Fantastic Ferrets and Stoats, introduce yourself!, tell us about yourself Options

[agrippa]

Hi everyone! I'm so excited that you're here. Vlad, Evlpez, and I have been working hard to kick this project off, and I think it's going to be a lot of fun.

I thought this would be a good place to allow people to tell us about themselves. So, I live in Austin, Texas. I teach Latin at a private Episcopal school. I'm really involved in the Junior Classical League, which is the nation's largest academic student organization - we set up contests and conventions for kids who study Latin and ancient Greek. I like to cook and read (duh!). I am a certified personal trainer, and I work out about four days a week - this term I'm running a conditioning class after school. I'm also an assistant coach for a high school hockey team.

I first read Harry Potter when a teacher at my previous school said we shouldn't have it in the library because it's satanic. (It's not, but you knew that.) Been hooked ever since. I was in Italy with some of my students when Order of the Phoenix came out, and so I bought it (the Bloomsbury edition) at a bookstore in the old Campus Martius.

I think I also hold the distinction of making the finals of the Potter Project more times than anyone else who didn't win a round. I made the finals in four rounds. (I'm writing this before the last round ends, so I may be made a liar soon.)

Have fun! And let me know if you see anything buggy; I'll try to fix it.

[moonbeam3243]

I feel so behind the times! All the cool people posted before me!

Anyway, my name is Beth and I live in the big ol' city of Raleigh, NC. By big, I mean there are cows a few miles away. Which is a step up from my hometown Nebo (yeah, I know, whack name), in which there were cows in my front yard. Anyway, I'm here trying to get my masters degree from NC State University in English Lit. I'm going to be writing my thesis on CS Lewis's Till We Have Faces, even if everyone says I should write on something boring.

Meanwhile, I'm working as a substitute teacher, which means I'm popular in high schools across the county ("We've got a sub today? Yesss!"). My mom, a teacher to second grade hellions, introduced me to Harry Potter. She mailed me the first book when I was a freshman, and I had nothing else to read and no car to escape the dorm, so I read it. In one night. Then I called her and demanded more. Order of the Phoenix remains the longest novel I ever read without taking a break, except to pee.

About my user name... I've always had a moon thing; when I was a kid I'd go outside and stare at the moon with my mouth hanging open like an idiot. It's just so cool--a big rock, hanging in the sky. I got my user name from two things, one serious, one incredibly stupid. The first connotation was religious; light of the sun reflected. The second was from *ducks* Sailor Moon, which I was really big into during my first years of college and still have a soft spot for.

Let's see... anything else interesting about me... I have a whacked up thumb from when my brother left it in a car door (physical deformaties are great party conversation starters, y'all should try it) and I've written a novel which I'm trying to get published. It's a young adult fantasy, more like Robin McKinley than JK Rowling. (jeez, like anyone could ever be like JK!) but if anyone would like to read it, I always love feedback!

Now to bed--I've gotta go sub for some hoodlums tomorrow

D'oh! How could I forget the most important part? THANKS for letting me join!