Okay, you know what, fanfictions between Snape and ANY HOGWARTS STUDENT are just WRONG. Every time I even read a SUMMARY for one of those stories, that song 'Don't Stand So Close to Me' starts playing in my head... x__X;;

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Ack, I missed Tengu's birthday! I am such a jerk. x__x Happy late birthday, Tengu ._. (and your new layout looks pretty ._. I like black and white... though all I know of MPD Psycho is what I've read on del's pages... it sounds very scary o_o) And to Yujoon, too. I suck at birthdays.

::pokes Kailynn:: Do you remember me, girl? X3; I'm in Ravenclaw, according to harrypotter.com..and my wand is 10 inches, Willow, with a unicorn hair core. I also don't like what they did to Draco's hair for the movie, but that is just my personal opinion :3;

Kitsu, you are one of the most intelligent 14 year old females I know of. That thing you wrote should be the manifesto of all like-minded invididuals. XD Unfortunately, I was an insufferable idiot at 14, and still am--but my grammar and syntax are better.

I love you Ali .__. I want a big entourage to go the HP movie with: on the Friday it comes out, I'm going to stand up in AP english and call out 'WHO'S GOING?!' and am going to rush to the Collierville Towne ASAP..maybe even instruct my mom to be there, waiting, with tickets.. or something. x__x And I hope you don't get sick from your office .__.;; ::worried x__x::

I pride myself on being able to tell gender in manga/anime (or anywhere, really), but I seriously thought the guy on your (very nice :3) layout was a woman the first time I saw a picture of him. XD Er..and I hope you don't mind me putting up the fractured Claris fairy tales you wrote on CP's page...^^;

::gives Rose love for no reason other than that they have not talked in a while xx::

If I did not say something to you, it is not because I dislike you--it is because my left leg has fallen asleep and I must now hobble painfully about the room until it wakes up and I can finishing drawing Karma (and do everything else I was procrastinating on doing).

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Aw, that is such a nice compliment, Donna, because that's just what I try to do...I want to write about events and people that are completely crazy and absurd, but still have it and them be, you know...grounded, somehow. And if you want to know your characters more, I suggest this fabulous character chart. It's lengthy, but it really forces you to think about (and thusly, 'get to know') your characters. I have found that this method and RPing are the only two that work for me when it comes to discovering traits and such about my characters (aside from, of course, actually WRITING the story, which is the best method hands down IMO, but most people like to know things about their characters before writing...helps you plot it better)--RPing is less work, because discoveries just sort of happen (I have found out many things about Donovan just by RPing him for a short time), but it can't always be done (for a number of reasons -_-)... so the only other way is just to sit and ask yourself questions about the character. This chart has a lot of good ones aside from the basics.

Lazarus J keeps getting better and better. X3 I have always wanted to do double pages once or twice for Karma (to make up for my irresponsible updating), and now that I know the secret, I shall! Maybe today in fact, because the one page I have now is sorta bad.

Kristen's room is cool (found the photo in your cleared out blog directory..)~ we just got a digital camera recently, so perhaps you can all see photos of my uncool room soon enough (I know you're excited)

I have a hard time picking themes for anything... Hmmm... I think if I were a villain, my theme would be... ::waffles:: Either 'Goodbye' by Gravity Kills or 'Powderburn' by Powerman 5000 (I think that's what it's called). Something with the word 'fuck' in it, because I would be an angry and violent villain =P

B, I like Bryan Adams.. XD Mostly because of my Dad, who also likes him (though,of course, dad's favorite band is obviously the Eagles, but that's neither here nor there). I guess his songs are kind of sappy, but I'm a pretty sentimental person at heart.

Wow, that portal of evil livejournal thing is... evil. XD But not undeserved, kind of. I considered getting an LJ once or twice (mainly for the purpose of not having to post anonymously in the LJs of friends), but I discovered that you have to get a CODE from some other LJ user to sign up and all this nonsense and it's just 'Umm, screw that.' And I like your layout :3 Cosmo is my favorite FO character XD

That was fun, but I'm still miserable. Not achingly miserable, like last night, but definitely nowhere near Happy.

Many of you might find it self-indulgent and immature to complain of mental unhappiness in one's public diary, but I am quite tired of even trying to fake happiness and contentment when it does not exist. Of course you don't have to respond to my proclamations of unhappiness (the comment function, as I'm sure you've all gathered, is for my rare posts that are actually of substance), but they will continue until, by some glorious event, I am made happy. -_-

Small Addendum: The transition from calling one another 'Granger' and 'Malfoy' to 'Hermione' and 'Draco' (respectively) must be noted as a Milestone in their relationship and can be used to signify the fact that while they were once bitter enemies, they are now girlfriend and boyfriend (or at least fairly fond of one another).

How to Write a Draco/Hermione (or, in fact, nearly any Harry Potter character romance story in which one character is typically the enemy of the other, but this is specifically for D/Hr, and possibly D/Harry, since it's just about the same thing except Harry's a guy) Romance Fic in 4 Easy Steps:

1. Invent some reason (the more wildly contrived, the better!) for them to be in close proximity to each other for an extended period of time. If you do not want to go through the trouble, then you may either A) cause Draco to have a sudden, drastic change of heart and switch from being a prat bastard to a Sensitive New Age Guy or B) have Hermione have a sudden, drastic change of heart and change from being an intelligent, assertive (though still very sensitive, given the number of times she bursts into tears in the books) young lady to a simpering biznitch (Case B is very rare. Most writers, if they lack the conviction for plot devices, go with route A)

2. They must exchange witty, insulting banter. Draco must use the word 'Mudblood' every five words, or, if you want him to be really nasty, every three. Hermione must retort similiarly--prat, because it is British, is a favorite (especially amongst writers who are, in fact, not British). (this rule is generally not applicable if you have chosen to distort the characters as outlined in Step 1: in this case, one must skip directly to Step 4)

3. Intersperse this witty banter with each character having personal revelations in his/her head about how unbelievably hot the other character is/has become and how much they suddenly feel the urge to kiss him/her or jump his/her bones. This is a requirement. (meaning it has been in almost every single D/Hr fic I've read, and I've read a lot)

4. After several pages/chapters/books of this (depending on how long you want to draw it/how interested in being realistic you are..), one of them must make a confession of undying, eternal love (it's usually Draco).

Additional Notes: Since this is a pairing that will never, ever, in ten thousand years, happen in canon, one must of course bend the characterizations somewhat if even one does not choose to distort them so wildly as step 1 suggests. In general, it is Draco who must be adjusted: he is either a dominating, controlling, possessive (and sometimes sadistic!) yet-still-loving young man, or a sensitive, tearful boy just trying to escape the clutches of his Dad. In both characterizations he really hates Lucius. Lucius = Satan.
Hermione is usually more accurate, being that she is written as being a caring and concerned person. Have fun!

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Yes, yes, I know my own story is guilty of a lot of this stuff, too. XD

Apparently I'm a bat, even though I'm not really nocturnal... but everything else fits in pretty well.

::sighs:: i'm miserable.

I am in a state of not-happiness and not-unhappiness... Sedated, I guess. Mostly by coke. Mmm.. coke.

I didn't become homicidally angry with anyone today, however I am starting to hate my Physics class with every fiber of my being. I hate it more than Chemistry, and I really hated Chemistry. And it's twice as worse because I know that if I had gotten Dr. Bob instead of the only other standard Physics teacher, then I would be acing the class like my friends before me! >< But I had to get the teacher who seems to actually make an effort to make the class be difficult.

I have sketched the next page of Karma (it is very bad, mostly chibi faces because much dialogue must happen) and have written a fair amount of Clarity, as well as having written some poems (which I know you're all dying to read XP) and drawn a few more pictures... however I don't know when I'll get time to produce it all for you, since I have to do an AP English paper and a Physics extra credit poster this weekend... Kurai really has gone far too long without a large formal update though... school ruins everything. x__x

Whenever I become very depressed, I cling to the hope that things will get better.

Right now, however, they seem to be getting steadily worse.

And it's weird, because when I think of humanity as a whole, and right now, of the U.S. as a whole, I have nothing but love and goodness in my heart. But all the individuals I've been meeeting lately have just made me feel homicidal.

I'm starting to disturb myself. Everyone is pissing me off lately and I'm not even sure why. Okay, well, I can understand why I got pissed at that guy in the hallway that felt it necessary to grab my backpack and shake it for some reason, but otherwise. My friends are pissing me off, my family's pissing me off (well--my mom is. my dad rarely upsets me), I'm pissing off, random people in the hallway are pissing me off (but then, everyone becomes an ass while they're in the hallways--it's hard not to, they're so crowded that the only way to get by is to barrel through all the idiots standing there and conversing with their friends). I am filled with bitterness and rage. o_o

Mostly it's my friends upsetting me. I mean, they want me to be happy smily, but then they go and say these nasty things when I'm not there (then try to pass them off as 'jokes'--newsflash, cruel words are cruel words, funny or not, and twice as cruel when the subject isn't even around). YEAH, THAT'LL FUCKING CHEER ME UP. =P They wonder why my self-esteem is so low. It's kind of hard to keep up a good self-image when everyone around you is always drawing attention to your faults--my mother (I swear to God she cannot say anything nice without diluting it with a criticism), my brother, I don't need them on it, too. I DON'T CARE if they're joking, I don't fucking like it and if it doesn't stop, I'll... I don't know what I'll do. But it's going to cause pain, goddammit, because I'm tired of this. I mean, they say, just answer with an equally cutting retort--you know, I don't LIKE that. I don't get jollies insulting people, especially people who I'm supposed to be friends with. Ergh, rage fills my soul.

I may get lynched for saying this, but I'm really enjoying the new DBZ being shown on Cartoon Network...they're so funny. X3 And Gohan and the Supreme Kai are cute. :3

My Internet has been creeping along at a snailish rate lately..it's starting to piss me off o_o

::writhes:: Why couldn't the HP movie have been released this month instead of next? I don't know how much longer I can wait... and I'll probably have gotten my second report card by the time it's out, and I'm not doing too well this marking period... :3;

You WILL keep your mouth shut when the Harry Potter trailer plays, bothersome child of my mother's friend!!

I just can't do anything right. -__-

Working on a new layout for Kurai, but I think my background imge is too many KB. x__x