[3/30/09] In which Odette says "Give Yourself to Love"

My weekend was FANTASTIC!!!!!!! Happening is one of the most spiritual and moving experiences of my life every time I go. This time was better than last time I staffed and even better than my OWN Happening! I staffed again and I was a secret small group leader. On Sundays there is this foot washing and we get Bibles and that experience changed our group. There are so many thoughts about Happening that there is no way I could get them all in. So I am going to change topics sort of.

This next weekend I am going to Blackstone which is run by the same people but it is not a heavy as Happening. But this means I get to see all the people from last weekend again! I am very excited despite the fact that I will have accumulated even less sleep. (Yesterday I fell asleep five times during my Biology class, and we had a major test!)

I am thinking about doing NaBloPoMo In April. I think It would be fun and My Diary of a Nerdfighting Episcopalian Girl is slightly lonely. I am still thinking about it. I may wait until May because April is rather busy.

The play is coming together really nicely. We are off book and we have most of the scenery (which is not much because of how Thornton Wilder wrote it)

The other play, last Friday's was Okay. I think we could have used a more dedicated cast but in the end it worked out okay.

Ron: I wonder where the others went. It is kind of weird. But I enjoy blogging with you so its not too bad but I do wish we would hear from the others... It is always those dang cookies that get them! Curse you, cookies! Curse you!

I am really too tired to think of a question.

Your Ravenclaw,
Odette

Monday ftw!! :D

Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii wlogpeople, it's Mondaaaaay! I really like Mondays.

Sooo. Today has been really good because I didn't have any boring lessons (even Swedish was okay), and then something exciting happened!! *overly excited*
See, I don't have to go to my English lessons because I don't get anything out of being there so I might as well do other stuff. I usually sit at a table in a corridor close to where my class has English and work or read. Also, the guy I have a really big crush on has a lesson there at the same time so that's nice. When his class ended he stood out there for a while with his friends and then he asked me about my NaNoWriMo mug and we talked about tea and then he asked me about the book I was reading (Paper Towns, although I wasn't really reading it, just looking at the things I though was exeptionally awesome). So then we talked about H2G2 (Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy). Mwih. It was nice.

After that, I hung out with my friends in the computer hall. I was mad at my friends for not having read DH. And people looked at me weird. It was fun.

Yesterday I rehearsed with Solitary Snape. I didn't think it was possible, but I'm even more excited for it than I was last week. It's just a little more than a week left! I just hope I can find somewhere in Gothenburg with free WiFi (shouldn't be too hard, I just need to get there) so I can post videos. I think I'm going to participate in the "Vlog Every Day April"-challange. And Script Frenzy. And then there's probably a bunch of NP's ("Nationella Prov", or National Tests) in April. I don't think I have to do the English one though. But still. April's gonna be a busy month! If you'd like to see me vlog, here's my youtube channel: http://youtube.com/huvudpain

Me and my friends (those who haven't read DH!!!) were talking about Hogwarts houses the other day. Me and Arvid are pretty set on our houses (Slytherin and Ravenclaw) but Jonas wasn't sure. I said that he should join me and Slytherin and they were like "You're trying to lure me into the Dark Side!" and I said "Yeah, come and join me. I have cookies", and that's true because I do have cookies. My crush likes my cookies hah.

Odette! Ahh, it seems to be only us left...so how are you? I hope the play thing went well. I'm sure it did! And yay for speaking up for Harry Potter!

I'm going to Canada because I've wanted to since I was twelve, basically x)

Do you think Harry Potter is just for fangirls? Of course I don't. Harry Potter is for everyone! :D

Hm, I don't know what to write. I guess I need to get back to my squeee'ing over this day. Heh.

Hugs on you all!
Ron

[3/2?/09] In which Odette says "Harry Potter is not just for fangirls!"

This girl in my first period said "I don't like Twilight, its just for fangirls. Harry Potter is too" At this point I turned around and said "Harry Potter is not just for fangirls!"
Her: Yes it is
Me: No its not. I am heavily involved in the Harry Potter Fandom. And it is not only for fangirls!
H: Well yes it is.
M: If you aren't involved in the fandom, you cannot say things like that because you would know it is wrong!
H: I spend a lot of time on the Internet. How do you know what I know?
M: You wouldn't say things like that, if you knew the fandom.
H: Ya know? This is our conversation and you just turned around and joined it. *She tries to kick me out because she is losing!*
M: Sorry I felt the need to defend my fandom. *Turned around*

It was interesting...

Oh I have another Harry Potter related story but it is mini. We were being given notes for Our Town. Th director said to me, " You need to be more officious...You love this stuff and someone has invited you to speak on it! Okay?" One of my cast members said "Pretend it is Harry Potter"

The one act in my first period, Murder in the Knife room. Is going to be preformed this friday! I am nervous because some people don't know their lines still. I just keep breathing and telling myself it will be okay.

This weekend I am going to Happening. (My favorite of the retreats I go on) One of the things we have to do is write Caritas. Caritas is some sort of note or gift or something that everyone gets and it is amazing. They let it in with these balloons tied to giant bags and the giant bags are filled with Caritas! Since I have to have this done by Friday I am fervently working to complete all the personal letters I am writing. Yesterday I was writing Caritas and I started to cry. It is a very emotional thing for me. (Good kind of crying don't worry) Two more time that day I had to stop working on Caritas because I was about to cry. So I had to stop. I think tomorrow I am going to shut myself in my room and just write and cry and write and cry and write and cry and write and cry.

Ron! You are alive! YaY! You made me want to go to a wrock concert! I haven't been to one since last summer! Tell me about Canada! Why are you going ad such! Being in a play is a lot of fun but it is also a lot of work. I think it is an experience that everyone should have at least once in their life. Prom is weeks away though. I have yet to get a dress but I will post pictures when I do! Yes I think we should talk more! I love talking to people! Talking is good!

Do you think Harry Potter is just for fangirls?
Well as you can see from above, no. I do think we do have fangirls though. Not only of Harry Potter, though, I totally fangirled Alex Carpenter last July....

Your Ravenclaw,
Odette

Awesooooome.

I'm so sorry for not posting last week :( I've been very busy though. A couple of weeks ago I found out that I was getting rid of my braces, and a few months ago they said I'd have to keep them until this fall, so I decided to postpone my year in Canada, but because I don't have braces anymore I'm going to Canada this fall. I'm really excited about it because I've wanted to do this since I was twelve, and if I go this year I still get to go to school with the people I go to school with now when I come back. If that makes any sense. I go to the “gymnasium” (kind of like high school), which is for three years, and I'm in my first year. My year in Canada doesn't count, so I have to do my second year when I come back, when my friends are doing their third year. If I'd gone next year they would have already graduated when I did my second year, which wouldn't have been much fun. I love those people, so <3 Plus, the election in Sweden is in 2010, and I would have missed that if I'd gone next year. I won't be 18 then, but I still want to make sure my friends vote.

Aah, I could talk about Canada all day. But I won't, since you probably aren't interested, and I have a headache xO and it snowed tonight, which is soooooo notsome since it was all springy and I was excited and now I'm just depressed about the weather again :(

I'm also pretty excited because I don't have a lot in school at the moment, which is always nice. I'm trying to get around to things I don't have time for otherwise, like writing. I got a nice little idea this weekend which I'm gonna try to get out of my head.

Yesterday I rehearsed with Solitary Snape. We only have to Sundays left before we're playing in Gothenburg! I'm so excited for the trip down there, since it's gonna be filled with wizard rockers and Dreaner's mom (who apparently wants to hear some wrap...), and to see The Halfblood Princess live for the first time, and to see The Swedish Shortsnouts again. They are so awesome. I think I creeped them out by fangirling them last time xD

I was at an HP book discussion last week, and it was awesome! We talked HP for three hours, and Siri, a friend I haven't seen for more than two years was there, and we invited her to come along to Gothenburg :DD


Odette! I want to hug you for still posting here even if the rest of us fail heartbreakingly. Sorry :(
It sounds like so much fun to do a play! I want to do it too! I've been listening to the Wicked soundtrack a lot lately, and it makes me want to do a musical ;o and sorry about your fingers :/
I hope you have fun at Prom :D
Also, I feel like we should talk more!

Who do you think the father of Helena Ravenclaw is? I don't know...Salazar seems good though!

Anywhoooooo I hope you all are having a wonderful week wherever you are :P

DFTBA!
Monday Slytherin Ron.

[3/17/09] In which Odette is alone.

No one posted since last Tuesday. This make me sad.

Today we are running the first act (the only act I have lines) OFF BOOK! (To non-thespians: We have to say our lines without using the script.) I am fairly decent but I could use some work so today will be a challenge.

This past weekend was PreHap. We prepared for a retreat that will take place in two weeks. It was amazing and very powerful. I am still incredibly tired though. Yesterday I started about five stories and then had to stop because I forgot the ending. Hopefully that will be better today.

So my boyfriend asked me to go to Prom with him. I do not really care that much about going but he really wants to so I am going for him. Now I did not run home immediately and tell my parents and when I told my dad he was horrified that I had not told him and my mom yet. I did not think it was that big of a deal especially because my step mom already assumed we were going to go. But whatever.

I am not going to do a question since no one is here.

Odette

[3/10/09] In which Odette's finger is being very stupid!

Do you remember how my fingers were slammed in the door of my first period? Well my ring finger and my middle finger are healing quite well. In fact, they may be back to normal in a few weeks! Now it is gonna get a little bit gross so those who are a bit squeamish might want to close their eyes. My index finger had gotten a really bad bruise. It was brown and purple and red and white. So then a few weeks ago I noticed that there is a horizontal break in the nail. Not all the way across but about to the middle. We are reaching the penultimate grossness so you should definitely close your eyes. So as I stepped out of the shower the finger in question felt very funny. So I looked and noticed it was almost completely white! I examined it closer and found that the break had come free on the side of the nail! So it is gross and very painful.

You can open your eyes now.

(Did anyone get the B2.0 reference?)

In my French class we had to do a project were we talked about our futures. I decided to do mine fake and Harry Potter related. These are my sentences:

• In 2011, I will be 18. I will receive my Hogwarts letter. I will be sorted into Ravenclaw.
• In 2013, I will be 20. I will meet Teddy Remus Lupin.
• In 2015, I will be 22. Teddy and I will save the Wizarding World from Dark Wizards.
• In 2023, I will be 30. I will teach the Charms class at Hogwarts. I will be married to Teddy.

I know that my letter would have been late but it was all I could think of.
In Our town we had gotten ahead of schedule because the blocking finished early. And then we lost last week because of the bad weather so now we are behind schedule. Today we were supposed to know our lines in the old schedule (which I already did) but now the director has indefinitely extended that.

Ron: It seems most people would prefer to do the music instead of the physics. You are a rare breed. I hope you get it all done!

Who do you think the father of Helena Ravenclaw is?
Salazar. She did steal the diadem which makes her kind of cunning and sly.

Your Ravenclaw,
Odette

In a rush!!!!

Hey wloggers! I'm really sorry I didn't post last week. Today I'm posting, but it's gonna be quick since I have to finish a physics report and write a thing for music class,. Physics is okay, but I HATE music. Ughghgdhsdgfhhd. And this is coming from someone who generally likes music. I have two hours, because then I have to close the computer and sleep. I haven't slept a lot this weekend, I was at a LAN again, and didn't really sleep much, and then I stayed up waay to late last night because I had to finish a book for English class.
Yeah, I'm just gonna cut right to the questions now, since I really need to get to work :///

What do you think really happened behind the Godric/Salazar drama? Godric and Salazar had a secret love affair and then Godric decided he didn't like green.

Have you read any John Green books? Yes! Paper Towns, Katherines and Alaska! I actuall
y bought a new copy of Alaska last week (because you can find them in the book stores here if you're really lucky), because I only had the british edition and I really don't like the cover of that.
There are rumblings of a HP musical. What do you think? I think it'd be awesome! I love musicals. The people in my NaNoWriMo actually put up an HP musical. It had a lot of wrock songs in it.

Do you think they sort too soon? I don't know. Maybe. A little. Sorry I can't produce a better answer but my stress level is really high and my heartache doesn't make it any better. Maybe I'll tell you about that next week. Anywho. See you next week! <3

[3/3/09] In which Odette has yet to play in the pretty snow.

There has been a massive snowstorm along the east coast. I had no school yesterday and I have no school today. This is good and bad. Today I was to have an SOL test (a stupid standardized test that Virginians have to take) but I do not get to see my boyfriend which saddens me.

If you live in Virginia, which none of you do, you would know that snow like this is a big deal. It barely snows so I am trying to find someone to go sledding and other snow activities with.

So I was supposed to have the results of my test (The one on Saturday) yesterday but the snow meant the doc's office was probably closed.

Kate: Back problems sound like no fun! Get better! I would listen to your music! He is very nerdy but does not know of the Green Bros so I think he is a nerdfighter but does not know it. I am a decent cook. I do not know how I feel about being kidnapped though... Lady Grey tea! That stuff is the best!

What do you think really happened behind the Godric/Salazar drama? hmm...Well Godric was in love with Rowena. They had a good relationship. Then Salazar stole Rowena. Godric and Salazar got into a fight over it. And Salazar left.

Have you read any John Green books? All of them!

Do you think they sort too soon?
I think they sort too soon for choices to matter. If you are not properly informed, how can you make a good choice?

Your Ravenclaw,
Odette

Almost springtime!

Sorry for the long abscence, I was on bed rest (or more like bed ARREST) for back problems.
The whole week was a blur of pain killers, green tea and hot water bottles.
I've really missed updating here, and I'm gonna write as much as I can before my parents notice I'm SITTING and TYPPING (which I'm not suposed to do, but what the hell).

It's almost spring time here, wich is great one one side 'couse I was getting sick of the cold, but on the other side, since it's not officially springtime, It's cold when I go out in light cloathing and hot when I wear leyers, go figure!

I'm thinking about recordng a couple of songs!
I was thinking about making a wrock group with a brit nerdbuddie who lives in Spain, and besides that I'd like to go solo and make an album, but not as normal!Kate, more like Alice in Wonderland!Kate.
So I'm writting a bit and tossing around a few ideas...
Any suggestions?

Oh! Lookie at the notebook I revamped!
I's so... I want candy! i love Sophia Coppola's version of Marie Antoinette :D

RON: OMG! you have a wrock band?! That's sooooooooo awsome!
And a muggle band TOO?! I need to hear your music now, I bet it'll make me feel better :D
I'm glad you liked the page layout, and don't worry on being left handed, If you can help me get past the first line, I'll be enough.
Awwwww, I wish that there were wrock concerts in Madrid :(
Song Ideas: Down with the weasel! Skinnydipping in the frozen lake (and subsequent affaire withe the giant squid), The Vastra Vultures Hymn (that's his team, right?), and If I were a shark (kinda parody of Beyonces's If I were a boy).
Slytherin green ukalele ^^ how about... Humuhumunukunuku-a-Pua'a? :D it's the hawaian emblematic fish and it sound cool.
What's the Oxford Cliff Notes about?

ODETTE (a.k.a. Professor Willard): I'm glad you have a boyfriend, is he a nerdfighter? So you can cook? *am ploting nerdnaping you so you can do my cousine* BWAHAHAHha...cough...cough..hahaha... yeah, I'm bad to the bone!
Hogsome pen! I want a Slytherin one :D yay for tea! which kind?
Awww, look on the bight side, you can demand the right to pick a toy of your prefereance in exchange for your blood! (my dad used to do that with me when I was little :D)
I'm gonna try to look for frankee on her deviantart...

NINA: yay for youth empowerment! I think that what you're doing is awsome and so nerdfighter-ish :D and it's so awsome that you can change electives, I wish I could, becouse I chose one that last year seamed cool becouse I really liked the professor, but this year the administration assinged us to another teacher and she is a Witch with a capital B! You know, one of those that start the year with a "I'm grading you on your development, not outcome of single assignments" and I was like 'that's so cool!'... 'till she gave us the grade on our first assingnment...and all after that. *Think of your happy place, Kate, think of your happy place*
Last year I had Audiovisual Comunication as an elective and totally A+ it! I miss it sooo much, I'm good at the analisys of social reactions to publicity and media and that kinda stuff.

FRANKEE: WHERE THE BLOODY 'ELL ARE YOU?!
I MISS YOU! COME BACK!

Q&A
Would you attend a Harry Potter Themed tea party?
Totally! Though my friends are planning an Alice in Wonderland one.
I'd totally be the madhatter :D

There are rumblings of a Harry Potter Musical. What do you think?
Depends... Would it be derected by a nerdfighter or wrocker? If not BAD IDEA, if so BRILLIANT BEYOND BRILLIANT!

What type of wand would you want?
Cedarwood, but not sure on the core... maybe a Crumple-horned snorckak claw or horn?
Or an Anphethater (latin american dragon) heart string...

If you could have any mythical/ HP creature as your pet, what would you have?
Threstal, hands down. Don't ask... and I'm not sure if I could see it, does seing people on tv die count?

Have you ever named a plant after an HP character?
No, but when I buy a cactus I'm planning on naming it Regulus, and when I have a garden, I'm having a few Narcisus called (obviously) Narcissa.

My Question: What do you hink really happend behind the Godric/Salazar drama?
Random Question: Have you read any John Green books?

Peace and Greeness!
Kate