The Italian countryside is nice. I couldn't have asked to have a more humbling experience from a week without magic. Never have I felt so close to God ( Read more... )

[ Suddenly, the sound of pages being ruffled can be heard, followed quickly thereafter by a book sliding to the floor with a thump. Justin has knocked his journal from its place atop the pile of books sitting next to the couch while thrashing about groggily, and it is laying on the floor open, unbeknownst to him. ]

HNNNN... this is the third time ( Read more... )

[ Low mumbling can be heard in the background, telling of the fact that Justin is seated at the Slytherin table in the Great Hall. ]

.......... I... I can't see over the table.

[ The sound of tons of scuffling can be heard, as well as a bit of defiant yelling as the pages of the journal have opened. ]

Stop stop stop stop stop. I'm serious. There is no need to be fussy. Really. I'm just updating my journal.

[ He coughs, trying to mask his frustration. ]

So, somehow, I've found myself stuck to one of Gryffindor's... ( Read more... )

I am really starting to wish I had gone back to the convent for Christmas... Really, my refuge from all this had been music before today, but now I can't hear my own music over... whatever it is they're playing.

I can't even concentrate enough to pray for the ability to concentrate at this point! I actually started crying earlier...[ ooc: When ( Read more... )

[ Sounds of heavy breathing can be heard, followed by the slamming of a door, as if Justin has just run away from something. ]

If... if anyone needs me... I'll be hiding in my dorm today... I don't need... a repeat of the ballerina incident.

I will not be made to dance...! I don't trust them...

Happy Christmas everyone! I'm, er, spending the day in the hospital wing just in case, but I should be discharged by this evening in time for the feast in the Great Hall... It was nice waking up this morning to a gift from Dumbledore, though. It's quite chilly in the castle halls, so a new scarf is always appreciated. Hmhm ( Read more... )

I'm so glad for my knowledge of charms, or else I'd be positively livid today ( Read more... )

[ Grimace. Justin, on the way to the library, has just stepped in his third spot of bird poo today. This is not boding well for his already-stressed mood. ]

My... certainly are a lot of birds around the castle as of late, aren't there...? I'm beginning to wish I had stayed in bed a few extra days.

So ( Read more... )