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

[Morgan D.]

> It occurred to me that what we have here is a group of people who 
> don't know each other very well.  Heck, I had no idea Charis Julia 
> is in Greece, Morgan is in Brazil, and Abigail is in Israel.  I kind 
> of assumed they were all in Peoria or something.  ;-)

Peoria... Peoria... 
*checks encyclopaedia*
...Illinois, USA?
Nope. Never been there. At all. Never been anywhere in the North
hemisphere, for that matter.
Anyway, time to properly introduce myself:

> Real name:

Not telling, sorry. Constant vigilance, you know. 

> Also known as:

Morgan D.

> Age/Sex:

30/F

> Birthplace/Livingplace:

Brazil Southeast. 

> Family Life:

Single, sharing a house with my sister after my parents moved out ^__^
Yeah, we kinda inverted the usual pattern.

>Personality:

Unique. ^_~

>Words friends have used to describe you:

Opinionated, articulate, affectionate, bad loser, holds grudges for
years.

>Words you have used to describe you:

Too honest for my own good, nonsensical, too clinging and dependent,
awful loser, and what do you mean by "forgive and forget"?

>Things you do when not staring at the computer:

Sing with a madrigal, sing by myself, watch anime, read manga, write.

>Comfort foods:

Croissants, peach juice, ice cream, brigadeiros (Brazilian sweet)

>Education/Work:

Graduated in Cinema. Working as webdesigner. 

>Language skills

Portuguese (first language)
English
French
Spanish (because it's very similar to Portuguese, I have no problem
understanding it, but I can't speak or write in it)
Japanese (studying seriously since 2001)

>Technical know-how:

Html and stuff, of course. I can weld a wire and change a tyre if I
need to. And I can cook and sew and make tapestries... ^__^

>Favourite HP book:

GoF. Because it was the only one I completely failed to guess the plot.

>Favourite HP character(s):

SIRIUS BLACK!!!!!!

>Favourite HP line

"Oh, he's not unbalanced. He's just suffered a severe disappointment."

>Watching/Avoiding the HP movies?:

Watching, not liking them, but then I've always despised Chris
Columbus' works. I'm looking forward checking Cuarn's input.

>Into HP fanfiction?

Definitely. 
As a reader, I keep desperately looking for good, canonical fics
portraying Sirius and Harry's parent/child relationship -- it's
*really* hard to find any.
As a writer, I'm one of the minds behind the Hogwarts Letters project
(fanfiction composed of letters exchanged between several characters). 

>Books you'd recommend to just about anyone:

Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series. 

>Favorite TV shows?

"Quantum Leap". And anime, lots and lots of anime.

>Favorite movies:

The "Star Wars" original trilogy, Milos Forman's "Amadeus", Yasujiro
Ozu's "Ohayou", Sidney Lumet's "Twelve Angry Men" and "Deathtrap", Nick
Park's "The Wrong Trousers".

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

I'd spend all my days writing and singing, not caring about ridiculous
stuff like working and making money... 
 
>One thing about your life you wouldn't change even for an advance 
>copy of Book 7:

Just one? Hmmm... My goose-feathered quilt. (Actually, I *don't* think
I want an advance copy of Book 7.)

>Philosophy for an easy life:

When you give someone a hug, make it warm and tight; when you give
someone a kiss, make it sweet and scorching; when you give someone a
kick in the arse, use your hardest boot, with poisoned steel thorns on
the toe. 

>How you found HPfGU:

Through my sister, who stumbled on the Fantastic Posts page while
looking for info about Snape. ^___^

>Active at other HP sites:

Hogwarts Letters.

>Your most rock solid OoP prediction:

No Weasley will die. (And I won't see as much of Sirius as I want and
need to.)

>Members of the fandom you have personally met:

Gomes Moor, ptyx666... and I once talked to Theresa Ann Wymer on the
phone, does that count? ^__^

>Add a question of your choosing and answer it:

<Did you try to resist the HP fever at first, wondering why people were
making such a fuss about a bunch of kiddie books?>

Yep. I was utterly *shocked* when my mother asked the books for
Christmas in 2001. My own mother, giving in to this pathetic fad... 
Horror of horrors... 

> <Something you'd do over if you had the chance:>

Fly on a balloon.

> <If one wish could be granted you, would you choose a benefit for
> yourself or for someone else?>

For myself. I wouldn't dream of deciding what is best to someone else.


Morgan D.
Hogwarts Letters - http://www.hogwartsletters.hpg.com.br

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