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***Name:
Rosemary Watson

***Nicknames/IDs:
Pippin (Yahoo and filks), Amanita Lestrange (fanfiction)

***Age:
50

***Family:
Father deceased, Mother very ill with congestive heart failure and 
age-related dementia (she knows who I am, but not where she 
is.) She is in assisted living in Chicago. Two brothers, one 
sister, six nieces, one nephew. Huge extended family. We don't 
meet--we converge.

Am married. 27 years. Two sons age 22 and 16. One dog, of 
dubious ancestry, probably chow and golden retriever and ??? 
Has a thick coat, curly tail, floppy ears and independent but 
loving disposition.


***Home
house in rural Los Angeles County surrounded by lots of dirt and  
ecologically unsound lawn. 

***Birthday, Place of Birth:
August 17, 1952--Chicago Lying-In Hospital

***Education/Job/Role in Life etc:
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Art Institute of Chicago,1975  Still like to 
paint, but don't like the art scene. Have worked as graphic editor 
of a medical journal, computer programmer, real estate 
manager. Currently supervising financial affairs for mom. 
  
***Other things we might want to know about you:
Lapsed Liberal politics, INTP according to online test, Jewish, 
omnivore, has husband who is as thoroughly into airplanes as I 
am into HP.

***First contact with Harry Potter:
Sometime in Spring, 2000. I decided to see what all the fuss 
was about. 

***Favourite Potter things (books, characters, ships, fics, objets 
d'Art, general enthusing):
BOOK--PoA, CoS, GoF, PS/SS in that order
CHARACTERS--Snape, Harry, Dumbledore, Ron, Hermione, 
Ever-so-Evil!Lupin
SHIPS--Ron/Hermione, Snape/Filch, Snape/Lily (did I mention 
that I am inconsistent?) 
FICS--proudly Ebony's beta--haven't had time to read much else 
lately. I may get back into it when there's new canon to digest. I 
have difficulty turning off my inner beta so that I can write the
stuff, but sometimes manage to force myself when nobody else 
seems to have written the story I've imagined.
MERCHANDISE--one all purpose witch hat and gown, Gryffindor 
banner, Harry light string, Lego castle
GENERAL ENTHUSING--The movies are much better than  I 
expected though nowhere near the books. I am looking forward 
to PoA. And Nimbus. And Phoenix (in reverse order)

***Extent of Potter obsession: dreadful, but nobody's 
complaining. Of course they could all be co-dependents. ;) 
Currently List Elf and Ombudself at HPfGU, poster and defender 
of the Evil!Lupin theory, incurable filker  

***Other interests/activities:
Relgious and Ritual VP and former president of my synagogue, 
at due diligence stage of investing in small business with some 
of my friends, playing piano and harpsichord, Tolkien, Pratchett, 
historical mysteries, trying to keep ahead of weeds around my 
house (losing this battle), avoiding housework, riding shotgun 
with teenage driver, chauffering same,crossword puzzles.

***Current/recent reading:
*The Dream of Scipio*, Iain Pears (wonderful!), *The Wee Free 
Men*, Terry Pratchett (almost as good as my favorite *Lords and 
Ladies*) 

***Current/recent listening: *Scott Joplin Piano Rags* Joshua 
Rifkin, The Lord of the Rings unabridged CD 

***Current/recent viewing:
JAG, HGTV, Mystery!  Have been sulking since my cable 
company dropped TCM. Have to go buy Nero Wolfe set for DH.

--Pippin