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Are you me?

Why yes, I Am!

Ask me anything

What Words Are

What Words Are

My thoughts and yours can never meet;

they live and die across a turquoise ocean

of air and bone and muscle and skin.

Our minds, in their utility,

though,

have found a clever way,

known on every little island,

to photograph the thought

and send a pretty postcard.

To say here! here this is the beach!

The white sands! The look! The idea!

This is what it is! I can show you!

And the postcard can be read

and stuck on a fridge

and studied and copied

But never be experienced alike.

It will always be insufficient

Inarticulate.

Wish you were here.

Hogwarts Quiz

1. Which of the following comes first when making important decisions?

a) My friends.

b) The truth.

c) The right thing to do.

d) My future.

2. You’re in the process of collecting funds for a ticket to a championship game of quidditch when you see someone accidentally drop a large amount of money and walk away.

a) I need the money, and I lose things all the time without expecting to find them, so it’s alright to be on the receiving end once in a while.

b) I’ll see if I can use this money to earn the remainder of what I need through a short-lived creative enterprise, then turn the original amount back in to the authorities.

c) I’ll hand over the money to the local authorities and have them deal with the matter of giving it to the right person.

d) I’ll ask passersby who might have seen the person who dropped it and try to find them myself. They can’t be far.

3. Would you ever use a horcrux to prolong your life?

a) I don’t intend to live forever; I intend to die for something that I believe in.

b) Death is not something I fear as long as it follows a fully, happy life filled with diligent, fruitful labor and friends.

c) If it’s necessary to keep myself alive, I would be willing to go to that extent.

d) I would instead pursue the means to create the Elixir of Life, and put my full intellectual and creative prowess to the task.

4. You’re about to try butterbeer for the first time when a superior stops you and says that you can’t have some this term; it’s been banned due to an unimportant accident.

a) I’ll try to reason with them; I’m sure I can convince those in charge to let us have some.

b) I’ll have some anyway, but I’ll make sure not to get caught for something so silly.

c) Maybe I can ask if there’s something that I can do to earn the opportunity.

d) If it’s not allowed, I won’t have any. As long as that rule is in place, I’ll wait to try some.

5. You’re confronted with a hostile creature while preparing a potion in the Forbidden Forest.

a) Stand up and fight, charging against it.

b) I came across the perfect spell in NEWT-level Charms to deal with this.

c) Ready for battle and let the creature engage you at will.

d) Spring the trap you had tactfully laid, incapacitating the thing.

6. Which of the following is your favorite type of architecture?

a) Colonial.

b) Gothic.

c) Romanesque.

d) Postmodern.

7. You can get a significant cash reward if turn in a friend who you’ve always been able to rely on for an infraction of the rules.

a) Stay their friend and avoid the situation. It is none of your business, and you don’t want to sully your relationship.

b) Encourage them to do the right thing and face the consequences of their actions.

c) If there is reasonable cause for punishment, then turn them in, but if the rule they broke was irrational, let the situation pass.

d) Report them to the authorities using another friend, so that you can still rely on the friend in question, but get the money reward.

8. If you could instantly be granted one of the following, which would it be?

a) Vindication.

b) Power.

c) Recognition.

d) Popularity.

9. Of the following four, which is your favorite color?

a) Blue.

b) Green.

c) Yellow.

d) Red.

10. If you were to die and become a ghost, how would you behave?

a) I would remain solitary and quietly pensive.

b) I would be genial and play with the living in good humor.

c) I would play tricks and scare the living; the afterlife should be fun!

d) I would provide the living with a constant source of conversation and good advice.

11. When sending in your favorite dress robe to the tailor, what sort of trim do you want?

a) Gold Leaf.

b) Silver Leaf.

c) Copper Edging.

d) Black Velvet.

12. What would your ideal dormitory convey?

a) A sense of expansiveness.

b) A feeling of prestige.

c) An atmosphere of cozy reservation.

d) An aura of power.

13. Which of the following elements is most like you?

a) Air; observant and open.

b) Fire; filled with passion.

c) Earth; steadfast and reliable.

d) Water; adaptable.

14. Which house do you think you would gain the most from being part of?

a) Gryffindor.

b) Hufflepuff.

c) Ravenclaw.

d) Slytherin.

15. Which of the following traits do you find most admirable?

a) Tolerance.

b) Bravery.

c) Intelligence.

d) Achievement.

16. Your marks in Potions are slipping; what will you do?

a) Confront my teacher and ask for an extra credit opportunity, regardless of how difficult it might end up being.

b) Try to talk the tasks on the next test out of the teacher and make sure you do well, by some means.

c) My grade in that class never slips; it must be a mathematical error.

d) Redouble my studies on the topics that I have trouble with.

17. Of these four, which would be your favorite pursuit?

a) Learning useful spells and incantations.

b) Learning about dangers of the magical world and how to protect yourself.

c) Learning how to combine magical elements to create powerful substances.

d) Learning about magical plants and creatures and their care.

18. Of the following, which is your favorite animal?

a) Snake.

b) Badger.

c) Eagle.

d) Lion.

19. Your best friend and you are competing for an exclusion position.

a) It’s a friendly competition. Whoever wins, wins, and there’ll be no hard feelings.

b) Help your best friend to win. You’ve always been able to rely on them, now it’s your turn to do the chivalrous thing.

c) Think of a way to get an advantage; this position could end up being important to you.

d) You’re smarter than your friend, and will probably get the position without much effort.

20. A new student is absolutely insufferable; how do you respond?

a) Try to tutor him. Maybe if he knows more, he’ll have better things to talk about.

b) Ignore him or only talk to him when it can be helpful in some way.

c) Befriend and defend him from those who would think badly.

d) Associate with and be kind to him, giving him an equal chance to be your friend.

21. What sort of purity is the most important?

a) Purity of mind and body.

b) Purity of heart and soul.

22. In 20 years, what will people know you for?

a) Your affluence and position.

b) Your friendliness and reliability.

c) Your books, papers, and academic accomplishments.

d) Your sacrifices and the good you have done.