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

[Terry James]

Sigh...why do I enjoy talking about myself so much?

Am very interestedly reading mixer posts surreptitiously at work, since home 
computer still apparently inhabited by Saurondemort.  And DH is a computer 
tech.  Oh well, the old saying that shoemaker's children go barefoot and 
doctor's wives die early is still true, I guess.



Name:  Online, Terry L. James, since I had a slight stalker problem a couple 
of years ago.  Minor, but really freaked me out.


Also known as:  "That DENIAList nut", Terry LJ (to distinguish from other 
Terrys), Captain Terry


Age/Sex: 30/F


Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same: DeQuincy, LA--nice place to 
raise a child in, but grown-ups go nuts there;  Baton Rouge, LA--love my 
church, hate my job, the horrible architecture, the government, the city 
planning or lack thereof, the crime rate, the school system, the 
politicians, and the weather.  No winter, two weeks of spring, one week of 
fall, endless burning hot humid sticky summer.


Family Life: married, one husband, two daughters, almost 7  and almost 1


Personality:  arrogant, obnoxious, very private in some ways.   Never intend 
to offend others, but always, always, always, inadvertently do.  Possibly 
because of arrogance and obnoxiousness?  :)


Words friends have used to describe you:  walking dictionary, bookworm, 
advice columnist, straightforward, blunt, good listener



Words you have used to describe you: lazy, cynical, quiet, too critical



Things you do when not staring at the computer: read, play with kids, read, 
crochet, read, take pictures of kids, read, avoid housework, read


Comfort foods: Am on Atkins, wah, to fit into awful bridesmaid's dress.  No 
comfort foods allowed by Bob "DemonSpawn" Atkins.  When not carb-restricted, 
potato chips and Oreos and large glasses of milk.




Education/Work: Some college; work in insurance.  Horribly boring, no 
windows in office, Muggle co-worker.  Where's Ron the twins and the Flying 
Ford Anglia when you need them?



Language skills:  Passable in English; can understand very tiny amounts of 
Spanish; interested in the way words come down or cross over from other 
languages (waves at Shaun "without wax")



Technical know-how: Can navigate e-mail, but still waiting on more detailed 
answer to Paint Shop Pro 7 post here.  Can crochet a mean baby blanket, 
though!




Favourite HP book: PoA



Favourite HP character(s): Sirius, of course.  Very complex, and of course 
Dead Sexy.



Favourite HP line:  "ARE YOU A WITCH OR AREN'T YOU?"  Ron to Hermione, PS/SS



Watching/Avoiding the HP movies?:  Watching once or twice while cringing and 
criticizing and explaining to DH, a non-HPer, "That's not how it really is!"



Into HP fanfiction? Yes, some.  Am kinda too critical about that, also.



Books you'd recommend to just about anyone:  Any of the Discworld books by 
Terry Pratchett; the Young Wizards series by Diane Duane; Hitchhiker's Guide 
trilogy (5 books--yes, it's a trilogy) by Douglas Adams; The Riddlemaster of 
Hed series by Patricia McKillip, although if you couldn't navigate Lord of 
the Rings maybe you wouldn't want to try this; anything by P.G. Wodehouse; 
the Ender series by Orson Scott Card...this could go on for days.



Favorite TV shows: I have a six-year-old, so we're very limited in what we 
watch.  Lizzie McGuire is our "family show".  What we watch when she's not 
around--Whose Line Is It Anyway, Babylon 5 (on DVD), JAG



Favorite Movies: Fellowship of the Ring, Pride & Prejudice, Emma, While You 
Were Sleeping



Favorite Musical Artists: Eclectic, and nobody currently popular.  Almost 
all classical; Mannheim Steamroller; Ray Lynch; David Arkenstone; Beatles, 
Monkees (yes, Monkees), Avalon, Michael English



One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
may not say "lose weight"):  Would have more self-confidence; and would live 
someplace where there are no mosquitos, no West Nile virus, no serial 
killers, no racially tensioned school systems, and no state pastime of 
jailing government officials as soon as they finish reciting their inaugural 
oaths.


One thing about your life you wouldn't change even for an advance
copy of Book 7:  My husband and kids.



Philosophy for an easy life:  Do whatever other people say is right.  Never 
use or develop your own judgement.  Note, this is for an "easy" life, not a 
"good" or "mature" or "well-balanced" or "healthy" life...


How you found HPfGU: A recommendation on a LOTR list.  Or maybe I found that 
one from this one...


Active at other HP sites: No.  Wrote and got posted one very small fic on 
FictionAlley; semi-working on another, OC-centric, long one.


Your most rock solid Book 6 or Book 7 prediction:  Hermione will remind 
someone that you can't Apparate or Disapparate inside Hogwarts; and that 
will eventually prove to be a major plot point.


Take a moment to wave to members of the fandom you have personally met: 
None, sadly.  But I have conversed with a few members offlist and gotten 
some good advice, lots of help, and made some good friends.  Hope to 
meet--virtually or in RL--more of you!


ADD A QUESTION OF YOUR OWN AND ANSWER IT:  Do you operate under the 
erroneous assumption that you are smarter than most people around you, and 
therefore escape to HPfGU for something "more on your level", where the 
general level of posts reduces you to squeaking insignificance?  Yes.


Terry LJ

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