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[Sternel]

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Name: Abigail

Also known as: Abbie, Abs, Sternel, that chick who played Beater for 
the Seagulls at Nimbus

Age/Sex: 23/F

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same: both:  Long Island, 
New York.  Take note, please:  NOT Lon Guyland.  That is a *Brooklyn* 
accent.  ahem.  anyhow...mixed feelings.  Love it geographically (am 
water baby), hate the overpopulation/pollution.  Currently watching 
the hurricane forecast with a fearful eye, as the last thing Montauk 
needs is another good storm.


Family Life: Parents, siblings, and a very ill-tempered dog.

Personality: Obsessive.  Hence my presence here.  =)  Quick to anger, 
but also quick to forgive.  Fiercely loyal.  Fond of lounging.  

Words friends have used to describe you: Crazy, mostly.  Dedicated, 
kind, and sometimes frightening.

Words you have used to describe you: Again, obsessed. Also,  
anglophile, loyal, and crazy.  yes, there's a pattern.  =)

Things you do when not staring at the computer: Class, reading (only 
staring at books, not computer), needlepoint, music (I play violin), 
sit on the train and make up stories for all the people that try to 
pretend I'm not staring at them, and harassing my fellow t00bs, whom 
I love dearly.
 
Comfort foods: Chocolate, mac'n'cheese, mashed potatoes, pickles.

Education/Work: Degree in German.  Have returned to school, following 
a  year working as a library clerk in a law school, to get a second 
degree in History.  Once I'm done with being a history geek, I 
hopefully will be getting an MLS.

Language skills: English (though sometimes I wonder), German, some 
French and Latin, three words of Croatian, and the phrase "That bus 
ticket is too expensive" in Scots Gaelic.

Technical know-how: If I can't make the computer do what I want it 
to, I know who to call to make it happen.  0=)  Proficient enough 
that I don't usually need to.


Favourite HP book: tie between POA and OoP 


Favourite HP character(s): Snape, Harry, Hermione, Lupin, McGonagall


Favourite HP line: The oft-cited "It unscrews the other way."  And 
Remus' bit about identifying a werewolf.  I still have OoP on the 
brain -- there's some good gigglers in every book.


Watching/Avoiding the HP movies?: Watched several times each.  I 
suffer from this slight condition known as Rickmanitis.

Into HP fanfiction? Is the sky blue?  Is the grass green?  Is FA not 
the most amazing site on earth?  In other words, yes.  Am currently 
hating Barb for where she cut off her latest chapter of the Triangle 
Prophecy, and wondering if Lori will ever tell us the tale of Harry 
and Hermione's honeymoon.  

Books you'd recommend to just about anyone: Recently read "DaVinci 
Code," and loved it.  Great read, was highly amused by the mentions 
of Nicholas Flamel.  Other than that, easier to rec authors:  Jane 
Austen, Anne McCaffrey, Raymond E. Feist...there's tons more but I'll 
behave.

Favorite TV shows: ER, Will and Grace, MI-5

Favorite Movies: Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility (those should 
come as no surprise), LOTR, Sound of Music

Favorite Musical Artists: Billy Joel, Sarah McLachlan, Corrs, Phil 
Collins, U2, Tori Amos, Simon and Garfunkle...another one of those 
lists that I'm better cutting short


One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
may not say "lose weight"): I'll be vain here.  I wish my hair were 
longer, thicker, and redder.

One thing about your life you wouldn't change even for an advance
copy of Book 7: My friends, who are my second family and mean the 
world to me.


Philosophy for an easy life: Chocolate will not fix problems.  But it 
will make them a hell of a lot easier to face.  =)


How you found HPfGU: Remember that Salon article on Paradigm of 
Uncertainty from waaaaaay back in Spring of 2001?  I followed that to 
PoU and from there found HPfGU. It's all downhill from there.  =)

Active at other HP sites: Does LJ count? =)  I lurk on FA and a bunch 
of fic sites.


Your most rock solid Book 6 or Book 7 prediction: Like with OoP, it 
will end with me in my friend Adrienne's kitchen, clutching a bottle 
of Ogdens and muttering under my breath about evil authors who enjoy 
torturing their readership.

Take a moment to wave to members of the fandom you have personally 
met: 
oh gosh.  OK, here goes:
Ursamajr
Vlamidala
Sabs
Kim Sparks (whom I haven't emailed in ages...::hides::)
Neil Ward
Joywitch
Amy Z and everyone else at the March NY meet
everyone present at Ali's Wibblefest, OoP Release Weekend
John Walton
Ebony
Carole
Gwen
Sabrina Lupin
and all the other people I fangirled at Nimbus

wow, I have met a bunch of you.  Honestly, if not for Nimbus, I 
wouldn't have met half these people.  It was an amazing time.

ADD A QUESTION OF YOUR OWN AND ANSWER IT: 

Everyone's Polyjuice seems to be a different colour, so what would 
yours be?

...I'm guessing a sort of reddish-mahogany shade.  

::waves to everyone:: I usually lurk, but it's been fun reading 
everyone's responses!  

-Sternel