Hugely, catastrophically late for the Mixer...

[Kirstini]

Kirstini tiptoes into the empty room, seeing only some trampled 
crisps and a snoring heap of rags in the corner. She steps in a 
puddle of something sticky, and decides, as she's stuck, to air her 
own little bio...

Err, sorry chaps. I've had a hellishly busy fortnight finishing off a 
thesis, moving house and going on holiday. I'm here now, 
though...hell, I just love talking about myself.

Name:
Kirstini
Also known as:
Kirst, Stini, Teeny Elf
Age/Sex:
23/F

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same:
Living in birthplace at moment as house-sitter while my mum travels 
the world. Staring at the walls of my teenage angst as though twere 
12 Grimmauld Place. It's Edinburgh, in Scotland, home of JKR (she 
lives next door to an old school-friend's parents in a mahooosive 
house, incidentally). It's all changed since the last time I was here 
and I don't like it.

Family Life:
Boyfriend of a few years, who I was living with until we moved to 
different (neighbouring) cities last week.
Flatmate who comes with own set of Le Cruset saucepans and every book 
Nigel Slater has ever written arrives tomorrow.

Personality:
Bearded lefty with access to a Gillette Venus Ladyshave.

Words friends have used to describe you:
Short. Disorganised.

Words you have used to describe you:
Petite. Sweetly scatterbrained.

Things you do when not staring at the computer:
Read avidly, drink wine with friends, live well outwith my means, 
ignore letters from the bank, buy vintage clothes that I will never 
ever wear and hang them up all over my bedroom, sing dreadfully in 
the shower, think about going on holiday, pretend to have given up 
smoking.

Comfort foods:
Scrambled eggs with cheese on wholemeal toast. Red wine (grapes are 
food).

Education/Work:
MA Hons in English and Scottish Literature. Awaiting judgement on 
Mlitt thesis, which I handed in a fortnight ago.
Currently unemployed (oh, sorry Mr Blair, I meant "jobseeker") as of 
yesterday, when my student card expired. Swithering between 
journalism, research and academia. Intending to use the time to write 
novel. Will not write novel. 

Language skills:
High school German helped along the way by some time spent living in 
Berlin a couple of years ago. Very basic Italian, French, Spanish.

Technical know-how:
Recently acquired excellent skills in Microsoft Office (thanks, 
chaps!). As yet, said skills have not increased my desirability in 
the employment market.

Favourite HP book:
PoA. Although coming round to OoP.

Favourite HP character(s):
Change continually depending on mood. Current: Lupin, Hermione, Ron, 
McGonagall, although completely in a position to understand Sirius 
because of Grimmauld Place comparisons. Hey, I'm spending my days 
spring cleaning too! It's great! Wendy and I are in firm agreement 
that Bellatrix Lestrange has the best shoes. And in my official 
position as co-Captain of the Narrative Ark and CEO of Humble 
Products Inc, I would like to state that Umbridge was a great baddy.

Favourite HP line
"Hagrid, you live in a *wooden house*"

Watching/Avoiding the HP movies?:
Watching under protest. I will be going to PoA, and I will be wearing 
a muzzle.

Into HP fanfiction?
Nope. 

Books you'd recommend to just about anyone:
I don't know if I'd recommend any books to *anyone*. My current 
favourites are:
Barbara Trapido, The Travelling Hornplayer. Alastair Grey, A History 
Maker. Donna Tarrt, The Secret History. Armistead Maupin, Maybe The 
Moon. Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (although have just 
finished a thesis on Spark and may NEVER pick this book up again). 
Willa Muir, Imagined Corners. Janice Galloway, Clara.

Favorite TV shows:
Mostly satirical. Mind has of course gone blank. Second series of 
Blackadder, and also liked The Book Group, recently. I'm *sure* there 
are others. 

Favorite Movies:
Kirstini's Cusack Collection: Grosse Point Blank and High Fidelity. 
Also Being John Malcovich, but not for reasons above. 

Favorite Musical Artists:
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Morcheeba, The White Stripes, Erykah Badu, Tom 
Waites, Goldfrapp.

One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
may not say "lose weight"):
Job? Money? Not to be living in mother's house? ownership of the 
original 1920s flapper dress with jet beading which the cruel, cruel 
vintage shop refuses even to put a price on? Some more shoes? Oh dear 
god. Hadn't quite realised extent of own materialism. World Peace. 
Yeah.

One thing about your life you wouldn't change even for an advance
copy of Book 7:
I don't want an advance copy of Book Seven, because you people 
wouldn't discuss it with me on account of spoilers. Then I'd explode 
with frustration and run amock up and down the main shopping 
thouroughfare of my area screaming "INSERT SPOILER HERE". Which would 
lead to all sorts of nasty innuendos. No. It just wouldn't do.

Philosophy for an easy life:
Always have a corkscrew handy.
How you found HPfGU:
Did a huge pre-Christmas re-read, went in a strop at lack of fifth 
book and swanned off to the internet in search of fanfic. This came 
up in the search engine on my third go.

Active at other HP sites:
The Room of Requirement. And I'm not telling you where it is.
Your most rock solid Book 6 or Book 7 prediction:
Ever So Fallible Dumbledore.

Take a moment to wave to members of the fandom you have personally 
met:
<sits on hands and looks closeted>

ADD A QUESTION OF YOUR OWN AND ANSWER IT:
Do you want another coffee?
Yeah.