Sometimes it's odd to think about the past and look at how quickly time can go by. My younger sister is now officially out of Hogwarts, but I still think of her as a child. It's hard not to when I can easily remember her first year, and her Sorting, and her jealousy that I was old enough to go to the Yule Ball ( Read more... )

I do believe I'm going to use my one allotted complaint for the week to complain about the one complaint rule ( Read more... )

I'd thought I healed my foot well enough yesterday, but it seems to have swollen a bit overnight. I don't think I can fit it into my shoe, and even if I could, I doubt it'd be smart for me to go in to work where I'll have to be on my feet all day ( Read more... )

Has anyone lost a cat? There was one loitering around the Leaky today and it may sound silly but I swear it looked at me like it recognised me. I checked for tags and it didn't seem to have any, though. Didn't have a collar either, actually. Maybe it lost it in a tree ( Read more... )

Maybe Celine should've stayed retired. I mean, I was excited when I heard she was putting out a new album, but now that I've heard a few of the songs on the wireless, I'm not sure I even want to buy it. The emotion behind the words and music just doesn't seem as rich as in her earlier works.

[Private to Ernie]
So, how was your dinner last night?
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Thank you for the birthday wishes, everybody! I didn't even realise it was my birthday until Dennis said something.

And thank you Stephen for the cake you sent! I know I thanked you already, but it's such a delicious cake that I have to say it again. There's still quite a bit left, if anybody wants a piece -- I can't eat it all myself or I'll get ( Read more... )

[Private to Parvati]
Please don't breathe a word of this to your sister, but do you think she'd be interested in spending some time on Valentine's day with Ernie? He's fretting about it, and I'd feel much better encouraging him if I knew it wouldn't end in defeat.
[/Private]Sometimes I swear my sister is trying to give me gray hairs. Hogwarts is ( Read more... )

This building! Sometimes I swear I hate it. I guess I'm getting what I pay for, really ( Read more... )

The appeal of being young again has definitely worn off.

Though I suppose it did make me look less silly going in to the Flourish & Blotts children's book sale today.