seekercho @ 2002-06-05 22:56:00

Current mood:	peaceful
Current music:	Celestina Warbeck's "Farewell to Thee"

Hello everyone!
This is my first entry of the journal, and I know it's kind of late, but I've been spending the last few weeks finishing up my NEWTs. I will not be able to stress how thankful I am that they ended.

Quidditch practice ended an hour ago. It went well and I was very pleased with my team's progress. I worry about our Keeper, though. Ackerley doesn't save as many goals as I'd wish, but he isn't horrid. Tomorrow night's practice will be another two hours so I can work on this with him. I have another two weeks to shape anything else up, but otherwise, I think our next match with Gryffindor will go well.

I like this idea of a journal. I was quite wary at the beginning, but it is a nice way to put your thoughts down, without the mess of a Quill. Using this computer is very odd, I must confess. It does have some other uses, though. I'm able to look up muggle poets, which is quite nice. I like this particular sonnet by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, called When Our Two Souls,

When our two souls stand up erect and strong,
Face to face, silent, drawing nigh and nigher,
Until the lengthening wings break into fire
At either curved point, -- what bitter wrong
Can the earth do to us, that we should not long
Be here contented ? Think. In mounting higher,
The angels would press on us, and aspire
To drop some golden orb of perfect song
Into our deep, dear silence. Let us stay
Rather on earth, Beloved, -- where the unfit
Contrarious moods of men recoil away
And isolate pure spirits, and permit
A place to stand and love in for a day,
With darkness and the death-hour rounding it.


I'm undecided about the Ball. I'm not sure if I want to go, but I probably should. I haven't gone to one since the Yule Ball, and this will be the last one I'll be able to go to, so why not? Even if I'm there alone. I still miss Cedric, how can I not? He was the first one I fell in love with, and at this point, he probably will be the only one. It won't be the same going without him.

I still have some DADA homework to finish, so I must leave.

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