Especially these patrols. This was her third time patrolling with him, and Lily was always left feeling guilty. After all...
He had a girlfriend.
Couldn’t she just… just... forget that she fancied him? Then, spending time with him wouldn’t make her feel like—well, honestly, like the Carlotta to James’s Frank Longbottom.
Damn it all.
Perhaps she’d better steer clear of James Potter for a few days.
Lily you are not a Carlotta! You have a soul.
ReplyDeleteChubby what's the actual address for handless, I can't remember it
ReplyDeleteDEAD. RIP self.
ReplyDeleteangsty!Lily simultaneously makes me squeal with joy:D:D.... and breaks my heart:(
Lily, Lily... Carlotta is the Carlotta to James' Frank Longbottom. And Shelley is also Carlotta. Er - wait.
ReplyDeletep.s. Jenn, please don't.
ReplyDeleteCause I feel all awkward and weird. I mean, if you're completely desperate to fill the void of TLAT while Jules is writing the next chapter then have at it, but I don't like using her blog to be all "pay attention to me" because... erg. Shut up, self.
ReplyDeleteOh, new excerpt to start off new day. Lovely. Lily and angst. It sounds as if she's going crazy :-) No surprise there, if I spent so much time with James as Lily, my hormones would also go into overdrive. It's interestning to see that she perceives herself as Carlotta to Frank. Thank you, Jules.
ReplyDelete*hugs* for Lily.
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ReplyDeleteAhhhh...im excited!
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ReplyDeleteAlso, reading the author names would be helpul to your search;)
ReplyDeleteBlahhh... Feel too bad. Sorry.
ReplyDeleteDon't feel bad Lily, you're not Carlotta
ReplyDeleteGood luck steering clear of him Lily, good luck.
ReplyDeleteOh Lily! The guilt tripping is totally not warranted. Carlotta was actively trying to get the guy with the girlfriend (just to prove she was more desirable than said girlfriend.) You are still lovely and wonderful and most definitely not Carlotta.
ReplyDeleteI really hope this means lots of L/J shipper moments in this chapter!
ReplyDeleteMy shipper heart is very happy! Yay! I can't wait for the day we'll able to read this chapter! In the meantime, I'll just refresh this blog until the background changes (and I'll eat, drink, sleep and go to university...)!
ReplyDeleteIt's a good thing I'm patient! :D
Ahh, everything's so EXCITING now we see Lily liking James...JK never covered that. Thank God for Jules.
ReplyDeleteThere goes my plan of not reading anymore exerpts...
ReplyDeleteI wish James would just go out with Lily and stop putting her in such an awkward position by dating Carlotta.
Jules, I'm sure people have already said this but I feel I need to say it. TLAT is so well written it could be published and it would gain extreme popularity.
ReplyDelete1013: Only if Juls wants to get sued.
ReplyDeleteOhhh Lily! You are definitely NOT Carlotta and never will be. You are so much much better than that whore!
ReplyDeleteIt might end up going the other way if she avoids him the whole chapter :(
ReplyDeleteJules, you should send a copy of TLaT to JKR and see what she says. THAT. WOULD. ROCK.
ReplyDeleteI'm so excited for next chap. I'm dying. I kind of hate fanfiction right now. (Marauders pranking, am I right, Todd? Lol) Hopefully it'll stop acting crappy.
Hmm, I wonder why Lily is feeling guilty...I'm choosing to think it's because her and James are having stimulating and engaging conversations and in general having fun (aka lots of good L/J interactions for the momentarily deprived shipper hearts) during patrols, and afterwards she feels guilty bc she thinks that she shouldn't be having so much fun with James when he's got a girlfriend
ReplyDeleteLily, you feel guilty, Carlotta didn't there's a clear difference. *hug*
ReplyDeleteJules will we ever learn what James is thinking? I wanted to punch him in chapter 30 and then maybe kick him in chapter 31, but thats partly because I felt sorry for Lily.
ReplyDelete@Shay they're seriously not allowed on ff anymore. Naughty boys.
ReplyDeleteCan I request people-just everyone-to write a review/praise thingy about LaT? On this website? Like, now? I'm convincing my friend to read it and I need some reasons to shove under her nose. Good, legitimate reasons. Like "praise-you'll-find-on-the-back-of-Harry-Potter" type stuff. She's new to fanfiction. (Shakes head pityingly) Plus, she's pretty close-minded. I'd really appreciate if you could 'Review' LaT right here.
ReplyDeleteThe Life and Times is a wonderful read. It brings to life the Marauder's Era is a way that is only touched upon by JKR. The characters have depth and a real life quality to them, as do their situations experiences. Though LAT is no publishable due to copyright (and Jules getting her ass sued) issues, the quality of writing, depth of characters and intricacies of the plotlines are that of a published novel. Extremely entertaining, easy to get absorbed (and obsessed) in the story. Jules' characters (and their actions) elicit very strong emotions and reactions from her readers (see Puppy Killers).
ReplyDeleteand Remus is BAMF (so is James, but Remus's BAMF-ness is most recent)
...^So. You rock. Thanks, Sarah!!
ReplyDeleteErrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I don't really know what to say. Sarah basically said it all (nice job, Sarah!). Plus, how can you NOT read LaT? It's as amazing as JKR!
ReplyDeleteBefore: If I ever met JKR, I'd die.
After: If I ever met Jules, I'd die.
Ok, ok, so I'd still die if I met JKR. But you get my point.
Lol, I know, but my friend is too 'normal' for fanfiction, apparently. It's dumb.
ReplyDeleteOh. I hear ya, girl. My friends like to mock my fanfiction obsession as well. Whatever, their loss.
ReplyDeleteIs your friend a big HP fan? Or J/L fan?
Fanfiction IS normal. Everyone else is wrong. They're the outsiders :D
ReplyDeleteYeah she's big on Harry Potter and OBSESSED with Sirius and Remus and stuff. So...I know she won't regret reading LaT. (Who would?)
ReplyDelete@Jenn Haha definitely. Close-minded losers, the lot of them.
ReplyDeleteNobody. Nobody can ever regret reading LaT.
ReplyDeletePeople who regret reading TLAT... well, who am I kidding? Who would regret reading it?!
ReplyDeleteJust tell her that there's fanfiction and then there's FANFICTION. TLAT, is the latter.
ReplyDelete^Lololol WIN
ReplyDeleteHaha, I'll be sure to tell her.
ReplyDeleteMy friends make fun of me too!
ReplyDeleteBitches be crazy.
ReplyDeleteYou can tell her that I am a closet fanfiction reader too (though I am jealous of those out of said closet followers) because my friends aren't obsessed over Harry Potter (apparently, we're supposed to be mature or something or other...bs)...and as she can clearly see from my post above, LAT is amazing
ReplyDeletebesides, wtf is normal anyways...
"Fuck 'em, right?" -Carlotta
ReplyDeleteI never thought I'd use a Carlotta quote in real life. But there you are.
@Shay: That's one of the things I like about Carlotta. She does what she wants because she wants it, not because others will judge her for it. HOWEVER, I do think she lacks compassion and has a messed up moral compass. And that combination is what put her in the mess she's in now. But it's admiral that she can steal keep her chin up despite it all.
ReplyDelete@Jenn Ditto, dude. Ditto. She's not afraid of being judged and for that, she has my respect. But yes, overall, she's kind of a bitch.
ReplyDeleteChildhood Carlotta
ReplyDeletehttp://thechive.com/2011/04/11/daily-afternoon-randomness-49-photos-7/mondays-dar-38-2/
*Still.
ReplyDeleteWTF.
I haven't been able to type for days.
I blame finals.
Sorry guys.
Jarlotta:
ReplyDeletehttp://thechive.com/2011/04/06/more-animals-that-dont-suck-30-photos-3/funny-awesome-animals-25-6/
@Sarah, heh hehhh, childhood Carlotta had fat kid tendencies. Noice, noice.
ReplyDeleteI've been trying to get my friend to read LaT too!! She's also not a fanfic reader, though I have other friends who are and support my addiction, so that's nice ;) Anyway, everytime I talk to her, I'm like so have you read it? Have you have you have you? I think next time I'll just do a dramatic reading of the prologue, which is all it'll take to get her hooked....*evil plotting grin*
ReplyDeleteI've been trying to get my Harry Potter addict friend to read TLAT, and she's completely planning to, but she keeps putting it off. ): (She's a fellow fan fiction reader.)
ReplyDeleteI think it's just because she's not much of an L/J shipper
ReplyDeleteBLASPHEMY!!
ReplyDeletepsh, get her to read LAT and she will be....er, maybe don't let her start reading it while the Puppy Killers are still on the loose...but after that, she'll be a L/J shipper fo sho
ReplyDeleteWhile we wait for the next chapter, let's speculate a bit. What do people think: will Carlotta cheat on James? What will cause their breakup? We all know it is going to happen! :-)
ReplyDeleteI think Carlotta is going to have a rare moment of perspective/noticing other people around her, and not just realize that Lily is having feelings for James, but also that James hasn't really gotten over Lily....I actually think Carlotta is going to develop real feelings for James, and I guess decide it's not fair to her that he isn't over Lily
ReplyDeleteWell, we know that they break up for two reasons, and that one of the reasons is either a)James loves Lily, or b) Lily loves James. At least, I'm pretty sure I read both of those things, but it is very possible I'm making things up inside my head. Anyway...
ReplyDeleteWith that in mind, perhaps James finds out that Lily fancies him, and because he loves her, breaks up with Carlotta.
That is not very creative. I'm slightly disappointed in myself.
c) or carlotta messes up.
ReplyDeleteOr, or, or! Carlotta finds out about all the dead puppies! And because she's an animal lover (I'm assuming this because she's a vegetarian, maybe she just wants to be healthy?) Breaks up with James because she can't bear all the cruelty.
ReplyDeleteAnybody else watch Dancing with the Stars? Cause they just waltzed to Harry Potter theme sock, and then all sorts of Harry Potter references by the judges
ReplyDeleteI have no idea, but I think Carlotta's gonna get deep, real feelings for James.
ReplyDeleteFor some reason, the idea of Carlotta developing deep feelings for James makes me more nauseated than the two of them getting all M rated together. I hope 625 has the right of it, honestly. As much as I like having the two of them together for dramatic purposes... no. Just no.
ReplyDeleteCarlotta developing feelings for James is ok for me (mainly since I think that's ironically going to lead to their break up) so long as James doesn't even consider thinking he's developed deep feelings for her (puppies, seals, kittens would be killed...and maybe a baby getting punched just for emphasis)
ReplyDeleteTODD, WHY SO CAPS LOCK AND SHORTENED NAME-Y?
ReplyDeleteTodd, are you trying to hide your name since someone pointed out it would be a good way to find your stories?
ReplyDelete@Sarah: If that happened, the entire animal kingdom would be in danger.
ReplyDeleteFor a second, I thought "the entire animal kingdom would be in danger" was a reply to finding Todd's stories....though that may very well be true, I guess ;)
ReplyDeleteTODD Y U NO KNEELB4?!
ReplyDeleteOh, haha. You're all so funny. No, the livejournal site is wonky so I can't use them to comment here, and I'm too lazy to write more than 4 letters. Geez. Y U think I so sneaky?
ReplyDeleteOh, Jenn, yours was better than mine ;)
ReplyDeleteAnd btw, I'm so awesome that lowercase letters can't contain me ;-P
ReplyDeleteTODD (since you're not into lower case anymore): I hope you're sneaky. Was kinda planning on inviting you into my ninja clan....
ReplyDeleteThanks Kelsey, those moments of brilliance don't come often. Gotta use 'em when I get 'em :)
NINJA CLAN???? omg, I only wish I was awesome enough to join....
ReplyDeleteAnd Todd, the club can't handle you right now
WATCHIN U WATCHIN ME I GO ALL OUTTTTTTTTTT
ReplyDeleteYes, laugh your little hearts out. I'll get my revenge... one day, when you least expect it... oh yes... I will...
ReplyDeleteCONFETTI WHO READY? I'M READY, YOU READY?
ReplyDeleteKelsey, I feel like you got skillz. So you can join too.
ReplyDelete@TODD--http://i52.tinypic.com/9u4tqa.jpg
ReplyDeleteLETS GET IT!
ReplyDeleteLol, this is fun.
@Jenn--YES!
ReplyDelete@Kelsey Oh god hahahaha that's epic
ReplyDelete@Shay--Except I really don't understand most of the lyrics. I looked them up once, and was like, lol wut?
ReplyDeleteLol I know, right? It's one of those songs you just sing without really knowing what you're singing. GIBBERISH JAM.
ReplyDeleteOh well, it's fun to dance to (as I may or may not have just done....ahem)
ReplyDeleteKelsey, you're my bestie and I love you. But that's just too weird.
ReplyDeleteWhat? I love the "come at me bro" penguin?!?! (this may be the first crack in an otherwise flawless relationship)
ReplyDeleteHaha. It's ok. I understand. I might have just danced to the lyrics on the screen without even having the song playing...It happens to the best of us.
ReplyDeleteI think I'm in love with the penguin right now. It's a million different types of win.
ReplyDeleteWait. Todd. No more caps?!?! Decided to join the rest of us in lower-caps world?
ReplyDeleteEh. Got traumatized by penguins at a zoo once. Mostly over it, but penguin humor usually flies over my head. Thank god they can't fly over me too, or else the trauma would be back in a heartbeat.
ReplyDeleteTraumatized by penguins? I cannot fathom such a thing. That is a sad fact indeed, my friend, for I love penguins. But I'm sorry for making you relive your horrific past.
ReplyDeleteCongrats Kelsey, you've brought Todd back down to lowercase with the rest of us mortals...though was it worth the first for the cracks in your relationship?
ReplyDelete@Sarah--I don't know, but all good relationships have flaws, don't they? Just look at our dear Lily and James...it's in working past the flaws that you truly get to...something (ok, this is why I'm not good w/relationship advice)
ReplyDeleteMaybe we should all 'KneelB4Kelsey' now nhehehehe. Jk. The title is Todd's. Forever.
ReplyDeleteOh, I would never presume to steal such an illustrious title :)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEU0BoLbsdc
ReplyDeleteOH. MY. GOD. (I'm now a bit scared of you...I rescind my "come at me")
ReplyDeleteHoly shit. I don't know what I was expecting, but it wasn't that. Scared the crap out of me, it did.
ReplyDelete...I'm guessing this influenced your name, Todd?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFyHTU8tg_0&feature=related
ReplyDelete@Shay I saw this and was like "forever changed."
ReplyDelete@Shay--YES. This is your new name.
ReplyDeleteThough I do confess absolute Superman worship, too ;-P
ReplyDeleteI can see why. I can see very well why...
ReplyDeleteLol, yes, Superman is beast, though his undies are visible.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite superhero/comic book hero of all time. And I love comic books. I'm a nerd with glasses - trufax - and I totally geek out over Superman.
ReplyDeleteBetter than a nerd without glasses, haha....no, that didn't even...okay bed time for me
ReplyDeleteHaha- me nerd too!! With the thickest glasses on this planet. Seriously. Perhaps I'll post a picture of them later...but for now...yep, I think I'm heading to bed. Gnight Todd and Kelsey!! (And Sarah, if you're still there)
ReplyDeleteBtw- Christopher Reeves. DROOOOOOL. That is all.
ReplyDeleteNight!
ReplyDeleteWhile all the boys in my school puting Superman cape I was totally crushing on Spiderman. I always loved him better, he's just so hope even thought I hate spiders.
ReplyDeleteNight Zod
ReplyDeleteI must admit, I never got into the superheros (comics or movies). I'll just have to stick with some HP
Gnight. I hope you sleep well after seeing my powers of awesome, Kelsey. Teach you to steal my name.
ReplyDeleteJules! I know the question and answer sesh is sooooooo two days ago, but this has been bothering me: WTF was up with Lily and Luke's relationship? By that I mean, like fo' reals all of Lily's dormmates were (save for Shelley at the time) sexually active during L/L. Lily, I get it, wants to wait for love to have sex, but like they don't even make out. Luke doesn't ever even try to cop a feel! That's a little weird, right?
ReplyDeleteSo I think my point is that Lily and Luke suuuuuuuuuuucccccccccckkkkkked. Not your writing, of course, just them as a couple. I want to give you mad props for at least making Jarlotta interesting. Lily definitely wore the pants in her last relationship, but with James and Carlotta you could say that that's not an issue because their relationship is centered around neither of them wearing pants.
ReplyDelete"Lily definitely wore the pants in her last relationship, but with James and Carlotta you could say that that's not an issue because their relationship is centered around neither of them wearing pants."
ReplyDeleteWIN.
Eliza.
ReplyDeleteI fucking love you.
I'm tumblring that quote btw.
Lol, and Lily and Luke did make out and stuff. I mean, they weren't hugely physical, but they did make out.
ReplyDeleteIt just really wasn't focused on. i think they're directly referred to as 'making out' maybe once, but I'm pretty sure they made out more than once in all those months.
Did anyone notice like how lame they were though? Like Lily deserves some shit for that relationship from her friends. Not only was she wearing pants but they were awful lame pants like sweat pants with elastic at the waist and the feet.
ReplyDeleteP.S. On Jules' tumbler=faayyyyymous!
oh god, yes. they were the sweatpants with the annoying lint that always stuck on to them when they came out of the wash.
ReplyDeletewhy y'all hating on sweatpants?
ReplyDeleteThey got no swag but they comfy as fuck.
SO lily wore the hangover pants of the relationship? pretty accurate....and jules this is also after the question answer section, but has anyone explained to poor James about Cinderella?
ReplyDeleteElastic bottoms of pants are never comfy and never okay.
ReplyDeleteLongest link ever. sorry.
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://emilyfeinstein.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sweatpants.jpg&imgrefurl=http://emilyfeinstein.com/blog/2011/02/20/give-up-pants/&usg=__Kb3tpEheL9aSiuQdZ5kNGwnKQHQ=&h=549&w=380&sz=12&hl=en&start=160&sig2=QlSSHPKQzlFQZ6mhYW39sw&zoom=1&tbnid=IxiKi-XvwyeOWM:&tbnh=121&tbnw=84&ei=-9OjTbHII468sQO-w8D6DA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dtapered%2Bsweatpants%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DBMB%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D566%26tbm%3Disch0%2C2832&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=199&vpy=139&dur=589&hovh=152&hovw=105&tx=118&ty=150&oei=ztOjTbyIAYHCsAPuscz6DA&page=7&ndsp=30&ved=1t:429,r:21,s:160&biw=1280&bih=566
oooohhh okay. no you're definitely right. Elastic bottom pants are NEVER OKAY.
ReplyDeleteThere is no excuse! You can cut the elastic out!!
ReplyDeletethose don't count as sweatpants unless youre over 40 or under 8
ReplyDeleteJules
ReplyDeleteDo you ever read bad stories and get angry if it has more reviews than yours?
but how else can you hitch them up your calf. HOW ELSE I ask you!
ReplyDeleteif you don't want your pants on your calves, wear shorts
ReplyDeleteMAN. I'm nn wikipedia going through all the songs on all the Much Music Dance Mixes. Spice Girls and Backstreet Boys, galore!
ReplyDeleteGOT MY GROOVE ON.
Stella got her groove back, too. Are you grooving it up together?
ReplyDeleteI'm groovin with everyone. And probably really pissing off my neighbour haha
ReplyDeleteI CAN BE YOUR HERO, BABY!
ReplyDeleteHey, Mr DJ put a record on
ReplyDeleteI wanna dance with my baby
Party in the city where the heat is on
ReplyDeleteAll night on the beach till the break of dawn
Welcome to Miami (bienvenido a Miami)
Bouncing in the club where the heat is on
All night on the beach till the break of dawn
I'm going to Miami
Welcome to Miami
Cause it's eleven thirty and the club is jumpin', jumpin'
ReplyDeleteI don't think you're ready for this jelly
ReplyDeleteI don't think you're ready for this jelly
I don't think you're ready for this
'cause my body's too bootylicious for ya babe
Now throw your hands up in the air
ReplyDeleteWave them around like you just don't care
If you wanna party let me hear you yell
Cuz we got it goin' on again
Yeah
Jenn and Marie--the club can't even handle you right now.
ReplyDelete@941, I read bad fanfiction and get angry all the time. but not because of the review thing. Because the authors are butchering my one true love, Sirius Black, without any regard for my feelings whatsoever.
Furthermore, because Lily and all womankind are portrayed as howling, emotionally abusive bitches.
Review numbers don't bother me. I mean, they might, if no one was reviewing TLAT, but people have been so wonderful about feedback, I couldn't possibly complain.
Jules come join the dance party! S Club 7 and the Backstreet Boys 4EVA!
ReplyDeleteShit guys, S Club 7. S Club fucking 7.
ReplyDeletenow, I fancied myself a pretty cool eight year old...
knew every member of the rat pack, all the lyrics to every broadway musical/fred&ginger song/anything by cole porter, the gershwins, the beatles, jackson 5, etc. etc. ect. Lots of old music, is what I'm saying...
But I fucking loved S Club 7.
And in the classic N'Sync or Backstreet Boys debate, I was on Team Backstreet, too.
Also I was on Team!Christina, which clearly was a mistake, but I was obviously more interested in talent than I am now.
S Club was great, but my heart was with the Spice Girls. I knew all the dances moves and lyrics. My friends and I would all choose a different Spice Girl and sing with headphones on while pretending mics were attached.
ReplyDeleteThose were the days....
irony: N'Sync had Justin and Britney is CLEARLY better than Christina these days. I was basically wrong about everything.
ReplyDeleteWhatevs...
Awww Spice Girls.
ReplyDeleteI watched Spice World recently. Epic shit, that.
(Also Josie and the Pussycats!!! I c u Rosario Dawson!)
Team Backstreet 4eva and eva.
ReplyDeletelolol the Spice World bus = best mode of transportation ever.
Every time I watch Josie all I see is Rachel Leigh Cook. And then all I wanna do is watch She's All That.
ReplyDeleteI was so disappointed when my prom wasn't like theirs.
Le sigh...
You mean, Usher didn't DJ while a bunch of 27-year-olds danced in perfect choreography to Rockafeller Skank?
ReplyDeleteWeird. That was totally what my prom was like.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqiYAp4hxAU
ReplyDeletememoriiiieeeesssss
Oh Freddie! How I love you!
ReplyDeleteWhy do all the good things happen to YOU?!
ReplyDeleteI bet you also kissed a Freddie Prinze Jr. look-a-like in your backyard at the end of the night.
YOU GET EVERYTHING.
And with that ladies and gents, I'm off. Have a good night and keep the dance party kickin'!
Good night, Jenn! And...
ReplyDeleteColors of the wooorld
Spice up your life
Every boy and every giiirl
Spice up your life
People of the wooorld
Spice up your life, aaaahhhhh
STUPID QUESTION: In america do you only have one 'prom' throughout high school?
ReplyDeleteHm what do you mean? Like how many semi-formal/formal dances there are in general per year? Or if students only attend one formal (prom in their last year) during their high school career? PS Not a stupid question at all!
ReplyDeleteBasically what exactly is 'prom'/how many proms there are in high school? Do you mean a prom is just the formal in the last year, but there are formals in other years too but they're not called prom?
ReplyDeleteSorry if i sound confusing lol i'm confusing myself.
lol that's ok. In general, there are 3-4 dances per school year.
ReplyDelete- Homecoming, a semi-formal/formal held in September or October
- Winter Formal, a formal held between January and March.
- Sadie Hawkins, an informal held between January and March.
- Prom, a formal held in April or May. Seniors/12th graders and juniors/11th graders attend the dance. Depending on the school, sophomores/10th graders and freshman/9th graders may attend (e.g. they have to be invited by an upperclassman).
Ohhh finally i understand. Thanks so much for explaining ^_^
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome! n.n
ReplyDeleteBut it's different for every school, Kayla! Ours has an informal Halloween Dance, semi-formal Winter Dance, a semi-formal Valentines Day Dance, and then each of the four grades have their own formals:
ReplyDeleteFreshman Dance - technically formal, but held in the gym and everyone wears short dresses/suits.
Sophomore Party - same as above, sometimes they'll rent a place instead of it being in the gym.
Junior Prom - the first REAL formal of the year, with floor length gowns and tuxedos.
Senior Prom - the mother of all formals. Bad tans and sequins abound.
Ah how confusing lol. But from that i gather proms are just the 'big ones'.
ReplyDeleteOur schools have dances all around the year too but they're not important, a lot of people don't go. They're themed and terrible, mostly just an excuse for girls to dress skanky lol. We have a formal in year 10 and a formal in year 12 which are the big deals and the ones people get dressed nicely for. Except hardly anyone wears floor length gowns bar a few exceptions.
Canada is different from the US. We have normal dances throughout the year that we just call semi-formals. And we only have one prom. It always happens in May and it's only for the grade 12 (seniors). If you're in a lower grade you can only go if you're a date to some one.
ReplyDeleteYou made me start watching She's all that again....... not that that's a bad thing. Except I have class in an hour
ReplyDeleteWow, I'm starting to feel like my high school ripped us off! Who knew there were so many opportunities for dances?
ReplyDeleteWe didn't have any dances through the year, only the prom at the end. 11 and 12 grade were allowed to go. The home ec. classes made all of the cookies.
My college roommate had her prom at Heinz Hall (super fancy place) with a catered meal. She paid more for her prom ticket than I paid for my prom dress!
SIHDEGUDGHIDGOHGFH.
ReplyDeleteThis kid is going to play young Sirius in the second part of Deathly Hallows. http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4mjimHKuR1qav39lo1_r1_500.jpg
I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE MOVIE TO COME OUT.
I went to freak school.
ReplyDeleteWe went to prom all four years, and ever other attempt they had to host a dance failed.
But, like I said, I went to a highly unusual school...
^^Holy shit Jules, you just described my high school. I went to a visual/performing arts academy and each graduating class only had about 50 kids so prom was for both upper and lowerclassmen. During my freashman year, student council tried to host video dance in september that pissed of half the student body (the visual arts dept mostly "stop trying to find ways to establish a mundane high school heirarchy!") and was never attempted again.
ReplyDeleteBut yeah, I did feel a little superior when I told my old jr. high friends, that I was going to prom as a freshman:P
Yeah, things are way, way different here in the UK. Whenever our high school tried to host a dance, barely anyone would go. Hence, they didn't try very hard and only occasionally tried to throw parties. We only had a ball at the end of year 11, but again, very few people turned up. I was among the few that did, but decided it was lame and left after half an hour.
ReplyDeleteBut once we got to sixth form/college (I don't know the equivalent in the US... basically the last 2 years of high school), we would have 'sixth form parties', and people considered these far more acceptable to go to... probably because they wouldn't happen on the school grounds, but a hall that would be hired out far, far away. Oh, and no teachers within miles and miles. Much alcohol would be consumed. I had my first alcohol-induced sick-up at one.
But any party that the school actually threw would be an epic fail. Only the not-cool kids would go. So quite the opposite in the US, from what I gather from the movies...
Idk, when my school tried to throw non-formal dances, they were definitely of the epic!fail variety....and the formals weren't much better. I mean, sure, the majority of the school would go, but I definitely had more fun getting ready/going out to dinner than at the actual dance.
ReplyDeleteOur school got mad at us one time for such low attendance for a dance that they threated to take away prom if x amount of people didn't go.
ReplyDeleteYeah things are very different in the UK. Not just the whole dance/proms thing, but also the whole popularity hierarchy thing. What makes me LOL the hardest is when I see cheerleaders in Harry Potter fanfiction =D
ReplyDelete@Kelsey- Yes, exactly. The best part about dances is getting ready to go to the dances.
ReplyDeleteIt's also very different here in Ireland The schools don't even attempt to organize partys/dances. Instead we had discos (both big and small ones) which were organized by youth clubs which were completly seperarate from any school. Basically every kid within a fifty mile radius would go to the 'cool' one and they had to fit hundreds of kids in tiny community halls (I could barely breathe on results night...). Much alcohol consumed before and after.
ReplyDeleteThat is until you hit sixteen and you get a fake ID to get into nightclubs.
However, there is the Debs (a formal ball) thats just for the sixth years (the ones leaving the school). Mine is organised by the students and is going to be in August just before we get our Leaving Cert results.
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Ours was crappy too, our 'prom' in yr11 was just a glorified disco and completely put me off them all...
ReplyDeleteBut I am being forced to go to our yr13 leavers party, on pain of HP removal though...
Well, in Canada, like Jenn said, things are pretty different.
ReplyDeleteAt my school, the dances, are crazy. You can't bring anything, so to compromise, everyone gets drunk/high before the dance. By everyone, I mean, about 80% of the people, including the freshmen.
btw, Todd, that Kneel before Todd video was awesome, (:
I don't know about anyone else, but I really DO NOT want DH part2 to come out anytime soon. I'm not ready for it to all end, even though I've locked it all away in my Pensieve.
ReplyDeleteWell school dances suck Charlene. We have to make them interesting somehow ;P
ReplyDeleteYeah, at the last dance, this guy in grade 10 had about half a bottle of vodka or something and threw up on a bunch of people. :/
ReplyDeleteLOL. Oh high school. Things like that make me miss it. Cause I'm the person who'd stand and laugh. I'm a horrible person sometimes....
ReplyDelete@Charlene...we had a girl throwing up on people and then passed out in the bathroom....she was suspended for 2 weeks
ReplyDeleteFor our dances, the upperclassmen showed up at 11:30 and the dance ended at 12
Did anyone else have the Every 30 minutes program at school??
ReplyDeleteEvery year just before prom the local fire department, police department and MADD (Mother's against drunk driving) would get together and stage a car accident on the school property to scare everyone away from driving under the influence. They would get professional make up people to make it look like the people were bleeding out and dying and they would be taken away in the ambulance...Then, every thirty minutes someone's name would be called over the loudspeaker and they would be "dead" and unable to speak or communicate with anyone for the rest of the day.
The day usually ended at the movie theater where the "dead" student's parents held a memorial service. The school I work at doesn't do it, which is a shame because it does hit a lot closer to home than an assembly where a cop just says don't drink and drive or you'll die.
We didn't have a single assembly about drinking and driving before our prom. I guess that didn't worry about us...?
ReplyDeleteWe didn't have anything like that...however, one night one of the juniors had a huge party at the new house his parents were building (it was finished, but they hadn't moved in yet) and the cops got called...Instead of giving everyone underage drinking tickets they gave them warnings and said go home....then when all the dumbasses got in their cars to go home, pulled them for DUIs
ReplyDeleteOne of my friends who was an upperclassman got pulled over on her way to be crowned homecoming Queen and got a DUI. that was like 2 years ago.
ReplyDeleteI guess it would be fun to have that kind of things in high school.. In Argentina we don't host dances whatsoever. Most of schools don't even have cheerleaders (though the private ones do).
ReplyDeleteWe do have kind of a prom thingy that is just for the people who are graduating, and it's done after classes end, in the summer. There is a dinner with relatives and close friends (all of them have to buy tickets to enter) and then at 1 or 2 in the morning you can start dancing (generally the relatives go home, although there are some "I'm-too-cool-to-be-55-year-olds-so-I'm-going-to-dance-anyway" parents that stay and dance *horror*)
It's kind of sad though.. there is always someone who reads a speech and we all cry because we will miss each other (two years later, we still haven't talked at least one time, lol).. except with your close friends, of course.
@Amanda they had that at my school, and they even got this old car and used clamps on it and completely tore it apart. And then some of the drama kids were screaming inside it, so... that was actually a little funny, but mostly creepy. But for us it was Every 15 minutes so perhaps they were trying to shake it up a little.
ReplyDeleteI never got to go to my prom. I got sent to a wilderness therapy program two days before, and this gorgeous dress I'd saved up for a year to buy was just put by the wayside. So I just drink in any and all proms on TV and movies. I liked Buffy's prom best, but Dawson's Creek had some really awesome episodes on the subject of school dances too. Forever Alone!
@Charlene why thank you.
Todd. First you got rid of the kneelb4 and now the capitals are gone. You're getting lazy my friend.
ReplyDeleteI admit outright that I am lazy. I'm a lazy, unaspiring lout. And I have tiger blood running through my veins.
ReplyDeleteWow now I'm very excited for my future prom and I intend to stay sober. A drunk Kat is a trainwreck. It's funnier when it's the others getting drunk.
ReplyDelete@Todd, Amanda that really sounds disturbing. But did it really work on the students?
@Kat It worked on me, that's for sure. It is really graphic. They use real wrecked cars and firemen come and cut the students out with the jaws of life like Todd said, but that's why you remember it and think twice about getting in a car.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if it worked or if it was a lucky coincidence, but there were no alcohol related deaths while I was in school. The school I work for now does not do the program and they've unfortunately lost a few students over the years.
@Kat It's pretty disturbing, yeah, but it only worked for some people. I was at a small high school in the middle of Nowheresville, Montana and there's not a lot for the local kids to do there but drink on the weekends and that produces a lot of addicts. So it only worked on people who were already aware of the risks. Kind of sad.
ReplyDeletePotato i don't know what a b&s ball is?
ReplyDeleteThat thing about the pretend car accident sounds insane.
To be honest drinking and driving is pretty stupid. If you can save 300$ for a prom dress, you can save 25$ for a taxi. I mean if such a program doesn't work, nothing will work unless the kids smarten up. There's so much stories about accident involving alchohol you'd think people would have gotten the message. The worse though is that they risk harming other people too.
ReplyDeleteWe had something kind of like that. There were no staged accidents, but a group of people randomly selected wore all black, and painted there faces white, and covered their locker in black, and they didn't talk all day.
ReplyDeleteThere are a few types of people at our school dances.
ReplyDeleteA) The druggies. They come to the dance high and go smoke weed and pot in the restrooms. Chaperones who go in there laugh it off and talk about how they did the same thing when they were young. Sometimes they comment on the quality of the drug. ("THAT'S PUSSY WEED! You'll get the real stuff in college.")
B) The drunks. Usually they have a bottle stashed in someone's bag or they just come to dances completely smashed and participate in attention-whoreish activities like dancing oddly in the middle of a group of people while everyone cheers around them. Sometimes they puke, sometimes they don't. They hold their alcohol rather well. Then, of course, they leave and attend parties where they're so drunk that they take nude pics of themselves, post them on fb, do shit knows what and make utter fools of themselves (sometimes leading to suspension, jail, being tasered by policemen, or 'jumping the fence to escape the party they were at' and breaking their bones. trufax.)
C) The sex-addicts. It's disturbing to watch these people go at it like dogs on the dance floor. Seriously. Their only barrier is their clothing but they might as well discard it. Sometimes they makeout, sometimes they grind (often times in an uncomfortable, awkward fashion) and sometimes they get so horny that they go under the tables or (if you're in a gym) the stands and have mind-blowing promiscuous sex. Then, of course they leave for a hotel room or back to their respective homes to go shag some more. Fun.
D) Those who want to have fun but how can they when they're surrounded by Types A, B, and C?- That's me. We just sort of loiter around, making fun of the above idiots, dancing to fun, but sometimes unintelligible (GIBBERISH JAM) music and trying to avoid seeing things we might regret. (*Ahem* Type C.)
Overall...prom is aight. Something you can't miss (sorry Todd) but something that you won't die if you DO miss.
Yeppers.
Btw, I HEART S Club 7. And Backstreet Boys.
ReplyDeleteC) The sex-addicts. It's disturbing to watch these people go at it like dogs on the dance floor. Seriously. Their only barrier is their clothing but they might as well discard it. Sometimes they makeout, sometimes they grind (often times in an uncomfortable, awkward fashion) and sometimes they get so horny that they go under the tables or (if you're in a gym) the stands and have mind-blowing promiscuous sex. Then, of course they leave for a hotel room or back to their respective homes to go shag some more. Fun.
ReplyDeleteLOL. That does not happen at my school. maybe, but i've never heard of it.
Lol. It probably does. I didn't know about all this shit happening till my senior year. It's crazy, I tell you.
ReplyDeleteLOL, I hope I don't find out about it, that's so gross.
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