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Will.Not.Read

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Arrrgh! Like most of the world, I now have access to the last book. I will.not.read. I.will.not.read.

Actually, I don’t have too much problem with waiting, as it’s only a few more days now, but the temptation is soooo great. Arrrgh!

I’m enjoying the first two years of Doctor Who right now. Well, enjoying may not be the right word… I’m actually killing time until Susan and her screechy voice are GONE. I’m very much wanting to get to The Third Doctor, as he is the one I remember most from childhood. I guess our local PBS station had a few years of delay in airing the show. I remember Four as well, but The Third Doctor was my favorite. How ’bout that?

Happy Hump Day!

Movies

Too Long To Wait

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hbp1.jpgI just finished re-reading (for the third? fourth time?) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I hate that we have to wait until next summer to wrap up this story, but I also hate that once we get the long-awaited trove, it’s over. As with any serial, I suppose, the story is becoming more limited as to directions it may go. At the end of OotP, I had no idea where the tale would head, but going into Book 7, we know that Harry is going to be set on finding the remaining four horcruxes and battling LV. That’s a LOT of action to have to cover in one book, unless we find that the horcruxes are somehow grouped. I don’t care one bit about Snape’s redemption or “double-agent” storyline. Whether he acted on Dumbledore’s orders or not, he’s still a vile, greasy, classless loser and I have no idea why that character is revered in any way.

I’ve also decided that I no longer care about the HP movies, only the books. Popular opinion is that the first two (SS and CoS) were terrible, but I can loop either of them with no problem. It was only once the “artsy” director got involved that the films began to suffer under the weight of becoming more “indie-like”. Hogwarts was a place of grandeur, not a dilapidated hovel as seen in POA. The Leaky Cauldron became more of a makeshift hostel under Alfonso Cuarón’s desire to establish himself in the mainstream world. GoF served only to follow up on the premise that Hogwarts was in shambles and I have no love for that film, either. The magic of seeing Diagon Alley and Hogwarts for the first time can never be matched using lowgrade, grainy film that the current filmmakers seem to prefer. I want to watch these movies to feel magic, not to see near-ruins. If I want to see that, I can look around my own world. I doubt OotP will be any better than the last two, and will go just as astray from the important themes as they did. It’s shameful to think how shabby the Ministry of Magic will look onscreen if the current trend holds. Of course, I’ll be there watching, but knowing already what I think it should have been.

House, Personal

Weekender

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hobbit.jpgI’m re-reading OoTP–again. I’m surprised by how much I enjoy reading it, but with the details of the movie coming in, I want to be sure I KNOW the story as written, and not as seen through a screenwriter, director, actor, etc. I’m going to pace myself, though, so I’m not finished in a day or two.

With the below freezing temperatures, I’m reminded that my heater isn’t working properly. The temperature stays the correct level in every room except the living room, where I have no vent. I covered the vent to place the armoire over it, and I haven’t gotten around to adding a new vent. Mom said we’d put one in this weekend, so I guess I get to learn about jigsaws and heating ducts. Yay!

istar1.jpgHobbit and Istar are, well, fighting a lot. I *think* they’re playing and it looks like Hob’s fighting back more. I’m glad to see her fight and not run, because he needs to be put in his place sometimes. Overall, it’s a nice little vibe. I do think, however, that he suffers from Stockholm Syndrome or something. He will bite the hell out of Hobbit, me, the furniture, and anything else he can target until I give him a bath. Normally, cats will fight to the death to get out of taking baths, but he LOVES it. After getting a bath, he purrs and calms down and becomes the sweetest thing in the world. Yep, I now have two insane kitties. :jack:

Fandom, General

Good Wank

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How glad am I that I am not in the Harry Potter fandom? VERY. FW has just added the most delicious wank in ages. It’s too long to go into, but it involves a member of the (self-proclaimed) inner-circle being found out to have created several sockpuppets over the last 3 or 4 years to defend (and sometimes fight) her. Someone actually did an investigatory 90,000 word report on the whole thing. Oh, god, it’s a thing of beauty. It brings back the excitement of the early days of wank, though nothing will ever match LOTR wank in my heart. From the tinhats to CrystalWank, LOTR never failed to produce.

Just remember…a life unwanked is not a life worth living (or, um, something like that).