As if things at Hogwarts aren't in general upheaval most of the time anyway, things have been crazy. Not where I'm concerned, but from what I hear it's been crazy where everybody else is concerned. The drunken Slytherins vomiting in the halls was a bit disgusting, and dodging hexes from Bellatrix Black wasn't exactly pleasant. I only take solace ( Read more... )

Damnation. Decided to make some glittens (fingerless gloves that kind of have an end of a mitten to flip over if your fingers get cold) to solve my wearing-gloves-while-writing problem, and discovered I'd forgotten how to knit again. I won't be able to re-learn how until I visit home, which I won't be doing for a good long while, and which I don' ( Read more... )

Got a letter today from cousin Phillip at his school in Central America. I forget where exactly.... He was born in Panama though. But anyway, he was just telling me how things were going. Told me how the secret engagement to his girlfriend and all that is going. =) If he doesn't invite his dear cousin to the wedding, she will send them a ( Read more... )

And so here I am, down in my dormitory, writing in this journal that people insisted I start. It's pretty funny to see people from enitrely-wizarding families who have only the vaguest of ideas on how to use a laptop. I suppose they're encouraging me to be "more social" again, so here goes nothing ( Read more... )