If you could be so kind as to sort me...

[theweed]

• What sort of profession in the wizarding world would you choose and why?
  
  We don't know a lot about professions in the wizarding world now do we? Now, assuming that I was more able to do physical activities (in the muggle world I cannot due to health problems), I would seek a job working with dragons. I just really love dragons. Everything about them fascinates me. A couple of months back I managed to convince a few people that they (scientists, etc) found proof that dragons existed, yes it wasn't very nice but I love my dragons. Man, I sound like a geek. No, really, I'm not. Honest.
  
  As for if I have the same health issues in the wizarding world that I have in the muggle world, I would seek an office job. Probably working in the misuse of muggle artifacts division because guaranteed I would be a mudblooded wizard, and a wizard who loves muggles. Office work suits me beautifully, so as long as I was the one doing the paper work, and research, I'd be fine. I wouldn't want to have to go on the scene and work. Partly because as I am now (with health problems), I'm a bit snakey and I like to find places to burrow and hide, and partly because with my health problems it's easier for me to use my head than it is to use my body.
  
  I really wish I knew more about wizarding jobs, as it is all of it seems rather foggy to me. Probably I'd end up being a professor, with my luck.
  
  
• If you could teach one class at Hogwarts, what would it be and why?
  
  See, here we go... Let me tell you a brief story. When I was a little kid I wanted desperately to be a teacher. I wrote in my little journals (which I still have) that I wanted to teach, teach, teach! Around the age of 16 I started teaching piano. I've been teaching now for years and I've realized that I hate teaching. I constantly feel as if I'm screwing these kids up majorly, if one is struggling and I can't help them I feel like a huge failure, and although I enjoy it when they're doing well, it's very stressful for me. I just can't let myself think that I'm doing well because I don't think I am.
  
  That said, if I could teach one class at Hogwarts, I wouldn't. I'd decline quite loudly, and the only way I'd ever take a class is if I were forced (pushed into), coherced (with lots of money) into it.
  
  If I were forced into it, I would probably be given the Potions class (assuming that Snape wasn't around), because Potions and Science seem very alike to me and I am very good with Science (biology, chemistry, all it's children). The other classes and I wouldn't get along very well, and I definitely wouldn't be teaching flying. Too much chance of young students being harmed under my care (more so than Potions).
  
  
• 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?
  
  The idea of me risking my life for somebody elses recreation, and for recognition and glory is ludicrous. I would do a lot of things for money, and to be admired, but putting my life on the line isn't one of those things.
  
  Here's the thing though, I wouldn't for a minute believe that my name would even be taken out of the Goblet. So there is a small chance, if my Housemates were putting their names in and being praised for it, that I'd write my name down and throw it in, thinking that there is no chance I'd ever be chosen. On the off chance I was chosen, I would probably faint and then fake illness to try and get out of it. I would be panicking my ass off so fainting would not be difficult at all.
  
  However, if my Housemates were not being praised for putting their names in, I wouldn't even bother.
  
  
• If you could choose your animagus form, what would it be and why?
  
  I really hate these kind of questions. As much as I love dragons, I'm not a huge fan of animals, excepting your regular house pets. If I could choose my animagus form, however, I would probably choose an animal that was strong and fast.
  
  I would hate to be any kind of bird or insect because I'd be terrified of being squished or crushed.
  
  So, I think I'd choose a bobcat. We have a lot of them around here. They're fascinating. Small, fast, strong, and elusive. You never know they're around until they decide to show themselves. That is the ideal form for me. I would love to be like that. In fact, if my animagus form were a bobcat I would probably never be human again.
  
  
• What HP character do you identify with most and why?
  
  Neville Longbottom. He is what I was as a kid. He seems to be rather shy and bumbling at times. Easily intimidated in his early years. And yet he's still able to stand up for what's right in a pinch and I am a lot like that. Although I'm a lot stronger now, I was him when I was younger. So he is the character I can most relate to.
  
  To go more into depth. Neville has suffered greatly in his life. Losing his parents to insanity was tragic. I too have suffered losing parents, although not to that sort of insanity. My mother suffers from post traumatic stress syndrome and has never been there for me emotionally or mentally and my father is a psychotic child molestor. Obviously they were both not a part of my life. He (Neville) and I have this in common.
  
  Neville seems to try very hard to fit in, but he's quiet and also seems uncertain what to say. I am a lot like this. When I get into a group, sometimes, my brain shuts off and while I want desperately to be involved I'm just not sure how to express myself. I WANT to fit in, but I have a hard time doing so because I don't compromise who I am to be accepted. More often than not I end up being isolated because I pick the wrong groups to try and fit into but really I haven't met anyone like me before, so I guess I'll never truly fit in anywhere.
  
  
• What would you see if you looked into the Mirror of Erised?
  
  My deepest heart's desire is to be blissfully happy. In the mirror, I would see myself, free of allergies, with a big bowl of ice cream in one hand and a big slice of pizza in the other. I would be the same size I am now (I have no desire to lose or gain weight), but I would be healthy. I could eat what I wanted without fear.
  
  To my right in the mirror I would see my husband (I'm old fashioned, it's my goal to be married, preferably to some really rich old goat who'll die on me real quick... no no! Just kidding!), and he's Johnny Depp ... err, I mean, he's a man of startling intelligence, quick-wit, patience and a huge capacity to love. I am the center of his world.
  
  To my left would be my family. My mother, my sister, my brother, my brother-in-law, and my niece and nephew. My nephew, btw, is a freaking huge hulk of a man with a mischievous smirk. They're happy, unfettered by the shit from the past. Here there is no depression, no abuse, no fear, and no poverty.
  
  In addition, in the background would be a legion of friends... because I'm an attention whore and would love to have many friends.
  
  Oh! Way, way in the background would be the white house... my new house, not because I want to be President but because I love that building. It's that or Windsor castle.
  
  
• If you won a million dollars, how would you spend it?
  
  On silly things, and I'd try to save some but I'd fail. I'd probably start by paying off my parents debts (I inherit all their stuff some day so I'd want it debt free), my sister's debts (I inherit all her stuff some day, if she dies before her kids grow up), and my brother's debts (because I love him). After that I'd buy my sister a home in New Zealand (where she wants to move, plus it'd get her and her crazy kids far away from me), I'd move my brother into a cabin in the forest (because I love him and that's where he'd want to be), and I'd buy my mother a small place in town (a town far away from where I'd be living). After that I'd buy myself a place.
  
  Would a million dollars cover all that? I'm pretty bad with numbers. Anyway, once everybody was situated, if there was money left over I'd buy myself an Alienware computer, and all the computer games I could afford with what was left. Then I'd kick myself for not saving some.
  
  
• What was your ideal job as a kid? Has that changed? What is your ideal job now?
  
  My ideal job as a child was to teach. I wanted to be like my teachers (whom I adored). Now that I'm all grown up I've realized I do not have near enough self esteem and arrogance to be a teacher. I don't think I know enough to impart my knowledge upon impressionable children. Nowadays my ideal job is office work. Right now I'm working as a secretary (teaching piano on the side for extra income), and I absolutely love it. I have a scatter brained boss, and I enjoy making sure she gets everything done that she needs to get done.
  
  I'd really like to work in a dentist office, as odd as that sounds. Reception at the place I hate. I'm not terribly ambitious, I don't think. I want money, but I want money with minimum effort and working reception you get paid well (where I live anyway) and it's minimum effort for me.
  
  If we're talking purely fantasy and not reality though ... My dream job would be ... richest person in the world. What? It's legitimate. I'd sit at home and just kind of... grow money on trees? Please? Can't I be that... oh I want to.
  
  
• 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?
  
  I would create the anti-allergitism, because people would have a hard time pronouncing that and it's amuse me. Anyway, it would be a potion to remove all allergies from a person. At the age of 17 I developed some very nasty allergies. Tree nuts, peanuts, seed, milk, yeast... pretty much everything I loved to eat was ripped away from me. So I'd create anti-allergitism, and then I'd run out and eat a huge bowl of ice cream (can't have rice, goats milk, or soya, so haven't found an alternate ice cream yet).
  
  
• 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?
  
  See this is a hard question because I have a lot of fears, however they are all mild anxieties rather than boggart worthy manifestations at this point. We'll see how they develop as I get older. They'll probably ease off as I mature, but maybe that monster under the bed IS real and ready to eat me...
  
  In the end I would have to say the boggart would take on the form of something I saw as a child. To this day I have nightmares. Want to hear the story? YEAH! Of course you do. Anyway, it was early evening and I had just hopped into bed to sleep. As usual I was holding my blankets under my chin and staring about my room in terror because... well, I had a 'nightly visitor' in the form of this guy who'd lean over my bed and whisper my name three times every night. Anyway. He didn't scare me, sometimes he'd pet my head, he was real sweet.
  
  So, I'm laying bed, when suddenly I hear this screaming. It get louder and louder and then WHAM! this woman comes shattering through the window and lands on my rocking horse. The horse wasn't moving but she sure as hell was. She looked right at me, held out her hand and screamed; HELP ME!
  
  I ducked under the blankets and when I garnered enough to courage to look back out she was gone.
  
  I found out later that a woman and her children had been murdered in that house... True story, and still freaks me out. Which is why I tell it to everyone I meet and then they look at me like I'm crazy, all except my pal Paul who explained to me that because I was a twin and my twin died at birth that spirits like me? Dunno what is up with that, but I'm tempted to believe him.
  
  Anyway, my boggart would look like she did.
  
  And the Riddikulus would cause her to turn into Casper the friendly ghost, colored bright pink with a multi-colored mohawk.
  
  
• What do you look for in a friend?
  
  I kind of friend the world, I've never looked at someone and thought; do they have what I want in a friend? I've always been the sort of person who takes care of everyone, so I'll befriend anyone who needs a friend. This has gotten me into trouble, because people like me are often looked down upon (being too friendly and kind can often give people the impression that you are fake and just a people pleaser), but I truly do want the world to be happy. I'm odd like that.
  
  That said, I think at this point what I'd most like in a friend is someone honest, and kind. Someone who will speak to me, instead of hiding things from me because they feel I can't handle it. Someone who will protect me as fiercely as I will protect them. Someone I can trust enough to share my problems with, I'd like to be the leaner instead of the leanee and as it is I tend to lean on the wrong people. For the most part, I'd just like to find someone who genuinely likes me for all of me, instead of someone who tolerates the bad parts and likes just a few of the good.
  
  Dammit, I need to move to fantasy land, I bet that's the only place someone like that exists for me.
  
  
• What trait most annoys you about other people?
  
  You know what I really can't stand? People who think that because life is hard, that it's wrong to expect something more from people. Life isn't sunshine and roses, but why is it so wrong to attempt to make life sunshine and roses? You know what I mean? Recently I was lambasted by certain individuals who will remain unnamed, who seem to think because I believe in equality, fairness, kindness and just maturity in every action online and offline, that I am a lesser human being.
  
  Life IS hard, I know that more than most people, but it's because life has been so hard that I work to make life better for everyone I come in contact with. I am sick and tired of people who go around being nasty because their life is hard. It's not an acceptable excuse, and it's unforgivable.
  
  
• What do you think are your top five abilities or qualities?
  
  1.Kind :: I am not kind by nature, actually, but I have been called overly kind, so kind she's scary, and b*tch troll... oh wait, that's not part of being kind? Heh. Anyway, I was treated like a non person growing up and as a result I push aside my baser instincts and treat everyone I meet with as much kindness as I can muster. There are days, let me tell you, when I just want to rip out and gnaw on people, but I resist.
  
  2.Wise :: I feel the desire to share my definition of wisdom and intelligence. I believe intelligence is the capacity to learn from the world around us, but also an accumulation of all that we have already learned. You can have intelligent people who are extremely stupid (unwise). Wisdom is an innate state of being that one cannot learn, in my opinion. You are either born with it, or not. A wise person is able to see things as they are, rather than how they appear to be. A wise human being instinctively can see what the right answer is.
  
  I believe that I am wise. I am able to see things, and people, for what they really are. I am not easily fooled by fancy words and pretty packages (let me please note that I am also, obviously, not at all full of myself).
  
  3.Humble :: Do humble people often refer to themselves as humble? I have absolutely no problem saying I'm wrong. I feel no desire at all to pretend I'm right when I've been undoubtedly proven faulty in thought. I do not believe I am the paragon of truth, I don't believe I have all the answers, and I have no problem accepting correction. This is something I equate with being humble.
  
  4.Tenacious :: Someone called me this the other day and I realized it's true (and I like it more than stubborn ;). I am very tenacious. No matter what shit life throws at me, I shake it off and keep going. Sometimes I don't even bother showering ... I could care less if I stink as long as I keep moving forward in life. Also, when I really, REALLY want something, I don't quit. If I don't really want something I toss it aside like so much fodder if it isn't easy, but the things I want, by gum! I get.
  
  5.Listener :: Yeah, I don't like noisy people, so my capacity to be quiet and just listen is a good thing. There are enough parts of myself I don't like, I don't need another. I think the ability to just sit back and listen is essential when dealing with other human beings. People who don't listen properly are the people who end up misunderstanding situations and people. What I find most amusing is that more often than not I don't like what I'm hearing, but I listen anyway. Which is why I have this twitch in my right eyebrow.
  
  
• What do you think are your top five weaknesses or worst qualities?
  
  1.Perfectionist :: I am a huge perfectionist. I like things to be just 'so'. I constantly beat myself down because I am not reaching my own vision of perfection. I don't, strangely enough, hold people up to this same standard, however.
  
  I organize things obsessively. I refuse to play the piano in public because I feel as if I cannot play the piece 'exactly' how it should be. I often won't use words aloud that I can type because if I cannot pronounce it properly I don't want to say it at all.
  
  The next negative characteristic, thankfully, often overcomes this perfectionist edge.
  
  2.Impatient with Things :: I am extremely impatient with things. I cannot wait for my TV show to come on, I cannot wait for the computer to load, I cannot wait to post my comment and spell check it first, I cannot wait for 'him' to ask me out so I ask him out first. Without the impatience I would probably spend hours trying to make every post I make online be 'just perfect', as it is, I'm too impatient to bother. Sometimes I wonder if I don't have some mild form of ADD.
  
  3.Easily Frightened :: I have more anxieties than a leopard has spots, pardon the cliché. I have so many irrational fears that it drives me insane.
  
  I am afraid of eating, I am afraid of not eating. I am afraid of fainting. I am afraid of standing in line at the supermarket. I'm afraid of being rejected by people, I'm afraid of being accepted by people and being unable to live up to their expectations. I am afraid of falling down the stairs, I am afraid of falling up the stairs (which I do often). I am afraid of driving, I am afraid of not being able to drive. Etc, etc, etc ... the list is so long that it's a wonder I'm still here and not hiding under my bed ... but wait ... I'm afraid of enclosed spaces too.
  
  4.Liar :: I really, really want to hide right now. /sigh/ I am a little white lies master. I am constantly stretching the truth or making my own truths, never to hurt people, but sometimes to protect them. Still, it's not a good thing to do either way. I am very ashamed of this side of myself. I'd rather learn to keep my mouth shut, instead of telling a white lie.
  
  5.Cynical :: My cynicism only affects one area of my life and really revolves just around me. I truly believe that no one will ever like me, after all, why should they when I sometimes don't like myself? Because of this belief, I always wonder what people want when they're kind to me.
  
  I am always looking around the corner for the next hit, the next bad thing, the next experience that is going to break my heart. There are times when I wonder if I will ever find happiness ... does happiness even exist in this world? WOE, ANGST, I promise I'm not an emo kid, this is just honestly how my brain works. It probably comes from growing up with pessimists.
  
  
• Define in your own words the following key traits:
  
  
  • Courage: There are different kinds of courage. There is Neville Longbottom type courage, which is reserved for situations of great trouble. He doesn't jump into unnecessary trouble, but when his friends are in trouble he will gather his courage and do what he can for them. Also, people with this sort of courage experience all sorts of hardships, emotionally, and mentally, but they keep moving forward and they keep living where other people would collapse and beg for release. Neville also has this courage, when you hear how he was treated by his uncles, when you see how hard it was for him with his parents, you have to marvel at how he can still be in the magical world, and function as well as he does. This is a quiet kind of courage, there but not overwhelmingly so.
    
    Then there is brash courage. This courage is marked by a general ignorance of danger. Harry Potter has this courage. These sort of people will jump into things without looking. I wonder, often, if they are truly courageous, or just really, really blind to danger. However, when their morality is thrust in their face, instead of being paralyzed by fear they push forward. People with brash courage are often the ones who become heros.
    
    
  • Loyalty: Being loyal is all about standing beside a person no matter how stupid they are. Remus Lupin and Sirius Black are good examples of loyalty. Even if Sirius set Remus up to murder Severus Snape (of course, different people will have different opinions on that particular scene, but in my eyes, Sirius was using his best friend to murder Snape, because there is no way the werewolf would have done anything less), Remus remained friends with Sirius. To the point that he embraced this man years later when meeting him again. They were not Hufflepuff's, but this was markedly loyal behavior.
    
    A loyal person is a person who will be on your side, even when you're wrong. They'll tell you you're wrong, in private, but in the face of adversity they will be on your side because you are theirs and they are loyal to you alone.
    
    There is blind loyalty, which is seen in people who can see no wrong in a friend. Then there is loyalty born of love. Loyalty comes in all kinds of forms, but it is an admirable trait in anybody. Someone who is loyal, is someone you can trust through anything.
    
    
  • Intelligence: Intelligence is simple to define. Intelligence is your capacity to learn, but also the accumulation of all that you have learned. You can be intelligent and yet stupid, because no one can know everything and even if you have a capacity to learn, at times you have to skin your knee before you know it hurts. Only so much can be learnt from deduction and logic. At times intelligence can hinder a person from functioning normally in society, but this is usually only found in prodigies.
    
    
  • Ambition: An ambitious person is someone who never says 'I can't'. No matter how hard the task, how bumpy the road, how long the flight, they are willing to do anything to get what they want. They aim high, and they work harder. They are able to perform cunning plots, sly underhanded thievery, or old fashioned hard work. Just like anything else, you can have an ambitious person who uses socially unacceptable methods, and you can have an ambitious person with integrity, it's all dependent on the individual and their life experiences.
    
  
  
• Name: Pauline Nicole (Nicky)
  
• Age: 23
  
• Where did you find out about us? It's a funny story, really it is. A few months back I joined a few sorting communities, while I was looking for ones to join I asked a friend about HiH. At the time she wouldn't tell me much about the place, so I decided to join the communities she knew of. After awhile I ended up leaving a few of those communities because of various reasons, and upon leaving one some drama happened and this community was mentioned. I followed the link here and I decided that if the people who I was debating with disliked this place, then it must be good! So, you can thank hat_sorting for my arrival, although I doubt you can give them House points, or that you'd want to based on what they've been saying about you guys.