Reading Harry Potter books is a very bad thing for me to do. Why? Oh, you see, whenever I read a book, I find a character to identify with. I try to stop this happening but, well, it's not easy to control, and slowly I slip into that character's psyche and adopt their mannerisms. It's something I really try hard to control, but you see, I'm not doing well. In fact, today I was heard to say, "This is my new friend... Look at all the bubbles!" This was concerning a bottle of carbonated water. Thus I am typing up this journal entry: an apology and explanation to those of you who have to put up with, well, me.

And, you'd think I'd grow out of this but I don't, "Harry's heart began to pump very fast indeed. Defense against external penetration?"

Harry doesn't argue very well. This may be my Jewishness speaking, but I feel that if you want to stop Sirius from getting into a duel with Snape, you shouldn't just shout "no", you should shout something influentially guilting like, "Sirius, please, you're the only family I have left!" O.k., maybe this isn't something one wants to admit to in front of Snape, but sometimes it's better to consider someone else.... Just sayin'.