Hey ya

[Adan]

Here y'all were so nice to invite me and I show my thanks by not 
replying?  Rudeness unbefitting my southern belle status.  I am now 
anxiously awaiting the arrival of pearl bedecked lunching ladies to 
take away my recipe for iced tea and my autographed photo of Martha.  
The shame.  Please don't tell my mother.

***Name:
***Nicknames/IDs:
Adan

***Age:
34

***Family:
Weird, with a tendency towards snarkiness.  It *does* run in the 
family.  Okay.  Maybe not what you meant.  It's me, my sister and my 
boy.  Well, sometimes.  The boy lives with his father for the much 
better school district, but the upshot is that I don't have to argue 
with him daily regarding homework.  It almost, though not really, 
makes up for the separation.  One cat: Zelda, One sugar glider: Sugar 
(yes, the boy was quite clever with that, no?)

***Home
Currently outside of San Antonio, TX, but hopefully INSIDE by the new 
year

***Birthday, Place of Birth:
20 January, Marshall MO

***Education/Job/Role in Life etc:
Education: Not enough.  I left college early to get married.  (It 
seemed like a good idea at the time.)  I earned my adequate living as 
an administrative assistant until the company recently closed.  
Anyone looking for a non-spanish speaking secretary in the SA area 
just let me know!  I'm cheap.

***Other things we might want to know about you:
Other than cheapness and a tendency to rattle on?  I love sports, 
though mostly from the sidelines.  I will be entirely ticked off if 
there is not an NHL season confirmed pretty soon, which thinking of 
makes me wonder if the local AHL team will have a season if the big 
clubs don't.  I should look into that.  I also like watching my boy 
play golf.  I listen to just about all kinds of music and read most 
kinds of books.  On occasion, I like wine and liquor, but not beer, 
steaks, Italian and Mongolian barbecue. Oh, and moonlight strolls in 
light rain.

***First contact with Harry Potter:
Pushing aside the *very* creepy thoughts my gutter mind brought up, I 
believe I picked up Sorcerer's Stone just before Chamber was 
released.  I would like to say that I was looking for a book for my 
son.  I was not.  It was all me.  His liking HP came after.

***Favourite Potter things (books, characters, ships, fics, objets
d'Art, general enthusing):
Book: Was PoA, but CoS and OOtP are fighting for the top spot right 
now.  It's not a pretty sight.
Characters: Snape (oh, hush!), Forge, the Trio, Ginny, Neville and 
the movies' Lucius (he's just so pretty)
Ships:  Ginny/Harry, Hermione/Ron and sometimes, when the mood is 
right, Remus/Sirius

***Extent of Potter obsession:
Obvious, but fairly controlled.  I'm here, aren't I?  We have two 
sets of books (one for me, one for the boy - guess sharing isn't our 
strong point), most of another set of the British version, and all 
books on CD(Dale).  And the movies.  And the video games.  And a son 
who changed glasses because he got tired of hearing how he looked 
like Harry - especialy after one fall when said glasses gave him a 
nasty jagged scar between his brows.  Thankfully, it's not noticable 
usually.

***Current/recent reading:
Current: American Gods- Neil Gaiman.  Recent: The War of Don 
Emmanuel's Nether Parts- Louis De Berniere; Something Rotten- Jasper 
Fforde; Practical Demonkeeping, Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove and 
Bloodsucking Fiends- Christopher Moore; Mythago Wood - Robert 
Holdstock; The Moonstone- Wilkie Collins; Ella Minnow Pea- Mark Dunn; 
Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony- Callaso; The Mythic Life and The Rule 
of Four by I-Can't-Remember (though not the same I-C-R); The Meaning 
of It All- Richard Feynman; interspersed with HP.  Amazing how much 
one can read when you don't have some silly job getting in the way.

***Current/recent listening:
Honestly?  Robbie Williams, Modest Mouse, Snow Patrol, Jamie Cullum 
and Frank Sinatra.  Yeah. 

***Current/recent viewing:
TV: None, really.  I hate summer tv, but keep up to date thanks to 
the lovelies at Television Without Pity.  I will tune back in in time 
for Lost, 24 and Alias.  Others may slip in against my will. 
Last movie: Yu-Gi-Oh. Not my choice.



I was mucho surprised but pleased to have received the invite as I 
haven't been the most prolific or regular of posters, but I really 
look forward to reading everyone that's come here before me and hope 
fervently that I can find something to add here and there.

Adan, shutting up now, to the relief of everyone