Poor ol' Harry

[j_forias]

Uck. My SQ story has ground to a halt. I'm trying to write a piece from Harry's POV. He's at the Dursley's. Hermione has set up a tent in the garden and nipped away for a few hours to talk to her parents (Ron will be arriving the day after). And Harry's meant to be thinking about his break-up with Ginny. I had this plotted out a few weeks ago. It's

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[jules1278]

*hugs J* Just because I want to. :)

[j_forias]

Ha! Beat you to it. Check yahoo when you get a chance!

[jules1278]

Won't be until I get home after class tonight, but you should read the email I just sent you. :)

*hugs again*

[j_forias]

Aye, aye. I've replied.

*gets out spanner*

[kit_the_brave]

*sporfle* You're right - his poor daughter!

I wonder what he'd say if you told him you'd decided to become a barber.

And I would totally hire you - except that the only job opening we seem to have around here is "kitten wrangler" (you could take her to the vet!) and the commute is pretty long...

[j_forias]

He'd probably say: "With hair like yours?" in an incredulous voice.

Kitten wrangler? I could do that! What... er... is it?

Commute is very long. *nods*

[kit_the_brave]

At this point, the post of kitten wrangler involves lightning-fast reflexes, or else the ability to say "oops" a lot, as you remove Kitten Annemarie from the kitchen sink approxmiately 2,000,000 times a day. Or at least it feels like that many. :D

[ex_jo_blogs]

You want to be an English teacher. Are you crazy...um, I mean, good on you. There's a bit more money in it now than when I did it at least.

Tell me, was it the ads with the kids in them that all look like they left stage school about 3 years ago? Those who can ... (I couldn't)

Mind you I'd still definitely rather be a teacher than a lawyer! And it has its upsides. Mobility, high employment, better induction for NQTs than there used to be apparently. Good luck! Where are you thinking of doing your PGCE?

[j_forias]

Not sure yet. I'm going to do a Masters in English first.

Nope, the adverts didn't convince me. Although don't they look great! The kids are all smiley and happy and eager to learn. If the classrooms aren't like that, I'm suing for false advertising! (You can take the lawyer out of lawschool, but you can't take lawschool out of the lawyer... sadly!).

Are you crazy seems to be the standard response. :p Well, I love English literature and languae and I like to kids. So hopefully it will go alright!

[ex_jo_blogs]

The kids are loves - even the toons. The *only* thing worth doing it for IMHO. Yay! for Masters. MAs ROX.

If the classrooms aren't like that, I'm suing for false advertising!
You can't *smell* the classrooms on those posters, unfortunately.

[j_forias]

That's good to know!

*chuckles* I guess you can't!

[j_forias]

Hehe. See Sarah's post below. They will be in a pit. They will want to be getting out of the pit. Then, one way or another, they (or at least their eternal souls) will leave the pit.

The pit story is alright. It does cheer me up most of the time. But the SQ story is just hard to write. But my Beta Reader has spent time on it so I have to finish it.

[norwegianblue47]

Best place for characters to be, stuck in a pit. Provides conflict and motive (get out of the pit)means of moving the plot (getting out of the pit) and a ready made solution should you be stuck (the characters get out of the pit).

I hate having the same conversations all the time. Happens whenever I get to gether with family.
"What do you want to teach?"
"High school history" "Are you nuts?! High school?...What kind of history?"
"I like the Cold War and fascism."
"Cold War?! That's not history! When are you graduating? Where do you want to teach?"
Sarah: *reminds herself that her parents would never hear the end of it if she throttled one of her relations*

which is why I probably am prone lately to discussions about pirate zombies. Can't really have a predictable conversation about pirate zombies.

[j_forias]

Best place for characters to be, stuck in a pit. Provides conflict and motive (get out of the pit)means of moving the plot (getting out of the pit) and a ready made solution should you be stuck (the characters get out of the pit).
*cracks up* The reviews I write for myself don't call me a literary genius for nothing.

Shall I let you into a secret, NB? There is, believe it or not, something even more fearsome than pirate zombies. "Surely not?" I hear you cry. There is! And on the appointed time, I will send you a PM with no title, telling you what these fearsome monsters are. And you will have to remember this conversation, or else you'll get a random PM and just think I'm a weirdo.

Come to think of it, if you do remember this conversation you'll also think I'm a weirdo. Damn! It's 3am and that's too late for logic puzzles!

[norwegianblue47]

I was waiting for you to actually prove me wrong and have a predictable conversation about pirate zombies

[j_forias]

Did I succeed?

Hm... but then, when have I ever actually been able to prove you wrong!

Did I mention it was 3am?