Application; It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

[piratevogue]

• What sort of profession in the wizarding world would you choose and why?
  Well, I'm a law/political science hopeful. Therefore I'm going to have to go with working in the ministry somewhere. Nothing, however, in the wizarding world really strikes me as a 'oh I would do that' job. At least not a job that's been explained, but I'm sure if I was actually a wizard I would find something. A job in magical law enforcement wouldn't be right for me, because I'm not interested in really enforcing the law per se. (As in I don't want to be a cop..) Something Wizengamot might work..
  
  On second thought, maybe I would do good as an Unspeakable. They seem to have a very interesting job, if only for the mystery and allure of it.
  
  
• If you could teach one class at Hogwarts, what would it be and why?
  I am really torn when answering this. I've always thought it was transfiguration. However, upon reading what an owl symbolizes (I did answer these questions out of order after all) I realized that it was actually divination that I would most likely want to teach, and my affinity for Transfiguration ties into my affinity for McGonagall more than anything else.
  
  I'm interested in all that is 'divination' or at least I have been at one point or another. Astrology-ish things amuse me to no end, and I love knowing all my signs and where my planets sat. (If anyone is interested my sun sign is Scorpio with a Cancer moon sign.) I've always found dream interpretations exciting, and the whole idea of palmistry and the lot is just appealing. I even have a crystal ball, but that's because it's pretty. There is also have a deck of tarot cards lying around the house, though they're my mom's.
  
  Plus, to be honest I think it would be really easy to make something up in this class. I'm not an expert on everything or anything really, and when all else fails I make something believable up. That's the wonderful thing about something that's not an exact science, when all else fails there is a backup plan. If I didn't know what a tea-leaf pattern meant I could always 'see' something else. “No, no! That's not a wolf, that's the grim!” -insert dramatic voice- Oh, and I don't like tea, so it seems like a perfect excuse to drink hot chocolate in class. “Now students drink your bad-tasting tea!....I'll just be over here far away from you all so you don't smell the chocolate- I mean so you don't catch my cold...”
  
  AND, I once dreamed that my P.E coach was moving. Two weeks later he came in to our class and sure enough he was moving to South Carolina. I must be a seer! -creepy music-
  
  
• 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?
  Pft, no. I would rather not risk life and limb for a little money and glory. However, the more I think about the more I become confused, because I know me, or something like that.
  
  I've always been competitive, and I've also always pushed myself to the boundaries of what I can handle. Both physically and mentally. I'm also not very physically inclined, but all through middle school I played sports. (volleyball, basketball, tennis, cheerleading, non-flag football, and soccer.) As far as mentally goes I take way to many advanced placement courses. Four last year and five this upcoming year, and for some people that's not a lot. For me it is given the fact that usually I can't bring myself to do homework. (Unless I'm struggling in the class.)
  
  Still, I'm going to be inclined to say no. When I push my envelope my life isn't on the line. If it's money and glory which I seek there are ways to get both of those things that don't involve death. I would much rather study, as little as I like it, to achieve them. Mental obstacles are a lot easier to deal with in my opinion, or at least a lot safer.
  
  
• If you could choose your animagus form, what would it be and why?
  I would, without a doubt, choose an owl as my animagus form. In the wizarding world owls are common place, and thus in public it would be very easy for me turn 'invisible' without me actually having to worry about being invisible. After all, as an owl I wouldn't have to worry about people bumping into me and discovering I am there.
  
  Also, in theory I could follow another owl fairly easily if I needed to know where someone was hiding. Because owls seem to know how to find anyone all I would have to do is send a letter to whom I'm looking for, and then turn into an owl and follow my message. Seems to be logical enough, no? This would work for any bird, I suppose, but an owl seems to make the most sense as provided I took on the qualities of an owl I would have roughly the same flight speed and stamina.
  
  The combination of those two things seems like it would be a good trait to have to work in the ministry. They might really want someone who can assist in finding fugitives, or be a spy in all their elusiveness. (Let's face it, at some point we've all wanted to be a spy.) Plus, I'd be an indemand employee. Indemand employees get to make demands on their employers.
  
  Lastly being an owl would make traveling very easy. I wouldn't have to worry about cutting my way through forest, or if I reached a gigantic lake I wouldn't have to walk all the way around. It would be easy enough for me to transfigure into an owl and fly over said forest, or over said large lake. I'm all about the convenience.
  
  New thought, it would also be easy enough to escape if a non flying animal tried to attack me. I mean if I was out in the backyard and an alligator came chasing after me? Bam owl. Or if I get lost in the mountains of Alaska... I could fly out. My cars breaks down in the middle of nowhere I could turn into an owl and fly to help. You see? I'm not seeing any downside at all to this owl-thing.
  
  
• What HP character do you identify with most and why?
  To be honest? I am having a hard time coming up with one single person that I can honestly say 'oh yes, I identify with them in more than one way.' I don't find myself identifying with too many book characters, in fact the only one I can really come up with with is Gene Forrester from A Separate Peace and that's not what the question is asking. So, I'm really pushing my mind, and stretching things, for this answer....
  
  Well, I think that it's probably some combination of characters. Zacharias Smith stands out to me, but it's hard to be too sure as he is not a major character. From what I have deduced, however, he enjoys playing Devil's Advocate. Something I think people know me for, sometimes I will put up an argument for a side I don't believe in merely because I can, I like to make sure people are thinking. Believe me, people are still convinced that I stand for things that I'm completely against because I presented an argument for them.
  
  He's also prone to skepticism, and while I don't consider myself a skeptic, per se, I know that I can be skeptical at times. I'm not exactly one who will blindly follow an idea. Usually when I do follow an idea it's because I already know what's advantageous about it. Otherwise without some proof I tend to be skeptical of the merits of an idea/approach.
  
  I can also see that he's a little bit too honest, and in all fairness it is a Hufflepuff trait to be honest. (I'm thinking of his Qudditch commentary.) He just has no tact while doing so. I don't so much have that problem anymore, but I can be brutally honest. I have just learned how to phrase things so I don't go around offending people. I used to be like Zacharias in that respect, though. And by used to I mean a year ago, I was too blunt. Made a few enemies, earned a name I didn't like... Well, I've made amends since then, and learned it's better to keep myself in check. Still, I suppose it counts for something.
  
  I also think that I wouldn't have stuck around for the battle of Hogwarts, I'm not so ready to face my death like I said in the Goblet of Fire question. He joined Dumbledore's Army to learn how to defend himself if he ever got into trouble it seems, and that's something I might join Dumbledore's Army for. (Though I don't think I would join DA regardless. I might have considered it, but I wouldn't want to face Umbridge's punishment if she ever found out.) However, I think Zacharias and I share the fact that well we're interested in knowing how to protect ourselves we're not so interested in putting ourselves in a position where we have to worry about it.
  
  So, I guess Zacharias it is.. I don't know I'm probably wrong, a bunch of 'which Harry Potter character are you like quizzes' give me Hermione as a result. I just don't really think I identify with her. Although, I didn't know this until I looked at an application for a sorting community I filled out two years ago for a community on greatest journal, but I actually said I identified with Hermione the most. Then again, I didn't know a lot about the books back then in comparison. The reason I don't think I identify with Hermione is she seems awfully insecure about herself and uses her book smarts to validate herself. She also always has her head in a book, and that's not much like me... I'm going to get off this tangent now and answer the next question.
  
  
• What would you see if you looked into the Mirror of Erised?
  I don't want to yearn for what I can't have. For that reason my appearance wouldn't change, or the dead wouldn't be in the mirror. It would be easy to be lost in something like that I think. Why would anyone want to leave this precious mirror that made everything so perfect? Gave you what you most desired, no. No. Far too tempting to waste your days looking at a magical piece of glass.
  
  I'm not really sure if I would see myself as I am today, because of this or if I would see what I plan on becoming. For the sake of giving you something to sort me on I'll go with the latter. I would see myself chatting with a group of colleagues who are all respected for being some of the 'best' in the business, if you will. I would be wearing nice clothing, because not only does that appeal to the fashionista in me but it also would be a good indication that I was not having to worry about finances. I would be highly successful, and extremely good at my job. I've said it before and I'll say it again; "If I'm a garbage man in Florida I want garbage men in California to know my name because I am so good at my job."
  
  
• If you won a million dollars, how would you spend it?
  A million dollars isn't a lot in today's world so I couldn't very well go hog wild with it, but I could find some use for a million dollars for sure. I would automatically put away half of it in a savings account where it could collect interest, and where it would prove to be of some use in emergencies. After all a natural disaster might happen and if I had the opportunity to save a huge lump of money and I didn't, and therefore was left with virtually nothing, I would hate myself.
  
  I would then put away another two hundred thousand for my college education. Being idealistic I'd love to get into Brown and that school certainly costs a pretty penny. (Though if I get in I will pay for it no matter what it takes.) I want to go into political science/law, so there's a chance two hundred thousand wouldn't cover all the schooling I wanted depending on where I went, but it could lower my student loans tremendously. Being realistic I'm probably going to wind up going to a school in my state for undergraduate regardless, but (SAT/ACT scores providing) I will get a hundred percent scholarship to a state school. So, the money that I've saved for college that I didn't spend could be used for whatever I wanted to use it for. Yay, spending money.
  
  I want to start taking horseback riding lessons again, dressage this time around. So I'd pay for some lessons, I've really wanted to learn dressage for about six months now. I would also start 'flipping' horses, buying them for cheap work out the few kinks that make them cheap and resell them for more. I used to have a job at my own barn where I would ride problem horses, usually for months and then the owner of the barn would resell them. Of course, no profit came to me, other than getting to ride a horse. I'd make a buck off of my buck with any luck. I'd also move my horse, Homer, closer to me and offer to pay the difference in board to my father. (I will call my total money spent eight hundred fifty thousand.)
  
  I'd give some to the barn where I volunteer, I'm thinking about a hundred thousand. However, I'd probably spend the last bit on a few impulse buys. An instrument or two, Wii, and rockband, you are mine! The rest would go to friends/family in the form of gifts.
  
  I lied, I love the nice sleek sports cars, and would without a doubt buy a car with the remaining money. One hundred and fifty thousand isn't exactly going to afford some of the cars I'd like, but I'll still buy myself a nice car with it. I would spend more of the money on a car, but in my opinion there are still more important things than a nice shiny car that could be ruined at any minute.
  
  Whatever is left after that can go to my barn where I volunteer, because I'm sure they'd appreciate it more than friends/family. It's not that I don't want to donate money to where I volunteer, it's just I really love sports cars. I drive one already, but you know what? You can never have too many sports cars.
  
  
• What was your ideal job as a kid? Has that changed? What is your ideal job now?
  Technically speaking I am still a kid, I'm not an adult by law, and there's still a lot of growing that I need to do before anyone can call me an 'adult' really. So, the question becomes what did I want to do when I was younger?
  
  Well to be honest my family has kind of always pushed careers onto me, but I'm pretty sure I always supported them. From when I was little they were always telling me to pick a job like a veterinarian, and while I would have loved it at the time, I developed a phobia for needles that would make such a job impossible. I became really interested in acting, and I was supported for awhile in that endeavor. Then it went to property law, I especially wanted to deal with law pertaining to the equine industry. Slowly from there it shifted to a middle-school band director. My mother and grandmother basically told me I was, I don't know, 'wasting' talent or something. My mom tried to push me into wanting to teach special-education kids, but that's not where my passion if I did teach was. Luckily for them my focus then changed to psychiatry, because I really adored my AP psych class and to be honest teaching just isn't right for me. Medical school, however, well I did not adore that almost as much as I do not adore teaching. It then became international business, but that was because I wanted to be an ambassador. I thought I wanted to work in the horse-racing industry for awhile since I'm good with horses and I believe I'm capable of doing well in the business field... Now sprinkle in a few other careers like pharmacist, and optometrist and you have my considerations!
  
  Now where is it? Well we're right back at law again, or something with the government. I would really like to go into either corporate law, or do something that requires a degree in political science. If I did corporate law the ultimate goal of a politician would be kept in mind. It's hard for me to justify why a politician sounds interesting, but I guess it all boils down to the fact that I honestly would have the ability to do something that interests me. My friends and I all have a running joke that when one of my pals becomes president I'm going to be on his cabinet, I like that sort of thing. If I went the latter and explored the political science option further (because honestly I don't know all the branches, my possibilities...) I'd want to learn Arabic (slim chance, but I do know some VERY simple Arabic.) and perhaps have the ability to serve as a translator among other things. (This being said, it seems like there are some law people/political science people here, care to help me out and tell me what's going on? What are my options?)
  
  
• 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've also answered this question two years ago for a sorting community that has long since died. I remember saying that I would like a spell that could stop physical pain, and I remember that I would have wanted the name to be something like 'Tori-Cadavra.” A spell named after me?OMG, how cool!!1One!1 Yeah, no.
  
  You know what, I get to laugh at my own stupidity here's the terror of a post;
  
  “I would event a spell to make pain go away, all forms of pain too, well not emotional. All forms of physical pain is really what I meant to say. I hate feeling pain, so a little spell would be nice to get rid of that. And it’d be simple like “Tori-cadavra.” Because it’d be cool to have a spell named after you. Although, I’m sure a pain-be-gone spell probably already exists. “
  
  I didn't even spell invent... Well then. I was, in fact, quite the intelligent fourteen year old. /sarcasm. Oh and I'm thinking a pain-be-gone spell doesn't already exist given that Harry had to through all kinds of pain to regrow his arm.
  
  I still want something to cure physical pain, but I'm going to be specific as I have some physical pain that's really bothering me right now. I want something that will get rid of hangnails because they are annoying, painful, and unattractive. Well we're at it, let's have it clear up the fingernails all together. I think I'd call it something like “Manicures.” (Pronounced Man-ick-cure-es.) Part of this is because I really love my fingernails, and instead of having to file and what have you a spell could make them pretty.
  
  
• 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?
  Hard question as I'm afraid of so many things, when it all comes down to it, I'm the biggest wimp on the face of the planet. So what is my biggest fear... Well, I'm inclined to say needles, because honestly needles freak me out. I don't particularly like the idea of purposelessly forcing any sharp foreign object into my body. I am phobic of them, and let me tell you it's no fun. I have to be held down at the doctors/dentists and everything.. It's actually a rather embarrassing problem for someone my age to have.
  
  I'm not exactly sure what this boggart would look like though. I guess it would be a doctor coming to give me a shot, but when I used riddikulus the 'shot' would work like that trick with the mechanical pencil that people do. You know the one where they 'stab' themselves, but are actually just letting the graphite go back into the pencil? Yeah, that's the best I can do. I don't think it's particularly funny, that pencil trick, but it's more amusing than a shot I guess.
  
  It's hard for me to come up with something because a lot of my fears are things like, being trapped in a box that fills with water, complete and utter silence, thunderstorms. You get the idea I'm weird. ETA| My biggest fear is actually heights, but I'm not so sure what a boggart would turn into for heights.
  
  
• What do you look for in a friend?
  Someone who can put up with me. That really is kind of an important trait for a friend of mine to have. Well, I guess I should look at my group of friends and determine what qualities they have, shouldn't I?
  
  My friends are all intelligent. They're all in difficult classes. I don't know if this is really a prerequisite or just because these are the people I'm most likely to meet. I do need to be able to have an intelligent discussion with someone.
  
  Having had a hard time with people in the past I need people whom I can trust to be my friends. I've had people betray secrets of mine, and let's face it no one likes it when your 'best friend' tells everyone in middle school who you have a crush on. (And yes, I mean everyone, I went to a private school it was no hard task.) So, I guess my friends have to be trustworthy.
  
  My friends have to understand my sense of humor. (Just as I have to understand theirs- I like funny people.) I don't seem to have the same sense of humor as a lot of people my age. I love satires, and sarcasm. My humor often involves me 'saying' things from the perspective of another person, if that makes any sense at all. Some people don't get that's what I'm doing. All my friends most certainly do. If we can all laugh we're all happy.
  
  Hmm, and being an INTJ I need to have friends that understand I'm a freaking psycho at times and just need to be left alone in silence. Sometimes at school I just have to sit in silence so I can be to myself for a few minutes, I don't like getting frustrated with my friends for invading my time but it does happen. All of my friends are able to forgive this quickly, for which I am grateful. I kick friends out of my house at around eight because I've been around people for two long, or I end a phone call if it's too much people-time. I find it much easier to talk to people online, so my friends all know how to use the Internet.
  
  We all have something in common, it would be hard for us not to. That's also important, we need to have something we like to do together. Heck it can be playing World of Warcraft, being in band, eating Chinese food, drawing, watching movies, or guitar hero. Just talking too. We just need an interest or two that we share.
  
  I can be really picky about those people that I really consider 'friends,' I have a lot of acquaintances, but it all pays off given that my few friends all excellent.
  
  
• What trait most annoys you about other people?
  Oh, there are two that are just on a dead even level. Stupidity is a really big one, and I mean stupidity on many levels. I'm not even sure if I can articulate quite how I feel about this, so you'll have to excuse my sad attempts. I sat next to a girl in AP Psychology who constantly got forties on her tests, but did she ever once study? No. To me that's really stupid, just to keep sitting there and let yourself fail. Even worse? She never seemed to care about her bad grades. My problem wasn't so much her failing, but she's ruining her future if that happens in all her classes. Whatever, though, I guess it's less competition for me. I also hate traits that usually go along with stupidity, including ignorance and incompetence. Showing something how to do something a million times because they're too incompetent to do it the first time is annoying. And fits in to my other peeve.
  
  The other one? Repetitiveness. This grates on my very last nerve. I do not need to be told things multiple times, I got it the first time thanks very much. Whether you thought I was listening or not, I did hear you tell me exactly what we have the refrigerator for lunch. Ugh, it's just so frustrating when people repeat themselves, or it's especially bad when they have to repeat themselves because other people weren't listening. Then when people ask me to repeat myself... It drives me insane. I'll repeat myself once graciously. After that, I basically tell the person 'too bad' you had two chances to hear what I have to say and now it's too late. Urgh, so annoying.
  
  
• What do you think are your top five abilities or qualities?
  I am determined. I plan on getting what I want, and I will. It may take some time, but that's okay I've got it. A good example of this is that this past year I chose to play a difficult trombone solo at solo and ensemble. I didn't do extraordinarily well having only gotten an excellent, but I had a good performance and I worked on that solo for six months. I knew it was a touch too difficult, but I was determined to play it, especially because someone told me that it was too hard for me.
  
  I'd like to think of myself as intelligent or thoughtful, or some combination of the lot. I get good grades in school without studying, and honestly I don't think I'm an idiot when it comes to 'street smarts' either. Maybe I'm not really thoughtful or intelligent but just good at memorizing things. No, it's just that I'm smart. ;)
  
  Hopefully I'm a funny human being (good sense of humor), because if I'm not my friends are always laughing at me, and that's just not cool. I can be really goofy, crazy, and loud when I want to be. Lolcatz amuse me, and I must admit a good 'that's what she said joke' kills me. I'm also amused by when people fall and don't get hurt. Heck, I laugh when I fall. One time I was walking down a hill fell into a ditch gave a thumbs up to the people behind me, and fell back into the ditch in the process. CLASSIC. Another time I was walking and explaining how sometimes my ankle randomly gives out, and in the middle of my sentence I fell over because my ankle gave out. Irony. And my buddy fell marching two days ago when we were playing the marching game in the trombone section. It was hilarious. Oh, and Douglas Adams is basically one of my favorite people on the face the planet. My new found favorite quote; "My favourite piece of information is that Branwell Brontë, brother of Emily and Charlotte, died standing up leaning against a mantelpiece, in order to prove it could be done. This is not quite true, in fact. My absolute favourite piece of information is the fact that young sloths are so inept that they frequently grab their own arms and legs instead of tree limbs, and fall out of trees." Just think about that mental image for a minute.
  
  I realized I originally wrote this one very wrong, and it came across in a way I totally didn't want it too-- the English language is an interesting thing. I'm independent, and I can make my own choices. I don't have to rely on other people, and I've always been told that it's a good thing to have the ability to choose for yourself. I said I didn't need people to 'mollycoddle' me, which is true. I don't need, nor want, to be 'babied.' I don't lean or rely on other people, but I seek out people because I like to talk and discuss.
  
  I'm pretty imaginative. I (attempt, and fail miserably to) compose, draw, and write. I've got a ton of story ideas that if I ever got around to it (or if I ever thought the idea would be in demand) I would write. I like to daydream when I'm bored, and yeah.. There ya' go. Imaginative.
  
  
• What do you think are your top five weaknesses or worst qualities?
  I am far too competitive. It is way beyond having a 'healthy competitive' spirit. I thrive on competition, and whenever I'm faced with a competition, I plan on winning. I can always feel my heart beating rapidly in my chest, and the adrenaline just start pumping in my body. I really wish I knew how not to care about winning or losing, this trait is great a lot of times, but when it's something frivolous I should learn not to care.
  
  I'm easily made jealous. My boyfriend is going to be in the top band next year and school and I am simply dying that he's in it and I'm not. I want what I can't have sometimes, but I suppose that happens to even the best of us. Just it irks me because I practice, and he doesn't. I also tend to pretend I'm happy for the other person.
  
  I can be overconfident. I didn't realize just how overconfident I could be until this year. Rarely do I say “if I,” it's always “when I.” I'm learning to suppress this in me, because I know I dislike it when other people are too cocky, and I know that being cocky isn't doing me any favors. I'm still confident, but learning to not be so overconfident to the point of making everyone around me just roll their eyes whenever I speak.
  
  I've also decided I'm impatient. When I'm waiting for the results of a test or audition I become jittery. I can also become frustrated with people who ask me to repeat myself, repeat themselves, or who are doing an easy task the wrong way despite it being explained. I'll just take over and do it if it's going to take all day, you know? But really, I'm learning to become patient I'm sure some of it will come with age.
  
  No more negatives. That's all, only four. Truth be told there were a few things competing for this wonderful spot of shame. In the end procrastination won out. I procrastinate like there is no tomorrow. I had an essay to write on the Avignon Papacy over the summer, and I got it two weeks before school ended. School starts Monday and I just did my essay last night. Well, technically this morning as I finished around three or so in the morning. I often wait until the night before something is do before I actually do it, but it makes it easier for me to focus when I put it off to a point where I have to crunch it in.
  
  
• Define in your own words the following key traits:
  
  
  
  
  • Courage: Standing up for what you believe in, and what you know is right, even if know one else believes you. For example; Harry did this in Order of the Phoenix when he stood up to Umbridge to say that Voldemort was back, despite the fact that almost everyone didn't seem to believe him.
    
    
  • Loyalty: Putting the wishes of someone else before yourself if it is what will make them happy. I don't think I made any sense with that. To me loyalty is making a promise to someone and fulfilling it, even if it means you end up with the bad end of the deal.
    
    
  • Intelligence: Not only having knowledge, but also having the wisdom of knowing when to apply it. It is not enough to know who did what, or what does what, if you have no idea when to use it. Book and street smarts.
    
    
  • Ambition: The drive to get what will earn an achievement or other title. (Power, money, wealth.) More selfish than just hard-working on it's own, but still can take a great amount of hard work.
    
    
  
  
• Name: Tori
  
  
• Age: 16
  
  
• Where did you find out about us? Searching around the webz.
  
  
• Do you plan on being active in the communities once you are sorted? Of course! I love these communities.