OT Introducing me

[melclaros]

Thanks for the invite, it's good to see those of you I've not seen in
a while.

THE OLD CROWD – INTRO

***Name:
Susan 

***Nicknames/IDs:
melclaros, by which you all know me from that other place.
Gillieweed, by which I go in a few other places, and my livejournal.


 ***Age:
Not telling. Old enough to know better, anyway.

***Family:

2 children, 14 and 11. One pending ex.

 ***Home
St. Petersburg, FL.

 


***Birthday, Place of Birth:

January 27, Long Island, New York

***Education/Job/Role in Life etc:

After being at home with kids for way too long, I have recently
returned to full-time work. Employed by the local school district. Not
a teacher.


***Other things we might want to know about you:

Make something up. I'll be more interesting. 

***First contact with Harry Potter:

Looking for something to get my son reading. It worked. Read SS/PS
back to back with CoS then had PoA brought over from England by
visiting relatives as it was released much later here.


***Favourite Potter things (books, characters, ships, fics, objets
d'Art, general enthusing):

Fav book of series: Prizoner of Azkoban
Fav character, Snape from the beginning. Lupin until OoP. Ron usually.
New fav: Phineas Nigellus.


Don't ship. At all. ::shudders::
 

Fics: Yes. They're out there. 

I also have a few fan art favourites, like Laurence Péguy's.

***Extent of Potter obsession:
Joining groups like this. At my age. Tut tut.

 
***Other interests/activities:
Gardening, cooking, reading, crafts. 

 
***Current/recent reading:
The Secret Life of Bees  by Sue Monk Kidd.

 
***Current/recent listening:
Ah, silence