Amber Lyons

Disclaimer: Some inappropriate things I may have said during the past week seem to have been the result of whatever it is that was causing strange behavior around the school. I'm sorry for that, and I suggest everyone should be careful about what they eat or drink- considering it's not the first time an incident like this has happened, I wouldn't be surprised if whoever was behind this tries something else next time.

Well, exams are finally over. But I guess these exams are nothing compared to NEWTs. I'm not exactly looking forward to those, but I am looking forward to the performing arts recital in May. I just have to figure out what style of dance I want to perform, and then pick out some music. I know, it's not for another couple of months, but I need time to practice.


[Lily]

Do you have a computer at home?

These babies are a little too realistic-looking. Is it just me, or is that kind of creepy?

It's really strange being practically the only seventh year in apparition classes. It seems like hardly anyone in my year was born during the summer!


[Lily]

I've got some catalogs for dance and cheer uniforms from home, if you want to take a look at them!

Well, today it begins. Exams. For me, anyway. I didn't have any exams yesterday.

My exam schedule's pretty weird. Just one today, another Monday, and then I get smacked in the face with three on Wednesday.

For all of you who haven't signed up for Secret Santa, signups are still open until Sunday morning, so sign up now!

Here's the official Secret Santa Signups!

For those of you who don't know how it works, I draw names of the participants out of a hat, and use that to randomly assign each person someone to give a present to, anonymously. Hence the term Secret Santa.

To participate, just sign your name here! The only rule is that all gifts must cost no more than a galleon and a half.

OOC note:

From what I've seen in HP currency converters, a galleon is equivalent to $10 in American money, so a galleon and a half would be equal to $15.

[Private to Clover]


Hey. Can we talk? I just need someone to talk to right now.

[Warded to Feiyi]

So, are you still interested in helping with the Secret Santa? Because if you do, I have something I'd like to run by you.

Well, it seems that the Thanksgiving dinner was a success! I know I liked it. The pumpkin pie was especially good.

Anyway, with Christmas approaching, I was thinking of organizing a Secret Santa, if there's enough interest, of course. What do you all think?

This is a touchy and complicated topic, and I wish I didn't have to discuss it, but I guess I can't let this particular misconception go without clearing it up.

I've noticed some recent discussion on racism, and while I won't get into the parts that have been discussed countless times, and just how offensive certain statements were, I would like to point out that the term "racism" was misused many times during that discussion.

Even the most offensive comment about French people is not racism. Xenophobia? Sure. But it's not racism. The French are a nation, and yes, a culture, but not a race. For instance, someone assuming I have messed up teeth because I'm British isn't racism. Someone assuming I'm going to shoplift because I'm black? That's racism. Not that xenophobia can't be tinged with racism (discrimination against Indians, for example), but the stuff that's being discussed wasn't. Whether an argument could be made for xenophobia is a subject I'm not going to get into, but it's not racism.

( You have to be the change you want to see in the world. )