Meeting Harry and Sorting my Family

[Tasha--Nethilia]

Yes, this is an old post, I finally finished my
digests.

How did I get enthralled into HP? To be perfectly
honest, the first time I heard about it was all the
hype surrounding the 4th book release. I was in
Milwaukee visiting my grandmother at the time and saw
a news report. So I thought, "hmm, that sounds
intersting, if I ever get any money I'll toss the old
hat in and buy it." I've always liked fantasy and
children's books, so I naturally assumed that HP,
being a Children's book (I have since been enlightened
that these are not mere children's books, thank you
=P) I would like it. 

Cut to Spring 2001. I enroll into a Children's lit
class, and as I'm checking down the list (and noting
that there's mebbe two books on the whole list of ten
I've never read) I see that the prof gave us SS and
CoS. Hmm, I think, i've been meaning to read them
anyway. So I go to the campus bookstore and see that
They ordered them in paperback. No, that won't do, I
think. I like the feel of a good hardback book when I
can afford to toss down for it. So I go to the
upstairs part, that keeps a stack of Barnes and Noble
Books for happy reading fun. There's a copy of SS
there, and it's only 15 bucks. Nice, I think, and pick
it up and a calendar. 

I go home and crack the cover. Four hours later, I
finish (and discover I've skipped dinner and didn't
even notice) and I'm hugging this book to me and
twitching and wondering why I don't have any more
money to buy the next one. This is probably around
February. 

>From mid Feb to about mid March I reread SS no less
than 10 times. Finally, I get my hands on an extra 100
bucks and run to the bookstore, in the rain, and buy
CoS, PoA, and GoF. This is the friday before Spring
Break. That Friday night I manage to eat up CoS and
start PoA, I finish PoA in the car on the way home,
and I read GoF in the back of church on Sunday (I'm
not a Christian, really, in that strict sense, but I
appease my mom by going to church) and finish the
whole thing by that Thursday. It would have been a lot
sooner but I had to go places and do things and buy
stuff. I get back to school and personally praise the
prof to her face how great these books are. She merely
grins. I go on the net to see what I can find about
Harry Potter, and I find HP4GU. I am a lost cause for
the rest of my days. 

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Now, sorting my family...

Well, I'm a Ravenclaw, with heavy Slyth leanings. No
contest, every online Sorting I do puts me in one of
the two depending on whether I want to be mean that
day or not. 

My older sister (who's also an obsessor, but has
limited net access else she'd be on this list) got
sorted into Ravenclaw. I wonder about her though,
she's got some Slyth. 

My little sister is like me. Smart and sinister. A
RavenSlyth, most definately. 

My mom: I dunno. She's not a Gryff. But she's
ambitious, hard working, and smart as a whip. The Hat
would probably struggle, then send her to Ravenclaw. 

My dad (not my sister's dads, just mine): Back before
his accident, he had the reckless ideas of Sirius
Black, down to the motorcycle. But he's smart and
ambitious, even after his accident. I smell another
Raven/Slyth. 

so yah, my whole family would all go to the same
place. Ravenslyths! 

--Neth (If I'm smart as I'm mean, I'm really a mess.
And I am.)

Another addict is born. About 

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--Nethilia de Lobo--
79% obsessed with Harry Potter
Wand: Dragon Heartstring, Ash, 7 inches
**Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus.**

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