Not Crazy.Just Different! By Darby C. Holliwether

September 4th 7:29 AM

Woke up and my hair was standing straight up. I looked like I had seen Snape in a thong (dear lord, I did NOT need to think of that this early in the morning) or something equally horrifying. So of course, usually my hair goes down after that but today, I was shocked to find that even though I combed it and brushed it and stuff, it still stayed fluffy. And my hair is never fluffy!

Well, Sammy has straight hair, and so do her parents, because I know for a fact that my Granny sleeps in rollers and gets a perm every two weeks. Chandler has straight hair too, but his dad had curly hair when he was a little kid. Weird.

So I put my monstrous furrball up in a ponytail and then pinned it to the back of my head. I look so stupid you wouldn't believe it. I went down to the breakfast table where Oliver was waiting for me. The first thing he said to me today just happened to be.

"What on Earth happened to your hair?!"

Oh, thank you ever so much, Oliver. Love you too. I frowned and sat down as a house elf brought me a stack of pancakes.

"I have no idea. I tried to comb it out but it just got worse," I said.

"Looks like you've got a brownish blonde cloud hanging off of the back of your head," Ollie said, shoveling a piece of scrambled egg into his mouth.

"Well, I've got news for you: that's not funny," I said angrily, snatching a piece of bacon off of his plate and eating it with a satisfying crunch.

"Hey, thought you might like to know," Ollie began with a wink. "Percy can come back to class tomorrow. He has to be on crutches for his knee though."

"Ooh, that's great!" I exclaimed happily. Oliver looked at me from behind a bit of his hair.

"Yeah. I'm sure it is, Darby," he said with a suggestive smirk. I frowned.

"A) Whatever you say, Wood. And B), move your hair out of your eyes," I grumbled. Oliver did but looked at me questioningly. "Oh fine! Sammy says that if people can see your eyes they'll be more apt to pay attention. But then again, Sammy removed all of our doorknobs for one day."

"And why do people say your mom is weird?"

Sammy IS weird though! Chandler isn't as much. He still burns incense and buys black lights all the time and stuff, but he isn't as 'out there' as Sammy is. Sometimes he gets really mad and won't talk to her, like when Granny Holliwether (his mom) came over and Sammy answered the door carrying Bizzy. Granny DESPISES Bizzy, and all reptilian creatures. Granny Davis (Sammy's mother) hates Bizzy too. She was SO mad when she heard I was buying him, but that was a long time ago indeed.

Oops. Got to go to Transfiguration.

12:00 PM

Ugh, we're having fish for lunch. Never mind, I'll just eat the sides that come with it and retreat back to the common room after classes. Sammy sent me more Jollies.hurrah. Percy's coming back to class tomorrow. Sammy says Bizzy is doing well. And she sent Jolly Ranchers. It's shaping up to be a decent day.

Despite my 'brownish blonde cloud on the back of my head.'

4:31 PM

Ollie and I returned to the common room after potions. Unfortunately, after thinking of Snape in a thong this morning (oh the horror, the HORROR), I stupidly kept checking to see if I could see it or anything. I'm so stupid sometimes, honestly. So I was stirring the cauldron Oliver and I were using and managed to get so distracted that I burnt my hand on the side of it. I shouted, and Snape took ten points. Whoop-de-do.

People get really freaked out when they take, like, one point or whatnot. But Fred and George get LOADS of points taken from us quite often. Where's the logic in that? Fuzzy logic dishwasher (It's from 'The Sims'). Heh. I'm such a dork. And I wonder why people think I'm a loon. Well.maybe I am. Sheesh.

So now I'm sitting here on my bed, looking at Sammy's letter that she sent and eating Jolly Ranchers. Mmm. How nice. I've got the curtains drawn and I'm trying not to be disturbed. I ran into a wall and got a bit of a migraine. But that's not the first time that's happened to me. Not in the least.

Sammy says Chandler accidentally put the garage door down on my bike. Oh, how excellent. Apparently it didn't hurt it too much. Still, I saved up for a long time. Why can't Chandler buy one of those things that makes it so the door won't go down if something is in the way? That's totally weird. I don't remember what those are called, not like I'd ever need to remember it on a pop quiz or whatnot.

Hey, how can you NOT notice that a bike is in the way? And what was my bike doing left there anyway? Was Chandler riding my PURPLE bike? Scary. If he lent it to the neighbor kids I'll be very upset. They don't know I go to Hogwarts. Weird huh? As if they care anyway.

Lines from Wayne's World are stuck in my head. Grrr. I miss that movie for some odd reason. It's pretty sad that I can recite lines to it.

"If it's a severed head, I'm going to be very upset." That's funny. I'm very easily amused. Then again, my friends (the Muggle kind, not at Hogwarts, of course) think it's funny to drop and ice cube on a tile floor and make me try to pick it up. Of course, this requires lots of effort since I am lacking in the fingernail department. Despite it being a little bit of a waste of time, I find it quite fun.

11:19 PM

What if Chandler accidentally puts the garage door down on BIZZY?! Ahhhhh! Must write to Sammy!

11:34 PM

Sent Sammy a letter with Seymour, my owl. Asked her to MAKE SURE that she keeps a good eye on poor little Bizzy. Not sure if Chandler would do something stupid like that, but then again Chandler still watches cartoons.