So...

Where to start...

I am 21, a pisces, college student finishing up mi last semestre :( after a fantastic year abroad in Aotearoa last spring, and the fall before that in Italy. I love traveling and reading and wreaking havoc. I am a prankster at heart, and have been a Harry Potter fan from Chapter 1. I also like Digimon, Sailor Moon, A:TLA, Bones, The Song of the Lioness Quartet and Glee, but I think most of my stories will be centered in the Harry Potter verse because those are the characters I know best. I also almost never support canon ships, but there are a few exceptions.

Ginny and her wondeful twin brothers are my favorite characters, probably of all time, and I have been shipping DG for so long I think sometimes I forget that its not canon; sometimes that leads to DGB but then why would you want to forget Blaise?? I also jump ships between Hermione/George, George/Hermione/Fred and Hermione/Blaise. And its not that I dislike Ron or Harry, I just don't think they'd go for either girl. That was an unrealistic stretch for Jo to make and a little creepy when you think that Ginny looks like Lily. Just saying... So after reading just about every story here, I decided to try writing for myself. My first is a bit of a sappy take on the ending. And I stand by the utter sappiness of it because at least I didn't add children with horribly cliched names or anything of the sort. I just gave Draco and his fellow snakes the chance to actually chose a side. And with all I've said about the twins, I just couldn't let that happen to Fred.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the stories. And um...any criticisms would be great since I am currently without a Beta and could use some help.

Hey my lovelies! I have just created a tumblr, A Life Explored (just a wanderer . tumblr . com) , where I am going to try and post my fics as well. I will also be setting up a few of my other favorite things, like a recipe corner and a movie review! So stop by!

Also, I don't think I ever mentioned this is any of my author's notes, but I ship Cherry as an OTP. Mike Chang and Rachel Berry (yeah, I know, HOT right?) Any way, I think there is a little room for ambiguity in a few of my stories, so I just wanted to blanket statement here and say that I always intent the two of them together, so yeah, CHERRY!

Hope your year is starting off with a BANG!

IF YOU BELIEVE HOMOPHOBIA IS WRONG... REPOST THIS

I am the boy who never finished high school, because I got called a fag everyday

I am the girl kicked out of her home because I confided in my mother that I am a lesbian.

I am the prostitute working the streets because nobody will hire a transsexual woman.

I am the sister who holds her gay brother tight through the painful, tear-filled nights.

We are the parents who buried our daughter long before her time.

I am the man who died alone in the hospital because they would not let my partner of twenty-seven years into the room.

I am the foster child who wakes up with nightmares of being taken away from the two fathers who are the only loving family I have ever had. I wish they could adopt me.

I am not one of the lucky ones.

I killed myself just weeks before graduating high school. It was simply too much to bear.

We are the couple who had the Realtor hang up on us when she found out we wanted to rent a one-bedroom for two men.

I am the person who never knows which bathroom I should use if I want to avoid getting the management called on me.

I am the mother who is not allowed to even visit the children I bore, nursed, and raised. The court says I am an unfit mother because I now live with another woman.

I am the domestic-violence survivor who found the support system grow suddenly cold and distant when they found out my abusive partner is also a woman.

I am the domestic-violence survivor who has no support system to turn to because I am male.

I am the father who has never hugged his son because I grew up afraid to show affection to other men.

I am the home-economics teacher who always wanted to teach gym until someone told me that only lesbians do that.

I am the woman who died when the EMT s stopped treating me as soon as they realized I was transsexual.

I am the person who feels guilty because I think I could be a much better person if I didn't have to always deal with society hating me.

I am the man who stopped attending church, not because I don't believe, but because they closed their doors to my kind.

I am the person who has to hide what this world needs most, love. I am the person ashamed to tell my own friends I'm a lesbian, because they constantly make fun of them.

I am the boy tied to a fence, beaten to a bloody pulp and left to die because two straight men wanted to "teach me a lesson"

IF YOU BELIEVE THAT HOMOPHOBIA IS WRONG... REPOST THIS

You know you're addicted to A Very Potter Musical and Sequel when...

You actually start considering Umbridge/Dumbledore Pairings

You feel sorry for Snape and Malfoy randomly

You're having a dream and Snape bursts in saying 'What the devil is going on in here?!'

Everytime you see Malfoy's name you think 'you little sh*t'

You know Lucius Malfoy is an amazing dancer.

When someone asks what's wrong you say 'just B*ches ruining my life.'

You see the Draco/Dobby Resemblance

You know Dumbledore is REALLY supposed to have a Boston accent.

You always shout "I'M IN A RAGE!" when you get angry.

You know the Goblet of Fire is only a piece of cardboard.

You know all wizard farts sound like sneezes.

You know Umbridge looks like Voldemort.

You know Voldemort would be a tap dancer if he wasn't evil.

Any time someone says No Way you go 'LEAVE RIGHT NOW IF YOU THINK THIS AIN'T REAL!'

If someone says Stutter, you think 'Don't you tell me to go, and say I'm the one!'

You find yourself thinking What is a Hufflepuff?

You know there is nothing Red Vines can't do.

You fight with people over whether wizards and witches should have wands or swords of Gryffindor.

While reading Deathly Hallows you had Voldemort is goin' down stuck in your head.

You know Draco's name is pronounced Drahco.

You know his full name is 'Draco you godda* little poofer.'

You assure people that all respectable wizards wear diapers.

When someone talks about Mars your thought process goes straight to Pigfarts.

While watching Harry Potter you scream at the TV 'WHERE IS SCARFIE?!'

You start shipping for Malfoy/Luna

You think Guys Like Potter is the saddest song. Ever.

You know the locket was not a Horcrux. The Zefron Poster was.

Peter Pettigrew was not an animagus. He was a Taylor Lautner Poster.

Donuts are not Horcruxes. They are snacks.

You know Lupin has a drinking and cursing problem.

Snape is, and always will be... a butt trumpet.

Anytime someone goes BLBLBLBLBL! You think Ew, Snape...

You don't disrespect the Umbridge.

You know Hermione can't draw.

You know Lupin can't sing.

While watching/reading a Quidditch scene you start thinking 'Somebody's goin' down...'

While reading a Draco Malfoy scene you hear Lauren's voice, not Tom Felton's.

You know Draco is good now.

When tired you scream 'Can't we all just be death eaters?!'

Big D and Little D are not constellations to you.

You always expect Tom Felton to come rolling on the screen instead of walking.

When reading or watching Hermione/Ron scenes you start humming Granger Danger.

You know Malfoy had the Time-Turner. Not Hermione.

You know it's not over yet.

You're making evil plans. With evil hands...

You think 'With the way Lucius "walks" it's no surprise Draco is always rolling on the floor...'

Centaurs can dance.

Umbridge and Firenze... as odd as it may be... are a couple.

The invisibility cloak has gotten much smaller...

When people say Winnipeg you say 'THAT'S IN CANADA!