Discrimination

I love Harry.   I really do.   But he's a bit annoying.

This is the thing.  He'll let me feed him.   He'll sit on my shoulder.   He'll even sit on top of my head and chew on my hair.   He's very cute.  

But he won't take my letters!!!

I wrote one and tried to attach it to him.  He tried to bite me, and he flew away.   Julia thought it was hilarious.   Later she was nice though, and tried to attach the letter.   He wouldn't let her do it either.  

Harry will take her letters.   And if she writes what I want to write, he'll take that.  But I don't want Julia to write my letters for me.   What if they're private?

It's like Harry knows I'm not a wizard; so he refuses to cooperate.

I told Malcolm the story and said he should go back to using a phone so I can talk to him.   He refuses.  He says I shouldn't let Harry get away with his behavior.   He's here now....well, not right with me right this minute.   He's in his tent.   He's staying here for the weekend, mostly to help us with bird training.

Our New Pet

Malcolm came by today for a surprise visit.   I was very glad to see him, because I hadn't heard from him since last Tuesday.   It turns out I was right.   Their phone was disconnected.   But instead of getting the bill sorted out; they decided to encourage us Muggle families to get into the whole bird-mail thing.    They got us a parrot!  

It's a Gang-gang Cockatoo.   He's so cute!!!   I love him.   He's well-trained, so we don't need to keep him in a cage.   Well, at least that's what Malcolm says.   My mum's complaining a bit about the noise he makes.   I don't think it's too bad though.   My dad is going to buy him a perch thing so he can rest on that.  

We haven't sent him out on a delivery yet.   Well, we really just got him a few hours ago.  

Malcolm didn't stay long.  He had to get back to school.   It's so amazing to me that he can get here and get back again in a few minutes.   And well...that probably proves he doesn't have feelings for me.   If he really liked me that much, he'd be coming here all the time.  

Oh well.  I'm not going to whinge about that now.

The parrot is fantastic.   We haven't given him a name yet.   My dad suggested Potter...for obvious reasons.    I kind of like that.   Julia didn't seem thrilled with the idea.   Harry Potter is a hero to us, but to Julia I think he's just one of many classmates who barely noticed that she existed.  

Maybe we should name him Malcolm since he gave us the parrot. 

Or would that be creepy?    

Telephones

I never felt nervous ringing Malcolm before.  It wasn't a big deal.  

Now I'm nervous.  

I kept picking up the phone this morning, and then I would hang it up again.

Finally, I was brave enough and dialed his whole number.

No one answered except an operator.

It's been disconnected!  

They had been talking about disconnecting it before, because you know they hate using Muggle technology.    But they have Muggleborn/Muggle friends, and it's the easiest way to talk to us.   Plus, Malcolm liked watching our Muggle telly, and he also had fun playing with our Nintendo 64.   I thought he had changed and liked the Muggle world more.

Oh well.

Maybe they didn't mean to disconnect the phone.   Maybe they just forgot to pay the bill or something. 

A Crazy Thing

I've been worried that Malcolm likes me more than a friend, because I really didn't like him more than a friend.   And I thought maybe there was something between me and Jason.

Now....guess what.

I sort of have a crush on Malcolm.   So, I want him to be interested in me.   But he's not.

Or at least I don't think he is.   I think he just likes me as a friend.   That's all. 

Why would he be interested in me?   I'm a Muggle.   Sure, Malcolm isn't against Muggles.   He's not hateful like some people.   But that doesn't mean he wants one as his girlfriend.

Well, actually he probably wouldn't mind a Muggle as his girlfriend.   But I don't think he'd want me.

I'm not beautiful.  

Julia is the pretty one.  He probably likes her. 

I don't know why I ever imagined he might have feelings for me.

I guess I was delusional.  

Oh and Jason's definitely not interested in me either.   He emailed me and started talking about his girlfriend.   It's not like I mind.   It's fine because I'm not in love with him or anything.

I guess I just feel a bit rejected.  

In other news.....

My parents are fighting.   About what?   I don't know.   I'm trying not to pay attention.  

Friends

I was wrong about Joanne.   She does like other things besides sport.   And she's really nice.   I have a new favourite show on the telly because of her.   It's this American show called Friends.   I heard of it before, but we never watched it.    It's her and Agatha's favourite.   They told us about it when we visited Sydney, and were all bothered by the fact that we never saw it.   They brought some videos of it.   We watched two episodes on Thursday night after dinner, five episodes yesterday, and two today.   We're like addicts here.

And guess what....

Malcolm watched it too.

He was horrified by the thought of watching "a stupid Muggle show on a stupid Muggle invention."  He pouted about the whole thing, and gave us a hard time.   The next thing we know, he's hooked.    Leave it to Ross and Rachel to show Malcolm the beauty of our Muggle world.  

You probably don't know what I'm talking about.   Ross and Rachel are from the show.   Ross is this guy who studies dinosaurs, and he's been in love with Rachel for a really long time.   Then there's Monica, Chandler, Phoebe, and Joey.  

It's hard to explain.   But if you have a chance you should try to watch it.  

I hope all of you are okay.   I haven't heard from anyone.  I figure you're all busy with after-war type activities. 

I don't even know if anyone is reading this.  

Visitors

Agatha and Joanne got here a few hours ago.    They drove with their family.   Malcolm's going to apparate tomorrow after he's done with school.   Then he's going to set up one of those tent things in our backyard.  

Julia's hanging out with Agatha at their holiday park right now.   I was there for awhile, but I left because Joanne wanted to watch some sport thing on the telly.   She invited me to watch it with her; but I am so not interested in sport stuff.  

I don't know if Joanne and I have anything in common except that we both have sisters that are witches.  

Oh well.   I'm happy for Julia at least.   She's been sort of depressed the past few days...but NOTHING like she was a few months ago.   Anyway, she seems happier now that Agatha is here.  

Jason rang last night and I had a hard time thinking of things to say.  What was on my mind?   The end of the war, and Rhyden being killed.    I can't tell him that though.  

I'm trying to decide what to do now.    I'm sort of bored.

I should probably help my mum make dinner.  We're having Joanne, Agatha, and her parents over.   Our house is small, so it's going to be a bit squished.  

I hope all of you are doing okay.   What are you doing now that the war is over?   What's life like at Hogwarts?   Are you at Hogwarts still, or did everyone go home?    Is there a new headmaster yet?     

Death and Confusion

Malcolm's dad knows people in London and he had them look up Rhyden.

They found out that he's dead.   We're not sure of the details, but it happened a few weeks ago.  All we know is that his sister killed him.  She's in Azkaban now.   Their mother is missing.   That scares me a bit.   I worry she's going to come and blame us for what happened.   It's not our fault, but sometimes that doesn't matter.

Julia's very upset and confused.   She wants more answers.   I understand that; and our parents do too.  But we all hope she drops the whole thing.    

Agatha and Joanne are coming to visit in a few days.  I'm hoping that will keep Julia's mind off of things.   Malcolm might come too.    I wonder what we're going to do.  Maybe just hang out?   It's getting too cold to go swimming.   Winter's coming soon.   This will be our first Australian winter.    It will be really weird to have it in June-August.  

GOOD NEWS!!!!!!

Lynette told me the good news!

I am crying and laughing.   I just told my parents.   They didn't know.   They usually read the news in the morning.   But they had a fight last night and took a walk on the beach to try to patch things up.

My dad cried when he heard.   That's what made me cry. 

I think Julia was about to cry, but she went off into her room.   I'm not sure what's going on with her.   We haven't been getting along very well lately.

I'm going to ring Malcolm and see if he knows yet.  

Oh....

And I just found out that we're all going to go out for a special dinner tonight. 

Thank you for being my friends through all of this.   I love you guys!

I hope all of you are still alive.

Good-Bye

I read the Ministry news today, and I think the right thing to do is stop with this website.   I don't want to get any of you in trouble for talking to me.    I have a feeling that all of you are the type who would ignore that law and be my friend anyway.    But I would feel horrible if I got you into trouble.  

Please don't be mad at me.

I think in a few years this war will end...hopefully.  Then we can all be friends again.

Love always,

Alex