Ron's B-Day/JKR's Originality/Idea for a Filk

[Ebony AKA AngieJ]

No: HPFGUIDX 14549

You know you're prissy and insufferable when you've had FOUR offers 
to go out drinking and/or dancing on St. Patrick's Day and you take 
four rainchecks so you can sit at home and read and sulk because the 
humidity caused by a March "sugar snow" has caused you to have a bad 
hair day.  ;-)

Ah, well.  My hair will be either braided or relaxed or shaved BALD 
tomorrow, depending upon my mood.  (Eb's hair cringes in horror.)  
And in the meantime, I have a ton of e-mail to answer.

Rita wrote:

"It is good to know Ron's birthday, but Ron really seem like a Pisces 
to the rest of you? Pisceans are supposed to have a tendency to 
mysticism and getting lost in daydreams and often come across as 
wishy-washy because it's hard for them to decide between two 
different things that they want both (the two fish of the symbol 
going in opposite directions). I thought it more likely that Ron 
would be a stubborn Taurean or a hot-headed Aries."

Ron's birthday strikes me as both right and wrong at the same time.  
No, Ron is not like any other Pisces I've ever known in real life.  
My grandmother and my best friend are Pisceans, and the Phrase You'll 
Most Likely Hear From Them is "I had the *strangest* dream about you 
last night... let me tell you about it..."  But this seems to lead 
some credence to the Seventh Son/Seer/Diviner Theory, I think.  Also, 
every time he gets mad in canon or fanon henceforth, I'll think of 
him as being "madder than a March hare."

:::ducks away from the Ron fans:::

Amy Z wrote:
"I think Dean Thomas is Welsh.  I have absolutely no evidence, just a 
wish.  Anyone want to weigh in?  Football fans, would it be insane 
for him to be a West Ham fan then?"

Rita replied: 
"Dean Thomas might be the son of one Dai Thomas who was related to 
Dylan Thomas, but he either has an immigrant relative somewhere back 
or is adopted, because he was stated to be black.  BTW, just the 
other night I realised that Dean Thomas is just as likely to be 
related to our Ebony Elizabeth Thomas as to Dylan Thomas."

Ah... sure.  I'm Dean's older American Squib sister.  :-)  Would you 
believe I never, ever thought of this while reading canon?  This is 
because Thomas is not the last name on my birth certificate.  ;-)

On JKR's originality--I hope people realize that there are no new 
stories, only new ways of telling the old.  There are a finite number 
of narratives.  It takes genius to make what is familar fresh and 
what is commonplace exciting.  JKR didn't get to where she is because 
she is a hack.

In closing, I've an idea for a filk, although I'd much rather Caius, 
Pippin, or another talented creature take the ball and run with it.  
Does anyone have the lyrics to "I'm My Own Grandpa"?  Please e-mail 
me offlist.

Take care, everyone... and if you're going out, have a pint of 
Guinness for me!

--Ebony AKA AngieJ (who is not wearing green, but who is featuring 
green predominately in her home decorating scheme)