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[ Monday, April 14th, 2008 @ 6:29pm ] |
Oh, Susie, you must think I'm the worst friend in the world right now! I mean, I completely lost track of the days, but there's no excuse for forgetting your best friend's birthday!
And then I opened my journal to apologize and say happy birthday, and, well, I saw what Malfoy said. And I just can't even imagine how terrible this must be for you. I mean, it makes me feel dreadfully sad, and I've only met your Aunt once or twice.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that I know I'm a terrible friend but if there's anything I can do to help cheer you up, please please tell me and I promise I'll do it.
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[ Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 @ 9:19pm ] |
Um, if anybody wanted to, er, talk to somebody about... recent news. I'm pretty sure your Prefects are available for such discussions. And that means me as well. Especially for all of you Hufflepuffs or younger years.
I just hope I can think of the right thing to say to not upset people. But I guess I got the worst conversation over with when Jill asked me what it all meant. I hope she couldn't tell how scared I was... am.
Oh, and also. Megan. I... lost your friendship bracelet. I've been wearing it for ages now, but when I looked at my wrist yesterday it just wasn't there. I don't know what happened to it. I don't expect you'll make me another. I can't even tell if you still like me. I'm sorry. Truly.
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[ Saturday, March 8th, 2008 @ 5:04pm ] |
I hate exam week so so so much, and it's even worse now that the exams are OWLs!
I mean, I guess Charms went alright, but Transfiguration was absolutely awful, and oh I just knew I was going to botch it up somehow. And it didn't help that the stupid ferret reminded me of Draco sodding Malfoy and I swear I could just see him smirking at me and going on about how his father is friends with the examiners and I don't even have a chance. And Herbology and Defence both went a bit better than that except that I'm sure I made loads of mistakes on the written Herbology OWL, it's just a lot harder to talk about plants than to actually work with them. And Runes was terrible, just like Susan already said.
And I'm certain next week will be even worse, with Potions and Creatures and Astronomy and History.
I just want it to be the 14th already.
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[ Monday, January 28th, 2008 @ 11:26pm ] |
Career advice this week! And I still don't know what I want to do when I grow up! Of course I've been reading the leaflets in the common room and today I even checked out a bunch of books about different careers from the library, but I just don't know! I mean, I'd want to do something useful like be a Healer, but I don't think I'd be a very good healer! And maybe it'd be cool to work in Muggle relations, but I didn't take Muggle Studies because well duh, I know about Muggles. And then, of course, there are tons of jobs with the Ministry, but Dumbledore and Harry and Ernie and everybody say that the Ministry is going downhill and I'm not sure I'd want to work there. Oh, why can't I be one of those people who's known what they want to be ever since they were very young? When I was young I wanted to be a ballerina, but now that I'm at Hogwarts I can't take dance anymore except for sometimes a summer program. And besides, now that I'm a witch there are so many more options! I just don't know which to pick.
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[ Friday, January 11th, 2008 @ 5:14pm ] |
I am so glad that this term is over and we have hols. I just want to go home and hole myself up in my room and eat lots of chocolate except that I shouldn't because I'll get fat! And I shouldn't hole myself up in my room either because Susan wants me to go to that concert thing with her. Except I shouldn't do that either unless Megan's coming too, because if Susie and I go together Meggy will complain about how we're always going off without her! Which is true except NOT ANYMORE but still I feel so bad about what we're doing to Megan. And to Lil. But Lil doesn't get all complain-y about it! I guess Megan really can be stubborn and kind of annoying - IS ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS and I can't believe I just wrote that! She and Lil are different people and of course they react differently to things! But that doesn't make it okay that we leave Lil out too. Why am I such a bad friend? And I was mean about Susan earlier too.
Maybe we just all need a break to calm down so we can be friends again.
Except I should spend my time revising for OWLs because it's already Easter!
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[ Sunday, December 23rd, 2007 @ 8:38pm ] |
[Private]
Ohh, today was so so embarrassing! Professor Sprout's been using the whole broken window thing to teach us techniques of repotting and reviving plants. And repotting is easy, yeah, but reviving is a whole different story! Because what you should do totally depends on what type of plant it is, and it's so hard to remember! And I might've gotten overwhelmed and I might've started crying a bit.
But Professor Sprout let Susan take me to the Hospial Wing and Madam Pomfrey was really nice about it and she gave me a Calming Drought and told me to rest for a while. She didn't even make me go back to class. Which was good, because I really don't want to face all my peers right now... I just want to stay curled up under my covers for a long time.
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[Private to Susan]
I don't think I want to go to the meeting tonight.
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I hate Mondays.
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[ Saturday, December 15th, 2007 @ 5:36pm ] |
PATRONUSES, wow!
How cool are they?!
I mean, when Harry just -- and then a silver stag just burst out of his wand and galloped around the room!
Of course, all I've been able to make so far is misty stuff. Harry's so brilliant for being able to make a corpal corporal Patronus in third year! I can't wait to see what form mine takes. Maybe it'll be a... I don't even know! What do you guys think it'll be? What do you guys think yours will be?!
But I do wish we could tell Lil and Meg about the DA. They'd have so much fun, I just know it! And they'd learn to protect themselves. And maybe then I'd be able to make more than just mist. It's hard to concentrate on happy memories of us when I know it's only Susan and I there, and Meg and Lil back in the dorm.
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[ Thursday, November 29th, 2007 @ 3:29pm ] |
So, you know how my birthday was two days ago? Okay, first of all, it was super fun because I have the best friends in the whole world! And yeah, I did have four classes to go to, but they weren't that bad except that Umbridge was at Creatures, of course, even Potions! And Chasse brought me a letter from home along with some chocolates that my parents got in Belgium, and Jillian drew me a really pretty card.
But now I'm wondering... what would've happened if I were born on LEAP DAY? My mum told me that I was expected on March 5th, but I was a week early. But 1980 was a leap year! So what if I was only five days early? Because leap days only come around once every four years, so this would be my fourth birthday! How weird is that? I might not even reach my sixteenth birthday! I'd turn sweet sixteen after... um... sixty four years. That's pretty old.
So even though leap days are really fun, especially when I found a bunch of Chocolate Frog cards under the jar of hellebore in the Potions store cupboard -- did someone leave them there? It seems like an odd place for safekeeping. But if you want them back, come see me. They're not very good cards, though. -- anyway, I guess I'm glad I wasn't born on leap day.
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[ Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 @ 5:12pm ] |
Why does Valentine's Day have to be on a Wednesday when I have about a billion classes?
Professor Umbridge doesn't seem to like Valentine's Day very much. She yelled at some people who were passing notes in the back of the room when we were supposed to be reading. It's weird though, because she wears that pink cardigan, and she has doilies and stuff on her desk, and today our desks were even decorated with glitter and a bit of confetti. I don't understand why she'd be so festive if she doesn't like Valentine's Day.
I guess Valentine's Day is kind of boring anyway. But I'm excited for this weekend! I heard that Honeyduke's just came out with a cinnamon fudge and I really want to try it.
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[ Friday, November 2nd, 2007 @ 11:11pm ] |
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Oh bugger! It's already February and I still haven't properly written down my New Year's Resolutions! I'll write them down here, then, and rip them out and put them in that jar on my desk where I can add more whenever I think of something.
Here's what I'll start with:
- lose weight
- do well on OWLs
- get Zach to notice me
- learn to tie a tie properly
- stay awake during Defence class
- make new friends (but keep the old!)
- hex Blaise Zabini I can't because I'm a Prefect!
- get Zabini to stop picking on my sister
- write to Mum & Dad more often
- stop being embarrassed when people mention concerts
- figure out what I want to be when I grow up!
...oh, the journal won't let me rip them out. That's an interesting protection charm. Oh well, I guess I'll keep one copy here to go along with the ones in the jar. Now I just have to find some spare parchment...
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[ Saturday, October 27th, 2007 @ 12:32am ] |
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ZACHARIAS!
I know he probably won't see this, but just because he doesn't have a journal doesn't mean I shouldn't announce it! And now you lot will know to tell him happy birthday when you see him. Wait, as long as I say it first. Otherwise he might think I didn't actually remember and I'm only saying it because everybody else is!
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[ Saturday, October 20th, 2007 @ 12:37pm ] |
Merlin's socks, did you guys hear what happened with that SNOWMAN?
I can't believe it just--
And then--
And I shot a Stunner at it and I didn't know what would happen because it's not a person, duh, and it melted and--
Wow.
Hey, Romilda, do you want your scarf back?
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[ Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007 @ 5:16pm ] |
I GOT AGRIPPA!
I can't believe it! My parents got me Chocolate Frogs for Christmas -- how they managed to do that I don't know, they must've used Chasse to owl someone and ask them to get them from Hogsmeade or something -- and I gave them to Jill but she just found Cornelius Agrippa's card in one of them!
I got Gwenog Jones again too. That's always weird.
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[ Sunday, September 16th, 2007 @ 10:06pm ] |
It's only just occurred to me that we have less than six months until OWLs! Okay, so it kind of sounds like a long time, but if you think about it, we've been in school for over three months already, so we're more than one third of the way there! And I haven't even started revising and I can't find my old notes and I think I left them at home! So I'll have to find them over the hols and then I need to start going through them. In the meantime maybe I can reread some of my textbooks. Yes, I think that will be okay.
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I think my thighs are getting even bigger. I can barely fit both hands around them anymore. Ugh, they're so fat!
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Does anybody want the rest of my Advent Calendar chocolates?
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[ Friday, August 31st, 2007 @ 4:15pm ] |
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I'm so excited, my stupid "restricted Prefect privileges" are almost up! No more watching injustices occur right under my nose and not being able to take points or give lines! Not that I really give punishments very often. I mean, for small offenses, I think a warning should just be good enough. Because then the person will know not to do it next time.
Anyway, it's not just about giving punishments or points.
Tomorrow I'm going to take a nice long bath in the Prefect's bathroom.
I never really realized how nice that place is until I had to go back to using our normal bathroom.
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It's almost December, and I've decided to get into the holiday spirit with a list!
My 10 Favorite things about the Holidays
1. snow
2. singing Christmas carols
3. crackers
4. fairy lights
5. Advent calendars! Mum said she'd send one for Jill and I to share, I hope it comes tomorrow.
6. watching A Christmas Carol on the telly
7. minced pies and Christmas pudding
8. being together with my family even if I wanted to stay at Hogwarts like last year
9. going for a walk after dinner
10. presents, of course!
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[ Sunday, August 12th, 2007 @ 10:20am ] |
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That was possibly the stupidest thing I've ever done, at least in a very long time. I mean, yes, it was OASIS, but I should've realized we'd get caught. Though really, how was I supposed to know the fireplace at the train station would have an alarm on it?
We didn't even make it to London.
At least Umbridge isn't the one who set our punishments. But really, writing to my parents was pretty bad -- now they say I've got to come home for the hols. And Jill's mad at me for not inviting her to the concert or even telling her we were going. So now she's not talking to me.
And Professor Sprout says I'm not allowed to give or take points until December.
And now my best friends are fighting and Susan expects me to be on her side, always on her side, just because we sneak off to DA meetings behind Megan's back all the time. And I'm just sick of it!
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Does anybody have a copy of Magical Hieroglyphs and Logograms that I could borrow? I can't find mine and I need to finish translating this set of runes!
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| (backdated to Saturday) Warded to Oasis fans |
[ Sunday, August 5th, 2007 @ 8:27pm ] |
I have decided that it is physically impossible for me to stay in this castle while Oasis is playing live in London. I mean, how am I supposed to live knowing that I could've heard them in concert, but I didn't? That's just not right.
So... Megan, Stacey, anyone else -- who's with me? We could totally do this! I mean, really, we're witches. It's a Sunday, we don't have classes. We just have to... get out of the castle, and then we can, I don't know, Floo to London! Anybody in?
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[ Tuesday, June 12th, 2007 @ 10:42pm ] |
Umbridge's new rule about regulating clubs and stuff is a little surprising, don't you think? Funny that she's passing it now, it seems kind of random and a rather scary coincidence! I do hope the Muggle Studies Club gets reinstated soon. Last week's meeting was really fun! Oasis released a new album last week, so I asked Professor Cavendish if we'd be able to listen to it. He said he'd see what he could do, and it turned out that we got to listen to it! So much more exciting than having to wait until I go home for the hols. Noel Gallagher is such a great song writer! And Liam's vocals are amazing. I think it's so cool that they're brothers and they're in a band together! Maybe Jill and I can do something like that when we're older. Except I'm a terrible singer.
[Private to those people who met at the Hogshead]
So, do you know what the deal is with that whole Defence group thing? Ernie and Zach and I tried to go talk to Harry at breakfast but Hermione shooed us away from the Gryffindor table.
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[ Tuesday, May 29th, 2007 @ 3:48pm ] |
I thought I just couldn't find my journal, but then Susan told me that Jill was writing in it! But I have it back now, obviously. I'm sorry if she was a little bit annoying, but thanks so much to those of you who were nice to her! No thanks to Professor Ferret and Ms. Grammar Nazi. And Stacey, by the way, my owl's name is Chasse.
I don't think there's much else to say, so I'm going to go take a nap until dinner.
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[ Sunday, May 27th, 2007 @ 11:16pm ] |
hello! i think this is the special journal that hannah bought in diagon alley or it looks like it anyways. it was on her bed when i went to show her the letter i got from mum but hannah wasn't there but this journal was. i saw it when we were shopping but i didn't get one because none of my friends have one but they're really cool so i wanted to try writing in it! so is it working? can you read this?
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