Yet another intro

[Shaun Hately]

And yet another introductory profile now that I have some time to write one.

***Name:
Shaun Hately

***Nicknames/IDs:
drednort/Dreadnought

***Age:
29

***Family:
Mother and a brother, and a cat. Single.


***Home
Frankston, which is a suburb and satellite city of 
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Frankston's largest claim to 
fame is as one of the major settings of the apocalyptic 
novel, and 1950s film 'On The Beach'. Ava Gardner made the 
comment that if you were going to make a film about the end 
of the world, Frankston was the place to do it. Residents of 
Frankston have long taken a perverse pride in this.

***Birthday, Place of Birth:
January 20th 1975. Sydney, Australia. 

***Education/Job/Role in Life etc:
At university level, have studied both astrophysics and 
software engineering. Currently working as a public safety 
analyst for the Australian government, while studying for my 
Bachelor of Education degree.

***First contact with Harry Potter:
I do voluntary mentoring of exceptionally and profoundly 
gifted children. For various reasons, the Harry Potter books 
became very popular with such kids even before they started 
to become famous, and I used to read a lot of comments about 
them on lists. I thought they were American books, and 
didn't really expect to see them on bookshelves here. When I 
did I snapped up a copy just to see what they were like. I 
found myself really drawn into the story because there were 
things in my own childhood and schooling which really seemed 
to connect with what was happening to Harry.

***Favourite Potter things (books, characters, ships, fics, 
objets
d'Art, general enthusing):
Pretty happy with the movies. My favourite characters are 
Hermione, probably followed by Percy (who I hope hasn't 
turned bad!). Not really into shipping, some interest in 
fanfic as a concept but haven't read much yet. Really 
interested in the idea of Hogwarts as a functioning school - 
I've even mapped the place!

Love Harry Potter as a roleplaying game concept - I run a 
campaign, and also have run Harry Potter RPGs at a Melbourne 
FRP convention for the last three years.

***Extent of Potter obsession:
Mostly just online. I don't buy much, except in connections 
with my games. But as I said, I have mapped Hogwarts 
(currently working to update to take into account Order of 
the Phoenix - slowed a bit due to need to buy some more 
mapping software), and written a couple of rather long Harry 
Potter related essays, of little interest to most people.

***Other interests/activities:
Studying, working, mentoring gifted kids, writing, mapping, 
roleplaying, studying.

***Current/recent reading:
"A Hat full of Sky" by Terry Pratchett, "Here, My Son" by 
C.E.W. Bean, assorted viewers guides to Buffy the Vampire 
Slayer found at an op shop - can't remember titles. 

***Current/recent listening:
Very rarely listen to music due to a neurological difference 
that makes it very hard for me to understand.

***Current/recent viewing:
Olympics (YAY - Australia, 53rd in the world in population, 
4th in the medal count), Australian children's sci fi from 
the 1990s, which I've just found on video  - The Girl from 
Tomorrow, and Spellbinder.



Yours Without Wax, Dreadnought
Shaun Hately | www.alphalink.com.au/~drednort/thelab.html
(ISTJ)       | drednort at ... | ICQ: 6898200 
"You know the very powerful and the very stupid have one
thing in common. They don't alter their views to fit the 
facts. They alter the facts to fit the views. Which can be 
uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that 
need altering." The Doctor - Doctor Who: The Face of Evil
Where am I: Frankston, Victoria, Australia


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