Title: Sneak
Summary: Albus goes to desperate means to hide his love for Scorpius, often with hilarious results
Characters/Pairings: Albus Severus Potter, Scorpius Malfoy
Genre: Next-Gen, slight angst..
Rating/Warnings: PG-13 for general teenage male naughtiness
Medium: Fic
Word Count: 498

Written for nextgen_drabble...(I didn't win, lol.)

Olga//Puff//10 points

( Creeper in my home, climbing through the window... )

Along the same lines as my last post..

Anyone have pet insurance? Who do you use, and do you recommend them?

Thanks.

River's rock-eating habit caught up with her today. She had emergency surgery to remove a stone from her intestines. I knew it'd happen one day, we simply can't watch her all the time, or depend on her stomach to empty itself on its own. I wish there was a preventative for something like this!

I'm a wreck, as you can imagine. Took tonight off from my evening job, taking tomorrow off from my day job so I can pick her up in the morning. $1000. Thank god for good vets and discounts, I got her yearly stuff done at the same time. My baby is worth robbing a bank for! I told the vet to insert a strainer in her throat. Ugh.

Hope everyone and their pups are doing well out there.

Nature's Variety recall info here.

"Today Nature’s Variety is announcing that out of an abundance of caution, we are voluntarily recalling all Chicken Formula and Organic Chicken Formula products with a “Best If Used By” date on or before 2/5/11."

Title: What Happens in the Forest.
Summary: Hagrid couldn't visit Aragog in the forest every day. And when he didn't, someone else kept him company.
Characters/Pairings: Aragog/Mrs. Norris
Genre: Gen
Rating/Warnings: G - or PG for subtle bestial romance? XD
Medium: Fic
Word Count: 430

( "The creature was powerful, and she loved that." )
Dani//Ravenclaw

430/50 + 5 = 8.6 + 5 = 14 points

Name: Design some wizarding playing cards, Pt2.

YOU NEEDN'T HAVE DONE PART ONE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS

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Want to join? Apply here.

Title: Love Comes Along
Summary: Lily tries to make James jealous but surprises even herself.
Characters/Pairings: Lily/The Giant Squid, James Potter
Genre: ... crack?
Rating/Warnings: PG/none.
Word Count: 100

( ...in all shapes and sizes )


100/50 + 5 for challenge bonus = 7 points

Sara//Ravenclaw

We're going to keep this short and sweet (Frank and birthday vgifts will be back next week). You've probably seen the updates to our main menu. Don't be alarmed. You'll find everything you need, just in slightly shifted format. Just so you know, we based these changes on input from both experienced and new users who were not familiar with LiveJournal. Our goal was to reduce barriers to usability and make LiveJournal more accessible and easy to navigate. Please note that this is a work in progress. We welcome your detailed suggestions in feedback. We thank you, in advance, for helping us improve your LiveJournal experience.

We've updated the global navigation menu:

Here's a quick breakdown of what you'll find where:

• Scrapbook can now be found under Profile (thanks for your feedback, btw), along with Settings, Stats, and Edit Profile.
• You'll find all the tools you need to post and update entries under Journal, which includes posting and editing entries, managing comments and tags, and customizing your journal's style.
• Friends contains all of your friend settings, from filtering your Friends page to adding, removing, and finding new and existing friends on LiveJournal.
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• Explore includes search features, RSS feeds, Question of the Day, and FRNK radio.
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LiveJournal Mobile update:

We've enhanced LiveJournal's mobile site to improve usability and load times. We've made more of LiveJournal's features accessible via mobile, including posting comments, uploading photos, reading and commenting on friends' posts, finding and messaging friends, and more. We look forward to reviewing your feedback and recommendations for future improvements.

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• We've added options to help you control receipt of vgifts, which you'll find in My Stuff under Edit Profile. You can now enable vgifts from friends or everyone and disable anonymous vgifts.

We've got your fix:

• UPDATE: Rolling several updates into one listing here -- 1) Scrapbook should be back and working again. 2) The problem with the Update Journal page in IE6 and IE7 should be fixed now. 3) The problem with the userpic add-on package pricing has been fixed and refunds issued to anyone who was overcharged while the erroneous prices were in place.
• Non-conforming images will now be automatically resized for custom mood themes.
• Line breaks no longer count as two characters against your entry's character limit.
• We fixed a bug on the Manage Tags page so you can clear all tags and add new tags.
• We corrected the UI for the update.bml page so it displays properly in IE8.

Thanks again for joining us. Frank and company will be back next week!

Since we've started feeding our dogs raw, we've spent a ton more time in grocery stores (as I'm sure all of us here have). Is it bad that I find a little bit of pleasure in the deals that I stumble upon now and then? I'll take the deals in trade for the weird looks I get from pushing a cart full of meat.

My wife and I were in a Kroger one night, shopping for ourselves and the dogs, when I overheard one employee tell another "I just don't think people realize what price these are." I look into the open-top cooler and see whole turkeys for $0.39 a pound!

What kind of sweet deals have you found?

Title: Scars and Safety
Summary: While Sirius is on the run they converse by letter, and Remus tells Sirius that he's sure the man will start looking more like his old self soon. Sirius sends him a letter back that says he doesn't care one way or another.
Characters/Pairings: Remus/Sirius
Genre: Fluff
Rating/Warnings: PG
Word Count: 1050

21 points
Lauren//Gryffindor

Activity: Next-Generation Secrets
Points: 1st/2nd/3rd/Participation Only: 50/40/30/10 points (2 parts)
Deadline: Saturday, 27 March @ 10am PDT

A variation on our usual secrets theme activity, which I think I will be using from here on out. The theme for this is Next-Generation. Important things about this theme:

( About the theme )

You will be submitting either a text secret (1-3 sentences) OR a graphic secret (800px total). DO NOT SUBMIT MORE THAN ONE SECRET. There will be separate voting for the text and graphic secrets, and each one can win 1st/2nd/3rd within its category.

[NOTE: The idea for this activity was from slashfiend337 (though I modified it because I don't have the time to host another RPG at the moment), who will get +5 points if she participates.]

IF SUBMITTING A TEXT SECRET:
<b>Name//House:</b> <b>Secret:</b> [1-3 sentences]

OR A GRAPHIC SECRET:
<b>Name//House:</b> <b>Secret:</b> <img src="URL HERE"> <b>Link:</b> URL HERE


Everybody lies, and everybody has secrets. Sign up to share yours via Owl Post.

Activity: Lolcat Secrets
Points: Participation only: 10 points
Deadline: all over!

The entries were lolarious. You can check them out here!

( Points breakdown )

Next activity going up shortly.

Everybody lies, and everybody has secrets. Sign up to share yours via Owl Post.

Sorry this was short! It seemed longer in the editing window! Hopefully I've rambled on a bit better! =) ( Sort Me )

Expanded on a few things, if it is not enough, just let me know.

( Sort Me )

Expanded on some things, hopefully it'll allow you to sort me. ( Sort Me )

Activity: Ballads
Points: 10 points participation
Deadline: 31 March 2010, 12PM EST

Everyone knows the heroes get sung about for ages. Write a song/poem about your favorite dueling champion. At least ten lines. Rhyming optional.

Submission Form
<b>Character about</b>: <b>Title</b>: <b>Ballad</b>: -Name, House

Want to learn how to do more than a back corridor fight? Join the Dueling Club today. Fight with flair.

Activity: Lolcat Secrets
Points: Participation only: 10 points
Deadline: Tuesday, 16 March @ 10am PST (6pm UTC)

LATE REMINDER IS EXTREMELY LATE. But you have just over 12 hours to bring the lulz @ the Owl Post Secret edition of Lolcats!

JOIN THE FUN!

And make sure you're on the ROSTER.

Activity: Icon Duel
Points: 50/40/30/10 for placing & participation, 2 points voting
Details: Here

( Almost even participation all around! )

And everyone was on the roster! Woo!

Want to learn how to do more than a back corridor fight? Join the Dueling Club today. Fight with flair.

Woohoo, my first post as Animagus Co-Mod! :D

( Applicants #340 - #344 )


<b>Applicant #340</b>: <b>Applicant #341</b>: <b>Applicant #342</b>: <b>Applicant #343</b>: <b>Applicant #344</b>: -Name, House; Registered Animagus Form

Remember:
- Follow the voting guidelines.
- Especially remember to check that your animal choice has not already been claimed.
- Keep to the deadline! The time will always be given in GMT.
- Elaborate your vote (a couple of reasons will suffice, we just want a bit more than just the vote itself) for the full 10 points per vote.

Get your votes in before March 29th at 9 PM UTC (3 PM EDT).

-Peyton - Animagus Mod - African Bush Elephant -

For the applicants: The process of becoming an animagus is nearly complete! Here are the options you may choose to settle into as your final animagus form. If you're not satisfied with these choices, I am deeply sorry. You may re-submit a new application, if you wish. I hope you like your options!

Applicant #335: Common Kestral, Pauraque, Grey Fox, American Jackal
Applcant #336: Pygmy Mouse Lemur, Margay, Ocelot, European Polecat
Applicant #337: Braque de Bourbonnais, North American Raccoon, Yellow-Throated Marten, African Wild Dog
Applicant #338: Jaguarundi, Eurasian Red Squirrel, Maine Coon, Volcano Rabbit
Applicant #339: Przewalski's Horse, Siamese Cat, Hermit Crab, Monitor Lizard

When you have decided which of the four choices will be your animagus form, the final step to mastering the transformation is to write a short 200 - 600 word essay about the connection you share with that animal.
If you're having problems deciding, feel free to comment to this post asking for more feedback or discussion. Be sure to include your Animagus number!

Remember, it is mandatory to write this essay to become a registered animagus here at HiH. Go here to submit your essay, where your essay will be approved and you'll be given a lovely banner. DEADLINE FOR ALL APPLICANTS TO TURN IN THE ESSAY IS Monday, 22nd March.

If you do not submit your application by then, you will lose your choices and have to re-apply.
Don't forget that Wiki is your friend. You can get a wealth of information from it!

A pawprint denotes a Registered Animagus (and thus an extra 10 points).

( Points Totals )

Title: Reasons to Date a Hufflepuff, and How to Do It (Chapter 1: A Plan is Formed)
Summary: Lorcan can think of lots of good reasons to get a Hufflepuff boyfriend (mainly, the Puff common room is actually warm).
Characters/Pairings: Teddy/Lorcan
Genre: Romance? Humor?
Rating/Warnings: PG-13
Word Count: 2998

(Even Ravenclaws regularly met for midnight rendezvous, despite being the type of people who actually used the word 'rendezvous'.)


Title: Reasons to Date a Hufflepuff, and How to Do It (Chapter 2: Slytherin in Love)
Summary: Lorcan's seduction scheme is progressing (he thinks), but his sentimental soppiness is somewhat irritating to pretty much everyone else.
Characters/Pairings: Teddy/Lorcan, with appearances from Lysander Scamander and Hieronymus Parkinson
Genre: Romance? Humor?
Rating/Warnings: PG-13
Word Count: 1448

(Lysander guzzled his cocoa morosely.)

Sorcha//Gryffindor//88 points

Design some lovely playing cards

Ends tomorrow! I'd love some more entries so the next round people have more things to pick from :D Remember, you can design more than one deck :D

Thanks guys!