| potterstinks @ 2004-01-25 18:26:00 |
| Current mood: | enraged |
As all can see, we've been given a week from lessons. I'd like to think the Ministry has stormed Hogwarts and is planning to re-staff the place, but I'm not prone to hoping ridiculously. Have any of you cannon fodder heard anything?
In further news, a former tutor of mine's husband has died. I'll be accepting all condolences in the form of gifts through the owl post, as per usual.
Comments:
| perfectprefect @ 2004-01-26 03:02 am UTC |
The Ministry of Magic is certainly not changing anything about Hogwarts at this present date.
Formally,
Percy Weasley
| perfectprefect @ 2004-01-26 08:30 am UTC |
Hello, Virginia. How are you? I am fine. Thank you for asking.
I am not aware of the reason behind the cancellation of lessons at Hogwarts.
Sincerely,
Percy
| percyneedsalife @ 2004-01-26 08:35 am UTC |
Hallo, Perce. What's that you're holding there, in that picture with our baby sister?
(parent)| perfectprefect @ 2004-01-26 08:49 am UTC |
Hello again. I am not certain whether you were aware of this or not: I do not have a drinking problem.
(parent)| percyneedsalife @ 2004-01-26 08:55 am UTC |
I thought you were beyond that step, Perce. We don't think you should be hitting the sauce around Ginny.
(parent)| perfectprefect @ 2004-01-26 09:02 am UTC |
To start, that does not even make sense. Champagne is not 'sauce.' Champagne is a foamy liquid. One does not 'hit' champagne. One drinks champagne. Therefore, I do not understand why you would even refer to the practice of drinking champagne as 'hitting the sauce.'
I assure you that I, of all people, am not in danger of corrupting Virginia by posing for a photograph with her while drinking a social glass of champagne. You imply that I shall lead our sister down a path of debauchery simply because it fits in with your little joke. I would never say that you were a poor influence on Virginia out of jest. I do not find the idea of that particularly humorous. Perhaps you do not care much for interpersonal relations; certainly you do not care much for mine.
Furthermore, if you continue with your unamusing jokes about my non-existent drinking problem, I will have no choice but to inform Mother.
| percyneedsalife @ 2004-01-26 09:08 am UTC |
That was an awfully long comment just to tell us you're a baby and you're going to go tell Mum.
(parent)| perfectprefect @ 2004-01-26 09:24 am UTC |
I am twenty-one years old: two years your senior, if you had forgotten. The very idea of the two of you calling me a 'baby' is ridiculous. I highly doubt that an infant could possess the capability of sitting in front of a computer and typing out a response to your juvenile antics. The comparison would not make sense even if I were acting in a childish fashion.
In addition, if you are concerned at the idea of Virginia's life containing poor influences, you need only look to yourselves. What will she learn from you? From you she will learn that one needn't pay any attention to their lessons, that one can contain potential but choose not to apply it to anything and still manage to spend their lives 'goofing off.' As a matter of fact, I find the ordeal deeply sad. If the two of you simply chose to apply your abilities to something important to the world rather than a joke shop, you could succeed greatly. Instead you have decided to build your empire based on trick wands and food that turns your friends and relatives into various animals, something which I know from personal experience is physically painful. One day everyone around you will grow up, Frederick and George, and what will become of your joke shop then? What will happen when you finally realise that you are the only ones so adamantly opposed to becoming adults?
I apologise for not being the 'cool' brother. I realise that my lack of popularity has been a great disappointment to you. Perhaps this is what you refer to with your blunt implications that I might be a poor influence on Virginia. I apologise that I did not spend my years at Hogwarts as you did, winning friends due to rubber chickens rather than learning the art of magic.
Your continuous 'joke' about my 'drinking problem' has affected me not only at home, but as work as well. I do not doubt the fact that you considered this in advance and found the idea of it humorous. Minister Fudge inquired as to why I was refused a glass of mead with lunch one day at the Three Broomsticks. Does that please you? Are you satisfied to know that I cannot maintain a normal business luncheon due to the fact that you thought it would be hilarious to pretend that I drank? Undoubtedly you have done this due to the fact that I do not drink at all. Perhaps this is your way of implying that I ought to be more like the majority of society. I will ask you to cease these actions.
Thank you. You have virtually spoilt the pleasant mood that I was in. Was this your target for the evening? If so, congratulations on your success.
| pennyclearwater @ 2004-01-26 09:43 am UTC |
Why don't you come over and tell me about your new book?
(parent)| perfectprefect @ 2004-01-26 09:56 am UTC |
It is late and I have to leave for Croix in the morning. I still have several rolls of parchment to complete before I can depart.
(parent)| pennyclearwater @ 2004-01-26 09:59 am UTC |
That's all right. I have a desk, too. And quills.
(parent)| potterstinks @ 2004-01-26 03:14 pm UTC |
Fabulous. Perhaps you can take your nineteen years of pent-up frustration out of my journal now.
(parent)| erniemacmillan @ 2004-01-26 08:48 am UTC |
I notice you said 'at this date.' Does that mean you're planning to later?
(parent)| perfectprefect @ 2004-01-26 08:52 am UTC |
Hello. Were this something that the Ministry of Magic were planning, I would be unable to discuss it. The Ministry of Magic does not operate on a namby-pamby rumour system. I cannot divulge any information regarding the Ministry of Magic.
(parent)| potterstinks @ 2004-01-26 03:15 pm UTC |
I'll graciously assume, based on your intelligence, that you somehow weren't aware that this isn't your local stop for digging up information on the Ministry of Magic. Move along now.
(parent)| la_pensee @ 2004-01-27 06:03 pm UTC |
I suppose I ought to be happier about cancelled classes, and although financial aspects aren't really a concern of mine, I think it seems rather misguided to cancel a week's worth of classes (which we have to pay for regardless).
Whatever is planned I hope it proves worthwhile because it seems to me that our education has already suffered several times due to various reasons over the years. I'm not pointing the finger at anyone, of course, but it does make one question at times.