I never could get the hang of Thursdays.

Ariel's learning how to drive. She spent a lot of today out with Mom and Dad learning to drive.

We also watched the Madame de Pompadour episode of Doctor Who. It's really quite a sad episode.

I played some piano while the rest of my family was out, which was nice to be able to do. I need to practice the violin some more, but I really hate practicing when other people can hear me. It's just so embarrassing.

Tonight Dad took Ariel and I out shopping for Christmas, which turned into trying to find buisness-y clothes for me for my upcoming accounting and professional... stuff. Nice business clothes are expensive! I'm going to have to work very hard to be a good accountant - there's no point in having promotable clothes without promotable skills!

I miss Sirius Black. Today marks one week since I've seen him, and I miss him a lot. I miss the way I feel around him. I miss the perspective he has on life. I'm realizing how good he is at making the most of what he has. Many people take a look at what they have and moan and groan about it and expect that there's nothing they can do to improve it. Sirius Black is the opposite. I can't recall if I've ever heard him complain about anything, and he's a firm believer in his own power to make things what he wants them to be. He makes me feel like I can, if I work hard enough, make my life anything I want it to be, and that's very empowering. It's especially helpful for me when it comes to working out and eating right. I feel like the mainstream way is to take a passive approach to our bodies and to think that if they're not perfect now, there's no way they ever will be. Sirius Black doesn't believe that. He almost seems like he's constantly at war with his own body, fighting to make it better than it is. I guess that's Sirius Black's main thing that I'm trying to get at here. He's never content with himself; he's always working hard to make himself better. He doesn't try to fix other people. He fixes himself. And all without complaint. He's amazing.

Sirius Black is also a big Douglas Adams fan. He's love the title of today's post. :)