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It’s quiz time! Trudy White posed five questions over at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast and there have been some awesome answers so far. I love the questions, so I’m going to play too!

1. How would someone find you in a crowd?

With difficulty. I’m tiny (5 foot nothing) and tend to disappear among all the tall people. That said, you could always look for the hole among the heads, I’m probably there! Or you could listen for me. I’m often talking animatedly about something. But in a crowd that’s probably less reliable than one would like.

2. If your house had a secret room, what would be in there?

Books! And more books! And maybe a place to sit and some light. And a bowl of peppermint candies. And the air pressure and temperature would be regulated. And there would be pillows perfectly propped up so when I was sitting I could rest my head and neck comfortably and still be able to read. But mostly there’d be books.

3. Where do you like to walk from your house?

Nowhere. Not that I don’t like to walk, I do. I just prefer to walk with no destination in mind. I like going on walks and just enjoying the walk itself. If I need to get somewhere, I usually just want to be there already unless it’s really really nice out.

4. How will you change as you grow up?

Um… I have no idea? I think not knowing is part of the fun of growing up. Hopefully I’ll get more organized, but I somehow doubt it. Ideally my headache will stop.

5. What sort of animal would you like to be?

Something little and cute. Maybe a puppy or a tiny lapdog who isn’t yappy, just cute and fluffy. I don’t know. It would be fun to be able to fly too, but I don’t think I’d make a very good bird.

This meme was posted over at Big A little a and Kelly invited anyone who was interested to participate. Since it’s a rather amusing meme, I thought I’d steal it and join in!

1. Butterbeer or pumpkin juice?

Well, I’m not a big fan of anything I can think of butterbeer tasting like, but I am a juice fiend, so I’d have to go with pumpkin juice (even though I’ve never tried it).

2. What house would you most likely (or want to) be in in Hogwarts?

I’d almost certainly be in Ravenclaw. I’m a total nerd, not particularly ambitious and not notably brave. Everything about me screams Ravenclaw. Which is cool. I like Ravenclaw.

3. If you were an animagus, what animal would you turn into?

Hmm… tough one. Probably something small. Maybe a songbird of some type, but I don’t know nearly enough about birds to have any idea what type. I’m talkative and like the sensation of weightlessness and flying (heights definitely don’t scare me either), so songbird seems a good choice.

4. What character to you empathize with or resemble best?

Of the main characters, definitely Herminone - again with the nerd thing. I have a soft spot for Luna too, thoughW. She has such interesting ideas, but no one ever listens to her. I totally understand that feeling sometimes.

5. What position do you play at Quidditch?

Well, assuming I’m allowed to play (I have very little athletic ability), I’d go with keeper. I’m not fast or agile, my throwing and catching suck, and I’m not terribly strong, so that pretty much rules out beater or chaser. My eyesight sucks, so I’d be a horrible seeker. I’ve got a very good sense of how to tend goal, though, so I think if I had to play I’d be keeper. I wouldn’t be very good, but I’d be better at it than I would doing anything else on the field.

6. Which teacher is your favorite?

I like Professor McGonnegall. She’s tough but fair and she’s got a flair for the dramatic at times. Besides, she’s interesting. I’d love to hear her story someday.

7. Any Harry Potter 7 predictions?

I’m running an HP book club at work and the kids usually have way better ideas than I could ever come up with, so my predictions change frequently. Currently I think that Harry’s likely a horcrux, which explains the prophecy and complicates things nicely from a storytelling perspective. It just makes so much sense. I totally didn’t come up with that, by the way. I also think Hermione isn’t going to die (she’s the token girl, so she’s safe). Beyond that, I currently have real theories I’m backing. There are lots of interesting ones I’ve thought about, though (the magical world ending and Mr. Weasley running Hogwarts as a school for wizards learning to join the muggle world was one of my favorites for sheer amusement factor and cleverness, but I don’t think it’s likely at all).

That’s it! If you want to join this meme, please do! I’d love to see what more people think!

Kalinara over at Pretty, Fuzzy Paradise has an amusing meme going and I decided to participate. I let her ask me any five questions she wanted, and below are the questions and answers! If you want to participate, the rules for how to do so are after my interview!

1. If you were doing an comic book related RPG, who would you most want to play?

Hmm… I’d really want to play Batgirl (Barbara Gordon’s version - much as I like Cass, I’m not wild about playing characters who never talk) because I think it would be fun to play a character who doesn’t actually have any superpowers. If I was to play someone with powers, I’d probably go with Black Canary just because she’s not as all-powerful as Supergirl or Wonder Woman and that gives me more to work with.

2. If you were to design your dream role-playing game scenario, what would you like it to have?

That’s a hard one. I almost don’t know how to answer. I like role playing situations with lots to work with, though, so parties are good - lots of people and lots going on. It depends a lot on the game and the players involved.

3. What’s the most ridiculous storyline element you can think of in Dungeons and Dragons?

My first instinct with this one was to say “orc and pie”, but it’s way too cliche! I think anything with an ooze is pretty ridiculous. D&D lends itself so well to the ridiculous and stupid in storytelling - cities in volcanoes that then erupt (thanks again, Michael, for not letting that happen!), people who refuse to see the obvious until it literally jumps out and eats them (no, our town isn’t right outside a dragon’s cave, why would you suggest such a thing?), etc. It’s almost easier to come up with ridiculous stories in the D&D worlds than logical ones. Really, why would anyone live near a goblin village? They wouldn’t. But if they didn’t, there’d be nothing for low-level adventurers to do, so someone must live there!

4. Who’s your favorite character that you’ve played in an RPG?

Verana Telemaite, an elven rogue that I played in the first half of the recently finished Shackled City campaign that my husband, Michael ran. Verana was great. Part of the reason I enjoyed her so much was that she was not only a great character in her own right, but one of my very best friends was playing her twin brother, Maeglin, and having him to play off of was a blast. I’d never had an in-game familial relationship like that before and it was awesome. For more information about the game and about Verana and Maeglin than you could ever want, check out the very awesome wiki that we’ve made about the game.

5. Bottled or Tap Water.

Tap. I’m Midwestern and practical.

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Ok, so if you want to join the meme, here’s how!

1. Leave a comment asking to be interviewed.
2. I will respond by asking you five questions. They won’t necessarily (in fact, they won’t likely) be the same questions that I was asked, or that I ask anyone else.
3. Then update your blog with the answers to the questions.
4. At the end of your interview, include this explanation (or something similar) and offer to interview someone else.
5. When other people comment asking to be interviewed, ask them five questions!