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

[Richelle Votaw]

Well, I'm a bit late coming to this party, it's been a long week.  Okay, I
know, it's only half over, don't remind me!  Anyway, here we go:

Name: Richelle Votaw


Also known as:Ms. Votaw (only at school!)


Age/Sex: 27/female

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same: Born in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, live in Hammond, Louisiana.  Hot, humid, Rather dull and boring.

Family Life: Uh, not much.  My parents divorced several years ago, so my mom
and I share a townhouse, it's a lot cheaper and less lonely than living by
myself!

Personality: I'm becoming more outgoing the older I get.  I think I'm
getting shoved into it.

Words friends have used to describe you: Reliable, funny, bossy, focused. :)

Words you have used to describe you:  multitasker, obsessive


Things you do when not staring at the computer: um, well, watch movies I
suppose, grade papers, that sort of brilliantly exciting thing.



Comfort foods: chocolate


Education/Work: Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education, Master's degree
in Educational Technology.  During the regular school hours I teach 1st
grade, after school I teach technology to 4th through 6th graders.

Language skills: English, barely. :)  And a small amount of Spanish and
Russian.

Technical know-how: All your basic Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel,
Access, Powerpoint), Front Page, some html, Printshop, etc etc.  Plus all
the basic accessories, digital camera, scanner, and so on.


Favourite HP book: Order of the Phoenix (wasn't at first, but it is now)


Favourite HP character(s): Harry and Lupin.


Favourite HP line: Too many to name, so I'll pick one randomly.  "I know how
to use a fellytone now." :)


Watching/Avoiding the HP movies?: Watching (and rewatching, and rerewatching
and . . .)


Into HP fanfiction? No, at least not yet.

Books you'd recommend to just about anyone: Artemis Fowl, The Giver

Favorite TV shows: Star Trek Next Generation and Voyager, The X-Files,
Frasier, and Everybody Loves Raymond.

Favorite Movies: Both Harry Potter movies, The Two Towers, Pride &
Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, and I could go on and on!

Favorite Musical Artists: Michael W. Smith, 4Him, Phillips, Craig & Dean,
Newsboys, Third Day, The Katinas, Enya

One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
may not say "lose weight"): I'd move someplace, not sure where exactly, but
my life's goal (one of!) is to teach in an all boys school.  Don't know if
they'd even hire me, though!


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

Philosophy for an easy life:  Nothing is worth stressing out over.  Not even
Book 7.


How you found HPfGU: Searching, literally, for adult Harry Potter groups,
knowing I couldn't be the only adult this obsessed!

Active at other HP sites: The Leaky Cauldron is my homepage, also visit
Mugglenet frequently, but no other mailing list type of group.


Your most rock solid Book 6 or Book 7 prediction: Sombody will die. :)
Okay, more specifically, Dumbledore by the middle of Book 7, if not sooner.


Take a moment to wave to members of the fandom you have personally met:
None.


ADD A QUESTION OF YOUR OWN AND ANSWER IT: Um, let's see.  How about least
favorite HP character?  Mine is Fleur.

Richelle