seamus_f @ 2004-02-14 10:01:00

Current mood: pleased

Ha! The End, and I survived it!
Thursday night, Dean, Bout and I went into Hogsmeade and hugged Remus J. Lupin, who may not be an actual professor any more but I say needed a hug more than any of them and so it should count. Besides, Bout wouldn't hug any other professor, and MB was chasing him around.

Yesterday I was actually glad he's my partner because he knows how to hide under a table during a fight, let me tell you. Which reminds, here is that survey. I am studying to be a Healer, therefore my handwriting is atrocious. Believe me, you don't want to see the original.


LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR WEEK
Getting to Know You



Name: Seamus Finnigan, Gryffindor



Name of Partner: Terry Boot, Ravenclaw



What is the most interesting thing you have learnt about your partner?

He actually has a very long torso and wide shoulders—very challenging to dress!



Is your partner what you expected of someone from their house?

Have you met him?



Do you feel you know your partner better than before?

Not better, but differently.



What does your partner's prized possession say about them?

That he had a surprisingly normal childhood, and a great deal of sentimentality about it.



What do you and your partner have in common?

Dean Thomas.



Sum your partner up in ten words or less:

Contrary, impractical, undirected intelligence, sentimental, funny, not a worrier.



What have you learnt from Love Your Neighbour Week?

That when a fight breaks out over something that is not in any way important, it might be better to crawl under a table and observe than to charge into the centre of the action.



What do you think your partner has learnt from Love Your Neighbour Week?

How to apply eyeliner so it doesn't get all over his fingers.




And now off to Hogsmeade, to get rid of this damn chipmunk.

Comments:

deanthomas @ 2004-02-14 10:14 am UTC

Wow...

seamus_f @ 2004-02-14 10:55 am UTC
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What?

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deanthomas @ 2004-02-14 11:45 am UTC
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...Nothing.

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seamus_f @ 2004-02-14 11:54 am UTC

You know, I'll be glad when you get your damn hair back. You've been in an odd mood all week.

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deanthomas @ 2004-02-14 12:08 pm UTC
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Heh, so have you. But I think the biscuits are at least partly to blame.

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seamus_f @ 2004-02-14 12:24 pm UTC

Likely. But I don't think I did anything too bizarre while under their influence. Except hugging MB, but I think that was mostly her doing.

Have I been odd? You've just seemed rather bewildered.

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deanthomas @ 2004-02-14 01:15 pm UTC
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No, you've been the same as always, really.

And yes, it's been a bewildering sort of week. But not entirely in a bad way.

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seamus_f @ 2004-02-14 01:36 pm UTC

Yes, I am ever the same, firm and unchanging. Call me Leigheas.

Not bad? Well, yes, I suppose it wan't bad after all. I realized that it wasn't Bout himself that I didn't like. It was fighting him for your attention—a batlle I ultimately lost, anyway. Luckily he is too flighty to remember to lord that fact over my head.

It was also, I suppose, the way you behaved when you were around him. Nothing like yourself at all. It was like all your worst qualities came out and then so did mine. But I suppose you threw him over in the end, didn't you?

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deanthomas @ 2004-02-14 01:48 pm UTC
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Leigheas.

Yeah, he's pretty flighty, all said and done. Which was something I used to need, I think, but not so much anymore.

Shay I've done a lot of things in the last year that I'm not exactly proud of. But nothing moreso than having never told you that I'm sorry.

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seamus_f @ 2004-02-14 02:04 pm UTC

Oh. Well, my goodness. I, er, I don't know what to say.

Thank you.

I'm sorry, too. I'm sorry I'm not more fun, that I'm so serious. That I couldn't be, well, what you needed when you needed it. More than you know.

But I've been trying to lighten up a bit. Done some things that were a bit unwise, even. (Though none I'd mention here.) Dunno if I've succeeded, but Parvati--well, one can't be too serious around her. Or Malfoy, for that matter.

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deanthomas @ 2004-02-14 02:16 pm UTC
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Don't thank me. It was long past due.

It's funny that you've been trying to lighten up while I've been trying to strap myself down and fly right. I don't know that I'm very good at it, though. I mean, bringing Lavender to my parent's house? That was really stupid. So I have this new plan, you see...before I do anything big, I make myself wait five days. I figure five days is enough time for me to come to my senses before I leap without looking.

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seamus_f @ 2004-02-14 02:23 pm UTC

Leaping without looking is a Gryffindor tradition! But I'm sure five days is plenty of time. Anything on the docket at the moment?

Do you know that blasted hat wanted to put me into Hufflepuff and I had to talk it into putting me into Gryffindor? But the oddest thing--the other day, it said it was wrong and I was right and I was just where I belonged. I suppose I just need to do some more leaping. Though I suppose I've leapt with Charlie, haven't I?

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deanthomas @ 2004-02-14 02:34 pm UTC
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Not at the moment, but I'll let you know if that changes.

I never knew it wanted to put you in Hufflepuff! It said Gryffindor for me both times. It also said something about how learning the difference between impulsiveness and bravery takes longer for some than others. -_-

And you know, Boot's torso really is weirdly long. I just didn't notice until he was dressed in something well tailored.

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seamus_f @ 2004-02-14 02:48 pm UTC

Exactly! Otherwise his legs just look short. Tuck in those shirts and voila!

Yeah, that's why it took so damn long. And you are brave. I think so, very brave. Especially about your parents and things. But do, do let me know if it changes. I've missed knowing everything you're doing and thinking and things.

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deanthomas @ 2004-02-14 03:00 pm UTC
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I have to confess I'm still thinking about my hair. Haha. Okay, and true something else might be on the horizon of my thoughts, too. But you know, five day rule and all.

Actually, one big thing I need to do--and I can do this now, because I've thought about it for a lot longer than five days--is write to my parents and tell them that Lavender is just my friend, and that I'm still gay, and that I hope that they enjoyed having me at Christmas anyway, and that I'd like to come next year too, if they'll have me.

So if you could read over what I've written that would help me a lot I think. And also, make sure that I actually take it to the Owlrey and send it off. At wand-point, if you must.

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seamus_f @ 2004-02-14 03:08 pm UTC

Okay. Five day rule. And your hair, it shall return shortly! No pun intended.

I would be honoured to read that letter. And yes, I'll make sure you send it. But as I said, you are plenty brave, at least to me.

I hope they respond better to this letter than the last one. But if they don't, well, you still have all of us, right?

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deanthomas @ 2004-02-14 03:18 pm UTC
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Sweet sweet hair...Queenie didn't mistreat you much, I hope!

This isn't so much about bravery as it is about setting a few things right.

I hope they do too. But if they don't, I can deal with it. And better than I did last time.

Right then. Sod the hair. In the end, I'll take the friends.

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seamus_f @ 2004-02-14 03:29 pm UTC

Me too. Every time. But Dean, be fair to yourself. Last time it took all of us by surprise. This time we'd be better prepared.

Is it time to go? I think it's almost time to go. What are you wearing?

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deanthomas @ 2004-02-14 03:32 pm UTC
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It's pretty much time.

I'm keen on wearing that suit you dressed Terry in. Not like he'll wear it again! But no time for a fitting, so just the usual, I think.

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seamus_f @ 2004-02-14 03:40 pm UTC

Really? Well, then we should do some shopping, you and I. But the usual will do very nicely. I think I'll do the same myself.

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