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| I haven't been talking much lately because there isn't so much to say right now. I could probably tell everyone what I am cooking all the time because I do that A LOT NOW but instead of doing that and being Boring, I will say that I did find something REALLY IMPORTANT to say today because Imogene and I found a REAL HOUSE! I like our flat in Bath and everything but it is a REAL HOUSE. IN CORNWALL. WITH NEIGHBOURS AND A LETTERBOX AND EVERYTHING.
It is sort of near Mummy and Papi (kind of, it is at least not ALL THE WAY IN BATH but it is not exactly in Penzance because it is in Hayle on the shore) and it is blue and has a little fence outside and I am pretty sure that ZOWIE IS GOING TO LOVE THE BACK GARDEN, because it is mostly the shore and because he told me this morning that he is excited about it. | comments: 19 comments or Leave a comment   |
| | Even though it was a little cold, today I went to the harbor and watched the boats come back home. Thankfully, Mummy had a windbreaker all ready for me to wear. I haven't needed a jacket at all since I left. | | comments: 29 comments or Leave a comment |
| Today I stomped on my Muggle Studies NEWT and kicked it out the window and it said OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO the whole way down.
All before lunch! I can't say that for the others, though, at least so far. Even Herbology was a little tricky! | | comments: 70 comments or Leave a comment |
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| NEWTs snuck up really fast. I thought we had a lot longer to keep revising but then the schedules were posted and I really don't want to have to sit an exam on Im's birthday. Someone say I don't have to? Please? Especially Professor McGonagall, she HATES ME. SHE REALLY HATES ME AND SHE IS GOING TO MAKE THE PERSON GIVING ME THE EXAM GIVE ME ONE MEANT FOR TOP-LEVEL TRANSFIGURATORS AND NOT JUST A MEASLY SEVENTH YEAR BOY.
But the rest of my schedule is pretty easy I think. Im has been helping me a lot with Charms and I think I am getting to be kind of confident with it, more than I was! She is really good at Charms and it makes me feel like I can be pretty good, too.
Anyway, here is what I am working with:
| CLASS | DAY | TIME |
| Herbology | 19th | 9am |
| Charms | 22nd | 9am |
| Sturgis' Class | 23rd | 9am |
| Muggle Studies | 24th | 11am |
| Potions | 25th | 3pm |
| Arithmancy | 26th | 11am |
MY DEMISE
Transfiguration | 29th | 1pm |
BLEH.
Has anyone seen Ayati?
Ballista, did you find out if you are having a baby or not? Fletcher, did you ever go to sleep? Archer, did you like your biscuits? Arbalest, are you still with that boy that is supposed to be treating you VERY NICELY?
I feel like I have talked to no one but Imogene and sometimes Palmer for years. Not that only talking to Imogene and sometimes Palmer is bad. But sometimes I miss my family.
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| | I think today I saw an alien walking near the lake. It was kind of green and a little bit sluggish looking because it was walking very slow. But it might not have been walking at all! I think those were tentacles and it is very hard to walk on tentacles because there are no feet. Just suckers. So maybe it was just slithering around on its tentacles. But sometimes I think I would like to be an alien so I can travel around from planet to planet with a space helmet. Maybe even with antennas! But I would not like to be an alien like the one I saw because that one was really gross and slimy and ugly like slime mold. I guess I could just be an astronaut and not have to worry about having tentacles and being slimy or drippy with alien goo. But if I was an alien then maybe I could have a different planet for home and breathe different air since air is different on all sorts of planets. Like on Venus where it is really mostly carbon dioxide. But it is lots and LOTS of carbon dioxide so it is very heavy and thick like breathing gross jelly. So if I was from Venus I would probably not even look like a person. And that is pretty weird to think about because people couldn't breathe that kind of air so they would have to look different and be shaped different so they could live on Venus. But really I am sure that some aliens probably look like people because I really do think that there are probably planets around that have our kind of air and water and everything. But some aliens probably have gills. I guess if I wanted to look like those aliens I could probably just eat some gillyweed but I don't want to have to live underwater like the mermaids. And I especially don't want to have fins because I kind of like my feet. And my toes. But could you even imagine if a fish was as smart as us and those were aliens? It would be like talking to a puppet fish and I would probably laugh because that is definitely silly. | | comments: 58 comments or Leave a comment |
| ( Private to Sturgis Podmore )
Sometimes I wish hols could last forever. But at least there is only a few more months left until school is over and all I have to do now is get Es on all of my NEWTs so that I can go to Healer school. I kind of wonder if Healer school has hols. Because if it does, maybe I can just keep going to school instead of doing hols so I can be done much faster!
And as much as I like being in another country, I really think I like being at home the best. We have the best sweets out of everyone. I tried a Cupcake that came in a little cellophane wrapper and it was the very worst cupcake I have ever eaten. It was not even really a cupcake at all. And their just regular chocolates taste very funny but at least I found Dairy Milk in a shop by Mum and Papi's new house.
And even though I heard that Leah cried during a Wedding, she is still very pretty. And so is Diana and Dylan and I promised Diana before she went that she would be much much better at Atari than her Mummy.
And Imogene thinks that I should talk about how sweet I am, but I just tasted my wrist and it tastes kind of salty and bland and not very sweet at all. | | comments: 111 comments or Leave a comment |
| If John Lennon could not even make it in New York City without being ki
Sturgis you SAID NOTHING BAD WOULD HAPPEN
Everything seems to be a little worse lately. It was nice to be happy for a little while. Not that working puzzles with Garman didn't make me happy during Arithmancy or that trying to bury each other in snow like it was at the shore didn't make me happy before dinner, but it is not the same at all. I was just trying
WHY CAN'T EVERYTHING JUST STOP
I think it might be time for a bath. I'm still very cold.
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| It's almost my birthday! (Also that means that it is almost Eve's birthday too. Happy birthday, Eve, even though you are not here!) I don't think it's going to be so bad being eighteen and probably not so much different than being seventeen. I don't think I'm going to feel older. I don't like feeling older.
And there was a surprise party today! A REAL SURPRISE PARTY! I was just doing Arithmancy with Garman and I didn't really want to go at first but then I didn't want to stop but I was really surprised and usually I am sneaky and I can figure things out but I did not know anything about this at all and EVERYONE WAS THERE (at least everyone that I like). AND it was the VERY BEST BIRTHDAY PARTY IN THE HISTORY OF EVER. EVER. And it had cake! And decorations! And friends! And Puff!
AND I got A Rubik's Cube from Im and it is the best thing ever! I have not figured out how to solve it very fast yet but I am going to keep working on it. People have to keep twisting it for me so I don't remember how I twisted it because that wouldn't be very much fun at all. But since it is all sorts of colors she wrote letters on it so I could find where the colors are and solve it.
I'm not really sure I'm looking forward to Christmas hols but I am trying not to think about them until I have to. It isn't working. I don't want to be by myself, even if A and Fletcher and Anna and Diana and Dylan and Mum and Papi are going to be there. I don't know about Ballista and Archer and Mary and Leah yet but still none of those people are Imogene. | | comments: 84 comments or Leave a comment |
| Today was very cold but that is okay. I do not think I have ever seen babies that were as small as Diana and Dylan. (BUT IM AND I GOT TO SEE DIANA AND DYLAN. Anna was very nice and brought them to see us even though she was going to let Arbalest see them instead which would have been okay because it was very cold.) They did not look as small as they really were at first, though, because they were wrapped up in lots of blankets and looked like little soft rugby balls. But they are very cute and Dylan even made a bubble out of spit when I was holding him but when I laughed he woke up and started to be fussy. So I am sorry for waking you up Dylan but you did not have to cry. I hope that he does not cry a lot, but Fletcher must be very nice to him because he stopped crying when he took him back. Fletcher has also not gotten much shorter either, so maybe Dylan stopped crying because there is not enough oxygen up near Fletcher's arms to cry.
Yes, I think that is it.
This makes two Hogsmeades in a row that I have met new babies! I am sure that I ran out of them to meet, though, but that is okay.
It's been very quiet lately, as well. But I have been getting a lot of revision done which is okay because I'm pretty sure that is what I am supposed to be doing for seventh year. It is hard, though, because NEWTs aren't for a few more months so revising everything now is making me think I might forget things again. And my birthday is in two weeks and one day. I almost completely forgot about it until I was looking at a calendar in the Three Broomsticks today. That is not something I wanted to forget, so maybe I am doing a little too much revision!
Also there was banana chocolate to be had at Honeydukes' but I didn't get any because it reminded me of summer. Instead I just got some with vanilla in it. Also almonds. But I think we have enough to last until next month now. ...I am thinking maybe a chocolate-covered peanut butter and jelly sandwich would be very good. | | comments: 59 comments or Leave a comment |
| Even with umbrellas and rainboots Im and I got pretty wet going to Hogsmeade and I would probably have stayed inside except
MARY BROUGHT LEAH
AND ARCHER
AND I GOT TO HOLD HER
BUT NOT ARCHER (weird.)
and she was very pretty, for a baby. Except she looked like Archer except for she has blue eyes, so maybe she just looks like Fletcher. I was very careful, even though I'm pretty sure my hands were shaking when I was holding her. It was pretty weird. She was warm and made noises.
Anyway right now I am in the library working on Arithmancy. And usually it is pretty easy, but I am twisting numbers around on this time travel problem somewhere and the answer isn't coming out right and I don't know where. (see, I am not always perfect with everything in Arithmancy) I guess I could start over but I bet if I had a calculator maybe I wouldn't really have to start over. Except that there are no calculators here. Also no time travel, but that is likely because I just have the answer wrong. Or maybe I'm supposed to get the answer wrong on this one and it is actually right. Maybe I wasn't supposed to figure it out? HOW LUCKY WOULD THAT BE. Also probably not very likely.
I'm pretty tired now, though. Maybe I will just work on it tomorrow. | | comments: 71 comments or Leave a comment |
| Right now Imogene is tutoring some younger people and I am sitting here trying to finish my essay for Defense and I REALLY DO NOT LIKE DEFENSE OR STURGIS RIGHT NOW. Today was supposed to be a GOOD DAY and it has really been an okay day, I should not say things like that when it is not true. But yesterday was not an Okay Day and I just wanted to hide from everyone even during classes but DO YOU SEE I DIDN'T. I WAS GOOD. I don't need to fall very behind because even though I keep working to be kind of ahead I am only three days ahead. And I was feeling ill yesterday too. I think I ate something bad. Eating something bad does not help when you are trying to pay attention to lessons, even in Arithmancy. Because then it is OH MY POOR INSIDES the whole time instead of Oh, that is an interesting way to look at the number two today!
And I am pretty excited about Arithmancy club anyway because it is always nice to do extra Arithmancy things. I think if I was not going to be a Healer, I would want to work with numbers and Arithmancy and puzzles and figuring things out but I can't really think of a very good way to do that. I am not sure, though. Because I am almost as good at Potions as I am at Arithmancy because of all of the measuring and you have to be EXACTLY PRECISE but I think everyone here already knows that anyway.
I think I would really like to have some applesauce. But not the cinnamon kind.
I think I would also really like to visit my new niece and nephew. BUT NO ONE WILL LET ME.
I think I also had something else to say but it flew out of my brain right after I wanted to say it.
Oh. I left my puzzle book laying somewhere but I do not really expect to get it back so I hope that whoever has it has a lot of fun with it. I already started on my other one today instead of finishing this essay. SORRY STURGIS YOU WILL JUST HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT because I do not like Defense more than I like puzzles.
also hi Ravi | | comments: 72 comments or Leave a comment |
| I had a dream last night that a giant blue sea monster with one eye and a yellow horn came up out of the lake and ate the whole castle and we were all living inside the sea monster and nothing was different except it was dark, hot, and smelled like fish all the time. I think Puff was breathing on my face when I was sleeping.
Maybe I should try not to have almond biscuits before bed again. But they were very good. Thank you, House Elf.
I think classes are going okay so far. They are a lot harder than last year's already and it is only three days since school is in. But it's okay, I think that is what seventh year is supposed to be like.
What seventh year is not supposed to be like is being tormented by Gaheris Morgan and Thomas Hooper and if someone doesn't do something now and make them stop then I will do something and make them stop.
And also I miss Ninja and Pirate a little. And Arbalest. | | comments: 161 comments or Leave a comment |
| Sometimes it is okay to do nothing all day. Because we slept a lot today and cuddled a lot and did a lot of warm and fuzzy things that probably everyone needs to do because it would make everyone feel better. Hugs are really nice.
And we built a pillow and blanket fort in the living room because there is no Atari to play anymore. Which is okay because I think it is a lot more fun to build a pillow fort. Even if we had to go to the shop to buy more pillows.
Also, A, if you try to come in and the pillows are blocking the door, I am sure if you shout we will hear you. But please do not storm the fort because it is friendly and you can come inside if you want.
It is going to be hard to miss Brion if he is not really gone. I think that it is nice that he is a ghost now though because he can still talk to us. But I don't think Palmer thinks so. | | comments: 79 comments or Leave a comment |
| Today is different because TODAY I have a story.
Last night Jill came over and made us go to Wales because Imogene's house was really cold inside. Well not really only that but we were both pretty sad and we thought it was maybe just all the Dementors but ANYWAY after we went to Wales and warmed up we went to Kitty Calhoun's party and it was REALLY GREAT AND WE HAD A BLAST and there were people there who really did want to talk to us and I don't remember either of us saying that they didn't want to talk to us but Jill swears we did.
And anyway we went to stay the night in my bed because we were like Well it is always cold at Imogene's house even with the heat on and we had a pretty good night, considering.
So then this morning after we had chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast with warm syrup we went back to Imogene's and it was still really cold (and okay when I say really cold I mean REALLY COLD you know, like so cold you can't get warm cold but I am sure everyone in London knows what that feels like lately) so we turned up the heat again and decided to go sit in front of the window where it is Sunny. And we were talking and snogging a little and we decided to practice our Patronuses because I still am not very good at them. But then Imogene did hers and it went out the window and we looked and there was a Dementor flying away because her Patronus chased it away and then it was warm again and we felt better than before.
So we got scared that it would come back after her Patronus went away so we Disapparated for the Ministry and thankfully Fletcher was just going to lunch so we told him all about it and he took us to his office-- well, really we went to sit with Mary and I didn't see any of the other Aurors around, so maybe it wasn't his office. And he said he was going to send someone to check it out and make sure that her house was safe because we didn't want to be Kissed. But I am not sure if Dementors can Kiss through the window or if they can come in uninvited because I remember that Vampires can't come in your house unless you invite them (thanks Archer) but Dementors Aren't Vampires. Well. Maybe they are just Happy vampires. Either way they are really Bad and Scary and I do not ever want to see one that close up again.
And Mary fed us chocolate because we were scared and upset because of the Dementor that was just lurking around.
And since Imogene and I are going out on a Date tonight, Imogene is going to find a new dress to wear. And I am going to help her. And then we are probably going to rest for awhile because today has been Hectic. | | comments: 66 comments or Leave a comment |
| Today has been a good day as far as good days go in London. I just got out of a very warm bath and it had good-smelling bubbles in it. So now I kind of smell a little bit like a girl but that's okay because I don't think Imogene minds. But I'm warm now and that was really the point. I have been cold lately, the kind where it is hard to get warm even if you are under a huge blanket and are cuddling with someone.
Arbalest made us brownies last night and that was very nice of her. I tried to help but after I knocked over the first bowl of flour, I think it was better that I went into the living room. Which is where Imogene and I watched My Fair Lady on the television. I love that movie. Anyway they were REALLY GOOD and HASH FREE, thank you Arbalest. See I am being Polite.
And then today Fletcher came over and put a charm on Imogene's bedroom window so that it looks like there is sun shining through it. It's so warm, but that is in my head, I think. We And Fletcher says he's going to find a house in Wales this weekend. But I should probably not say where out loud.
He also said that when Imogene and Jill are Out he would take me to the shop where he found Anna's ring because I want to get a one for Imogene but not a Getting Married one because we are only seventeen but they have ones that are for Promises and I think I would like to give her one of those. I have been thinking about it for awhile now and I think it is probably an okay thing to do. I gave him a hug too. He doesn't seem very happy. But no one seems very happy anymore so I am not sure if he is Really Unhappy or if he is just London Unhappy. He is being very nice to me lately, though. I'm not really sure why.
And tomorrow is Brion's party-thing where we are spending the night and that will be a lot of fun, I think. I haven't seen friends who aren't Imogene in a very long time and while I would be just fine seeing only Imogene for the rest of my life, I think maybe these are nice people like Palmer and Jill and Charlotte and I don't really know if they are all coming but Palmer probably is for sure because he is Brion's best friend. But Jill is supposed to be back tomorrow too! So she will probably go.
But right now we are listening to a record and I have a Beatles song in my head that isn't going away even though we are listening to something that is not the Beatles because it is bedtime. I keep singing Please don't be long please don't you be very long but it is probably because I am very sleepy. But I had a lot to say today. | | comments: 37 comments or Leave a comment |
| Earlier, I gave Lisa Podmore a hug and made her smile. I'm glad she smiled because she needed it.
And then we visited Sturgis and made him laugh and even saw Aggie.
And then Imogene and I went for ice cream. I had almond ice cream. It was really good.
But now it's almost four in the morning and I can't sleep again.
I don't want to not be able to sleep again. There's no prefect's bath in Hammersmith.
Maybe I will go to Maine to see Mum and Papi. Just for a week. But I'm seventeen, I should be able to live without them right? I will definitely have to after this year. And I don't want anything to happen to Imogene while I'm gone.
I am just having trouble saying the right thing lately. Unless I am talking to Imogene because somehow I always manage to say the right thing to her. I even made Arbalest mad today. That made me feel like I want to disappear.
I think I'm broken. | | comments: 112 comments or Leave a comment |
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