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• What sort of profession in the wizarding world would you choose and why?
  
  That's a really good question. There's so many different professions in the wizarding world that it would be really hard to just choose one. A few different ones come to mind; teaching for example. I think that it would be really cool to teach at a wizarding school. All the different things you could teach the students and knowing that they'll become a great witch or wizard would be extremely satisfying for me. At the same time, taking a job in a small wizarding shop seems very quaint and interesting as well. Working with an older witch or wizard who had owned a shop in Hogsmeade for years seems like it would be a great job. You would get to listen to their stories and you would be able to help maintain the atmosphere around that shop as well.
  
  
• If you could teach one class at Hogwarts, what would it be and why?
  
  I would want to teach either Defense Against the Dark Arts (for obvious reasons of having to know all about them before teaching them) or Transfiguration. Both of those held the most interest while I was reading the books. For the first one (DAtDA) it seemed interesting because you would have to know all sorts of things about the dark arts and studying them would be insanely interesting (because of the 'bad' moral value). But with Transfiguration, it would be awesome to teach students about changing the appearance of things. Nothing is ever really what it seems, and that job would prove that.
  
  
• This year, The TriWizard Tournament is being held once again and you're of age. Do you put your name in the Goblet? Why or why not?
  Of course I do. The only reason not to would be because you're too scared to be able to put up with the challenges. But if you put your name in, and the goblet doesn't think you're up to it, you wouldn't have to to worry about it. And obviously if the goblet thought you COULD handle it, it would choose you. If it DID choose you, you obviously didn't have anything to worry about in the first place.
  
  
• If you could choose your animagus form, what would it be and why?
  I was given the animagus form of a rat when I was with hogwartsishome previously. I think that would fit me the best because I've always been good and getting 'through the cracks'. I like the idea of a rat because they're small but SO smart. Rats are the most intelligent of any animals I've encountered. They're so small but they're so smart. They may not look smart on the outside but they prove it in their actions. I think this fits me very well.
  
  
• What HP character do you identify with most and why?
  Wow, I just sat here for a good minute or so thinking about it. This is a HARD question. I feel that there's not one particular character that I fit with. I see part of myself in everyone from Harry to Voldemort really. (Maybe not so much with the crazy of Voldemort...) So I'm not sure if I could honestly answer that question. Maybe Ron...He's not too good at one particular thing but he's a wonderful friend you can always count on. But at the same time I'm somewhat like Hermione in that there are several things that I consider myself to be extremely good at (just not everything like Hermione...) But yeah, I see myself if all the characters so it's really hard to pick just one.
  
  
• What would you see if you looked into the Mirror of Erised?
  This may sound really stupid, but I would honestly see myself as a wife to a wonderful husband with a few children that I'm able to take care of and raise as best I can. That sounds SO corny, but really that's what I want.
  
  
• If you won a million dollars, how would you spend it?
  I would get myself out of debt, then my parents out of debt, then I would put a hell of a lot into savings for my children to go to college and I would live off the interest for the rest. And give a shitload to charity because I understand how important they are.
  
  
• What was your ideal job as a kid? Has that changed? What is your ideal job now?
  I wanted so bad to be an astronaut. I wanted to be able to go to a place hardly anyone had gone to and be able to do the things astronauts do. Now, I honestly don't have an 'ideal' job. As long as I can go to work and enjoy working there, I honestly don't mind what I'm doing.
  
  
• 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?
  Oh goodness, you guys really have changed these questions from the last time I did this. I would most likely invent a potion. And this potion would be one that could make you feel more in control of your life...Like more motivated to do the things you want to do and need to do. I have a huge problem actually getting things done because I get so distracted. I think it would be kick ass to have a potion you could take during a hard time at school and it would make you determined to get all your work accomplished and make you feel like you had a plan for everything on your to-do list. I would call it...Oh fuck, I don't know. How about motivazione?
  
  
• 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?It would turn into my father, on his death bed. He's nearing death and my biggest fear right now is for him to die. I would have to turn it into my father riding on a harley, because that's what his dream is.
  
  
• What do you look for in a friend?
  Honesty and Loyalty. If you can't be honest with me and if I can't trust you, I can't call you a friend. You may be an aquaintance, someone I can hang out with...But I can't call you my friend. It takes a lot to gain my friendship, it really does. And I think the easiest way to do so is to gain my trust. Once I trust you, I unfortunately will trust you until you prove me otherwise which in turn ends up hurting me most of the time.
  
  
• What trait most annoys you about other people?
  Immaturity and not understand when it's a time to talk and when it's not. A lot of people in the world just talk and talk and ramble on and on about all kinds of random shit that NO ONE cares about. But when they get those short answers from people, they don't understand that it's a hint to shut up, they just keep going. Immaturity...don't complain to me about mommy and daddy not paying for your shit. You're 21 fucking years old. Get a fucking job and don't come complain to me. /rant
  
  
• What do you think are your top five abilities or qualities?
  Work ethic - I have a wonderful work ethic. Here at my job I've been told I have the best work ethic out of all the other supervisors. I take pride in knowing that if my manager gives me something to accomplish, I'm able to get it done in the best amount of time compared to anyone else.
  Honesty - A lot of people take my honesty the wrong way. I will be completely honest with you. I may tell you things that you need to work on. This doesn't mean I like you any less and this doesn't mean I'm upset with you. It just means that I understand that these are your weaknesses and you're my friend so I'm here to help you work on them.
  Loyalty - Once I'm loyal to a friend, I stay loyal until they fuck it up. If I trust you with something like my friendship and you end up betraying that trust, you'll know about it. But as long as you're honest with me and loyal to me, I will be the most loyal person you'll ever meet.
  Perfection (OCD) - Everything must be clean. Everything has to be balanced. Everything must be equal. Everything must add up correctly. This makes it so that I'm very organized and I never lose anything because I always know where it's at. It drives other people insane because I can never let anyone else tidy up for me, but I consider it a good quality.
  Love - I love all of my friends more than anything. I show this in physical ways and by giving everything I can to them be it monetary or emotionally. I will be the person you can go to when you're down and I will love you when you fuck up as long as you understand what happened. I am willing to give me love to anyone as long as they'll accept it.
  
  
• What do you think are your top five weaknesses or worst qualities?
  Procrastination - As everyone lists this...I procrastinate about EVERYTHING. Oh, I'll do it tomorrow. I do this with everything. It always ends up getting done, but every time I wait to do something I realize later that I should have just done it when I started because it would make my life easier. One day maybe I'll realize that procrastination is a bad thing. =)
  Self-discipline - I have very little. For example, at work we have unlimited OT. Unfortunately, I just can't seem to bring myself to either come in early or stay late to take advantage of that OT when it's really as easy as just opening your eyes, getting up and coming to work at a different time. If I had better self-discipline, I wouldn't have to worry about not having enough money.
  Taking Things Personally - I take everything personally. If someone does something I don't like, I assume it's a personal attack on me.
  Depression - I don't like admitting that I suffer from it. It comes in waves, some big, some small. It's really hard to deal with me when I'm being emotional. I take everything personally and it doesn't matter if it's the stupidest little thing, I'll go insane about it.
  Finances - I compulsively spend money on things. I don't realize it until I do it. It's very hard for me to save money, though I'm much better at keeping on top of things now than I was about a year ago. Money is the biggest struggle in my life and if I could just get a handle on that I think things would go a lot better for me.
  
  
• Define in your own words the following key traits:
  
  • Courage: Being able to stand up for what you believe in no matter who's saying what about it.
    
  • Loyalty: Being there for your friends and family no matter what gets in the way. Always trusting them until they prove themselves untrustworthy and vice versa.
    
  • Intelligence: Not exactly being book smart, but being able to understand the basics of life in general. You may know everything about physics but if you have no personal skills or any street smarts, you're still not intelligent.
    
  • Ambition: Knowing what you want and doing everything you possibly can to get it. You see what you want and you can go through so many different possibilities in your head to figure out how to get it.
    
  
  
• Name: Karen
  
• Age: 21
  
• Where did you find out about us? I used to be the Quidditch captain for the Hufflepuffs back in the day. I first joined hogwartsishome in like...December of 04 or something crazy.