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.

Gwenog Jones

of the hollyhead harpies, i presume? so yeah, google+ is rad. been playing with it last night and all today, and that's great fun. only a few friends got on in the initial invite storm, but we managed to find a loophole and i've got a bunch of people on there with me now. it's like a stripped-down facebook with some notable improvements and only a couple downsides. hopefully those will get fixed, and/or facebook will step their game up and improve their product to make it more attractive than google's offering. as something of a google enthusiast, they've already sort of won me over, but i do like facebook as well.

i guess when it comes to social media marketing, i've pretty much got no choice in the matter but to use both, but if that's the case, i don't know how i've managed to live without tumblr or dailybooth [a.k.a. the beast and the man of sin]. we'll see how long i can hold out. speaking of holding out, i worked an opening shift on about 2.5 hours of sleep, so forgive me while i go and essentially pass out in my bed for a while. i'll likely get up early and begin 'work' on my youtube queue. it's a beast, but i shall conquer it before vidcon. this i swear! of course, during vidcon will be nearly impossible, since i've busted my laptop. double bugger all the way 'cross the sky... so totally un-intense. boo. anyway, sleep now. goodnight!

Fred Weasley

this is a thing that was made by me, which you should watch and enjoy! i spent most of the day making it, fending off all manner of interruptions in the form of broken laptops and broken tripods and crappy sd cards. but alas, i have vanquished the beast of a video, and it is now available for your viewing pleasure! man, i really have been reading too much fantasy. not quite halfway through game of thrones now, and it's picking up. great read. the wife and i are almost through with the series, which we started watching earlier this week. she's liking it.

so i went on ashford's site and it looks like i've maintained the 4.0 gpa afterall. go me! 100% on the final, which is not surprising, but at the same time i wasn't entirely sure about it after i had written it. granted, i'm a bit hard on myself, but i dunno. i guess i did well. now for the waiting game with jobs, applying and hoping, et cetera. can't really look too extensively for anything until after the trip to california. mom and dad are giving me some money for graduation, which is cool. essentially paid for half of my camera, but i may use a bit of it to get a kindle. i like the app and i'd like the actual device a bit more. realistic, like paper, not backlit so i don't kill my eyes. anyway, yes.

i got into google+ today, and it's fantabulous. i'd say more, but it's way too late to be posting blogs as it is, so i'm just going to head off. more on that front tomorrow!

Ernie Macmillan

hufflepuff. that should be an expression, like 'balderdash!' i think i'll try and make it a thing. so today i worked in the day and went to go see super 8 [which was phenomenal] while my wife got a tattoo. a harry potter tattoo, to be exact. it came out really nice, but i didn't want to go watch. she doesn't get why, but i dunno. i'm just not interested, that's all. anyway, it was a full and busy day, which ended with me trying my best to attempt to catch up at least a little bit on my youtube subscriptions. that didn't last long. didn't even get any of the script for tomorrow done! terrible me, i suppose. but alas, it is time for sleep. so short a post.

Dean Thomas

as of this moment, i have completed all of the work associated with my bachelor's degree in english language learner studies at ashford university. i think that means i just graduated. online school is weird. anyway, i don't feel any different, but i do feel a bit relieved to be done with that monster of a final paper. it gave me some trouble, and more than usual, despite my typical 'wait until the last minute to actually find out what the topic of the final paper is' manner. i should probably stop doing that, but i guess i will by virtue of the fact that i won't have to write another one.

ever again, if i don't want to. that's a freeing thought.

so on the topic of trouble, i think my laptop completely died today. the good thing is that i got every bit of important zero and one off of it when i bought my desktop, but the bad thing is that i was using it to write my paper this morning. yep. so i actually wrote this paper one and a half times, as i was about halfway through it when it went 'ker-plunk' and i lost everything. spent a while trying to get it to work again, to no avail. but alas, the paper is done and i didn't really need the laptop for anything in the end. though now there's no way i'll be able to produce video while i'm in california on vacation. bugger. i'll have to pre-film. sleepytime. work in the morning. double bugger.

Cormac McLaggen

what a worthless sunday this was. this morning i woke up and felt absolutely terrible, sort of like my stomach was eating the rest of my guts from the inside out. i have no idea why. christin says it's because i ate too much cake, but i think she's crazy. there's no such thing as too much cake! but in all seriousness, i have no idea what it was, because i didn't eat all that much food at all, let alone the cake in question. just felt terrible. after she got back from church, she picked me up and we went to her parents' house for lunch. hot dogs, rice, baked beans, and iced tea. delicious.

last night, with the help of daximus the brave, i managed to get my cv done. that was a grueling experience, but a good one none the less. i put it to some use, but now i'm not really sure what to make of the whole situation. i'm being purposefully vague here, but there's a reason for that. anyway, to make a long story short, tomorrow is my last day of school and i'm getting a piece of paper that says i'm slightly more awesome than i was before [and a few thousand dollars poorer for it in the short-term], so that's a thing. hopefully i can find a job now! a real job! hooray jobs!

Bathilda Bagshot

remembering the moments

it’s so unclear

re-living it just to disappear

it’s always the wrong way

and never the same

it's dragging and staggered

into a dull replay

lying down in sleepless eyes

wide awake so caught inside

this aimless endeavor

it’s sure to leave its mark

blacked-out and beaten into our skin

deeper now that it's sunk in

feeding on all of this damage it’s done

the deeper you look

the harder it is to find

it’s so safe and so secure

blacked-out and beaten into our skin

deeper now that we've fell in

Alastor Moody

it's friday, yet i feel no compulsion toward 'getting down' as they say in the common tongue. that's probably a positive thing. today i opened the store and headed home to my lovely wife, tired as all get-out. we ate dinner together and then got a call from our friend judy who is apparently back in town. huzzah! she's been out on navy business [intelligence] in europe, so that's a thing. we went to a bar and i had quite honestly the best chicken tenders i've ever eaten in my life. no exaggeration. and probably some of the best bbq sauce as well. man they were good. expensive, but good. the fries were okay...

but man, those tenders were beer-battered awesome on a plate.

after that, we headed back home where christin got a sudden craving for... bread. yeah. so i went and got some bread and a couple donuts and headed back to the house to watch game of thrones episode one [yeah, i'm making her watch it now]. she liked it. we'll watch more tomorrow, but now it's bedtime. bah. i didn't get much accomplished today, but christin is going out with her brother tomorrow night so i'll have time to do it then. excellent. yes. good. great. grood. and now i must sleep for a very long time. goodnight!

Zinc'd

it's been said that there is absolutely nothing notable about thursdays, but that's not entirely true all the time. it's generally true about today, but that's because most of the day was spent working. after my nightmare of a mid-shift, i headed straight to elder ken's where we went through about three short pieces of one section of the confession. it was good times, that's for sure, and i came home and ate 20 chicken mcnuggets for dinner. like a boss! no, but seriously, they were really good. i've finished game of thrones [all that has been done thus far] and started working on the book. it's really good. really, really good.

hard to believe this is my last week of school, possibly ever as a student. weird. christin and i have decided to try and apply for jobs in hong kong now and see how things work out. if i get one that pays enough to justify the move, we will move this year in around september or so. that's exciting, but i'm trying not to get my hopes up since it may not happen. there are a lot of jobs available, but competition can be really steep and i think my being overseas and not british will be disadvantages to them wanting to employ me. not sure. i'd love to do a skype interview though, that'd be wonderfully modern. anyway, it's time for sleep.