Those first-years are following me around again. Hannah Anna Annie The blonde one stood right behind me all through dinner last night, and then I found lyrics to a love song in my bed! they were quite good, actually I'm getting a little frightened; they were in my room! Messing with my sheets! I'm afraid to sleep, now ( Read more... )

I think I like Ole Gadsby as the next minister. I've heard a few people saying he's too self-involved for his own good (the Prophet included, of course!), but I like that he has connections across the Wizarding World, and having a charismatic Minister can only be a good thing. That said, though, Zara Quince should stay on as his assistant; she has ( Read more... )

Did everyone else see the news this morning? I don't even know what to say. It's just so unbelievable! Kingsley's done so much good around here, and I can't help wondering if we'll go back to the somewhat inneffective ministers we had before him it's hard to imagine who could possibly fill his shoes. It's so tragic for everyone who knew him, of ( Read more... )

I had the dubious pleasure of meeting some of Ravenclaw's first-years today at breakfast, and it was quite clear that at least one of them had been going at the coffee last night; she fell asleep in her food and gave me a very stange look when I asked her if she was all right. I walked away quickly after that, her eyes were all glazed and such ( Read more... )

I'm not really sure what to say on the subject of all this list-making, so I think I'll just leave it alone for now ( Read more... )

Did anyone else hear the rumor that they changed the rules so that Penny Pickle could be Head Girl? I have trouble believing it, I mean, there's absolutely no historical precedent (I checked!) but it would be a little amusing. I'm not sure why they would bother, after all, it's not as if we seventh years are entirely incorrigible and unreliable ( Read more... )

( Sticks and stones are never going to shake me )