November 28

Chocolates are a bad idea. No chocolates. Percy says so. I don't know why. He was about to explain but his brothers blew something up or turned something pink-polka-dotted or maybe just decided to mess with him, but at any rate he had to go off and play head boy and I still have no idea what to do about Katie and Alicia won't tell me and practice was downright AWFUL. Not just because Katie wouldn't talk to me but because the whole team is still down after that last game and I can't really blame them.

You know, I'm actually becoming quite fond of writing in this thing. I may not look it, but there is a lot more than quidditch going around in my head. Katie, for example. Women in general. Idiot potions teachers, stuff like that. I really think writing it down is helping.

Of course, if I tell anyone that, they'll think I'm soft and I've basically destroyed every shred of manhood I've earned from being a quidditch jock so this little journal is to be kept a secret. I've labeled it as a practice log just to be safe.

Coming back to the subject of practice and quidditch, I really need to get my spirits up for it again, so I can get the rest of the team geared up, too. That's why I'm really hoping Hufflepuff is defeated in their next match, so we can get back in the game, and Harry keeps saying something about Lupin and boggarts that I'm taking to mean that he's getting help with his dementor problem. But the girls are still down about it and Katie especially is not making things easier, I think she's turned them all against me, telling them I'm a chauvinist prick or something like that, honestly I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HER!

I just don't get it and it's driving me mad. I need someone to explain women to me. I thought I knew them pretty well until this happened! I think I'll go make the twins stop causing a scene now, so I can talk to Percy about this because, as helpful as I admit this thing is, I need to talk to someone who can actually talk back...and who's been able to hold down a girlfriend for more than a month, which disqualifies the twins...well, they were out of the picture, anyway, can you imagine talking to them about something like this?