I have a problem.

*Sigh* I have a problem. Well, not really a problem, more of an addiction. It has to do with that wizard who changed my life four years ago. Yup. You guessed it, Harry Potter. Wow, four years ago doesnt sound that long, but when you put it into perspective, it really it quite a while ago. I was about 9 years old when I started reading Harry Potter. I'm 13 now and still going strong with my obsession. I may not have been able to experience all the book releases and midnight premeires like other people, but I'm still a fan.

The realization of how soon Harry Potter is going to end has pretty much fully hit me, and I've gotta admit, I start to tear up just thinking about it. Harry Potter has helped me through so much over the years, it hurts to muh to see it end. As far as we know, there will be no more books to look forward to, no more waiting at a theater for 2 and a half hours awaiting in anticipation along side other fans to see the movie on the big screen, no more staying up with a flashlight to read the newest book, none of it.

Then I remember.

We may no longer have the books and movies to look forward to, but we have so much more. We have the years to look back on, the books to reread, the movies to rewatch, the wizard rock to jam out to, the potter conferences to try to save up enough money to go to, the charactors to reflect on, and most importantly, the friends we've made over the years to stay close to. I think of all this, and remember that through dedicated fans and so much more, we will never let this fandom die, because it means that much to us. In the words on the Parselmouths, "This is never gonna end." This fandom will live strong throughout my lifetime, and throughout many lifetimes later. Because let's face it, a story this amazing, it just too good to let it go.

-Delaney
(Gryffindor)

The Woes of a Writer

We are down to final cram time of NaNoWriMo and I realize now how much harder it is than I anticipated. I only have about 20,000 words and I should be in the high 30,000 at this point. With about a week left of writing time, my hopes of finishing are slowly decreasing, but then reality hits once more. I could honestly care less if I hit 50,000 words or not. I am very happy with how mu novel is going and if ends up being a few thousand words short of 50,000, well then so be it. Truthfully, I am just happy I got this far. Yeah, if I don't finish it'll be annoying to listen to my friends tell about how happy they are that they finished, but theres always next year too. This is my first year anyway, and as a 13 year old girl, I find this a big accomplishment.
Well I best be off, I have many more words to write.

Delaney

Back at School

So school started a couple days ago and it's already getting stressful. I'm in 8th grade, but our 8th grade is at the high school so I'm pretty much catgorized as a high schooler. And let me tell you, being an 8th grader in a world of high schoolers is pretty intimidating at first.

But anyway, that's beside the point. What this post is about is how everyone at school (teachers, counslers, etc.) expect you to know where you want to end up in life. They expect you to know what you want to go to college for, what you want your career to be and the steps you will take yo get there. Except I'm only 13!!! I have no idea what I want to do when I'm older! I have this endless list going on of jobs I might want to have and every one of them is different! I guess some teachers think I have my whole life planned out at the age of 13.

Then there's that whole credits junk that I just don't understand at all and I'm so happy I don't have to deal with all that business until (hopefully) sophmore year. All I know is that right now, I'm taking band until I graduate, I love my insane Accelerated English teacher and I still hate Accelerated Math. Some things just don't change..

Well I need to go put ice on my leg again. I have a humungo knot in my gastroc muscle (I didn't know that there was such a thing as a gastroc muscle) and if it's not better by tomorrow my trainer is going to use his thumbs of steel to get it out. So I'm going to go ice!

sports sports and more sports

I am super duper tired right now. And kinda sweaty still. I just got home from my first soccer practice of the new season and I realized I probably should have trained a little more in the off season. Meaning that my soccer skills arent as good as they should be right now. Oh well, I'm sure things will improve sooner or later.

Anyway it's not just soccer that's been making me so tired. I have cross country practice everyday now and that just sucks the energy right out of me. Especially because this summer I didnt run as much as I should have due to the fact that I had swim practice for 2 hours everyday and basketball games every other night. Needless to say, my social life lacks dramatically these days.

Now don't get any wrong ideas from what I'm saying. I love all the sports I do, it's just that sometimes I wish I had more time to do other things instead of worrying about staying in good shape or making sure that I'm making all my practices. I dont want to waste away my high school years worrying about sports all the time. I want to enjoy my years of youth because I know they won't last forever. I guess I'm just scared to waste my life away, even though this is part of my life. This is why I'm actually looking forward to school starting again, because then I'll get to see my friends everyday again. Well I really need a shower now because running around in heat for and hour and a half makes you smell kinda bad.

Until next time.

Delaney

a place to be me

Finally. I have found a place where I can be myself, feel safe with expressing who I am and can say whatever I want. Now it's not that I don't express who I am outside of this little computer, but I feel as though I can be myself here and not be judged by people I know, because no one I know has a blog on here!

Basically, I'm here to just be myself and have fun! I'm a 13 year old girl seeking adventure, whether it be real or created in my head. I love reading when I have the choice to. When a teacher forces me to read something, it makes the book a lot less enjoyable for me. When I'm stressed out, I turn to music. I listening to and writing music, it takes my mind away from everything going on around me. When it;s just me and my guitar, I can't help but smile. I also have a strange liking towards zombies and ninjas. Its not like if I saw a zombie on the street I would go give it a hug, cuz that would be just plain dumb, but I am very fond of them. As for ninjas, well my lack of ninja skills relfects my admiration towards them, so yeah...

There's something else you should know about me. I'm a complete and total Harry Potter nerd. Not kidding. I've read every book and seen every movie at least 100 times. I have a post-it note countdown on my door counting down the days until Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows comes out. (97 days.) Whenever my fellow nerd friends have a quoestion about the books or movie, they come to me and 99.99% of the time I can answer them write. (no one's perfect though.)

Well that's pretty much it. If you follow my blog, I'll probably follow you, and bake you cookies. Baking is fun, isnt it? Yes so if you want a new follower, and cookies you can most likely get those by following me :)