Getting To Know You, Getting To Know All About You

[bluesqueak]

--- In HP4GU-FAQ at yahoogroups.com, "Cindy C." <cindysphynx at c...> 
wrote:
Oh. A striptease. OK, then, if you insist ;-)
> 
> >Real name:
Real, real name: Philippa Anne Downs 
> >Also known as:

Pip
Pipsqueak
Anne Etchells (name on my Equity card, for acting purposes)

> >Age/Sex:
 
Not yet 40/Female
 
> >Birthplace/Livingplace:

Bramhall, Cheshire, UK. Living in London, UK.

> >Family Life:

Single, no kids, no pets, but definitely a life. Too much of a life 
at times ...

> >Personality:

Highly trained extrovert. Like a lot of actors, a natural introvert.
 
> >Words friends have used to describe you:

Know it all, caring, committed (I didn't ask whether I *am* 
committed or *should be* committed), cautious, self-contained. 

> >Words you have used to describe you:

Shy, lazy, self-contained, self-centred.

> >Things you do when not staring at the computer:
> 

My job, studying, temping, watching movies, church work, volunteer 
work with teenagers and pre-teens.

> >Comfort foods:
> 
Chocolate, more chocolate, lots and lots of chocolate. Followed by 
toffee and sweets.
 
> >Education/Work:
 
Undergrad degree in Drama/History, postgrad course in Acting, 
professional short courses in acting, currently studying 
undergraduate level Computer Science.

Worked in: theatre, tv series, adverts, short films. And when I have 
to earn money by a ::shiver:: normal job, I can produce mean Word 
documents. With diagrams, tables, imported PowerPoint, you name it.

> >Language skills

English, plus I can read Spanish.

> >Technical know-how:

Can replace computer cards, add memory, that kind of stuff. Have 
discovered that 'shut down the computer and reboot' solves 90% of 
all software problems. Can just about code a webpage in HTML, if 
you're not asking for any animations or sound effects.
 
> >Favourite HP book:

Currently a draw between PoA and GoF. 
 
> >Favourite HP character(s):

Snape, Ron, Voldemort, Petunia and Dudley Dursley.

> >Favourite HP line

Or maybe,...,he's waiting to hear why you two didn't arrive on the 
school train.

> >Watching/Avoiding the HP movies?:

Watched, but spent a lot of time studying the acting techniques. 
This is *not* the sign of a movie that's keeping me involved in the 
story ;-)
 
> >Into HP fanfiction?

No, but may well be after Book 7. 

> >Books you'd recommend to just about anyone:
 
Connie Willis, 'Doomsday Book' and 'To Say Nothing of The Dog' 
(straight sf). Most Terry Pratchett. 'Pride and Prejudice'
> 
> >Favorite TV shows?
 
Anything I'm in. ;-)
 
> >Favorite movies:

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

I'd have been born the daughter of a highly successful film 
producer ...
 
> >One thing about your life you wouldn't change even for an advance 
> >copy of Book 7:

Deciding I'd rather be an actor than an accountant.

> >Philosophy for an easy life:

You want an *easy* life?
 
> >How you found HPfGU:
>  

Wondered if there were any HP websites one day, used Google, found 
HPfGU.
  
> >Active at other HP sites:

No.
 
> >Your most rock solid OoP prediction:

Hagrid is toast. There will be a TBAY scene in July showing me, Mel 
and Grey doing repairs on a certain kitchen appliance [grin].
 
> >Members of the fandom you have personally met:

Neil Ward
Catherine
Joywitch Curmudgeon
Melody
John
Richard GulPlum
Eloise
Ali
Michelle (Pingu the Greek)
David Frankis
Grey Wolf

I'm sure there's more, since there were over 50 people at the CoS 
premiere meet...

Apologies if I've forgotten any names of people here.

Why spend my time on an internet forum about books which are seen 
as 'children's books'?

Hey, I make my living dressing up in funny clothes and pretending to 
be someone else. By my standards, writing about Harry Potter is 
positively adult...

Pip