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[stubbornskeptic]

I sincerely never thought I would say this but I am so tiered tired of baking.
I can't do it anymore!
Dad's stocked up on so many mixes that I can hardly not use them at all, but!
Ugh!
I miss making potions!
I don't suppose those fall under some loophole in regards to the "no magic outside school" rule, hm?
Hoo hoo, I'd be whipping them up left and right if that were the case!
There's only so many times you can flip on a mixer before your brain wants to short-circuit, I suppose.
At least I can re-re-re-read my mystery novels...
Though, I will say it is much less interesting when you know how the story will end up! :B

Anybody doing something particularly interesting this summer?

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[rule_britannia]

Dear me, I never thought I'd see the day. You're not ill, are you?

I believe I heard talk of visiting some relatives in Australia next month. I've yet to decide if I want to go, though at least the weather is bearable at this time of year.

[stubbornskeptic]

I don't think so!
Although it does feel awfully strange, I must say!
Perhaps I've simply met my baking threshold for the time being.
...Speaking of, you wouldn't happen to want some baked goods owled your way, hmm?

Australia must be lovely!
Although is it not awfully rainy during their winter?
You had better bring a deerstalker, then, hoo hoo!

[rule_britannia]

It's full of animals that want to kill you, and will do so by hiding in your shoes and waiting to ambush. Perhaps I'll stay home. It depends if Will and Phin are going.

You can send me something if you have an over-abundance of baked goods but don't be surprised if your next owl has a message from my mother asking for recipes.

[stubbornskeptic]

And that's just the ones muggles know about!
I wonder how Australian wizards fare against their fantastical fauna.
You'll have to tell me what you see if you do indeed go.
Now I'm curious!

Oh dear! Well, I don't use recipes so much as mixes.
I could send her some of them, if she would rather avoid going to a muggle store.
I imagine entering one might be a little confusing if she's never done so before!
Not to mention the issue of money and such.

[rule_britannia]

Hm, that's a jolly good point actually. Perhaps the wildlife might be worth tolerating my brothers for a fortnight.

And you must be joking, my mother loves those places. I can't understand why, but she occasionally goes shopping with my aunt.

[stubbornskeptic]

I'm sure your brothers won't be that much of a hassle.
After all, they do share genes with you! And you're only a tiny hassle, hoo hoo!

Oh dear!
She doesn't get confused?
I would think wizards and witches would get rather flustered in places like that!

[rule_britannia]

Clearly, you haven't met my brothers. I'm convinced that we come from completely different ends of the gene pool.

My aunt is Muggleborn, so she's used to Muggle shops.

[stubbornskeptic]

I guess I'm so used to how similar John and I are that I forget some families don't get along quite that easily.

Oh, that's good!
I've just seen some wizarding folks do goofy-doofy things around muggles!

[rule_britannia]

I can't say that I spend enough time around Muggles to notice, to be quite honest.

[stubbornskeptic]

Hoo hoo, it'd be a treat to see you in a truly muggle setting.
I can't think of one right off the top of my head, but after seeing my father's occasional faux pas, I have to imagine any wizard raised solely among wizards will make some amusing mistakes.
It's like a prank I don't even have to set up, hoo hoo.

[rule_britannia]

If you enjoy that kind of thing, I suppose it would. I'm not entirely ignorant, I'll have you know.

Though I still can't see the use of a computer.

[stubbornskeptic]

For a lot of people, computers function just like these journals.
At least, internet-connected ones do, anyway.
And really, they seem a bit like magic when you use them.

[rule_britannia]

Hm.
My cousin is always trying to persuade me to learn how to use one, but I really can't see the point in it.

[stubbornskeptic]

I think it's slightly faster for news and such than the Daily Prophet?
But that's only if you care about muggle news, or news that affects everyone like earthquakes and such.

[rule_britannia]

That's all they use it for?

[stubbornskeptic]

Well, it's actually a really great resource!
It lets muggles stay connected with one another, not to mention all the information they can access without going to a library.
And it's fun to just surf around!

[toocoolforthis]

Yeah, the internet is great.
For porn.

[stubbornskeptic]

[Have a startled scribble.]

Dirk!

[toocoolforthis]

Yes, Jane?

[stubbornskeptic]

You're being gross!

[toocoolforthis]

I'm sincerely sorry for my actions.

[rule_britannia]

What does water have to do with this?

[stubbornskeptic]

[Derp, a little flustered by her convo with Dirk on the side.]

People refer to hanging out on the internet as "surfing".
It does not involve water at all!
You wouldn't want your computer getting wet, obviously.

[rule_britannia]

[He sees that, and he's ignoring it...

For Merlin's sake, Dirk.]

Yes, I imagine that would be rather detrimental to Muggle technology.

[stubbornskeptic]

Someday you can come over and see my computer back home.
It might clear some things up.

[Like how porn is only on some of the internet.]