GRYFFINDOR WINS THE WINTER HOUSE CUP WITH 323 POINTS!

Second Place Goes To Slytherin With 247 Points!

Third Place Goed To Ravenclaw With 157 Points!

And Lastly, Fourth Place Goes To Hufflepuff With 135 Points!

You know you've read too much Harry Potter fanfiction when...

1. You start confusing it with the books.

2. You genuinely think that infamous fanfiction characters like the Professor, Henchgirl, and Danger Granger were actually in the books.

3. You believe that Harry and Hermione were canon.

4. You know Charlie Weasley was a main character.

5. And so was Mark Evans.

6. You start using phrases like "Merlin's pants" and "Bloody Hell" on a reglar basis.

7. You see a rat and scream "It's Wormtail!"

8. You see a big black dog and scream "It's a Grim!"

9. You believe that Dumbledore can't be gay because he and McGonagall were meant to be.

10. You know Cedric is still alive because he's too hot to die.

I am cursed. I started with two bunnies, but then - as bunnies are wont to do - THEY MULTIPLIED. Cue scarily evil music.

OH NO! ONE OF THEM ESCAPED! Ooh! Look out he's heading your way! It's a she! Sorry! She slipped out of my grasp. Get her! Oh Merlin's most volumous cloak! Is that - what I think it is? Back up slowly. Make no sudden moves. We don't want to provoke her. I've been spotted. Save yourself! I'm not leaving without you! Then you'll have to take the rabid plot-bunny along as well! She's not letting go of me! Ooh pretty! I like! She's got you too! Someone save us!

The rabid plot-bunny has kidnapped me. She won't let me go until I finish writing the end of her story. The problem - I'm still working on the middle of her story. SIGH. Stupid bunnies. They just had to be so cute with their little pink noses, and brown and white fur, and one blue eye and one brown on the baby bunny. SIGH. Cue bunny theme song.

Favorite Quotes

Giving Up On A Dream Doesn't Hurt As Much When You Do It For Someone You Love...Unknown

One Must Dare To Be Himself, However Frightening Or Strange That Self May Prove To Be...Unknown

It's Not Paranoia If They Really Are Out To Get You...Henry Kissinger

You Can't Steal Second Base and Keep One Foot On First...Unknown

Silence is Golden, but Duct Tape is Silver...Unknown

Those Who Laugh Last, Think Slowest...Unknown

You Know, Nasty Little Fellows Such As Yourself Always Get Their Comeuppance...Evelyn...The Mummy

Patience is a Virtue...Not Right Now It isn't...Evelyn, Rick...The Mummy

To Be Prepared For War is One of The Most Effectual Means of Preserving Peace...President George Washington

I Believe There Are More Instances of the Abridgement of the Freedom of the People by Gradual and Silent Encroachments of Those in Power Than by Violent and Sudden Usurpations...President James Madison

It is Easier To Do a Job Right Than To Explain Why You Didn't...President Martin Van Buren

An Honorable Defeat is Better Than a Dishonorable Victory...President Millard Fillmore

A Man is Known By the Company He Keeps, And Also By the Company From Which He is Kept Out...President Stephen Grover Cleveland

Above All, Tell the Truth...President Stephen Grover Cleveland

That's All a Man Can Hope For During His Lifetime - To Set an Example - And When He is Dead, To Be an Inspiration For History...President William McKinley

In the Time of Darkest Defeat, Victory May Be Nearest...President William McKinley

Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick...President Theodore Roosevelt

Some People Call Me an Idealist. Well, That is the Way I Know I Am an American. America is the Only Idealistic Nation In the World...President Thomas Woodrow Wilson

We Grow Great By Dreams. All Big Men are Dreamers...President Thomas Woodrow Wilson

The Only Thing We Have To Fear is Fear Itself...President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Happiness Lies In the Joy of Achievement And the Thrill of Creative Effort...President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

A Pessimist is One Who Makes Difficulties of His Opportunities And an Optimist is One Who Makes Opportunities of His Difficulties...President Harry S. Truman

I Never Saw a Pessimistic General Win a Battle...President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Always Give Your Best, Never Get Discouraged, Never Be Petty; Always Remember, Others May Hate You. Those Who Hate You Don't Win Unless You Hate Them. And Then You Destroy Yourself...President Richard Nixon

We Must Adjust To Changing Times And Still Hold To Unchanging Principles...President James Carter Jr.

If You Don't Feel Something Strongly You're Not Going To Achieve...President George W. Bush

A Woman is Like a Teabag - You Never Know How Strong She is Until She Gets In Hot Water...Eleanor Roosevelt

Do What You Feel In Your Heart To Be Right - For You'll Be Criticized Anyway. You'll Be Damned if You Do, And Damned if You Don't...Eleanor Roosevelt

Great Minds Discuss Ideas; Average Minds Discuss Events; Small Minds Discuss People...Eleanor Roosevelt

Learn From the Mistakes of Others. You Can't Live Long Enough To Make Them All Yourself...Eleanor Roosevelt

No One Can Make You Feel Inferior Without Your Consent...Eleanor Roosevelt

Never Bend Your Head. Hold It High. Look the World Straight In the Eye...Helen Keller

One Can Never Consent To Creep When One Feels an Impulse To Soar...Helen Keller

The Best And Most Beautiful Things In the World Cannot Be Seen or Even Touched. They Must Be Felt Within the Heart...Helen Keller

I Am Not Afraid of Storms, For I Am Learning How To Sail My Ship...Louisa May Alcott

Courage is Being Scared To Death But Saddling Up Anyway...John Wayne

Life is Hard; It's Harder If You're Stupid...John Wayne

A Man Ought To Do What He Thinks is Right...John Wayne

If Everything isn't Black And White, I Say, "Why the Hell Not?"...John Wayne

A Learned Blockhead is a Greater Blockhead Than an Ignorant One...Benjamin Franklin

Education Without Values, as Useful as It is, Seems Rather To Make a Man a More Clever Devil...C.S. Lewis

Experience: That Most Brutal of Teachers. But You Learn, My God Do You Learn...C.S. Lewis

It is the Job That is Never Started That Takes Longest To Finish...J.R.R. Tolkien

The Wise Speak Only of What They Know...J.R.R. Tolkien

You Can Only Come To the Morning Through the Shadows...J.R.R. Tolkien

I Don't Know Half of You Half as Well as I Should Like; And I Like Less Than Half of You Half as Well as You Deserve...J.R.R. Tolkien

Courage is Found in Unlikely Places...J.R.R. Tolkien

Fair Speech May Hide a Foul Heart...J.R.R. Tolkien

Many That Live Deserve Death. And Some That Die Deserve Life. Can You Give It To Them? Then Do Not Be Too Eager To Deal Out Death In Judgement. For Even the Very Wise Cannot See All Ends...J.R.R. Tolkien

Faithless is He That Says Farewell When the Road Darkens...J.R.R. Tolkien

All We Have To Decide is What To Do With the Time That is Given To Us...J.R.R. Tolkien

It Takes a Great Deal of Courage To Stand Up To Your Enemies, But Even More To Stand Up To Your Friends...J.K. Rowling

It is Our Choices That Show What We Truly Are, Far More Than Our Abilities...J.K. Rowling

The Best of Us Must Sometimes Eat Our Words...J.K. Rowling

It Matters Not What Someone is Born, But What They Grow To Be...J.K. Rowling

What's Comin' Will Come And We'll Meet It When It Does...J.K. Rowling

You Sort of Start Thinking Anything's Possible If You've Got Enough Nerve...J.K. Rowling

Fear of a Name Only Increases Fear of the Thing Itself...J.K. Rowling

It Does Not Do To Dwell on Dreams And Forget To Live...J.K. Rowling

11/07: On hiatus for the time being. No idea when I'll update. Sorry everyone.

12/01: Gryffindor wins the House Cup!

11/20: I got a little behind on my writing and updating this profile so I changed the dates for the House Cup. SORRY!

06/01: Gryffindor wins the Spring House Cup, so congrats to all lions. September is the start of a new term and is when the next House Cup will be awarded.

04/28: Just a reminder to you all that you should let me know if you have taken part in the House Cup in the past and have recently changed your screen name. Also if you answer a question and have not yet told me what house you are in, please do so. I have not yet conquered the art of telepathy, though if I did, I would use it to make a fortune in the Stock Market.

Hey, everyone. I really love reviews so please write some. Also please take part in the House Cup Challenge, see below.

In my stories I will be asking trivia questions. If you get the answer right, you pick the house that your points are for. There is no new deadline as the contest is on hold (see 11/07 note for reason). The house with the most points wins the House Cup. You will get 10 bonus points if you catch a movie reference that I did not ask a trivia question for. Note: If I state, anywhere in the story, the name of the movie, then no points will be awarded. Also: If you toss out a suggestion that I like, and I use it in a story, you will get bonus points. Points depend on how good the suggestion was. Reviewers get 1 point for the house of their choice. If no house is specified, then no points are given.

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