What would you see in the Mirror of Erised/Boggart?

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

I mailed this at Sun, 30 Sep 2001 23:36:58 -0700 and it bounced so I'm 
trying again.

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> Usergoogol posted this question on the main list.

In January of 2001 on the main list, there were posts answering the
first question under the Subject "My Mirror of Erised". In April,
another thread was speculating on what Hermione would see in the 
Mirror of Erised. 

In September of 2000, main list, there were posts answering the second
question, under the Subject "Boggart", in a thread carried over from
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HogwartsAdultSchool/messages

I am sure that during much of my life, what I would have seen in the 
Mirror of Erised is me being passionately kissed and given roses by
whoever I was unrequitedly in love with at the time, but by the time 
I posted last September, I had given up on that love stuff long 
enough ago to desire MY OWN approval more: after much thought, I said 
I would see myself looking 10 or 20 years younger (I'll be 44 in 
November), with perfect skin and perfect hair (of the lion's or 
Farrah Fawcett-Major's mane type of curls, in dark red, like the 
VVVeternalflame Cheetah avatar but a little darker) and perfect 
features and a perfect figure (of the very busty, hourglass type) 
wearing a specific "Carmen" gypsy dress. (For comparison, there is a 
ten or twelve year old photo of me on my Yahoo!Clubs member profile 
page: http://profiles.yahoo.com/catlady_de_los_angeles ) 

And now it's September again -- is Usergoogool fronting for Sister 
Mary Lunatic's suggestion of writing down one's Erised and Boggart 
each year, to compare how they change over the centuries? I don't 
know if I would still see the same thing, or instead see leisure 
(such as a prosperous retirement) that gives me time to read (news, 
archaeology, mlists, fanfic) and write (fanfic) and frees me from the 
burden of doing things I dislike doing that are required by my job 
(including but not limited to getting up in the morning and wearing 
shoes). Every week should have a five-day weekend.

Boggart. "Hell is other people". 

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