What the potatoes have in store for me

 


Yes, I did just Photoshop that especially for this post. XD

  I'm sure most of you are familiar with the superstition where while peeling apples, if you peel it such that there's a long unbroken piece of peel and you throw it over your shoulder, it forms the initial of your future spouse? I was peeling some potatoes today and decided to try it with them for fun. However, I didn't get anything in English! XD

First I got the Hebrew character Dalet. (D)

    

Next, I got the Hebrew character Caph. (K/C) Unless it was meant to be a sideways U.

       

Finally, with the longest piece, I got a character which I recognised as Arabic but since I don't know Arabic... this chart informed me that it was either Iam or nun (but without the dot on top, for the latter). Or a strange cross because the stroke on my right was definitely longer than the one on my left, but it was a bit too wide for a normal Iam. It really did look a lot like nun without the dot. So apparently I'll end up with someone from the Middle East.


     Iam
  Nun

  Or it could be a really weird U, again, or a J. Or maybe potatoes just aren't cut out for this (no pun intended) and I should use apples next time I'm bored while helping in the kitchen. XD

HP fic rec!

This story is poignant and beautiful and funny and makes me sad, with the thought of what might have been. ;_;

It's called Scenes from Another Life and shows Harry meeting Ron on the Hogwarts Express and arriving at Hogwarts, interspersed with memories of Sirius's reaction to finding James and Lily's bodies, proving his innocence to the Ministry, winning custody of Harry from Petunia, and how both Sirius and Remus brought Harry up. I highly recommend it.