I'm sure you've all heard about Hypercrew by now. I guess it was naive of me to think I'd never have to experience what my parents & their generation went through thirty-odd years ago.
True I did not know Hypercrew all that well. It was more of a "friendly nod across the party" acquaintance. That still doesn't change the fact I know someone laid up in Germany with metal in his neck. Hell, for all I know I have high school classmates over in the Sandbox. I know one of them went Navy & the other went Air Force. The Navy man's enlistment was up many years ago, but the Air Force man enlistment would have expired sometime this year. Were they called up? Beats me. I've neither seen nor heard from any of my HS friends for at least four years now. For that matter, the last time I saw most of them was at graduation.
All this woolgathering begs a few questions. In twenty or thirty years, will my son devour books about this conflict? Will he read them for the very same reasons I devour books about Korea & Vietnam? Will he have a conflict of his own to deal with?
That last question leads to two more.
The penultimate question: Will he, like his old man, seriously consider a branch of the armed forces?
Now for the ultimate: Unlike his old man, will he actually follow through with his decision?
True I did not know Hypercrew all that well. It was more of a "friendly nod across the party" acquaintance. That still doesn't change the fact I know someone laid up in Germany with metal in his neck. Hell, for all I know I have high school classmates over in the Sandbox. I know one of them went Navy & the other went Air Force. The Navy man's enlistment was up many years ago, but the Air Force man enlistment would have expired sometime this year. Were they called up? Beats me. I've neither seen nor heard from any of my HS friends for at least four years now. For that matter, the last time I saw most of them was at graduation.
All this woolgathering begs a few questions. In twenty or thirty years, will my son devour books about this conflict? Will he read them for the very same reasons I devour books about Korea & Vietnam? Will he have a conflict of his own to deal with?
That last question leads to two more.
The penultimate question: Will he, like his old man, seriously consider a branch of the armed forces?
Now for the ultimate: Unlike his old man, will he actually follow through with his decision?
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Gryffindor (which is Harry's house) holds those who are honest, loyal, brave, and all-around Good People.
Slytherins are evil muthafuckas, and not in a good way.
Hufflepuffs are the ones that don't really fit into any category. They're just sorta average and blend into the background. They're nice, but nothing really stands out about them.
When the first-years arrive at Hogwarts, they're sorted into houses by a Sorting Hat. It's placed on their head, and it "reads" their personality and so on. Then it shouts out which house they belong to, and they stay in that house until they finish their seventh year (the last year).
*edited to fix a fucking typo fercryingoutloud
[Edited on Aug 04, 2005 10:50PM]
OH! And "Accio" is the spell for "get it". Like, if you want your remote to come from the table to your hand, you'd yell, "Accio remote!" All of the spells are based in Latin. I LOVE THAT.
There. Entry interpreted.
[Edited on Aug 04, 2005 10:49PM]