Getting To Know You, Getting To Know All About You

[elfundeb2]

First, more welcomes -- to Charis Julia and Morgan!

You don't really want to know about me, but . . . .

*Real name:
Debbie Duncan/Debra J. Duncan

*Also known as:

elfundeb

*Age/Sex:
46/Female and looking for the Fountain of Youth

*Birthplace/Livingplace:

Born and raised: NYC suburbs (northern New Jersey)
Live: Arlington, Virginia (Phyllis, where in Arlington did you live?)

*Family Life:
1 husband, 2 children ages 11 and 9.

*Personality:
INTP 

*Words friends have used to describe you:
smart, driven, analytical, argumentative, committed

*Words you have used to describe you:
lazy, indecisive, shy, overcommitted, spacy

*Things you do when not staring at the computer:
Whatever my kids want to do

*Comfort foods:
Asian food, *very* spicy; gooey cookies; chocolate and red wine; 
goldfish and white wine (stimulates brain cells)

*Education/Work:
B.A. in Government, College of William and Mary
J.D., George Washington University
I'm a practicing tax lawyer and poster child for the firm's "mommy 
track"  

*Language skills
English, intermediate and extremely rusty Spanish which I discovered 
is not good enough to get me through "El Caliz de Fuego" (GoF)

*Technical know-how:
I can call the help desk

*Favourite HP book:
PoA, then GoF

*Favourite HP character(s):
Lupin, Ron, Snape, Hermione, Percy 

*Favourite HP line
"That's not a rat," croaked Sirius Black suddenly.
"What d'you mean -- of course he's a rat --"
"No, he's not," said Lupin quietly. "He's a wizard."
"An Animagus," said Black, "by the name of Peter Pettigrew."


*Watching/Avoiding the HP movie?:
Watched the first one twice, was generally disappointed; watched the 
second one once, was bitterly disappointed; hoping for better things 
from Cuaron

*Into HP fanfiction?
No; don't want to confuse my canon

*Books you'd recommend to just about anyone:
Anything by Jane Austen; To Kill a Mockingbird; Lord of the Rings; 
Barbara Tuchman's history books; lots more I can't think of right now

*Favourite TV shows:
Baseball and the history channel. I actually prefer the TV to be off. 
My kids like Sponge Bob.

*Favourite movies:
Casablanca; Dr. Zhivago; many more if I could think of them.

*One thing about your life you'd change if you could – you may not 
> >say "lose weight."
> 
> I wish I knew how to make a living at something other than 
> practicing law. 
> 
*One thing about your life you wouldn't change even for an advance 
> >copy of Book 7:
> 
> My husband.  

And, yes, I did just copy Cindy's answers for these last two.  

*Philosophy for an easy life?:
Everything in moderation. *Everything!*

> >How you found HPfGU:
>  
I was reading the books and remembered that I thought I'd heard they 
were making a movie, so I thought I'd check and discovered the 
Lexicon, which eventually led me here

*Active at other HP sites:
> 
No, I don't have time.
> 
*Your most rock solid OoP prediction:
> Neville's Memory Charm, hopefully with tortured toddler and MC'd 
parent variant.
> 
> 
*Members of the fandom you have personally met:
> 
Penny
Cindy
Joywitch
Joy
Amanda

And expecting to add considerably to the list at Nimbus!

>Add a question of your choosing and answer it:
>  
*What am I doing here?
A:  I'm insane.  

Debbie
throwing up more welcome fireworks