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  <title>The Badger is One of the Animal Kingdom&apos;s Smartest Creatures</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2004 23:02:53 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>Does anybody have a cure for narcolepsy? I fell asleep again yesterday for what &lt;i&gt;seemed&lt;/i&gt; like a very short while, but when I woke up, my shoelaces were tied together. The ONE DAY I forget to put a lock on them is the one day someone decides to get the prefect. I have a sneaking suspicion it was a Slytherin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other news, I continue not to revert back to my former incarnation as a female. &lt;s&gt;Which kind of sucks. I miss the attention.&lt;/s&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2004 01:27:31 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>Oh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;m... I see that I&apos;m a boy again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Um, cool, I guess.</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2004 20:45:58 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>Well, the Hufflepuff House has gone completely and utterly mad. Justin is a raving lunatic, Zacharias has been turned into a girl (like myself), and Susan is prattling on about wanting to join other houses. Now, the first two I can deal with--but Susan&apos;s complete lack of loyalty is really ticking me off! I can only hope her change of heart has to do with all the April&apos;s Fools pranks that are being pulled.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other news, does anyone have a bra I can borrow? My breasts are getting really out of hand and starting to make my back hurt.</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2004 03:07:56 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>Well... erm... Today has definitely been interesting. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I woke up with a pair of breasts on my chest. Big ones, too. &lt;s&gt;If only I were straight so I would be at leat a little bit interested in them&lt;/s&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;... I&apos;m having an interesting time coping with this turn of events. At least I&apos;m not the only one who has to deal with this. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I borrowed some lipstick and makeup from Hannah. She offered to put it on me and do my hair, as well. I think I look rather pretty, actually. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wonder what&apos;s going on with everyone else. So far, all I&apos;ve noticed have been the sex changes, but Ginny has been rather cross lately as well.</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2004 11:25:41 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>I have decided that I shall no longer be constrained by the shackles &lt;s&gt;my parents&lt;/s&gt; I have put upon &lt;s&gt;me&lt;/s&gt; myself. My new goal in life is to be more carefree, to have more fun. I mustn&apos;t live my life only to please others; my own needs have been left in a cloud of subservient and entirely too stuffy dust. Thus, now I begin life again with a new outlook, a clearer vision and a springier bounce in my step. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be prepared for a new and improved Ernie Macmillan!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;Although, I&apos;m not giving up being a prefect. Like &lt;i&gt;that&lt;/i&gt; would ever happen.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;cutid1&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;ve finally admitted to myself that I am one-hundred percent homosexual. I not only am &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; attracted to girls, but I am completely crushing on several boys around me. Which, you know, isn&apos;t so pleasant when you&apos;re fairly sure that they are not gay and would never reciprocate any of your advances.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At least I&apos;m on the path towards self-realization.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The right boy will come to me one day. I just &lt;i&gt;know&lt;/i&gt; it. &lt;br /&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2004 07:24:45 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>I think I&apos;ve become a bit of a narcoleptic lately. I keep falling asleep at random times in the day and then wake up to people pointing and laughing at me. The last time this happened, a small group of Ravenclaws found me in the boys lavatory, my trousers down to my ankles. Thankfully, my underwear was still on, but it was still quite embarrasing. I&apos;ve just been working so hard... And every time I eat a large meal I just conk out. This is a recent development, so I do hope it&apos;s not permanent.</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2004 01:31:37 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>Gosh, being a prefect is rather difficult work. I hope everyone appreciates what effort and time I put into being at the forefront of school matters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In any case, obviously everybody knows that we Hufflepuffs beat Gryffindor fair and square. It was truly a glorious time to be a badger. I&apos;m so pleased that we&apos;re getting at least one or two points back towards the yellow and black. We may not be in first place, but at least we&apos;re not completely out of the running.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Valentine&apos;s Day can be so boring. I completely forgot it was coming around or else I would have thought to &lt;s&gt;leave the country&lt;/s&gt; get a date.  Oh well. Next year, I suppose.</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2004 00:43:18 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>&lt;font size=&quot;7&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;yellow&quot;&gt;GO BADGERS!!!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;7&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;black&quot;&gt;BEAT GRYFFINDOR!!!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;s&gt;Even if we don&apos;t have a chance against those lousy &lt;b&gt;cheaters&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/s&gt;.</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2004 17:03:16 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>You know, a lot of people don&apos;t like Wednesdays, but not me. I&apos;m a Wednesday guy. I like that feeling of being right smack in the middle of the week. The middle day. Wed-nes-day. Has such a nice, catchy ring to it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And don&apos;t make any jokes about &quot;hump day&quot; because I don&apos;t want to hear them.</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2004 07:42:39 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>The ball was fun. I had a good time. Ginny was a truly wonderful date and I&apos;m &lt;i&gt;so&lt;/i&gt; pleased I had the opportunity to go with her. I don&apos;t care what &lt;s&gt;Zacharias says&lt;/s&gt; &lt;i&gt;some&lt;/i&gt; people say, she&apos;s a very nice girl. The Weasleys and my family have been friends for ages, so it was nice to go with someone &lt;strike&gt;my parents would approve of&lt;/strike&gt; I knew. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And then Cho gave me the most delightful present for Christmas. She&apos;s such a sweet girl, really. I can see why she&apos;s so popular with the boys at Hogwarts. I wouldn&apos;t dare to try to enter myself into the competition to try and woo her, however. The field is crowded enough as it is! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We also had our first DA meeting today. We didn&apos;t get that much accomplished, but Harry seemed to try his best. Both Ron or Hermione weren&apos;t there so I guess it was hard without their moral support. He&apos;s such a strong guy, you know. I can only imagine how hard it is for him to do so much all at once. I support him one-hundred-and-ten percent. I think he&apos;s definitely the strongest weapon we have against You Know Who so we must band behind him. I only wished we could learn a little more, a little faster. I understand that we can only do so much at once, but I feel like we could have a sneak attack by the Death Eaters and not know a thing, which, I must admit, is incredibly scary. I want to be prepared.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, I suppose I should get back to making rounds in the castle. Being a prefect can be tough work, you know. But I know that I have to make sacrifices in my social life in order to keep the peace.</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2004 21:41:13 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>I have a date with the enchanting Ginny Weasley for the Winter Ball.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My week is suddenly looking a whole lot brighter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;s&gt;And I feel less like a loser&lt;/s&gt;.</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2004 19:57:52 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>All this fuss over the Winter Ball is making me annoyed. &lt;s&gt;Not having a date will do that to you.&lt;/s&gt; I had an arrangement with Hannah, and then Megan asked me and I stupidly said yes. So &lt;i&gt;obviously&lt;/i&gt; they both found out and now I have no date. I suppose I&apos;ll be quite busy anyway... &lt;s&gt;I could always just invent things to do&lt;/s&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I&apos;m still available.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just in case anybody was wondering.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;s&gt;If I don&apos;t get a date, I&apos;m not going to go. Only &lt;i&gt;losers&lt;/i&gt; do &lt;i&gt;that&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/s&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2004 21:36:43 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>I do hope everyone had an enjoyable Christmas. Mine was extraordinarily bland, but I did get quite a bit of work done. Mum and Dad sent me some nice pajamas to help me through the winter. That was rather nice of them; I had been quite cold during the nights lately. I also was able to finish some homework and go on my prefect rounds... So while it wasn&apos;t exactly the most &lt;i&gt;memorable&lt;/i&gt; of Christmasses, it was still quite productive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The holidays have been rather &lt;i&gt;interesting&lt;/i&gt;... Far be it from me to be a gossip, but the rumour mill has been working overtime lately. Some of them seem rather outlandish, but one of them is making me especially worried. I &lt;i&gt;heard&lt;/i&gt; (and I know that everything I hear isn&apos;t going to be gospel, so I&apos;m just trying to relate what is being said) that &lt;b&gt;Oliver Wood&lt;/b&gt; is helping the Gryffindors with their game before they go up against us in the next match. Now, I know nobody wants to give us Hufflepuffs a fair shot, but this is just patently ridiculous! Honestly, if they&apos;re that afraid of us, that&apos;s fine and dandy. But to actually instruct them as to cheating techniques? Now that&apos;s just absolutely awful and it saddens me. I always knew the Gryffindors aren&apos;t as noble as they always try to make themselves out to be, but this seems plain old &lt;i&gt;nasty&lt;/i&gt;, even for them. Nobody ever gives us Hufflepuffs a fair shot.</description>
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