An Introduction

ameliagoldfeesh ameliagoldfeesh at ameliagoldfeesh.yahoo.invalid
Mon Aug 30 14:25:05 UTC 2004


 
     I was surprised and flattered to be invited to this list, 
especially since I'm not that much of a poster.  I will admit that I 
did have my reservations at first, recalling how I'd first heard of 
this group and what I thought of it at the time.  But seeing the 
people who are here and knowing that I'll stay active...er, lurkive? 
on my other lists has gotten rid of most of my self-hypocritical 
feelings. Heh.  Thank you for inviting me. :)


***Name: 
     Amy

***Nicknames/IDs:
     Amelia Goldfeesh (though now I wish I'd just went with 
Goldfeesh as it is SO much shorter to type!)
Nectarine- on ISCA BBS

***Age:
     28

***Family:
     I currently live with my fiance, Larry, with the plans to get 
married before the next month is out.  My parents and siblings, plus 
their families, live about 2.5 hours away in southwestern Iowa which 
is definitely too far.  Ideally, I'd be 5 minutes to an hour away.

***Home
    Ames, Iowa, in a traile..err, I mean a *modular* home- a nice 
place, but I'd prefer owning the land and having a basement. :)  
Soon as my fiance gets a job in his field we may be moving.  
Hopefully nearer to the aforementioned family and to a small town 
with less traffic and lower housing prices.


***Birthday, Place of Birth:
    12/18/76,  Hamburg, IA, which had the closest hospital to my 
hometown of Tabor.

***Education/Job/Role in Life etc:
     Well, I have a BS in history, while Larry has one in 
Business/Accounting.  I'm using my degree quite well as a... 
overnight cashier at Walmart. Could be worse.  Larry is also at 
Walmart while diligently trying to find work in his field.  
I'm considering going back and getting a degree in Library Science 
which I should have done from the get-go.

***Other things we might want to know about you:
     I have a herd of rats- 23 (nature unintentionally took its 
course a couple of times), who are all cute, fairly smart, and 
adorable and mostly named *L*.  I also have a large tank of large 
goldfish, three of which I've had for around four years and are big 
fellows.

***First contact with Harry Potter:
     My best friend was reading SS and I mocked her for reading 
a "kid's book."  She ignored me and said she'd lend it to me, I was 
like "whatever."  Well, you see what came of that.  It was around 
the time that POA came out as I recall.

***Favourite Potter things (books, characters, ships, fics, objets
d'Art, general enthusing):
    I'm another who'd say Snape- he took my interest in GOF- the 
whole "Egg and the Eye" and Dark Mark revelation scenes.  I get a 
kick out of Ron, he seems so normal.  Love the Trio, McGonagall.  
Started out liking both Sirius and Lupin a lot after POA but lost 
some respect for both of them, partially due to discussions on 
HPFGUs.
     POA is my favorite book, but I've noticed that OOP got much 
better after a couple of re-reads.

***Extent of Potter obsession:
     Not as obsessed as I used to be, I rarely read fanfic anymore, 
but I do like the Potter series more than anyone else I know 
personally other than my best friend.


***Other interests/activities:
     Dylan, the Beatles, reading, indifferent gardener/yardworker 
but with aspirations if I got less lazy.  I love good old movies and 
the classic actors and actresses such as Stewart Granger, Deborah 
Kerr, Eleanor Parker.  Current favorite is Pierce Brosnan- so glad 
he's getting out of the Bond franchise, I hope he stays with his low 
key movies and avoids some of the big-budget garbage (Tailor of 
Panama, anyone?)

***Current/recent reading:
     Currently reading the Silmarillion, always love a good David 
McCullough history.  I haven't been reading enough recently.


***Current/recent listening:
     The day before last I saw Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson in Des 
Moines!  Bob was awesome as usual, but I thought Willie Nelson would 
have been better.  I've seen Dylan about 14 times now...I've lost 
count.  I also love Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Beatles 
(together and individually), John Mellencamp, John Denver, and a few 
more I'll probably think of later.


***Current/recent viewing:
     I haven't been watching too much TV recently, when I do it is 
the History Channel, Discovery, HGTV (those darn Mission 
Organizations are addicting- if I'd only put my knowledge to 
practice!) CNN, and the classic movie channels.





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