[HPFGU-OTChatter] Anyone Up For A Good Old-Fashioned *Mixer?*

[Laura Ingalls Huntley]

Ah, what the heck...a little narcissism never hurt anyone ^_~ *takes a 
deep breath and prepares to blather on about herself for a good half 
hour*

Name:  Laura Ingalls Huntley.  For all you Little House fans who are 
thinking "??!!!" right now - yes, I was *partially* named after Laura 
Ingalls Wilder.  We share the same ancestors, actually, so my maternal 
grandmother's maiden name is Ingalls - plus, we have this little island 
that my Ingalls ancestors used to live on, and that's Ingalls Island.  
Also, I had a great aunt who was named Laura.  So, basically, my mother 
felt she could name me after her favorite childhood author and get away 
with blaming it on naming me after people in my family.

Also known as:  No nicknames.  At least, not any that I would willingly 
repeat here.  ^_~.

Age/Sex: 18/Female *has a flashback to the chatrooms she visited in her 
preteens*


Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same: Machias, Maine/Bucks 
Harbor, Maine.  Feelings?  Uh, well...I live right on a rather gorgeous 
beach, and it's lovely in the summer.  However, given my druthers, I'd 
spend winters in a place a little more inhabited and a little less 
cold.  I love my home, but civilization is nice too ^_^.

Family Life:  A teenage brother and a 7 year old sister - who was born 
on my birthday, incidentally (12/12/84).

Personality:  Personality?  *looks shocked* Oh, dear....well, I suppose 
I'm a little bit weird.  Also a brain.  A big, big know-it-all brain .

Words friends have used to describe you: *cringes* Do I have to say?  I 
think most people find me intensely annoying...but I'd like to think 
that they thought I was intelligent, too.  *shrugs* I *do* have 
friends, so I guess they can't all hate me.  Erm...argumentative, 
opinionated, insane...those types of things.

Words you have used to describe you:  Mostly the same as above.  ^_~  I 
guess I'd also like to think that I'm pretty creative.


Things you do when not staring at the computer:  Ride horses...  Read.  
I read *a lot*.  Uhm....talk to the love of my life on the phone. 
*silly grin*  I like to hike (hey, I rhyme!).  And...I write really 
bad, melodramatic poetry, sometimes.  I used to draw quite a bit, but 
the finished products were just too painful to look at.

Comfort foods:  Risotto...nearly raw steak...gravy....snow peas...hazel 
nuts...mashed potatoes...gravy...cookie dough ice cream...gravy...dark, 
semisweet, *real* chocolate...Are you getting an idea of how profoundly 
*bad* my diet is?  Luckily, I am blessed with a manic metabolism.

Education/Work:  I just started my freshman year at Franklin and 
Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  Before that I attended a 
magnet school called The Maine School of Science and Mathematics in 
Limestone, ME.  I plan to major in...well...physics, definitely.  
Probably psychology, too, but perhaps neuroscience.  Eventually I plan 
to either get a Ph. D. in physics or psychology or get a M. D. in 
psychiatry.  Oh, and I also want to minor in Italian...or maybe 
anthropology...or maybe philosophy....*pause*  Actually, I'm sort of 
torn about it all. *shrugs*

Language skills:  English.  *looks down at feet*  I'm passable at 
Spanish...I guess.  *looks sheepish* It's not my fault!  My Spanish 
teacher for the past two years has either been a) non-existent b) Devil 
Spawn from Hell...no wait, I mean the Mall (dumb as a doorbell, that 
one) c) perpetually snowed in and unable to come to class.

Technical know-how: Absolutely none at all.  *pauses* Well, I can 
operate (very illegally, mind you) all manner of heavy machinery 
(backhoes, excavators, etc.).  And uh...I muck a mean stall ^_~.

Favourite HP book:  Oh, God.  I could never choose.

Favourite HP character(s):  Harry...followed very closely by Hermione.  
(Three guesses how I SHIP, and the first two don't count.  ^_~) Harry, 
because he's just so *good*, even after all he's been through, and it 
breaks my heart (which is saying something, as my heart is pretty 
chewy).  Hermione, because she's everything I'd like to be.

Favourite HP line:  "It unscrews the other way."

Watching/Avoiding the HP movies?:  Oh, I watch them.  I like to think 
of them as a supplement to my imagination (not that it needs the help 
-- darn thing's gone feral on me).


Into HP fanfiction? Oh, uh..yes *blushes*  I'm particularly fond on 
Cassie Claire's Draco Trilogy and Lori's Paradigm of Uncertainty.

Books you'd recommend to just about anyone:  Hmm...anyone?  And I 
suppose you mean aside from Harry?  ^_^ Well, Lord of the Rings 
(although I think it's generally not for the very young or the 
attention impaired)...Ack..this question is too hard.  I love most 
books.  Ask me what books I think should be purged from the universe, 
that's easier.  (The Swept Away Trilogy (canabalism, amputation, teen 
love...what?!), 400 Creative Ways to Say I Love You *pukes*, the entire 
Sweet Valley High Series and all of its spawn, etc.)

Favorite TV shows: Buffy and...uhm...Buffy....I don't really watch too 
much TV.

Favorite Movies:  The Cube, Clay Pigeons, The Black Stallion, anything 
with John Malkovich...uhm, recently...I enjoyed Seabiscuit and Pirates 
of the Caribbean...Donnie Darko...anything with Angelina Jolie...even 
Tombraider (sort of), because she's just...gorgeous..and 
sexy...and...did I mention sexy? *wishes that she could, just once, 
kiss Angelina Jolie* Plus, it reminds my of the first time I was ever 
cuddly with my boyfriend...it was very sweet. ^_^

Favorite Musical Artists:  Sigh...another hard one.  Well, Ani 
diFranco...Leonard Cohen...Great Big Sea...most popular bands from the 
50's, 60's, and 70's...Oh, God..the list could go on and on, and, 
frankly, I'm starting to lose interest in this whole thing ^_~.

One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you may 
not say "lose weight"):  I wish I was more outgoing..or that I could 
interact with people comfortably.  Or...uhm...I wish I was 
beautiful....and that I had talents other than getting good grades.

One thing about your life you wouldn't change even for an advance copy 
of Book 7:  The love of my life. *nods* Can't get over how lucky I am 
to have him.  He's perfect.  *looks suspicious*  You can't have him.


Philosophy for an easy life:  Easy life?  There's no such thing.

How you found HPfGU:  Went online looking for a mature online HP 
community (and I was terribly succesful, if I do say so myself ^_^).

Active at other HP sites: Mmm...I visit Leaky Cauldron and Fiction 
Alley a lot...I don't know if that counts as "active".  HPFGU and its 
sister groups are the only places I ever post anything.

Your most rock solid Book 6 or Book 7 prediction:  Hermione will be 
Head Girl.  *grins* Okay, I know that's cheating.

Take a moment to wave to members of the fandom you have personally met: 
  Sadly, I have never met anyone from the fandom in real life *pouts*.

ADD A QUESTION OF YOUR OWN AND ANSWER IT:  Do you really find physics 
sexy?  Hell yeah.

Laura (who fell for the aforementioned love of her life over AP Physics 
C homework.)