I miss Lisa. It's so strange to think that she's not here. I keep glancing at her bed out of the corner of my eye, and I think she's in it. I don't know why I do; the sheets are flat and there's not really any sign of life, but it is where I expect her to be ( Read more... )

I got out of hospital early this morning ( Read more... )

Do you know something? I'm terribly proud to call Seamus Finnigan my friend. I think that everyone who can say the same must be proud of this, but I can't help mentioning it. He can never hear it enough ( Read more... )

I'd almost forgot that the ball was tonight. I wouldn't be going down at all if it weren't for Seamus taking my quills and hiding two rolls of the advanced Arithmancy essay that I was working on. I do however have a costume, which I think was quite cleverly put together, so I guess it wouldn't, er, make very much sense not to at least make an ( Read more... )

This summer has filled with owls and arguments. Oh and books and dust of course, but my summers are always filled with those. Mum and I haven’t worked out a reasonable schedule for Iris. I mean, I understand that Iris is technically the property of Mum and Dad, but one can only stick their head in a fire for a certain amount of time. I think I ( Read more... )

So far this summer has been filled with books, books, and yet more books. Here a book, there a book, everywhere there's books, books! Well, I guess it’s not that all that different from any other summer actually ( Read more... )

I got your owl, Shay, but I couldn’t write back just then. Mum thinks I’ve been using Iris far too much this summer. It sounds like you had a much more interesting weekend than I did. I never knew a dragon tamer could be so, ummm, well versed. I still don’t understand how you swam in a pool on a table or accomplished anything else on such a table. ( Read more... )

It wasn't a flaw in the school's structural integrity. I mean it was but it wasn't. Not in the way I thought it was, at least. You see, I thought that maybe it had something to do with the age and architecture of the castle. I mean, plenty of old buildings have trouble, right? It's completely normal. It's expected that's why there are preservation ( Read more... )

It's hard to believe it's almost end of term. I think I've revised pretty well for next week. I mean, there are still a few bits here and there that I want to cross reference, double check and all that, but, well, I think I've done a fair job. Besides it looks like the library will be relatively free this weekend should I want to make a last ( Read more... )

I've spent most of this week doing some early revising for our end of term exams, tucked away in the library. I don't find the thought of this year's exams nearly as vexing as I did last year's OWLS. Not that I don't want to do well of course, it's just, well, different ( Read more... )