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Tweak says, ""The stupid - it burns!""

Emmeline Lucia Vance (emmevance) wrote,
@ 2008-04-04 13:17:00

Current location:	Head Girl's Quarters
Current mood:	contemplative

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I hate this rain. Can't it just be spring? The entire castle is restless, no-one wants to go outside into the sogginess, so everything is more crowded than usual. Someone was sitting at "my" table today when I went to the library--a Gryffindor ~~who I feel sure has probably never been in the library before~~.

At any rate, I'm through with classes for the day, but I have a Potions essay due on the Draught of Living Death on Monday. Since my table was occupied, I had planned on trying to do it in my rooms, which is nice, quiet, and comfortable (one of the perks of being Head Girl, I suppose), but there are so many distractions here as well, some far more effective than having to share space with someone, or whispered conversations going on all around me.

There are some days when I feel like I could stay at Hogwarts forever, and others when I can't wait to get out into the world, to do something with my life.

Mother owled me today about my post-Hogwarts plan...she was enquiring as to whether or not I would want to continue "the family business", so to speak. I don't know how I feel about this yet...politics aren't exactly a safe zone to be in, what with this impending war business.

I want to do something to help--still, placing myself in such a high-profile position would be a foolhardy thing to do. Especially so soon after Hogwarts. I could possibly do more harm than good.

But there is more to think on than that. I imagine, what with the network of contacts I would surely acquire, it would be an invaluable resource.

What am I talking about? I don't know anything about joining the effort against this Dark Lord of whom my fellow Slytherins occasionally speak. I shouldn't be hasty to make a decision.

Nonetheless...perhaps I could be posted to Switzerland.

Hermes is restless...this weather is certainly very peculiar. ~~Could this have something to do with~~

At any rate...I have a Potions essay to write.

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sagelily
2008-04-04 06:34 pm UTC (link)

Well hello there, Emmeline, I had no idea that you had one of these journals as well. It's great to see/hear from you again. How are you and how are the Head Girl duties going?

It has been raining here since really early this morning and hasn't letup since. The odd thing? The forecasters are completely baffled by it; apparently there wasn't supposed to be any rain for a few days and they can't figure out why the system is moving so slowly. ~~I can assume why, but -~~

That particular Potions essay won't be that difficult for you to write and if you can't find a quiet place, you can always go to one of the abandoned classrooms and use those - I had to do that several times when James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter were being extra loud.

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emmevance
2008-04-04 08:50 pm UTC (link)

Hello to you too, Lily. It's a new acquisition--and naturally I couldn't resist writing in it right away. My mother sent it to me today; it's a rather intriguing little journal, really.

I'm doing well--NEWTs are fast approaching, but I'm confident I'll be prepared by then. Things are the same as always here at Hogwarts, and as for the Head Girl duties... Well, being Head Girl is exactly what I imagined and nothing I imagined, both at once! It can be fun sometimes, though I'm sure I could never pull off another year in the position.

My own House is a rather large handful this term, actually. Not at all as subtle as you'd expect from Slytherins--which is rich coming from me, eh? I wouldn't exactly call myself subtle either, but still. ~~All these things they say, about this new Dark Lord, about Blood Purity~~ Like the Head Girl position, the Slytherins this term are both exactly and nothing at all what I've grown to expect. I feel as if they're watching me like hawks--like being Head Girl means I'm ~~aligned with Dumbledore against them~~ their enemy, somehow. Ah, well. I'm probably going back to Italy, at least for a few months, after I'm finished here, so their impact on my life is fairly minimal.

At any rate, it's raining pretty heavily here. Even the Squid isn't surfacing, and I suspect that the Lake has probably grown a little in size due to all that excess rainwater. ~~Although I have doubts as to whether or not any wizard, Voldemort or not, can really control the weather--or what good it would do him.~~

You're right, the Potions essay isn't looking to be too difficult, I just have to sit down and write it. Somehow it's always easier to put it off if I know it'll be an easy assignment to do. Most likely, I'll just have to sit down (somewhere, anywhere, although the abandoned classroom idea is a great suggestion--thanks!) and put quill to parchment and get it done. It's not that the Commons or my quarters are particularly loud, really. I just like to have a spot to do my homework, and another spot for relaxation so I'm not tempted to relax whilst trying to get an essay done.

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sagelily
2008-04-05 05:06 am UTC (link)

It's also rather convenient in keeping in touch with everyone. Point in case between you and I now.

No matter what house you're in, I think that's a common reaction from everyone. They see you as just this normal person who they can get along with fairly easy, even when you're a prefect, but being promoted to Head Girl is another thing entirely. They lose the ability to speak with you freely sometimes and aren't nearly as friendly as they once were. It's a rather depressing state, but I thought the pros outweighed the cons most days, anyway.

It's been raining a lot here, too. All over the country actually and I'm not entirely sure what to make of it or when it'll stop. Soon, I hope.

Procrastination is a lovely excuse and sometimes it's a lovely thing. Besides, if that's your only bit of homework, there isn't a rule anywhere that says you have to get it done on Friday - you do have the weekend still, and since it looks like it might be a rather wet one, you'll have more than enough time with which to do it!

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emmevance
2008-04-05 05:20 am UTC (link)

True, that. I wasn't really expecting so many people I knew to have these journals!

And I suppose so, except it's less like discomfort with the title, and more like ~~I'm Dumbledore's pawn and they resent it~~ hostility. It's frustrating. I knew some of them weren't comfortable with me to begin with me--apparently, I'm a 'foreigner'. But now...now, it's like the lines have been drawn. And I'm on my side and they're on theirs.

You know, I don't mind rain--but I just want spring to be here, I've had enough of the cold and the wet. It's just so dreary, and I'm ready to stop seeing all the grey.

I suppose you're right. But, knowing my luck, I would end up putting it off just long enough for the sun to come out. Well--I suppose I shouldn't be selfish...I can put it off if it increases the chances of the rain clearing up for everyone else.

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