Anyone Up For A Good Old-Fashioned *Mixer?*

[Gabriela]

O.K. Here I go.

 Name: Gabriela Z. 
 
 Also known as: Gabola (not in RL)
 
 Age/Sex: 32, female
 
 Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same: Born in Mexico   
City, been living in Chihuahua City for 28 years (and I love it) 
with the exception of the Bay Area for 6 months (trying to improve 
my English) and a very small town called Moris in the state of 
Chihuahua, for 14 months (it was fun too, but not for permanent 
residence). 
 
 Family Life: Single mom of a 7 year-old girl; a French Poodle named 
Tuki, a Chinese hamster with no name (I sometimes call her "la 
ratona") and a Beta fish named Peregrin (who died this morning :(  )

 
 Personality: Quiet, passionate, loyal, sincere
 
 Words friends have used to describe you: walking dictionary, 
generous, helpful, intelligent
 
 Words you have used to describe you: loyal, hard-working, friendly 
(with people I already know, because I'm shy with strangers)
 
 Things you do when not staring at the computer: read, teach, do 
homework with my daughter, talk to my sisters, baby-sit my 
nieces....etc.
 
 Comfort foods: chocolate and ice cream

 Education/Work: degree in Graphic Design but currently working as a 
teacher at a private school (the pay is better and the vacation- 
periods longer)
 
 Language skills: Spanish and English (not a 100% though) but would 
love to learn German, French and Scots Gaelic for some strange 
reason 
 
 Technical know-how: Corel-Draw (basics only) other than that they 
have to include an  manual or guide :)  
 
 Favourite HP book: Prisoner of Azkaban  all the way

 Favourite HP character(s): It is Sirius (the fact that he is dead 
won't change anything), I also love the twins and Peeves. 
  
 Favourite HP line: "But Dumbledore says he doesn't care what they 
do as long as they don't take him off the Chocolate Frog cards" 
 
 Watching/Avoiding the HP movies?: Watching, and hoping my fellow 
mexican does a great job with PoA.
 
 Into HP fanfiction? not yet
 
 Books you'd recommend to just about anyone:
 I love The Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket, LoTR, 
and The Withching Hour and The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice

 Favorite TV shows: I like The Osbournes but I don't watch it too 
often, I also like Friends and That 70's Show
  
 Favorite Movies: Braveheart, Far and Away, Robin Hood The Prince of 
Thieves, The Green Mile, Edward Scissorhands, the Indiana Jones 
trilogy, Akira's Dreams, The Others, etc. (too many)
  
 Favorite Musical Artists: Toad the Wet Sprocket, U2, Sting, Phil 
Collins; almost all music from the 80's and 90's and latin music I 
like La Ley (from Chile) and Benny Ibarra (from Mexico)
   
 One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
 may not say "lose weight"): I guess falling in love with the wrong 
person.

 One thing about your life you wouldn't change even for an advance
 copy of Book 7: my beautiful daughter
 
 Philosophy for an easy life: Lo que siembras, cosechas (It would be 
something like: What you give is what you get in return)
 
 How you found HPfGU: I found (by surfing the net craving for HP 
stuff) the Nimbus 2003 site and here I am.
 
 Active at other HP sites: Nope, lurk here a lot; visit TLC and iHP 
daily, the Lexicon and Martha's Art dungeon ocassionaly. 
  
 Your most rock solid Book 6 or Book 7 prediction: We'll see Sirius 
again (ghost, dream, memory; something like that, but not alive)
 
 Take a moment to wave to members of the fandom you have personally 
 met: Sadly I haven't met anybody personally, but I like a lot of 
people I met in chat.
 
 ADD A QUESTION OF YOUR OWN AND ANSWER IT: 

 Which character of the books would you like to Crucio?
 Dolores Umbridge, Cornelius Fudge and sometimes Snape  *ducks and 
runs away*