The Seventh Hogwarts Common Room

I tried to tell you that You're His Cheezburger is a party-killing song but no-one listens to me.

:relax:

It didn't force me to leave. It was that you timed it with me visiting my brother for the weekend. Now, if you had posted it, let's say, yesterday, I would have stayed and sang along for a long time.

I thought that the Cheeseburger song made us all hungry so we raided the kitchens and forgot to come back.

I didn't post it; blondie did. Hopefully she's right in that it just caused a mass exodus to the Hogwarts Kitchens to ask the House Elves to make cheeseburgers for the next feast.

Cheeseburgers are good. :drool:

I want one!

I hate cheese! :eeep:

I hate cheese! :eeep:

Does... not... compute...

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My sister-in-law doesn't like macaroni & cheese as well as most pastas.

Does... not... compute...

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Yep, and milk.

Well if you have some sort of lactose intolerance it makes sense, but for me cheese is an improvement to almost any recipe.

I like cheese!

I am not lactose and tolerant.

Well then, I just have to say to each his own. Me personally, I love cheese. And milk. And especially chocolate.

:drool:

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I also love chocolate

:drool:

for me cheese is an improvement to almost any recipe.
Me too Lyra! I drink a gallon of milk a week. And I live alone.

Well, at least we can all agree on the chocolate. Only person I've ever known who doesn't get :drool:ey over chocolate is my very own Beckafly.

*yoinks Smartie's smiley into photobucket for future use*

Toasted cheese sandwiches ,three cheese toast, mac & cheese, these are a few of my favorite things ! :D

You ever tried messing around with mac & cheese? I like this one I found in a cookbook that uses provolone, mozzarella, and romano as the three cheeses. It's sort of like a stringier, less creamy alfredo.

Also, there's that whole thing about mixing ham and peas into mac & cheese, though I kind of think that loses to pancetta & peas in carbonara.

AP! Where have you been? I haven't seen you in dragons' years.

:relax:

You ever tried messing around with mac & cheese? I like this one I found in a cookbook that uses provolone, mozzarella, and romano as the three cheeses. It's sort of like a stringier, less creamy alfredo.
Oh my gosh, that sounds so good. I love mac & cheese and I love fettuccini alfredo. It sounds here like you've sort of combined the two. :drool:

Well, at least we can all agree on the chocolate. Only person I've ever known who doesn't get :drool:ey over chocolate is my very own Beckafly.

*yoinks Smartie's smiley into photobucket for future use*

Hey, I was reading that! :p

I'm a fan of cheese, just not too much cheese.

Oh my gosh, that sounds so good. I love mac & cheese and I love fettuccini alfredo. It sounds here like you've sort of combined the two. :drool:

Well, it was really the cookbook that had the idea. I do however modify cookbook alfredo recipes a bit to make them creamier, thicker and more flavorful. It's really not very hard, honestly. Every cookbook I have wants to start with just melting butter and adding cream, when all it actually takes is making a roux with flour, salt, pepper and nutmeg before adding the cream, just like one would do before adding the milk with cheese sauces for vegetables or mac & cheese.

My favorite of the mixup recipes is actually simple: just add some torn prosciutto and little green peas to alfredo before serving it.

Heart attack time. My sister came home last night so she could use the washer and dryer (only reason she comes home, really) and today she surprises me by washing my towels. When she lived here my sister would procrastinate washing the towels. We both used them and eventually it would come to the point where I'd do them so we'd have clean ones and then wait again for her to do them since it was her turn. But, now, she's doing them without being asked or using them.

Well, it was really the cookbook that had the idea. I do however modify cookbook alfredo recipes a bit to make them creamier, thicker and more flavorful. It's really not very hard, honestly. Every cookbook I have wants to start with just melting butter and adding cream, when all it actually takes is making a roux with flour, salt, pepper and nutmeg before adding the cream, just like one would do before adding the milk with cheese sauces for vegetables or mac & cheese.

My favorite of the mixup recipes is actually simple: just add some torn prosciutto and little green peas to alfredo before serving it.

I'm not a good cook, but I'll have to remember this.

Looks like even sisters eventually grow up! I wish mine would. Mid-thirties, and she still hasn't got the sense to come in out of the snow when she and her little boy have fevers.

I mean, what sensible person would nurse her child through a week of sickness, fall sick herself, finally start to feel better, and then go outside and build a snowman instead of staying in and having chicken soup and orange juice to make sure you stay healthy? Or go out jumping on a trampoline over and over again after not healing completely from really bad ankle sprain?

But most of all it's the theatrics that drive me crazy. It's like she's not happy unless there's some sort of conflict brewing. Me, I want to be the peacemaker in such instances; sis prefers to stir the pot so that everyone is even more upset than they were before she got involved. :no:

:huggles: My sister and I still have awful fights. A few weekends ago she blew up at me because the dog she brought home (her roommate's dog) was barking up a storm. She blamed it on me. The dog didn't start barking until after she started yelling at me. :no: Whatever. But, then there are times like this weekend where's all sweet and stuff.

Sounds familiar. I had a terrible story about my sister and her dog vs. my boyfriend and my cat a year and a half ago, and she's hated my boyfriend ever since. I'm not allowed to even have him over if she's coming to visit my mom anymore. And she was always terrible to my brother's second wife; she made it so my neice will hate her stepmother possibly forever.

I wish I even had sisters. One of my brothers is serving with the infantry in Iraq. The other is in Texas right now with his wife and baby daughter, but likely to be deployed with other air force medical personnel to Afghanistan later this year.

I wish I had the kind of relationship with my sister and brothers where we could sit and talk about our lives and the world around us for hours, sit around the dinner table being cordial and polite at holidays, and laugh and play games and maybe do some music together. We did a few times when we were in our early twenties. But there are too many past greivances and hanging on to resentment for that to work now. I wish we would all let go of all that ugly baggage and just get along. But no, we have to have a drama queen that isn't happy unless there's something "exciting" going on, and a conflict-driven individual who feels that a good rousing fight is the only thing that really qualifies as "fun and exciting." :(

:huggles: AP and Lyra! I wouldn't know what I'd do without my brother and sister. My parents' families have baggage like that and only now is my mom rekindling a relationship with one of her sisters. This sister bought a life insurance policy for her mother and all the siblings (3 sisters, 1 brother) were to help pay for it, but a couple months went by where we couldn't afford it. I think other things helped this but I know this was the major cause. My aunt got mad and stopped speaking to my mom. We'd visit my grandmother for Thanksgiving, but my aunt would stay outside while we were inside and all this other ****. This went on for a few years. My aunt skipped Thanksgiving one year just so she didn't have to see us. :sigh: Finally, my aunt got over herself and started speaking to my mom again and now they talk on the phone. Not a lot, but it's something. She just called the other day to talk about her grandson (who was born one week before Lillie, my niece).

My dad's siblings just have emotional problems that cause problems. One brother likes to distance him and his family, but everyone's trying to pull him back in.

I'm glad and lucky my sister, brother, and I have remained close. Growing up I've seen siblings hate each other and siblings who just don't care. I'm glad we care. I don't know what I'd do without them.

Yeah, it's been over a year since I did a holiday at MeMum's because I'm not going to a family get-together if I can't bring my Sage. I just can't understand calling the cops over a year-old misunderstanding and turning it into a grudge match instead of just growing up and getting over it. Sis acts like Sage is some kind of dangerous perpetrator of DV poised to break her bones at the slightest provocation. :rolleyes:

He would first be cordial, then ignore her until she provoked him in ways that can't be ignored, like kicking his bad knee or giving her pit bull unfettered access to my kitten. Then he takes control, and she pitches a hissy fit because it's not all going the way she wants it to. And then MeMum comes in on Sis's side and insists that he has to leave, even though he was just calmly insisting that whatever Sis was doing was really not OK.

:sigh: So now Sage is persona non grata, and I have to either stay away from home when she's around, or suffer her theatrics in Sage's absence. :(

That's awful! :huggles: I'm sorry you have to deal with that. I'll pray for your situation.

Yeah, it's been over a year since I did a holiday at MeMum's because I'm not going to a family get-together if I can't bring my Sage. I just can't understand calling the cops over a year-old misunderstanding and turning it into a grudge match instead of just growing up and getting over it. Sis acts like Sage is some kind of dangerous perpetrator of DV poised to break her bones at the slightest provocation. :rolleyes:

He would first be cordial, then ignore her until she provoked him in ways that can't be ignored, like kicking his bad knee or giving her pit bull unfettered access to my kitten. Then he takes control, and she pitches a hissy fit because it's not all going the way she wants it to. And then MeMum comes in on Sis's side and insists that he has to leave, even though he was just calmly insisting that whatever Sis was doing was really not OK.

:sigh: So now Sage is persona non grata, and I have to either stay away from home when she's around, or suffer her theatrics in Sage's absence. :(

Have you ever thought about maybe slapping some sense( Not really slapping her unless thats the only way to get her to listen) into your sister when she starts playing these silly games?. Try reminding her that you are there to see your mom not her and if she doesn't like your man ,she can go out for a walk while you are there .

My sister kind of made it a point to do these things while I was in the bathroom so I couldn't intervene until after the fact. :grumble:

And MeMum chimes in on Sis' side, and says my man is the one who had to go away. :(

My sister kind of made it a point to do these things while I was in the bathroom so I couldn't intervene until after the fact. :grumble:

And MeMum chimes in on Sis' side, and says my man is the one who had to go away. :(

Well that sure sucks!

:agree:

:huggles:

*runs around the common room chanting "It's Friday! It's Friday!"*

Friday is like my Monday: the beginning of my work week. I have several hours of backbreaking warehouse work ahead of me, and first I need to reformat and submit my Ancient Runes homework.

See you later, HCR peeps! :wave:

Good Morning HCR :wave:

Good morning!

*runs around the common room chanting "It's Friday! It's Friday!"*

I got confused when I saw this. I thought today was Saturday. Did I get my days mixed up again? Then I noticed it was posted yesterday.

Happy weekend everyone! I'm going to visit my grandmother for her birthday, which is Monday. She'll be 79. My other grandmother's birthday is next month and she'll be 94, I believe. (I know I'm just rambling...)

I kind of felt like it was Saturday all day yesterday. I think part of this was because I didn't have any Muggle Studies homework due (Muggle Studies homework is always due at noon on Friday, but this week's lesson is combined with next week's lesson and due next Friday). The other part was that the co-worker I usually partner with on Fridays wasn't there yesterday, and I was working instead with the girl I usually work with on Saturday.

So yeah, yesterday felt like Saturday. But today doesn't feel like Sunday, because I'm not scrambling to get ready for church. So, Saturday all over again. If only it were Caturday instead!

Caturday? Does this have something to do with small furry things that go "meow"?

Yes. Caturday is a day when you don't have to do any more than your average pampered housecat has to do: eat, groom yourself, and lie around in the warmest most comfortable spot you can find. Caturday. Day of absolute zero obligations and pressures. In other words, sheer blissful relaxation.

I don't get this sudden cat-craze...

I don't get this sudden cat-craze...

Its not sudden :lol: there are two factions on CoS, Dog Lovers and Cat Lovers and as we get closer to April first they become more active because in past years on April 1 they got to try to take over CoS ( all in fun of course;)) The Admins allow some fun to take place on April Fools Day.

I don't get this sudden cat-craze...

Nothing sudden about it. CoS has long been infested by cat-lovers. >.<

Dogs are better...

That's not canon; it's your interpretation only! Don't forget to couch such inflammatory statements with [IMO] tags!!

;)

It is canon. :p

I want Volume, Chapter, and Page Number, missie!

Um...

Just as I suspected; your opinions are entirely unfounded and based on nothing but raw emotion. Well, you can :drool: over (and with) your slobbery doggies all you want, but I'll stick with my cuddly purring kitty cat.

:relax:

;)

:p

I choose to dislike both cats and dogs.

I don't see where that attitude is going to bring much enjoyment, but no one can make you like something you've decided not to like.

*looks around the madhouse that is the HCR and shakes her head* is there no love for BOTH. I know its an unbeliveable concept. :rolleyes: ;)

I've just learned that my home town is being used as a stand in for some of the shots in the JKR Bio movie that is filming . (Victoria BC Canada before you ask :lol:)

That's really cool, twins! :tu:

Wait . . . JKR Bio movie? *ears perk up*

I didn't know you lived in Canada. Or maybe I did and I forgot. Why are they filming in Canada? Because it's cheaper?

BTW, I do think there can be love for both cats and dogs. They're both cute and fun. It's just that dogs are more cuddly and people friendly, from my experience.

Sage loves both cats and dogs, but likes dogs more. Me, personally, I find many dogs are too overbearing to qualify as "cuddly." And I don't think it's "people friendly" if a dog needs to be taught that there are some people who don't want to be jumped on, crotch sniffed, and face licked by every dog that comes within twenty feet of them. I also don't think it's people-friendly for a dog to bark at people just because they're walking anywhere near its territory. Cats are more willing to live and let live. A well-trained dog will do that, but I've encountered too many dogs that had to be forcibly restrained from sniffing and licking and jumping on me to like dogs as a group. Please, keep it on a leash, and keep it away from me.

Plus I still say cats smell better.

I say people friendly because dogs do want to be around people more than a cat does. I'm just going by experience. My dogs are glued to me and love sitting with people. My sister-in-law's cat likes to play with everyone, but he rarely sits on the couch with anyone. If you try he jumps off.

That's cool, opinions are fun, and the world would be so boring if everyone were the same. But when I sit down on a couch, I actually prefer an animal that jumps off the couch to an animal that jumps on me whether I want it to or not. There are affectionate cats who will look at you expectantly and jump on your lap if you indicate by patting your lap or something that you want it. Just like there are well-trained dogs who understand "no! down!"

But like I said, most dogs have to be trained to not jump on people.

I love geckos! They'll sit on your shoulders for hours.

I've never met a gecko face to face, but I would love to. They sound like cute and fun pets. Probably a better pet than an iguana or a chameleon, who have largish claws.

Yeah, Leopard Geckos are really tame.

I've never seen a real live ghecko but my fifth grade science teacher had both an iguana and a chameleon. That's about as close as I've come to lizards (not counting the skinks that live in the area). In high school the teacher in charge of OM (Odyssey of the Mind) had a snake that we played with. I'm usually skittish around snakes, but I wasn't afraid of this one.

Geckos aren't as bad as everyone says. They are not scaly (do not have scales) or slimy.

I went to Petco to get Advantix for Tink on Saturday and saw a terrarium with Leopard Geckoes in. They are cute, but I don't think Tink would let one live very long.

:relax:

There were also half a dozen cats, and VickyLynnPotter & I decided we wanted to take them all home. That would have cost $690, though. :sigh:

You could become the crazy cat lady!

It wouldn't be hard for me to do, really, if I had my own place. I think Sage might put a stop to it ever actually happening, though, as a) he's more of a dog person and b) he really would prefer that I at least cultivate the appearance of normalcy :yuhup: .

Like that's going to happen! :rotfl:

Haha! Geckos and cats are not a good match...

It wouldn't be hard for me to do, really, if I had my own place. I think Sage might put a stop to it ever actually happening, though, as a) he's more of a dog person and b) he really would prefer that I at least cultivate the appearance of normalcy :yuhup: .

Like that's going to happen! :rotfl:

I fear when I get older I'll become the crazy dog lady. I won't have lots of dogs, just two. But, I'll be alone and I'll be yelling at the kids to get off my lawn.

So Tink had her bath this morning. I only have two war wounds this time: one very shallow scratch less than 3 inches long on my left wrist, and one rather deep gouge on the ball of my right forefinger (near the beginning of my lifeline, actually).

I found more than a dozen dead fleas in the bathwater when I was done, and more than a dozen live fleas still on Tink's tummy when she'd got herself half dry and was ready to sit on my lap purring (and obviously saying "I forgive you for trying to drown me") an hour and a half later.

So, as soon as she's all the way dry -- or possibly after I get home from sitting my Arithmancy final Exam, whichever comes last -- she's getting dosed with Advantix. Hopefully, that will kill 99.9% or more of the remaining fleas. And hopefully, I will get 96% or better on my Exam. :cool:

Good luck with getting rid of the fleas! Also, good luck with your exam!

I got 100% on my Arithmancy Exam. :D

Muggle Studies not so good; just 82%. But once again it's that automated grading Charm that needs to have the Professor mark "master patient index (MPI)" as correct if the answer key said just MPI, for example. Answer key doesn't understand the nuances of acronyms. So maybe my grade will be a little better after Professor checks it manually.

It sounds like your professor needs to do a better job of putting the answers into the system.

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*sending mental pinches to anyone not wearing green*

Elfie!! :huggles:

I'm wearing orange AND green. I are Protestant but not much Irish. SageRacer is 50% Irish and 50% German, but he can't keep a calendar in his head so he might or might not be aware that it's St Patricks today. Guess I'll find out at lunch time, and I'll pinch him all over (as well as kiss him all over) if he's not wearing green!

Leah: I don't think it's Professor's fault. Even the Professors who are whizzes with Angel interface -- in fact, even the one who's a personal friend of the design team and helped to beta-test the whole program -- can't get the answer key to recognize more than one right answer for a fill-in-the-blank question. Even if the question was "whose was the umbrella stand that looked like a troll's leg" and the correct programmed answer was Blacks' with a plural for the whole family, if you put down Black's with a singular for just Walpurga or just Sirius it would mark it wrong because the apostrophe is in the wrong place. It's that sensitive. Typo's really don't fly with this system.

*enters wrapped in blankets and collapses into her chair*

Blegh, anyone have a box of tissues? :(

*enters wrapped in blankets and collapses into her chair*

Blegh, anyone have a box of tissues? :(

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Here you go... keep warm.

a parting gift on this st. paddy's,

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this show's called dancing on dangerous ground. I love it! there's a part where I swear the sound can't keep up with his feet!

so, no "where's KiD?" posts? I've been gone a month! Tracking Basilisks at my family estate- larger than Hogwarts own Chamber of Secrets- has been very useful. Lovely amount of potion ingredients.


if anyone wants to know the real reason i have been gone so long, please PM me. i don't think this would be the proper place to post it.

*casts a beginning-level Healing Charm on Julia's nose*

*http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m206/LyraLuthienTinuviel/Smiley%20Album/glomp.gif's KiD*

*brushes off bits of basilisk scale & skin*

It's like this, KiD: so many people have been not-posting in the HCR, we'd be buried in "where's KiD?" and "Where's Skary?" and "where's Lighty?" and "Where's the Awesome Ravenclaw Princess of the Strawberry-ness?" if we took posting time to ask. Plus the chances of anyone knowing, especially with elusive :slyth:'s like KiD, are slim to nil.

Very happy to see you though, just like I was happy to see Elfie yesterday! Where'd Elfie go?

*heads out the door and up the stairs to the Owlery in order to ask KiD personal questions*

Where's KiD?

KiD ran away from my owl. I didn't think a woman who handles Basilisks would be scared by this: http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m206/LyraLuthienTinuviel/Eurasian_Eagle_Owl.jpg but maybe the piercing orange eyes were too much for her. :hmm:

Very happy to see you though, just like I was happy to see Elfie yesterday! Where'd Elfie go?

Elfie was lurking. :evil: MUhahahahahahahahahha! *cough* ha!

*gets Elfie a cough drop*

I see rather a lot of illness around! Oh dear.
Thankfully, spring's nearly here (in my neck of the woods, anyway).

Places a big cauldron of Pepper-up potion by the door so everyone can take it as needed before the whole school comes down with the "coughing never getovers" (insert disease of choice here) .:lol:

Be well everyone (runs off to wash hands)

I do love spring as it means no more cold weather, but it brings the allergies as well. :(

I'm hoping it's just allergies that have Elfie and Julia coughing and sniffling. Allergies are not contagious, unless there's a psychosomatic component to your allergic reactions.

I had a sneezing fit over one of the receivers that came back to the warehouse in van #7 last night. It was covered in dust bunnies.

Where's KiD?

a little late for that, no?

sorry i was writing down the remaining information regarding my basilisk....colony.

Oh, right. Well, have, um, fun with that.

I'm hoping it's just allergies that have Elfie and Julia coughing and sniffling.

I was just evil laughing too hard. :D :angel:

:huggles: for KiD*

Be careful with them baby basilisks, honey. They are dangerous and destructive!

And Elfie: behave. :stern glare: Leah, if we go practice Dragon Quidditch Beating, who's going to engorgio Piccolo?

There is no KiD, only ZUUL.

I don't know, Lyra. I don't know how to do it.

Who is ZUUL?

*wanders into the common room armed with all sorts of scrapbook supplies. Finds a table in the corner, away from the pool, and sets up for the duration of finishing the scrapbook. *

:huggles: for KiD*

Be careful with them baby basilisks, honey. They are dangerous and destructive!


trust me , i know :) it was a family relative who had donated his to the service of a friend. (if you catch my drift)

There is no KiD, only ZUUL.

???

i am confused now. thank you. i was trying to go a day without confusion. however, it was just ruined.




kidding...hah, get it? KiD-ding........

Well then, hi guys :3 I haven't been here in almost a year! How is everyone? I see KiD and Lyra and Leah! <3 Remember me?!

I think Zuul is the evil deity that the Ghost Busters had to defeat.

Hm. I might be able to get Anhelda or Captain Mills to show me; they're the best at Charms in Ravenclaw House. Or Flitwick...

Zuul... I think that was the vewy scawy archdemon in the original Ghostbusters movie. The one who possessed the Sigourney Weaver character.

Thanks for the tissues, Sinistra. And Lyra for the healing charm.

I'm hoping it's just allergies that have Elfie and Julia coughing and sniffling. Allergies are not contagious, unless there's a psychosomatic component to your allergic reactions.

*has actually caught pneumonia over Spring Break* :scared:

*backs away from the uninfected*

:D

:wave: kathleen!

I think Zuul is the evil deity that the Ghost Busters had to defeat.

You might be right. That does sound familiar.

:wave: Welcome back, Kathleen!

I remember you hpffl. I've been practicing the Engorgio Charm in the Bookery, Leah. I might need to borrow a muzzle or something from Dags before I take the Jabberwock out for practice on the Quidditch Pitch, though. :evil:

I'm sure Dags has enough.

It's my birthday
And I'll party if I want to

:rockon: :D

Oh yeah, Party time!!

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In shiny Gryffindor red with sparkly Ravenclaw silver ribbons. Notice the presents are book-shaped. :eyebrows:

Oooh, delicious-looking cake, Lyra!

*unwraps presents*

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Thanks! How did you know I wanted to read the Redwall series? :D

I've learned a lot from Anhelda in Ravenclaw Tower. She has yet to discover that I've altered her Name-Your-Flavor cake Charm to a Name-The-Title book Charm, though! :evil:

Happy Belated Birthday, witchsmart!

Thanks, Leah! And awesome spell, Lyra. :tu:

Happy late birthday!

hi alll! ill be posting everyday now, since i have laptop of my own!

Good for you!

Happy late birthday!

Thanks! And congrats on the laptop, KID! :D

Wow, I go away and hardly any discussion! :p (My mom had surgery on Thursday which went very well and my brother's family came down over the weekend. I spent time entertaining them and catching up on sleep).

Yay, KiD's back!

I was quiet over the weekend, too; there was work, and it was Beckafly's Birthday. So CoS took a back seat, and I only peeked in for a moment each morning while picking up a Lucius Latte from Cafe Voldemort.

I was busy between an awesome conference and working on a scrapbook.

*wanders back to my nest in the corner with the scrapbook supplies to finish the last two pages of the scrapbook*

Happy belated birthday to Beckafly.

*bookmarks Leah's :birthday: to Beckafly for April 5th, when Beckafly will be back*

its cold in the kitchen right now....i have been kicked out of the bedroom. i may start watching star trek now.

I'm excited. Baseball starts in 9 minutes. Yea! :)

its cold in the kitchen right now....i have been kicked out of the bedroom. i may start watching star trek now.

I hate being kicked out of my own bedroom just because somebody more important than me wants to use the laptop+internet connection.

It's even worse when Someone is using a laptop application that has no need of web access. S/he could unplug it, carry it out of my room, and plug it in someplace besides where I sleep. But no, that would require too much effort (and also, you know, awareness of another person's needs other than your own).

I'm excited. Baseball starts in 9 minutes. Yea! :)

Hope you're enjoying that, Leah. Do(n't) tell us how the game went.
*still doesn't like pro team ball sport*

I'm excited. Baseball starts in 9 minutes. Yea! :)

Yahoo! I love baseball. And My fantasy season starts today too.

*scans HCR for Ravenclaws with whom to discuss homework in vain attempt to drown out baseball conversation(s)*
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*skiving off homework again*

I have hours and hours of Ancient Runes to work on. Just the rough drafts are taking me two hours apiece or more, and there are five of them to do by tomorrow at midnight, and I have to spend about seven of the next 31 hours at work. And they have to be polished, as every error counts five points off.

All about those Muggle nutters who cut people up. ... I'm afraid the next one's going to be a triple bypass or something.

And to top it all off, suddenly I'm expected to be the alternate barrista at Cafe Voldemort. How did that happen? ;)

*skiving off homework again*

I have hours and hours of Ancient Runes to work on. Just the rough drafts are taking me two hours apiece or more, and there are five of them to do by tomorrow at midnight, and I have to spend about seven of the next 31 hours at work. And they have to be polished, as every error counts five points off.

All about those Muggle nutters who cut people up. ... I'm afraid the next one's going to be a triple bypass or something.

And to top it all off, suddenly I'm expected to be the alternate barrista at Cafe Voldemort. How did that happen? ;)

I was always told that Young Witches were great at multi-tasking so I'm sure you'll find a way to get it all done .

BTW did you know that Prof. Mcgonagall is going to be holding a special one day only training session today on how to become an animagus .It will only cost you 20 Galleons for the days training . Sign up now and send the money to Prof Mcgonagall care of twinsrule26 ,Honest the money will get to her .:angel::angel:

I was always told that Young Witches were great at multi-tasking so I'm sure you'll find a way to get it all done .

BTW did you know that Prof. Mcgonagall is going to be holding a special one day only training session today on how to become an animagus .It will only cost you 20 Galleons for the days training . Sign up now and send the money to Prof Mcgonagall care of twinsrule26 ,Honest the money will get to her .:angel::angel:

Happy April Fool's Day to you too, twins. ;)

Speaking of which . . . since I don't see any death eaters trying to take over the forums again, anyone know what the mods have planned for this year? :hmm:

Yeah I was wondering that too witchsmart.

Lyra, it's because you're sane. That's why you've become barista. It's an honor. Good luck with your Ancient Runes!

Yeah I was wondering that too witchsmart.

Maybe the April Fool's Prank is that there is no April Fool's Prank. :scared:

Twins, once again, I must tell you I appreciate the flattery. I don't feel young or capable of much multi-tasking, but it's sweet of you to say such things. :blush:

Lyra, it's because you're sane. That's why you've become barista. It's an honor. Good luck with your Ancient Runes!

Where did you get this notion that I'm sane? I'm not sure whether to feel complimented or insulted. I've always taken pride in my :yuhup: you know.

Maybe the April Fool's Prank is that there is no April Fool's Prank. :scared:

I think the April fool prank is that the Mods & Admins are on vacation and allowing the board to run amok. But if you think Snape as a chibi pink Gary Stu would be fun for April Fools Day, try Cafe Voldemort. It's a bit of a madhouse today. So was the Snape LS thread last night, but I haven't checked to see if it still is...


ETA: Looks like all the April fool "Snaperolled" posts were taken out of the thread. So much for my "prank" theory.

im bored. we need to prank someone.

Yahoo! I love baseball. And My fantasy season starts today too.

I'm not really a fan of baseball. But I'm in the fantasy hockey championship and am winning 8-2. Good luck this year!

P.S Happy birthday Fred and George!

I'm not really a fan of baseball. But I'm in the fantasy hockey championship and am winning 8-2. Good luck this year!

P.S Happy birthday Fred and George!

Sweet! I'm not good at fantasy sports. I wish I was. It does seem fun to play. Good luck!

*searches in vain for yawning smiley*

Not because baseball and fantasy sports are boring, y'know, just because I haven't gotten enough sleep this week. Just sayin'.

:)

Here you go Lyra . ;)

http://www.smilies-and-more.de/pics/smilies/tired/012.gif

http://www.smilies-and-more.de/pics/smilies/tired/051.gif

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Wingardium Leviosa!

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Thanks, twins. :relax:

Cool trick, ickle firstie. Looks like you get the accent on the right syllable.

Hermione would be proud.

we need a party.

seriously, i'm a little on the sad side right now, personal reasons. i need a cheering up party.

I know just what you need, KID. :D

http://www.reeec.illinois.edu/images/fulbright/2007/week2/Conga%20Line.jpg

Conga conga conga! Conga conga conga! Conga conga conga!

help me. now. conga is the last thing i need- i'd rather have a dementors kiss than conga,.

Evanesco!

:sigh:

What if this guy plays the music?

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m206/LyraLuthienTinuviel/4120d92c.jpg

You could always join us in the party thread in the Quibbler.

What if this guy plays the music?

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m206/LyraLuthienTinuviel/4120d92c.jpg

if thats who i think it is.....sorry, pic is a touch on the 'grainy' side......plus all i see is one man when i see keyboards sitting there.....



and if thats who i am thinking it is, what are you trying to do? KILL me? i dont need to have a heart attack for one man.lol...

A commercial for the TV Land Awards said "[…]and TV Legend Regis Philbin." I thought it said Teen Legend. :shrug:

A commercial for the TV Land Awards said "[…]and TV Legend Regis Philbin." I thought it said Teen Legend. :shrug:

dont take this the wrong way, but maybe you should get your ears checked. im too depressed to make an ear joke.

Well, you can't blame us for trying.

:sigh:

dont take this the wrong way, but maybe you should get your ears checked. im too depressed to make an ear joke.

:huggles: I'm sorry you're depressed.

Hey KiD, check this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyv_9fs5YDU).


I'm not sure whether to laugh or just walk away with a raised eyebrow...

Aw, Greenie, that was sweet. It made me grin a little bit, and I tend to be a bit of a gloomy depressed type sometimes. I hope it helps Theresa as well.

:huggles:

for Greenie & KiD, both.

Thanks for sharing the video. It made me smile.

...just give a whistle! :rockon:

:whistle:

:)
I hate when my internet goes down. It was only for a few minutes, but I felt disconnected from the world.

There's a world outside the Web too, you know.

Scary thought, for socially awkward people like me, but I'm learning through Sage's not-so-gentle guidance that it really can be quite fun to participate. :huh:

*Peeks in, sees that KiD wants cheering up, has an idea...*

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh59z7EpPf1qdspyho1_500.jpg

I'm hoping some blueberry cheesecake can help here; Lyra once called it KiD's amortentia. ;)

*throws some shark treats in the pool for Fluffy*

that's not working....sorry....it looks great too....

There's a world outside the Web too, you know. What? No way. Tell me more about this place.

MeThinks Theresa might just be incurably grumpy these days. I'd try the Cheering Charms or a Euphoria Elixer, but sometimes someone just doesn't want to be cheered up, and there's not a thing you can do for someone who's being determinedly cranky.

Leah... Mostly I've only heard stories, but I have seen large groups of people making loud, happy noises in rooms full of color and activity. There are also cars that go really fast, usually outdoors (though indoor midget racing has an excitement all its own!), and also rooms with scattered small tables and food and stuff going on with people with microphones and trophies and door prizes and stuff. Um.

I'm more familiar with academia, though, which as everyone surely knows is so totally not the real world. There is a lot to learn, though. :cool:

I've got a busy couple of weekends for once.

This weekend: lakehouse in New Jersey to celebrate Passover with the Jewish family that first brought my parents together.

Next weekend: four-day trip to Raleigh, NC to visit my girlfriend's family. May visit some Durham school principals.

Weekend after that: two teaching job interviews on my old campus, plus a visit to the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens for the annual sakura matsuri (cherry blossom festival).

APo! I was thinking about you last night, not knowing you'd posted in the HCR while I was at work.

I'd ask what's new, but you've already said. I hope you find some fun among all that business!

RE: girlfriend's family in NC: My boyfriend spent a half hour on the phone with his mom in NC yesterday morning, telling her how much we both wish we could fly out and see her and have our wedding in the mountains. I've been dreaming and wishing for that for years now. Just waiting for the bloody US economy to pick up again!

*tiptoes past everyone hoping not to be seen*

Indoor midget car racing?

*tiptoes past everyone hoping not to be seen*

Ha! Your audible utterance, though small, nonetheless existed, and therefore you were seen!

By the way, everyone, my kitty (http://www.cosforums.com/picture.php?albumid=1596&pictureid=16398) wants to say hi, so now I shall turn the keyboard over to her...

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Indoor midget car racing?

Yes.

Linkie. (http://www.autoracing.com/blog/midget-car-racing-gateway-to-auto-racing/)

Tony's really quite good at it. If I remember right from what Sage told me, there's an annual indoor event on dirt in a ginormous arena. I can't remember whether that's the Turkey Night race or whether it has another name, though.

Sage & I usually go in more for the outdoor circle track open-wheel racing classes, though. He does have several customers who race drag as well, and he was on Pinks All Out one time on his way in to Pacific Raceways last summer. I have it on videotape; he's very quoteworthy, saying that it's like "the Mardi-Gras of dragracing." :cool:

*ETA: :huggles: for APo's adorable kitty-schmoo.*

Ha! Your audible utterance, though small, nonetheless existed, and therefore you were seen!

By the way, everyone, my kitty (http://www.cosforums.com/picture.php?albumid=1596&pictureid=16398) wants to say hi, so now I shall turn the keyboard over to her...

asdcc//dcffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff fffffffv98

shoot. okay look in my eyes, don't look around the room, 1,2,3 you're under *snap*, you never saw me, you have no idea I was ever here, 1,2,3 you're back *snap*.

2 galleons to anyone who can guess what that's from.

Um... I don't know. But I still say the baleet button is far more effective.

I want to go racing tomorrow! All my friends, including my fiance, will be at the racetracks tomorrow with their racecars in shiny new paint and decals for the season openers. Me? I'll be stuck in the DNS warehouse, counting sattelite equipment in tech vans. :(

I'm sorry you have to work instead of race, Lyra.

Ah, well. Working toward better times.

When I have my degree I should be able to get an ordinary 9-5 M-F job instead of this crazy Wednesdays and weekends stuff.

I landed a volunteer internship at a Therapy Clinic. I'll be shadowing a Medical Office Manager. Finally, I will get some hands-on experience, applying what I've been studying for a year and a half!

And I'm praying SageRacer & all the guys will be safe at SouthSound Speedway today. :angel:

Indoor midget car racing

I think it's way out of order for force midgets to race cars.

:rolleyes:

The ignition on our midget failed last night, so we did not get to race.

Our driver, incidentally, is six foot eight.

That stinks.

That's exactly what I said.

The internship hours went well, though; I got to do a lot of the stuff I've been studying at school, like assembling charts and tracking billing & reimbursement. I'm sure the Office Manager finds it tedious after doing it every week for years, but I feel like I learned a lot. I think this will turn out to be a good thing. :D

That's good. :tu:

So today I need to try to track down the people and the paperwork at the school that will cause my internship to officially count toward college credit. All in the morning, because at noon I have to head north with Sage for a Memorial Service. :sigh:

Hello! What happens here? :D

:huggles: Lyra, hope you got it done!

V_siddhesh, this is the Hogwarts Common Room. Students of every house can mingle here together. It's a place for fellowship and chatting.

Here is where you make friends from any of the four Hogwarts Houses, regardless of which one you get Sorted into. We have a trampoline and a pool and lots and lots of books and games.

Just mind you don't pee in the pool, or Fluffy will eat you.

Leah, the faculty person I need to see is sick today, and came in late if she came in at all. I have an appointment for next Tuesday, but that means I'll be in to do my next five hours of interning without having completed the promised paperwork. :(

i have the dark arts on my mind and im tending to side with the 'darkside'. apologies to the star wars reference. lately i have been thinking....probably why i have been so cranky lately....

i'll be in the chamber....just send someone to find me if you need me.

That stinks, Lyra! :huggles:

:wave: 'lo, all. Haven't been by in awhile so I figured I would stop by and say hello.

http://www.cosforums.com/picture.php?albumid=902&pictureid=16483


anyone want some pheasant egg salad on pumpernickel toast? has onions, black pepper and pickles too....

That looks yummy KID!

it was delicious. i make some pretty good egg salad.....but the real treat is the toasted pumpernickel bread....

Dear god it's been a long time since I've been here. Are the same people even still around? I see Lyra is still here...anyone else?

Oh hey Lions, long time indeed! What's new and exciting?

*glomps Julia* :huggles:

:wave: 'lo, all. Haven't been by in awhile so I figured I would stop by and say hello.

:wave:

Dear god it's been a long time since I've been here. Are the same people even still around? I see Lyra is still here...anyone else?

Hey, Lions! I remember you!

Oh hey Lions, long time indeed! What's new and exciting?

*glomps Julia* :huggles:Oh not a whole lot. Got into college, life going well, read Sorcerer's Stone for the 14th time (not exaggerating there, I counted ;) ), things are good. Thanks for asking :D How 'bout you?

:wave:



Hey, Lions! I remember you!

Hey thanks! Always nice to be remembered. Makes me feel less ephemeral, you know?

Oh not a whole lot. Got into college, life going well, read Sorcerer's Stone for the 14th time (not exaggerating there, I counted ;) ), things are good. Thanks for asking :D How 'bout you?

Not bad, still in college, though I found out this morning that I can apply for graduation! Only 29 credits away from my degree. :D

And when I'm not studying, I'm reading GoF, though I don't know for how many-eth time. I haven't counted.

SageRacer, on the other hand, is feeling bruised and bashed and under-appreciated. Seems a driver he sponsors blamed him for the weekend's engine troubles, and cussed him out loudly for all to hear at SouthSound Speedway. :sad:

I wish I could go see him and cheer him up somehow, but I have to be in Ancient Runes class (a.k.a. Medical Transcription) and he has to spend the next four or five hours working on another guy's engine. Hopefully this guy will be more appreciative. :sigh:

Not bad, still in college, though I found out this morning that I can apply for graduation! Only 29 credits away from my degree. :D

And when I'm not studying, I'm reading GoF, though I don't know for how many-eth time. I haven't counted.

SageRacer, on the other hand, is feeling bruised and bashed and under-appreciated. Seems a driver he sponsors blamed him for the weekend's engine troubles, and cussed him out loudly for all to hear at SouthSound Speedway. :sad:

I wish I could go see him and cheer him up somehow, but I have to be in Ancient Runes class (a.k.a. Medical Transcription) and he has to spend the next four or five hours working on another guy's engine. Hopefully this guy will be more appreciative. :sigh:

Hey sweet! I still got a long way to go for my Degree (I am shooting for an eventual Ph.D in Psychology, along with a possible M.D so that I can be a full Psychiatrist), but I hope that you get there soon ;)

Sorry to hear about Sage's troubles. Guy sounds like a bit of a jerk :no: (the racer, not Sage, obviously) Sometimes we just have bad luck, and we shouldn't take out our frustration on other people because of it. Shall I destroy him for you?

No need, Lions, Sage is quite good at standing up for himself and he let this driver know he was out of line and the other guy came off feeling rather sheepish on account of his less than savory behaviour. Hopefully Sage's reputation didn't suffer from other people overhearing the ranting, though, as sponsorship is supposed to bring in new customers, not give your past & present customers tales to bear!

No need, Lions, Sage is quite good at standing up for himself and he let this driver know he was out of line and the other guy came off feeling rather sheepish on account of his less than savory behaviour. Hopefully Sage's reputation didn't suffer from other people overhearing the ranting, though, as sponsorship is supposed to bring in new customers, not give your past & present customers tales to bear!

Hmmm...well, good to hear it. Still...I feel that I need to destroy something now...preferrably with large explosions.

Everything is better with explosions.

Here, I'll prove it.

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There, you see. My post is now far better then it would have been without the explosions :D

:huggles: Lyra
:wave: Leah

And now I must disappear for a few days as it is the last week of classes and the deadlines are suddenly much closer than they were a few weeks ago. :D :eeep: