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[AJRoald]

[glow=red,2,300]WELCOME[/glow]

Come pull up a chair and let us know who you are. Share as much or as little info as you want! Here is a 'questionaire' I came up with...but feel free to adlib!

Name/Nickname:
Where you Live:
Favorite Song:
Favorite Movie:
Favorite TV Show:
Favorite outside thing to do:
Hobbies outside HP:
Favorite Actor/Actress:
Favorite author:
Favorite quote or Favorite Saying:
Favorite Harry Potter Book:
Favorite Harry Potter Character(s):
Harry Potter Character You'd, Date: Be Friends With: Dislike:
What Hogwarts House would you like to be in (or do you think you would be sorted into)?
Do you just read fanfiction? Write? Artist?
Do you have a website?
Anything Else You Want to Tell Us?:

[AJRoald]

Guess I'll go first!

Name/Nickname: AJRoald (but just call me AJ )

Where you Live: Oregon

Favorite Song: Like lots of songs and styles of music.

Favorite Movie: Currently the LotR trilogy, although I'm a movie-holic

Favorite TV Show: Don't have one, don't watch much TV

Favorite outside thing to do: White water rafting!

Favorite actor/actress: Oh, this is hard. Of course, Sean Connery, Johnny Depp, John Cusack, Christopher Walken, Morgan Freeman... um...Sandra Bullock, Ashley Judd

Favorite author (besides JKR ): Janny Wurts & David Eddings

Favorite Harry Potter Book: PoA or OotP

Favorite Harry Potter Character(s): Ginny/Remus/Sirius and I also like Blaise Zabini

Harry Potter Character You'd, Date: Hm..would probably date Remus, Sirius or Bill!

Be Friends With: The Weasley's (except maybe Percy), probably Harry, Remus & Sirius.

dislike: My least favorite HP characters are Tonks and Hermione.

What Hogwarts house would you like to be in (or do you think you'd be in)? Probably Gryffindor (although I have been sorted into Slytherin on some of my snarkier days )

Do you just read fanfiction? Write? Artist? I read/write HP fanfiction, mostly Remus/Ginny, but have also tried my hand at writing Sirius/Ginny and a just Sirius. Have a Blaise/Ginny in the works, and read most anything with Ginny in it.

Anything Else You Want to Tell Us?: Can't think of anything.

[aikakone]

I'll give it a go:

Name/Nickname: aikakone [Yes, I have a real name, and many of you know it. No, I'm not telling you here.]

Where you Live: Texas

Favorite Song: Yeah, right. Musician! It's impossible to pick just one. Kinda like Lays potato chips.

Favorite Movie: Probably Moulin Rouge because I bought the DVD (a first for me), and have several copies of the soundtrack. One I bought in the USA, and I bought a double disk copy in London, England.

Favorite TV Show: Nothing that's currently being shown. I don't have television reception to watch even if there was something for me to see. I would love to own the whole series of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, but I curse Paramount for having too darn expensive DVDs!

Favorite outside thing to do: I need to get more outside hobbies. Walks and bike riding are fun. I would love to learn to horseback ride and get some more archery skills. I rather love nature photography, and I have to be outside to do that.

Hobbies outside HP: I am generally crafty and like making stuff, plus photography as mentioned above.

Favorite Actor/Actress: I rather like Jason Isaacs. That might be obvious. Brendan Fraser always delivers. For women, I like Charisma Carpenter, Renee O'Connor. Hrm... not just now coming up with any "I love him/her!" moments.

Oh wait... Christopher Walken. Odd and nummy all at the same time. What? Why are you looking at me like that?

Favorite author: Anne McCaffrey, Susan Grant and Elizabeth Haydon

Favorite quote or Favorite Saying:

Not a favorite, exactly, but it made me laugh the first time I read it. As seen in someone else's internet signature:
There are 10 kinds of people in the world--those who can read binary and those who can't.

Favorite Harry Potter Book: None. Each has its own flavor and is part of a whole.

Favorite Harry Potter Character(s): Ginny and Remus, obviously. I love Harry and don't understand the Harry hate. In fact, I love the whole trio, and Nevill is awesome. Dumbledore is my kind of wizard. He very much fits the archetype.

Harry Potter Character You'd, Date: Bill Weasley, please!

Be Friends With: Luna! She's out there but friendly with everyone. I'd like to say I'd be friends with Hermione, but we'd probably get on each others' nerves.

Dislike: Not all that much of a fan of Draco as far as reading him in relationship fics. He's an important part of the books and I like him for that role he has.

Do you just read fanfiction? Write? Artist?

I read and write, mostly R/G fics. I have done only a few pieces of art in my lifetime. As I feel myself to be a creative person, I might want to expand that later. I like pencil drawings and recently I was possessed of the notion to draw pictures left-handed. (I'm a righty, but go with the flow...)

Anything Else You Want to Tell Us?: Sure, the GROWL website is mine. I'm proud of it, and like that it's a unique place in the fandom. It wouldn't be as good as it is without the help of writers and artists who contribute to it. This here board is AJ's, and I'm in her debt for deciding to try to have a board again. (I did have one in the early months of the site, but there wasn't fan interest at the time. So I took it down.)

Other than that, I'm in graduate school and sometimes feel too busy for words. Is it me, or do professors think you need to spend all day on your work? The thing is, I can't complain too much becuase no one made me go to grad school but my own self.

[Madame Wolf]

Hullo! I decided I'd join up because I :heart: Remus and Ginny

Erm, ok. Questionaire time.

Name/Nickname: My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father: prepare to die. Or I am Paige and I have just finished watching "The Princess Bride".
Where you Live: I live in the unfashionable side of Sydney, Australia.
Favorite Song: For Crying Out Loud (You know I love you) by Meat Loaf. I also love Lover, You Should've Come Over by Jeff Buckley and Scattered by Green Day. Ok, so I cheated .
Favorite Movie: I'll go and say Pirates of the Caribbean, however, I have watched The Big Lebowski, True Stories, Sgt. Bilko, That Thing You Do and Ed Wood far too many times to not count them here .
Favorite TV Show: Black Books. Ah, witty British Comedy in the middle of all the reality tv shows out there. How it eases the soul.
Favorite outside thing to do: Hehehe. You almost had me going for a second. Outside? I do not go outside. (I do enjoy a spot of archery though)
Hobbies outside HP: I sing. I act. I write (yes, other things apart from Harry Potter).
Favorite Actor/Actress: Johnny Depp, without a doubt. My favourite actress would be....Ummm. Look, a three headed monkey!
Favorite author: I enjoy Sara Douglass' books and, apart from Harry Potter, I haven't read a series as much as her Axis trilogy. Douglas Adams also kicked butt.
Favorite quote or Favorite Saying: My favourite quote and saying changes whenever something awesome comes along. I say "indeed" a lot, as well as "I ate all your bees". You'll pick up on my Favourite Saying Of the Week in no time
Favorite Harry Potter Book: Prisoner of Azkaban.
Favorite Harry Potter Character(s): Remus and Ginny.
Harry Potter Character You'd
Date: I'm 15. There is no answer I can give you that won't make me sound childish
Be Friends With: I don't think I'd be friends with anybody. Isn't that sad?
Dislike: Harry, lol. I'd like him to start off with but I have a very low tolerance level for all things teenager-ish, which includes my own thoughts and actions.
What Hogwarts House would you like to be in (or do you think you would be sorted into)? My double, Jenn, says I am a Gryffindor.
Do you just read fanfiction? Write? Artist? I can't draw myself out of a paper bag. I write though
Do you have a website? Many. Well, I keep several diaries and journals because I spread around my secrets like the ingredients to the Colonel's 11 herbs and spices.
Anything Else You Want to Tell Us?: My feet are cold, it's 12:21 AM on a school night and try the veal.

[mrsnilescrane]

Name/Nickname: Mrs. Niles Crane. You can find my real name on my bio at fanfiction.net

Where you Live: The good ol' USA.

Favorite Song: Either "Tiny Steps" (which was inspired by an episode of The Twilight Zone) or "Party Girl" by Elvis Costello... Or maybe "The End of the World" by The Cure or "Float On" by Modest Mouse...

Favorite Movie: Of all time? The six-hour-long, Colin Firth version of Pride & Prejudice. It's a three-way-tie between that, The Remains of the Day and Spiderman 2.

Favorite TV Show: Monk and Frasier... and Three's Company.

Favorite outside thing to do: Nap. Seriously.

Hobbies outside HP: Monk fanfiction, Frasier fanfiction, listening to music at very high volume, hanging out.

Favorite Actor/Actress: Ummmm... The actor's a toughie... Tony Shalhoub, David Hyde Pierce, Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant... (there are more) But my favorite actress is Emmy Rossum or Bitty Schram.

Favorite author: Paul Zindel... and for poetry, T.S. Elliot.

Favorite quote or Favorite Saying: "I tried doing that, once. Making every minute count. It gave me a headache." (Monk)

Favorite Harry Potter Book: PoA or CoS

Favorite Harry Potter Character(s): Remus, Ginny, Draco, Ron, Mundungus and Neville.

Harry Potter Character You'd, Date: Remus. Or possibly Neville.

Be Friends With: Ron and Dung.

Dislike: I really, really, really, really hate Winky.

What Hogwarts House would you like to be in (or do you think you would be sorted into)?: Well, the official website sorted me into Slytherin... 17 times in a row. I even picked different answers!

Do you just read fanfiction? Write? Artist?: I read (a lot), write, and sometimes draw. But no one gets to see any of my *cough* "art".

Do you have a website?: My Xanga account... which is basically an lj.

Anything Else You Want to Tell Us?: Umm... You know that guy who played the Duke in Moulin Rouge? He played Dracula in Van Helsing.

[Spunky]

Well, I guess I'll put my bit in...

Name/Nickname: Spunky

Where you Live: Pennsylvania

Favorite Song: Foolish Games by Jewel, One Of These Days/Here Without Me by Michelle Branch, Bohemian Rhapshody by Queen, Fallen by Sarah McLachlan. Yeah, I know, I cheated.

Favorite Movie: Casablanca, LOTR, POTC, Dirty Dancing, Princess Bride, Sixteen Candles

Favorite TV show: Gilmore Girls, Friends, Angel, Buffy, General Hospital, and Freaks and Geeks. So all but two of them are off the air, I still love 'em!

Favorite outside thing to do: Swimming

Hobbies outside HP: reading other series, cross-stitching, writing, swimming

Favorite Actor/Actress: Johnny Depp, Eric Bana, Colin Firth, Kiera Knightley, Richard Gere, and Julia Roberts

Favorite author: Besides JK, Orson Scott Card and Anne Rice

Favorite quote or Favorite Saying: Perhaps they are not stars in the sky but rather openings where our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy

Favorite Harry Potter book:PoA

Favorite Harry Potter Character(s): Harry, Ginny, Lily, James, Remus, Sirius, Minerva, Moody and Tonks.

Harry Potter Character You'd Date: Oh my, I don't know...if he was my age, Sirius or Remus I suppose.

Harry Potter Character You'd Be Friends With:Ginny, Tonks, Harry and Luna.

Harry Potter Character You'd Dislike:Draco, Lucius, Kreacher

What Hogwarts House wouold you like to be in: Gryffindor

Do you just read fanfiction? Write? Artist?:Read and occasionally write.

Do you have a website?: My LJ

~Spunky

[samantha2074]

Name/Nickname: Samantha/Sam
Where you Live: Massachusetts
Favorite Song: I love too many to pick a favorite. I tend to like classical music (although I hate the term), especially the romantics and neo-romantics and wind symphony/wind band music.
Favorite Movie: Again, I hate picking favorites, but I have an unhealthy love for the Hong Kong fantasy/martial arts movie The Heroic Trio
Favorite TV Show: None currently. These days I mostly watch reruns of old faves.
Favorite outside thing to do: Walk. Swim. I'm not much of an outdoorsy person.
Hobbies outside HP: Figure skating, knitting, playing the French horn.
Favorite author: Stop asking for favorites! I read a lot of science fiction, some fantasy and mysteries, Russian/Soviet literature (a holdover from my college days), and whatever else captures my fancy.
Favorite Harry Potter Book: Order of the Phoenix. I liked the way some of the secondary characters (including Ginny) were more fleshed out and that the book turned away from some of the wish fulfillment of the earlier volumes into something more serious.
Favorite Harry Potter Character(s): Remus, Ginny, Hermione, Luna, Snape. There are others I like, but just want to slap every once in a while.
Harry Potter Character You'd...
Date: Umm... Remus? Luna?
Be Friends With: Hermione, Luna
Dislike: Dumbledore and Snape (if I were actually a student at Hogwarts, I would have extreme problems with their blatant favoritism), Draco and the other bigots, anyone with vaguely patronizing attitudes towards Muggles (sadly, far too many of the wizards), Sirius Black and James Potter (I don't care for their brand of humor). Hmm, the level of negativity is a bit embarrassing.
What Hogwarts House would you like to be in (or do you think you would be sorted into)?: Ravenclaw. Maybe Hufflepuff, but mostly likely Ravenclaw. I'm definitely not Slytherin or Gryffindor material.
Do you just read fanfiction? Write? Artist? Mostly read. I've written a couple of short things in another fandom.
Do you have a website? Nah. Just a Live Journal.
Anything Else You Want to Tell Us?: I tend to over-analyze (but not in a really serious way). But you've probably guessed that already.

[LupinFan227]

Name/Nickname: Em, Emmalou
Where you Live: Louisiana
Favorite Song: "Sweet Home Alabama"
Favorite Movie: "Steel Magnolias"
Favorite TV Show: "The West Wing"
Favorite outside thing to do: Jog
Hobbies outside HP: movies, music, baseball
Favorite Actor/Actress: Liam Neeson, Tom Hanks
Favorite author: JKR, obviously, but also Jane Green
Favorite quote or Favorite Saying: Roughly, "It's not our past that makes us who we are, but our choices."
Favorite Harry Potter Book: Prisoner of Azkaban
Favorite Harry Potter Character(s):Remus, Ginny, Harry, & the Weasley twins
Harry Potter Character You'd, Date: Be Friends With: Remus, or Sirius (he seems like a bad boy)
Dislike:Don't hate me- Hermione. She's annoying
What Hogwarts House would you like to be in (or do you think you would be sorted into)? I have no idea, probably Slytherin because I'm pretty sneaky
Do you just read fanfiction? Write? Artist? Read & Write
Do you have a website? nope
Anything Else You Want to Tell Us?: I'm a huge nerd!

[KittyCatBlack]

Name/Nickname: My name is Courtney, but I go by Cat or KittyCat

Where you Live: Honolulu, Hawaii

Favorite Song: I have so many favourite songs, it's not funny.

Favorite Movie: Lord of the Rings, Nightmare Before Christmas, various others

Favorite TV Show: Law and Order: SVU

Favorite outside thing to do: Geocache

Hobbies outside HP: Writing, reading, music

Favorite Actor/Actress: Dominic Monaghan, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Cate Blanchett

Favorite author: JRR Tolkien, JK Rowling

Favorite quote or Favorite Saying: "I'm told I speak in shorthand, then smudge it..." JRR Tolkien. "A witty saying proves nothing," Voltaire. "Thingum..." (Me)

Favorite Harry Potter Book: Prisoner of Azkaban or Order of The Phoenix

Favorite Harry Potter Character(s): Ginny, Luna, Hermione, Ron, Lupin

Harry Potter Character You'd Date: Ron, Dean, Seamus, Billy, Charlie or Pre-OotP Percy.

Be Friends With: Luna, Ginny, Hermione, Dean

Dislike: Voldemort (given), Marietta

What Hogwarts House would you like to be in (or do you think you would be sorted into)? Slytherin, without a doubt

Do you just read fanfiction? Write? Artist? I read fanfiction and I write it.

Do you have a website? Yes

Anything Else You Want to Tell Us?: I love RL/GW and I love SS/HG. They're interesting pairings. I have two cats. I'm a Navy child.

[lupus]

Name/Nickname: The name's Ylva.

Where you Live: I live in Lund, which is in the south of Sweden.

Favorite Song: Ooh, that's hard. I really like 747 by the Swedish group Kent (all the other songs by them are also great).

Favorite Movie: I like Snatch and that kind of movies. And Mystic River and that kind.

Favorite TV Show: CSI, Simpsons, Family Guy, Buffy...

Favorite outside thing to do: I like photography and go swimming.
Hobbies outside HP: reading, writing, swimming...

Favorite Actor/Actress: Hard one, don't know. Don't have any favourites.

Favorite author: JKR, of course, Terry Pratchett and a few Swedish authors.

Favorite Harry Potter Book: PoA and OotP

Favorite Harry Potter Character(s): Ginny, Remus, Sirius, Luna, Fred and George, Snape...

What Hogwarts House would you like to be in (or do you think you would be sorted into)? Everytime I do a sorting quiz I end up in Gryffindor, so I guess that would be it.

Do you just read fanfiction? Write? Artist? I read and write.

Do you have a website? No, but I'm working on it with a friend of mine.

Anything Else You Want to Tell Us?: There are bound be be mistakes made by me in the threads, and that's because I'm Swedish. So don't be too hard on me.

[NiennaSilimaure]

Name/Nickname: Nienna Silimaure - not my real name but I never use that online, I have also been known as "Kinki"
Where you Live: MA, USA
Favorite Song: hmm. Probably "Desperado" but I have lots of favourites.
Favorite Movie: Again, lots but if I had to boil it down, I'd probably say "The Ice Storm"
Favorite TV Show: Angel & Lost
Favorite outside thing to do: Walk my dog.
Hobbies outside HP: I'm a big reader and I read pretty much anything (barring romance novels) that come my way. I like romance fic though oddly enough.
Favorite Actor/Actress: Charisma Carpenter, Alyson Hannigan, Christina Ricci, Eliza Dushku, Keira Knightley. Dominic Monaghan, Ian McKellen, Jason Isaacs.
Favorite author: J.R.R. Tolkien
Favorite quote or Favorite Saying: Mostly Terry Pratchett sayings or those too rude for this forum.
Favorite Harry Potter Book: hmm. Probably PoA or OoTP
Favorite Harry Potter Character(s): Ginny, Luna, Remus, Tonks, Ron, McGonagall.
Harry Potter Character You'd, Date: Oh hmm. Remus or Ginny.
Be Friends With: Luna, Ginny.
Dislike: Fudge, Umbridge.
What Hogwarts House would you like to be in (or do you think you would be sorted into)? Ive been told I'm a cross between Gryffindor and Slytherin.
Do you just read fanfiction? Write? Artist? I read, write but don't draw. Well I do but theyre horrible so I dont post them.
Do you have a website? Yes I do - www.mugglesandhobbits.com - Its got fanfiction and editorials.
Anything Else You Want to Tell Us?: I dont like bios, but Im sure you'll get to know me easy enough.

[aikakone]

Welcome to the board! New blood is great--especially after such low board activity for a while.

[NiennaSilimaure]

thankyou ;D

[GUnit]

Name/Nickname: Gina, but just call me GiGi, Gi, or G-Unit(i'm a 50 Cent fan ok??)

Where you Live: New York of course. YANKEES!!!!!!!

Favorite Song: the Barney song...no but seriously, too many to name at the moment.

Favorite Movie: Aladdin, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Mean Girls

Favorite TV Show: SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE!!!, Nip/Tuck, South Park

Favorite outside thing to do: wait.......................what??

Hobbies outside HP: i have a lot

Favorite Actor/Actress: Tom Cruise, Matt Damon, Chris Walken of course, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Molly Ringwald

Favorite author: i don't really read.

Favorite quote or Favorite Saying: haha too many

Favorite Harry Potter Book: OotP and POA

Favorite Harry Potter Character(s): the twins and Remus

Harry Potter Character You'd, Date: one of the twins
Be Friends With: all except Harry and Hermione
Dislike: Harry

What Hogwarts House would you like to be in (or do you think you would be sorted into)? i dunno. probably like all of them except Ravenclaw cuz i'm an idiot.

Do you just read fanfiction? yea
Write? sometimes
Artist? uh.....bob??

Do you have a website? yea why do you??

Anything Else You Want to Tell Us?: what up biznatches?? i have a dirrty mind so if you hear me bringing up sex, drugs, or alcohol in a topic that has nothing to do with it, don't worry, ignore me, it's normal. :-P

[sandylupin]

Name/Nickname: Sandy and Gins (I am always getting teased because I love Ginny.)
Where you Live:In a everybody knows everybody village in Sweden
Favorite Song: Oh gosh... I will say She will be loved by Maroon 5 for the moment.
Favorite Movie: Hrm... thats a tough one. I will say Legends of the fall or the Swedish movie As in heaven.
Favorite TV Show: Fab 5 and Americas version of Top Model
Favorite outside thing to do: Walking, running, photographing I like horse back riding a lot.
Hobbies outside HP:I like drawing a lot and my room is filled with sketches an paintings.
Favorite Actor/Actress: Well... male it's David thewlis because my brain cant think of anyone else for the moment. And Actress will be Swedish Helen Sjoholm.
Favorite author: I cant pick one I am sorry. I love too many of them.
Favorite quote or Favorite Saying: Sometimes you realize that you are doing something that feels totally right. But your mind keeps wondering: How the hell did I get here? (It was my best friend who said that a while ago actually.)
Favorite Harry Potter Book: I think all is good but if i only can pick one i pick the third.
Favorite Harry Potter Character(s): Ginny and Remus of course!
Harry Potter Character You'd, Date: Charlie or Bill Weasley! Well I wouldnt mind going out with Oliver Wood or Remus either actually...
Be Friends With: Hermione or Ginny. They are definetly very "me"
Dislike:I cant stand Draco...sorry.
What Hogwarts House would you like to be in (or do you think you would be sorted into)? I would probably be sorted in to Gryffindor but I wouldnt mind Rawenclaw either.
Do you just read fanfiction? Write? Artist? I write a lot Ginny/Remus but i have an Hermione/Ron coming up.
Do you have a website?No.
Anything Else You Want to Tell Us?:Yeah. I would be really happy if you could take time and read my new story I would give my life for you at aikakones website.