| 002: rumour has it |
[23 Jan 2012|10:11pm] |
For the record, H and G were not "cavorting". We were doing other things. If your going to print gossip, at least get the gossip right. I mean, if I'm going to get a Howler from my mother and questioning letters from older brothers I'd like them to at least be asking about accurate factual and detailed information, not some vague notion that has a word that most people rarely even use in typical conversation.
That said, my thirteen inches on using dragons blood in healing potions got a decent grade when you consider that I had to throw it together after spending most of the night running lines for Romeo and Juliet. The trouble is that it's not enough to memorize the lines, I have to stop and figure out what is being said, say it to myself as I would today, and then memorize the Shakespearean one. It's a whole lot of work,and while I'm still not thrilled about getting tossed into this, it's not as bad as I thought it'd be. Of course, I've mostly worked on my own. My comfort level over this whole thing could end up a mess once we start working as a group.
Hogsmeade is this weekend though. I'm excited for the carnival, but all the other girls just seem thrilled for the chance to go dress shopping for this dance. Some third year cornered me yesterday after breakfast to ask me how I was planning to wear my hair for it, which was just mental. Third years can't even go, and the girl was a Hufflepuff to boot. I like Hufflepuff's an all, but its bloody weird to have one that you don't know come up and ask such a question.
Although, for the record, I haven't thought about hair or a dress, or anything else. Valentine's Day is a ridiculous holiday that people get far too worked up over. It's not as serious as people make it out to be, and shouldn't cause all the worry and anxiety that it usually does.
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| 001: in fair Verona, where we lay our scene... |
[14 Jan 2012|12:10am] |
So, it's like this, I've been in Muggle Studies for ages and I've always been pretty open to whatever we've done but I'm about to form a protest. It's not the reading, it's not even the amount of time that this is going to take (apologies to the team now because I bet I miss at least one practice), it's the fact that some of us - namely myself - don't want to perform in front of the entire school. I get that William Shakespeare has provided incredible contributions towards literature both in Britain and worldwide, but do I really have to put on a production of it?
Really?
The answer is yes. As part of our midterm project, the Muggle Studies 6th and 7th years will be performing William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet for Hogwarts entertainment and, I'm sure, mockery. You would THINK that'd be the end of this nightmare, but no - yours truly, thanks to my years of covering for Fred and George (making me an exceptionally convincing liar) and rather frequent impressions of various people, has earned the part of Juliet.
I was informed I should be thrilled because this is a big honor, and Saturday I will be serving dentention with Filch for talking back to a professor. Yay.
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