9-9
Being popular is not as easy as it looks. Today I took out the hair gel I got last year and make my hair as sleek and shiny as I could. Then I took out my new eye shadow and other stuff that I actually hate and put globs of it on. I braided my hair and put a huge butterfly clip on the bottom. I think I looked less than horrible today. I even got Ron's attention! Well, his mouth dropped faster than a sack of potatoes in shock, but it' s a start, don't you think? Parvati and Lavender noticed my new fashion change, and they approved. Proffessor Snape didn't.
We had our first quiz in Potions today, making the shrinking potion. I did everything wrong on purpose. The potion turned bright green instead of gray, like it's supposed to. I got a 2 out of 10, the lowest in the class. Neville's was higher than mine, NEVILLE!!!! This is sooo degrading for me, why am I doing this? Oh, yes. Popularity. If popularity means making myself look like a clown and have Snape approve of my terrible grade, is it really for me?
Well, even if it isn't it's the only thing I haven't tried to make myself happy.
~Hermione
9-14
Our first visit to Hogsemeade today this year. I took all of my money and went shopping with Lavender and Parvati. First we went to buy new fashion robes.We're allowed to wear brightly colored robes on weekends now, it's Proffessor Dumbledore's new "experiment rule". I think he just wants to go against the ministry, for they disapproved, but, more power to the pupils! Anyway, Lavender bought a lovely one, can you guess the color? Yes, lavender. Soooo original, but she does have the brain of a gnat, so I shouldn't have expected better. Parvati picked out the most frightening pink one that I have ever seen. I thought she was joking, but when I laughed, she gave me a very disappointed stare, so I stopped. I saw the most ravishing gray robe, but the ditz twins thought it was so repulsive that they actually pulled it out of my hands and tried to rip it. When they did, they put it on the last rack way in the corner of the shop, and they picked out an average-looking blue one with an enormous price tag. I told them my budget, so they pulled out a hideous mocha-coloured robe with a considerable low price and actually switched the price tags! I was so shocked I wanted to walk out of there right then and there, but I was thinking about how lonely I feel all the time and how these two could stop my sadness.
Anyway, I went right up to the register, positive I would be caught, but they just took the money from me and handed me the robe! I couldn't believe it! I got away with it! Now I feel so guilty for doing that, but I can't confess! If I payed the full price, I couldn't buy anything else! Besides, Lavender says it's like the shop was giving us a hidden discount, right? right?? RIGHT???????????
Next on our list was makeup. More makeup! I see Lavender's makeup bag, it's bigger than my bookbag was when I went to muggle school! Parvati's must be just as big. They asked me if I had any makeup. I do, but I lied on how much I had. I have a container of eyeshadow and lipgloss. They think I have five eyeshadows, two colours of blush, every type of lipgloss and lipstick imaginable, and three types of mascara. They approved, obviously. We walked into the Makeup Shoppe. Can you believe Hogsmeade actually HAS a shop for this junk?!?! I didn't even know that! They pushed me down the lipstick section. The titles of the lipstick were so terribly corny: "Pink Passion," (2 sickles) and "Orange Rush" (3 sickles, 2 knuts). Lavender bought "Pink Passion", Parvati bought "Blue Beauty" (a whopping 8 sickles) and "Rainbow" (5 sickles). I wasn't going to buy anything, but they made my buy "Pink Glory" (1 sickle) and "Purple Sunset" (3 sickles). They also made me buy 2 blush types, pink and brown (5 sickles each), more lipglosses (6 sickles each) green, blue, pink, silver, brown, and yellow eyeshadows, four bottles of the magical hair gel, two packages of butterfly clips and two types of perfume! ("Man Attracter" and "Woman's Delight"... terrible, huh? I think they should be called "Disease" and "The Loo") *A/N: For those who don't know, the loo is the bathroom! My brother told me to put it in there* My bill ended up being 5 galleons, 10 sickles, and 16 knuts! Lavenders was two galleons higher, and Parvati's towered over Lavender's! I spent waaayy too much, and considering how my robe (the new price) was 6 galleons, I better get good use out of each and every stick of lipgloss!
We stopped off at the newsstand to get Witch Weekly and Teen Witch, which all were about boys and clothes and makeup and jewelry and every stupid meaningless thing in a teenager's life. I hate trying to be popular! WHAT'S MY STUPID PROBLEM?! I'm not happy! Maybe I need to get used to it.
After the newsstand, we bought 2 galleons worth of horrible jewelry, but I didn't honestly care. I looked across the path and saw Harry and Ron chewing on chocolate frogs, carrying their bags full of sweets and jokes to play on people. I wanted to run out of the store and go right over to them. Right then, they burst out laughing, I wanted to go over there even more, but Lavender pulled me over to show her new "beautiful" silver bracelet.
I hate this popularity thing. It's just a horrible game, and someone always has to lose at games.
Looks like that person will be me.
~Hermione
Later 9-14
After I wrote my last entry, I went downstairs to eat dinner. I took my plate, and Lavender beckoned me over to sit by her. I looked over to see if Harry and Ron were doing the same. Nope, they weren't even looking at me, so naturally I went to sit by Lavender and Parvati.
"I have to hand it to you, Hermione, but you really can be the cool one, unlike being your dorky self," Lavender complimented me. Well, at least I think it was a compliment.
"Uh... thanks?" I replied.
"Anyway, Hermione... hm... Hermione's suuch a childish name, don't you think, Lavender?" said Parvati.
"Yes, you're quite right. Hm.. let's give you a nickname. Mione? no... Mylee! That's it!" Lavender answered.
"Great!"
"Uh, Lavender, I don't think changing my name is such a good..." I said, but they gave me this... "look" that told me to shut up. Now I'm stuck with the name Mylee. Ughh....
Later, after dinner, Ron came straight up to me at the Gryffindor Common Room and yelled at me for not sitting with him and Harry at dinner. I told him I don't have to sit with him at dinner every night, do I? Of course, he stomps off to his dormatory, and I did the same. I brushed my teeth and put my pajamas on and headed straight to bed. I didn't fall asleep, though. It was 9:00PM when I came up, and it's 2:00AM now... and Lavender didn't come up yet... oh, wait! Here they come! They're talking about me. I'll pretend I'm asleep.
...I heard what they were saying. They called me a "popular-in-training" and that Ron was a selfish prat who didn't know anything. How dare they talk about Ron like that! They have no right.. ugh....!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Those two Ditz Twins could learn respect, couldn't they.
~Hermione Mylee
Being popular is not as easy as it looks. Today I took out the hair gel I got last year and make my hair as sleek and shiny as I could. Then I took out my new eye shadow and other stuff that I actually hate and put globs of it on. I braided my hair and put a huge butterfly clip on the bottom. I think I looked less than horrible today. I even got Ron's attention! Well, his mouth dropped faster than a sack of potatoes in shock, but it' s a start, don't you think? Parvati and Lavender noticed my new fashion change, and they approved. Proffessor Snape didn't.
We had our first quiz in Potions today, making the shrinking potion. I did everything wrong on purpose. The potion turned bright green instead of gray, like it's supposed to. I got a 2 out of 10, the lowest in the class. Neville's was higher than mine, NEVILLE!!!! This is sooo degrading for me, why am I doing this? Oh, yes. Popularity. If popularity means making myself look like a clown and have Snape approve of my terrible grade, is it really for me?
Well, even if it isn't it's the only thing I haven't tried to make myself happy.
~Hermione
9-14
Our first visit to Hogsemeade today this year. I took all of my money and went shopping with Lavender and Parvati. First we went to buy new fashion robes.We're allowed to wear brightly colored robes on weekends now, it's Proffessor Dumbledore's new "experiment rule". I think he just wants to go against the ministry, for they disapproved, but, more power to the pupils! Anyway, Lavender bought a lovely one, can you guess the color? Yes, lavender. Soooo original, but she does have the brain of a gnat, so I shouldn't have expected better. Parvati picked out the most frightening pink one that I have ever seen. I thought she was joking, but when I laughed, she gave me a very disappointed stare, so I stopped. I saw the most ravishing gray robe, but the ditz twins thought it was so repulsive that they actually pulled it out of my hands and tried to rip it. When they did, they put it on the last rack way in the corner of the shop, and they picked out an average-looking blue one with an enormous price tag. I told them my budget, so they pulled out a hideous mocha-coloured robe with a considerable low price and actually switched the price tags! I was so shocked I wanted to walk out of there right then and there, but I was thinking about how lonely I feel all the time and how these two could stop my sadness.
Anyway, I went right up to the register, positive I would be caught, but they just took the money from me and handed me the robe! I couldn't believe it! I got away with it! Now I feel so guilty for doing that, but I can't confess! If I payed the full price, I couldn't buy anything else! Besides, Lavender says it's like the shop was giving us a hidden discount, right? right?? RIGHT???????????
Next on our list was makeup. More makeup! I see Lavender's makeup bag, it's bigger than my bookbag was when I went to muggle school! Parvati's must be just as big. They asked me if I had any makeup. I do, but I lied on how much I had. I have a container of eyeshadow and lipgloss. They think I have five eyeshadows, two colours of blush, every type of lipgloss and lipstick imaginable, and three types of mascara. They approved, obviously. We walked into the Makeup Shoppe. Can you believe Hogsmeade actually HAS a shop for this junk?!?! I didn't even know that! They pushed me down the lipstick section. The titles of the lipstick were so terribly corny: "Pink Passion," (2 sickles) and "Orange Rush" (3 sickles, 2 knuts). Lavender bought "Pink Passion", Parvati bought "Blue Beauty" (a whopping 8 sickles) and "Rainbow" (5 sickles). I wasn't going to buy anything, but they made my buy "Pink Glory" (1 sickle) and "Purple Sunset" (3 sickles). They also made me buy 2 blush types, pink and brown (5 sickles each), more lipglosses (6 sickles each) green, blue, pink, silver, brown, and yellow eyeshadows, four bottles of the magical hair gel, two packages of butterfly clips and two types of perfume! ("Man Attracter" and "Woman's Delight"... terrible, huh? I think they should be called "Disease" and "The Loo") *A/N: For those who don't know, the loo is the bathroom! My brother told me to put it in there* My bill ended up being 5 galleons, 10 sickles, and 16 knuts! Lavenders was two galleons higher, and Parvati's towered over Lavender's! I spent waaayy too much, and considering how my robe (the new price) was 6 galleons, I better get good use out of each and every stick of lipgloss!
We stopped off at the newsstand to get Witch Weekly and Teen Witch, which all were about boys and clothes and makeup and jewelry and every stupid meaningless thing in a teenager's life. I hate trying to be popular! WHAT'S MY STUPID PROBLEM?! I'm not happy! Maybe I need to get used to it.
After the newsstand, we bought 2 galleons worth of horrible jewelry, but I didn't honestly care. I looked across the path and saw Harry and Ron chewing on chocolate frogs, carrying their bags full of sweets and jokes to play on people. I wanted to run out of the store and go right over to them. Right then, they burst out laughing, I wanted to go over there even more, but Lavender pulled me over to show her new "beautiful" silver bracelet.
I hate this popularity thing. It's just a horrible game, and someone always has to lose at games.
Looks like that person will be me.
~Hermione
Later 9-14
After I wrote my last entry, I went downstairs to eat dinner. I took my plate, and Lavender beckoned me over to sit by her. I looked over to see if Harry and Ron were doing the same. Nope, they weren't even looking at me, so naturally I went to sit by Lavender and Parvati.
"I have to hand it to you, Hermione, but you really can be the cool one, unlike being your dorky self," Lavender complimented me. Well, at least I think it was a compliment.
"Uh... thanks?" I replied.
"Anyway, Hermione... hm... Hermione's suuch a childish name, don't you think, Lavender?" said Parvati.
"Yes, you're quite right. Hm.. let's give you a nickname. Mione? no... Mylee! That's it!" Lavender answered.
"Great!"
"Uh, Lavender, I don't think changing my name is such a good..." I said, but they gave me this... "look" that told me to shut up. Now I'm stuck with the name Mylee. Ughh....
Later, after dinner, Ron came straight up to me at the Gryffindor Common Room and yelled at me for not sitting with him and Harry at dinner. I told him I don't have to sit with him at dinner every night, do I? Of course, he stomps off to his dormatory, and I did the same. I brushed my teeth and put my pajamas on and headed straight to bed. I didn't fall asleep, though. It was 9:00PM when I came up, and it's 2:00AM now... and Lavender didn't come up yet... oh, wait! Here they come! They're talking about me. I'll pretend I'm asleep.
...I heard what they were saying. They called me a "popular-in-training" and that Ron was a selfish prat who didn't know anything. How dare they talk about Ron like that! They have no right.. ugh....!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Those two Ditz Twins could learn respect, couldn't they.
~Hermione Mylee
