I will begin by saying that I am utterly addicted to sun-dried tomatoes. You know, the ones you get in jars? Yes, those ones. I eat them with a fork straight out of the jar, the same way I would drink milk from the carton. If I liked milk, that is. Which I don't.
I do the same with olives.
Odd, you ask? Then again, maybe you don't ask, maybe you are already charging the stun-guns and have made my bed up in the mental institute, complete with screw-down chairs and any variety of sedatives.
But we're digressing . . . I say 'we,' but really I mean 'I,' as you are the silent listener, just as you might be (and I, for that matter) in one of Browning's poems. I shan't have liked to have been married to the Duke, though I suppose if I were Lord Voldie I would as then I would forever be immortalized. But I would be dead, which I suppose is a downside . . .
You may very well think me mad. But if you knew me (which I am guessing you don't, as many of you are either from the tea-drinking land of Great Britain, where I am from, or from the latte-drinking land of America, where I have lived, and I am now in the beer-drinking-wherever-possible-whenever-possible-land of Bonnie Australia) you would believe this to be quite normal. Sadly, I am not normal, and neither are those who know me, for even ten minutes in my presence can turn the most normal person into someone completely and utterly non-normal. Indeed, you may well already feel the tendencies of insanity and lunacy coming on. If this is the case, please feel free to see our house-expert in this area, Dr Luna Lovegood (Please take a number and wait in our waiting room, where there are enough copies of Crochet Monthly to turn anyone mad . . .
I am currently wearing a crotched hat, jumper, trousers, stilettos and even underwear. As you can see, I have spent many a day in that waiting room, that can only be described as a cross between a retirement village and the audience of The Jerry Springer Show . . .
Springer Show has a certain sibilance to it, much like my most beloved character, Severus Snape. He is by far the most interesting character, and I am a proud sailor of the Hermione/Severus ship, and why I have not yet written a fanfic surrounding this is beyond me, but then again I am wearing crotched knickers . . .
That is a rather scary image, and I do apologize for that. Another scary image is that of Raegan in The Exorcist Director's Cut going down the stairs backwards like a crab when everyone is fooled into thinking that it is the bed being moved by the possessed Raegan again that is making all of the thumping noises . . .
Yes, my name is Tickled Pink and I am a horror movie addict. This is my first meeting at HMAA (Horror Movie Addicts Anonymous) and I look forward to meeting with you all in the future, unless of course I am possessed by the devil, wake up in a room with my leg chained to a bathtub, start seeing dead people, sign up as the caretaker of a hotel abandoned for the winter, invoke the help of Hannibal Lector to help me catch another deranged yet brilliant murderer, or watch a movie ending with a lovely telephone call from Samara informing me of my regretful yet imminent death in seven days, unless I email her chain mail to everyone in my contact list within that time, in which case I will have good luck for the next seven days. If any of the above do occur, I am very sorry, but my absence just could not be helped.
To ensure all of my lovely fans that I am not just some weird horror movie freak, I also love huskies, snowboarding, lazy days spent in bed with a book and tea while it is raining outside, hedgohogs, compliments from strangers, writing, the movie Wimbledon, houses that are hundreds of years old with a history, my new red shoes, the first snow of the season, English, Irish and Scottish accents, sunflowers, British comedy from the eighties and nineties, Jack Johnson, willow trees, Harry Potter, my biology class (hilarious people), that moment when you don't care whose watching, let yourself go, and dance, people who plant Oak trees for the next generation, the author John Marsden, my pet snake named Monty (well, I thought I was being original when I was ten), Johnny Depp, Grey's Anatomy, my dog's reaction when I am the first one home, the colour red, and, of course, Crochet Monthly, but then again, I am quite mad . . .
I belong in Alice In Wonderland.
At the Mad Hatter's tea party of course. I am, after all, British.
omg, i actually cried in this, and i don't cry in anything....maybe i'm just being emotional today ;-) - its amazingly written anyway!!!!
Author's Response: Hey, I cried just writing it! (But I cry at almost everything sad, so thats no biggie) Thanks, I\'m glad you like it so far... the next chapter should be up soon! Thank you for the review, tickled_pink (even though I made you cry!)! :P
Oooh, I love the way this is turning out!!! Please keep going with this story!!!!
~Tickled Pink~
Author's Response: Thanks so much! I definitely will! I\'m going to read the Order of the Pheonix over again, and I\'m going to finish this up! Thanks for reviewing! You made my day!
Sincerely,
Violet
baha...'the boy who insisted on living' - bloody hilarious!!!! :) keep up the good work!
Author's Response: Hee. One of my favorite lines as well. Thanks for reviewing!
just thought i'd tell you (quite a while after i finished reading and re-reading this, cos it just didn't occur to me that i hadn't) how much i ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!! your writing is amazing, and you kept the story flowing but not moving too quickly! ahhh.....hermione and snape....they're my favourite ship! i was reading some of the reviews, and some people are just being mean, for example, why would you read something that was going to disturb you if you didn't want to be disturbed (i, on the otherhand, love being disturbed - hence my horror movie addiction). you are a truly amazing writer, and if you're not yet, you do this for a living! ciao!
Author's Response:
I love hearing that people have re-read my stuff. I consider it one of the highest compliments.
Thank you. I hope to, one day.
This was beautifully written!!! A completely flawless, heart-wrenching tale!
~Tickled Pink~
Author's Response: Thanks very much! You\'ve just brought a massive smile to my face! =)
Another gorgeous chapter!!! And though McGonagall deserved what she got from Hermione, you have to feel sorry for her - I loved the way you gave her a little story in there!!!
~Tickled Pink~
Author's Response: Yes, you do feel sorry for Minerva, even though she\'s not very nice. Thank you!
I'm so glad this chapter is finally up!! I can't wait for the next one, I really want to find out what they're planning for the party!!!
~Tickled Pink~
Author's Response: Thank you! Party is the next chapter.. honest! :D
bahaha!!! oh so funny!!!! ;-)
Author's Response: :D thank you! glad you think so!!
wow.
this poem was so not what i expected. it's brilliant, and i love the last five lines - oh so true! overall - i love it!
~Tickled Pink~
Author's Response: thanks so much!!!
Hey, I'm in the middle of re-reading this, and I just thought I'd let you know...
The line: '"What is this," said an unidentifiable student, "Defense Against the Dark?"' had me laughing non-stop for about ten minutes. And every time I think about it!
~Tickled Pink~
Hey, I'm in the middle of re-reading this, and I just thought I'd let you know...
The line: '"What is this," said an unidentifiable student, "Defense Against the Dark?"' had me laughing non-stop for about ten minutes. And every time I think about it!
~Tickled Pink~
Author's Response: *bows and claps* I was pretty fond of that one myself.
Hee hee, her boggart's a tree ... that's classic ... !
And I didn't mean to rhyme ...
Great chapter!
Tickled Pink
Author's Response: True story, too--well, except for the boggart part.
Hmm ... I don't really think it's missing something, it's just a quieter chapter than the last couple, which were really fast paced! I love it though - poor Sirius! I hope he gets his magic back soon, that would be so damn irritating!
Oh, I just figured out what it's missing - Fawkes! He's been in about every other chapter!
Keep up the great writing!
~Tickled Pink~
Author's Response: Maybe that\'s it--I\'ve been working on a lot of fast paced chapters lately so maybe this one just feels funny because it\'s not so action packed. The good news is that once we get to Christmastime at Hogwarts, I have six chapters already done or almost done.
I'm in love with this story!!! It's not even the sort of story I'd normally read, but it's just so well written and so exciting, plus every bit as good as a Harry Potter book should be! I love the whole mystery surrounding James' and Lillies deaths, and Ondossi is the most intriguing OC I've read - I can't wait to read more!!!
~Tickled Pink~
Author's Response: Awesome! I\'m glad to hear it! I\'m sure trying to make it that way.
Bahahahahahahaha oh so funny!!
I want to know why Voldemort came to Harry's party!
~Tickled Pink~
Author's Response: Wouldn\'t we all...?
This was so sad!!! And so beautiful - I nearly cried (I never cry). Keep writing!
~Tickled Pink~
Author's Response: Thank you! I do plan to keep writing, I am actually considering it somewhat as a career, but I\'m still thinking on it.
Hee hee, Snape is brilliant! Lovely twist at the end there - and that comment about Hermione was oh-so funny!!
~Tickled Pink~
Author's Response: *bows* Thanks! I write a lot of different Snapes, thanks to his wonderful complexity. This one was fun.
Pretty good story so far! I like how you've used an idea of JKR's and made it your own - all we knew previously was that Dean's biological father was a wizard. It's also great the way you gave us bit's of Gary's character through the various files - you really get to know him! Keep up the good work!
~Tickled Pink~
Just one thing - what happened to the one month needed for his report to McGonagall?
Author's Response: Thanks very much for your review :D in response to your question - Dean got so into the report he finished it early :) He handed it in long before he even found the Room of Requirement - he only did that out of curiousity because he was drawn to Gary.
i really like all your poems, but this one in particular! you're really talented at poetry!!
Author's Response: THANK YOU!!!
i appreciate it very much!!
Ooooh, this is getting really exciting!! It's so sad, knowing sirius is doomed to die in a couple hours. I love it, giving the back story of what may have happened, plus Snape's opinions. Great job!!!!!
~Tickled Pink~
Author's Response: Thanks! Those were just the kinds of reactions I was hoping people would have.