CONVERSATION WITH ANNA
BY KATIE DALE
[ part 3 ]
Wednesday, Dec. 21 2005
(22:18:45) Steve: hi
(22:18:52) stephie: hi
(22:19:04) Steve: this is anna
(22:19:18) stephie: oh hi anna... why are you going by steve?
(22:19:33) Steve: its my brothers account, mine isn't working at the moment
(22:19:42) stephie: oh i see
(22:19:54) stephie: how're you doing? i've missed you
(22:20:00) Steve: I'm fine
(22:20:01) Steve: you?
(22:20:24) stephie: i'm great
(22:20:40) stephie: hmmm i don't get it, whatever doesn't matter
(22:20:57) Steve: ok
(22:21:57) Steve has closed the conversation window.
(22:22:19) stephie: so we saw HP4
(22:22:27) Steve: cool
(22:22:39) stephie: yeah it was real good
(22:22:49) Steve: yeah
(22:23:30) stephie: there are a few things i don't get about harry potter
(22:23:40) Steve: like?
(22:24:36) stephie: like, they can make things appear out of thin air, right? like dumbledore and mcgonogal making armchairs appear out of nowhere...
(22:25:26) stephie: so what do they need money for? greengots? all that?
(22:25:51) Steve: they can't make anything appear
(22:26:43) stephie: seems they can -- or does the object have to exist somewhere else for them to just apparate to where they are?
(22:27:44) Steve is now known as anna's brother.
(22:27:52) anna's brother: maybe
(22:28:07) stephie: also, in book 6, when harry's talking with dumbledore about merope
(22:28:13) stephie: voldemort's mother
(22:29:12) stephie: she starved to death, right? didn't have money to buy food. so harry asks dumbledore why she didn't just conjure up food by magic? why would she need money? and dumbledore answers that he guesses that after tom riddel left her she was so upset that she refused to ever do magic again.
(22:29:20) stephie: so that says that they can make anything appear
(22:29:40) anna's brother: spose
(22:30:17) stephie: second question - why would someone who can apparate use a portkey or the floonetwork, or a broom even?
(22:31:08) anna's brother: because its safer, or because they prefer to
(22:31:12) stephie: it's not only underage wizards using those alternate travel methods... it's weird
(22:31:13) stephie: maybe
(22:31:23) anna's brother: Harry says that he'd rather fly than apparate
(22:31:39) stephie: right, because it's uncomfortable. but i think they get used to it.
(22:31:51) stephie: they only start apparating in book 6 right? before that there's no apparating?
(22:32:08) anna's brother: the kids do yeah, because they become of age
(22:32:19) stephie: but do we hear of adults apparating before book 6?
(22:32:26) anna's brother: yeah
(22:32:28) anna's brother: all the time
(22:32:37) stephie: ok
(22:32:41) anna's brother: remember Hermione goes on about not being able to apparate in hogwarts
(22:32:48) stephie: oh right
(22:33:59) stephie: also, why are none of the teachers at hogwarts ever married? we hardly ever hear about married wizard couples -- only the weasleys, really, and the mention of that thousand year old couple who was using the elixer of life or whatever it was called, in the philosopher's stone book
(22:34:13) stephie: seems like when wizards come of age they quickly lose their sexdrive
(22:34:59) anna's brother: not everybody gets married, but they might have an active sex life for all we know, we only see what Harry sees...
(22:35:07) stephie: well, no, i guess there are others too, like the malfoys. and harry's parents obviously. but still the teachers are never married
(22:35:27) anna's brother: spose
(22:36:03) stephie: i still really love it :)
(22:36:28) stephie: so are you doing anything exciting on your vacation?
(22:36:49) anna's brother: lol
(22:36:49) anna's brother: nah
(22:37:06) stephie: your family religious?
(22:38:06) anna's brother has closed the conversation window.
(22:38:17) anna's brother: nah
(22:38:33) stephie: do you do the tree thing and lights and stuff?
(22:39:09) anna's brother: yes
(22:39:56) stephie: my dad did that stuff with us... tree, lights, church 2 days a year (Xmas and easter)... now that he's gone, we got nothing. no tree, no nothing.
(22:40:45) stephie: mom's decided that dad's leaving us proves that there's no god and she doesn't want us doing any of that stuff anymore
(22:41:23) anna's brother: lol
(22:41:32) anna's brother: but christmas was around before christianity..
(22:41:50) stephie: i'm kinda sad about it. i mean, i never really believed in god anyway but i liked the fun stuff, family, presents, dressing nicely etc
(22:42:28) stephie: what do you mean? i thought christmas is like the day jesus was born. so how could it exist before christianity?
(22:43:06) anna's brother: well it wasn't quite the same date, but the winter solstice was celebrated on the 21st of december, and just moved along to join up with the day jesus was born
(22:43:13) anna's brother: but sorry, I'm just being pedantic
(22:43:35) stephie: how do you know about all this stuff?
(22:43:40) anna's brother: dunno
(22:43:48) anna's brother: just do
(22:44:07) stephie: cool
(22:44:16) stephie: what grade are you in/
(22:44:34) anna's brother: erm, year 11
(22:44:41) stephie: england?
(22:44:44) anna's brother: yeah
(22:45:05) stephie: cool
(22:45:09) stephie: never been there lol
(22:45:15) anna's brother: lol
(22:45:15) anna's brother: ok
(22:45:41) stephie: so like what's the american equivalent of year 11?
(22:45:54) anna's brother: errrrrrrrm
(22:45:57) anna's brother: dunno
(22:46:03) stephie: you're 15 right?
(22:46:12) anna's brother: yes
(22:46:24) stephie: ok... you sounded too smart for 15 lol
(22:46:28) anna's brother: lol
(22:46:29) anna's brother: do I?
(22:46:29) stephie: :)
(22:46:38) anna's brother: :)
(22:46:46) anna's brother: I have 2 years of school left after this one
(22:46:51) stephie: k
(22:47:13) stephie: i got 3 left after this one
(22:47:24) stephie: anyway mom's become really weird
(22:48:28) stephie: she's hardly ever home this past week. but when she is home, she swings from being really depressed about my dad leaving her, and being overly excited about her new boyfriend
(22:48:48) stephie: she spends tons of time with him now... we've never met him
(22:48:57) anna's brother: odd
(22:49:51) stephie: yeah Dave is real upset about it all. I told him he probably wouldn't want that guy hanging out in our house, sleeping in mom's bed anyway
(22:50:08) stephie: i dunno, it's just weird
(22:50:19) anna's brother: yeah
(22:51:18) stephie: dave and i got real close in the past few days, though, maybe because mom's never around
(22:51:44) anna's brother: cool
(22:52:19) stephie: he started coming to my room to have these heart-to-hearts, or sometimes just to hang out near me without any real reason to
(22:52:34) anna's brother: that's cool
(22:52:48) stephie: yeah it's nice
(22:53:48) anna's brother has closed the conversation window.
(22:56:01) stephie: was like the night after we went to see HP
(22:56:31) stephie: he talked a lot about the movie on the way home, at the pizza store we stopped at and then after we got home
(22:57:05) stephie: and then we got tired, so i went to bed... i was lying in bed surfing the net with my laptop
(22:58:09) stephie: and then he came into my room, saw i wasn't asleep, and asked if he could hang out with me a little more
(22:58:50) stephie: so i said sure, and he came and lied down on my bed beside me, just watched me playing with my laptop, sometimes playing with my hair
(22:59:23) stephie: when i was falling asleep and closed my laptop, he took it for me and put it away, then left my room
(23:00:24) anna's brother has closed the conversation window.
(23:01:29) anna's brother: cool
(23:01:36) anna's brother: mind if I go now? I don't feel that well?
(23:01:46) stephie: oh i'm sorry... ok i hope you feel better
(23:01:52) anna's brother: thanks
(23:01:55) stephie: looking forward to chatting again soon
(23:01:58) anna's brother: me too
(23:01:59) anna's brother: bye
(23:02:01) stephie: bye
(23:02:05) anna's brother logged out.
(23:02:06) anna's brother has closed the conversation window.