Harry Potter wiki is awesome

And here's proof:
From the Harry Potter Wiki - Did you know...
...that Alan Rickman was the only Harry Potter cast member to find out their character's fate before the release of Deathly Hallows?

• ...that Neville Longbottom's wife, Hannah Abbott, is the landlady of the Leaky Cauldron?
• ...that Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore both see the same thing when looking into the Mirror of Erised; themselves happily reunited with their family?
• ...that when Fred and George Weasley bewitched snowballs to bounce off the back of Professor Quirrell'sturban in the winter of the 1991–1992 school year, they were unknowingly hitting Voldemort in the face?
• ...that Arabella Figg makes her living by breeding Kneazles?

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Eliza

Three accomplishments

#1. I set my bed up on cinderblocks.  Alone.

#2. I have managed to get through my sociology of development classes without falling asleep once. (or doing more than 20% of the reading, but that's a different story...)

#3. I made a vegan chocolate cake.  With avocado frosting.  It was gross.

#4. I slept on a couch for three nights.

#5. I got new roommates (Alex, Sarah, and Chandy)

More detailed updates to come!

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Eliza

A heart-breaking picture

I know this is a big turnaround from the last post, but I just wanted to show you this picture.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/world/asia/23graduate.html?scp=1&sq=japan%20elementary%20school&st=cse

It was on the front page of the New York Times today, and it's an elementary school graduation in Japan.  The auditorium had to be cleared of evacuees before they could have the ceremony.  What makes it awful is that the little boy is probably crying because members of his family died two weeks ago in the tsunami.  It pretty much tore my heart in half.  I am grateful to be living on high ground, both at home and at school, physically and spiritually.  My prayers are with the ones suffering from the effects of the tsunami.  

Family

You know what's awesome?  You're awesome.  This paper I'm writing?  Not so much.  Wish me luck!

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Eliza

Heidi's guest post

Hello. I am Heidi. That is my  name. I am cooking with Eliza and also Megan, whose blog this is not. They are great chefettes and I am not, and therefore am intimidated. But not really because they are nice. And I also like to eat the things they create. But this time, I contributed, with cookies from a bag. Good bye now.

Hello. I am Heidi. That is my name. I am a generally boring person, who does homework and makes plans to do awesome things that never actually happen. Also worth noting: I like the sound of typing on a Mac. Good bye now.

Hello. I am Heather. That is not my name. Eliza is forcing me to doo thislasdlkfjap-io1j! ... That was my face hitting the keyboard, which was propelled by Eliza's hand. Not really because she is not abusive... ahem.

Hello. I am Heidi. That is my name. This is not my blog. This is my guest blog post thing. I have never commented on a blog before, and here I am writing my own post. I couldn't feel more fulfilled. Megan is laughing and making me feel self-conscious. Also, she is eating grapes, like a queen of the olden days. This is really difficult. I cannot come up with intelligent things to say.

I will now give this blog back to Eliza, because this blogging stuff is surprising difficult. Amen.

There's just something about February...

... that makes my diabetes want to destroy me.  I'll try not to let it this time, but spending approximately 90% of the last 48 hours with a blood sugar above 250 kind of gets me down.  The real problem is that I have no energy or motivation to do anything.  Anybody know someone with a spare pancreas?

New hours, or Elijah's prophecy coming true

In the past few weeks, I have discovered an amazing new thing: there are extra hours in the day!  4:30-8:00 am is not a myth!  Wow.  Seriously a revelation.

So, I've been going to sleep earlier and getting up earlier - usually I'm in bed by 9 (!) and up before 5.  It's awesome!  I don't have to work through being tired, I don't late-night binge, the apartment is quiet while I do my homework, and I'm late to class less often!

Also, I'm turning into my grandpa.

This leads me to think of a whole new meaning of the prophecy of Elijah, of children turning their hearts to their fathers.  Since coming to college I have discovered that my parents were right about a lot of things that I always thought they were mistaken about.

Here is a list of things I've learned from my parents and now do:


Getting up early and going to bed early


Keeping my fingernails short (otherwise you clack in class, and nobody likes a clacker)

Make the bed (for pictures...)


Save money (yes, I totally have gold bars stored under my bed)

Eat a healthy breakfast every morning (wait, what?)

Exercise often (or at least take pictures when you do)

Keep receipts (and file them when your purse starts overflowing)





And other things I have learned but am still working on implementing:


Keeping up is easier than catching up (otherwise you end up feeling like this at 3 am)


It's good to clean your room occasionally


You don't really need that many shoes



And things I'm still not sure they've figured out, but which I will probably admit I was wrong about a few years down the road:


You can have bad handwriting and still be awesome


Flip flops are great!


Sweats are the best!


Fiction rules the world

Food processors are essential to life

Anyways, still learning.  I can't wait to corrupt my own children.