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• What sort of profession in the wizarding world would you choose and why? I'd most definitely consider being an Auror. They spend their lives protecting the weak and innocent, making sure neighborhoods are safe for kids to frolic and play. It's a huge responsibility, and yeah, it can get pretty stressing, but at the same time, the rewards are the most gratifying feeling you'll ever get in your life, knowing you helped save a kid's life or something. Quick thinking is a necessity, a trait that I do think I possess, but being able to do it without breaking the Auror Code (i'm assuming there's something like it...) or endanger anymore lives than necessary is a challenge, and I most certainly am up for challenges.
  
  
• If you could teach one class at Hogwarts, what would it be and why? As it were, there's a difference between a want to teach and would be most suitable teaching. If it were up to me, I'd love to teach Ancient Runes because I've been fascinated by them ever since I was little and read a book about them in 3rd grade or something. They're incredibly mysterious, and I love things of that nature; the occult, fate, symbols, etc. The thing is, I'd be absolutely lousy at telling you what a string of them mean, because I could never, much as I tried, decipher them or anything. The job that I would probably be the best at would be Arithmancy, mainly because I'm really aces at mathematics and it's really quite easy for me, but I find it terribly boring and monotonous, so I guess if I really did ever become an Arithmancy professor, the class would hate me for being boring.
  
  
• 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? I think in the end, yes, I would. Of course, I'll be a nervous wreck when I'm considering it, thinking of all the consequences and the possibility and the probability of me being chosen a Champion, but in the end, I'd end up saying, "What the hell." and when it comes down to the time for me to toss my name into the cup, I'd probably be showy and dramatic like the twins were in the movie. Seriously, the chances of me being chosen are slim, but if I am chosen...well, I'm game.
  
  
• If you could choose your animagus form, what would it be and why? After long deliberation, I have decided that a panther is my ideal animagus form. If a panther doesn't want to be seen, he won't be seen, but if he wants your attention, then he'll command it. He's cunning, sly, quick-thinking and fast on his feet. A panther, while most of the time predatory or on the defensive, can also be quite docile and just lie on a branch and chill back and relax. I think it's a very good summary of me...I'm very much like a panther.
  
  
• What HP character do you identify with most and why? Ron Weasley, hands down. Besides my undying love for him, I think I am a lot like him, in a lot of ways. We both have huge families; while his is more immediate and mine is extended, my family all live around ten minutes from my house, so they're always over anyway. We both have really tough competition in our families too...Ron, obviously, has to do something that'll get him noticed with five older brothers that have a multitude of skills and talents and whatnot. I, academically, have to always be compared to my cousins and my brother who have all gone to college and graduated with honors and special certificates and whatever else, and seeing as I'm an English major (a sort of taboo subject for Asian people, I kid you not), my family's expectations of me are to fail, and I'm going to do anything I can to prove them wrong. Personality-wise, like I said, I am impulsive, I tend to wear my heart of my sleeve much like Ron does, and I'd die for my friends just as he would do anything to protect Harry. I understand what it's like to be insecure, to think that you're not good enough, that nothing you have now and ever will have will be good enough for society, the way it feels to have someone always in the spotlight, so close within your reach but yet so far. He's the most real to me in a plethora of ways.
  
  
• What would you see if you looked into the Mirror of Erised? I could definitely see myself living somewhere nice, a husband, some kids, and a successful career somewhere, with my family all there, happy for me and accepting that I know what I know what I'm doing with my life. The main thing I would see would be my family and I, actually getting along, them listening to me, actually listening and accepting me for who I've become instead of always being disappointed for not being what they want me to be. Seeing as my parents never supported any of my endeavors, I get incredibly jealous of people who's parents have supported them through anything and everything, and I do think their acceptance and support would be the one thing I want most in this life.
  
  
• If you won a million dollars, how would you spend it? I'd get an apartment somewhere, not too incredibly luxurious, but not shabby, either, probably in California or England somewhere. I'd pay for college, grad school, and put aside a bunch of it for the future; half of it for general stuff, you know, living expenses in case I don't have a job, emergencies, vacations if I should go on them, etc, and I think the rest of that bunch would go in a different account set aside to start my own production company. I might buy my dad a car, but other than that, I'd either save the rest or donate it to charity.
  
  
• What was your ideal job as a kid? Has that changed? What is your ideal job now? When I was little, I think my ideal job changed every five minutes, rofl. My very first ideal job was to be a singer; I have the talent and was part of a lot of choirs when I was younger and did lots of solo music performance when I was in high school, but it was something my parents never wanted me to do because they thought it was a waste of time, so I stopped thinking that a little after fifth grade. I do remember wanting to be a vet, but then I watched a dog surgery on Animal Planet or something where the dog died and I decided I couldn't do it on the spot. Then it was a marine biologist, but I can't swim, and so that would defeat the point, really. Now, my ideal job is either back to musical theatre, because once a passion, always a passion, and my involvement in theatre, plays, choir, musicals and things like that in high school really rekindled my love for the stage. Other than that, I would absolutely have to say that my ideal job now is to be a screenwriter and manage my own production company.
  
  
• 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? Jesus, an instant laundry spell or something. I detest doing laundry, I really do. It's just such a pain, you know? Most likely it would be a Charm, I would think, you know, swish and flick at your pile of laundry and VOILA! Instantly clean, wrinkle free and folded! It would make life so much simpler and I wouldn't have to waste so many quarters, either. Quarters add up! I spend about $6.00 every time I do laundry! Er...anyway, I'd call it the Insta-Clean Charm...the incantation could be like tersvestis, like 'clothing' and 'clean' put together in Latin...I don't know. It would be hella nifty, though...
  
  
• 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? Ice skates. It's incredibly silly to be afraid of ice skates, but when I was little, I went ice skating at the local rink and as with any beginner, I fell, and as I was trying to get up, some people who I guess didn't see me came speeding by and their skates were merely inches away from my body in general, and I was terrified of getting sliced open to begin with, so that...wasn't such a good time. I've been afraid to go since. I think I'd end up turning them into little tugboats and stuff, though, because they do look like it, no?
  
  
• What do you look for in a friend? To tell you the truth, I don't know what I really look for in a friend...I think that if someone catches my interest, regardless of how they are, I'll end up being friends with them anyway, and since it's working for me now, why change it? I don't know, it seems silly to list personality characteristics of someone that you'd be friends with when some of my friends don't even have any of the traits I list, but I am still friends with them. Hard as I try, I can't put friendship into words, as it's just a feeling of a sort of unique camaraderie that you get and it just feels right. I'm sorry I can't offer anything more solid than that.
  
  
• What trait most annoys you about other people? I think the need to show off for no reason is quite possibly one of the most irritable traits ever. I can't stand it when people sit there and say how well liked they were in high school - whether or not they were is a completely irrelevant subject matter - or how well they did in athletics or how they're smarter than everyone else in the world combined and soon enough they'll take over the world. Big deal! Tell it to someone who actually cares next time, because saying it in front of me only makes me want to either pop my ear drums or slam their heads into the sidewalk. No, really, I just don't see a need for anything like that to ever occur, and to me, all you're doing is living in your past glory because you know you have no where to go. It's a shame I spend about four hours of everyday with people like that...that's four hours I'll never get back in my life.
  
  
• What do you think are your top five abilities or qualities? These are in no particular order at all:
  
  (1) First and foremost, I am incredibly, incredibly loyal, but that's only after you manage to knock down my barrage of walls. The friends that I have, they keep me sane, they keep me grounded, all they have to do is send a text message saying "Hi!" and I'll instantly smile and be happy, and that's really important for me right now, and we all feel the same way, since we're all freshmen in college and didn't exactly realize how special of a group we were until we got here, and that makes them all the more important to me. There is absolutely nothing I would not do for them. It takes awhile for me to finally feel fully comfortable and in some cases, vulnerable, but once you've broken past that, I'm all yours. They're the one's who have been with me through the good, the bad, the pretty, the ugly, the smelly, whatever you think of, they've been there with me, and I feel that my loyalty and friendship is the least I could give back.
  
  (2) A lot of people call me 'strong', so I suppose I'll throw that in there, and I do agree, because I do believe that I go through three times as much crap as any one person should in college, but in the end, I don't let it get me down. I pick myself back up and I try and think positive. I used to let so many things bother me, the smallest things, too, but eventually that got too tiring and emotionally draining and I was going through so much at one point that I was sick; not really heaving, but constantly getting the feeling that I needed to throw up or something. I have to put up and live up to expectations all around; from my family, from my friends, from society, from teachers, professors, you name it, and worrying over really small things was not helping, so now, even slightly larger things roll off my back as if it were nothing.
  
  (3) I think a trait that's really quite overlooked is the fact that I know when to quit 'It'. It can be anything; when to quit talking, when to quit slacking off, when to quit this or that, but in the long run, if I'm being a nuisance at some point or another, then I know when to quit being annoying. I think this is one thing that people overlook, and because of recent people I know not knowing how to quit, I'm happy I do, because god, they're awful.
  
  (4) I seem to have the determination of a bull, which is actually very accurate. If there is something I want to do, then I pull out all the stops to make sure that it's done unless whatever happens is really out of my control. I suppose it may come from being told what I could do and wasn't able to do when I was younger, or something entirely unrelated, but the worst thing you could do to me is tell me that I'm not able to do something and I will go through hell and high water to prove you wrong.
  
  (5) I tell it like it is. I don't really like to sugarcoat anything, because from past experiences, keeping things nice and candy sweet got me in trouble, so what is the point of it? I just don't think that it's healthy for people to live in this constant state of thinking things are sugar sweet when really, they aren't. Not a lot of people appreciate this about me, but I tend to like it. :D
  
  
• What do you think are your top five weaknesses or worst qualities?
  
  (1) I think I expect too much from people sometimes. It may be this whole thing with going away to college and stuff, but I've noticed that I do expect a lot of things from people, but am constantly disappointed and upset. I guess it also goes hand in hand with the fact that I can't just let myself buckle down and let people get really close to me here because I'm so used to being with my friends from back home, and it's unfair, too, to other people and I know that, but you know, old habits die hard or something.
  
  (2) Adding to that, even though I hate it when it happens to me, I compare everything in the world. I compare Pennsylvania with New Jersey, I compare my roommate to my friends, I compare my whole floor with my friends for that matter, and thus, I don't give people a proper chance. I have been trying, though.
  
  (3) I am your typical poor, lazy, procrastinating college student with cups of empty ramen and Chinese take out boxes and empty cans of soda all over the room. Herein, I confess that I am a slob.
  
  (4) I seem to have a horrible time with setting goals. Usually, I set short term goals that I think are easy to fulfill, but then when it's crunch time, I feel really stressed out. Long term goals are okay, but it's more the short term one's that I seem to have a hard time with.
  
  (5) I get incredibly insecure about everything, usually once every few months, but when I do, it's maddening. I get so depressed and upset with everyone, I fall into quite a funk, and while it goes away after a few days, it's still really upsetting and emotionally draining for me, but not only that, it pisses off my friends, too. I know that it's bad, but I can't help it, though I have been trying.
  
  
• Define in your own words the following key traits:
  
  • Courage: To do things you've never thought you'd do. I mean, on the outside, bungee jumping may look scary as all hell, but really, it's not so bad! That's a really bad example, but it's all I could come up with at the moment. It's more of a self-thing, rather than having courage to go out and fight a bar fight; I just think that's dumb. But standing up for yourself, for what you believe in, especially in our world where not everyone is as open-minded as I thought, that takes a lot of guts.
    
  • Loyalty: You'd have to encompass the whole aspect of it; loyalty to your beliefs, your friends, your family, to be truly loyal. I don't think you could really be a 'loyal' person if you abandon one for another. I mean, to be loyal to my friends and only my friends would mean abandoning your beliefs and your family, and etc. and so on. It's hard to find a good balance, though.
    
  • Intelligence: Like loyalty, I think a person is really smart or intelligent when they possess both book and street smarts. I respect people who can hold their own in an intellectual debate and know your basic necessities of life...being a genius won't help you cook dinner, nor will it help you get a grasp of life in its basest form. I also think intelligence is a gateway to sarcasm and cynicism to a mild degree, and I enjoy that; it's much more refreshing than crude humor, seeing as they use it in an academic standpoint.
    
  • Ambition: It's your personal, inner drive to complete and fulfill the expectations and goals that you set for yourself. Ambitious people are the type to think they can manage a store, go to school, and find the cure for the common cold, all at the same time, achieving the best result at each gander. It's not a thing everyone has, nor do people have it all in the same 'kill or be killed' attitude. Overachievers usually are ambitious.
    
  
  
• Name: Jocelyn
  
• Age: 18
  
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