So... I'm 17, if I'm not mistaken. Additionally, I've been on the Ministry Career track for several years now, and have been planning (eventually, barring death through Ministry drafting) to go into Muggle Relations, an idea which both my parents seem quite keen on. I like Muggle Studies quite a bit, actually, having gone to Muggle primary school ( Read more... )

"Kashmir", by Led Zeppelin, has been stuck in my head all day. It's interfering with my work and my thoughts, and I haaven't been able to pay proper attention to my classes or my housemates all day. So, since this appears to be the only thing I can manage with any degree of success, what's the song you've gotten stuck in your head recently? A ( Read more... )

Today my sister stopped me in the Hallway and pulled me aside. She asked whether the same thing that happened to Beauxbatons and Durmstrang would happen here. I told her I didn't know... and now I just don't know what to say. There are a lot of things on my mind right now, few of them pleasant ( Read more... )

I am back at Hogwarts, and have been for a few days now, though in relative work-induced seclusion. Christmas was nice: full of my Aunt's eggnog, a wonderful Christmas service at Church, my relatives' mood fluctuations, and some nice (as well as strange) presents. Thank you, Terry, for the chocolate frogs-- do you want the cards, by any chance ( Read more... )

Well, I've returned home for the holidays to spend three days with my family, then it's back to Hogwarts. Mother's in the kitchen right now with Georgette, and they're having their... lady time, so to say... it's quite frightening, really, because Georgette has burst out into tears at least once today at something really minor that I said and ( Read more... )

This week was quite eventful, in terms of work. I managed to get through all of my History of Magic readings (even the ones on the Medieval Centaur Councils), write out a rough draft of an essay on said councils, finish some Ancient Runes work (including the supplemental translations), and read ahead in Transfiguration and Charms. The NEWTS-level ( Read more... )

Leave me alone.Edit several hours later ( Read more... )

I'm very, very tired right now. I'm tired of school, tired of studying for the NEWTS for hours upon end, and tired because I've been up for the past 30 hours making two study plans, finishing up a take-home project for Ancient Runes, and reading the text for Professor McGonagall's class. And now I can't sleep for the next few hours because I've ( Read more... )

This week was certainly interesting... first the younger students decided to (almost literally) tear the roof out of our Common Room. Luckily, that's had a stop put to it-- is it wrong to somewhat feel pleased at the sight of the First Years doing work detail? I hate to admit to it, really I do, but the fact of the matter remains that it's ( Read more... )

The past couple of days have been deluges of work upon work; first the last assignment for ( Read more... )