15 THINGS

[ROCHELLE CASTER]

15 question thingies to answer so we can get to know each other better! You can answer in a post or recording. Edward and I did a recording together.

1. What's your REAL name?
2. How old are you?
3. Background on roleplay
4. Background on Harry Potter
5. Favorite color
6. Favorite food
7. Favorite movie or TV show
8. What other things do you do for fun?
9. Three things about you -- can be anything you want to say
10. What do you do for a living?
11. Relationship status
12. Where do you live? Were you born there?
13. What are you doing at the moment?
14. What is one thing you are excited for?
15. What are your goals, dreams, etc?


Our answers

[Deleted]

This is awesome Ditz, and you sound absolutely precious. I love you and your hubby's relationship too, lol. I could never get my boyfriend on a RP site, let alone read the HP books. I'll probably do this tomorrow because the SO is next to me sleeping.

[SARAH]

Ditzen and Edward – you guys sounds amazing and adorable! Wow, I feel like I am lucky to have met you, even if just on this forum. This was a fantastic idea! Thank you! Not so keen on the voice recording (haha, I'm just being weird) so I will do some pictures instead! My real name is Sarah. I am 22 years old and will be turning 23 in February. I started roleplaying by fluke. I was looking for a place to see which house I would be in if I ever went to Hogwarts, and stumbled across an advert for Hogwarts Moon. So I joined, ended up creating a professor character and I found that I really enjoyed that escape. I was absolutely terrible but that was okay because for most people on the site, it was their first time RPing. So we were all terrible together! I met Jon there and Kim. They’ve been some of my closest friends over the last seven years. I wandered across several different sites and from each I learnt something new about RPing. I stopped when I went to University for a while because the classes were exhausting and I ran out of time. It was at the end of this year that I decided to try my hand at RPing and I found a nice little site. However, I didn’t feel completely immerged within it, so I decided to remake HM with the help of Jon and Kim. So yes, that’s where I am now on the RPing front. I read my first Harry Potter book on a plane to England when I was ten. I had finished my in-flight reading in the boarding area so I went to go get another book that just happened to be Harry Potter. I adored it and spent the rest of the holiday immersed in those books. I spent a lot of my play time pretending I was a witch at Hogwarts. My favourite colour has to be a sapphire blue. Also, my favourite food is ravioli stuff with spinach and feta or butternut. I go crazy for the stuff. My favourite series are the BBC Sherlock and Silk series. I do art for fun and extra money. I do paintings are drawing commissions of people’s pets and horses. My favourite thing to do is spend time with my horses. I have a little spotty horse that I am busy backing. I do liberty work with him and bitless and bridles riding. They make me very short on money but I cannot imagine a life without them. Here are two pictures. My baby appaloosa, Moon, and the most amazing horse, Redondo, who passed away earlier this year. I miss him incredibly. I am an introvert, love animals, baffled by people and am quite quiet. I am currently employed by a tutoring company to see me through university. I am waiting for the holidays to end and the new year to start so that I can start working again. I am currently studying my MA in Psychology by Coursework and Research Report. I am one year away from being completely independent which I am excited for. I am very single. I live in Pretoria, South Africa and have lived here most of my life. I really love South Africa, so moving away would be hard but maybe necessary. I am currently waiting for my brother to go home so I can have my supper. I am not pleased. It’s 21:00 and I am starving. Fiend sibling, I tell you. I am excited to start my thesis next year. I am doing it on daughters’ experiences of having a mentally ill mother while growing up. It is super exciting! I am also excited for getting my little cat from the SPCA. I have yet to decide on a name! My goal is to get my PhD in Psychology in the next ten years. I am hoping to get the privilege of doing it at a university like Oxford or Cambridge but I severely doubt I will be able to afford it! But, PhD is the goal because I want to be a lecturer and researcher in the field of psychology. My other goals are: Riding Moon without a bridle Getting enough money to start a decent savings account And get my hair cut soon because it is crazy! So yes, that is me according to those 15 questions.

[MATTHEW SVEN JOHANSON]

1. What's your REAL name?: Aaron is my real name. Just easier for me to answer to.
2. How old are you?: I'm 23 years and just over 4 months past that.
3. Background on roleplay: Been rping since middle school. Started at a chat based rp called The Keep, then in High School I joined a Naruto forum based rp, and been rping at forums ever since.
4. Background on Harry Potter: Joined a now dead HP RP named Xtreme Hogwarts in High School. Created Matt Johanson there, and have been using him at HP rps ever since.
5. Favorite color: Tie between forest green and navy blue
6. Favorite food: Easy, a well done bacon cheeseburger
7. Favorite movie or TV show: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows pt.2
8. What other things do you do for fun?: I like playing video games, playing Go (baduk, weiqei), playing my guitar, hanging out with friends, etc...
9. Three things about you -- can be anything you want to say: I am a Christian, I still love to watch Power Rangers, and I tend to have a strong interest in Chinese history.
10. What do you do for a living?: Currently a student studying to teach High School students.
11. Relationship status: Single, for now.
12. Where do you live? Were you born there?: In the Dallas area of Texas. Was born in that area, yes.
13. What are you doing at the moment?: Cooking Ramen XD
14. What is one thing you are excited for?: Christmas XD
15. What are your goals, dreams, etc?: To teach history and coach football at the high school I graduated from.

[JON]

Brilliant thread, Ditzen! You and Edward sound really nice, and I'm glad you're with us on HM! Here are my answers:

1. What's your REAL name?
 
My real name is ... well, Jon. Jonathan, to be precise.

2. How old are you?
 
I turned 23 around a month ago.

3. Background on roleplay
 
My background is very similar to Sarah's. I believe I googled something to do with Werewolves in the Harry Potter universe, and a link to the old Hogwarts Moon popped up on me. I created a character and - badly - role played for three or four years, alongside Sarah, Kim and a few other friends. When the original owners of HM decided to give up, I took control of HM for a while (with the help of Sarah and Kim again), but then had to give up due to university commitments. 

4. Background on Harry Potter

My mother got me into Harry Potter. I was probably 8 at the time, and I read the Goblet of Fire first! Weird way to go about it, but I then re-read the whole series, and bought the books at midnight launches whenever a new one came out. I have been hooked on the series ever since, and I will never tire of re-reading them. The films, however, are a different matter, but still relatively enjoyable.

5. Favorite color

Probably blue, but I am partial to a deep purple, or green.

6. Favorite food

Probably Bacon Pasta Carbonara.

7. Favorite movie or TV show

Hmm, tough one. At the moment, I am heavily into Breaking Bad, but there are other TV shows that I enjoy, such as BBC Sherlock or Doctor Who. My favourite film, after much deliberation, is probably The Shawshank Redemption - it is one of those films that can never be watched too many times.

8. What other things do you do for fun?

I enjoy playing games, reading and exercising.

9. Three things about you -- can be anything you want to say

I am tall (6'4"), I am quite introverted and I wish to work within the Probation Service.

10. What do you do for a living?

Currently, I am a student at Aberystwyth University studying Criminology.

11. Relationship status

In a relationship, with a girl called Charlotte, who I met at university.

12. Where do you live? Were you born there?

I currently live on campus in Aberystwyth, but I was born and lived in Chester up until I started university. Chester is in England, Aberystwyth is in Wales - both in Britain.

13. What are you doing at the moment?

Contemplating going to get hot chocolate, and writing this, of course!

14. What is one thing you are excited for?

Christmas, probably. Or rather, the abundance of chocolate around this time of year. And snow, which is a possibility, but I live on the coast, so it may not happen.

15. What are your goals, dreams, etc?

For my family, present and future, to be happy, healthy and prosperous. I would also like a job in a well-paid, enjoyable sector, if that's not too much to ask.

[ALTHEA SILVERSTAR]

This is an awesome idea Ditzen

1. What's your REAL name? My real name’s Ingrid

2. How old are you? I just turned 24 on Monday

3. Background on roleplay
I was actually introduced to role playing by Sarah, she suggested I join the old Hogwarts Moon and I thought why not? So joined it, was horrendous but luckily there were a lot of other bad role players . I joined some other role playing sites and slowly got better, even though it could be annoying sites that had a minimum word limit forced my to write better. I then fell out of role playing when I was busy with my Honours degree, between classes and writing my honours thesis I just had no muse for rping. Then Sarah (again ) suggested I join the new Hogwarts Moon

4. Background on Harry Potter
I was introduced to Harry Potter by friends in the UK when visiting them with my family when I was ten. I was immediately hooked and when we got back to South Africa my mom bought me the first book and Goblet of fire, yes like Jon I also for some reason originally basically read the series backwards from Goblet of Fire .

5. Favorite color Urrrm I actually have two favourite colours turquoise and burgundy

6. Favorite food Ummm chocolate, yes chocolate

7. Favorite movie or TV show I love the series Castle and also love the BBC series Sherlock and Merlin. Favourite Movie Return of the King
8. What other things do you do for fun? I am horse mad, I own two horses that I adore. A thoroughbred named Hurricane who I’ve owned now for ten years and a young filly named Delilah who I’m busy backing.
Hurricane aka Hurricane Earl


Delilah aka Saratoga Hey There Delilah


9. Three things about you -- can be anything you want to say: I’m fairly introverted, especially around people I don’t know, I adore animals, I’m currently obsessed with listening to 30 Seconds to Mars

10. What do you do for a living? Currently I work with horses at a riding school 3 days a week. I either ride or lunge (Form of exercising horses without riding them) horses at this riding school. I did teach a bit last year but all those people stopped riding, one was only planning to take lessons for 3 months and the other two stopped pitching up for lessons (one was a very overweight four year old who only spoke Russian, was interesting teaching her). I was also up until June training a young thoroughbred that the owner was selling, he was sold in June but I still lunge him once a week for his new owner.
I’m currently also busy with my Master’s Degree in Recreation, right now I’m in the sticky phase of getting my research proposal approved as last year my supervisor and I first had to convince the Sport’s department that horse riding is a sport and now the faculty has changed their requirements for ethics approval, since apparently a full stop or comma in the wrong place has terrible ethical consequences.
11. Relationship status single
12. Where do you live? Were you born there? I live in Pretoria, South Africa. I’ve lived here for most of my life and love it here although I do realise that if my riding career goes the way I want it to I may have to leave 
13. What are you doing at the moment? Waiting to find out if I’ve got a lesson with my filly or not as the weather’s not playing along

14. What is one thing you are excited for? Errr just one thing? Damn I’m excited for more than one thing Christmas and something I ordered for my filly is currently in the process of travelling from Cape Town to Pretoria

15. What are your goals, dreams, etc?
Finish my masters, hopefully by the end of next year and find a job that pays for my equine addiction

Back Delilah and slowly start competing her

Ride Delilah bridleless, for me riding bridleless is the ultimate show of trust from both horse and rider. I’ve ridden Hurricane bridleless and we both loved it. Even though I compete, I do believe that working towards bridleless riding can only help strengthen the relationship which is extremely important if you want to attempt taking your horse into a strange environment

To maybe be able to ride one lesson with Carl Hester or Ingrid Klimke, they’re both Olympic level riders who I admire (Ingrid Klimke’s dad is a dressage legend who sadly passed away in 2000), not just for their riding but also their treatment of their horses

My ultimate dream is to compete in Dressage at the Olympics, but I want to do it in a way that doesn’t compromise my values or my horse’s mental and physical health. I refuse to take part in some of the cruel training practices some riders use to achieve their ambitions (Namely a few dutch riders), I want to do well because my horse trusts me not because he/she fears me.

[Deleted]

my lame response.
+brownie points if you drink every time I say 'uhm'. 

[Deleted]

I'm kinda liking all these personal response things, so unlike Jon or Sarah, I've actually recorded my speaking my answers. But for my own sake, i've noted the questions below. I have a tendency to deviate ... apologies also note, this is a LONG recording. i apologise

Click to hear meeee

recent photo of me for any concerned

Haggis, for anyone wondering

1. What's your REAL name?

2. How old are you?

3. Background on roleplay

4. Background on Harry Potter

5. Favorite color

6. Favorite food

7. Favorite movie or TV show

8. What other things do you do for fun?

9. Three things about you -- can be anything you want to say

10. What do you do for a living?

11. Relationship status

12. Where do you live? Were you born there?

13. What are you doing at the moment?

14. What is one thing you are excited for?

15. What are your goals, dreams, etc?

[ARTHUR STROUD]

I'm probably going to do this in the form of a video because I love making videos for RP sites.