Please & thank you.

[ex_c_hrista]

• What sort of profession in the wizarding world would you choose and why?
  This was the hardest question of all. I wouldn't be any good at teaching, and I don't think I have the patience for it. I wouldn't want any sort of political position. I think I'd enjoy something with a lot of charms and maybe some potions. Can I work in a magical bakery in which the cupcakes are always flawlessly frosted and perfectly baked? Or be in a wizard rock band? Think of how easy soundchecks and breaking down a stage would be with the ability to use magic!
  
  
• You have to venture deep into the Forbidden Forest one night. Pick one Harry Potter character other than Hagrid and one object (muggle or magical), besides your wand, that you'd want with you.
  In my first reading of this question, it seemed like I'd be picking someone other than Hagrid because he would already be there with me. Since I don't think that's what's happening, I think I'd pick Hermione. She's a quick-thinker and always prepared (my GOODNESS, she has EVERYTHING in her Undetectable Extension charmed bag), not to mention that even if she gets nervous and scared, she's still able to go through with what needs to be done.
  
  It's hard to think of what would be most useful since I don't really know WHY I'm going into the Forbidden Forest. My wand will be with me, and the only other thing I'd want would be something for a quick means of escape (if necessary). A broom would be nice, I think.
  
  
• If you had the opportunity to live forever, but your family and friends did not, what would you choose? And if you did choose to live forever, what would you do with eternity?
  In this living-forever situation, will I forever be my current age? Or will I grow old and THEN be immortal? Of course, I'd prefer to still be a little young before eternity started. Living forever with a perfectly functioning body would be pretty great. I'd learn loads of different languages, and instruments, and I'd visit every country in the world (and take a silly posing in the capital for my collection). I'd be sad about losing my family and friends, but who says I wouldn't be able to make new ones? I'd probably have to disappear every once in a while so nobody was suspicious of how I wasn't getting any older, but with the opportunities to constantly be experiencing new things and places, it'd be a shame to decide that dying would be preferred.
  
  
• If you could travel back in time to one point, when and where would you go? Why?
  If I picked any moment in my own life, it would probably just be to go and punch past-Christa in the face for whatever dumb decision I was about to make. I've grown a lot over the years and I think I'm incredibly improved from who I used to be, but altering those moments would alter myself, right? Plus, can you imagine the look on my face when I punched me? That would be hilarious. And confusing.
  
  This is going to sound strange, but I'd go back to World War II in the Philippines. My mother's mother's family was captured by Japanese soldiers and taken into the jungle and held prisoner there. My lola (grandma) remembers being a little afraid at the time, but she says the soldiers were extremely kind to her and her siblings and sometimes they would even get chocolate (which seems INSANE because who had chocolate during the war and was willing to give it away!?). I think I'd like to witness that because I'd be seeing my lola as a young girl, and seeing the contradiction of kind soldiers during a gruesome war.
  
  
• What HP character do you identify with most and why?
  Nymphadora Tonks. When I was younger I hated my name (Christa), though mostly because I didn't know anybody else who had it (ohh, I was so jealous of the Sarahs and Jessicas of my classes). Up until getting my first "big-kid" office job, I would dye my hair every few months or so (it's been purple, blue, dark red, hot pink, orange, blonde-streaked, and black, in addition to various shades of brown). I can't physically change my appearance at will, but I'm good at changing what people perceive me as depending on who my audience is (this isn't meant to say that I'm manipulative or flaky or anything -- more that I know how to be who people expect me to be. Ugh, that doesn't sound any better). I'm enthusiastic and make friends easily, though I'm not as clumsy as Tonks seems to be. Plus we're both kind of headstrong and passionate. I have a lot of feelings, guys!
  
  
• What would you see if you looked into the Mirror of Erised?
  Myself, completely debt-free and unconcerned with money woes, living in a cheery house large enough for frequent out-of-town guests and holding a stack of passports filled with stamps of places I've been and a diploma to indicate that I'd finally gotten a college degree. I'd be famous or well-known for something, maybe as a musician or a writer or an actress, and I'd be in shape, like a runner or something. Maybe I would have a husband and children, and my family and friends would be there, too. And there would be kittens.
  
  
• Do you believe that moral actions should be judged by the intentions behind them, or by the consequences they create?
  Whoa, this is heavy. I don't know that there's really a clear black or white answer about this. The consequences of your action are important, but the intentions definitely matter. If someone loses their job because you stole from him, that's bad -- but what if you were stealing to try and feed your family or something? Maybe that's not a good example because I'd suggest trying to get a job before stealing. I still think it'd be a mix of the two, a formula that is 75% consequences and 25% original intent.
  
  
• What was your ideal job as a kid? Has that changed? What is your ideal job now?
  I can't lie, when I was little I wanted to be a dancer -- it changed from ballerina to belly dancing to jazz, but those were the first things I remembered wanting to be. I also really wanted to be a writer. By the time I was in middle school, I'd written and illustrated a series of short stories about a princess and her kittens that nobody except my parents ever had the pleasure of reading (man, I wish I still had those).
  
  I still wish I could be a writer, since I love words so much, but I can't think of anything to write ABOUT. I'd love to be able to design and print my own posters and stationery. I mean, I do that now (I have an Etsy shop that is mildly successful) but it'd be amazing if I could make enough off of that to open up a brick-and-mortar stationery shop that would also be a used bookstore, coffee shop and music venue. Do such things exist? They should.
  
  
• If you were able to invent one spell, potion, or charm, what would it do, what would you use it for or how would you use it, and what would you call it?
  It'd be sort of similar to a truth serum. I'd create a spell or charm that would help you say exactly what you're meaning to say (in ways that everyone else can understand). I know that I often have problems with saying something and realizing it's not coming out right, or that it's being misinterpreted, and being frustrated with not communicating what I really want to say. It would be accuradico, which is a weird mash-up of the word "accurate" and "dico", one of the Latin translations of talk or speak.
  
  
• If you were to face a boggart, what would it turn into? And what does it turn into when you throw the counter-spell, Riddikulus?
  The boggart would turn into my parents telling me that I am a disappointment and that I'll never amount to anything more than a lazy co-dependent mooch. Riddikulus would have their words turning into globs of paint or bouncy balls or flowers falling out of their mouths.
  
  
• What do you look for in a friend?
  My best friends are all great conversationalists. This is especially helpful because I go on a lot of road-trips/long-drives and someone I can sit and talk to or just Be with is incredibly important when you're trapped in a car together for hours at a time. I think having a sense of humor (or even just an appreciation of my humor) is a requirement -- most of my time is spent laughing and smiling, and it'd be important to me to be friends with someone that also got a great deal of pleasure out of laughing hard and often.
  
  
• What trait most annoys you about other people?
  General negativity. I understand that we all have bad days and it's unnatural to be happy, perky, pooping-rainbows euphoric all the time but it'd be nice if everyone could SOMETIMES look at the bright side of life. I've known people that have had something bad to say about everything, and even when they were agreeing with me managed to find SOMETHING to disagree about. It was hard to be around them for more than a few minutes at a time because they suck the good out of life just as fast as Dementors. These types of people seem just as annoyed by my presence as I am by theirs, though, so I guess it works out.
  
  
• What do you think are your top five abilities or qualities?
  01. I can make friends with almost anybody and I pride myself on making people comfortable around me. Lock me in a room with a stranger and I'll find common ground or at least be able to make them laugh a little.
  
  02. I guess I'm an optimist. I like looking past the negatives of Right Now and being able to see the possible good things that will come of the situation. I'm also an optimist when it comes to people, which means I can find something to like about anybody.
  
  03. I'm a leader. I don't mind being in charge. This means that a lot of my friends are followers, or just people who don't mind being told what to do, haha.
  
  04. I'm open-minded. I like finding out new views for things, and I'm incredibly liberal with my beliefs. I'll try anything once, and I believe that situations and people should be given the benefit of the doubt.
  
  05. I'm extraordinarily organized. I know how to arrange things to make them most efficient. I'm an expert at lists. I can keep track of just about anything, and I rarely lose or misplace things.
  
  
• What do you think are your top five weaknesses or worst qualities?
  01. I like attention. Probably too much. When I was little, this meant being the loudest person in the room, and when I got older it meant that sometimes I would rebel just for the sake of being different (and therefore getting attention). I still like attention today (just take a look at my Facebook/Twitter/YouTube for proof), but I like to think I've got it a little more under control.
  
  02. I quit easily. When college got too hard for me, I dropped out. When friendships get too strained, I'll try until it feels like I'm not getting enough in return and then I'll give up. If a task is difficult, I have no problem in temporarily giving up. Most of the time, I come back and continue or finish whatever it was that I originally gave up on (like school, and friendships, and assignments), but I have to drop it for a while to be able to follow through.
  
  03. I am a master procrastinator. Give me the opportunity and I will wait until the last minute to get something done. I would probably be less of a procrastinator if this ever ended badly, but somehow things always work out despite a lack of solid effort on my part.
  
  04. I'm emotional. Like I mentioned before, I have A LOT of feelings and sometimes it makes it hard to be rational. I try not to be hasty and I've learned to keep my tongue in check but it is definitely difficult for me to keep my emotions on a short leash. I cry easily and I've got a quick temper but I also laugh easily and really hard and smile a lot. This makes me sound like a mess.
  
  05. I am too impatient and the WORST EVER when it comes to immediate gratification. I'm horrible at saving up for things, or waiting for something to happen, because I want everything RIGHT AWAY RIGHT NOW, even if it means sacrificing more than would be necessary if I just waited a bit.
  
  
• Define in your own words the following key traits:
  
  • Courage: Doing something that is certain to be difficult and uncertain to end in success.
    
  • Loyalty: An emotional alliance with someone or something that you believe in and feel an affinity for.
    
  • Intelligence: The ability to gather information, understand it, and utilize it.
    
  • Ambition: The desire and willingness for achievement, whether it's financial, power-ful, or personal.
    
  
  
• Name: Christa
  
• Age: 24
  
• Where did you find out about us? from iamdestruction
  
• Do you plan on being active in the communities once you are sorted? Yes, please!