OT: More Than You Want to Know About KathyK

[KathyK]

Wow.  I'm flattered you invited me here and very surprised.  And 
glad.  Thanks!

***Name:
KathyK

***Nicknames/IDs:
yahoo id: zanelupin

***Age:
25 on Sept 19 *sniffle, sniffle*

***Family:
Let's see...I currently reside with my mother, younger brother, and 
his girlfriend.  It's way too crowded.  I have another brother who 
is married with an adorable three-year-old boy and I have many 
aunts, uncles, and cousins whom I adore.


***Home
Waterbury, Connecticut, USA, home of corrupt mayors and birthplace 
of corrupt governors

***Birthday, Place of Birth:
19 September 1979 in Cheshire, Connecticut...yeah, it's the next 
town over from my current location

***Education/Job/Role in Life etc:
An ever so useful BA in history.  I recently began hostessing at my 
uncle's restaurant (yay, nepotism!) because I'm very strapped for 
cash at the moment having spent all I have and then some on a nice, 
five-month trip to Australia.  My Main Goal right now is to get out 
of debt.  So I'm in the process of finding a second job to accompany 
the hostess gig. 

***Other things we might want to know about you:
I'm pretty sure I've said plenty and anything more will likely bore 
you. ;-)


***First contact with Harry Potter:
Movie the first released on video.  Bought and read books 1-4 within 
a week of seeing it.  After that I jumped straight into reading 
fanfic and following news on TLC.  Finally joined HPfGU right before 
OoP's release.  I haven't been posting much to the group since I 
came back but I've been off-listing people all over the place.  


***Favourite Potter things (books, characters, ships, fics, objets
d'Art, general enthusing):
PoA is my favourite followed by OoP.  When I first read the books 
Lupin and Sirius were my characters of choice but now I have an 
inexplicable fascination with Petunia, Peter, and Percy.  My biggest 
obsession is trying to figure out Secret-Keeping and what happened 
at Godric's Hollow.  I used to like to argue that Petunia is not a 
witch or a squib, but JKR recently confirmed that.  I have yet to 
take on the assumption that she will be the one with latent magical 
powers in light of JKR's recent comments but when I do I'll still 
argue she won't be the one.  I am a fan of Pippin's ESE!Lupin even 
though I'm not sure I believe it-must wait till she finishes her 
updated version-and even though I don't believe it I still like to 
throw around that Lupin killed Sirius.  I don't like SHIPping; I 
think Harry will end up alone if he survives at all.  And though I 
understand Snape to be an interesting character, I do not like him, 
not one little bit.  

***Extent of Potter obsession:
Pre-Australia I was an active reader and somewhat active poster on 
HPfGU.  Now I'm an active reader and occasional poster.  I also am a 
moderator over at the Hogs_Head though that means very little most 
of the time since that list essentially runs itself.  I stopped 
reading fanfic some time ago because I get more value out of 
discussions than I do one person's interpretation of HP.  Plus, I 
can't write fic to save my life and therefore can't express my own 
views through that medium.  Also, I am a Witching Hour volunteer.  I 
own two copies of the first four books, one of the fifth, both 
movies on DVD, and a PS2 I bought specifically so I could play the 
CoS video game.  I bought a wand and a hufflepuff tie.  My very cool 
friend, Dooda, knitted me a gorgeous scarf to go with the tie. 

***Other interests/activities:
reading, writing things other than fiction, playing softball and 
volleyball, making icons for my LiveJournal, trying to find a job, 
Australian Rules Football, baseball, geneaology, catching up with 
friends I haven't seen in many months.

***Current/recent reading:
Rereading A Tale of Two Cities during the boring periods at work.  
Reading through my great-grandfather's scrapbooks while at home, 
trying to figure out why he chose to include the articles he did. 

***Current/recent listening:
Always Evanescence and the Beatles.  I'm going through Pete Murray 
withdrawl.  I listened to him a lot in Australia.  Must order his CD 
when I have some money.  

***Current/recent viewing:
Reruns of Law & Order and the X-Files.  

KathyK, writing too much