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

[Melissa McCarthy]

Might as well add my answers!  I love surveys :D

> Name:
Melissa McCarthy.

> Also known as:
various permutations of Risako (I'm an anime fan).

> Age/Sex:
Female/23.

> Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same:
Halifax, Nova Scotia; I live where I was born.  I love it here.  I'd live
here all my life if I could.

> Family Life:
I live with my parents, I have a sister who lives in Ontario, and I am owned
by two cats.

> Personality:
I'm a Virgo, cuspal with Libra.  Whether it's a coincidence or not, that
pretty much does sum it up.

> Words friends have used to describe you:
Sweet, smart, indescribably terrifying (though I have no idea where that
last one came from).

> Words you have used to describe you:
Worrywart, helpful, mercurial, perfectionist.

> Things you do when not staring at the computer:
Read, mostly... and whatever else is necessary to sustain life.

> Comfort foods:
Meat loaf, farina, liquid orange jello, chai tea, chicken soup, pudding.

> Education/Work:
Masters in history, currently "enjoying" downtime due to illness.

> Language skills:
English, French.

> Technical know-how:
I can make technological things work if I have the manual, but I don't
generally know *how* they work.

> Favourite HP book:
Hmm... PoA, I guess.

> Favourite HP character(s):
Hermione.  She reminds me of myself at that age.

> Favourite HP line
"We could have been killed!  Or worse, expelled."  Hermione is just the best
:D

> Watching/Avoiding the HP movies?:
Watching them, not too enthusiastically.  I haven't been to see either in
the theatre and I only own the first one on DVD, but I will be getting the
second.

> Into HP fanfiction?
Not really.  I read the occasional fic.  I haven't written any besides one
very sappy unpublished ficlet (I like it, but I don't think it's good enough
to publish).

> Books you'd recommend to just about anyone:
Harry Potter, of course!  The Lord of the Rings.  Books by Anne Perry, Anne
McCaffrey, Katherine Kurtz, Guy Gavriel Kay, Andre Norton, David Eddings,
Jane Yolen.  It's easier to recommend authors than books.

> Favorite TV shows:
Stargate SG-1, Firefly, Dark Angel, The Amazing Race, Trauma: Life in the
ER, Junkyard Wars, anything about technology on TLC or the Discovery
Channel.  Do the Olympics count as a TV show?

> Favorite Movies:
The Lord of the Rings, The Princess Bride, Monty Python and the Holy Grail,
Spaceballs, Star Wars, The Matrix, Back to the Future, Galaxy Quest.

> Favorite Musical Artists:
Jacob Obrecht, Simon & Garfunkel, The Eagles, The Beatles, Erin McKeown,
Ayumi Hamasaki, Weird Al Yankovic, Maaya Sakamoto, J.A. Seazer, Queen, Sarah
McLachlan, Jann Arden, The Barenaked Ladies, April Wine, The Police, and
almost everyone who sang pop songs in the '80s.

> One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
> may not say "lose weight"):
I'd marry my boyfriend.  Fortunately, this is the plan, but it's not likely
to happen for a little while.

> One thing about your life you wouldn't change even for an advance
> copy of Book 7:
The aforementioned boyfriend.

> Philosophy for an easy life:
Have low expectations, and do unto others as you would have others do unto
you.

> How you found HPfGU:
I found its homepage in a Google search.

> Active at other HP sites:
Not really.  I read The Leaky Cauldron but I don't participate in other
sites.

> Your most rock solid Book 6 or Book 7 prediction:
Ron.  Hermione.  Date.  (Please, JKR? please? pretty please with a cherry on
top?)

> Take a moment to wave to members of the fandom you have personally met:
I haven't met anyone in the fandom yet, but I'd like to!

> ADD A QUESTION OF YOUR OWN AND ANSWER IT:
If you could have any creature from FBAWTFT for a pet, which would it be?
I'd want a Puffskein and a pink Fwooper.

I was planning to answer everyone else's added questions, but there are just
so many!

Melissa
"Sir, I think you have a problem with your brain being missing."
--Zoe, Firefly 1.02 "The Train Job"