Today is Hufflepuff Day!

I have complained openly to many people about how I think Hufflepuff is the house for die Reste, the place where you go when you're not smart enough for Ravenclaw, not brave enough for Gryffindor, and not ambitious enough for Slytherin, but too wizard to stay home.

But, over the course of this past year, I've reread all of the books in a row, and I've learned something: Hufflepuffs are the activists.  The environmentalists, the inner-city teachers, the social workers.  They're hardworkers, and they're just and fair.  They'll do anything they can to stand up for a cause they believe in. And they probably will put two and two together fast enough to realize that it's smarter to live for a cause than to die for one if you can help it, unlike some Gryffindors.

Maybe I'm overblowing it.  They are all under 17, after all.  But they're not as bad as I made them out to be before.

Anyway, there aren't many Hufflepuffs I idolize (I didn't even swoon over Cedric.  Sorry.) and I had already picked Dumbledore to represent today, which is okay, because he's a headmaster: he can represent any of the houses.  Wild card.  Woo.

Caption: "In fact, being - forgive me - rather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger."
Status: ‎"I would assume that you were going to offer me refreshment, but the evidence so far suggests that that would be optimistic to the point of foolishness."

I actually had a ton more quotes I wanted to find some way to use--

Well – it's just that you seem to be laboring under the delusion that I am going to – what is the phrase – 'Come quietly.' I am afraid I am not going to come quietly at all, Cornelius. I have absolutely no intention of being sent to Azkaban. I could break out, of course – but what a waste of time, and frankly, I can think of a whole host of things I would rather be doing.

"I am not worried, Harry," said Dumbledore, his voice a little stronger despite the freezing water. "I am with you."

"What happened down in the dungeons between you and Professor Quirrell is a complete secret, so, naturally the whole school knows."

“Tell me one last thing,” said Harry. “Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?”
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”

And next, my outfit.

Hufflepuff is yellow and black.  So far, my least favorite color combination, but I still think it works pretty well.  The shirt is something from LOFT...or at least, that's what the tag says.  I bought if from a thrift store.  Shorts are black and from Primark.  Necklace is from Modcloth.  Jubilant expression is from me feeling awkward in front of a camera, trying to squish my whole body in there.

Tomorrow is the big day, guys.  The big day.  Good luck, God bless, and I'll see you when I see you.

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