2011: Meet Hera

[Hera]

Meet Hera!

Hello Newbies!... and others This month I will be one of the two SS staff members you can meet. First and foremost, welcome to SS! I hope you all have a funfilled and memorable time here.

Right so... introductions. I will be brief, so that way you can ask me questions and 'discover' me. My name is Emily, I live in Western Australia. I'm a High School teacher, my area of expertise is in social studies, history and english.

I have numerous hobbies (asside from SS), which include reading, writing (yes I was a Ravenclaw)... singing and dancing (though I'm not very good at either), I used to love horse riding and ice skating, I love listening to classical piano, I drink at least three cups of tea a day..... and I think I'm getting carried away.

In terms of SS, I became a member in September of 03, played two terms before I became inactive (too much travelling and family drama), then I returned in December of last year and rekindled my relationship with SS. Now I'm well and trully addicted (again) and will be here for quite a while. I played as a student last term and was looking forward to the next term when *drumroll*.......... I was asked to become a staff member, and so here I am in the flesh/text-flesh. This will be my first term as a staff member, so it will be a learning curve for me. But I am super excited to share the experience with you all.

Also as of Wednesday I will be travelling around the UK, so feel free to ask me about my experiences

So without further ado... please come, read, ask me questions, get to know me and hopefully I will get to know you also.
Just dont forget the SS Site Rules

[allucha]

Ooooooh you're coming to the UK! Hope you have fun here and get to avoid any icky weather!

You say that you like listening to classical piano, so I was wondering, do you play the piano (or any other instruments?)

[Lady of the Lake]

Oh, coming to the UK, eh? What do you plan on visiting? And social sciences are fantastic, my favourite subject in school was history Congrats on the Professor title on SS as well, my charrie will be attending your classes, hehe...

[Magical Soul]

Hi Emily, I was really curious to know about you and the reason is..... your username What does it mean? if it means anything

Anyways, the real question is... being a teacher in real life, will you give our SS charries difficult homework? *stares*

[Walrus]

Emily! *Flails*

Right... my question... Uhm. Who's your favorite Ravenclaw Quidditch Captain? Other than Kay, and Kelvin, and Angie, and...You know what, Never mind.

Better Question. What's your favorite piece on the piano?

[princess of*hp*]

LOLing at Andy's first question. xD

Emily! I love classical piano and tea, too. And, being an anglophile, I'm immensely jealous that you're going to travel around the UK. So, questions, questions... -ponders-

Lame question alert: Did you watch the royal wedding a few days ago?

[Hera]

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Originally Posted by allucha

Ooooooh you're coming to the UK! Hope you have fun here and get to avoid any icky weather!

You say that you like listening to classical piano, so I was wondering, do you play the piano (or any other instruments?)

But icky weather is good weather hehe well no... I tried to learn piano when I was younger, and we do own a piano... but I failed and lack to motivation to try to learn it now. I am however highly proficient at playing the triangle

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Originally Posted by Lady of the Lake

Oh, coming to the UK, eh? What do you plan on visiting? And social sciences are fantastic, my favourite subject in school was history Congrats on the Professor title on SS as well, my charrie will be attending your classes, hehe...

Well I'm doing a contiki tour, so I'll be visiting a lot of places... it'll be very very busy. I can't wait. I think I'm most looking forward to London in general- Big Ben, Westminister Abbey, Buckingham Palace, London Eye etc, but I also can't wait to see Ireland. My boyfirends family have an Irish background, so it will be nice seeing where they came from.

Hehe thank you, my charrie is looking forward to seeing your charrie

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Originally Posted by Magical Soul

Hi Emily, I was really curious to know about you and the reason is..... your username What does it mean? if it means anything

Anyways, the real question is... being a teacher in real life, will you give our SS charries difficult homework? *stares*

Um... my username huh. Well Hera is the Greek Goddess of Marriage. She was one of Zues' wives, and is the arch nemesis of Hercules. I just like the sound of Hera to be honest. also a sligt link to Battlestar Galactica

Edit: forgot your second question! haha my bad.

Hehe I could be evila nd say yes .... but no the difficulty of the homework will be at an appropriate level I'm nice... having said that even in RL I try to avoid giving out homework when I can, just because I know how horrible it is, generally its only if they havn't finished tasks in class. And revision work of course.

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Originally Posted by Walrus

Emily! *Flails*

Right... my question... Uhm. Who's your favorite Ravenclaw Quidditch Captain? Other than Kay, and Kelvin, and Angie, and...You know what, Never mind.

Better Question. What's your favorite piece on the piano?

BAHAHAHA lol. *thinks*.... Jacob. I love Jacob haha he's amazing and ... well he's a nut. I'll never forget that CoMC lesson where he didn't want to hold Emily's hand hehe.

Ooohhh favourite piece... well I am a huge fan of Philip Glass... so Metamorphosis One ranks VERY highly with me. Although I am partial to May Be by Yiruma.

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Originally Posted by princess of*hp*

LOLing at Andy's first question. xD

Emily! I love classical piano and tea, too. And, being an anglophile, I'm immensely jealous that you're going to travel around the UK. So, questions, questions... -ponders-

Lame question alert: Did you watch the royal wedding a few days ago?

Haha of course I watched the royal wedding!! haha omg it was amazing. So beautiful. If only you could have watched me watch the wedding. I was in my pj's with my lap top... (SS)... a pot of tea so I wouldn't have to get up, hummingbird muffins (a tray full) and a box of tissues. And yes I cried!!! I am such a girl

Oh and now I want Kate's wedding dress! stunning.

p.s. I just realised... I am an anglophile!!! this is news to me.

[madameniamh]

Emily, if you get a chance during your travels, I really recommend spending some time in Liverpool. I'm a student there and it's just an amazing city, lots of history and culture and just as much modern things for a great night out!

[Hera]

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Originally Posted by madameniamh

Emily, if you get a chance during your travels, I really recommend spending some time in Liverpool. I'm a student there and it's just an amazing city, lots of history and culture and just as much modern things for a great night out!

Hi
thank you for the reccomendation. I'm sure Liverpool is one of our stops. Can't wait get there, really looking forward to it. I've heard so many nice things about Liverpool, after all history and culture are two of my favourite things

[itsjustjesse]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hera

Oh and now I want Kate's wedding dress! stunning.

p.s. I just realised... I am an anglophile!!! this is news to me.

My sister calls me an Anglophile all the time

ANYWAYS. Its nice to say HIIII to you Emily!
I must say, good luck with the trip - I'm planning on saving up (after all recent new job ) and traveling - so if there's a place you loved a lot let me know.

Anyways question time...So you joined in 2003? Did you by chance know a member back then called "Blonder_than_u" I know random & specific because we've been on the site for about the same amount of time ...cause I joined in 2002 if we RP'd together back then it'd be so much fun.

anyways another question (greedy i know) what inspired you to come back to SS when you did?

[Jazzy J]

I want to go to Australia. Is it cold? Do you have an accent? Is it fun??

[Hera]

Quote:

Originally Posted by McFeisty

My sister calls me an Anglophile all the time

ANYWAYS. Its nice to say HIIII to you Emily!
I must say, good luck with the trip - I'm planning on saving up (after all recent new job ) and traveling - so if there's a place you loved a lot let me know.

Anyways question time...So you joined in 2003? Did you by chance know a member back then called "Blonder_than_u" I know random & specific because we've been on the site for about the same amount of time ...cause I joined in 2002 if we RP'd together back then it'd be so much fun.

anyways another question (greedy i know) what inspired you to come back to SS when you did?

Oh I will definately let you know! Travelling really is the best thing in the world. Couldn't imagine my life without it.

You know blonder _than_u actually sounds very famililiar... and I have noticed your 'formerly' tag before. Though on trying to recall by eary days on SS I'm not sure we have. After all you would probably have remembered Emily Browne then... I played her first year and second year before I went inactive, then when I came back I thought I'd finish her off

Um... I was just really curious. I looked back on my SS memories quite frequently-so much fun. And so when I logged back on it was almost as if I never left, the love was always there.

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Originally Posted by Jazzy J

I want to go to Australia. Is it cold? Do you have an accent? Is it fun??

Haha oh yes well please do come. Its definately NOT cold... haha even our winters are quite mild. Generally around 18 degrees Celcius- and thats on a cold winters day... otherwise its about 22 degrees. Our summers are killer though. Especially when we have a heat wave *glares at the horrible summer that was*... We had a record breaking number of days above 40 degrees (I dont remember how many days we got to... but it was long...)

In terms of accents... to us we don't have an accent. We speak normally. Its all the Brits, Europeans, Americans Canadians etc that DO have accents but I suppose you would probably thin I had an accent.

Fun can be found wherever there are fun people.. so if your fun, and know fun people then Australia is definately fun. Just depends on who you know and where you go.

[Lockhartian]

Imma go and ask a Gilderoy-ish question. And 'tis one I also asked Jess.



If you had to choose ONE of ALL Gilderoy's books to read...WHICH one will you pick, and WHY?

Easy, no?

[itsjustjesse]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hera

Oh I will definately let you know! Travelling really is the best thing in the world. Couldn't imagine my life without it.

You know blonder _than_u actually sounds very famililiar... and I have noticed your 'formerly' tag before. Though on trying to recall by eary days on SS I'm not sure we have. After all you would probably have remembered Emily Browne then... I played her first year and second year before I went inactive, then when I came back I thought I'd finish her off

Um... I was just really curious. I looked back on my SS memories quite frequently-so much fun. And so when I logged back on it was almost as if I never left, the love was always there.

Haha oh yes well please do come. Its definately NOT cold... haha even our winters are quite mild. Generally around 18 degrees Celcius- and thats on a cold winters day... otherwise its about 22 degrees. Our summers are killer though. Especially when we have a heat wave *glares at the horrible summer that was*... We had a record breaking number of days above 40 degrees (I dont remember how many days we got to... but it was long...)

In terms of accents... to us we don't have an accent. We speak normally. Its all the Brits, Europeans, Americans Canadians etc that DO have accents but I suppose you would probably thin I had an accent.

Fun can be found wherever there are fun people.. so if your fun, and know fun people then Australia is definately fun. Just depends on who you know and where you go.

I know what you mean - you know actually ironically Emily did look familiar to me...*scratches head* and yeah, I have to say thats really interesting about the weather being so mild in the winter - I'd be so happy about that instead of the frigid mess I deal with...vermont winters are anything but mild.

anyways about traveling - ever been to New Zealand? If so ever been to the south island "cape foulwind" area by the Tasman sea? or the Nelson/Picton area?

[Hera]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lockhartian

Imma go and ask a Gilderoy-ish question. And 'tis one I also asked Jess.



If you had to choose ONE of ALL Gilderoy's books to read...WHICH one will you pick, and WHY?

Easy, no?

Ooohhh brilliant question! haha
I think........................

it would...................

have to be............................

Wanderings with Werewolves.

Really just because I like werewolves, they fascinate me, so I'd be interested to see what he wrote about them

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Originally Posted by McFeisty

I know what you mean - you know actually ironically Emily did look familiar to me...*scratches head* and yeah, I have to say thats really interesting about the weather being so mild in the winter - I'd be so happy about that instead of the frigid mess I deal with...vermont winters are anything but mild.

anyways about traveling - ever been to New Zealand? If so ever been to the south island "cape foulwind" area by the Tasman sea? or the Nelson/Picton area?

Oh mild winter is great, but extreme summer is not lol... it seems like its summer for 3/4 of the year then a mutated mess of autumn and winter for the rest.

No I've never been to NZ or ... well anywhere else in Australia beyond WA, and even in WA (Western Australia) I haven't really seen as much as I probably should have

I travel mostly in Europe.

[Poretsis]

Hi!
If your coming to the UK rain coat and boots or just sunglasses the weather is so unpredictable!!!!

Poretsis

[itsjustjesse]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hera

Ooohhh brilliant question! haha
I think........................

it would...................

have to be............................

Wanderings with Werewolves.

Really just because I like werewolves, they fascinate me, so I'd be interested to see what he wrote about them



Oh mild winter is great, but extreme summer is not lol... it seems like its summer for 3/4 of the year then a mutated mess of autumn and winter for the rest.

No I've never been to NZ or ... well anywhere else in Australia beyond WA, and even in WA (Western Australia) I haven't really seen as much as I probably should have

I travel mostly in Europe.

Well if you ever got to New Zealand I'd suggest going to Wellington of course its really neat it was the only city really on the north island I went to, but if you go to the south Island somewhere near Picton I did see the most hillariously named store.

Woolmart - as you can tell its a Wool store...the entrance was a sheeps underside - face area, and the exit had a sheep's bum above you...yeah it was funny to see.

Anyways if you ever go to the US you should come to Vermont of course and I'll tell you the amazing places to go!

Like for example: The Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Factory in Waterbury Vermont (they give free samples at the end), and of course another place the Vermont Teddy Bear Company Factory in Shelburne Vermont - it also is home to the only VTBC store in the world and its nice.

and the tours there are only 2 dollars per person and kids are free - not only that its the original jointed Teddy bear store and yeah the tours are great...if you like unbearable bear jokes...(you will hear ones like THAT all the time at the tour...even the workers are called "Bear Crew"

anyways....another place in NZ area Christchruch is supposed to be nice and if you like Rocky crab (which i'm not a fan of personally...but my mom and dad said it was the best they'd ever had) Kaikoura has the best in the area apparently - outdoor crab shops

anyways.

New Question time.

(very random)
What are your stance on Billboards? ie do you like them/think they are eye sores?

[amandagayle]

Hi Hera!

My name is Amanda And what part of the UK are you traveling through? Right now I'm working on saving my money up over the summer (getting a job!) and am hoping to be able to make it to the UK next year, but I have no clue where to go or stay. I just know I want to be able to visit Leavesden Studios for the tour.

[Liliannique]

I always loved the name Emily. =[ Lucky you.

And you WENT to UK? Now I feel absolutely miserable. D:

[buckbeak99]

hi
so ur in UK gosh me too!
i live in the UK!
i want to go in hufflepuff!

whats your fav hp film?

[Hera]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poretsis

Hi!
If your coming to the UK rain coat and boots or just sunglasses the weather is so unpredictable!!!!

Poretsis

Hi
well I packed in anticipation of coldish/wetish weather... so skinny leg jeans... cardigans, jumpers, scarves... boots yes! but I did bring my sunglasses. So far the weather has been quite unpredictable. First day in London was rainy... then I purchased an umbrella because I left mine at the Hotel ... but as soon as I stepped out of the shop th sun came out I was very disappointed.

Quote:

Originally Posted by McFeisty

Well if you ever got to New Zealand I'd suggest going to Wellington of course its really neat it was the only city really on the north island I went to, but if you go to the south Island somewhere near Picton I did see the most hillariously named store.

Woolmart - as you can tell its a Wool store...the entrance was a sheeps underside - face area, and the exit had a sheep's bum above you...yeah it was funny to see.

Anyways if you ever go to the US you should come to Vermont of course and I'll tell you the amazing places to go!

Like for example: The Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Factory in Waterbury Vermont (they give free samples at the end), and of course another place the Vermont Teddy Bear Company Factory in Shelburne Vermont - it also is home to the only VTBC store in the world and its nice.

and the tours there are only 2 dollars per person and kids are free - not only that its the original jointed Teddy bear store and yeah the tours are great...if you like unbearable bear jokes...(you will hear ones like THAT all the time at the tour...even the workers are called "Bear Crew"

anyways....another place in NZ area Christchruch is supposed to be nice and if you like Rocky crab (which i'm not a fan of personally...but my mom and dad said it was the best they'd ever had) Kaikoura has the best in the area apparently - outdoor crab shops

anyways.

New Question time.

(very random)
What are your stance on Billboards? ie do you like them/think they are eye sores?

Haha oh wow that sounds amazing! hehe not sure when I'd have the time or money to go their Vermont or NZ, but they are now officially on my "To-Go" list ... its a pretty long list though

OOoohh randon question! yay!... uuummm. Billboards... I don't have a problem with them- most of the time. Though I think it also depends on the advertisement. I like witty funny ones... Or even just really pretty ones... or ones that are mysterious- where you don't quite know what its about.

Hhhmm yes... however I do not like billboards for mortgage companies that have football players representing them... ugh so lame.
FYI: I'm referring to AFL players... Matthew Pavlich in particular... if anyone knows who he is.

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Originally Posted by amandagayle

Hi Hera!

My name is Amanda And what part of the UK are you traveling through? Right now I'm working on saving my money up over the summer (getting a job!) and am hoping to be able to make it to the UK next year, but I have no clue where to go or stay. I just know I want to be able to visit Leavesden Studios for the tour.

Hello
congratulations, you're officially the first person to call me Hera hehe I like that... it has a nice ring to it. Lol um.. well I started off in London yesterday... then made my way through Bath and am currently in Bristol until tomorrow. .. then I head up to Liverpool and then York.
So it's a bit all over the place. Enjoying it though. UK is brilliant! Oh I would definately reccomend coming to the UK, so far its been a blast. I'm doing a Contiki tour: Great Britain and Ireland, its 16 days, and I'm currently at the end of day one. So far its been very very pleasant... but fingers crossed the rest of the tour goes as well.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Liliannique

I always loved the name Emily. =[ Lucky you.

And you WENT to UK? Now I feel absolutely miserable. D:

Hi there,
oh thank you. It's one of my favourite names

No I'm actually currently in the UK. Arrived.... yesterday morning at 5am... and I will be here untill the 24th of May so yes.

Don't feel miserable!!!

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Originally Posted by buckbeak99

hi
so ur in UK gosh me too!
i live in the UK!
i want to go in hufflepuff!

whats your fav hp film?

Hi
hehe thats so cool! you're so lucky. I've been here 2 days and I'm already in love with it! I think I might have to move here... at least for a year or two.

Hhhmm favourite HP movie.... gah... thats a hard one. I love love love love Prizoner of Azkaban... its my favourite book but I think its also my favourite movie... Lupin and Black are amazing- obviously. But I think runner up would go to Goblet of Fire, though I wish the maze scene was more like the books

[itsjustjesse]

I get that emily - speaking of which just googled Pavlich...and he has a very squashed-nose. just saying. I think I wouldn't mind one with Beckham on it

[Regulus93]

Hi!

How meet the Harry Potter? You watched the movie first, or read the book?

[xMrowrxMTxx]

What is it like, being a teacher?

[Vonsema]

What does your username mean?