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Sep 03, 2003 00:19

Flat-warming party went off nicely, except that Bill suddenly decided he didn't approve of Fred and George (weird sibling issue that I don't understand; sometimes it's pleasant to be an only child) and starting lecturing them on their parochial outlook, lack of interest in world affairs, etc. Think he offended Alicia, at the very least; she's ( Read more... )

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windtear September 3 2003, 01:32:38 UTC
And then Neville and Alicia stayed an extra day, which was really lovely. I never think of myself as an outgoing person-- but even I want to discuss the books I read occasionally.

Don't we all? A book hasn't been read until it's been dissected, analysed and commented on, preferably over one, two or possibly six drinks.

And of course the journal feud came up in the middle of the party, when we couldn't fight it out properly, especially on top of all the tension with Bill and the twins. Don't want to bring it up now-- I like the happy version of Harry, not the one that has been mysteriously reminded of past woes.

1. I have said before and I'll say again, I don't understand why he dislikes your journal. It's not like you post the torrid details of your sex life (apart, of course, from the fact that you have one, but if you're living together, one would imagine that would be a given). One would think that he would appeciate the insight into your reasoning on occasion ( ... )

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hsg September 3 2003, 22:33:26 UTC
1. Harry's objection, as stated during the flat-warming party, was that he was learning important facts about me from my journal, rather than directly from the source.

2. And Harry's experiences with People Who Keep Things From Him For His Own Good have occasionally been unpleasant in the extreme. The worst was in our seventh year at Hogwarts, and was partly my fault, and it's taken a long time to be ordinary again.

HSG.

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