OT: Intro Profile (amended)

[fritter_my_wig]

First an apology to anyone on email/digest who gets this twice with 
small amendment and especially an apology to David. I don't know 
*why* I called him Dave (except for having just deleted the Yahoo 
attribution). 

I missed David's return when it was announced. Perhaps it's time to
admit that I returned myself some time ago, not that I ever got round
to posting - even an intro - the last time. Here goes.

> THE OLD CROWD – INTRO

> ***Name:
Elizabeth

> ***Nicknames/IDs:
Eloise_Herisson (Yahoo and lj); I seem to have managed to sign up
here under yet another Yahoo id.

> ***Age:
47

> ***Family:
Husband, four children 8-14 yrs, various animals.

> ***Home
Kent, England

> ***Birthday, Place of Birth:
22nd March, Sale, Cheshire.

> ***Education/Job/Role in Life etc:
BMus, which we don't really talk about, followed by PGCE which we
certainly don't. RGN, specialising in ophthalmics before becoming
Health Visitor. Gave up work with advent of children. Now two thirds
of the way through a degree in archaeology which is what I always
wanted to study in the first place.


> ***Other things we might want to know about you:
Not a lot.

***First contact with Harry Potter:
Erm...Read the books to children/listened to tapes shortly before
release of first film, IIRC.

> ***Favourite Potter things (books, characters, ships, fics, objets
d'Art, general enthusing):
Book: PoA
Character: Snape (of course)
Ships: Don't do ships
Fics: Ditto
Objets d'Art: Are there any??


> ***Extent of Potter obsession:

Like David's, really a bit in decline.
I've always felt a bit embarassed about the fan thing and don't much
admit to it. This of course meant it was rather difficult to explain
where my time went when I was more heavily involved in HPfGU admin
than I am now. I don't think I've ever been obsessed as such, though
musing on a certain character has taken up quite a lot of my time.
And still does from time to time. ;-) I used to know the first four
books backwards. I've never got to grips with OoP to the same extent.
I occasionally look at JKR's website, keep up to date with the info
she gives, but I can't be bothered with working out the clues these
days.

I find it difficult to balance doing the things I really need to/want
to in real life against doing my bit for admin and getting involved
in on-list discussion. I'd love to get into long involved discussions
like I used to, but they are just so time consuming and I find it
hard to justify it. When I do, it's normally a kind of essay
avoidance (did I mention I have this huge excavation report to read
and analyse?)


***Other interests/activities:

Trawling eBay and going to live auctions.
Riding my horse, somwhat reluctantly on occasion, though enthusiasm
growing again.
Collect blue and white transferware and antiquarian prints of
local/archaeological subjects.

> ***Current/recent reading:

Power and Island Communities: Excavations at the Wardy Hill Ringwork,
Coveney, Ely. Before that, The Lake Villages of Somerset.
I recently read the first few pages of Madame Bovary, but feel too
guilty about what I should be reading to get on with it. Also my
eyesight isn't what it used to be, so reading in bed is a bit of a
pain unless I remember to take up my specs and the light's good. Oh,
the joys of aging. ;-)

> ***Current/recent listening:
Radio3/Radio4. Or silence.

***Current/recent viewing:

Desperate Housewives, Tribe, trashy antiques programmes,
North and South (and I missed the last episode!!!!! :-( )
Recently saw both The Aviator and Lemony Snicket at the cinema and
loved both.

~Eloise