OT: Another Intro

[Jen Reese]

THE OLD CROWD - INTRO

***Name:
Jen Reese

***Nicknames/IDs:
Don't ever use one anymore.

***Age:
37

***Family:
Husband of 10 years and 6 year old son. My in-laws live down the 
street, something akin to 'Everybody Loves Raymond' but without the 
laugh-track in the background. (Nah, we really get along pretty 
well).

***Home
Austin, Texas

***Birthday, Place of Birth:
June 26 in Midland, Texas. Known for only two things I can think of 
off-hand: 1) Birthplace of Laura Bush; and 2) Jessica, the little 
girl who fell down a well in 1985 and had her play-by-play rescue 
documented on national TV. Hey, maybe that was the first reality 
show?


***Education/Job/Role in Life etc:
MSW (social work). Currently work part-time in a local hospital 
emergency room. 'Role in Life' is a hard one to pin down, it keeps 
changing on me. Right now being a mom, maybe something else will 
take priority in a few years.


***Other things we might want to know about you:
Erm, nothing springs to mind.


***First contact with Harry Potter:
In a bookstore in Spring of 2000, watching my son play with a train 
set in the kid's section. I started browsing and discovered Harry. 


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

I don't have anything except the books and schoolbooks. Hard to 
believe, huh? Oh, and the first two DVD's. May favorite book is 
still POA, and favorite characters are Remus, Sirius & Harry. I like 
Hagrid when Grawp isn't involved. Luna looks promising, too. I love 
to hate Umbridge, and find her a more convincing villian than LV. 


***Extent of Potter obsession:
It waxes and wanes, and right now seems to be waning. Times like 
these I go off to unrelated obsessions. But I always find my way 
back ;). 


***Other interests/activities:
Currently trying to exercise a few days a week, and my son and I are 
taking a Karate class together this spring. Other than that, the 
usual parent things: de-cluttering the house, refereeing play-dates, 
volunteering at school.

***Current/recent reading:
The comics and my Yahoo groups on a good day! *Looks longingly at a 
stack of Christmas books she has yet to crack open*


***Current/recent listening:
Recently bought a bunch of college favorites that I never converted 
from cassette tape: Dire Straits, Bob Dylan, U2, Meat Loaf.


***Current/recent viewing:
'Everybody Loves Raymond' (of course). Recently saw 'Black Hawk 
Down' again.


Thanks to Carolyn for the invite!