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That big tree in the middle of the Command House sixty million acre garden is starting to sprout purple flowers. They look like a roosting butterfly colony.
After a frantic week of tying up loose ends in every aspect (chasing teachers, compiling lists for equally frantic CCALs/i-cs, very belated notice-board deco, cheerleading depressed friends) and preparing for preparing for Promos. Nothing seems done. But I managed to wangle a revision schedule this morning at long last - after everyone else, I must add - and what I need now is resolve.
Yesterday I skipped PE and caught Pirates of the Caribbean along with Yi San, Justin, Cherylene, Gen. Was not sad to miss tripping over softball bases. I love pre-movie rituals - too much popcorn, ad bashing, new trailers.
Dove Shampoo girl: "Before Dove, my hair was like a bale of hay."
Yi San: "And you know what? It still looks like a bale of hay."
Pirates is good, solid entertainment, and swaggers its way through it. Johnny Depp's wonderful sense of comic timing makes up for the lacklustre romance thingie and disorganized plot. I can see why Life! alloted the movie a whole extra star just for him. Another sweet memory I'll take as compensation for the isolation / study quarantine I'll have to enter now.
Check back here in a few weeks and see if I finally kept my word.

Completely Pointless Footnote: I realised that filch is an actual word. It means "to pilfer, steal." Don't see how that's relevant to Rowling's character.