The Dog Days of Summer

[Cedric]

Well I don't know about you, but it's starting to really feel like summer here. Being really hot is the first sign, of course.

So while I sit in the shade, avoiding the outdoors and painful sunlight, I figured a new topic about summer might liven things up a bit, as well as give me a reason to check the boards more.

So talk about your summer woes, plans, or just gripes. Let it all out.

-Cedric

[Colli]

:clap: Huzzah for summer! It's WONDERFUL!

And fancy the timing of this new thread! I took my last final today!

[Remus]

Right here it feels more like January than May (which is usually starting to feel slightly warm by now).

My summer won't really start until the 20th June because that's when I finish my last GCSE and I will be finally free from school forever! :D I'm just hoping the good old British weather won't fail us too much - I'd quite like to take advantage of my 2 and a half months of freedom.

[Fleurdelacour]

lol Remus. It's still raining! Rain and Wind in MAY! Hate it!

I'm looking forward to a summer of reading and beaches! :D I'm looking forward to the 21st June, however not looking forward to the 21st August (GCSE results... Mmmmm a day for black dresses methinks!)

I'm going to Jersey this year, one of the Channel Islands, its really French, but its British ;) And it has GREAT beaches! Where OotP and RotK will be with me all through that week... *sigh*


Yes I love summer, and it's going to be my longest summer since I was four years old! Summer term starts on the 13th June when my last exams are.

Wow! :D

[LuthienElentari]

Anything that doesn't have to do with school I 'm all for it!
Plus the pools open! and the sun oh the sun.And its the slurpy season oh the slurpy season. But I have to admit by Augest 20 I get kinda sick of the summer and I want something to do. But this year I am going to an art school, so maybe school won't be that bad.


Summer is a miricle in Oregon Because it rains half the YEAR!!. I hate it when it rains it makes everything so gloomy and cold. All I have to say is that THE RAIN DRIVES ME INSANE!

Luthien mumbles evil rain........... :mad:

[ChianaWeasley]

This june im going away for the week to Cape May its a great beach/small town area. And we get back in time to go to the opening for OoTP :D

[Xazinon]

Summer schmummer! We already had summer: it's autumn going on winter here, so there! :)

But I do tend to prefer winter to summer.. I don't always cope well with heat. Disgraceful, what with being an Aussie eh? ;)

[Seriphus]

Terrible Xaz! Next you'll be telling us you've never seen a kangaroo. ;) When I was younger that whole winter-in-July/August thing really messed with my head. :p
I'm useless with the heat, I stop eating and I can't sleep properly; I get a kind of reverse SAD. Good job I live in Britain. :p I like Autumn and Spring- not too hot, not too cold.


Remus- love your avatar.

Fleur- Jersey's great. I think the zoo was probably my favourite thing there, but it's amazing how much there is to do in such a small place. :)

[Fleur]

Summer is for cools. Especially since we live on the coast. I don't think I would like summer so much if I didn't have the option to go lounge bout at the beach whenever I wanted to.

lol Remus, it's not that bad. It's sunny now anyway. Still pretty chilly though. Not sunbathing weather yet...

20th of may, bring it on! It's true, my summer will begin then, lots of lazy days reading HP in the sun with no exams. heaven.

I'm a bit of an all rounder though. I like all seasons, mostly cos oyu get a chance to dig out clothes you haven't wornfor months :)

[ChianaWeasley]

Summer schmummer! We already had summer: it's autumn going on winter here, so there!

Well...its still going on summer here ::Chian grumbles at the lucky Aussie::

Summer are killer around here, especially the past two. And 100 degrre weather and ^ is not fun during band camp. I can tell you that much.

I like heat better then the cold though:p

[Colli]

Originally posted by Seriphus
Terrible Xaz! Next you'll be telling us you've never seen a kangaroo. ;)

Nonsense, the kangaroo delivers his mail to his front step! :p

:D

I graduate today!!!!!!

[ChianaWeasley]

Thats right!

...i forgot about that!
:D

[Xazinon]

Shame on you Chiana and Seriphus for forgetting about my mail-delivering kangaroo! ;) And, well remembered Colli! :)

Oh, there's no need to complain about it not being summer here, Chiana... unless you're planning to switch hemispheres every six months there's not a lot you can do about it! ;) Just comfort yourself with the fact that when you're enjoying a cool, snowy winter I'm sweltering away getting bitten by mosquitos. :p :)
...
...
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There, feel better? :D

[ChianaWeasley]

Yes that helps :)
Thanks Xaz
;)

[DinEdhelwen]

Summer is ok I guess...the best part is that there's no school and lots of reading time. However the worst part is band camp...without a doubt the worst part of the entire year. Ninety to one hundred degree weather, no shade, no breeze, few water breaks, killer bugs, asthma attacks.... I love playing and everything, and marching isn't always terrible, but really I'm beginning to think that it's not worth it anymore. :( One of the reasons I'm trying out for drum major...
I am looking forward to working all summer though, crazy as it sounds- I really need the money and I find bussing tables to be fun though disgusting.
Oh, another bad thing... one of my best friends spends the summer with her mom in Texas, and this year there's a chance that she may not come back. :(

As far as the season thing goes, my favorite is fall. I'd much rather be cold than hot though. If you're cold you can always turn up the heat or put on more clothes, but when you're hot, you can only take so much off...:o ;) :D

[Colli]

Yeah... I have v. bad memories of band camp and heat. People passing out from the heat every time you turn around... ack.

But I still love the hot sun, the stickiness from sweating for x hours straight.... the tan which disappears for the rest of the year!

I'm so glad I'm going to college in Florida. :) Fall and winter can kiss my butt.

[lithorose]

Fortunately it doesn't get too hot here in the summer, but still hotter than I like. Mostly I prefer it rainy, summer or winter. It just doesn't rain much in the summer.

Xaz, how is winter in Australia? Does it ever snow? Or is it still fairly warm?

[Xazinon]

Originally posted by DinEdhelwen

As far as the season thing goes, my favorite is fall. I'd much rather be cold than hot though. If you're cold you can always turn up the heat or put on more clothes, but when you're hot, you can only take so much off...:o ;) :D

Ayup! My thoughts exactly! Well said! :)

Winter in Australia depends on where you are, lithorose. :) Where I am, Melbourne, it never snows. The only places it really snows is in the mountains, if you want to call them that... they're not very high. :)
The temperature where I am is around abouts 13-18 degrees Celsius at this time of year, which the temperature converter tells me is roughly 55-65 Fahrenheit. So, I guess it doesn't get too cold. When are you Americans gonna get a real measure of temperature, anyways? Fahrenheit! Sheesh! ;)

[lithorose]

We like our quirky measurement systems, TYVM! :trout: It's usually between 40-50 here in the winter, and 80-100 in the summer (on the coast where I used to live it rarely even hit 80). Don't know the conversions, but 32 is freezing pt. of water and 100+ is when people start passing out. At least we don't have humidity. How do you people in the Midwest handle it?

[Colli]

:) It's not that bad. At least it's usually really dry in the winter. My brother lives in Florida, and he says the occasional days when it's chilly (ie 40-50 degrees) feel SOOO much colder because it's still humid. Eek.

I just can't handle winter in the teens of degrees. *shudder*

[Fleurdelacour]

When it comes to farhenheight, all I know, is 32 degrees is freezing, I base everything on that ;)

Well, according to Sian Lloyd (our weather lady) it's going to be 25 degrees celsius on Thursday which makes a wonderful change!! :D

I only saw my first proper snow in January and made my first snowman*cough*hobbit*cough* I want it back!
:D :p

[Colli]

I only saw my first proper snow in January and made my first snowman*cough*hobbit*cough* I want it back!

Move to Ohio. Or Alaska. Or Minnesota. Or Vermont. Or... ;)

We get more snow than we know what to do with. :p

[Fleurdelacour]

Well if you dont know what to do with it, then send it over to London! I mean, you see scenes in Briget Jones and Notting Hill, and it always snows... But that really never happens... Wish it did... With Colin Firth would sweep me off my feet... :swoon:

[lithorose]

Yeah, and over here they always show a white Christmas. Never happens. It snows about once every two years here, and never in December. Stupid people!:p

Last summer I was at Minneapolis airport for a bit, and it was probably about 75, but the humidity was so bad that between the plane and the airport I could feel the water soaking through my jeans. It was awful!

[ChianaWeasley]

As far as the season thing goes, my favorite is fall. I'd much rather be cold than hot though. If you're cold you can always turn up the heat or put on more clothes, but when you're hot, you can only take so much off...

Ok...that doesn't count...whispers

Din never wears that much, now wonder she gets cold :rolleyes: ;)

j/k

with all the snow you dont miss much, and it has done nothing but rain for the past two weeks

[DinEdhelwen]

You are such a liar!! I wear more than you do, almost always... you run around in shorts and tank tops all of the time! I'd wear sweats in the middle of summer if I was allowed. :p

[Fleurdelacour]

You'll never guess what! IT WAS HOT AND SUNNY TODAY! :D *does a happy dance*

I even, oh, wore my new flip-flops and a low cut top! Meaning my Evenstar got its first proper outing since Ian Mckellen! :D

Ahhh.... Sunshine...

[Severus Snape]

Summer seems to be more rain then sun this year but that's how it is every year. It's no wonder that i'm always so :sleep:

[Fleur]

Fleur is right :) Hot and sunny woohoo! only tarnished a little by having revision to do. gaghgh.

Also, my brat brother attacked me with the hose in the middle of a much needed sun session! :mad:

Ans it's supposed to be even hotter tomorrow.. can I be right in thinking.. is summer really here? :eek:

[ChianaWeasley]

We've just had a nice summer thunderstorm, the kind that has the lovely rolling thunder and a specific smell. Not that worm smell, i hate that! But a nice, second summer rain smell...:)

It was sunny part of today which was really nice!

And I am not a liar Din :p

[Seriphus]

Hot and sunny woohoo! only tarnished a little by having revision to do. gaghgh. Argh, 2 days of sun and I've had a 3 hour exam on each of them. Really, it's the stupidest time to have exams! :rolleyes:

Not sure I like this much sun in Cardiff, seems kinda weird and wrong. Why isn't it raining? :cool:

[Fleurdelacour]

It was too hot today... Just not satisfied am I? ;) But when you're in the middle of a city the heat just sits still and it acts like an oven!

And still no tan :rolleyes:

Oh exams this week Seriphus... Nasty... Good luck for them by the way! :)

[Remus]

Yeah, good luck :)

I actually hope it's raining or something for the next couple of weeks - but only when I have exams. On my days off I wouldn't mind a bit of sun. I just hate having to do ridiculously long exams in the stuffy hall or gym knowing people are out enjoying themselves. :rolleyes:

Oh well, only 3 more weeks until freedom... :D

[lithorose]

:p I got a tan already. Wasn't even trying! HaHaHa!


Now tell the sun to go away. I want more rain.

[ChianaWeasley]

We have actually had sun here today!
SUN!
It was soo nice
Not nice to walk home after school, but a nice change

LOL, your lucky lithorose i dont tan...I burn...then peel....the burn all over again lol :cool:

[Seriphus]

LOL Chiana, I'm exactly the same. I'm off to Tenerife in 3 weeks and everyone keeps telling me to start building up my tan. They don't believe me when I tell them I won't tan, just burn. I'm taking like factor 50 suntan cream with me. :rolleyes: It's my celtic blood. ;)

I want more rain too. I wanna play football and it's too hot. :(

[Fleurdelacour]

I was sunbathing (and revising!) in Greenwich park for seven hours today... One arm is pink, the other is brown (I have a brown arm! :D)

But my legs... Exposed for seven hours, no sunblock. No burn and no tan!! :eek: Makes no sense whatsoever!

[Colli]

Originally posted by Fleurdelacour
But my legs... Exposed for seven hours, no sunblock. No burn and no tan!! :eek: Makes no sense whatsoever!

Just wait a few hours. ;) If you're anything like your mother, they'll stay pale for several hours and then suddenly start to blister....

[ChianaWeasley]

It'll hit you when you go to shower, or climb into bed.
OUCHIE! :eek:

[Fleurdelacour]

Yes you were right... My legs are slightly burnt! The back of them have a little pink line...

Ooh this is good, Britian is hotter then Florida and the Med!! :D How brilliant is that?! Wee!! :D

[ChianaWeasley]

Use all that sun and blue sky to your advantage Fleur:)

[Fleur]

Hotter than anything yesterday - we even got the blow up pool out! hehehe. But now guess what, rain again. Oh and whats that? Thunder. Great.

Storm heading this way :(

[Fleurdelacour]

Yup.. It rained and it poured today... Got soaked on Oxford Street... :rolleyes: Bloody rain... Got summer clothes though :)

Ooh paddeling pools! :D

[lithorose]

Well, it hit 98 degrees today. In June, fer cryin' out loud!! I think this is the first time the western side of Oregon is hotter than the eastern side!

[jesuisalleeaujardin]

changing my attitude this year (and praying that it lasts me at least through the end of the week! :LOL: ) i am going to enjoy the heat... gonna enjoy the quality of warm, scorching days that seem to never end... enjoy the even warm winds... enjoy the fact that downtown at the lake is always 20 degrees cooler than 15 minutes inland by car... enjoy the longer days _ 9 p.m. and it'll only just be sunset, it seems like! :swoon: loooove the long days, but wish they were a bit cooler... oops! i said i would enjoy it :LOL: . ...

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jardin

[Cedric]

That's great Jardin, enjoy wha cha get :)

I've been having a good time this summer, even though I've been indoors for most of it, I make the best of it. I've stayed up till about two AM for the last couple of weeks.... ahhh.... I love summer....

But funny enough, it did rain about a week ago or so. So that was nice.

-Cedric..... OUT!

[xKatiexBellx]

I always look forward to summer, but it definatley has it's downs:
•Around here (we live by a creek... righ in front on one) we need to look forward to being totally swarmed by pesky misquitos. (I have bites upon bites upon bites...:()
•Normally it either rains and gives us about 3 days of sun or is too hot to handle
•Also I am sometimes kicked out of the house for a bit if I can't finad anything to do.
•At night it's really hot in my room so i end up with a sweat covered bed... striped down to my underclothes (which will definatley happen in time... I go to bed fully dressed then end up with only my undergarments on when I wake up) with a fan blowing in my face and still dun feel cool enough:(

So summer's fun but miserable (sometimes) all the same

[Fleurdelacour]

Wonderful weather all last week! I dont even think they brought out the covers at Wimbledon!

But today...

watching the tennish...the covers come out... heavy heavy rain... the ten minutes later, we get the rain...

*sigh*

well the grass in the park was dieing at least...

One thing I love about the summer, is all the flowers! our lilies have just blossomed, and they look gorgous, and the trees on the streets look beautiful :)

[ChianaWeasley]

Last summer we had a horrible drought, well the past two month's rain has well made up for that. And it's finally stopped raining here, its been rather nice.

The other day when I woke up, nice and sunny out, I went out with a book, sunscreen and laid in the sun for awhile. That lasted about fifteen minutes, you sweat too much, and i was trying to read Kidnapped the sun got in my eyes, and i didn't want my book to become greasy from sunscreen.

:D
So I returned to the nice shade in a plastic chair on the porch

Been fair ever since, I hope it lasts a while longer
crossed fingers

[Ollie Loop]

i HATE summer ...... never get to see my friends...... it's horrible... stuck inside the house with katz....... it is horrible.....

[ChianaWeasley]

Hear! Hear!

Being stuck with your sibling all summer

person could go mad!

;)

see? Din is sneeking up behind me right now to trout me...

No Din! Noooo!!!!!!!!

::fishy sound::

see what i put up with?

;)

[Ollie Loop]

katz is worser than anything..........
so are my two younger siblings
not to metion the terrible boredom.......

[Fleurdelacour]

Thought I'd ressurect another thread! I am still incredibly bored :p

Seeming as its summer...

Britain is currently under attack by wind and rain... This IS summer.... :rolleyes:

Well I guess it's only normal that it rains this week... Wimbledon just started and its Glastonbury at the weekend! I guess they cant meddel with tradition! :p

[Cedric]

It's been really sunny and warm lately, but the last two days it's been really gray and cool, not rainy, but just gloomy... Kinda like we're in a limbo. It's weird, I want either hot or cold and raining, the stuff in between is really annoying.

Thanks for bringin' 'er back Fleur ;)

-Cedric

[Little Miss]

glasto always has to be dismal and wet and reading has to be scorching for two days of it and rain for one of them. its just the way of things. i'm going to reading!!! :D

ooh summer plans... going to amsterdam with a few friends to do what you do in amsterdam with your friends, then going to paris for a couple of days and then brittany... really looking forward to it as i've not had a holiday for so so long.

[Xazinon]

Xaz surreptiously sneaks into the thread and unveils a small placard.

The MI supports hemisphere bias, we want equality!

Dont you guys realise it's winter and not summer at the moment? Brrrrrrrrrrrrr! ;) :D

[~BH]

It's Wimbledon that's done it. Out come the tennis rackets and out comes the rain. It's traditional. Wouldn't be Wimbledon without loads of people trying to stay dry while eating their strawberries and cream.

Having said that, while it was miserable yesterday it's actually quite nice today. Sunshine and everything. The great fickle British weather.


Pfft Xaz, you think you're hard done by? Winter in Australia probably pales in comparison to winter in England. When we do bad weather we do it with gales, lightning and bucketloads of rain.

[ChianaWeasley]

So hot outside. SOooooo HOT.
And inside my house is too cold, is there no medium for comfort?!?!

[Fleurdelacour]

Ah you're welcome Ced :)

You - are - going - to - Paris?!

I hate you! :p Pop into a hotel for me and get me back my 1950s brooch and my old teddy that the maids stole from our hotel room!

I'm going no where... :rolleyes: Not even to Ireland! Just stuck in mingey ole Britain... I am going to v2004 in August... I guess that's my holiday... A weekend with drunks and druggies... and a tent... :eek: and mud if it rains (eugh!) I'm sacrificing my sanity to see Snow Patrol, The Strokes, Jet, Muse and Scissor Sisters! Better not rain... Better not rain.... Better not rain...

Xaz, I bet your winter is more like our summer!

It didn't rain today - just winds... Evil winds... So I guess Wimbledon was back on and Cliff Richard was sent to the back room! :p

[ChianaWeasley]

Paris?! Ireland?! Britian?!

Count your blessing Fluer, I'd love to visit those places for just even a day! Pennsylvania is soo bloody boring. NEVER go there. There are Amish attractions, yard sales, an occassional car show, a farm show, and lots of corn.

BLARG.

I want to live in Europe...

clicks ruby red sneakers together

There's no place like the United Kingdom, there's no place like the United Kingdom, There's no place like the United Kingdom!

opens eyes a smidge to see if she flew magically to Europe

BLAST!

[~BH]

Snow Patrol, The Strokes, Jet, Muse and Scissor Sisters

Jealousy prevents me from talking to you.


Paris must be some sort of magnet for valubles. I lost my watch there.
Mind you, I also lost a watch in Cornwall (inside a haunted smugglers pub), Greece AND Italy.
And I've just come back from Egypt and I can't find my new one either.

On second thought, maybe I've got a problem.


We'll make you an honorary European Chiana. All you have to do is pass the test.

[Fleurdelacour]

You've just got back from Egypt!? So you've seen the Pyramids? Now I'm jealous!!

I lost my purse when I was in Somerset... In one of those quaint little coffee shops that sell scones and strawberries and cream... Y'know maybe its just the south-west! Maybe the south-west of England is just bulging with smugglers from the old days, and the south-westeners are all all theives with to many caves, moors and hills! :p ;)

The furthest south of Britain I've ever travelled was the Rodin Musuem in Paris... Furthest north - Holyhead, Wales... That's grim... It's only recently that I've been out of the UK...

Places I've been... A rather miserable list compared to others...

Ireland (lived there been there on holiday about 15 miserable times)
England (live here...)
Wales (driven through it about 15 times)
Holland (a week in June 1998 on a school trip)
Belgium (for a few hours in Bruges on the way back from Holland)
Guernsey (Channel Islands - dead boring, been there twice)
Paris, France (been there three times in the past two years)
Disneyland, France (been there twice in the past two years)
Jersey (Channel Islands - dead boring. Don't go)

Rome is next on my list of Eurpean places to visit... Also, if I get into Warwick university, their History of Art degree offers three months living in Venice!! :D

I really want to go to Australia though... Damn expensive flights! And Asia and Africa... *sigh* And the Med... And New York... I've never evenbeen on a plane! We either fly, get the ferry or Eurostar everywhere!

You must come to Europe Chiana, by hook or by crook! But give me those shoes! :p Although, you may just regret it when you end up in London hehehe. They grey-ness and the rate of crime will have you screaming to get back to where you came from!

[Moxie]

Originally posted by ~BH
Wouldn't be Wimbledon without loads of people trying to stay dry while eating their strawberries and cream.

My sister went to Wimbledon several years ago - the first year the bad weather forced them to hold matches on the second Sunday, so not only did she get to go see some matches in person, she also got the "I Queued at Wimbledon" sticker they gave out to everyone who waited in the loooong queue for tickets. Sounds like it's one of those sportinng events that's great fun to attend even if you usually don't care for the sport... perhaps someday I'll go too. :) For now, I'm home with much of the same weekend entertainment as Chiana - except without the Amish and with more gaming conventions :D (we went to one last weekend, and there's another next month; this is amazing considering we're not exactly in a thriving mertopolis.) Looking forward to the cheesy little 4th of July fair one of the neighboring small towns puts on though; they've got fireworks and all the classic bad-for-you fair food, so what more do you need? ;)

[~BH]

Have I seen the Pyramids? I've been inside one of the Pyramids. Feel my smugness.

Places I've Been: (Off the British Mainland)

France (Paris and the Southern border)
Switzerland
Greece (Zante Island)
Spain
Italy (Venice, Rome, Florence and Pompeii)
Egypt (Cairo, Luxor, Aswan)

And the most exotic location of all!

BlackGang Chine on the Isle of Wight! :D

You'd love Rome Fleur. It's absolutely gorgeous. But if you go to Italy be sure to see Venice as well, it's the most beautiful city I've ever seen. In some places the canels smelt something awful, but did it very prettily.

[ChianaWeasley]

Chiana feels dazed by all the glorious places her friends have visited

New york is the most exciting place I've been to in America, you'd probably like it Fleur. Loads of expensive shopping though, dont wear a coat into stores, they'll follow you! makes hex sign at Dulce & Gabanna But the rest of the island can be loads of fun, especially Soho and Grenidge Village.

Ha! Hot damn! I have been somewhere exciting you haven't! This makes Chiana feel a bit better. ;)

I've always wanted to see Egypt, in grade school I wanted to be an Egyptologist. But sadly, after 'The Mummy' came out, the need for them decreased. Bloody film fads!Blast! Nothing against 'The Mummy' of course, favorite action film of all time :D

I do have loads of friends from all over the place, so I could visit them. But the flights...:eek: absolutely frightful!

I know people from:
Kazakhstan
Germany (Krefeld, Sexton)
Australia
Egypt
Scotland
England
Ireland
China (well, I used to)
Costa Rica
Ukraine
France

But never been to any of them:(

BUT FEAR NOT!!!!! I willget there eventually. Just you wait 'Enry Iggins' just you wait!
:D

[Xazinon]

Originally posted by ~BH


Pfft Xaz, you think you're hard done by? Winter in Australia probably pales in comparison to winter in England. When we do bad weather we do it with gales, lightning and bucketloads of rain.

Hehe, yes, okay, you're right, it was just a shameless grab for attention on my behalf, I admit it! :)

It's probably like what FleurD said, our winter is a lot like your summer, though where I live it never snows. Having said that, I didn't mean to suggest I was hard done by: I actually like winter more than summer, I don't always deal too well with heat. We could do with a bit more rain though, so if you guys want to send some over from Britain, please do! ;)

As far as travelling goes, the only overseas place I've been to is America, but I do live in Australia where everybody seems to want to come so why should I complain? :D

[Fleurdelacour]

I'll usher as much rain to Melbourne as humanly possible :p

It never snows in London either! The films lie! They lie! :p

OK, its snowed twice... It snowed this January and last January when I made my first snowman... But not a lot of snow... About an inch or two...

Ah Rome... I want to go even more now.... Italian food... Italian art... Italian men... ;)

[ChianaWeasley]

Ha, Italian men have quite a reputation over here in America. Actually I have a friend who is from Italy, he's over as an exchange student. You can tell that its socially acceptable to be a tad touchy feely with the opposite sex.

But it doesn't deter me from seeing Italy at all!

And I'm not saying all Italian men are "pro-hands-on", its just the reputation they have over here. And we Americans do get things wrong quite often :p

[~BH]

When we were in Rome there was a military parade on. Lots of young Italian men. Lots of young Italian men in uniform.

We watched it for quite a long time. :D

[ChianaWeasley]

Ah yes...marching in the brink of summer, in cotton uniforms.
I, unfortunately know the downfall of such foolish displays...lots of sweating, chaffing, and sticky underwear.
Those poor, poor souls.....

Needless to say, I just marched a parade in 'Islands of Adventure' in Florida. KILLER I SAY!

[Xazinon]

Hehehe, let me assure you Chiana that that particular perception of Italian men as a bit "touchy feely" is not exclusive to America! In fact, this whole conversation reminds me of an AFL commentator who exclaimed when commenting on someone who had gotten a lot of the ball in a particular match that said person had "gotten more touches [ie. of the ball] than a supermodel in an Italian bar." :LOL: :D

Thanks for the rain FleurD, but it hasn't arrived yet: are you sure you sent it down to Melbourne? ;)

Ooh, parades, how exciting! I haven't been in one of those since I was in Scouts.. I think the last parade I saw was one that was held in Melbourne just after the Sydney Olympics, though I'm not sure about that. Hehe, well, you may get a bit sweaty Chiana but you enjoy it and that's the main thing right? :)

[Fleurdelacour]

Originally posted by ~BH
We watched it for quite a long time. :D

Oh I bet you did! ;) I think that's definatly swayed the Rome vote!

There's this one Italian resturant near me which I refuse to go to, dispite their wonderful ciabattas. The waiters always greet customers with a kiss on the hand... This would be fine if; 1) I knew the waiter 2) I wasn't with my parents 3) He wasn't using his walking stick and didnt have a face of Italian wrinkles...

My ex was half Italian and half Spanish... I think he had some scottish in him too... Should have been a dream combination... He was "touchy" in a more clingy creepy way... annoyingly romantic... actually more stalker-ish and obsessed with weapons... He's going to be a serial rapist and murder when he leaves college...

Oh I'm sure I sent it down! I didn't rain here from about 10pm yesterday until about now (5pm) so it had to be somewhere :p Maybe you just weren't looking in the right places for the rain! Sent us some warm weather then! London is just dreary...

Sticky underwear? Eugh... That's also a symptom of going to clammy pubs and sitting on buses in the hot weather... Tis disgusting... When will they ban smoking in public places?....

[ChianaWeasley]

Well, the joke is that to people from Britian, you're not allowed to smoke anywhere here. At least in 'Hope Springs' that was the joke about public smoking.

Xaz, I'm sorry to disapoint you ;) but marching in sweaty undergarments for half an hour, really isn't my ideal situation for a good time. I envy the floaters! At the St. Patrick's Day parade, I wanted to leap onto one of the 'motorhead's' mo-peds and ride off. :p

Public smoking, will never be banished completely over here, I'm afraid. The American economy relies too much on the tobacco industry. :rolleyes:

And about that ex Fleur...perhaps carrying mace wouldn't be too bad of an idea for alittle bit, eh? ;)

[~BH]

What's mace? Is it like pepper-spray?

Well, the joke is that to people from Britian, you're not allowed to smoke anywhere here.

AND you can't drink until you're twenty-one! :eek: In Italy you're legally allowed to drink at the age of 16, a whole 5 years before Americans.

Making him your ex sounds like a wise move Fleur.

[Fleurdelacour]

I think its the same in France too, sixteen in the drinking age. You'd think it was the same over here too! There were 16 year olds in the pub... ok I can't talk :p But they're still in school! They're ment to be uncorrupted whilst they're in school!

Is a mace one those metal club like things with spikes on it? :confused:

The thing is... I'm still sorta friends with him... He's good friends with two of my female friends and he texts and calls one of them ALL THE TIME... I had to see PoA with him and my friends and all he spoke about on the way home after was what Harry was doing in the opening scene under the covers, and the exicutioner's axe! No - He wanted to hear a certain word leave my mouth regarding Harry's under-the-cover "spell practising" Probaly so he could initate it as soon as he got home :rolleyes: So that creeped the hell out of me...

It's so hard trying to stay PG in these forums ;)

[ChianaWeasley]

:LOL:
Haha! By mace I meant the pepper spray, but depending on how bad your opponent is, I'd go with the studded club. ;)

Yup, over here the legal drinking age is 21 years, and not a whole lot of people follow that rule. And as a result of "being rebellious" a bunch of kids were kicked out of band for drinking underage after homecoming. :rolleyes:

The thing is, over here, the fun of drinking, is drinking under age. when you turn twenty one, its not fun anymore. I am one of the minority that doesn't find it entertaining to secretly get drunk with my friends and do dumb stuff. Crazy huh?

I'm more the....lets see if 'Joe' can down a gallon of milk in under an hour during homecoming, while we're all sober. Yeah. Americans, I know.

[Xazinon]

Xaz peers out the window.

Nope, still not a lot of rain about, lots of wind though! I suppose it's my fault for not being specific as to which part of Melbourne to send the rain to, but hopefully it'll get here in the end! I don't know if I can send you any warm weather, it's not really warm here at the moment: I think you'd do better to ask a Queenslander if you can find one! :)

The floaters... I take it you mean the people who ride on the floats, Chiana? I don't know, they still have to do a lot of moving around and waving and so on, don't they? Still, I suppose that might not be quite as sweat-inducing on the underwear as full fledged marching, hehe! ;)


EDIT: By the way, drinking age here is 18, if that contibutes to this debate in any way, shape or form, thought you'd like to know!

[~BH]

Ah, but in Britain there's the grand old institution of the Pub. There you shall find kids drinking lemonade, old folks sipping sherry, and everyone talking about their day before the pub quiz starts. Over here kids get used to the concept of the pub as being much more family orientated than bars or clubs in America, so when they do turn eighteen (or beforehand) drinking is much less the cool, rebellious thing to do because you've seen your grandad have a pint of Guiness every weekend after the rugby.

Mind you, I speak from the perspective of someone living in the country. Maybe Fleur can fill us in on city life. :p

[Fleurdelacour]

City pub life eh? Well living in London is different to other cities like Birmingham, or Leeds... We have all sorts of pubs. And more crime... Clubby pubs, old man pubs, empty local pubs, big chain pubs... The pub I go to is more of a clubby pub... They used to play a load of cheesy pop music which was great to dance too... But they got a new manager, so out went that DJ, and in came dancehall music!

But they're dangerous... About a month ago I nearly got bottled, if I had moved a few seconds earler I would probaly be blind in my right eye... And on Saturday night/Sunday morning, this man had a crutch and started beating this other man to a pulp, people tried to stop it, but most people dont dare because they may have knives and guns... The rate of crime is just rediculous! Thats why I need to go to Uni outside of London, I can't deal with it... And it's expensive! Shots used to be £1, now they're £1.50 :p I don't like them much anyway... :barf: I didn't used to drink at all... But I like cocktails...

Like bh said pubs are pretty much part of British culture. You're brought to them from an early age... Pretty much the same in Ireland too - my parents met in a pub! Hehe! It's not exactly rebellious, its just normal...

Maybe because drinking in Britain is not really frowned upon is why my college (and others) seems to have a severe drugs problem... Most people seem to do drugs :( It's really worrying... This bloke once said to me "Our generation is gonna be soo !!!!ed up! We'll have a stoner running the country!" He thought it was funny... I think he was stoned at the time... :rolleyes:

[~BH]

... and in contrast I welcome you to the world of the country in which there is very little of any drug related activity going on. Lots of beer though. Not to mention suspicious bottles of moonshine.

We did have an almost murder once though. Someone got stabbed through the chest with a pitchfork. But they lived.

[Cedric]

Around here they'res too much drinking going around to really care anymore. It's not like I'm gonna start any time soon or anything though, because I don't see much of a point to it and I know what it does to people. Like this ex girlfriend I had would get drunk with this one friend of hers when her mom was out of town, that's all they'd do, get drunk and fall asleep. I just saw that as more pathetic then anything else. You've gotta have a pretty bad life to use that as your only entertainment.

Drug use and drinking is everywhere at my school, I don't pay any attention to it anymore. But I'm not exactly the type of person who picks their friends by what they do on the weekends. I just roll with the punches.

Posted by Chianer
And we Americans do get things wrong quite often

Speak for yourself sister, I'm always right :D

-Cedric

[ChianaWeasley]

Yeah, I'm beginning to ignore it around here. We were playing video games today and it came up, I was like, "um...I dont drink, cant talk playing Halo...."

Drugs are ridiculous, they obviously dont help you. shrugs People choose the oddest paths for their lives...:rolleyes:

I on the other hand, perfer to sit infornt of the computer and hang around dodgy places such as this!!!!!

:p

[Fleurdelacour]

You've gotta have a pretty bad life to use that as your only entertainment.

My friend Becky is like that. Her only aim for the weekend is to get drunk. Her only aim for study leave is to get drunk. Her only aim for half-term and the summer holidays is to get drunk.

Or that's what I thought until early April... When she asked me to get some magic mushrooms for her from some hippy shop. I refused and stormed off. Then the next day in college she was bragging about the drugs she had done... She also acts like she's superiour to people who dont drink exessively and dont do drugs. Her best friend Sam(antha) is also the same. She refuses to apologise to me since she insulted me. It was racial abuse coming from a "friend" (and it was! you do not under any circumstances tell someone who isnt from this country to !!!! off back to their their home-country, whether, they're black, white, Asian -whereever you're from!!) and she thinks she's to high and almighty to apologise... :mad: Makes me writher with anger!!

I'm really worried though... I have to go to V2004 with Becky, and I don't know what to do... I just don't know... I just want to see my favourite bands live! She's going to ruin it... She's going to get so high and drunk and be a complete slut and just... ugh... :mad:

And yes computers are the more favourable entertainment!

Quite a ranty post there...

[~BH]

Trouble is, she's going to drink herself silly and not get anything else done. Then she's going to have a lot of problems in the getting a job department.

Are you going to V with anyone else? Best advice is to just ignore her, feel superior, and live in the knowledge that she probably won't remember any of her amazing time at the festival.

[ChianaWeasley]

You consider this person your friend?
No offense, but if I were you I'd write her off that list, and give her a good smack upside the head.

And magick mushrooms?! Who the hell asks a friend they knowdoesn't do drugs to go get them drugs?!?! Sounds like Becky is a bit fried from her little "habits".

Well, I think it's safe to say, she may not graduate, and you will.
:)

You're a good person Fleur, she obviously doesn't understand that concept. There are loads of other clean people to be friends with.

:)

[Fleurdelacour]

:hug:s cheers girls :)

There aren't many clean people though Chiana... I can only think of... six people on the top of my head that dont do drugs, haven't ever done then and never will... :(

No I'm only going with her to V...

Hopefully you're right though bh... Maybe they wont get jobs - leave the door open for more sane people like us ;)

[~BH]

One of my dreams is to visit the annoying, lazy people in my year in ten years time and find them cleaning toilets for minimum wage. It's a nasty dream I know, but I can't help it.

Nice to know I'm not the only person with semi-evil dreams though.

;) :D

[Fleurdelacour]

Yeah... I'll own my own art gallery, and they'll be the toilet cleaners :devil:

Y'know... The prospect of a school reunion in ten/twenty years time is what motivates me to be highly sucsessful... So I can go back to my secondary and primary schools and go "HA! I own an art gallery and you clean it! And you were mean to me you std infected cow!"

We could be such evil !!!!!es! :p

[ChianaWeasley]

Me and my friends have discussed what we'll be like at the high school reunions...I joke that my aim is to be the fattest person in our class. One of those people who have to be lifted by a crane ;) that way I get a "special" seat at reunion dinner ;)

No, I wont really be, but I do plan to have to fly back to america to attend :D

Just cut my hair :( I'm going through the "omigod what have I done?!" and then hyperventilate into a paper bag. Which, I admitt is stupid, but I'm in shock. But hey, atleast the back of my head will be cool over the rest of the summer :rolleyes: :p

Ugh, mini band camp started for me today :eek: Scary how bad I am at marching and I'm a senior. :LOL:

[Cedric]

Hey Fleur (or any other forign people not living in the states), I've got a question for you. I'm thinking about the possiblility of maybe becoming an art teacher or something, and was wondering if you had any idea what the qualifications were, you think they're higher or lower then they are here?

I really have no idea what I wanna do with my life, if I become a teacher, then it's the same old thing ever day, I don't know if I'm good enough to become a concept artist, which would be really cool, and I don't wanna shoot for the acting thing because I know I'll end up as a waiter for many many years. Oh what to do, what to do....

Don't sweat it Chiana, it's natural for girls to freak out about.... Well everything, but hair especially :D I'm dying my hair a very light blue tonight, in hopes that it'll fade gray...

-Cedric

[~BH]

Okay, raise your hand anyone who doesn't want to have anything to do with art as a career.

BH raises hand.

Anyone?

Looks around.

Anyone?!

A tumbleweed drifts on by...

[ChianaWeasley]

Chiana crawls onto the computer chair, going limp for about five minutes before scraping the energy to type

Ugh....basics....I loathe marching....thank God its over for another few weeks!!!

wipes sweat from forehead

Sorry BH~, I'll try to cut down on the art subject a bit :o but i can't make any promises ;)

Thanks Cedric, I wish I could dye my hair blue...but as short as i am, I'd look like a Smurf. :p

[Fleurdelacour]

Looking like a Smurf would make a good talking point :p maybe you ought to save it for Halloween ;)

Well Ced, I've been looking at millions of prospecuses for Universities that do History of Art courses (which is the degree I want to do next year) and the careers that span out from History Of Art degrees lead into teaching (something I dont want to do!) publishing, art dealing, auticion houses, musuems, galleries... even the media! But teaching seems to be the main career out of that degree.

You need pretty good grades though over here. I need to get at least three Bs in my A-Levels to go to Warwick, York or St. Andrews Universities... And they're the best ones. I mean Prince William studies History of Art at St Andrews! I'd say Britain is the best place to study History of Art... You've got the language, the galleries, the Continent (many trips abroad, Warwick Uni offers three months in Venice!) and the architecture.

Although... Some Universities want you to have knowledge of a forgien language... I cancelled out the ones that said you needed an A-Level in a forgien language! lol

So basically... It's pretty tough and there arent a lot of places :( About 30 in each uni for the course... So I really need to get good grades, which is going to be hard for me because I'm not academic, and I dont have the GCSE grades... *sigh* I think I'm aiming too high and should look into normal unis like Aberdeen and Reading....

[Cedric]

Actually, I was gonna dye it this one type of blue that I was hoping would fade into gray, but the stuff I got turned it gray right away, so I'm very happy :D Then I think I'm gonna put a few black streaks or spots in it. It's pretty damn cool, if I say so myself.

It's almost like I dye my hair too much, this year alone (well, this school year), I've dyed bleached it, turned it platinum, black, and now gray. Fun stuff.

-Cedric

[ChianaWeasley]

Ugh, my mother has me looking at Art Schools that must be

"A days ride from home."

:barf:
I'm soo sick of hearing that!

But I did find a bunch that I sent off for Prospectuses...though none are as regal, and impressive as St. Andrews. I did send off for a prospectus from Yale University, only 13% of applicants are accepted...but its worth a look see right? :D

I opened the window, and it rose to 78 degrees in here! My mom would be raving, so I turned the air back on, but really I'd rather it be warm in the house. and refresh myself with some nice, cold ice cream. :cool:

[Fleurdelacour]

lol a days ride from home?!

What type of ride? Plane, train, car? :p

The weather is so miserable right now... And next week looks the same...

It's gonna be a long cold wet summer :(

[Cedric]

I'm gonna take a wild guess and say car ride, that usually what Americans mean when they say ride, but maybe I'm just a stupid yank, which is very, very possible.

I looked for art schools online one time, but I didn't really find much, what's a good art school here? I heard brown is pretty good, but I'm not entirely sure about that...

-Cedric

[ChianaWeasley]

Yup, car ride. But around here, it could be referring to horse and buggy ;)

It hasn't rained for awhile over here. I love it in florida, where if it does rain, it rains at 4 o'clock everyday. And only for about an hour or so. none of this, "oh! lets rain for the next three days shall we?"

Fleur, maybe you should do a rain dance or appease the rain gods.... :notworthy :notworthy

[Xazinon]

Originally posted by ~BH
Okay, raise your hand anyone who doesn't want to have anything to do with art as a career.

BH raises hand.

Anyone?

Looks around.

Anyone?!

A tumbleweed drifts on by...

Xaz raises his hand.

Me too, I reckon! I mean it's great and interesting and everything, but I don't think I'm capable on understanding or engaging with it to anywhere near the extent that would be required for a career. I'm more than happy to be a gallery visitor, thankyou. :)

I think I'd much rather work in a giant toystore.. THAT, my friends, would be art enough for me! :D

[ChianaWeasley]

Ah...to work at a Toy Store, I think that would be the career of our dreams for everyone here. I'd definately be riding around in those miniature cars when I greet customers...

me: "Welcome kiddo! Know what you're looking for?"

kid:::shrugs::

me: "Well hop on in! First stop...XBox!

:p

Oh, would'n' it be loverly?

[Fleurdelacour]

I went to Hamleys today - great fun! :D They had a Lego Hagrid and Harry (complete with green eyes and scar!)

There were bubbles everywhere... And teddies! stacks of teddies! Even a life-sized giraffe!

Chiana, I think I will be dancing... Stupid rain...

[ChianaWeasley]

Fireworks!!!We just had fireworks!!!
The golf course literally right next to my house sets them off every year!!! And we watched from the back porch, it soo incredible!!!I can't remember the last time I saw decent fireworks.:D

[Fleurdelacour]

Oh my goodness!

It's not raining!

[Cedric]

*Gasp!*

Well I went to the beach for the 4th, and it was crazy windy, you could barely stay standing for long in those conditions. Then by the time the fireworks started, it was all cold, but somehow I survived. Of course the hot chocolate helped a little bit :)

Hasn't rained in sooooooo long...

-Cedric

[Fleurdelacour]

Ah maybe we ought to give some rain to you as well Cedric... All it seems to do here in rain....

I'm actually going away in two weeks... *drumroll* to the south coast of ENGLAND!.... Because I don't live in the south of england already or anything :rolleyes: Oh well... It's French food for a weekend or so...

I swear... If our weather doesn't pick up... It will mean I'm right by the seaside with torrential wind and rain. Not fun at all...

Well on a brighter note... There is no brighter note... *sigh*

[ChianaWeasley]

Hot chocolate on the fourth Cedric?!?! Well....thats probably the oddest thing I've heard all day. But then again, it's early :P

I know how rain at the beach can be fleur, the past two vacations I've taken and its RAINED THE ENTIRE TIME!!!! It's so bloody frustrating, so I feel your anger :D

[Fleurdelacour]

Agh that's annoying Chiana! Last summer when we went to Jersey (British island in between France and Britain) we had mainly rainy weather, and when it was sunny for one day, I got burnth :p Typical...

I still don't get what eggnog is... Your American traditions reminded me...

[ChianaWeasley]

eggnog....hmmm...how the heck do you even explain eggnog???

:confused:

Eggnog...is a thick creamish color drought with little black specks...tastes like a sweet, thick....hell just lemme look it up! :o
http://www.ecoledesmaitres.com/html/promo/promo_jan01_f/eggnog.jpg

Basic Non-alcoholic Eggnog
12 eggs
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 quart cream
to taste vanilla
dash of nutmeg

Seperate eggs at room temp. Beat yolks till creamed with about half of sugar, whites till peaked then add other half of sugar. Beat cream till stiff. Then fold all together. Add vanilla to taste - but remember that a little bit of vanilla goes a long way.

Place into containers keep in refrigerator for at least one day. Shake before serving.

http://www.indepthinfo.com/eggnog/recipesd.shtml

it tastes like....well....nutmeggy, egg milkshake

:LOL:

Someone else explain it!!!!!!


:D

[Fleurdelacour]

:barf:

Looks gross :p It's the colour of... Well that the above smilie is doing!

Stupid weather makes headlines.... (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/3874683.stm)

[Cedric]

Lol, what's so weird about it?? You're cold, you have to do something ta calm the shakes, right? Hmm... Maybe my family's just weird, or maybe it's this damn state!!!

Anywhooo....

I've seen eggnog made in a lot of strange ways, the stuff you get at the store (I think) is kinda like pancake batter ( consistency, not taste), then I was once watching a cooking show where they made it close to the thickness of stiff whip cream. All in all it's not a good thing, ever. I really have no idea how it tastes because I've never felt the urge to drink anything called "nog". *shiver*

-Cedric

[ChianaWeasley]

Thank goodness eggnog is a once a year kind of thing over here...phew! Stuff is pretty nasty.

Uh...Fleur...I think you sent rain to the wrong place...its been torrential rain all evening, it finally stopped but its pretty ominous outside....;) Send it back, send it back Fleur!!!! :p

[Cedric]

Yeah, I think it's a national law of something that it be sold only once a year, to keep all the eggnog drunks in line.

It was really windy the other day, so maybe that means we'll be having some rain soon, though I doubt it, cause it's been pretty sunny and warm lately. One can always hope...

-Cedric

[ChianaWeasley]

Don't second guess nature Ced.

It was really sunny here too and BOOM it started pouring out of nowhere, really hard, for a good bit too.

So next time you're out somewhere in the open....I'd be cautious if I were you. Being caught in a downpour is never much fun, so carry an umbrella just to be safe!
:p

[Fleurdelacour]

Haha! Sounds like I did send the rain to the wrong place! That's a classic case of north-west European weather! Sunny one second, then then pouring with rain the next!

It's sorta sunny/cloudy now... But there are big black clouds looming so I don't think today's going to be dry *sniffle*

[~BH]

I figure that it has to run out of rain and clouds sooner or later. It's July dammnit, I want my summer sunshine.

[Fleurdelacour]

It has to run out... It was raining a second ago now the sun's come out - maybe its a sign...

Please be a sign.....

Sick of rain... Sick of rain... Sick of rain...

[Cedric]

Sick of sun, sick of sun sick of sun... I want some snow for the weekend, that would be great. Then again, it really wouldn't be summer around here without crazy temperatures off and on, so I guess I'll just have ta live with it.

Keep your chin up D, the sun'll come around sooner or later, just think happy thoughts :D Or you could just turn all the lights on in your house and close all the windows and make yourself think it's really sunny :)

-Cedric

[Fleurdelacour]

Snow?! It's July! :p

I could do that... But sitting indoors with the lights on doesnt have the same effect as sitting on a towel in the park reading a book or fashion magazine :p

The flying ants came out today... It was quite sunny and humid this morning so they came out *shudder* as well as millions of red ants! eesh... But it's raining again... The weather has one week to pick up...

We're being punished for last year... Hottest day ever last year...

[~BH]

Flying Ant Day? It was Flying Ant Day? I completely missed it! Mind you, I did stay indoors all day with a headache, so maybe that's why.

Oh well, I suppose there's Swarming Bees Day to look forward to.

[Fleurdelacour]

Swarming Bees Day? Everyday is Swarming Bees Day in my garden... :rolleyes: We've got a bees nest under our shed in the garden... It also hosts a family of mice. Well at least keeps the wasps away! But worryingly I did find a dead wasp on my desk this morning... Which is weird because I havent had my bedroom windows open in about a month...

[Cedric]

Twilight zone music plays

I say you're both crazy. Hm? Good? Okay.

And yes snow, it would be awesome, if only just for a day or two. But it looks like it'll be another gray but warm day. Oh well.

-Cedric

[Fleurdelacour]

We do get Flying Ant Days! A sunny day after a rainy spell, flying ants come out and attack! It does happen, it's not weird :p You're the weird one wanting snow...

[Cedric]

At least snow would freeze all these crazy psyco mutant ants ;)

I have seen flying anys, but I usually just think they're flies, so I don't really pay attention. Must be a european thing... Geez D! Sounds like you need a serious exterminator in your place. Just remember, you're bigger then them and they're probably much more scared of you then you are of them. Unless they have rabies, then all bets are off.

-Cedric

[Fleurdelacour]

Oh no, urban pests are cheeky little brats, they're arrogant little brats... They'll sit right beside you! Wasps... Bees... Mice! We're actualy under attack by mice. Driven my mum into insanity as she's the Hygene Queen. But nothing gets rid of them...

Once I was sitting right here and I saw a mouse just stroll on by... Traps, poisons... Nothing works... I think we've blocked their way into our house, but they'll find another way in! The house survived the Blitz but is being eaten away by mice... *scratches head*

[Xazinon]

Flying Ant Day, Swarming Bees Day, you guys have everything over there don't you, lucky lucky lucky! How long is it till Plague of Locusts day, anyways? ;)

We don't have any interesting days like that over here, unless you count Venomous Snake Week and the ever popular Crocodile Wrestling Day, but they're vastly overrated. :D

[~BH]

Mice? We don't get many mice where I live. Here the pest is those mice with wings, bats. Mice can be a problem though when the cat decides to leave us charming little presents of mouse corpses on the doorstep. Lovely.

You're joking about Crocodile Wrestling Week Right? Because after seeing that Steve Irwin show I'm prepared to believe anything about Australians.

[Fleurdelacour]

Yeah when I think of Crocodile Wresting, I think of Steve Irwin. I even have to say Steve Irwin in my awful attempt at an Australian accent :o

Didn't Steve Irwin dangle his baby at a crocodile?....

[Cedric]

Meh, close enough, he was holder her while feeding one. He has to be on something, I mean come on, either that or he's just so messed up that he needs to be on something. He's like ADD or something.

We sometimes get ants, in the house, but that's pretty rare... I'm just boring I guess.

-Cedric

[Cedric]

Woah, double post, it's been a while, kinda feels good :D

Anyway, the weirdest wheather yesterday. It was like upper 90s in the daytime (crazy hot) then at night (I donno, probably about 2 in the morning) it was raining, there were thunder storms, and even lightning, the whole sha-banga-bang! It was weeeeiiird.

-Cedric

[Moxie]

We had an awesome lightning storm here a few days ago, with near-constant thunder and frequent flashes bright enough to read by. As for critters in the house... mice are a constant out here in the country (especially since the mice all know our cat not only can't catch them, but won't even try :rolleyes: ) and this has been a bad year for ants as well, although I haven't seen any of the flying ants trying to swarm into our house to build a new nest. (Yes, a swarm got into our attic a couple of years ago :eek: we emptied quite a bit of an ecologically friendly but very ant-unfriendly spray onto them, and thus prevented the establishment of an ant nest in our attic.) We do also have a few bats around, but they prefer to roost in ancient barns which of course are easy to find in northern New England... actually, I have a bat house I've been meaning to put up in hopes of attracting more to come and eat the mosquitoes. :p

[Xazinon]

Originally posted by ~BH

You're joking about Crocodile Wrestling Week Right? Because after seeing that Steve Irwin show I'm prepared to believe anything about Australians.

Maybe I'm joking, but maybe I'm not, you never can tell with us Aussies! ;) :D

Hehe, yeah, ol' Steve got into a bit of trouble over that baby/crocodile thing, even though it was proved that the baby wasn't very close to the crocodile at all in the end and it was jsut a camera angle that made it look so bad in the first place. Strange, strange fellow indeed! :)

[Fleurdelacour]

Originally posted by Moxie
(Yes, a swarm got into our attic a couple of years ago :eek: we emptied quite a bit of an ecologically friendly but very ant-unfriendly spray onto them, and thus prevented the establishment of an ant nest in our attic.)

*squirms* In your attic! Eesch...

I wish we'd even have a thunderstorm... It'd make a change from the chilly cloud, and rain... Something interesting to look at... Instead of waking up every afternoon, I mean morning... ;) And seeing grey skies and rain... FOR THE PAST MONTH!

Steve Irwin is still weird.... Hey bh remember when was on Graham Norton and he made Graham wrestle with the crocodile...

Of course the crocodile was inflatable :p And poor ole Graham got his flamboyant glittering suit soaked!

[~BH]

Yes! I remember. Sigh. Where is Graham these days?

Anyway, I've come in looking for some congratulations. Unlike Fleur D's school mine doesn't kick you out to college after 5 years, you're expected to stay for 7 years. So I'm still there.

Guess who just got made a prefect for the final year. Yes. That's right.

Me.

In a position of power.

Me.

Muahahah. :devil:

Although to be quite honest I have absolutely no idea what I've done to deserve it. I know quite a lot I've done to not deserve it. Makes me suspicious.

Still. :D Can't say I'm not pleased. I get a little badge.

[Fleurdelacour]

You're a prefect?! I don't know whether to laugh or say well done ;) I have a Fred/George attitude to Prefects and Head boys/girls :p

At college we don't have prefects... We had prefects in secondary school though... As you can imagine I was never a prefect.

Well you've got something to put on that dreaded personal statement now!

I think the BBC sighed up Graham... Try to make Saturday night tv better or something... I dont know if this means a collaboration with Bruce Forsythe talking about the latest inventions in *ahem* certain toys, or something else... But it's bound to be camp!

[Cedric]

Where's Graham? He's on American television, that's where he is. He has his own show on comedy central now, it's not half bad either.

I donno why you guys have to go through so much school, seems like if you can add and read you're pretty much set for life :D I'm trying to decide on a college myself, I could probably go anywhere I want, but I just donno...

-Cedric

[Fleurdelacour]

You stole Graham! I didn't think the Americans would like his crude adult comedy...

Oh no... today is most definatly FLYING ANT DAY...

Swarms... The swarms! Out the front in the drive, and out the back in the garden... I was standing on the decking in my garden and just saw swarms of them coming out of a hole in the garden path. I sprinked those washing tablets over them and got the hose. It killed them. But then I turned around and looked up at the house hoping no flying ant would enter the attic, like Moxie said...

Just where the roof starts (we have an attic conversion and I sleep in the attic...) there's this plastic bit under the drainpipe that runs along, and there's a slight gap under this white plastic thing. WASPS... Wasps... Wasps flying in... I found a dead wasp on my desk a few days ago but thought nothing much of it... and my brothers have been finding wasps, alive and dead in their bedrooms which are under my room...

It gets worse... They said on the news that we're not going to have a summer at all... It's going to be sodding miserable until next year... :( It's not fair... *sigh*

[~BH]

We STILL haven't had Flying Ant Day yet here. I'm beginning to think that even the ants don't want to come out in this miserable weather.

Until next year?! :eek: Sodding weather.

I thought that after 'The Superbowl Incident' Americans were scared stupid of having something even remotely racy on their television. Apparently BBC America is being forced to bleep out all the swearwords in its shows. Doesn't exactly seem like a Graham friendly atmosphere.

[Cedric]

Incident? That wasn't an incident, that seemed like just another day to me. And you think that would stop us from having "racy" stuff on t.V.? Fat chance, Americans love their racy content. The more the better :D

Saaaame old same old, too hot for it's own good, I'm getting tired of this... I'll trade you for yours any day D, just say the word.

-Cedric

[Xazinon]

Originally posted by ~BH


Anyway, I've come in looking for some congratulations. Unlike Fleur D's school mine doesn't kick you out to college after 5 years, you're expected to stay for 7 years. So I'm still there.

Guess who just got made a prefect for the final year. Yes. That's right.

Me.

In a position of power.

Me.

Muahahah. :devil:

Although to be quite honest I have absolutely no idea what I've done to deserve it. I know quite a lot I've done to not deserve it. Makes me suspicious.

Still. :D Can't say I'm not pleased. I get a little badge.

Wow, a prefect, congratulations m'dear! LOL, I get the feeling your school won't know what has hit them somehow, hope you enjoy it! :LOL: ;)

I was actually house captain at primary school, but I don't think I was a very good house captain: I was a small, pretty shy guy, I don't think I had the commanding presence to be a house captain. But hey, like you, I did get a badge! :D

[Fleurdelacour]

House captains and prefects... What is the world coming too! :p

Yes. Send - the hot weather over...

Oh really? I thought everything was now censored over there because of that imfamous *ahem* popping out ;) Graham Norton did take the complete piss out of it of course. I didn't see what as the fuss was about personally... We've all seen Titanic and paintings of naked women flocking around galleries... ok might not be the entirely the same thing... art... Janet Jackson... But oh well...

I mean its the sort of thing we're used to on British telly! Remember Judy Finnigan at the tv awards a few years back! :D Or... on This Morning and the... oh I cant say it, but daytime telly really is an eye opener! What is it with Richard and Judy and these sort of moments...

[~BH]

I'm surprised to hear you say that Cedric, because over here in the yonder of Europe we've really gotten the impression that Americans are really repressed when it comes to TV. I thought you didn't like anything even slightly racy.

Judy Finnigan's own little 'incident' was funny as hell. Especially considering it was John Leslie who ran over to cover her up. On live television!

[Cedric]

Well if we're talkin' nudity, then yeah, we don't get anything like that :( But pretty much everything that boarders on nudity is discouraged but allowed. The Janet Jackson thing didn't single handedly change anything as far as I can tell.

-Cedric

[ChianaWeasley]

Janet Jackson...tsk tsk....but really....who in america hasn't flashed nearly everyone in the American communitee, while on the television for something?

It seems that europe is much more lenient with nudity in films and television, then in america. I've heard Britian is much more offended by violence. In more opinion, thats what we should be worrying about our kids seeing on tv soo much, but thats just me.

Made a prefect Xaz? Congratulations! Though, remember what happens to the shy Aussie who gained high power too fast...absolutely nothing :p ;)

[~BH]

Made a prefect Xaz?

Ffft. Been five minutes and already Xazinon is stealing my thunder.

I'm not spouting gospel or anything, I'm just saying what the European impression of American television is. I've never been to America myself, but I've heard all about those Bible belt schools which deny evolution and ban Harry Potter. We're studing the American governmental system in my politics class, and it just came up because we were discussing Republicans and Democrats.

[Fleurdelacour]

What happened to summer goddamnit! Hailstones... Hailstones I tells ya... Its July... *whimpers* Not bloody November... Downstairs toilet flooded... Heavy rain... fifteen minutes... And its hair-frizzingly humid... But raining... Backwards bloody country... stupid hailstones... imperial mint sized... rose petal shattering hailstones! (http://img17.photobucket.com/albums/v52/princessrouge/MVC-914S.jpg)

Ah poor Ced - All saddened due to lack of nudity :LOL:

Lol! Well bh, use your newfound power against Chiana :p I doubt it works against people who aren't in your school, but it's worth a try!

[Xazinon]

LOL, sorry BH, didn't mean to steal your thunder, though I understand with the weather you've got over there at the moment you probably do have some thunder you could spare, don't you? ;)

And no Chiana, no prefect role for me I'm afraid: I WAS house captain a loong time ago, but it was very much a token role and probably only given to me because of my rather exemplary marks, hehe! I'm not as shy as I used to be, but if I ever take over the world I'm sure I'll be able to find a spot in my administration for you so as you can keep me on the right track, okay? :D

That's some mighty impressive hailstones FleurD, you guys have such interesting weather over there I can't help but be a little jealous! Make sure you wear a helmet next time you go outside I reckon! :eek: :)

[ChianaWeasley]

Take over the world eh? Sounds like a good position to have secured for oneself, especially under your administration. ;) You strike me as the fairly easy going boss, such as "Hey kids! Lets get some Chinese, we'll work on the tariffs sometime later!"

:p

[~BH]

Was it ever humid today. It kept on threatening to rain but I still felt all hot and sweaty. But it was the Air Tattoo nearby today, so I got to see a Blackbird and four F-16s flight right overhead. Amazing. Made up for the big black clouds.

Xaz ruler of the world?

BH pauses to consider this.

My God no.

[Fleurdelacour]

Well if you're planning to take over the world Xaz, I claim place as your under-study ;)

It was actually cold over here today... Actually... I don't know. Ah the benefits of a Sunday morning lie in... It just looks cold outside, and there aren't any flying ants...

I'm being dragged away by the forces of the family to sit in a car driving around boring Kent seaside towns... Au Reviour mes amis...

[Cedric]

How exactly are these authority figure positions in your schools chosen? Are you just chosen for the position or do you have to run? 'Cause I know that with the class prez and stuff here you have to run, campain, all that crap. I'm on the thespean board, which is pretty cool, but nothing else.

It totally should have been chilly here yesterday, it was all cloudy and stuff, but it was still really warm... Was sweating so much. I'm sure you wanted to know that last part, right? ;)

-Cedric

[Xazinon]

Hehe, come on now BH, I'm sure it wouldn't be all that bad having me in charge of the world! I'm not generally a very motivated person, so it would provide an excellent opportunity for an ambitious and talented aide, perhaps one with prefect experience, to utilise me as a figurehead and political puppet and wield true world power from behind the scenes! ;)

Ah, you're probably right Chiana, I don't think I'd make a very good commanding and authorative overlord really. I reckon as members of the administration we'd be able to get significant discounts on Chinese food though, woohoo! :D I'm sure some of the lackeys will be able to handle all that tariff and interntional trade stuff, if it was necessary.. I'd just have to get one of those rubber stamp things and stamp everything that was waved at me! :)

Understudy you reckon FleurD? Hrm, well, I dunno, you might have to fight Watson for that position, lol! ;)

[Fleurdelacour]

I'm back! :D

Didn't rain so much... Thunderstorms by the sea are odd though... I did get food poisioning and spent most of Wednesday night/Thursday morning puking up :barf: It was the most boring week of my life... We went on a mini steam-engine... Which I kept bashing my head off because it was so small...

Ah but I'm back now! :)

Well then fight Watson I will Xaz! My thumbs are in gear!

[ChianaWeasley]

Food poisoning? How rotten...I bet it was the shell fish!!!

Stay away from the shell fish.........
:eek:

:p

[Fleurdelacour]

I don't eat seafood :p Which is a really bad thing because thats what was on sale everywhere!! Disgusting... :barf: I think it was either the cold chicken thing I ate, or the chips...

Do you speak from experience Chiana with this shellfish stuff? :p Provoking bad memories?

[~BH]

Blarg. I got food poisoning in Egypt. There's nothing like feeling sick as hell under the boiling sun.

Anyway.

Glomps Fleur.

Welcome back. :D

[Xazinon]

Welcome back FleurD, glad you didn't get sucked into the Underworld! :hug: :)

Ooh, wow, you must really want that understudy position! Watson may be a simple wind-up turtle but he's as cunning as the cunningest wind-up fox, I hope you're prepared for anything dear! ;)

[Cedric]

Was wondering where you'd gone off to....

It was really hot today... I mean really hot, like 104 F (that's like 40 C). I mean damn, damn hot... damn. This has to end soon, I'm dyin'....

-Cedric

[ChianaWeasley]

thankfully, not speaking from experience, but I've seen what shellfish has the power to do...*cough*DropDeadGorgeous*cough*

Xaz! You cant replace Watson!!:eek: What will the little tyke do? He'll be out on the streets begging for food!!! Send him here, he can live with me if you must replace him!!! I'll take him!!!

Oh, dear food poisoning in Egypt, now that wins the golden award so sheer torture...but I'm glad to see you've recovered BH!
:D

Quick Ced! Crawl into the icebox!!!!

[Fleurdelacour]

Originally posted by Xazinon
I hope you're prepared for anything dear! ;)

Oh you know I am! :D :hug: I was on the London Underground today, but I suppose that's a different type of Underworld ;)

Fleur glomps bh back :)

Agh food poisioning in the heat?! Not good at all!

Christ, that is bloody hot! :eek: I think I'd just die in that heat... You can cook food in that heat I swear... Fry an egg on a rock left out in the sun all day!

It was hot and sunny today... Where do I spend it?... In tv studios and the tube! :rolleyes: :p Weehee! I was on tv! I'm never going to shut up about that!

[Cedric]

Well I haven't tried cooking breakfast in the streets yet, but I might have the chance. Today isn't much better than yesterday was.... Someone save me...

Lol, I've been on T.V. too D :p Twice last (school) year, but only one of which I was more of a main focus. So Ha!!! :D

-Cedric

[Xazinon]

Originally posted by ChianaWeasley


Xaz! You cant replace Watson!!:eek: What will the little tyke do? He'll be out on the streets begging for food!!! Send him here, he can live with me if you must replace him!!! I'll take him!!!



Hehe, aww, don't worry Chiana, I'd never replace my little buddy Watson! Given his cunning, there's no guarantess FleurD could beat him, and even if she did I'm sure I could find a great job for him in my world cabinet! I think he'd rather like being Head of Police and the nice shiny badge such a job would get him, I mean who wouldn't right? :D

I'm sure he'd love to go on holidays and visit you, Chiana, he no doubt gets sick of having to put up with me all the time: staying with a nice girl like you for a few weeks would make his day I reckon!

As Xaz speaks, Watson trundles up with a tiny turtle-sized suitcase, wearing a tropical shirt and teensy sunglasses. Xaz rolls his eyes and gives Watson a little scowl.

See, what did I tell you? Still, I hardly think there was any reason to be so eager to leave, I can't be THAT bad, surely...

Xaz stalks off to find a good place to sulk.

;)

[~BH]

BH leans down to whisper conspiratorially in Watson's ear

You can live with me Watson. It's a lot more fun. And there's a nice lady turtle next door. All you have to do is tell me the secrets of Xaz's detection skills.

You were on the TV? Where?! Why?!

I got sunburnt yesterday on my face and arms. It was breezy so I had no idea how hot the sun was. Then when I finally saw a mirror I was pretty tomato faced.

[Fleurdelacour]

Ced, you're no where near as hot as Spain right now... 47c! :eek: My friend is on holiday there so I'm rather worried... The summer heat really isn't being distrubuted around the world properly... Spain isn't that far away, and our temperatures are still 19-22c with loads of grey cloud *sigh* This weather is so boring and repetitive! cloudcloudcloudcloudcloud.....

Why were you the focus? Anti-social youth on the run ;) ? I watched the tv show back... And it's just rather embarrassing now... I was at the front of the crowd at in shot a lot... And being forced to jump up and down in the top I was wearing :o Not good... really not good....

I could beat Watson... Just take out his wind-up key thing! ;) He seems pretty eager to leave you anyway. :p

edit: I was on CD:UK bh, they made me mosh to Jennifer Ellision.. and I tried to seduce Keane :p

[Xazinon]

Xaz peeks over his shoulder from the corner he's sulking in to see BH whispering conspiratorially to Watson. He narrows his eyes and wanders over.

Hmph, I don't know what she's telling you, but I hope you're not going to listen to her Watson, she's trouble that one!

Xaz scowls at BH who sticks her tongue out at him before gesturing Watson over to one side of the room to whisper in his ear a little more. Xaz, looking a trifle worried, thinks about going after them but decides he is still a little hurt from Watson's hastily made travel plans and stays where he is, keeping a careful eye on them while trying to sulk at the same time, no easy feat.

Welll, fine, you talk to her, but remember what I said.. and try not to get that sharp looking shirt crinkled!

;)

---
Ooh, I see you're quite devious yourself FleurD... taking out the key, how underhanded of you! :eek: But hey, maybe that's exactly what he expects you to try, hmm? ;)

Doesn't look like that show is on TV here, so I guess I'll miss it, but cool that you were on! :)

[Fleurdelacour]

Well, if he thinks I'm going to take out the key, I'll take him out of his shell :p I sound so mean... Ah the poor defenseless turtle!

I just took this photo this evening of the sunset and its just beautiful, I had to share it with everyone :)

http://img17.photobucket.com/albums/v52/princessrouge/MVC-022S.jpg

Isn't it purdy? *sigh*

[Xazinon]

Yeah, you DO sound very mean, you better not frighten him too much or else he might not want to solve a case for you ever again! ;)

Ah, lovely sunset, very nice... I need to get myself one of those digital camera things I think!

[ChianaWeasley]

Very pretty sun set Fleur!
I missed ours yesterday, I confess I was inside enjoying a rather heated game of Monopoly with some friends :).

Well Xaz, I'm sure little Watson is just rebelling a bit, I'm sure he wants to remain with his partner in mystery. ;)

[Fleurdelacour]

Well... I will beat Watson, so then I would be your understudy, so I'd force him to solve mysteries for me ;)

Thursday is meant to be hot and sunny :D But I don't know whether that's a good thing or not because of the wasps nest... I cant open my bedroom window or they'll fly in... *shudders*

[~BH]

Well, I've returned from the Family Jaunt, I've been to Great Yarmouth and marvelled at the horribleness of it all, and I've been to London and marvelled at the huge crowdedness of it all.

And the sunshine followed me up and down the country. It was wonderful. Apart from the horrific sunburn on my nose.

[Xazinon]

You think so Chiana? I suppose I'm no saint, it's faintly possible I could get a bit irritating at times and Watson might need a break, but hopefully you're right in that he'd come back eventually!

Xaz looks a bit more relieved and shoots a knowing glance at BH.

Sorry about the sunburn there, BH.. see Watson, you'll get cooked to a crisp if you go with her! ;)

You're gonna force the poor little guy to solve mysteries for you? Remind me never to cross you dear, hehe! I'm not sure that his heart would be in it if he was forced to do it, but I suppose you can give it a try! :)

[~BH]

Gonna be Xaz's lacky are you Fleur? Solving crimes in an ingenious (or just plain lucky) manner? Daringly (accidently) saving the day? Using the genius workings of Xaz's (Watson's) brains (clockwork mechanism) to deduce even the most intricate of crimes?

Ah. Now I'm getting all nostalgic about the good old Private Detective Days.

[ChianaWeasley]

Here's a trick to having bad nose burn....::leans in to whisper:: join Cirque De Soleil ;) the make up covers it up, noone would ever suspect!

[Fleurdelacour]

I got sunburt again... On my back where I didnt manage to rub in all the areas! I went to the seaside! Made sandcastles, huge holes in the sand... Was attacked by seagulls and experienced the great thing that is National Rail and its delayed train goodness... Margate looks as if it's trapped in the 80s I have to say... And the water looked really murky... And sand gets everywhere you have to wonder how it gets in some places!!

Welcome back! Ah Great Yarmouth! Never been there, but I've heard the horror stories! :p Yes but our crowedness makes you feel at home though... :) Of course, with a sunburnt nose you could join the circus as Chiana suggested, but I think being Rudolf would be much more entertaining! and the furry costume would stop you ever getting burnt again!

Well I've got the Irish lucky charm... ;)Right?.... Bet that's something that wind up turtle doesn't have!

Ah nostalgia... *thinks back....*

[ChianaWeasley]

Sand somehow always manages to get into...

a). places you didn't know exsisted
b). places that weren't near sand
c). in clothes you didnt wear to the beach
d). your sheets (arghh!!! I hate that.)

I've been attacked by seagulls too Fluer, I know the feeling of utter horror. I was quite rattled those two years ago.....they are organized. Like a flying mafia by the sea.....

:eek:

[Xazinon]

Originally posted by ~BH
Gonna be Xaz's lacky are you Fleur? Solving crimes in an ingenious (or just plain lucky) manner? Daringly (accidently) saving the day? Using the genius workings of Xaz's (Watson's) brains (clockwork mechanism) to deduce even the most intricate of crimes?

Ah. Now I'm getting all nostalgic about the good old Private Detective Days.

Hehe, last time people got nostalgic about the detective days I was encouraged to bring the agency back, but it kinda died from a lack of responses, alas! Still, if anyone has a case they want solved I'm happy to give it a shot: they just have to dig up the agency from the third page of threads! :D

I'm sure that Irish lucky charm would hold you in good stead FleurD, you're right, I don't think Watson does have that! He does have comprehensive training from the WUADTS (Wind Up Animal Detective Training Society), but I suppose that can only take you so far! ;)

Sorry about the sunburn, it seems to be the happening thing round here, all the kids are getting into it, lol! Hope it gets better soon! :)

[Fleurdelacour]

Haha yes! That's what I called it - a flying mafia! They just sort of swoop in, wearing white suits... They mingle about seeing where they can get the best stuff. They go off and more come back then they start attacking you! Even if you've got no food! They're so evil...

Ah The Third Page, otherwise known as The Void... We ought to feel ashamed of ourselves for letting the thread sink so far!

It's offical... We're in a heatwave! :D Yesterday was about 30c, and temperatures are swaying between 26-28c for the next few days! I hope this weather keeps up!

[Amberion]

Originally posted by Fleurdelacour


It's offical... We're in a heatwave! :D Yesterday was about 30c, and temperatures are swaying between 26-28c for the next few days! I hope this weather keeps up!

You cant call 26-28 a HEAT wave

35-40 for a week or more is a heat wave:cool:

[ChianaWeasley]

Right now, its not nessacarily a heat wave...but its really humid and it's just been hanging around all week...icky humidity. I'd rather it be egg cooking hot:eek:, then swimming in hot percipitation.

[Fleurdelacour]

Amb, if we had that heat (and we did get to 37c last summer) I'd die! The government has released warnings over smog for the weekend! Smog! It's not THAT hot, maybe pollution levels have rised in the city, even though they're meant to have been reduced since the congestion charge was introduced :rolleyes:

It's just really humid out... But I'm not complaining. It makes a change to the rain and wind!

[Cedric]

Right on Amb, up high buddy :D Thankfully it's cooled off quite a bit around these parts, but it's still warm... I want rain though, or show, or a better yet, a blizzard.

-Cedric

[Fleurdelacour]

It's raining again... I spoke too soon!

[ChianaWeasley]

Hot....its so hot outside..........could fry an egg on the sidewalk....hot.....ice caps melting......

Chiana drags herself to the fridge, dramatically feinting into the icebox like a lady

[Fleurdelacour]

In west London there were floods... Lightning struck three girls... Up north a boy was killed by lightning... Transport has gone crazy and the sewage has gone crazy, it all sort of exploded into the Thames because of yesterday's rain...

But for once I didn't see any of this freak weather... Just a few showers!

It's so hot, just sitting on my arse all day is just excruating. I could deal with this heat if there was a breeze at least!

I think I'll join you in that fridge Chiana...

[Cedric]

Dog pile in the fridge!!!

Ced jumps on top of the two girls, as they cry in pain

Oops, sorry :D

Weather's been alright around these parts, not too hot, not too cold. Although, of course, I want it to be cold... Soon enough.

-Cedric

[ChianaWeasley]

Gahh!!!My not so secret hiding place has been discovered!!!:eek:

Well, as we all know, the end of summer means back to school shopping, and oh how it has hit our house....my sister is starting college.

:LOL: Our house has been taken hostage by plastic storage tubs, tuperware, school supplies, linens, pillows, comforters, airconditioners, packing boxes....there's so much!!!

And the plastic tubs are particularly viscious! :p

[Ravenclaw]

Stumbles into the thread, looking dazed...

I just watched six hours straight of old cartoons from 1996 on tape...

Wanders to the nearest armchair and turns on TV to watch Ninja Turtles. Quickly falls into a deep trance.

...

WOW! SCHOOL! NO! I just finished WORK!

Quickly retreats back into her world of Ninja Turtles, where Raph and Leo are fighting ONCE AGAIN!

Argh, those boys'll never learn...

[Fleurdelacour]

Productive day there Ravenclaw :p

Our weather is FREAK weather right now... It's a mix of hot weather, floods and thunderstorms. This day last year Britain broke the record for the highest temperature recorded 100f or 37.9c... A few days ago the hottest night time temperature was recorded... yay...

And it's August... So exam and festival time! I get both in one week... Next week it's v2004 and As-Level results! :eek: :D

[Cedric]

I think mixed/irregular weather is better than hot all the time... Can't stand this much longer... Heat, no Ac, working out is almost impossible, but I find my way through it, somehow :p

Maybe I should go crack open a fire hydrant :D Then again, I always get such insane sunburns this time of year, I donno why I even go outside anymore.

-Cedric

[ChianaWeasley]

its band camp. hot. inables sentance structure. very hot. tired. sun burnt. soo tired. must lie down. very hot.

[Ravenclaw]

Originally posted by Cedric
I think mixed/irregular weather is better than hot all the time... Can't stand this much longer... Heat, no Ac, working out is almost impossible, but I find my way through it, somehow :P

I hear ya, man. Whoever heard of humidity in a desert??? IT'S RUDDY RIDICULOUS!!!!

Wow, Chi, I feel your pain.

[Fleurdelacour]

Fleur runs in excitedly waving a piece of paper

I PASSED! :D I PASSED! :D

Ten marks from an A in English literature and language! A beautiful B!

Funnily enough, my other two subjects that require no concentration or brainwork, or remembering what syntactical parralellism is, I got the lowest grades, a modest C in Fine Art and a D in Textiles. They're considered better grades at AS-Level, so yay :)

I failed last year, and this year got ten marks (annoyingly lol) from an A this year! :D

I'm so happy! Who cares about the weather or Britain and Ireland being really crap in the Olympics, I actually passed an exam! And got a bloody good mark!

[Cedric]

Woohoo!! Yeah! That's great! Doesn't really understand what D just said :D

No, I'm kidding. Good job D, I'm very happy for you :) So what does this mean now? Are you leaving college already? Or is this just some kinda level you have to meet?

-Cedric

[Fleurdelacour]

First time I tried to explain the wonders of England and Wales education system and the Internet died... Second time the computer died...

They're the NEWTs. Divided into two. you need them to get into University.

I give up :p I have to 'rock out' with rockstars and their nice drinks in a tent all weekend... Oh how exhausting it'll be ;) Actually, it probaly will be... Carrying camping gear around London in attempt to find a train station... :rolleyes:


I got a B! Ooh did I mention I got 96/100 on the exam! hehe!! :D

[ChianaWeasley]

That's awesome Fleur!
Doesn't it feel great to pass on a final?
I only do it oh, so often ;)

[Amberion]

Way to go D:cool: :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy

[Cedric]

Ooooooh rain, she's such a sweet mistress...

Goes outside and lays down in the rain

Can you just leave the two of us along for a few minutes? Thanks ;)

-Cedric

[ChianaWeasley]

I say Ced and mother nature get a room....jeeze, we leave him alone for a few days and he's hallucinating about the barometric pressures in the o-zone!!! :eek: :p

[Fleurdelacour]

Rain is just evil. Bloody evil. Try putting up a TENT in the RAIN in the DARK!

Evil.

I don't understand how you can love it so much :p It's causing landslides, and flashfloods in CORNWALL! It's the wettest summer - EVER in Britain... They think so far anyway...

[Cedric]

I only love it so much because it's been nonstop boiling temperatures lately, and my pale skin can't handle all that hotness :p

Actually, last weekend, I didn't kinda set up a tent in the rain. Then when it was dark, and still pouring, me and my cousin looked in it, saw that the floor was covered in water, and just decided to sleep in the car :D Which was surprisingly comfortable...

-Cedric

[ChianaWeasley]

Lol, thats a shame. I love staying in a tent when its raining, its a really cool sound. I just kind of feel dizzy when I'm in a car and it's raining, lol. Odd, huh?

But if a car's good and comfortable I'll sleep in any of them :P

[LuthienElentari]

I love being in the car when it rains, I find the noise of rain splattering on the windows; relaxing, I feel like retiring to the tub for a hot and steamy bubble bath whenever I'm in the car listening to the rain. This is quite weird considering that I don’t own any bubble mix.

[Chelsea Kai]

Me too. I can't believe it has gottern hotter here. I want it to rain. I like being inside on a Saturday, reading a book, drinking a cup of hot chocolate with mini-marshmallows and wearing jammies.