Hugely Immensley Late to the mixer

[werebearloony]

loony walks into the mixer, apparantly deserted, and decides it's 
probably all for the best as she keeps coughing purple sparks anyway.
> * Do you believe in ghosts? Why or why not?

I do not believe in ghosts, mainly because I like to think we go 
somewhere else when we die ("after all to the well organized mind 
death is but the next great adventure").  However I do believe in 
poltergiests, because one seems to have taken up residence in my 
copies of  Winnie the Pooh, which I can never find unless they are 
falling on me.
  
> * What things about you often come as a surprise to others?

I really surprized people that I neither plan to take over the world 
nor help anyone else take over the world. In fact, I plan to be the 
person who takes down the person who takes over the world.  That 
last part is a secret (which I hope you either keep or fear)as most 
of my close friends plan to take over the world and I want to be a 
surprize when I stop them (assuming tey make it that far).

> * Provide the etymology of your signature/handle/email address. In 
> other words, how and why did you choose the name you use on the 
> HPfGU lists.

Ooo I love this one, the first part of my name's really easy, I am a 
werebear.  The second part, loony, annoys me to no end because I 
chose it in March 2003 MONTHS before OoP.  It is not a Luna refrence 
nor is it a comment on my sanity.  What my name really is is a play 
on Moony.  Moon in latin is Luna, so Moony in latin but anglified (I 
really wasn't going to find out how latin nicknames worked just for 
the name) should be something along the lines of Lunay, Lune 
(pronounced like loony), Luny, or loony.  I also decided that as I 
am a bit ashamed of being a werebear, I should never capatalize my 
name.  This helps now as Luna's Loony tends to be capatalized.
> * Whose signature/handle/email address on the HPfGU boards {a} 
would 
> you like to steal or {b} intrigues you?
 
I'm really happy with my name, a lot of the others do intrigue me 
though.

> * Describe your ultimate Halloween costume.

I have three, one for each obsession, Ysanne Isard from Star Wars 
(books and comic books).  She wears a blood red version of an 
Imperial Grand Admaral's Uniform (it's like the grey officer's 
uniform, for movie watchers) has black hair with white temple locks, 
and her right eye is an icy blue and her left is a bright red (Yes 
I've spent a great ammount of time figuring this costume out).  For 
HP I'd be (hey I rhyme) Prof. Sinistra, probably in Yule Ball garb 
(I know we never see her, not only is that the point, I like to 
imagine what an astronmy professor looks like), and for LOTR a 
Nazgul with all the armor.

> * If you lived in the Potterverse, who would you be, and what 
would 
> you do for a living?

If I were in the potterverse I'd want to be myself and I'd either be 
a writer (somone has to update A History of magic)or I'd work on the 
Department of International Magical Cooperation (it's something I 
really want to do after school, I do not want to emulate Percy or 
anything)

  
> * What would you see in the Mirror of Erised?

Myself holding warm socks, my first novel and an autographed set of 
all seven HP books.

> * What shape would a boggart take, if you chance upon one?

If it couldn't manage a very high place it woud be...um... my best 
friend telling me she's married this boy who she has a crush on but 
who has jerked her around a few times.  (I've told her no good will 
come of it but I am too like Cassandra, no one listenes to me).

> * What happy memory will you rely upon, if you are to conjure up a 
> Patronus?

One day last winter when I was thoroughly depressed, the sun hadn't 
poked it's head out in weeks (this isn't too uncommon here but it's 
still depressing), and I was just generally feeling bad I went to 
see LOTR again for something to do and when I came out, I felt 
really really good, the sun was back, and it was just a great 
moment, happy and peaceful.

> * What form might your Patronus take?

The killer bunny from Monty Python and the Holy Grail

> * What might your animagus form be?

A kodiak bear
  
> And here are two more that are already being discussed on the 
list; 
> if you haven't answered them already, you can answer them 
now . . . 
>  
> * What basically harmless things scared you as a child (for 
example, 
> a certain toy or household item)? [Question originally posted by 
> Tracy]

Mice, mice, mice.  My house was infested whenI was nine and one 
night I woke up with one burroughing into my side.  <shudders>  I'm 
still terrified of them.

> * What's your scariest moment from a film or television show? Or, 
> tell us which horror movie is your all-time favourite, and why. 
> ["Scariest"
> question originally posted by June]

I'm not really a big horror movie person myself.
  
> Some other fun things to do (you can post your results along with 
> the answers to your questions):
> 
> * Ever wonder into which Hogwarts House the Sorting Hat would put 
> you? 

I always thought I'd be Ravenclaw but I did the other ones anyway.  
The 7 dragons one put me in Hufflepuff at first but on my second run 
I got ravenclaw (I changed about one answer too).  And on the other 
one (sorry forgot the name) I was Ravenclaw from the first.
 
> * Is your interest in Harry Potter just good, harmless fun . . . 
or 
> are you bordering on obsessive? Find out here:
> 
> The Harry Potter Obsession Test: 

Wow, only 69% obsessed, I'm down, I was at 70% last time I checked.
  
> * Speaking of your interest in Harry Potter, you can share all the 
> details by posting your own Harry Potter Geek Code. If you haven't 
> created one,
> this site will walk you through it:

wayyyy too long for my tastes

> * Passionate about HPfGU's myriad of theories? Pick up some 
acronyms 
> to decorate your signature with at 

I like, SILK SHIRTS, MAGIC DISHWASHER, SILK GOWNS, <sniff> the USS 
SAD DENIAL, and finally SHIRTY FLAMINGO (my own theory, yet to be 
launched)

> * Finally, just how well do you know the canon? Take the quiz here 
> and let us know if you are savvy or sorry:

Grr... it won't let me take the quiz :-(.  Oh well I'll take it and 
let you know later.

~~loony (spying Joywitch and waving before returning to her den of 
ill health)

PS: I apologize for any spelling errors in this mesage, my word 
processor isn't working so I've got to fix it, which requires 
shutting down the computer.