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An uninteresting update on various and sundry duties

Oct 11, 2004 12:26

This weekend was quite the toil; in addition to the mounds of revising I've had to attend to, my new role as Captain of the quidditch team has kept me extraordinarly busy. On Friday after dinner I tried out reserve players; half of the team is young and unseasoned, which is something of a concern, but I convinced Blaise to sign on as reserve ( Read more... )

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purepansy October 11 2004, 17:38:35 UTC

YOU ARE THE BEST BROTHER EVER, DRACO!!!! I WAS AFRAID YOU WOULDN'T SUPPORT MY DESIRE TO ATTEND BEAUXBATONS, BUT YOU DO!!!! THIS IS BRILLIANT!!!! ABRAXANS!!!!

Cigarettes?

pure_nobility October 11 2004, 17:42:30 UTC

On the contrary; I cannot wait for you to be off for France.

Oh, yes. Everyone in France begins smoking cigarettes at a young age. You'll want to start now so that you appear seasoned by the time you show up at Beauxbatons.

purepansy October 11 2004, 17:46:55 UTC

It's so good of you to be so excited for me!!!! Just think of the things I can study and learn about in France -- I've never been to France before, oddly. There are adverts in the Prophet for foreign quill pals, so I sent away for a French quill pal, to write back and forth with!!!!

So . . . I need to take smoking lessons? Um, well, if you think I should.

BOOT!!!! BOOT, I NEED YOU TO TEACH ME HOW TO SMOKE CIGARETTES WITHOUT SPEWING!!!!

bootme October 11 2004, 17:48:31 UTC

I really believe I've never been asked for lessons in that before...

purepansy October 11 2004, 17:49:35 UTC

Well? CAN YOU TEACH ME?!?!

bootme October 11 2004, 17:51:35 UTC

I might be able to, yes. I think that the entire trick is to not smoke when your stomach is empty or overfull, at least at first.

Also, inhaling slowly at first. In fact, I think if you start by not even breathing in the smoke and just holding it in your mouth, you'll get used to it before it makes you sick. And breathe in, slowly, don't swallow.

I believe.

purepansy October 11 2004, 17:55:08 UTC

Hang on . . . I am writing this down . . . well, I suppose I don't need to write this down, as it's already written down right here by you . . . I'll ink it onto my forearm, just to be certain.

nott_a_lot October 11 2004, 17:59:00 UTC

I once spoke with somebody in the tavern I brought you to in Knockturn Alley, who told me the first times you should inhale as if you'd just been surprised. It sounds like rather the opposite of what Terry Boot's told you, though.

bootme October 11 2004, 18:03:16 UTC

I'm rather convinced that I never actually inhaled until I'd made it through about half a pack, mind, because that's what happens when you're sitting with your cousin, bored, and nicking them from your aunt. And when you're 14.

...No, wait, I still can't remember if it was before or after my birthday...

In any case, I didn't actually inhale for a few days. And they've never made me ill, unless I've been trying to convince my body to accept a few and maybe a cup of coffee instead of food, so...

nott_a_lot October 11 2004, 18:13:32 UTC

This was a lesson on smoking, though. Had you had any lessons before embarking on that venture?

My mother smoked, and I'm sure you'll wonder why I've just told you that. Since you frequently share random bits of information, I figured I could chip in with one.

bootme October 11 2004, 18:24:33 UTC

Lessons? No, not really. Except my cousin trying to walk me through it...don't light the filter; Good Lord, don't hold it like that, it looks wrong; look what I can do with soap bubbles!; if you hold it like that you'll burn your fingers, bratling; you're about to set your hair on fire...all the important bits. You know.

And thank you, then, I suppose.

nott_a_lot October 11 2004, 18:31:24 UTC

What, exactly, can you do with soap bubbles?

I suppose you're welcome.

bootme October 11 2004, 18:34:53 UTC

If you take a drag off the cigarette and then blow the smoke into bubbles instead of just exhaling, you get this stream of bubbles with smoke in them, which can either be large things with tiny whisps of white inside, tiny things that look almost like pearls, or just about anything in between.

It's rather a fun pastime, really, if you're bored and quasi-meditative enough.

bootme October 11 2004, 18:00:00 UTC

Maybe I could pull out some of the Ravenclaw studiousness or whatever we're supposed to have and make you up a worksheet or two. 'Smoking 101, Addictions Without Tears'.

I might be able to make an absolute mint off this. Benson & Hedges would be paying me off, at least.

purepansy October 11 2004, 18:22:23 UTC

Addiction? But addicts are grotty old men with shopping buggies and facial hair!!!! I am . . . GOING TO FAIL!!!! I AM GOING TO FAIL BEFORE I EVEN GET TO FRANCE!!!! I'M NOT GROWING A BEARD JUST SO I CAN SMOKE RED CIGARETTES AT BEAUXBATONS!!!!

bootme October 11 2004, 18:28:19 UTC

Technically speaking, I suppose I'm an addict by now, nicotine and caffeine, too, and I don't believe that I'm a grotty old man, and...actually, I do have a shopping buggy. But it's at home and it's rather a long story as to how it came into my possession.

Different forms of addiction.

I suppose you could always go for herbals if you're so against the addict factor, but then again those smell awful.

Perhaps you could be the lone non-yellow-stained hold out? Or give into addiction proudly and leave a somewhat-beautiful-if-smoke-stained corpse?

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