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right then, it's official. i cannot make a layout. i figured out how to change the nice top part, thank you Tara (for the header), but now the colours and font are all off, and I give up.
*throws in the proverbial towel*
the colours are rubbish, and they'll stay that way until i regain some patience.
off to dinner now! hope you're all well.
happy (late) halloween.
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[10 Oct 2004|10:31pm] |
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hey,
sorry i've taken so bloody long to update, things are just rather hectic here at hogwarts, and i dont have much spare time on my hands. i really shouldn't even be up now ... but i can't sleep. i can't ever sleep. i dont remember the last time i had a nice dream, a dream where i was flying, or a dream where i was ... happy. i can't remember most of my dreams to be honest, but the feeling i have when i wake up in the morning is enough to know they weren't pleasant.
that same feeling lingers, it follows me around all day. i feel like a have a dementor constantly looming over my shoulder. it would be a pretty easy job, wouldn't it? sucking away all of my happy memories. there are what? three?
i'm just ... i don't know what i am.
i don't understand anything anymore. though i never have. it's hard to live your life in the back while someone else takes the reins. i'm sick of just watching, but there's nothing i can do.
what i find really ... sad is how sometimes i almost wish i was just back in my cupboard. at least in there i was safe, sheltered from the world. when i was younger i used to wonder what was out there, i can remember the days when my biggest worry was what dudley and his stupid sodding oafs of mates had planned for me the next day at school.
i just want to give up, but i don't even have that option. i feel like someone stronger than me has handed me this load, this burden, and asked me to hold it. i can't hold it anymore, it's breaking me and there's no one to pick up the pieces so i'm walking around broken and loaded with burdens that don't even feel like they should be my own. i'm empty, there are parts of me that need to be filled.
i've fallen but i have no one to pick me up and dust me off and tell me it's okay. i just have to keep picking myself up when all i want to do is stay down.
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[11 Sep 2004|01:43pm] |
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How was everyone's summer?
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[25 May 2004|09:47am] |
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hello everyone,
how are you?
I realised it had been ... oh, decades since I last updated, so I thought I would give it a go! someone accidentally downloaded something they shouldn't have on the computers here ... and McGonagall kind of had a bird, so we were all banned from the computers for awhile until we worked out who had ... done ... it.
I still don't know for sure who did download whatever it was, all I do know for sure is that I don't want my breasts done, or a mail order bride from Scandinavia, (imagine Hedwig trying to carry that), and I certainly don't want to know what Tiffany is wearing. though the endless pop-up boxes were kind to ask, nothing was really of my interest.
too bad they weren't about Quidditch or something.
...
that came out very wrong.
I'll just get off this topic now before I bury myself even further into the hole I'm digging.
so how has everyone been? what's new? school is ending for most of you ... isn't it? I'm dreading the end of the year ... but I don't even want to think about that now.
anyhow, I have to get going now, more classes! I just wanted to update to let you know I was still here, and to see how you were all doing.
~o~ Harry ~o~
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[18 Apr 2004|03:21pm] |
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~o~ Harry Potter ~o~,
Your LiveJournal paid account for user "harryp0tter" is expiring in 10 days, at which time it'll revert to free account status.
If you're still using and enjoying the site, please renew your
subscription before it runs out and help support the project. (Servers and bandwidth don't come free, unfortunately...)
http://www.livejournal.com/pay/
And if you have any questions or requests, feel free to ask. We want
to keep you happy. :)
Thanks,
LiveJournal Team
Farewell paid account, you shall be missed.
My layout isn't going to change, right? As long as that stays I'm fine. This is kind of a ruddy time for it to be running out though, since I finally managed to fill up all my icon space. Bloody LiveJournal!
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[15 Apr 2004|01:49pm] |
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Hello everyone,
How have you been?
Sorry I've been MIA for so long, but it's been rather busy here at Hogwarts, (as always). I also haven't really had anything in particular to post about, and I hate rambling ... quite like I'm doing now. The weather here is terrible however, it's been raining non-stop for what feels like weeks. (lol, pathetic, I'm already on about the weather.)
Erm ... there really isn't anything I ... can post about, so I'll refrain, and just apologise for not being more entertaining. How have you all been? Has anything interesting or out of the ordinary happened in any of your lives? I know that ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) dawniky was having a hard time just a little while back. I don't know how many of you write, but Dawn does, and someone hacked into her account and deleted all of her stories. Then, they took it a step farther by posting rude, hateful comments in her journal when she'd updated explaining what had happened. inviere had commented, telling me about this, so I headed over to check it out myself.
Why are people so bloody stupid?
Really.
How thick can you be? I find that on-line, people automatically become about ten times more brave than they are in everyday life. They're not only more outspoken, but more mouthy, and especially more rude. I've had some people comment here, and some of the things they say are not only stupid, but disgusting. I don't care if you want to shag Malfoy, but telling me I'm ugly isn't going to help you get in his trousers. I never said I was good looking, so I'm not quite certain what point some people are trying to prove by commenting over here. No one's done it in a long time however, so I think they've finally gotten the hint that I really don't care.
This moron on Dawn's journal (an old mate or something) kept insisting that it wasn't her who deleted Dawn's stories, which just made it obvious that it was. That would be like Snape accusing me of spilling a Potion at the beginning of a class, and me continuing to insist for a week that it wasn't me.
Another thing I love about on-line people, is how they speak so freely about people they don't know. Over at Malfoy's journal, there are countless amounts of people who talk about me. I find that very sad. They're trying so hard to get him to like them, that instead of using their own intelligence and personality, they stoop to the level of insulting someone he obviously dislikes in the hopes he'll give them the time of day. That is really pathetic.
Oh well, that's my bit for the day. Everyone go post on dawniky's journal, and inspire her to start writing again.
Hope you're all well, and I'll try my best to update soon!
Cheers,
~o~ Harry ~o~
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[31 Mar 2004|12:52pm] |
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Hello everybody,
How are you? Doing well I hope.
Again I'd firstly like to apologise for taking so long to update, but I have been really busy with school, and other things going on at Hogwarts. I'm sure you're all busy too, but, still, I'm sorry for being such a terrible updater.
I really don't have too much I can say right now ... nothing to write about really. Erm ... Ron and Hermione are well, they've stopped arguing about lions at least.
It's actually dinner now, so I'd really better be off, I just wanted to post a quick message to say hello and see how you were all doing.
Speak soon, I promise!
~o~ Harry ~o~
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[07 Mar 2004|02:39pm] |
Right, I've just escaped from an argument conversation between Ron and Hermione, and I thought I would make an entry about it.
Now, as most of you are aware, the lion is the mascot of the Gryffindor house. I wasn't there at the beginning, so I'm not quite certain how it started, but Hermione apparently believes that the mascot should be a lioness, instead of a lion. Ron, however, argues that the male lion is a far better mascot, and the mere idea of changing it would be simply ludicrous.
I, as always, was in the middle.
Hermione's argument was basically that male lions are lazy. They bask in the sun all day, mate, and wait for the females to go off and kill something for them to eat. Ron received the death glare of the century when he pointed out there was nothing wrong with that lifestyle. He did argue that the male lion was the 'king of the jungle' however, and I asked if lions even lived in the jungle, because everytime I've seen a lion they've been in Africa, on a plain, not in a jungle. I was ignored, though my glasses were knocked slightly askew as Hermione pointed an accusing finger at Ron.
She said that was sexism, and that the female lions deserved far more respect.
Then Dean piped up, bringing up that story about the two lions who ate all of the people building railroads in Africa. He thought that story was rather 'wicked', and those male lions kicked some serious arse by eating all of those railroad builders, thus proving that male lions could hunt and kill if they wanted to, they just let the females. Ron piped up then, stating that maybe the girls just liked to hunt, and the males were actually being nice and doing them a favor.
Then Hermione stepped in, pointing out that those two lions were actually female, and only made male for the film.
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A silence was cast over the table, until Dean piped up that in the movie they were male lions. This apparently didn't convince Hermione, and she went off again about the sexism of our mascot.
Ron said that male lions just looked better, because of their mane, and I agreed. I figure it's at least a bit more ... interesting. Besides, we don't want anybody mistaking our mascot for a puma or something. Hermione just rolled her eyes and said the raven could be mistaken for a crow, so that was obviously not the point. Ron then brought up the fact that the female lions sometimes killed the baby lions when they were being irritating, to which Hermione replied,
'I don't see anything wrong with that.'
which, unbeknowst to Ron, was quoting him exactly from the start of their conversation.
I chuckled, then went back to my dessert. They continued to bicker, (as usual) and I kind of toned them out. Sometimes I think those two just look for something to argue about.
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Isn't nightmarezangel brilliant?
She had e-mailed me awhile back, offering to help out with my layout. I had kept the e-mail, but it had slipped my mind until I received my two months of paid time. I remembered my layout then, and recalled the e-mail she'd sent. I got back to her, and she had finished this layout in a day.
A day.
I don't think I could make something like this if you gave me a year. I was just expecting her to shift my journal over and throw in a picture, but she obviously did so much more. I want to apologise to her about being so picky about the font, (lol, I felt really awful, I must have had her try about four new fonts) but some of them were really difficult for me to read. Unless the glasses didn't give it away, my eyesight is not the best. I know, wonderful seeking skill, but I think I manage alright. I hope you lot can read the entries without much difficultly. Can you? If you can't, maybe just ... highlight the words? I can see it fine, so I really hope you guys can as well.
So again, thank you very, very much to nightmarezangel. You completely surpassed all of my expectations. I wish there was something more I could do for you, because this is just brilliant. Cheers!
What I find amusing is the fact that Rebecca, (nightmarezangel) had offered to help Malfoy out with his layout, but he chose to ignore her, so she helped me instead. Now he's whining and complaining about how terrible his layout looks, (something about the screen sizes here threw it off. I don't know how to explain, just bear with me) and mine looks brilliant.
Anyhow, I'm really, really starving, and I have a pile of homework to try and finish, ( ... or start. Don't tell Hermione) so I'd best be off. Thank you again to nightmarezangel, you're incredible!
Hey, did anyone else notice that my last journal entry was updated at - 11:11? I know I never updated at that time, the clocks are a bit off here, but I thought that was rather cool. What are the odds of that happening? 1111?
Well, I thought it was pretty cool.
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[05 Mar 2004|11:11pm] |
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Wow is right.
To be honest, I feel rather overwhelmed with this new ... LJ space. I've already run out of icons to use, lol, I'm going to look for some more nice ones when I have a spare moment. Thank you very much though, although it was very, very unexpected, I do appreciate the gesture.
Now, about the layout ... I was thinking about it last night, because I found I couldn't sleep, so, I tossed and turned, and soon got to thinking about my LJ. I felt bad because I hadn't updated in so long, and then I felt even worse because I realised I hadn't plugged any friends the last time I updated, and then I felt about ten times worse because I realised I hadn't responded to a very kind e-mail from nightmarezangel concerning my layout.
... I keep losing my train of thought. I'm on Yahoo, which was apparently not a good decision while trying to update my journal, lol, so, I apologise ahead of time if this entry's a bit ... all over the place. In response to nightmarezangel, I would like a layout, but ... nothing too elaborate. I don't want you to spend too much time on it, so don't worry about anything fancy. I like ... pictures in layouts. Either on one side ... or one at the top, I like ...
Okay, I can't find it. It's like, a painting ... of me. I thought it was rather well done. It was me, holding a wand, and Ron and Hermione were standing behind me. There was a bigger one of just me though, and I thought it was nice. I thought that might look good on one side of the journal, but then again, I've seen all the problems Draco's been having with his own layout. I guess the screens at Hogwarts are bigger ... or something, so what looks okay on other people's computers look odd on ours. That's why I've been so reluctant to ask for help, I don't want to have to ask anyone to change anything once it's been done. However, if you still fancy a go at it, it's all yours. Send me an e-mail at ... ms_hogwarts@yahoo.ca (I think ... I thought it was co.uk or something, but I didn't make it up, so I have no idea) and I'll send you my password. Do whatever you'd like, but please don't delete any entries, or change anything besides the layout.
Hmm ... I can't say much about what's been going on here, but ... it's been interesting to say the least, rather busy. What have you guys been up to then? What's been going on in your lives? Anything interesting?
It's very, very late here, and I really should be going before I get caught, but, before I go, I'm going to quickly plug six of my brilliant mates, since it slipped my mind last time!
aroihkin
cheekyweebisom
ivybgreenflower
07goldeneye
lilymalfoy (I hate her user name, but she's a very nice girl, lol)
and last, but certainly not least ...
exclude
Also, I don't know if any of you bothered to read the webchat that Miss Rowling did, but can I just say that I am so bloody ecstatic she pointed this out?
"I've got plans for all my characters. Actually, this is a really good place to answer a question about Draco and Hermione, which a certain Ms. Radcliffe is desperate to have answered. Will they end up together in book six/seven? NO!"
The mere idea of that happening makes me sick to my stomach.
Anhow, it really is late now, the fat lady is going to be very shirty with me now, lol, have a good weekend everyone!
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I have a paid account for two months!
Thank you!
I was so shocked, and I still don't really know what to do with it, but, I have updated all of my userpics, including the ones some of you have made for me!
Cheers!
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Sorry again!
I realise I keep taking forever and a day to update, but as usual, things are busy again here at Hogwarts. I'd almost forgotten about my journal until Draco rubbed it in my face that he had a new paid account, and now everyone was in a big tiff over who got to make his layout for him. He's such a wanker, but we all knew that anyways, so I'm not even to bother going into it.
However, do any of you know how you actually go about getting a paid account? I don't
necessarily need one, I'm happy with my journal the way it is, but ... it is rather boring, and I've been having a lot of trouble lately deciding which icons I want to use. I've found some rather nice ones, (with help from some of you lot, thank you) and I guess I'd just like to add some photos to the layout and stuff. I know you don't require a paid account for all layouts, but all of you who have paid accounts do have rather nice looking journals. I do have to pay in wizarding money mind you ... so this was a rather pointless question. Nevermind, I'll just rotate icons everytime I update.
Thankfully the weather here has begun to get warmer. I hope all the ice melts soon. It's still rather icy in some of the courtyards, and down around some spots on the Quidditch pitch. Today, for example, I slid right into a stone bench outside, and whacked my shin. I was okay, but I grabbed Ron to keep myself upright, and he had to catch the bench to keep standing, so, his palms are kind of scraped up. Mdm.Pomfrey could fix it in no time, but I suppose he wants to be manly, and ignore it. I don't think this really makes sense however. I mean, if you're going to 'be a man' and ignore an injury, then that's your business, but don't go on about it every spare second. Seriously, it's all I heard about all through dinner.
"Ow, my hands hurt. Can you put some salt on my chips? What do you mean no? This is all your bloody fault."
waah waah waah.
lol, I'm glad he doesn't read my journal. I think he'd smother me with a pillow in my sleep if he did. It's actually getting pretty late here now, so I'd better get going, but, before I do, my promotions! As promised.
( Harry's Friend Promotions )
Have a brilliant night everyone, and happy delayed Valentines day.
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Hello everyone,
It's been quite awhile since I last updated, so, sorry about that, but things have just been getting busy here at Hogwarts after the break. I'm still not doing very well in Potions, (when have I ever), but Snape has 'lost' one of my essays. I swear I did it, I remember doing it, I even remember what ink I used! Ron saw it too, we compared grades, (I scored higher than he did).
However, with Ron as my only back-up, it's no surprise Snape doesn't believe me. He claims I never did it, he has every mark written down, never loses anything, yadda yadda yadda. He's such a bloody prat. I confronted him about it after class, and he told me that even if he did lose it, it wouldn't help my mark much anyways. Then he went on to tell me never to strive for an occupation that involved Potion making. I told him I had seen what it does to people who chose that path, and I would rather be the man who cleans up the owl droppings at the post office in Hogsmeade.
Somehow I get the impression I won't be passing Potions with flying colours this year. The only thing I have ever achieved with 'flying colours' in that class is the time Ron added a wrong ingredient to our cauldron and it kind of exploded, like a blue and green volcano. My hands were a rather nice shade of turquoise for a month.
The rest of my classes are going all right, Quidditch is fun, (I remember my gloves everytime I practice now) and ... there's not much else I'm free to talk about. I've been having some odd dreams lately. Nothing to worry about of course, just odd.
Wow! I just pressed a button and everything vanished. I was worried I'd lost it all, but luckily it came back ... somehow. I love it when I get lucky like that. I'll think I've deleted something, so I panic and just start pushing random buttons. Somedays it comes back ... somedays it does not ... and somedays the computer just starts making funny noises at me and McGonagall shouts. Today was one of those lucky times.
Anyhow, I'm starting to ramble, so, I'll get on with my friend promotions! I've decided that since I update so ... what's the word I'm looking for? Sparsely? Sporadically? Randomly? (I don't know, take your pick) I should do more than one promotion an entry. I figure the top three on my 'Friends' list when I first check will get the promotions, and hopefully soon everyone will have a promotion!
Today, when I checked, the top three people were ...
babybill
You should all friend Danielle because she is a Gryffindor apparently, (so says the little button on her info page). She ... has a journal that is rated 'R' mind you, so, if you are easily offended ... do not read? lol, what else ... her journal is friends only, so you do have to friend her if you wish to know more. She's very open minded, (so she says) and hey, she likes Harry Potter, why not?
lol, I've gone through her journal and here is a random quote that just so happened to catch my eye.
"Been awake for a while actually. Could no longer sleep, as I had to pee bad, and I'm extremely horny (from the dream I had)."
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Now I mentioned my dreams were odd, but Danielle here seems to have very different kinds of dreams.
lol, sorry if I've embarrassed you Danielle, I didn't mean to if I did! Now everyone go friend her, she really is a brilliant person, and a wonderful commenter!
Next is ... theladyfeylene
You should all friend her because she likes Lupin. She also writes fanfiction, which, though I have not read myself, am certain she is very talented. Her journal is for friends only as well, (now don't I feel special) and she claims that she can be rather controversial. I might also add that if you happen to friend her and not agree with something she says, don't go all Malfoy and get high and righteous and flame her just because you think your opinion is the right one. If I find out anyone does this, I'll un-friend you myself. That is highly immature, close-minded and rude, and you'd be better of friending Malfoy in the first place.
A little sample that caught my eye,
"Blargh.
I overslept and had terribly odd dreams that I only sort of remember. It's very very foggy out, which seems to be standard weather for winter in the mountains. I woke up to an empty house, always odd. Folks were on errands. They brought me home a muffin, it was very good."
This of course caught my eye because everyone seems to be having odd dreams! Mine have never involved muffins though ... and I'm either losing my mind or I smell muffins right now, and I really want one ...
Anyways, all of you go check her out! Comment to be friended I suppose.
And last but not least is ... inviere
You should all friend Meghan because she is a Gryffindor as well, and she has some interesting quotes on her user info. I'm not quite sure what her name means, or how to pronounce it, (I mean 'lafeemechante', not 'Meghan') but I'm certain if you ask, she'll explain. Her entries always seem to be long, and generally funny, (though keep in mind her journal is rated 'R' also) and of course, here's a little quote from her recent entries that caught my eye,
"Anyways, I've had this entire week off, and he's been home during the day. He wakes up grumpy because he got home late, comes into the kitchen, and instead of a - 'good-morning my beautiful, darling daughter, how are you this fine blizzardy day?' I get something more along the lines of,
Dad: "What's for lunch?"
Me: "I've already had mine. You can have whatever your little heart desires."
Dad: "Well what are you making me?"
Me: *walks away*
Dad: *stands there for awhile, contemplating what has just occurred, occasionally scratching his head. The poster boy of evolution.*
Why me?"
lol, poster boy of evolution. Reminds me of Ron anytime before noon.
So everyone go friend her also.
Those are the friend promotions of the day, please do go check them all out, and I promise, promise I'll update again soon, and promote even more of you. Until then, go make some new mates, have fun ... stay safe, er, don't do drugs?
Have a nice day everyone, lol, it isn't even eight yet and I'm already falling asleep.
(Ha! I'm not losing my mind! McGonagall has a muffin!)
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Okay, I've realised now that when I asked for you lot to help me out and promote my journal, (when I was competing with Malfoy. You know, that little competition of his that I won) you were all ready and willing, so now, I've decided that with each time I update, I'll take a moment to promote one of your journals!
Whenever I have the time, I look through my 'Friends' list, and read as much as I can. I find the majority of you far more interesting than you find me I'm certain, lol. To be fair, I'm not going to pick favourites or anything, I'll just pick the person whose journal happened to be at the top of my list when I last checked.
This entry, it's ...
I think that you should all go friend her, because she is a very sweet, kind girl, who has the best icon in the world. It's a Scottie dog, and he does have an actual name, but I've taken to calling him 'McDuff'.
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Ah, well, I've just checked, and Krissie has apparently taken down the McDuff icon. No one friend her anymore, instead, go comment in her journal telling her how much you hate her.
lol jk.
Please, don't do that. Honestly, you should friend Krissie, she always takes the time to comment, and is overall a very friendly person.
~o~
So that was my 'Friend Promotion' of the entry. If you don't fancy your name being mentioned, then by all means, comment now and tell me so. I just figured that people on Livejournal enjoyed making new mates. If this isn't the case, just leave a comment telling me you'd prefer not to have your name mentioned here, and I'll skip it if your name happens to come up.
Now that that's done ... erm ... I don't really know what else to ramble about. Nothing of much interest has happened, nothing I can really mention anyways. I had a Quidditch practice earlier, and that went well ... despite the fact I was -
bloody freezing.
I usually have a pair of gloves, but I stupidly left them up in my dorm. I had a pretty bad morning really, I woke up at around six and found I wasn't able to get back to sleep. I did a bit of reading, to catch up on some classes ... so I suppose in a way it was a good morning, but still, no one likes waking up at six when they're able to sleep in.
My hands are still a bit numb from practice, and I don't have much else to say, so! I'll end here, hope you're all well and having a good New Year so far.
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Hello everyone, How are you?
I hope you all had a brilliant Christmas and New Year, and I'm very sorry I didn't have a chance to update before I left for my break. I had a lot of homework to complete though, and I had stupidly left it all to the last moment. I didn't want to haul it all to the Burrow with me, (I knew I'd get nothing done there) so I had no choice but to finish it ... With lots of help from Hermione of course. I really did mean to update before I left, wish you all a happy Christmas, but the holidays really did creep up so quickly.
We had a fairly quiet break at the Burrow ... Well, as quiet as it is possible to be there, but it was nice. Mrs.Weasley's cooking was brilliant, as always. She makes the best Yorkshire Pudding and gravy. Ron, Ginny, Fred, George and I all had a massive snowball fight outside Christmas Eve, it wound up going on until about one in the morning. Hermione would claim she participated, but she didn't, she sat behind our fort and shouted at whoever happened to hit her with a snowball. Ron and I were on the team with her, and the twins and Ginny were on another. Our disadvantage was Hermione, but they had a disadvantage as well when Fred lost one of his mits and got a cold hand, so he had to take breaks from making snowballs/throwing them. He knew if he went into the house to get a new one he'd be bombarded. Mr.Weasley came out a few times to play for a bit, but then Mrs.Weasley called him back inside to help her with the tree, because Pig flew into it and almost knocked it over.
On Christmas morning Ginny was the first up with Hermione, so they came in and woke us up. Ginny told us there looked like there was a broom under the tree, so Ron got up really quickly and stepped on me. It turned out to be a broom.
For Mrs.Weasley.
So being trampled on wasn't even worth it. Apparently it's a new broom that will get up and sweep automatically everytime there is a mess. It was very helpful actually, swept up all the needles from under the tree without anyone lifting a finger.
New Years was fun. Mister Weasley had bought a lot of Butterbeer, so we all have a few bottles to ourselves. Ron drank all his within a timespan of an hour and kept trying to get some off the rest of us. Ginny got in trouble because she socked him when he went to grab one of hers. I tried not to laugh, it's never a good plan to laugh when Mrs.Weasley is shouting, but it was very hard. Ron said it hadn't hurt, but the second he turned away from her he mouthed -
'Owwwwwwwwww.'
I don't think he meant for anyone to see, but I've been teasing him about it relentlessly for days now. When it was midnight, Fred and George let off firecrackers in the front yard, and Ron's parents bumped foreheads because they'd been about to kiss, but it startled them. Mrs.Weasley tried to hollar at them, but she couldn't be heard over the noise of the firecrackers. Hermione gave Ron a kiss on the cheek, he turned as red as his hair and I laughed. I would have given Ginny a kiss on the cheek or something, but ... she has a boyfriend anyways, and it would have been awkward really, I doubt she even wanted one. She smiled at me ... but Hagrid smiles at me too, doesn't mean they fancy a kiss. I just wished her a happy year and we tapped glasses.
We all headed to bed soon after that, and the next Monday we had to come back here. Not that I mind, I love Hogwarts, but still, staying at the Burrow was nice for a change. I would have updated sooner, but I've been busy with Quidditch and even more homework. I really hope you all had fun on your breaks though, I know I did.
Now, erm ... I was kind of avoiding doing this, because I wish I didn't have to, but now it's become rather inevitable. I'm not going to go about it like Draco did, and insult everybody with a journal, but ... I'm really, and truly not interested in role playing, or whatever it's called. I know I never wrote it down in my rules, but it never occured to me that people would ever even ... try. If you put yourself in my shoes for a moment, you'd understand what I mean. It would be like you making a journal and then have someone pretending to be your best mate. At first it was funny, but then there were so many it got a bit ridiculous. I mean, there are about five Ginny's now, and the Ginny I know doesn't even have a journal. I know that you lot are 'role playing' or whatever, many of you say so in your bio, but ... I don't find it fun, I just find it ... weird now. I don't mean weird that anyone does it, I mean weird as in ... Ron will talk about things that I have no idea, but I have to go along with, ditto for Ginny, or Hermione. None of these people have journals, (well, Hermione does, but not a public one), and it isn't fun for me.
I made this journal because Hermione suggested it. To write down my thoughts, or even just talk about my day. Ron couldn't get one this summer because he was at the Burrow, and now, back at Hogwarts, he tried to keep one but found it too confusing. He didn't have the patience to sit down and learn like some of the other students did, so, he didn't get one. It was funny when a 'Ron' appeared, and a bit of a joke, I never meant to offend anyone, and I never imagined it would go this far. Then soon Hermione had one, then Ginny, then Neville and Lavender and Pansy and on and on and on, and it's just too much.
I'm sorry if I've confused or upset anyone, but I have no interest in being part of this game. Anyone is free to comment in my journal, but please, no one pretending to be one of my mates, it's just too confusing, and there's too many now. One or two was fine, like a bit of a joke really, but then there's people like Cho and Fleur, and ... what? Fleur was never with Bill, Bill is still in Egypt as far as I know. And Cho ... ? Er ... I'm sorry, but ... wow. I had to look at the journal after what Draco said, and it just ...
You know, I think I'll bite my tongue.
I can tell you this much however. If you lose a person close to yourself, as Cho did with Cedric, (and I hate talking about this, but I have to to make my point) you would never, ever keep a journal so disgustingly about yourself. About snogging boys, balls which never happened, and how you think you're so hott. Cho may not be in my best books, but if she ever sunk to the level of that, she would receive less respect from me than I give Malfoy. And the survey? She's a Ravenclaw, you know, the intelligent house. And by the way, Cho is petite, she's about five feet, if that, so saying that I'm close to her height would make me borderline midget. I'm not nearly as tall as Ron, who's over six feet now, but I am well over five eight. Perhaps you should look just a touch more into the person you decide to be before you wind up looking really ... daft.
As I have said before, people are free to 'role play' whoever they wish to, but please, I don't want to pretend to be myself and lie about my life to fit what your journal says. I'm certain one of you can take on the role of me, and then you lot can all make up whatever kind of game you want, but my journal is not a game, and I never had any intention to play. Sorry again if I gave anyone the wrong impression.
Anyways, I'm off now, I'll try to reply to some comments, but if I don't, it doesn't mean I don't appreciate your comments, I'm just really tired from practice today, and my bed's sounding really good right about now.
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lol, I thought this was a bit funny, and I decided to post it. I found this list, which was composed by a Christian Priest, who feels my mates and I worship the devil. I just thought it was interesting how his point of view was so incredibly different and askew from what truly happened.
1) The animal sacrifice of a cat.
... Crookshanks? Ron is pretty cruel sometimes, but he wouldn't go as far as sacrificing him. He knows Hermione would sacrifice him right after, lol. I do believe he means Miss Norris though, and ... the last time I checked, she was still alive and irritating as ever.
2) Non-magicians like you and I (Muggles) are portrayed as dull, boring, cruel or useless.
Basically the only Muggles really referred to in the books, (as far as I know) are my Aunt, Uncle and cousin. And uh ... I hate to break it to you, but they are dull, boring, cruel and useless. He's the one who's stereotyping Muggles, not me, or Miss Rowling.
3) Power is the ultimate moral choice, irrespective of good or evil.
Oh yeah, I clearly recall Dumbledore saying that. Actually, I think he said basically the opposite. It's Voldemort who believes power is all, Dumbledore is all about the choices you make. Has this man even read the books?
4) Blood sacrifices.
Oh please. When is he going to get to the part where I eat the kittens and kick old women?
5) Cutting off the hand of a living person for a ritual.
He cut off his own bloody hand. I didn't see it ... I shut my eyes just before he did it, but I heard him scream ... Anyhow, he took part in that ritual all on his own. I'm all for Wormtail going to hell if cutting off your own hand is evil.
6) Boiling a baby or fetus alive in a cauldron.
... What book was this man reading?
7) Possible demon possession.
Nah, Malfoy's always that way.
8) Werewolves & vampires.
I haven't read the bible myself, but could one of you out there who has please quote where it says werewolves and vampires are all automatically sent to hell?
9) Bringing a evil wizard back from the dead through the shedding of blood.
Was this the 11th commandment? Thou shalt not bring back an evil wizard by shedding thousows own blood ye. Yes, that did happen, and yes, it did hurt, but still, what does it have to do with anything?
10) Astral project or travel.
Apparation? So everyone passed 7th year is basically doomed - sorry for your luck!
11) Casting spells and levitation.
Sweet Jesus - I've made a feather fly! I'm meeelting - I'm meeelting.
12) Being able to shape-shift into an animal.
I know thou shalt not steal thou neighbours ox, but I never knew I wasn't allowed to change into one. *snaps fingers* Damn, there goes that party trick.
13) Crystal gazing or divination.
Ha! The next time I have divination I'll tell Trelawny I can't participate because it's against religious purposes.
14) A hero (Harry) who tells lies, steals, breaks the rules, and cheats by copying another student’s homework, (cheating is OK in wizard ethics).
I do not lie. (Yes, that was a lie). But what have I stolen? I mean, I'm sure I've borrowed things, but ... stealing? I steal when it's necessary, like for the Polyjuice Potion - and hey, that was Hermione! Rules are made to be broken, and who doesn't cheat by copying? And I've never copied word for word ... LOL! I'll just tell Professor McGonagall it's okay for me to cheat because it's okay in her ethics. Now it all makes sense. Those anti-cheating quills must just be for fun.
15) Approval of astrology.
Didn't the wise men follow a star?
16) Being taught that people can exist without their souls.
Come on now. Malfoy isn't that bad - Oh! Oh you mean the Dementors?
17) Communication with the dead, dead souls living within us.
So I'm going to hell because I spoke to my Mum and Dad while they helped me defeat Voldemort? Yes, I see the logic.
18) Harry takes mood/mind-altering drugs.
LOL! Yeah man, you should see the colours my hand turns when I wave it in front of my face. Wow ... Ooooh.
19) Use of the "Hand of Glory," a grisly occult artefact that is the severed hand of a hanged murderer. Its fingers are lit and burned as candles. The hand is placed in a house to make everyone in the house fall into a spell.
I think this guy is the one taking the mind altering drugs.
20) Use of magic charms.
It isn't called Hogwarts School of Science and Literature.
21) Belief that death is just the "next great adventure" (which might be true if you were a Christian, but no one in these books is a professing Christian.) For non-Christians like Harry, death is a one-way ticket to hell!
Well, if this guy has a one way to heaven, I think I'd prefer the other train anyways ...
I also just wanted to add that this was in no way meant to offend anybody here who might be religious. I respect each and every religion the world has to offer, and I do believe that they all have their pros and cons, but, I do despise it when people feel the need to shoves their beliefs in others faces. I do hope you all understand, I wasn't trying to stir up any controversy, just poke some fun at this bloke, because it was only too easy.
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[10 Dec 2003|01:57pm] |
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Some people have asked me if Draco and I are in fact the same people, because we both type the same or something. So I'm just going to clear things up and say that,
1.) He stole the, ::Subject Header!:: thing from me. Someone gave me the idea to use either, ~*~, or ~o~, instead, because they look like a Snitch. I actually like the second, so perhaps I will use that instead.
2.) We both use proper English/grammar probably because we attend the same school, and, we both share the same hatred of webslang.
3.) We're both as computer-illiterate as the other, so yes, our journals do look the same, though, his now have some cool ... journal ... header things, and I want one. I have no bloody idea how to make one though, and even if I did, I would have no idea how to put it up. Also, it would be over my dead body that I'd be asking him how, he would only take the opportunity to rub it in my face, so, nix that plan.
Anyways. Now that that's all cleared up, does anybody know how to make icons? I would really like some of my own, but again, I have no idea how to make them, lol. If someone found themselves bored one day, I would really appreciate an icon. I feel bad asking, but I really have no idea how, and no one here at Hogwarts knows either.
I have some homework to finish up, so I really should be going now ... but I think I had something else to post about, like ... something specific. All I've done is ramble ... Perhaps I should tell a joke or something, but I don't really know any good ones.
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*ten minutes later*
All I can think of is the bloody chicken joke, and that joke isn't even funny.
Heh.
A blonde began a job as a Quidditch referee at the local school, and he was very eager to help. One day during a game he noticed a girl hovering by herself on one side of the pitch while the rest of the team enjoyed a game of Quidditch at the other.
The blonde approached and asked if she was all right.
The girl said she was.
A little while later, however, he noticed the girl was in the same spot, still by herself. Approaching again, he offered, "Would you like me to be your friend?"
The girl hesitated, then said, "Okay," looking at the blonde suspiciously.
Feeling he was making progress, the blonde then asked, "Why are you flying here all alone?"
"Because," the little girl said with great exasperation, "I'm the Keeper!"
*This joke was not directed at any blondes in particular, I just happened to find it funny*
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All right everyone. As most of you are aware of, Draco has a live journal also. Two actually. He has his regular journal, xxdracomalfoyxx, along with his Ask Draco journal, askdraco. Many of you have him friended as well as me, and that is completely fine. The only thing you need to realise is this one simple fact.
We are not the same people.
I am nice.
He is not.
If somebody from his journal is bored, and has no mates to call, or books to read, or homework to complete, and they decide to wander over to my journal and insult me, I can take it. Generally, I just ignore them. People have posted saying things like ... He's more entertaining, or better looking, yadda yadda yadda, and I just skim over the comment and forget it. I can only feel sad for one who has nothing better to do with their life then insult another with a comment about as biting as one delivered by a toddler.
However, Draco, on the other hand, will not let things slide. I know that some of the people that have me listed as a friend head over to his journal, and reply to a post he has posted. They say something to him, expecting him to just brush it off, but trust me, he won't. He will insult you back, he will embarrass you, and the people over at his journal will ridicule and make fun of you. They are Slytherins, and he is Malfoy, the blonde ringleader. If he is annoyed with someone, they are annoyed too. So, if you choose to insult him, expect to be cut up. Even here, at Hogwarts, I avoid getting into disagreements with him. Ron does too, and so does Hermione. Why? Because, he doesn't just think he knows everything, he knows he knows. He is full of himself, honestly, he is the most supremely arrogant person I have met besides his Father. You can call him whatever name you want, and he shrugs it off. In his eyes, he is bigger, and better, than everyone. When someone is in this mind-set, it is really rather pointless to argue with them. He is right and you are wrong, (even if you are right). I know I have fought with him before, and I'll admit, it's never fun. He's hurt Ron's feelings before, and he enjoys the empowering feeling of making somebody else feel low. He is cruel, and relentless, and I do not suggest posting at his journals unless you can handle being put down and made fun of in front of hundreds of people.
The reason I am posting this is because, well, I feel bad. Everytime I am on Yahoo, (punk_harry) somebody IMs me telling me about a disagreement they had with Malfoy. How he made them feel bad, or upset them, or embarrassed them. Some girls actually say they have a bad feeling in their gut everytime they check Live Journal, simply because they're afraid he's said something else about them. Though I feel bad, and wish I could make you feel better, there's really nothing I can do. I can't make him be nice, or make him apologise. So, that is why I'm posting this. If you want to start something with Draco, be forewarned, that nobody has ever walked away feeling good about themselves, not even me. I am sorry on his behalf, to the girl who is basically now scared of her Live Journal. I don't know what to say besides ... Don't be. Just try your best to ignore him, and don't comment at his journal anymore. It's up to you if you want to fight with him or not, but please remember, if you do, don't tattle on him to me. There isn't a thing I can do about it, no matter how badly I wish I could.
On the other hand, there have been some comments made at his journal that would make me angry, and to those people, you know who you are, since you managed to offend both of us, perhaps an apology is in order, and on your behalf.
Yadda yadda yadda. I talk too much. I do hope I've made my point however. If you pick on a bully, you will be bullied. And to the girls from his journal who try to hurt my feelings, keep trying. If trying to insult me makes you feel big, I'm glad I can help. I do hate to burst your small, isolated bubbles however, but I must say it. I have far more important things on my mind than whether Draco's journal is more entertaining than my own. I never claimed to be entertaining, so, if you don't find me to be, don't read. It's as simple as that.
I think I'm done talking ... (finally). Just ... stop the madness everyone, you're making me feel bad, lol.
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