Salazar Slytherin

ugh. through no fault of the day, today was horrible. i woke up sick as hell, and angry about it. stayed in bed way late, and didn't really even want to put clothes on. we did have our confession meeting at 6pm at the house, so i managed to throw something together for that, but aside from that i haven't really done anything today.

you know that feeling you get when you've got a fever and you feel ridiculously hot to the point of sweating, even though it's a perfectly comfortable temperature indoors? that's what i'm dealing with right now. it's not terribly pleasant. i really don't want to call out of work tomorrow, mostly because i can't really afford to, but also because i just don't like doing it. i don't like inconveniencing other people, and i know it would probably do so. blah. i guess we'll see what happens when i wake up.

Regulus Black

today was effectively a non-day. i spent pretty much the whole of it working on a video to be put out tomorrow, and the song that goes with it. it's a wizard rock song, the release of which is sort of inspired by [and/or cashing in on] the release of the last harry potter movie this week. the song is something i wrote about a year ago, and never recorded or even thought much about until quite recently. i wrote another song about angry birds, which i should probably record and release while that game is still relevant. we'll see. anyway, aside from that, there's not much to say. i'll probably be up a while longer, working on the music some more.

Quirinius Quirrell

today was exciting! christin and i both forgot to set alarms, so we didn't get up in time for church. that's not the exciting part, though. we decided to head down to d.c. to catch the contour and hang with some youtube friends. ran into tom and laura, whom i was not expecting to see. a pleasant surprise indeed! got to hang a bit with the people there, and i even got recognized for the first time by someone i didn't know! it was very cool. thanks for saying hi, teri, if you're reading this.

each of the artists played a handful of songs acoustically under a big tree in the national mall, which was about the same as last year but still quite fun. i actually knew most of the songs this time, which made it more enjoyable. mike was great as always, and we even brought the dog, who was a big hit with all of the performers and most of the attendees. good times, good times. we came home and i edited pictures for most of the night, which can be viewed on my facebook or g+ pages. i put this video up, too! love it.

Pansy Parkinson

i'm developing this nasty habit of posting updates two at a time, and i'm not liking that. quite a dull saturday this was, with the exception of a quite remarkable nap after work and hanging out watching better off ted and grey's with christin at night. good times. we still aren't clear on the whole car thing, which is stressful. we're either losing christin's car at the end of august, or we're buying it and keeping it. not sure which one will happen, but it's not our choice, and that's the truly frustrating thing. oh well. that's all, really. not much to say at this time.

Olympe Maxime

day off. didn't feel much like one, for some reason, but rainy days seldom do. it was a pretty big storm, and out of nowhere. it hasn't really come down like it did today for a while, at least to my noticing. 450 was even flooded, which was interesting and annoying at the same time. i woke up and did some graphic design work, which was nice. headed to the post office box, then to the mall to buy harry potter tickets [which we didn't actually end up getting] for part 1 of deathly hallows at 9pm next thursday. exciting!

we had hunan express for dinner, and i probably ate too much, but it was amazingly good. watched a few episodes of 'better off ted' as well, which is a great show. can't believe it got canceled, but i guess i never heard of it until well after it was over, so i can't say i'm terribly surprised about it. we went to becky's house after that and hung out with her, watching some house hunting show. then we watched a few episodes of grey's anatomy and headed back to the house... now it's time to sleep. not the most interesting day on paper, but it was a day none the less. tomorrow is not going to be too much fun. opening on a few hours' sleep. but what else is new?

Nicolas Flamel

sometimes, when i go and open the store at 8:30 in the morning and don't get my first customer until 10:00, i feel like i'm wasting my life. granted, i still got paid for that hour and a half i spent essentially doing nothing, but it doesn't feel right. it's not productive, it's not valuable, and it's not something i enjoy. once again, granted, this can account for a large majority of things people do with their lives, and i'm not alone in this. regardless, i still feel like i should be doing something different. hopefully i will, soon enough.

work was boring, but i got off early. came home and tried to win $100 tickets to hong kong, but that was sort of a bust. i did get cheese logs, though, which were wondrous. i'm such a fatty. we had a good confession meeting where we talked about God's love. it's interesting to talk about it from a reformed perspective, one which teaches it in light of His other attributes as opposed to using it as a starting point and defining it as essentially glorified human love. it's different. it's particular. it's sacrificial. anyway, that's all for now.

Mafalda Hopkirk

the title of this post is probably my favorite name from the harry potter series. i don't know why, but i get it stuck in my head all the time. today i made this in the morning, worked a closing shift, then edited the video at night. it was good times! i also cleaned up a copy of the script and sent it to a potential employer. pray for that, if you think about it. today was a long, tiring day, and i don't really have much to say about it, aside from the fact that i'm quite tired and want to go to bed. and i kind of like my schedule for next week a lot. i have three days off in a row. that's a lot of days!

tomorrow i have to open, which means i should be sleeping right now, but i'm in blogging mode and promotional mode. it's not good to be in promotional mode at 3:41am, because people aren't, like, you know... up and stuff. so no one sees the promotional material. curses! i must repost everything tomorrow, but i have this crazy obsession with getting the 'main promotion' done the day of. well, technically, the day after, considering the video didn't finish processing by the end of 'today.' dumb. dumb, i say! it's time to sleep, i can't stay up any longer.

Luna Lovegood

today i didn't work, but i did have a call with a prospective employer in the realm of english education, which is great. there's this company that may or may not want to hire me to essentially do what i'm already doing on youtube in a slightly more educational and less entertainment oriented fashion designed for 18-22 year old asian girls who want to study in the u.s.a. or something like that. i don't know, the conversation happened fast, and it was all a bit fuzzy, and i was walking the dog at the time, and i don't know what else. anyway, i sent him to my youtube channel and i'll be sending him one of my scripts tomorrow and we'll see what happens.

anyway, speaking of scripts, i wrote the script for tomorrow's video. it's kind of lengthy, but we'll see what the magic of editing can do. it always ends up that the scripts i write with less of an idea of what i want the cohesive theme of the video to be always end up being the longest. i get this idea that i want to weave into the whole of the video, and i keep coming up with new ways to work it in until i sort of... pack the script too full with ideas and end up having to cut stuff for time. i'll probably have to cut one major part tomorrow, but i already know what it'll be, and i can always post it as 'bonus' material on the second channel. which i will.

i was supposed to have filmed this video today, but between thinking about the script for way too long, being engrossed in a novel, watching youtube videos [queue at 40 and dropping], and doing little errands, i just didn't get it done. it's okay, i've got tomorrow before work to get it all set up and filmed and maybe even edited. that depends on how early i get up. it's 4:35 and i'm not really all that tired. tempted to just stay up, but that never works out well. granted, going to sleep and hoping i get up on time doesn't always work well either, but here's hoping. goodnight.

Kingsley Shacklebolt

as much as i love america, the constitution, and the liberty provided me by those things, the fourth of july just isn't a particularly interesting holiday to me. it may have something to do with the way we celebrate it by blowing stuff up and roasting dead animals, but it probably has more to do with the fact that it comes one month after a terrible date in chinese history, and three days after another chinese holiday i'm not particularly fond of. if there's one thing i'm not, it's a chinese nationalist. i'm not an american nationalist either, but looking at what america was and now is and looking at what china was and now is... i'm sort of conflicted. this post made a lot more sense in my head, so i'm going to stop typing it now.

James Sirius Potter

morning was groggy. church was lovely. potbelly's was delicious. green lantern was okay. popcorn belly was troublesome. home was relaxing. nap was wonderful. better off ted was funny. internet was entertaining. booking a flight for amber to come visit christin while i'm in california was arduous [but rewarding]. catching up on youtube subscriptions was refreshing. dinner was alright. cake was amazing. dog was happy. cat was indifferent. christin was sleepy. i was content.

and now, it's time to sleep.

Ignotus Peverell

ahh, today. stayed up majorly late last night, so i woke up super late today. headed off to work and that was miserable. get this: the people that came this morning weren't from l.a. they weren't even from westfield. it was one dude coming to take pictures of the kiosk for the architect that is working on our modifications and [i think] the sun-blocker panel slash canopy thing or whatever they're going to build to make the hot, murderous sun not destroy our chocolate. so yeah, essentially, we worked ridiculously hard to make the store look perfect... for no reason.

such is my life. vacation soon. that makes me feel better.

when i got home, christin and i looked at some pictures and networked socially together and apart. i got on tinychat with some youtube friends and acquaintances [google+ has brainwashed me into putting arbitrary label on everyone]. that was good times. talked memes, editing software, and even some starcraft. russ is hilarious. inside comments, inside jokes... can't post those here. less than two weeks until harry potter, and less than a month until vidcon. wow! everything is creeping up so quickly. i'm excited. i've begun the search for a job that is actually pertinent to my field of study. that's not going super great, but i'm getting some response. woo! alright, it's time to sleep.

p.s. the show 'better off ted' was/is hilarious. watch it on netflix.

Helena Ravenclaw

zug zug. another month has come and gone, and i'm closing the store on a friday night. i got cheese logs today, which were wonderful. work was slow, dull, boring. choose your adjective, really. we spent most of the night cleaning up for tomorrow's big visit from westfield's l.a. people or whatever the heck it is. i don't know entirely, and i don't really care to know. all i know is that the store looks great, and i left it way too late [10:20 or so], but flanda and i did a great job. came home and christin was totally asleep on the couch. messed around on google+ a bit, fixed some bugs in a new acquaintance's skin for it [great improvement over the original] and yeah. that's all i've got for now. goodnight.