So what's there to know about this old badger?

 

I've been a Harry Potter fan for roughly fifteen to sixteen years now and joined HOL back in 2006, though I've spent a lot of time since lurking. A few years ago, I finally picked up a more active HOL life again and am very happy about that. I particularly love HOL for its huge variety of classes - and for the sheer amount of puzzles that turn up everywhere; puzzles are awesome - but also for the way it underlines the values of each House and the importance of each and treats all Houses as equal, much unlike the books did.

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Outside of HOL, I can simply say I have too many hobbies, but since I enjoy each of them greatly, I can't seem to give any of them up. I enjoy various little crafts - as you can see on the Arts and Crafts page - and making music. Dancing also means a lot to me; I regularly dance in various styles, both historical and contemporary. There's also medieval swordfighting, which I regularly do, and working with horses, sadly less regularly. Above and beyond all those, there is Live Action Role Play, with all that goes into it: creating characters, designing and crafting costumes, and the acting that the actual playing takes.

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Beside all this, I'm a linguist at heart. I've delved into the history of several Germanic languages, currently speak three languages fluently - English, Danish and German - can read a few similar ones and am learning Welsh, Irish Gaelic and Russian. I delight in poetry and the rhythm of language and in learning new words, sounds and structures. Where a lot of people find grammar tedious and annoying, I find it enjoyable.

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I hope this leaves you with a bit of an impression of my scatterbrained self. As a last note: I am currently realising that creating a homepage is far more fun than I had anticipated.