A/N: Short entry this time (accompanied by a longer-than-normal author's note), though under the circumstances it seems appropriate.

First of all, I want to thank everyone who has read and reviewed so far. It really means a lot to me to wake up in the morning and find a review in my mailbox. Sometimes they just happen to make my day. And if you read the Diary, please review! It lets me know people are still reading.

Secondly, in the next few chapters (betweenI'm Not ThatGirl and One Short Day) there will probably be a subplot inserted into the story. If this fools around with Ozian time a little, I apologize, but it seems to make sense (i.e. Immediately after I'm Not That Girl, Madame Morrible says that she knows how upset Elphaba was over Dr. Dillmond "a few days ago"). And besides, that's why this is fanfiction.

Lastly, my posting schedule might turn a little erratic due to the fact that the first preformance of the show I'm in is in 12 days and we're rehearsing like crazy.

Thanks to again to all who read, and now to the Diary.

8th Entry

I'll have to be really brief for now, because we could get called in to see Morrible any minute. I'll make a really short list and elaborate when I have time. I just don't want to forget anything.

1.Dillamond's been taken away. Something about Animals being no longer permitted to teach. Dillamond may have seemed a bit paranoid, but maybe he was right. His replacement is some nutty professor who thinks it's alright to mistreat the Animals. He even brought a live demonstration today, and most of the students in class didn't even have a problem with this. What kind of higher power would allow such a thing to happen? And what the hell is going on?

2. Fiyero and I are in trouble for releasing the Lion cub which was being experimented upon in what was formerly Dr. Dillamond's class. Which is why Morrible called for us in the first place. Heaven knows the kind of trouble we'll be in—but I don't care. We did the right thing. And if Morrible allows something like this kind of torture to happen, I might rather be expelled from Shiz. Though when I meet the Wizard, I'll tell him of this cruelty and then

3. Have no time now. To make a long story short, in the midst of all of this chaos I think I might be in love. Not love, maybe, just a crush, but it's on—well—Galinda's boyfriend, Fiyero. And really, all I canthink is "why me?" He's definitely not as shallow or stupid as he pretends to be, but he'd be nuts to choose me over Galinda. My self esteem is not that low, it's just, well, how do you compete with "Little Miss Perfection" herself?

More later (I promise),

Elphaba