2012: Meet Dainsie

[Dainsie]

[Icon by Nabs]


Hey! I'm Dainsie one of your mods of the month for January. I've been here on SS going on 10 years this year, the last 8 of which I have been a non-stop mod/staff/admin, so I know the ropes pretty well. I've had quite a few different jobs, but right now I am the Library Admin and the mod of Flourish & Blotts HP books forum. I may also dabble a little in the school RPG.

I live in Australia and am in my mid-ish 20's. Some of my favourite things in the world are music, playing guitar (but also music & instruments in general), books, Canada, my family and my job. I'm also a nerd. Questions about those things would be extra fun, but you can ask me anything you like!

[Vilur]

What is your favorite house?

[Dainsie]

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Originally Posted by Vilur

What is your favorite house?

I have to be biased and say my own house of Gryffindor, but I think I would also fit quite well into Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff.

Which would you like to be sorted into?

[catdfraser]

What is your favorite Canadian city? As a Canadian myself I've travelled from coast to coast to coast and agree it's pretty fantastic.

[Dainsie]

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Originally Posted by catdfraser

What is your favorite Canadian city? As a Canadian myself I've travelled from coast to coast to coast and agree it's pretty fantastic.

I've really only been to one big city (a couple of times) so the answer is I'm not sure. I really want to visit Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto to see some more.

[catdfraser]

Definitely worth the time to explore. I hope you get a chance someday to tour more.

[BeccaFernandez]

What's your favourite fruit?

[Dainsie]

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Originally Posted by BeccaFernandez

What's your favourite fruit?

I eat lots of apples, but maybe grapes? Seedless grapes, green or the green/red crosses.

[grangerrr]

what do you like to do in your spare time?

[Vinur]

Who is your favorite HP character?

[Roger-Cyndy]

We live in upstate New York, about 100 miles south of the Canadian border with Québec and Ontario. You expressed an interest in Canada. Which areas? It is a BIG country! :-)

[leejordanisme]

what is the favourite part of your job?

[Dainsie]

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Originally Posted by grangerrr

what do you like to do in your spare time?

I don't have much spare time at all, especially right now. But in what little I have I like to mostly just relax and enjoy quiet and alone time. Play guitar or listen to music, watch dvds, hang out with my family... simple things.

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Originally Posted by Vinur

Who is your favorite HP character?

Dumbledore is the man.

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Originally Posted by Roger-Cyndy

We live in upstate New York, about 100 miles south of the Canadian border with Québec and Ontario. You expressed an interest in Canada. Which areas? It is a BIG country! :-)

I really would like to see Québec, specifically Montreal. I also really want to spend time in Vancouver. I've been to NY too, but only spent a short time in the city.

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Originally Posted by leejordanisme

what is the favourite part of your job?

My job here on SS: the nerd of it all, and the awesome community. My real life job: it's so challenging, it's a bit different every day, fun, cute at times but sad too.

[malnpudl]

*waves hi*
Lovely to meet you!
I am also a fangirl for Canada. I'm deeply in love with Vancouver, but have a crush on the whole country and on much of its music, media, and actors.
What do you love about Canada? Have you spent time there?

[Dainsie]

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Originally Posted by malnpudl

*waves hi*
Lovely to meet you!
I am also a fangirl for Canada. I'm deeply in love with Vancouver, but have a crush on the whole country and on much of its music, media, and actors.
What do you love about Canada? Have you spent time there?

Great to meet you too! =] Just a fangirl, so you don't live there? Where are you from?

Me too! About the country, music and such. I love a lot of things about it. One of my top 4 fav bands ever is from there. And the hockey... And the place itself is so beautiful. And for the most part the people are laid back and similar to Aussies. Same sort of humour. I'm also biased though in that some of my favourite people in the world live there, so that adds to the reasons I love it so much. I have been there twice so far. The first time was part of a multiple place trip, so I was there for only 9 days I think. The second time I was there for about 4 weeks. I'm actually wearing a Canada shirt I got over there right now. On Australia day hehehe.

[adie]

A nerd? I'm kind of a nerd, what other books have gotten you attention like the Harry Potters?

[Dainsie]

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Originally Posted by adie

A nerd? I'm kind of a nerd, what other books have gotten you attention like the Harry Potters?

Oooh books. Well. I'm trying to branch out a little more at the moment, read things that I wouldn't normally read as I have always trended towards fantasy and young adult. Have recently found some very amazing, sometimes life changing books but they tend to be one offs. There are very few that I have found as special as HP though, that was... it changed a lot of things for me for lots of different reasons, not just because of the actual books themselves either.

I do really love J.R.R. Tolkien, especially The Hobbit. Divergent by Veronica Roth was the best YA book (and one of the best books in general) I read last year. The next one comes out in May I think. The Hunger Games is great, and I enjoy the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini of which the final book came out a few months ago. The Messenger by Markus Zusack and The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky were excellent. I recently completed The Millennium Series by Stieg Larsson and it was hard to get into at first, then I thoroughly enjoyed them. I just allowed myself a short journey back to YA land by reading The Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare, simple entertaining reads. But now I am back onto reading more adult fiction. I am currently reading the Yiddish Policeman's Union by Micahel Chabon.

What do you like?

[Dravu17]

Do you like the Narnia series? If so, what is your favorite character?

[Galleon]

Which is your favourite HP moment (from the book)?

[Elida93]

Hi, i've always wanted to go to Australia! What is the best bit about the country?

[dobbysbestpal]

hi you said u like books what sort of books? What sort of nerd are you? x

[Kahlan]

Hi Dainsie

You seemed to express a love of books, and so do I! I'm very jealous of your Australian summer - I live in England and its cold and miserable - I need a little sun in my life! I saw that you like Tolkien and thought maybe that I could recommend a series of books for you: they are the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind, and starts with one of my favourite non-HP books, Wizard's First Rule. I really think you'd enjoy it

Where abouts in Aus are you from? Do you take part in any sports at all?

Kahlan

[Dainsie]

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Originally Posted by Dravu17

Do you like the Narnia series? If so, what is your favorite character?

I haven't read the books. Yet. They've been on my 'to read' list for years, but I have seen the movies. I'm not sure if the movie versions are a true representation of the characters or not though. I only watched the third one the other day, and I have to say that was my favourite of the 3. I like Lucy, and the mouse dude, and I think the white witch is awesome but that's only really because of Tilda Swinton.

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Originally Posted by Galleon

Which is your favourite HP moment (from the book)?

Uhhhhh. Gosh. So many pop to mind all at once. When Harry enters the magical world in Diagon Alley for the first time, lots of little Luna moments, lots and lots of various parts in books 5 and 7... I can't pick just one.

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Originally Posted by Elida93

Hi, i've always wanted to go to Australia! What is the best bit about the country?

I guess most people say the beach and the weather, but I'm not really into either of those things, I struggle with the heat. I don't know if I can define it. I DO love it here, but right now I can think of more negative things than good due to some crazy happenings round here lately.

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Originally Posted by dobbysbestpal

hi you said u like books what sort of books? What sort of nerd are you? x

Hehe, I am many different kinds of nerd. My favourite genre of books tends to be fantasy/science fiction, but I also like espionage and crime novels, and just random books that have interesting relationships in them.

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Originally Posted by Kahlan

Hi Dainsie

You seemed to express a love of books, and so do I! I'm very jealous of your Australian summer - I live in England and its cold and miserable - I need a little sun in my life! I saw that you like Tolkien and thought maybe that I could recommend a series of books for you: they are the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind, and starts with one of my favourite non-HP books, Wizard's First Rule. I really think you'd enjoy it

Where abouts in Aus are you from? Do you take part in any sports at all?

Kahlan

You can have my Australian summer, I'd switch you in a heartbeat! I like cold weather better and I love rain. OOh, I also love it when I get book recommendations, I'll try to see if I can get hold of them. I have heard of that author before but not read anything of theirs. Thank you! =]

I live sort of mid NSW on the east coast. I use to play a lot of different sports like netball and soccer (I know, football) but not so much anymore. I need to get back into one. Do you?

[Annneheleen]

Hii Dainsie

My question for you is which country in Europe is your favorite? and who is your favorite canadian artist?

xxAnne

[Dainsie]

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Originally Posted by Annneheleen

Hii Dainsie

My question for you is which country in Europe is your favorite? and who is your favorite canadian artist?

xxAnne

I have never been to Europe but the places I would like to visit the most should I go there would be Denmark and Sweden. And my favourite Canadian artists (I'm asuming you mean music?) are Tegan and Sara, but there are heaps of great and wonderful artists and bands from there that I like.