NaNoWriMo Craziness

Hey all,

So how's life? I hope it's better than mine right now. When they say that NaNoWriMo's a challenge, they aren't joking. With school crushing down on me and trying to get out from under the thumb of "the man", it's hard to find time to do anything for me anymore.

But then again you gotta live through it. I've been working on a new idea for a third possible blog and I wanted to throw it out to you guys. I've been thinking about showing off my journalistic skills by review books and writing more on here after NaNo. Any opinions?

Wizarding Life Networks (The company I work for) has announced the launch of their newest branch called myHogwarts. myHogwarts is a fan's addition to Pottermore, as created by our boss Keith/Xavier. Basically you get to pick courses/classes and go through a normal school year. You can role play, talk, and most importantly sort yourself. There are the normal Harry Potter classes like Herbology and Potions, but there is also Creative writing and more classes to be announced. I've joined the team and am ready to start working on it! I'll link the site so you can express your interest and enroll when the time comes! http://www.myhogwarts.co.uk/ Go and check it out please! And check out the Facebook page and Twitter!

So you see what's going on with me, have fun today! :)

~Jasmine

The Half Blood Prince of Textbooks

Okay so you've had a hard day, teachers on your ass, friend drama, home stress, and stress in general. So you're probably pretty out of it when you have to open your Math, Science, French, English, etc textbook right?

But then when you do you get a flurry of messages and helpful hints written in lovely colours of pen on your textbook that you immediately start to feel better. This has happened to me numerous times. Maybe my days weren't as bad as my example above but I always feel a little joy when I open up a textbook for a boring subject and come to find that I wasn't alone because many people were also bored and took the time to make many games for you to do while working. 

My first experience of this was in grade 6 when looking in my french history textbook when I come to find a note written on then inside cover of the book. It was just a simple sentence telling me to go to a specific page in the textbook. Once I flipped to that page it, in turn, told me to go to another page. And then it repeated over and over again. After about 10 steps of flipping pages, you come to a random page that congratulates you on defeating your boredom and gave you a phone number to call. I was sort of curious about calling the number but I never did. 


It got me inspired to do that sort of thing and as the years went on I discovered more and more graffiti on textbooks. Yeah, my school was awesome like that. XD 


So basically what I want to say is that textbook notes are cool. Especially if they help the reader understand what's going on. Or help them not be bored and look busy at the same time. But don't go crazy with it. It is still vandalism.


Look out for the Halfblood Prince of Textbooks! Or make one yourself!


Until next time,


Jasmine 

Award Ceremonies: The Good, The Bad, And The Just Plain Boring

Award Ceremonies, they are designed to give people of all ages satisfaction in themselves for achieving a variety of goals. The variety of ceremonies is large and they can differ in excitement levels. Last weekend it seemed there was two ceremonies going on in my world although I was only invited to one.

To overgeneralize things I can start off by telling you that all award ceremonies are boring, whether or not you are receiving an award at them at all. Especially when over 100 other people are getting the same award.

In my ceremony we were recognized for earning the Canada Cord in Girl Guiding, there was also some adult awards and some Commissioner's Gold award for Rangers. We had to line up in alphabetical order to walk in and sit behind our families. I was number 20 out of 114, we sat in the backish of the auditorium.

We also had special cards prepared that had our favorite guiding moments on them. So imagine over 100 girls walking up to a microphone and telling us their favorite moment. It's interesting at first, but then it gets just plain boring. It was fun to get a certificate and stand up in front of all those people, even if it scared me to death.

If you didn't know, I don't like public speaking. At all. So I enjoyed it but was scared to death at the same time.

All in all the things to remember about award ceremonies are that you're supposed to enjoy them. So if you have a ceremony coming up be sure to have fun and be proud.

:)

Jasmine

A Brand New Project

Hello everyone,

I wanted to apologize for my depressed post from before, my birthday turned out to be pretty great actually. A lot of people wished me happy birthday on facebook and in real life. I got some great gifts and celebrated my day pretty well.

Now I'm pretty excited to share with you the news of a new project I'm working on with two of my friends. It's a blog called http://twogeeksandanotaku.blogspot.com/ and the three of us will be posting stuff on a weekly basis. Everything from reviews, opinions, discussions, and experiences is what you'll find. Right now we're in our beginning stages and only one post has been made but it will be growing.

*shameless promotion done*

Tomorrow I get to go to a girl guiding awards ceremony because last year I received the Canada Cord. Which is an award you can get in pathfinders by completing various requirements and challenges. So I'm pretty excited about that.

School is going well, especially on my birthday. So I'll write to you later!

Jasmine

My Birthday

Hello all,

Yes it's that time of year again, my birthday. It's tomorrow (the 21st) for your records. I don't really know how to feel about it because it seems so unimportant to me. I've been lying that I'm 15 since the summer and now I will be. It's not like it makes a difference anyways, I have the maturity level of someone more than two years older than me anyways.

Some people know it's my birthday, mostly my friends and some people who have been in my class for years. If someone wishes me happy birthday who isn't in those categories I assume they got the reminder on Facebook. Therefore it is invalid.

Sorry if I seem so negative right now, I can't really pen the reason why I'm feeling this way. I just need to let things out I guess. But tomorrow I get a bunch of people saying Happy Birthday! And actually acknowledging me for once.

Anyways I'd like to say hello to the people who have been reading me! And thanks to I Love Reading And Writing for linking them to me!

:)

Jasmine

Picture Day

Well it seems that the annual school picture day is upon us again, or at least at my high school. By the time you read this and I finish writing it'll be the end of the day for me and it'll all be over for another year. To help you out I have some tips! Some are borrowed, some are mine, all useful!

When putting an outfit together for picture day you have to keep the weather in mind. For instance I had planned on wearing a dress for my picture but since I walk and the weather was cold so I had to swap to a shirt and tie (with added Gryffindor pin). Don't be too strenuous when walking to school, get a ride if possible because you may sweat on your way to school and you don't want embarrassing sweat stains in your picture to be remembered forever. Also keep the background of the picture in mind, you don't want your head to be floating. Dress nicely but don't wear a costume, be yourself!

When packing your bag pack a hairbrush, a small mirror, some touch up makeup, and a lunch that is easy to eat and won't stain if your picture will be in the afternoon.

At my high school they call down by last name in alphabetical order, keep that in mind during the day. If you're in an earlier letter (example I would be C) you are lucky. If you aren't stop by the bathroom on your way to the photo area to touch up with a hairbrush and makeup or whatever else you would need.

Don't be afraid to practice your smile while in the washroom, and remember to smile with your eyes so it's genuine. Once you get to the photo area give the photographer your order sheet and follow their instructions. They are instructing you for a reason. Be confident, sit up straight and don't forget to smile!

Jasmine

Ps. I seem to have Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide on the brain lately, it's a good show with good tips that I actually use and borrow for here time to time so I recommend watching it even if it's for middle school children. The jokes aren't just aimed for kids anyway so even an adult will enjoy it (my mother is proof). Go find it on the net somewhere because Nickelodeon decided to stop airing it, or look to family during the weekly afternoons before school ends. It's fun to watch when you're home sick!

Thanks!

The Third Wheel Effect

Definition: Where one person hangs out with two people who are dating in situations and places where couples usually hang out like at the movies or at restaurants. 


Third wheelers make the situation extremely awkward for a couple to show affection towards each other or talk about things pertaining to their relationship.

Thank you Urban Dictionary.

Now there is more than one type of third wheel, to be specific there are three. The first and our focus today is the type described above and the second one is a group of three friends that are most of the time the same gender. Two of the three are best friends and the other who may or may not have been best friends with one of them first feels left out and excluded. The third one is similar to the first one except for the fact that the third wheel is wanted by one half of the romantic couple to make things not so romantic.

Today we focus on the third type and a little personal tie in I have to it.

Story time!

As you all probably know, I am an average female high school student. I am a friend and confidant, not someone's romantic interest. This starts when I was waiting at my friends locker's for lunch (where we always eat) when another friend of mine (let's call her Anne, to keep things simple) came up to her locker, which is next to my two friend's lockers.


It starts when I'm standing in the hall during lunch waiting to meet my friends at their lockers. Then my other friend comes by because her locker is next to theirs and starts talking to me. Let's call her Anne, okay. So I say hello to Anne and make pleasant conversation and she starts talking about how she has to go out for lunch with this guy. Apparently this guy has a thing for her and keeps going out for lunch with her, now he assumes that they are dating while she remains uninterested. Now she doesn't want to go out for lunch with him again alone. So she invites me to attend this lunch date to make it less romantic.

I agreed, mostly because she offered to buy me lunch and an ice cap (my guilty pleasure). So when we walked up to him in the middle of the crowded front foyer and I see his face fall completely and then my conscience kicks in and tells me I'm wrong. Then I open  my mouth. 

To say that Anne is a bad liar is a bit of an understatement, basically I did all the lying. I got the guy to believe that I forgot my lunch and that Anne owed me money so she was going to buy me my lunch.

I had to carry the conversation basically because the guy barely spoke so it was me and Anne talking to each other, it felt sufficiently less romantic than her other times out for lunch apparently.

After a while he seemed to get used to me and didn't glare at me that much, but I think he lost it when my friends came by. We were at Tim Hortons and who do I see in the line up once we sit down? The very friends I was waiting for in the first place! So they came over to our table briefly and made things even less awkward for me but not for the guy!

Once they left we started eating and we stopped talking. Tim Hortons was pretty busy with people from school to angry looking men in suits during their coffee break. That was when I discovered the third wheel effect and sufficiently understood the concept. Truth be told, it's actually hilarious!

After we got back to school I trailed around them for the rest of lunch and noted the guy's relieved face when I left briefly to go to the washroom. When I got back Anne was talking to another friend of hers (who is also a guy) and his relief was long gone from his features. 

I stayed until lunch ended, during my next two periods I reflected on how it went and how the Third Wheel Effect changes social situations. I sound so professional but I actually drew a diagram, it was entertaining. More entertaining than Civics anyway.

Now I've shared my story with you, I hope you enjoy these sort of posts I've been writing as of late. I'm trying out different faces of my blog to decide which one I want to show you so if you like this very realistic side of me let me know. I've got a brain full of it.

Jasmine

First day of school reactions

It was my first day of school today (Tuesday) and it's hard to nail down my thoughts about how I feel. So I guess it would be best to talk about all of it.

My alarm went of at 5:30am this morning, I woke up at 6:00am. Had breakfast, did my hair, got dressed and all that lovely stuff. Then my mother, in all her nostalgic glory made me pose for a picture. It was cold and she made me take off my jacket to see what I was wearing, I froze. Then I ran off and walked to school with a friend, it was fun we caught up and made it through the rain (okay it was mist but my hair still got wet).

We got to school and it was filled with grade nines! It's like little short people were infested in our school. And they knew nothing about hallway etiquette. I made my own set of hallway rules at the beginning of grade nine because it is the worst thing in the world to get in the way of someone older than you. These grade nines knew nothing, we had to push through the foyer just to enter the school.

My first class was math, eugh. I usually don't like math but today was okay we chose lockers and did some review from a textbook. Which is weird because we normally don't get textbooks because we can't afford them. I could go on a whole rant about lockers and their locations but I'll save that for later. My locker is in a main hallway, which isn't really good in a sense but it's convenient for me.

Then I had science, lunch, civics, and french. I could honestly rant for many a paragraphs about civics but I'll let you off now :)

~Jasmine

I'm staying up late...again

Hello,

Tomorrow (or most likely by the time you read this, today) is the first day of school and I'm going into grade 10. I'm actually excited, strange isn't it? Well I'm not nervous this time like I was last year, now we have little niners below us to have all the nerves for us. Don't worry our school doesn't do those stupid minor niner initiations like some schools do. We're pretty nice about welcoming kids into the school and being nice to them.

I think I want my life to be like a musical though, during the school lunch period I just jump up and sing a song and everyone mysteriously knows it at joins in. Wouldn't that be fun? Well I think so.

Anyways this is a short post because I should be getting to sleep early because I woke up at 10:30 this morning! So I need to fix my sleep cycle.

See you everyone!

Jasmine

My Red Carpet Show

Hi,

So the day is coming, when school comes back in session and my free time flies away never to be found again until the next summer when I will undoubtedly waste it again. It always has to be the last second when people wake advantage of their time isn't it? Some people are ambitious but like others I sit in a vegetable-like state of boredom until 1 week before it's all over. It seems like the adrenaline from it all coming to an end motivates us to do things.

Anyways tomorrow isn't the real back to school, but it might as well be. Nay, tomorrow is Grade 9 orientation day where new grade nines and their parents get lost at the school while picking up their schedules, SAC's, SPC's, and yearbooks that are basically useless when you're super popular you'll only see yourself once in your standard photo that everyone has. I was lucky enough to be in the background of one shot in my grade nine yearbook. So I'm hoping for more than one this year although I'm not like those people who count every single shot they're in (I blame Lizzie McGuire for that, sometimes I wonder why I was a fan).

So it's tomorrow, as I said. I'm not too stressed about it, it's just that first impressions are important and if school is an award show than this is my red carpet debut for the year. It's not like people will look at me though, because I'm not a big celebrity on the red carpet, I'm more like that supporting actor/ess who has a lot of talent but this is their first big movie so no one really cares.

Most of the people in my high school are in the category of what I like to call the "I-know-who-they-are-but-they-don't-even-know-I-exist". Even if I've been in a lot of my classes they still won't remember my name so I'd walk up and say hi and they'd look at me thinking who is this person and then it'd be really awkward and I'd end up saying an awkward goodbye, they'd nod and go back to forgetting I exist. So this may not seem important, but if you're trying to get people to see through your past embarrassing moments and invisibility this is crucial.

So I have to plan, maybe I over think things too much but I like having a plan so that I have a solid idea of how things will go. It's like I need a storyboard for every moment of my life. Even if my ideas don't end up being anywhere close to how things actually go. I literally plan everything with strategy and tactics prepared, it's not normal I know but it's how I work. Yet somehow I can't plan stories as well.

Okay you're probably thinking I just want people to like me for the sake of popularity and that's not it. It's just  that like every other teenage heroine that are super cool and geeky and should be more popular than they are nobody knows I even exist or let alone anything about me.

Honestly, we did this thing in Geography at the end of last year where we got a paper with everyone's name on it, and we were supposed to write a positive comment about them. Why we did this in English during a French Geography class I'll never know. So I thought about each person and wrote something creative for each one, there was one girl I completely despised (and it's reciprocal, trust me) and I wrote that her last name made me think of chocolate (note: the person's last name was a funny spelling for cocoa). And I'm a good enough person, not particularly articulate when all the attention is on me or talkative for that matter but I'm nice. Well I guess everyone else thought so too because most of the comments from my classmates were "You are nice." some varying with added adjectives or punctuation granted. It was like the only people who write something creative were my close friends. One good comment was someone liked my obsessive love for Harry Potter, that was gold compared to all the ones saying how nice I am. Or the ones that bugged me more were the ones who said I'm funny, they came from people who I hardly even speak to let alone joke.

If I ever got my works published and became famous I'm sure they'd look at my name and maybe remember that I went to high school with them, if they did they'd probably remember that I'm nice too, maybe. I'd like to break out of my shyness bubble, it's not like I'm shy around my friends or the internet. I think I'm more outgoing on the internet than in real life, in a way that's kind of sad really.

I now speak directly to you, my readers, if there are any. You can look back at my previous posts and see how lame they are and probably laugh and I wouldn't blame you. I'd probably join you, I guess you can say I matured a little from then and now. I've been doing this for 2 years now (I'm not too accurate) and I've changed a lot through that time. It seems like now my posts have meaning, and could somehow be philosophical or maybe be like one of those bloggers who gets discovered and gets their blog published. If that ever happened I think I'd flip.

I've been thinking about making a new blog, taking on a new project for the year, sort of like in that movie "Julie and Julia". Wouldn't that be cool? If I found an idea than I totally would but sadly right now I'm stumped. So for now you'll have to live with my lovely opinions for the time being. I'm trying to get better at actually posting for you, whoever you are. Apparently I had big fans in the U.S. according to the stats, and in Europe so hello people wherever you are. I guess most of you have probably not bothered with me anymore and I understand. I'm back now and I'm trying to do this so I can say that I'm writing everyday. That's what I wanted to do with my life so I might as well start now.

Along with my writing for Wizarding Life I have recently applied for Mugglenet (another fan site), not too sure what I'd do or if I'll get it. I applied out of post rejection depression from the library. So I just want to feel like someone wants me to work. Also opinions needed: If I don't like my old posts should I delete them? Or are they a part of my blogging history? Or just ditch this blog altogether and start another one? If you want to answer (I'd be pretty happy if you did) feel free to comment. That or email me, or tweet at me, I don't really know.

Later

Jasmine

The Imagination=Motivation theory

Hello,

So what is the Imagination=Motivation theory exactly? It is the theory that if one imagines it hard enough, said thing will happen. I'm here to tell you that there is a little more to it.

As a seasoned day dreamer I have had many ideas fly around me in my life, when think about a story I skip some major parts in the process in my head. That brings about a high of confidence that I imagine being successful and famous. So I try, but I am terrible at planning stories or writing long bits of work. I'm on a short term brain so I can't bunker down a write a whole novel. At lease not right now anyways.

I guess that's why being a journalist is good fro me right now, I have deadlines and structure so I can work easier with that than freelancing. The same can be said for blogging, I write about what I know to you and do it quickly. The difference between those two things is that blogging doesn't happen often anymore (although I am trying( and on Wizarding life I get published every week.

Which brings me back to my theory, does Imagination=Motivation? Sometimes, I had dreamed about what it would be like to work for Wizarding Life and I guess they liked my writing enough to accept me. I had also dreamed about being a famous blogger, but look what's happened since. I think other people are the key to this. I have an editor who supports me, along with other writers and my boss. My blog is just me, myself, and I.

It takes real work to make things happen, obviously I need to leave my computer to clean my room, which takes effort. Making an effort in other things will, in the long run, help me get things done.

So here's your tidbit of "wisdom" (or plain common sense) for the day. I hope to write to you again soon!

Jasmine

Hello again

Hey,

I've been so busy with Pottermore, work, camp, and other things it seems like I had forgotten you hadn't I? But I will be posting when school starts!

Jasmine

It's the little things that are awesome or not

Hey everyone!

So today hasn't been that great for me. I stayed up until 4:30 last night waiting and registering for Pottermore. I accidentally registered three times. Eugh. But I got in for all of them, now to wait until I get my welcome email....eughX2. J.K. really likes to make us wait (Happy Birthday to J.K. and Harry by the way :) !) for things doesn't she? I killed time by watch Limitless, Harry Potter and the CoS, and random TGWTG videos, and fanfiction of course.

So let's remember that last night I got a total of about 5 hours of sleep (which for me is bad) and keep that in mind for the rest of this post shall we.

So I woke up at 9:00am feeling slightly tired yet pretty alert considering last night's shenanigans (look to my twitter for a play by play XD). I joined my parents down stairs as they finished breakfast, where I promptly plopped down on my moms chair and fell asleep. My mom woke me up and we talked about how late I stayed up last night (strangely she didn't get mad, mostly because it's summer) and Pottermore.

Then we watched Jaws (the second half specifically) which was okay. I can't say too much about it because I wasn't really paying attention.

Then I skipped breakfast, validated my Pottermore accounts, and wasted time on the computer (which was slow :P)

I had lunch then worked out on EA's 30 day challenge, after which I got extremely sick (still am now) and fell on my bed and dove in and out of sleep for a while. I felt like a bomb went off in body it is this bad)

I had soup for dinner and then I had a LONG bath where I read an awesome book called The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney, which is awesome if I may say.

Now I am here, cleaning out one of my drawers for absolutely no reason at all. This is very un-me because usually I am an organized chaos kind of person.

So why am I telling you all this? Personally I don't know, if someone weirdly cares and gets something out of reading this fine by me. But that is leading up to the single thing that turned this day from awful into tolerable. Let me tell you.

Paper, I found a huge stack of paper just now while I was cleaning out the previously mentioned drawer.

When I was younger I would take huge stacks of paper from my mom's office and hoard them in my room, I'd use like two sheets and never look for them again. But new "writer" me is ecstatic to find more paper to write on! Hooray!

At least this day wasn't awful, because tomorrow will certainly be a challenge. No I won't be going anywhere but I don't think a challenge always means being in a different place. Nay, tomorrow I have two challenges to embark on!

One is my new job as a writer at www.wizardinglife.com an awesome website I suggest you all check out for me!

And two is CampNaNoWriMo, don't know what it is? Go to www.nanowrimo.org to get more information. But in a nutshell it's national novel writing month. Every november people register for the site and plan to write 50 000 words in the month of november or write a novel. I plan on doing it this year. Now they have CampNaNoWriMo which is a summer version of that, they are doing it in the months of July and August this year, I missed July so I am doing August this year. It's gonna be pretty hard because of all my trips but trying will be worth it!

I leave you now, for I feel you have spent far too much time reading this when you could have been doing so many other things XD

~Jasmine

The Post-Root Canal Effect

Hello Everyone,

The root canal procedure is over but that does not mean the pain is gone, Unfortunately. The procedure was normal, until my tooth decided to spontaneously bleed. Which is uncommon, and irregular. Just my luck, eh? This lengthened the torture for me and the poor dentists that had to do the root canal. I pity that dentist honestly I do, because they have to be insane to allow me into their office and fill all my cavities for these fourteen years.

Here's how it works in a nutshell: I am told to brush more, I scowl; I am told to floss, I scowl; I am told I am irresponsible, I glare; I have to have a root canal, I scream bloody murder.

For all my life I hated the dentist, I used to cry in the chair and dread appointments. My mother always listened to my displeasure openly and let me explode, which I don't thank her enough for.

And I'm getting off topic anyways...

The procedure was long and tedious. I listened to music sure but the drill always drowned the it out. I had to keep it low enough to hear if they were speaking but loud enough to drown out the noise. There was no happy medium.

In post my jaw was very sore and my tooth was in pain for a long time. I took painkillers but they did not help :(

And for some reason half of my right hand has been tingly and numb for no reason and it bugs me.

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Thank you for letting me ramble without editing or looking back. I needed to write that.

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Anyways, lately I've been hanging around my house. I've mostly been sleeping and reading because lately that's all I had the energy to do. Until I looked back to my FanFiction profile and saw all the reviews and story alerts for Voldemort? Meow!

If anyone from there is reading this (which I highly doubt) I would like to thank you, because honestly this story was spur-of-the-moment and I had no intentions of doing anything with it. I was bored so I wrote it, and that's all. So I was surprised to see all the story alerts and reviews telling me to update it. I will as soon as I catch up on my editing. You see, when I went away to the cottage I brought my FanFiction binder with me (if anyone cares feel free to let me know because it is quite extensive and detailed so if there is any interest I can write a post all about that) and edited all of my works. But lately I have been too lazy to put them onto the computer. And with this new original fiction on my mind (i know weird) I'm no sure when I will get around to it, but I'll try!

Ummmm, I think I'll write more tomorrow so I'll see you then?

~Jasmine

Dreading Tomorrow....

Hello I have returned! Yep it was fun to be away for a week but I missed you internet! When I got home I immediately ran upstairs to my laptop to catch up with the tweets, videos, and posts. I'm still behind but slowly getting there.

I did a lot of reading last week. I read Harry Potter 1-3 and 7 in preparation for the final film, I read Hacking Timbuktu which was awesome and a review will be posted soon!

I did a lot of editing on the FanFiction front and will be implementing into my works so look out for that.

I went to a flea market and bought some nice stuff! I got a vintage Harry Potter and the GOF lunch box, Harry Potter Scene it? (Years 1-5), and a Bleach Key-chain for a friend. The lunchbox is awesome, it's square and metal so it looks vintage; its for the GOF for some reason and is 1 of 6000 made and I only paid 5 bucks for it.

I'm listening to one of my favourite wrock bands called The Secret Keepers right now on repeat! You should check them out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-tQrB8RgQY&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

I am dreading tomorrow because that is the day of the dreaded root canal! Ah! Then I get to see the movie on Wednesday. I'm not looking forward to it...

Wish me luck guys, it's nice to be back.

~Jasmine Ann

I'm going away!

Hello again,

I shall be away from Friday to Friday starting tomorrow.

I will be going to the land of no internet, more commonly referred to as my cottage. While I'm a little depressed that I'll be away when the new movie comes out I'm pretty excited because I love my cottage and we have a drive inn there so I MAY be able to see it. It also gives me a chance to work on FanFiction without any interruptions or distractions. I tend to get distracted a lot especially with my laptop because I'll go on one thing, then another, then they pile up and my computer gets fed up and dies on me...

I watched the live stream of the London Premiere of Deathly Hallows part 2 on YouTube today while running back to help my mom in the garden. She was less than happy about this arrangement but when we had lunch and watched it she got hooked. Overall the premiere was awesome! And kudos to the people in the square who camped for five days in the rain to be there! That is a WIN!

I'm pretty excited about the premiere, I've seen a lot of the behind the scenes stuff and interviewed so I am really excited and energetic about it! I am just hoping that I don't cry!!!

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Lately I've been feeling crafty. So I made a necklace with painted poptabs in the colours of the four Hogwarts houses. I did book colours so the Ravenclaw house is bronze and blue. I also didn't have the exact shades so I worked with what I had. Slytherin and Gryffindor were the first two and I meticulously painted in a pattern, I had to freehand Hufflepuff because I usually paint light colours first then go over with dark and Hufflepuffs are the opposite of the first two so it looks different, and I just hurried on Ravenclaw.  And here is the result!

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I also got this book from the library recently called Hacking Timbuktu by Stephen Davies. So far I like the book which is about hacking and parkour. I'll post a review when I'm finished it but I find it really gripping and hard to put down!

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See you next week!

~Jasmine Ann Snape

Where can you find me?

So lately I have signed up for a plethora of internet sites that are popular for the rest of the world. So I now present to you everywhere I am on the internet.

Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/JasmineAnnSnape 
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/wrockportraits
FanFiction:  http://www.fanfiction.net/~jasmineannsnape  
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15 days!

~Jasmine

Tired n_n

Hello,

I am super tired today which is Sunday June 26th 2011. Yesterday I watched a friend's dance show (which was awesome) and today I need to study for my english exam. Although eveything is distracting XP! Especially the fact that when I am done the exam I am going to have a sleepover and then go to Wonderland the next day!

Yeah, I may go and fall asleep now.

Oh yeah, one more thing. With the new HP movie coming everyone is rushing to reread the books for it and rewatch the movies. I myself am taking part in the movie challenge and I bought a special edition of HP1, but I bought it in Blue Ray by accident. I don't own Blue Ray so right now it is useless...

Well I am going to go and watch OOTP now.

Bye!

~Jasmine

One Day More

Ahh, the song from Les Miserables. One day more is really the song of the moment for me right now! One more day until finals start (they start on wed), and one more day until we find out what Pottermore is! We have heard many guesses from a social network, to an encyclopedia, to an MMORPG. I am personally hoping for an MMORPG because that would be awesome, or maybe an encyclopedia because she did sue a guy who tried to make an unofficial one but because of the lawsuit had to stop so she owes us one!

Anyways, the main reason I am writing to you today, my friends, is because of a new person I found online who is awesome!

Her name is carla keane (link in her name), she has a blog and a YouTube so you should check her out! She loves Harry Potter like me, but isn't as obsessed. XD

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Also in celebration of the last days of school and the new Potter movie I've been going around the school with a red marker. If you've watched Scarhead you would remember that Lauren vandalized a poster with a red marker saying "The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. Enemies of the heir...beware." Well I did that to a few of the girls bathroom stalls, with washable marker of course (I'm no criminal!). I also wrote hearts that say you're beautiful with the hopes that a girl with low self esteem will read it and it will brighten their day. Recently (meaning today) I got my hands on a piece of chalk where of the outside of a stall door I drew a big heart with your beautiful in it and on the inside I wrote "I hope you have a Magical Summer!", I'm no artist but they looked awesome! I wish I took a picture of them because today is the last day and tomorrow we have have an exam along with with the rest of the week and next monday.

So I hope your Summer is MAGICAL!

~Jasmine

PS. Who loves the HP tv spots? i do!

News and Such

Hello All!

I have news for you! A couple of things for you actually! Well, two actually actually. XD

Firstly, it's exams! But you knew that already correct? Yes! Now let's add the newest bit of news into an already stressful mix. It's called a root canal. Ugh, right? I found out not too long ago actually, I just returned from the dentist you see. Where they mummified my tooth (it's the back bottom left by the way) and I have to go back in 3 weeks and get the procedure done. Here's the part that kills me, when we come back from the cottage is the appointment to get it done but when we leave for the cottage is when DH Part 2 comes out. So instead of seeing it, I'll be having a root canal FML.



Needless to say I am a little nervous! But I did okay because I was listening to Wizard Wrock on my iPod!

Haven't had much time to write but I have done a lot of reading lately, once exams are over I'll go on a stint for you all and write like crazy!

Now I'll go back to studying with a half numb mouth! See you!

~Jasmine

The Wizzies - LAST Voting Round!

The Wizzies - LAST Voting Round!

If you love wizard wrock as much as I do you need to click that link! Doing so will take you to www.wizardinglife.com which is a fan site for Harry Potter. The wizzies are awards for wizard wrock bands to win, and they have many categories including: Best Album, best male vocals, best female vocals, best album artwork, and more. It is the last round before we find out the winners so go and vote!

By the way, who is pumped for PotterMore???? I am!! I can't wait for Thursday to arrive! Even though I have an exam that day :(

Anyway hope you are having a magical day!

Jasmine

…on DailyBooth

Because I had to show you all… on DailyBooth

Yeah there's my latest snap on DailyBooth, so if you want you can head over and stalk me even more by seeing the pictures I like XD

Yep, I just wanted to let you know that.

~ Jasmine

Ps It's crazy storming here! Ah! The lightning!! *dives under bed with laptop hoping the power doesn't die!*

A small reccomendation

Hey all,

Came across an old video on YouTube I favorited a while ago and I rewatched it and cried :)

The video is called: Harry Potter | Marchin' On. It's basically a video with clips of Harry Potter films to the One Republic song Marchin' On. It is the best Harry Potter Video ever, like it's in my top 10 for sure. Previously it was being petitioned to being put after the end of DH Part 2, and sadly it didn't make it. But I still recommend watching it because it is a perfect definition of the Harry Potter series (movies and books, people)

I have it down here...

But I think that you should head over to the YouTube page of the video and leave a comment and like it, it deserves it!

To quote one of the comments on the page:

Thank you for my childhood, J.K. -RobertPattinson1992


That is what all the fans are thinking probably and it's sad to see this wonderful era in literature and film end, but in a sense it never will. With FanFiction, Fan Art, and websites like Mugglenet.com and Leaky the Harry Potter series will live forever. Then when we are older we can look back and say that we were a part of it. I may have came in later than I wanted now (I wish I was a fan before!!! I literally want to go back in time and make myself love it!) its a part of me.

This sounds like it will be my last Harry Potter word, well I am telling you that it won't, I think that I will always love Harry Potter and never stop.

At the time of this post the countdown to DH Part 2 is: 37 days 7 hours 14 minutes and 30 seconds.

See ya

~Jasmine

My First Wrock Song!

From requests from people on Mugglespace.com I am posting the Lyrics to my very first Wrock song as A Portrait from Hogwarts. I write wrock songs from the Portraits point of view, so this first one is called "The Fat Lady" and I think you know who it's about! So here it is!

I know a portrait
It acts like a door
It guards the house of
Godric Gryffindor
She is really big
And kind of likes to sing
She's scared of Sirius Black
And makes my ears ring
Oh!

The fat lady
She's kind of crazy
But she's a guard through and through
She is so great
And never stays up late
She would never let in "You-Know-Who"

She almost never leaves her post
Except to see Violet
Who had drinking parties
Which she'd host
Harry Potter
Would always wake her up
And she'd yell at him
Cause she's really tough!
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

The fat lady

She's kind of crazy

But she's a guard through and through

She is so great

And never stays up late

She would never let in "You-Know-Who"

She's better than Sir Cadogan 

That knoght was a nothin'

She may be fat

But be ready when she attacks

Cause baby when she's irate

She'll set you straight

She gives firsties jitters

1, 2, 3, Banana Fritters!

The fat lady

She's kind of crazy

But she's a guard through and through

She is so great

And never stays up late

She would never let in "You-Know-Who"

La la la la la la (fades with la la la's)

I hope you like it!

~Jasmine

What am I doing now?

Well I was home ill today :( which seriously has brought me down on the happiness scale. But I plan o revamping this blog again to reflect the new image I intend on bringing to here. What's the status on blog number 2? Unknown for now. But I'll let you know when!

FanFiction reading gets a little over whelming sometimes, as today it was much.  Usually it is shown by my computer freezing (which is rare) them I lose everything. I hate when google chrome is like that, but it is just an opportunity to discover new fics instead so I take it in stride.

I am also fortunate to have received the Canada Cord last night, which was a great honor!

So now I leave you with hopes of a better day tomorrow :)

Jasmine