Thursday, March 17, 2011

St. Patrick's Day Excerpt

James sighed, embarrassed. “I didn’t—I didn’t realize why you were angry with me about Carlotta. I thought... I mean, I... just didn’t... get it. But now I do.”
 Her heart pounded in her chest. “D-do you?
He knew. Oh God, he knew. How could he know? Had someone guessed and told him? Had he heard her shout at Shelley and Carlotta and interpreted elements of it that might have given her away? What had he heard? What had she said? Oh God.
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  1. meilanyMarch 17, 2011 at 11:12 PM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltjT25GyXTM&feature=fvwrel

    so excited tho

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  2. JulesMarch 17, 2011 at 11:15 PM

    that link is the most epicest of things ever.

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  3. AnonymousMarch 17, 2011 at 11:21 PM

    LMAO I wish I could "like" meilany's link.

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  4. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 12:03 AM

    heart rate increasing!

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  5. Cow RitaMarch 18, 2011 at 12:13 AM

    drunk!jules, in which chapter will l/j get together?

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  6. JulesMarch 18, 2011 at 12:16 AM

    31

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  7. JulesMarch 18, 2011 at 12:16 AM

    lol jk im not telling

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  8. Cow RitaMarch 18, 2011 at 12:20 AM

    heh, 0.1% chance it could've worked on a happy-chatty drunk on st patty's day.

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  9. JulesMarch 18, 2011 at 12:26 AM

    yes, but it's not st patrick's day anymore. You see...

    Yesterday was thursday (thursday)
    Today it is friday (friday)
    Tomorrow is Saturday (Saturday)
    And afterwards Sunday.

    We so excited.

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  10. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 1:02 AM

    We we so excited.

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  11. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 2:15 AM

    Fun fun fun fun!
    Lookin' forward to the weekend.

    Dilemma: which seat do I take...front??? Back???

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  12. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 4:51 AM

    OMG. Great excerpt.. but I think he means about Shelley, doesn't he? I can't wait for the end of this month! Anxious!

    PS: That song is in my head since yesterday night.. imagine the combination with St Patrick's Day. HORROR.

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  13. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 5:05 AM

    James doesn't REALLY get it. He's a boy and, by nature, completely oblivious to all emotionally related issues.

    I can't wait for this chapter. I want Carlotta to go down!

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  14. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 7:37 AM

    Aye Aye to 505!

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  15. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 8:42 AM

    What an amazing day!
    Firstly, it's Friday! Which we all know the amazingness of that, thanks to Rebecca Black.
    Secondly, Fringe is on tonight with Bellivia and our Lincoln Lee!
    And thirdly, this excerpt makes me happy because even though she's mad at James she obviously hasn't decided to convince herself she doesn't like him, which is spectacular.
    Oh hurray for today!
    -Jenn

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  16. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 8:42 AM

    He can't know. Because if he did, he would obviously be saying "I love you too! Let's go make babies!" :)

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  17. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 8:44 AM

    Also he totally doesn't know! He just thinks she's upset at him for dating Carlotta because it hurt Shelly. Oh James, so naive....
    -Jenn

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  18. JulesMarch 18, 2011 at 9:49 AM

    Am I the only one who giggled at 505's desire to have Carlotta go down? Yes?
    okay.

    @Jenn--omg fringe I can't even handle it.

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  19. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 10:09 AM

    chubbypotato, did you say you go to UPenn? That's so funny cause I'm a sophomore at USP. I live like 5 min from you lol

    -Pri

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  20. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 10:25 AM

    Oh my god, I'm gone for a month and I miss SO much. This is what happens when the internet runs away.

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  21. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 10:26 AM

    p.s. is it hailing where you are, Jules? It's hailing where I am. *saddest face of sad*

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  22. JulesMarch 18, 2011 at 10:30 AM

    TODD! I C U!!!
    Yeah, it's CRAZY outside! It JUST stopped hailing. When I got up, you couldn't see fifteen feet out the window thru the rain.

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  23. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 11:25 AM

    O hai thair. I C U 2. :P

    I should probably go finish reading chapter thirty... *blushes guiltily*

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  24. JulesMarch 18, 2011 at 11:35 AM

    Girl u gonna be spoiled here!

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  25. CharleneMarch 18, 2011 at 11:39 AM

    oh James, you don't actually get it, do you?
    Poor Lily.

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  26. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 11:46 AM

    Not the spoilers! No!

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  27. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 12:00 PM

    I want chapter 31!!!!!!!!
    so excited for it after that excerpt.

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  28. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 12:14 PM

    Am I the only one who giggled at 505's desire to have Carlotta go down? Yes?
    okay.

    No, I giggled, too. I think she already did...

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  29. FrenchieMarch 18, 2011 at 1:19 PM

    She sooo did cough man stealing whore cough

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  30. JulesMarch 18, 2011 at 1:41 PM

    Do you have something in your throat, Frenchie?

    =P

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  31. Cow RitaMarch 18, 2011 at 1:44 PM

    @Pri
    cool! we might've run into each other multiple times.

    another excerpt, jules? ;p

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  32. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 1:54 PM

    Jules a while ago when someone asked you/other readers for fanfic recs (for the bazillionth time), you said that you would create a recs page so people would stop asking that question... how is that coming along? I'm bored and need something to read but can't be bothered to find that thread...

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  33. JulesMarch 18, 2011 at 1:54 PM

    YOU MIGHT BE THE SAME PERSON!
    But probably not.

    Excerpt: lol k soon

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  34. JulesMarch 18, 2011 at 2:01 PM

    154, I started that. One sec, I'll post what I have done.

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  35. JulesMarch 18, 2011 at 2:15 PM

    http://handlessreadingcorner.blogspot.com/2011/03/recommended-reading.html

    (Also available by clicking on my profile in the sidebar)

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  36. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 2:17 PM

    So in chapter 31, will it be longer than a day? like the first week of school? or is that too big of a secret :P

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  37. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 2:17 PM

    So... my spring break is coming up and I would love nothing more than sitting at my computer reading chapter 31. Update soon? Please please please?

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  38. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 2:18 PM

    Thanks, Jules!

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  39. JulesMarch 18, 2011 at 2:19 PM

    You're welcome, 218.

    217 (first), about a week, si.

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  40. EmmaMarch 18, 2011 at 2:45 PM

    So, not only is it Friday (FUN FUN FUN), it is also Fringe day with Hipster Lincoln. Then, to make it even better, there's this lovely little excerpt.
    Ah, oblivious James. He needs to have a talk with somewhat-less-oblivious Remus.
    Anyway, I'm so glad yesterday was Thursday so today could be (Fringe)Friday. Then tomorrow will be Saturday and Sunday will come after.

    side note: does anyone else wonder if Rebecca Black realizes she is the biggest running joke on the internet right now?

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  41. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 4:06 PM

    As someone who only just got internet back last night and otherwise doesn't follow lots of pop culture, who is Rebecca Black?

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  42. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 4:15 PM

    Yes she does ;-)
    http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20474741,00.html

    The excerpts are great, i cant wait for ch 31!

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  43. JulesMarch 18, 2011 at 4:31 PM

    poor kid. I'm trying to refrain from character assaults on her... but I will mock the lyrics to that song.

    For Todd:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2LRROpph0

    I recommend scanning the "Friday" tag on tumblr. That should provide a pretty good representation of all various gifs it has inspired.

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  44. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 4:40 PM

    Oh god. That song... can I go back to not knowing who Rebecca Black is now?

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  45. JulesMarch 18, 2011 at 4:42 PM

    you can never go back.

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  46. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 4:43 PM

    I feel like Dumbledore when he found out Umbridge was a woman.

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  47. Kayla 2.7March 18, 2011 at 4:57 PM

    ^^ omg dying.

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  48. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 10:09 PM

    Wait, why did you go back to the pink flowery background????? How about something blue?

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  49. JulesMarch 18, 2011 at 10:46 PM

    why the hate?

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  50. AnonymousMarch 19, 2011 at 1:09 AM

    Jules, do you write for a site named shmoop.com?

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  51. JulesMarch 19, 2011 at 1:11 AM

    No. Unless one of my split personalities does without my knowing.

    So, no.

    Why do you ask?

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  52. AnonymousMarch 19, 2011 at 1:37 AM

    JULES.

    I THINK I BROKE TUMBLR.

    IT'S NOT WORKING AFTER MY FREAK OUT TO YOUR MESSAGE.

    ALSO, I HAVE A FEELING I AM NOT TURNING OFF CAPS LOCK FOR A WHILE AFTER THIS.

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  53. JulesMarch 19, 2011 at 1:38 AM

    bahahahahahahahahhahahahaha


    insane giggling has been taken to whole new levels just now. y'all don't even know.

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  54. AnonymousMarch 19, 2011 at 1:44 AM

    DUDE.

    I PHYSICALLY CANNOT.

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  55. JulesMarch 19, 2011 at 1:47 AM

    And to think that was the milder of the excerpts I was considering.

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  56. JulesMarch 19, 2011 at 1:48 AM

    But I knew you'd like it 'cos of the bf-word

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  57. AnonymousMarch 19, 2011 at 1:50 AM

    JESUS. I WOULD HAVE PASSED OUT.

    WHY CAN'T I LIKE MY OWN ASK MESSAGES?

    SERIOUSLY, CAPS STILL ON.

    LOL KAYLA JUST REPLIED.

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  58. AnonymousMarch 19, 2011 at 1:51 AM

    AND CARIZA LOLOLOL

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  59. JulesMarch 19, 2011 at 1:54 AM

    okay, now I'm kind of freaking out too.

    I'm too hardcore an L/J fangirl to write them.

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  60. AnonymousMarch 19, 2011 at 2:03 AM

    If I were you I would be losing my shit every five minutes because you know what happens!

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  61. Kayla 2.7March 19, 2011 at 2:21 AM

    fdsfjdsgkjgjsdkgfkjskgjdkjghjadrhjhgdfdhdhakdsfhgvdsfesgtgsvdsgfdsggsggsedfvrsdhtykhgfnbvsadfsekjfjaerwmsnthqwvry349w8tyehsfdbkjfc gn9342y8y5wet34wtvret
    *breathe*

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  62. ϟMarch 19, 2011 at 2:29 AM

    I LOVE YOU OKAY

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  63. AnonymousMarch 19, 2011 at 3:21 AM

    *like* to the above two comments!

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  64. EmmaMarch 19, 2011 at 7:46 AM

    Jules, you terrible tease! asldkgjlaekhgla! I just died all over my dashboard. I cannot even.

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  65. AnonymousMarch 19, 2011 at 1:33 PM

    Am I missing something? I don't get the above messages at all...

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  66. AnonymousMarch 19, 2011 at 1:56 PM

    I go to bed and decide to only do homework today and THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS?! I miss everything! Ugh.
    Regardless, it's beautiful. He said boyfriend. As in HER boyfriend. I don't wanna wait. I don't think I can wait. Just... Just... wow....
    -Jenn

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  67. AnonymousMarch 19, 2011 at 1:57 PM

    @1:33 Jules posted a excerpt on Bree's tumblr. It was pretty epic.
    -Jenn

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  68. UnderbabeMarch 19, 2011 at 2:02 PM

    How about you skip a couple of chapters and go straight to that?

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  69. AnonymousMarch 19, 2011 at 2:08 PM

    Anon 1:33

    I know it's hard to read because my font is so small, but here

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  70. AnonymousMarch 19, 2011 at 2:09 PM

    LOL Jules made it clear that conversation wouldn't happen for like 14 more chapters *sob*

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  71. JennMarch 19, 2011 at 2:27 PM

    Oh no. I didn't think it was THAT far away.
    *Looks up to the heavens and screams "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"*

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  72. UnknownMarch 19, 2011 at 2:55 PM

    I was sort of hoping she meant 14 chapters in a I'm-just-throwing-out-a-random-number-but-it's-really-an-exaggeration way.....*smiles hopefully*

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  73. Cow RitaMarch 19, 2011 at 2:57 PM

    14??
    ..may 2012?
    maybe i'll read it on the day i graduate.

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  74. AnonymousMarch 19, 2011 at 3:27 PM

    LOL chubbypotato I was counting down the months, too!

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  75. JennMarch 19, 2011 at 3:49 PM

    Woah there better not be anymore than 51 chapters in TLAT, cause if the world ends before TLAT ends I am not going to be a happy camper. No siree.

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  76. AnonymousMarch 19, 2011 at 5:57 PM

    I can't stop rereading that excerpt on bree's tumblr!! i can't breathe! =D

    14 more chapters?!!! oh god i'm gonna die of anticipation!

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  77. AnonymousMarch 19, 2011 at 7:21 PM

    well the optimistic side of me is just hoping that maybe just THAT little bit of J/L shipper goodness happens in 14 chapters, but doesn't necessarily mean that there aren't others before that. maybe we'll all die from j/l overload 5 chapters from now?

    optimistic? i think so. ....oh god, if i am wrong, jules, don't correct me!

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  78. JulesMarch 19, 2011 at 10:29 PM

    That scene is most certainly not the first bit of L/J-ness that will cause some to OD on shipper happiness. Nor is it the first use of the word "boyfriend."

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  79. JennMarch 19, 2011 at 11:07 PM

    Please excuse me while I go and skip around town out of sheer happiness.

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  80. EmmaMarch 19, 2011 at 11:16 PM

    ^^What she said.

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  81. ϟMarch 19, 2011 at 11:20 PM

    *dies*

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  82. UnknownMarch 20, 2011 at 8:08 AM

    *also dead*

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  83. JennMarch 20, 2011 at 11:05 AM

    Jules! You're killing people! What do you have to say for yourself, young lady?

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  84. AnonymousMarch 20, 2011 at 11:05 AM

    *dies*
    *comes back to life*
    *dies again*

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  85. carolineMarch 20, 2011 at 12:20 PM

    oh, jules. why do you tease us so?
    that excerpt made my little shipper heart sing.

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  86. AnonymousMarch 20, 2011 at 1:45 PM

    I'm having a really bad computer connection day. Can someone post a link to a Lily / James fanfic?

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  87. JulesMarch 20, 2011 at 1:47 PM

    http://handlessreadingcorner.blogspot.com/

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  88. AnonymousMarch 20, 2011 at 1:58 PM

    For some reason your reply is extremely funny to me. Way to promote, Jules ;D

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  89. Cow RitaMarch 20, 2011 at 2:05 PM

    best ff ever.

    http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3448793/1/Stop

    the reviews are even better.

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  90. JulesMarch 20, 2011 at 2:05 PM

    Lol, I'm not promoting. The whole point of putting that together was for exactly this occasion... when recs were inevitably requested again =P

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  91. JulesMarch 20, 2011 at 2:07 PM

    Potato... I can't... I can't breathe....

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  92. AnonymousMarch 20, 2011 at 2:15 PM

    Chubby, fics like those make me wonder if the author is living on the same planet as me. I can't figure it out... is it a crack!fic or not? The rational part of my brain says it must be...

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  93. KKMarch 20, 2011 at 2:19 PM

    I just need someone to see the Padfoot/Moony dancing...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlzobkzKXSQ

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  94. JennMarch 20, 2011 at 2:23 PM

    Chubby where the heck did you find this?! I just read it out loud to my to my roommate. It sounds 10x worse when spoken aloud. Oh dear lord...

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  95. JennMarch 20, 2011 at 2:25 PM

    The synopsis of that fic is literally: male impregnates other male and then tries to convince him to stop smoking pot.
    Why would someone ever think of this...?

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  96. JulesMarch 20, 2011 at 2:28 PM

    Marijuana, smoking, unplanned pregnancy, homosexuality, abortion... it's very topical.

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  97. AnonymousMarch 20, 2011 at 2:31 PM

    ....................
    Doesn't compute - error
    Check C:drive
    All systems overloaded
    Brain melting
    I don't understand this fic!!!!

    P.S. Jules I know it's not technically promotion. It's just... clearly I was mush-mind before I read "Stop" because I pointed and laughed for no plausible reason.

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  98. JulesMarch 20, 2011 at 2:33 PM

    Before "Stop." Does such a time exist??? one can hardly know.

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  99. AnonymousMarch 20, 2011 at 2:36 PM

    I do have to admire the message, though. Fellas, don't get pregnant and then smoke up. Think of the children.

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  100. JulesMarch 20, 2011 at 2:38 PM

    Also, even biological impossibility is no guarantee that you won't get pregnant, so... food for thought.

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  101. JennMarch 20, 2011 at 2:42 PM

    Indeed...

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  102. AnonymousMarch 20, 2011 at 2:42 PM

    Be prepared.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0AiN8vrn9Y

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  103. JennMarch 20, 2011 at 2:46 PM

    I feel that if Scar had sung this to Sirius and James their ending would have been happier. But alas...

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  104. AnonymousMarch 20, 2011 at 2:46 PM

    I'm going to pretend I never read "Stop." It should be easy. It definitely killed some brain cells.

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  105. JulesMarch 20, 2011 at 2:48 PM

    Oh, and KK, I freaking love that video. Dancing Moony and Padfoot get me every time <3 <3

    "Stop:" the "Friday" of fanfiction. (Or was that "My Immortal")

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  106. AnonymousMarch 20, 2011 at 2:49 PM

    @Jenn
    "Be prepared for sensational news! A shining new era is tiptoe-ing nearer... I know it sounds sordid, but you'll be rewarded when I'm seen for the wonder I am!"

    Yeah, better ending.

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  107. AnonymousMarch 20, 2011 at 2:52 PM

    Oh, god, ignore me. Brain still asploding.
    Todd out.

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  108. JennMarch 20, 2011 at 2:53 PM

    A musical number is the only thing that is stopping 'Stop' from becoming a true masterpiece.

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  109. AnonymousMarch 20, 2011 at 2:54 PM

    Lion King can be applied to every situation.

    KK - that has got to be the cutest thing I've ever seen. Sirius and Remus's dancing was just... I couldn't stop 'aww'ing. And Lily and James always smiling at each other was so fricking cute, and I've never felt more sorry for Snape in my life, bless him.

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  110. KKMarch 20, 2011 at 2:58 PM

    I think Disney gives their villains the best songs. Be Prepared? Poor, Unfortunate Souls? And holy crap, My Lullaby is the best thing about The Lion King 2.

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  111. JennMarch 20, 2011 at 3:02 PM

    I always resented the fact that Hades wasn't given a better song in Hercules. However, he did have some pretty amazing lines. The best songs in that movie though were definitely the ones sung by the muses :)

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  112. KKMarch 20, 2011 at 3:04 PM

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  113. KKMarch 20, 2011 at 3:05 PM

    Oh, definitely.

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  114. AnonymousMarch 20, 2011 at 8:26 PM

    Dea Jules

    Ok, so this is entirely off topic, but I just wanted to say that I'm really impressed and satisfied with the way that you write in the time period that the story ACTUALLY takes place in. The Marauders were in school in the seventies and you portray that so accurately. I can't tell you how many fanfics I have read that have Lily and James living like it's 2011. In one horrible fanfic that I am desperately trying to forget the author actually described IN DETAIL Lily's new true religion skinny jeans...I left a rather rude review, I won't lie. Obviously things in the wizarding world should always be a bit different than the muggle world, but I love how you tie in things that are clearly seventies because it gives you a real clear cut and developed setting. Especially with the music.

    Anyway that was kind of random, but I was just thinking about it and thought I'd let you know. :)

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  115. AnonymousMarch 20, 2011 at 8:27 PM

    *Dear

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  116. Cow RitaMarch 20, 2011 at 9:09 PM

    ^^ very true.

    on that note. i wish i were born in 1975. then i could spend ages 15-25 in the 90s, my fav decade.
    i. end of cold war
    ii. start of harry potter era
    iii. start of internet era
    iv. people had money and jobs
    v. hobo fashion (i would fit right in)
    vi. relatively little racism (sorry 60s)
    vii. no major wars
    viii. awesome sitcoms
    ix. more sexual modesty than the 00s
    x. era of graf and sampras

    *sigh*

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  117. AnonymousMarch 20, 2011 at 9:20 PM

    I so wish I lived in the seventies, or the twenties, just cause I have a Great Gatsby fantasy haha

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  118. AnonymousMarch 20, 2011 at 9:29 PM

    Off topic, but I found a gem!

    http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6831266/1/Unbidden

    (posting this because I think it's just cute enough to distract me from constant wanting of chapter 31.)

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  119. AnonymousMarch 20, 2011 at 9:41 PM

    I wish I lived with the Doctor. So I could see all the decades. All the decades ever. I would be a happy, happy girl. Also, the Doctor! :)

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  120. JulesMarch 20, 2011 at 9:42 PM

    I agree with 941.

    @potato- but if you think about LATE 90s fashion: mid-driff shirts, pin straight hair, and dark lipstick. And all of that when you're in your twenties? I'm glad I was quite young in the unforgiving days of the return of flare pants and the rise of the middriff shirt. There is so much I love about the late nineties, but not any of that.

    @826: thank-you! There are some problems here and there, but I do TRY to keep things as non-anachronistic as possible.

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  121. Cow RitaMarch 20, 2011 at 9:52 PM

    @ 9:41, that's cheating!

    jules, good point.

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  122. AnonymousMarch 20, 2011 at 10:04 PM

    90s were def awesome but I have to disagree on the racism thing. The Rodney King riots were deadlier than the Chicago/Detriot/LA riots of the 60s. I remember seeing my mother cry because someone was getting shit beat out of them, in the middle of the street, on live tv.

    I always thought my youth should have been spent in the late 30s- 40s. Love the style, music, films, and I can lindy hop like a mofo. Then I remember that 90% of men back then wanted their wives barefoot and pregnant. *sigh*

    I would have to go with the 70s for my youth. Turbulent, yes, but creatively A-mazing. Best decade for film by a landslide. Being an acress then would have been baller.

    but the Doctor does trump them all:)

    Justine

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  123. AnonymousMarch 20, 2011 at 10:09 PM

    Hey, Jules,

    Do you happen to have an estimate of a possible update? Thanks!

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  124. Kat T.March 20, 2011 at 10:12 PM

    I would like to go back to the 90s solely to meet Jeff Buckley. Apart from the music there doesn't seem to be anything that interesting about this time period. But then althought I can't say that same thing about the time we are living in(seriously is the world going crazy, so many events in the same year!), I sometime have the very pessimistic feeling we are living on the brink of the world's end. Is that what they felt in the 60s? So yeah, all that to say that at least in the 90s people knew what to expect.

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  125. Cow RitaMarch 20, 2011 at 10:13 PM

    lol, and the great depression + WWII in the 30s/40s. you can lindy hop???? +1000 cool points :D

    yeah but racism was no longer institutionalized. (you can def argue that point, but not in the way it was during the time of mlk jr or malcolm x) and obv it was way worse before the 60s like in the 20s, but i mentioned the 60s specifially because of the flower power lovers.

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  126. Cow RitaMarch 20, 2011 at 10:15 PM

    ugh i cant spell. i have to use internet explorer instead of firefox when i post here, and it doesn't have spellcheck.

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  127. JulesMarch 20, 2011 at 10:26 PM

    @Kat- what??? life was crazy in the 90s too. Life has always been crazy. I mean, one of two world powers collapsed seemingly overnight. Parts of Europe were turned on their heads economically, socially, etc. There were genocides, there were terrorist attacks, there were natural disasters, just like there are now. And all of that with the advent of these insane new technologies that did inspire a lot of optimism but also a lot of fear.
    People have never really known "what to expect" and certainly they haven't known it any time in the last century.

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  128. JennMarch 20, 2011 at 10:38 PM

    I like the 20s cause of prohibition and the night clubs and most of all FLAPPER DRESSES. But I honestly don't think I'd like living in that time mostly cause I like rights and respect I have now as a woman in the 21st century. Personally I'd rather be transported to another dimension or universe Fringe-style cause that way everything that happened would be a new experience and I wouldn't feel so trapped by the past.

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  129. Kat T.March 20, 2011 at 10:43 PM

    @Jules, normally I am good in history and if someone else had told me what I wrote above, I would have probably told that person to take a chill pill. But I suppose that three nights in a row without any sleep dodn't make me think very clearly. And the news are everywhere those days, so imagine how it makes an insomniac and sometimes anxious sixteen years old girl.

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  130. AnonymousMarch 20, 2011 at 10:44 PM

    @Kat remember Y2K?! Ugh, everyone thought the world was going to end then too. Thank god it didn't. Dying in 7th grade listening to nsync would have SUCKED.

    @chubby I had this conversation with my friend a while ago and she wanted to travel to either the 20s (for the Harlem Renaissance) or the 60s (for the civil rights movement) specifically because of all the changes taking place in the african american community. Different strokes for different folks I guess;P

    Personally, I'm not very interested in witnessing the changes in women's history. Well, the later changes in the late 60s and 70s, yes that would fun but women's sufferage 90 years ago... no thank you.

    I prefer reaping the benefits now.

    Justine

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  131. JulesMarch 20, 2011 at 10:49 PM

    Lol no worries, Kat. GET SOME SLEEP GIRL! =P

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  132. EmmaMarch 20, 2011 at 10:55 PM

    If nothing else the 90's gave us Home Alone.
    What more do you really want out of life?

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  133. Kat T.March 20, 2011 at 10:57 PM

    It's impossible and I have a huge exam coming in first period Monday(which means today since it's almost 2am in Canada). I have the bad feeling I'm going to pass out while doing it.

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  134. AnonymousMarch 20, 2011 at 11:02 PM

    touche EJ.

    I think of TLC.

    TLC is the 90's to me.

    Justine

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  135. AnonymousMarch 20, 2011 at 11:08 PM

    Actually, by the twenties women in America already had the right to vote. suffrage was in the 1910's and before. The twenties were a time of liberation for women, hence raising hemlines and flapper women who went out and partied sans the male escorts that would have been absolutely required in victorian times. Things may not have been like they are now, but I would argue that many women of the twenties were more liberated than those of the fifties.

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  136. Kayla 2.7March 20, 2011 at 11:12 PM

    I want to live in the middle ages personally.

    But anyway. I agree Jules does the 70's great, on par with Lost in the 70's, yep.

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  137. AnonymousMarch 20, 2011 at 11:23 PM

    @Chubby (circa 952)- Not cheating. Thinking outside the box. Or inside the box. A little blue one. (Which is bigger on the inside.)

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  138. JulesMarch 20, 2011 at 11:54 PM

    Women's Suffrage was signed in 1920, I believed, although it might have passed earlier.

    And I think its easy to make a lot of assumptions about women's liberation in the 1950s based on the cultural images of women from that time, but that might not be accurate. I'm not saying that there weren't a lot of seriously twisted ideas about sex and gender: those WERE a reality, but those weren't the only reality.

    My mom's mom was a thirty-something mother in the fifties. She had my mom in 1959, kind of accidentally, when she was, like 42, I believe. She was a housewife and a mother and she kept a clean house and cooked dinner for her husband and children. But she wasn't medicated. She wasn't a Stepford Wife. If her husband had tried to "control her" or whatever, it simply WOULD not have happened.

    Then you have my DAD'S mom, who ran away from home in 1956 when she was roughly 14 or 15, got a job, and supported herself. She continued to work and support herself long after she got married and had my dad (*not* in that order).

    My point is, we have these ideas about certain periods of history, and they're not totally without foundation, but they're not the whole story. The image we have of a 1920s woman is a flapper and the 1950s woman is a housewife, and one seems much more liberated than the other. But were a higher percentage of women educated in the 20s or the 50s? What were wages like for working women? What kind of jobs were available to women and in what numbers? What legal protections existed in both times?

    I mean, look at the images of women now. Are we all Carrie Bradshaws and Heidi Montags?

    ANYWAYZ...

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  139. JulesMarch 20, 2011 at 11:59 PM

    Lol, sorry for the rant. That's ridiculous. Feel free to ignore that whole post.

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  140. Kat T.March 21, 2011 at 12:08 AM

    In the Bell Jar(which is ste in the 1950s) Esther gets both physically and mentally sick of her society. There are going to be people like her in every time period but in the 1950s young women were under such an amount of pressure to have a sucessful career and of course to dump it when you get married. Esther would probably have been depressive anyway but it's only worsened by society. Not all woman were like that of course, but in the book, women with a good career seemed unusual. Doesn't seem to be a very happy environement. I think we are very lucky to be able to chose. Do you believe that 200 years ago we would all have been of marrying age?

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  141. JulesMarch 21, 2011 at 12:16 AM

    oh, no absolutely there were a lot of circumstances in the 1950s that were not conducive to the health, well-being, and rights of women. I mean, Silvia Plath is the epitome of that. My comparison primarily had to do with the difference between the 20s and the 50s. If a good career for a woman in the 50s was rare, it was that much rarer in the 20s.

    Lol, and it is funny that 200 years ago we would all be of marrying age. Of course, life expectancy was different, too.

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  142. AnonymousMarch 21, 2011 at 12:22 AM

    lol @ kayla. Sorry, I can't live anytime before antiseptics:)

    Sorry but I never said that women didn't have the right to vote in the 20's. I mentioned the Harlem Renaissance in the 20's but that's it.

    I said I wasn't very interested being around for women's suffrage 90 years ago- which considering it was ratified to the constitution 91 years ago- I didn't think it was historical error on my part (def not said with attitude, I promise.)

    You might think it's a ridiculous rant Jules, but I agree with what you said @ 11:54:)

    Justine (last wordaholic)

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  143. JulesMarch 21, 2011 at 12:29 AM

    lol, fair enough justine.
    i'm going to bed. good night. excerpt tomorrow, probably.

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  144. AnonymousMarch 21, 2011 at 12:29 AM

    ugh, I suck at life -*an* historical error-

    and 200 years ago, I would be just a few years away from spinsterhood. I definitely would prefer it to marrying a 50 year old.

    Justine

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  145. JulesMarch 21, 2011 at 12:31 AM

    what about johnny depp?

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  146. AnonymousMarch 21, 2011 at 12:35 AM

    hmm.....point taken.

    BUT if it's not Johnny or George or Brad- can't do it.

    Justine

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  147. JulesMarch 21, 2011 at 12:38 AM

    After I posted my last comment, i started thinking about how old people are, and I googled exactly three actors.

    Johnny Depp, George Clooney, and Brad Pitt.

    GET OUT OF MY BRAIN.

    kk i really do plan to go to bed. golly.

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  148. AnonymousMarch 21, 2011 at 1:39 AM

    I'm always late to the party.

    I... I actually loved being a child in the 90s (we had the best cartoons/ TV shows. I made my significantly younger brother watch them and he loved them as much as I did then. They are timeless.) And then there's Harry Potter. It may seem silly but those books really mean a lot to me. I grew up in an area in LA where it was easy to become another statistic. One of the main problems in the schools was that literacy rates among young children were (and continue to be) outrageously low. I feel as if my teacher hadn't given Sorcerer's Stone when I was 10, I definitely wouldn't be where I am today. For that and many other reasons I wouldn't want to live in any other decade. Plus, think about it, we are lucky because we get to enjoy the wonderful music, films, television shows, etc. from all the aforementioned decades :)

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  149. AnonymousMarch 21, 2011 at 1:47 AM

    OMJ. (OhmyJames.)
    JOHNNY DEPP. *dreamy look*

    Just realized that OMJ can also mean OhmyJohnny, which only makes it better.

    Ah, always knew that I was a genius like this. *has a proud feeling in my chest*

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  150. EmmaMarch 21, 2011 at 2:33 AM

    oh my goodness, Bree. Everything you said. I am so proud of being a 90's baby. I mean, some of it was atrocious but then there were things like Boy Meets World and Forrest Gump and, of course, Harry freakin' Potter. I owe just about my entire existence to those books. The fact I'm in a good college and going places in life - completely due to the fact that my mum made me read them when I was eight and generally refused to pick up a book on my own. (Now look at me! I can write good and everything!)
    We 90's kids have lots to be proud of really. We also all survived Y2K before we were even finished with elementary school.

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  151. Kayla 2.7March 21, 2011 at 3:50 AM

    Heck yes the 90's were incredible! I really think it was the best time to grow up. I miss them so much. And yeah, if i wasn't a part of the HP generation i'm pretty sure my life would have no meaning..

    "excerpt tomorrow, probably" WOOOO HOOOOO!!!

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  152. AnonymousMarch 21, 2011 at 5:48 AM

    Colin Firth. Sorry, but I'm in love with him. So dreamy.

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  153. CMarch 21, 2011 at 7:26 AM

    I'm proud to be a 90s kid. Although, I guess I don't really qualify as one...I was born in '94, which means most of my memories come from the '00s. But oh well....I still claim my spot as part of the Harry Potter generation! Because seriously, those books taught me to read (: and more importantly, taught me to love reading.

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  154. carolineMarch 21, 2011 at 12:33 PM

    I agree, I enjoy living in this time period. Where we (as a society) are in cases of medicine, scientific discovery, developments in how to enhance the general well-being of people, as well as how we're all universally connected (I love the internet) really makes this age such an advanced one. What I could do without, however, are accusations of my generation being less intelligent, less capable, less successful than generations in the past. That's a nice hit to the ego, right there.
    BUT, if I could go BACK in time (y'know... after I've grown up enough to appreciate what's going on) I'd want to go to... Ancient Greece. Such a fantastic civilization, man. Or, like 941 said, chill with the Doctor. Because that's kind of a total win.

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  155. AnonymousMarch 21, 2011 at 12:42 PM

    Especially when the Doctor looks like David Tennant or Matt Smith...

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  156. JulesMarch 21, 2011 at 12:49 PM

    I'd almost rather go with a not gorgeous doctor, because then, while I would still be madly in love with him, I wouldn't be in a constant state of wanting-to-jump-his-bones.

    So Number 4 for me. Always Number 4. We could share scarves. Although, really, I'd go with just about any of them. Not 6. I would rather NOT go on the Tardis than travel with 6.

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  157. AnonymousMarch 21, 2011 at 12:59 PM

    @1242- I'm a fan of Eccleston, personally. I mean, the other two too, but I really like Eccleston.

    @Jules- That is a fair point. Time travelling adventures > sex with the doctor. (Sometimes).

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  158. AnonymousMarch 21, 2011 at 1:39 PM

    Hi, Lily Potter again, and I would like to live post-1981.

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  159. JulesMarch 21, 2011 at 1:47 PM

    I too would like for you to live past 1981.

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  160. AnonymousMarch 21, 2011 at 1:52 PM

    and your husband.

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  161. VoldemortMarch 21, 2011 at 1:57 PM

    I gave you that choice, Lily. You could've lived.

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  162. JulesMarch 21, 2011 at 1:58 PM

    I literally just got an e-mail alert from Voldemort.

    My life might be complete.

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  163. JennMarch 21, 2011 at 2:07 PM

    THIS^

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  164. JennMarch 21, 2011 at 2:09 PM

    My stats class just became infinitely better because of this. Haha

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  165. AnonymousMarch 21, 2011 at 2:11 PM

    I can never decide which Doctor is my favourite, they're all too wonderful. The only one I never liked was Eccleston. I just... didn't get him (sorry 1259!).

    As for decades, I was born in the early 90s and I thoroughly loved every minute of it. I haven't loved the 00s as much-that may be either because it was the suckiest decade,... or 'cos I was a teenager for most of it :P

    I love the 50s and 60s too - because they had the best music, and I loved the way they dressed and everything seemed more funky then. But if I had a choice, I would never ever actually choose to have lived in the 60s. Not in this country at least. Racism was a very serious problem here back then; P*ki-bashing was considered a pretty normal pass-time... so I would have had the living shit beaten out of me on a regular basis if I was around then. And the stuff my dad has told me he and the family had to go through every single day is not something I'm interested in experiencing. So... no, I'm quite glad not to have gorwn up in that time-period; even the Beatles wouldn't have made up for it. I'm perfectly happy as a nineties baby :)

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  166. UnknownMarch 21, 2011 at 2:22 PM

    Okay, that Voldemort post made my life ;)

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  167. Cow RitaMarch 21, 2011 at 2:23 PM

    XD omg lily and voldemort.

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  168. Cow RitaMarch 21, 2011 at 2:28 PM

    excerpttttttttt

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  169. AnonymousMarch 21, 2011 at 2:32 PM

    @2:11--Have we been living in the same country? Yeah I agree, things were pretty bad for British-dwelling asians then, but it didn't really stop. P*aki-bashing still happened a lot in the 90s. South asians were the most likely to be attacked then. Even now, there is still so much racism I witness every day in my estate. And the EDL's 'protests' regularly make the news.

    And let's not forget that prick we call our Prime Minister; apparently, did you know, state multiculturalism has failed? In truth, racism IS becoming more institutionlised in the UK, whereas previously it wasn't.

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  170. Cow RitaMarch 21, 2011 at 2:43 PM

    @2:32, 2:11
    this is specific to the uk, not the us?

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  171. AnonymousMarch 21, 2011 at 2:46 PM

    chubby - yes I'm talking about the UK. Sorry , didn't realise I hadn't made that clear lol. I don't really know how things are across the pond... better I imagine, as your leader isn't against multi-culturalism.

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  172. Cow RitaMarch 21, 2011 at 2:50 PM

    your post was clear, but 2:11 wasn't clear to me.

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  173. AnonymousMarch 21, 2011 at 2:58 PM

    @chubby- If they're talking about p*aki-bashing, then yes, it is the UK.

    @2:46/2:32- it seems to me that you missed the entire message of Cameron's speech. It was that people of other races and faith need to integrate more; there's nothing wrong with that.

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  174. AnonymousMarch 21, 2011 at 3:01 PM

    On the surface.

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  175. AnonymousMarch 21, 2011 at 3:08 PM

    -cue Charlie dying-

    Oh geez. I've been flicking through this breifly and so far I've seen it go from Friday to LAT to Woman's Rights to The Doctor and Colin Firth.

    Excuse me for being confused :)

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  176. JulesMarch 21, 2011 at 3:08 PM

    You know who's against multi-culturalism? Voldemort.

    Care to weigh in, Dark Lord??

    (just trying to keep the peace =P)

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  177. AnonymousMarch 21, 2011 at 3:12 PM

    @2:58--'people of *other* races and faith need to integrate more'. Read: they should give up parts of their identity and culture because they're not acting 'British' enough. He targted muslims so much in that speech, that I felt that he was missing the whole point of his own speech--'British-muslims aren't integrated enough in today's society, so I'm going to criticise their way of living for the next half-hour or so; that should stop them from feeling so isolated'. I never felt so ashamed to be British as when I was watching the news that day.

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  178. AnonymousMarch 21, 2011 at 3:14 PM

    Er... yeah, Jules, sorry for taking this over with talks about politics and multiculturalism... this really isn't the forum for this kind of discussion. But some of the above comments confused/irritated me so I just HAD to say something.

    Shutting up now.

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  179. Cow RitaMarch 21, 2011 at 3:19 PM

    voldemort probably loved pure-blooded ethiopians or japanese as much as pure-blooded brits.


    oh. question for you guys. i had this discussion with my friend the other day. do you guys think snape was responsible for the rift between lily and petunia? (apologies if i'm beating a dead horse)

    petunia's jealousy is prob the biggest reason for the rift, but i dont think it would be that bad if snape wasnt in the picture. his condescension of her being a muggle, plus getting humiliated by the two of them over the letter from dumbledore probably started the rift and it snowballed since lily and snape were always so close whenever lily was home.

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  180. VoldemortMarch 21, 2011 at 3:20 PM

    Multiculturalism is disgusting. I should not be forced to interact with people that I am obviously superior to. PUREBLOOD SUPREMACY WILL REIGN.

    Oh, and @Jules, I'm glad I've completed your life. It's kind of what I do, completing lives. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

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  181. JulesMarch 21, 2011 at 3:21 PM

    I agree. I think Snape was definitely one of the factors.

    Sure, Petunia was jealous of Lily, but there must be other factors.
    (lol, sorry, I couldn't help myself).

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  182. JulesMarch 21, 2011 at 3:21 PM

    Jules/Voldemort
    New crack!ship

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  183. Cow RitaMarch 21, 2011 at 3:26 PM

    oh dear.
    one step below hagrid/dobby or squid/hogwarts castle.

    *add another bullet to reasons-to-hate-snape-list*

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  184. AnonymousMarch 21, 2011 at 3:28 PM

    No, no.
    THERE MUST BE OTHER FACTORS.

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  185. JulesMarch 21, 2011 at 3:29 PM

    YOU DONT HAVE ANY!!!

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  186. Kayla 2.7March 21, 2011 at 3:30 PM

    Oh my god Voldemort. Best thing to wake up to.

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  187. JennMarch 21, 2011 at 3:31 PM

    Jules you better write a fic about your twisted and undying love for each other!

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  188. VoldemortMarch 21, 2011 at 3:36 PM

    What is this "love" you speak of?

    Complete=finished. I complete lives=I finish lives= AVADA KEDAVRA! Ask Lily if you don't believe me.

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  189. JulesMarch 21, 2011 at 3:38 PM

    You're just saying that because of your commitment issues. You love me, Voldemort, you just can't admit it.

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  190. VoldemortMarch 21, 2011 at 3:42 PM

    LIESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Only the weak love.

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  191. JulesMarch 21, 2011 at 3:43 PM

    Aww, sweetie, it's fine. You don't have to admit it to all these people, as long as WE know the truth. ;-)

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  192. BellatrixMarch 21, 2011 at 3:44 PM

    Skank, the Dark Lord only cares for me.

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  193. JulesMarch 21, 2011 at 3:46 PM

    lol riiiiight

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  194. RebeccaMarch 21, 2011 at 4:01 PM

    These are amazingly funny, these past comments! Reading them helps me procrastinate. Math here I don't come!!!

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  195. VoldemortMarch 21, 2011 at 4:01 PM

    Bellatrix IS my most loyal servant. Such a wonderfully evil girl

    But Jules DOES kill puppies, inadvertently. Now that's my kinda woman.

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  196. SquidMarch 21, 2011 at 4:19 PM

    Splash, splash *hides because Voldemort is around the blog*

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  197. CentaurMarch 21, 2011 at 4:21 PM

    The moon shines brightly this clear night. Taking sides with wizards is against our beliefs. (although you-who-must-not-be-named...you're really cool)

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  198. JennMarch 21, 2011 at 4:23 PM

    DEAD.

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  199. UmbridgeMarch 21, 2011 at 4:27 PM

    @Centaur: Where'd you go? I miss my little pony. <3

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  200. Lindsay MMarch 21, 2011 at 4:31 PM

    I love all of you (yes even you tom)

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