Pottermore

I want a book about Professor McGonagall. Man, there is way more to her than we ever knew.

Also, my lifelong suspicions have been confirmed - I got sorted into Ravenclaw. Suck on that, Evanna Lynch! Get in in one of the first batches and then whine to everybody about how you didn't get the house you wanted...ugh.

I think that was what bothered me the most about waiting for my welcome email. It was cool when other people would get excited about wizard duelling and potions and house points - that just made me look forward to it. But then there were all these people who just kept whining about how they got sorted into the "wrong" house. I wanted to smack them. Here I was, waiting (not so) patiently just to get to use the site and all they can do is cry about how they'd always just known they were meant to be in Slytherin, but they got some other house. Or about how they got Hufflepuff. Man, WHAT is with the Hufflepuff hating? Slytherin has a reputation for turning out evil wizards like Voldemort and annoying little snots like Draco Malfoy (although, admittedly, I found some love for Draco in the end), but they get more love than loyal, hard-working Hufflepuffs. I mean, I know the only really impressive Hufflepuff we got to meet was introduced and [SPOILER ALERT] killed within one book (then came back as a vampire - what the heck, Wormtail?), but COME ON. They are LOYAL and HARD-WORKING and generally, all-around nice people. Fun fact -Tonks was a Hufflepuff! Tonks is awesome! (I like the idea that Teddy ended up in Hufflepuff, too, don't you?)

I mean, clearly, Hufflepuff is awesome. But some people seem to be offended by being sorted into it. Me, I just wanted the chance to get sorted at all and I did not appreciate all these people whining about "wrong" houses when they could be getting over it and reading all the special notes! And brewing potions! (Which needs some work.) And practicing spell-casting! (Also could use some work.)

In summary, there is some really cool stuff on Pottermore and, so far, very little of it (some background colors?) seems to be affected by what house you are in. If you are offended by what you think your sorting says of your personality then try to remember that it is fiction and no one is stopping from closing that browser and going to do something else. Stop taking it so seriously.

Really. I could write pages and pages about how good I think the HP books are for building reading skills and confidence and how and why they should be taught in schools and I am telling you to take them less seriously.
Now if you'll excuse me, I've got to go finish brewing a potion :)

I'm giving myself an F in remembering.

While I was sitting in some class (can't even remember which one!) today, I thought of a bunch of different stories I could tell you, internet. I can't remember any of them now, but I'm pretty sure they were good.
You will simply have to take my word for it.

On the plus side, I found several hours of free time to read today! Which is pretty crazy because it's Thursday and on Thursday I have class all day.

Ok, that's not entirely true. I have class at 9:30, then at 11, then at 1:30, but that last one goes until 3:10, so. Bottom line is, I'm at the college all day and since circumstances are such that I have to get there at 7AM, I'm REALLY there all day.
Now, I knew it would be like that from the beginning and I thought I would hate it - cue Kindle to the rescue!
You guys, my Kindle might be the best thing I have ever owned. I am not even getting paid to say that. I just genuinely LOVE the thing. I love that I can carry dozens of books with me at all times (I know it can hold thousands, but come on, it's gonna take me some time to work up to that many) and it just weighs a few ounces and takes up almost no room. I love that when I finish a book and I'm still stuck at the college with nothing to do there are literally thousands of books I can browse on my Kindle and download and start reading right then. And so many of those books are free! Actually, that might be my favorite thing about Kindle - the free books on Kindle. I'm a broke college student who's also addicted to books, so you can see why I would appreciate FREE ones so much, right?
Anyway, so I have Kindle and I have lots of books and I have lots of time to kill every morning. Now, some background: last year I attended a very large university which I loved and also didn't love for many reasons. There was always stuff to do there and there was always homework or a test to stress over and, you guys, I just stopped reading books. For a whole year, I read maybe three books. It was weird and very unlike me, but I just didn't have time and I didn't make time to sit down and read.

Now, I go to a much smaller college and I'm much less stressed and pressed for time. So I'm reading again and it is wonderful. Since school started three weeks ago I've finished two books and started two more (reading two books at the same time! It's been years since I've done that.). I'm back to being my old bookworm self and it's really nice.

So there, I came up with a story to tell you.
I'm not sure it was as good as the ones I forgot.

I forgot this existed.

Not that Blogger exists. Or blogging. Or, like, the internet.
Obviously.

No, I forgot that my Blogger account exists and has existed for over a year - and I never posted a single thing! Which is crazy because, I can assure you, I have THINGS TO SAY.

So that'll probably be happening.

Maybe.