Susan, Leigh, Meredith, Hannah and MWPP

[raven]

First things first - scarlatti's back! Yay!

However, perhaps to balance things out, gamesiplay is disappearing for a week.

And thirdly - language_idling - I've been trying to tell you this for a while, but LJ has been being squiffy. I got your postcard! My family neglected to inform me of its arrival until yesterday, when they casually inquired if I knew anyone in Montreal. The mind boggles as to how a postcard addressed to "Iona" couldn't be for me. How many people named Iona do they know?

Fourthly - A-level results. Good luck, everyone, not that you need it. GCSEs are a week from today, apparently. I have a feeling that I'll be somewhat freaked out by then.

And fifthly - I actually have plans for today. In a strange break from tradition, purplerainbow and I are meeting and spending the day together. Anyone else we could have invited is in Cornwall/Butlins/Spain/the Maldives/Switzerland/some such place. We plan to buy beads and talk a lot, which is not such a break from tradition. I ought to finish getting dressed and do my hair, as I'm going to be late.

And there you go, that's all. Oh, yes, one more thing - I've got a fic going on at the moment, light, fluffy, mostly gen and no angst - features Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs in their heyday. I need ideas for practical jokes, in other words. Anyone?

Comments

[cucharita.livejournal.com]

no angst? Is this really Iona who we know and love for her angst ridden fics?

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

*blushes*
Well, I lied slightly. It is angsty by the end of it. I couldn't help myself!

[cucharita.livejournal.com]

phew. Thought I'd have to hit you for a moment. Or even worse hug you until you came to your senses.

[language-idling.livejournal.com]

Practical jokes... Let's see...
Our residence had beautiful hardwood floors, so everyone had to take off their shoes as soon as they got in the door and stack them on shelves by the entrance. One time, we collected up all 200+ pairs of shoes and lined them up in our Head of House's room. They covered *every* available surface. But they were all perfectly lined up. The irony was not lost on her.
Another time, we filled someone's bed up with June Bugs. *shudder*
Still another time, we rigged up one girl's room so it looked as though there had been a massive party there while she was away. We rigged up another girl's room so it looked like Christmas: all the decoration, the Spice Girl's Christmas album blaring... She was the only one ever to *appreciate* a joke.
When the guys would come to sing us Christmas carols (in the Canadian winter) we did things like throw buckets of water out the window at them. It was tradition.
People used to race rolling chairs up and down the hallways.
We were very into blocking the doors of classrooms with desks so that the teachers couldn't get in, then all jumping out the window.
One teacher, who never corrected homework for his class, "lost" his glasses and found them several months later tucked into the homework he hadn't corrected.
Not that any of that isn't lame, but it's all true.
Some elements of my handwriting are illegible. I wouldn't be surprised if your parents couldn't *read* the Iona.
Speaking of MWPP, I have another postcard for you. BWA HA.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love the Christmas thing! I may well use that one, definitely. What's a June bug? A firefly?

And another postcard? Yay! I may have to send you a Formby Red Squirrel one. And don't you dare worry about your handwriting. You've seen mine, you know it's worse!

[language-idling.livejournal.com]

A June bug is the ugliest, stupidest bug ever. That particular prank was not in good fun, and the entire house was in on it. They're beetles, and they're sort of a barfy brown colour, and about the size of your thumb from knuckle to tip and they tend to swoop at your head and they sound like small helicopters when they fly. As I said, they're stupid, and so they tend to bump into things... a lot... Type "june bug" into Google Image Search, and you'll see.
I'm glad you like the Christmas thing. Note we did that in about March... I don't imagine jumping out the windows of Hogwarts would be a good idea...

[shipperkitten.livejournal.com]

Anyone else we could have invited is in Cornwall/Butlins/Spain/the Maldives/Switzerland/some such place.

Nope, stuck at home if the last 20 LJ entries are anything to go by...

[shipperkitten.livejournal.com]

I see a pattern here, never mind.

[absolutism.livejournal.com]

do you mean to tell me that the package i sent hasn't gotten there yet?!

:/

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

That's right. No sign of it!

[scarlatti.livejournal.com]

Yay! I am indeed back.
*bounce bounce bounce*

And...what is this? A Raven fic with no angst? *gasp* :) Good luck with it!

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

*throws confetti*

I suck at humour. I shouldn't even be trying it. But dammit, plot bunnies!

[tobiascharity.livejournal.com]

Hmm...practical jokes...TLD and I used to play awful ones on each other, but they're all stupid...I'm sure once I get to Interlochen I'll have some better ones...let's see...

TLD removed the screen in his bedroom window so that he could go sit on the roof, so one day my friend and I passed all of his books, all of his clothes, anything that could fit through the window through it and onto the roof, and then left it there.

He retaliated by putting soap on my toothbrush.

There was a girl in my fourth grade class back in Catholic schoolwho always fell asleep, so one time, after she'd been snoozing for a good hour, our entire class and the teacher snuck out of the room (closed the blinds, turned off the lights, generally made it look like everyone had left for the day) and stayed in the hallway until she woke up. We heard loud noises of panic coming from the room.

And then, of course, all of the lovely pranks we pulled on each other during Mass...the sixth graders switched the communion bread with gummi bears one time...the upperclassmen alter boys put brandy in the goblets instead of the wine...in fourth grade, me and two of my friends put stink bombs in the incense holders. Oh, that one was good. And then stupid ones, like switching the communion goblets with dribble glasses.

That's all I can think of right now...can't wait to read the fic!

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

The roof one is perfect. I'm thinking of using that one in the fic. I have to ask about the kids and teacher all sneaking out, though - the teacher went along with it? Sounds fun! And so does brandy instead of communion wine!

Everyone else has a much more interesting life than me...

[tobiascharity.livejournal.com]

Yeah--the teacher decided that since yelling at the girl to stop falling asleep hadn't worked, maybe scaring the pants off her would.

[language-idling.livejournal.com]

My teachers *always* went along with stuff like that...

[gamesiplay.livejournal.com]

I know that Kib and I used to play some horrible practical jokes on my brother, but I can't remember most of them now. One of our favorites was, I think, putting random articles of food into his milk glass while he wasn't looking. Don't want your peas? Drop them into Boot's milk.

Let us know when you post the fic. I'd like to read it.

Agh, now I don't want to leave....

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

*giggles* Oh, you horrible pair! Peas in his milk?!

I'll let you know when I post the fic, and come home soon...

[gamesiplay.livejournal.com]

I expect they gave it some flavor. And there are worse things one could find in one's milk. (I should know. At one time or another, we put most of those things in his milk, too.)

[fragility-lily.livejournal.com]

The ol 'Hey, would you like some Ex-Lax chocolate?' trick is a must.

Ex-Lax, if you don't know, is a laxative that looks, smells and feels like chocolate. Don't know about taste; never had any!