Lots of ancestors in family photos and in rows of black notebooks in my study closet (into genealogy!).  

>Personality:

Quiet introvert; book-worm; detail-oriented; 

>Words friends have used to describe you:

Quiet, loyal, smart, hard worker, reliable, obsessed with being on time  

>Words you have used to describe you:

Er......pretty much the above

>Things you do when not staring at the computer:

You mean *besides* chasing my toddler all over the place/carting my toddler to music, art, swimming, play dates, etc.?  Hmmmm...oh yeah.  Research and write about the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder, genealogy, scrapbooking.  Used to be an avid aerobics devotee, but haven't gone to a class since getting pregnant over 2 yrs ago.  Ahem.

>Comfort foods:

Mexican food.  Indian food, Thai food.  Spicy food.  Oh, and chocolate is the ultimate comfort food.  That and red wine.

>Education/Work:

Undergrad degree in English and History; law school.  Pursuing a writing career in my "free" time; no longer practicing law (quit after 8 yrs of practicing in the securities law field). 

>Language skills

English. 

>Technical know-how:

I can trouble-shoot some computer problems, but nothing too out of the ordinary.  

>Favourite HP book:

PoA, for sure.  I hope I can soon change that answer to "OoP." 

>Favourite HP character(s):

Harry; Hermione.  Sirius.  Dumbledore.  Percy.  Harry and Hermione.  McGonagall.  Lupin.  Harry and Hermione. 

>Favourite HP line

"You are truly your father's son, Harry."

>Watching/Avoiding the HP movies?:

Love them, but am definitely looking forward to see what Cuaron does with PoA, as there are a good many aspects of Columbus' treatment that I dislike or even hate.  Overall, I like them very much though and watch them fairly frequently on DVD.

>Into HP fanfiction?

Definitely love it; not much time to read it anymore.  

>Books you'd recommend to just about anyone:

Fiction: "HP" (of course!), Laura Ingalls Wilder, "To Kill a Mockingbird", anything by Dickens or Austen, "French Lieutenant's Woman," anything by Noel Barber.  I loved Peg Kerr's "Wild Swans" too.  I'm sure there are lots more, but I don't want to wander into my den to scan the shelves.

Non-fiction: anything by David McCullough, but most especially "Truman"; Winston Churchill's 6 volumes on WWII; Robert Caro's LBJ biography series.  

>Favorite TV shows?

T.V.?  Who has time for T.V.?  Used to watch Friends and Seinfeld religiously of course.  West Wing can usually still lure me into the den.  I would still watch Friends if it didn't come on at an inconvenient time.  Am too lazy to set the VCR ever too.  

>Favorite movies:

Comedy: "When Harry Met Sally."

Drama: "Gone with the Wind."  

>One thing about your life you'd change if you could - you may not 
>say "lose weight."

I would not suffer from infertility if it were something I could change.  As for things more actively in my actual control, I would not sun-bathe all the time in the summer, since it's just as bad as the smoker who *knows* the correlation between lung cancer and smoking and does it anyway.  

>One thing about your life you wouldn't change even for an advance 
>copy of Book 7:

My family ...... husband and child.

>Philosophy for an easy life:

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man (or woman!) healthy, wealthy and wise.

>How you found HPfGU:

It was a Yahoo! Club and found it by google searching I think.  It was 3.5 yrs ago.....who remembers.

>Active at other HP sites:

Active on some H/H fan sites, but only moderately so, given time constraints.  Active with Nimbus - 2003 planning of course too.

>Your most rock solid OoP prediction:

FITD or some other love triangle scenario involving the Trio.  After Rowling's DVD interview, I'm definitely feeling better about that one.

>Members of the fandom you have personally met:

Ebony
Amanda
Sheryll
Heidi
Carole & Randy Estes
Kris
Cassie Claire
Ashley
Jeralyn
Debbie
Angua

[Feels like I'm forgetting someone -- sorry!]


Penny

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