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Post by ianharris on Sept 3, 2009 3:19:19 GMT -5
Since my arrival at this school (the first night doesn't count), I have been spending much of my time in a total of four places. The first is my room. I have been spending an unhealthy amount of time just sitting in my room doing nothing. Of course, I don't think it's unhealthy at all, but other people have been telling me I need to get out more. The second is the courtyard, where I enjoy sitting and listening to those students with musical abilities practice. The third are the classrooms, which is really more than one place, but I think it counts as one. The fourth is the computer lab.
I do most of my homework in the computer lab, mostly because the stories I hear about the librarian keep me away from the library. Of course, I'll have to eventually face this monster of a librarian, whoever he is, especially since I'll start needing books for my mage classes soon. But for now, I set up in the computer lab.
I was in there the other day and happened across these blogs. Seeing that there weren't too many, I decided to start one. The decision was mostly due to boredom, but I suppose I do have an ulterior motive. I'm thinking that perhaps, if I do this, my fellow students will quit trying so hard to remove me from my room. I probably sound a lot clearer online than I do in person anyway...
So...I like it here. Still holding out that this MIGHT all be another one of my hallucinations, but if it is, I'm quite enjoying this one. The people here are pretty nice, at least the ones I've met so far. Of course, I haven't met the librarian, and there's some other teacher I've heard rumors about who is apparently pretty nasty... but I'm doing fine so far. Better than high school, but the way that turned out, I'm not surprised. My first day in high school ended a lot worse than my first day at Dunehelden...
Oh, well. Homework's done, and it's late. I might swing by the mess hall for a bite to eat...I'm starving...
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Post by ianharris on Sept 4, 2009 0:31:06 GMT -5
So I realized I couldn't avoid the library forever, mostly because my mage teacher did not like the excuse of "Um... I'm scared of the big bad librarian." as a reason for not having the required books. What's the point of having a creepy librarian that scares people away from the library? This school confuses me...
Either way, I headed up to the library to find my books. It took all of a minute for that librarian to zero in on me... Fable, or whatever it's name is. It doesn't even resemble a human being any more. He or whatever it is cornered me and tried to kick me out, but a younger student named Zephyros distracted him long enough for me to get out. Nice kid, Zephyros. I don't normally get along with high schoolers, but as I'm learning more and more each day, this is a VERY unusual school.
I've been reading the books that I got from the library and I'm starting to understand my hallucinations more and more. They're illusions of some sort... I will ask one of my professors to supervise tomorrow so I can try some of the books' tips for controlling and even creating minor illusions. I have to learn to control this. I just... I have to.
Edit: Have realized that I spelled Zephyros' name wrong. Have changed it. Sorry, Zephyros! On another note, have realized people actually read this, and am praying that the staff doesn't...
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Zephyros Aetai
Kitty Kat
Academy Junior: Small God
Even the mightest Hurricane started as the gentlest of breezes...
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Sept 4, 2009 1:36:02 GMT -5
Hey, Ian... no worries. My name is pretty long, and Greek. At least I spell it with English letters for you all.
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Post by ianharris on Sept 6, 2009 2:07:05 GMT -5
I did a very foolish thing today. Normally, I wouldn't have a problem with talking too much - quite the opposite, actually - but today I could go on trial for it. Allow me to explain, starting from the beginning.
This morning I got up, went to class, made a quick run to the computer lab, and went downstairs for lunch. They were serving some sort of ham today... it was really good. Those of you who didn't get to try it - it was excellent. They served it with some sort of potatoes and honey, which wasn't really that great, but the ham... the ham was amazing. But I digress. After lunch, I decided to head out for a quick walk around the courtyard. It was there at I met Aramis.
He seemed like a nice kid, but when he offered to try to heal my shaking hands, we got into a bit of a disagreement about whether or not magic can be used outside of class. I... kinda went off on him. Slipped up during my argument and mentioned Dylan and his dad... either way, I shocked the poor kid into a vomiting fit. Fortunately, a teacher was on hand and helped me take him to the sick bay. He's lying there now.
I don't know why I mentioned Dylan. I guess I've been thinking about him a lot since I came to Dunehelden. Poor guy got his whole life and half of his family stolen from him because of me. Because I couldn't control my powers. That's why I'm at Dunehelden. To learn to control them, so that doesn't happen to anyone else.
On a side note, Paula emailed me today. She says life at home is progressing normally... it's like my departure had no impact on the daily lives of my parents. That's a rather depressing thought... but Dunehelden is my family now, and as long as I don't put anyone else in the sick bay... I'll be just fine...
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Post by ianharris on Sept 27, 2009 23:26:51 GMT -5
Okay. So. You might be wondering why I haven't been on this blog in a while. I have two answers to that question.
The first is that a psychotic vampire tried to kill me.
The second is that I accidentally brought an illusion to life.
I know what you're thinking, of course. He's not serious. He's making all that up to explain not being on his blog. I'm actually NOT kidding. Both of those things happened, and I've been dealing with the aftermaths of both incidents. Which is really, really time consuming. And involves a lot of teachers asking me questions and students trying to pry into my life. Which, you know, gets kind of annoying after a while.
It seems that everyone wants to know what happened with both incidents and all I can say about the whole Creeps thing is that no, I don't know how it happened. I was knocked out at the time. And no, I'm not going to publicly say how I was knocked out. I don't need everyone to know the exact details of how it happened. They're a bit... embarrassing...
And as for Jonathan, if you want to know why he's been hanging around, and how the mage classroom got blown up, you're more than willing to ask Jonathan himself. It might distract him long enough for me to get away. Which is something I need.
And now, I'm going to go sleep, before Jonathan finds me and asks me why I waste so much time in the computer lab, and why I don't have a girlfriend yet, and if I ever intend to "get any" sitting in front of a computer screen, and why I'm so pathetic, and if he can have money.
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Post by jonathanharris on Sept 28, 2009 0:13:56 GMT -5
Oh, Ian. Guess who else knows how to use the computers? And I know how to read these blogs.
So ha. I win again.
Why do you spend so much time in the computer lab anyway? This is probably why you don't have a girlfriend. You're not going to get any sitting and staring at a computer screen, you know. Wow, you're really pathetic.
By the way, I need more money.
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Post by ianharris on Oct 3, 2009 22:12:00 GMT -5
I'm sure that at least one of you has noticed by now the odd happenings that are going on around Dunehelden, a couple of which are actually connected to me, or rather to the annoying creation of mine that continues to follow me around and make me feel like the lowest person on planet earth. Yes, Jonathan, I'm talking about you.
These weird symbols that have popped up around Dunehelden have caught my attention, for starters. The Assembly Hall was destroyed when I walked in - chairs all chopped up, and some weird symbol painted on the floor. I talked to some boy, Seele, and Jonathan about it and came up with nothing. Best theories? Academy Freshmen, rival schools, or mages with levitation powers. All of which have tons of holes. It makes no sense to me... why would someone do this?
It makes no SENSE.
Then there was that whole... incident in the courtyard. I won't say much - people read this and nobody needs to know who else was involved. But Jonathan crossed lines, and that's the furthest I've ever seen him push someone. And then, when I step in and probably save his damn life, his thanks is to swear at me. What was I supposed to do? Just let him blame me too? No, thank you.
I am kind of regretting hitting him with a rock, though.
No, wait, scratch that. I'm not.
The weird thing is that I haven't seen Jonathan all day. Usually he finds me after a bit and resumes torturing me, but... as I sit here, I haven't seen him in almost a day. Which is not just strange. It's... unheard of. I'm honestly a bit worried... At least when Jonathan's following me around I can keep an eye on him. Having him with me is annoying. Not know where he is... that's just scary...
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Post by ianharris on Oct 17, 2009 17:03:35 GMT -5
So I've been told that I talk more in these blogs than I do in person. I also don't stutter so much. Which I find really funny, because it's true. I actually spend a long time writing these blogs - which possibly explains why there's so much time between each blog. I'm not very good at writing prose - poetry and research papers, and nothing else. I didn't blog before coming to Dunehelden, and I only started because I was bored.
And, also, I'm the only person so far who writes a blog. Probably because I have more free time than everyone else. Which is because I actually get my homework done before the last minute. Some of the readers of this should take that as a lesson. Jonathan, I know you have a paper due in two days that you haven't started on yet, and no, I'm not writing it for you.
I took some of that free time to walk out to the courtyard with some books today. I've been reading a lot - trying to figure out certain mysteries of magic that have a direct impact on me (Why, yes, Jonathan, I'm talking about you again). While I was minding my own buisness, this boy popped out of a tree.
I'm not kidding. He was sitting in a tree.
The kid's name turned out to be Korlian, and we had a very long talk. Part of which took place in the tree. Which I climbed. Yes, I climbed a tree. It was just one of those days when you feel like doing things you wouldn't normally do. In my case, that is climbing up a tree. But I digress.
Korlian is an unusual kid, which isn't a bad thing at all. I'm pretty unusual myself. It's always nice to meet people who are different than the norm - although I don't know what you consider the norm in a school populated by vampires and werewolves. Even here, though, there are people that are completely unique, and Korlian is definitely one of those unique people.
Makes for some interesting conversation. Although I'd prefer not to meet his brother. From what I've heard, it probably wouldn't end well for me.
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Post by ianharris on Dec 21, 2009 19:24:43 GMT -5
I haven't really done a blog in a long time, and frankly, the only reason I'm doing this one is because I haven't got anything to do. Natalie is asleep in her room, as she was up all night last night studying for a test, and I don't really want to go back to my room, as Jonathan is probably lying in wait for me somewhere along the way, so I'm sitting here in the computer lab with a lot of books and half of a theory.
The days are kind of blurring together. I don't know if anyone else has noticed that, but I certainly have. I get up, I go to classes, I go to the library, and I spend time with my girlfriend and my friends. Then I go to bed, sleep, and get up the next morning to do the same thing. It's all a routine now...
I guess when you get to the heart of the matter, school is school, regardless of what school it is. This place held a lot of wonder for me when I first arrived - and make no mistake, I still see things every day that make me stop and stare in awe - but I guess in settling into daily life, some of that wonder has been... lost? Misplaced? I don't really know how to describe it.
Maybe I'm just ranting again. Maybe all this research I've been doing is going to my head. I don't know. Well, I'm going to head out and go to bed. Good night, Dunehelden.
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