What's with this whole Secret Agent Woman thing going on? o_o Not that I have anything against it, but now Mary Kate and Ashley (people who prove that you CAN make a franchise out of yourself, as opposed to your ideas and creations...at least Britney Spears can CLAIM she's an artist..) suddenly have an animated show where they're spies (??) and now Barbie's getting in on the action... o_o;

My brother is such a dork. He's making fun of me for not knowing what the The Green Lantern looked like when he didn't even remember that Wonder Woman is an Amazon princess.

....

OK, that sounded really dorky.

At Rhodes College today, I picked up both the campus newspaper and their equivalent of my school's Literary Magazine. So far, the biggest differences between the HS and college publications is that in college publications you're allowed to swear. I mean, with really bad words. Especially in the magazine.

Oh, yeah, the writing's a bit more elevated (and the pieces are longer for both) in the college publications, too. =P

"Are you an enemy or an ally?"

"Human, just like you!"

Tactics has great dialogue. :B

Again for those of you who have seen it--Mr. Cranky's review of the movie (remember, this is a guy that hates everything) is much more somber than most, except for the last line, and in some ways he's right about what he says. I wonder if he's a fan?

Alright, well, I saw Harry Potter. I will proceed with my opinion of it, but for the benefit of those who haven't yet seen the movie, I'll leave some blank space before I start...if you have seen it, or aren't sure if you want to and want to know how it's different from the book, go on..


















Its length went by fast. Several scenes and characters (namely Peeves) were cut, and if not cut, the scenes were reworked. It is a good movie and I'm probably going to see it again (hopefully in a quieter, less populous theater), but there were a few things that bothered me. The most minor (and I don't understand why it was changed since it IS so minor) is Hagrid saying he got Fluffy off an Irish guy, when it says quite clearly he was a Greek fellow, which makes sense, given that Fluffy basically equals Cerebus. I have no clue why this was changed to Irish and for some reason it really annoys me. It also bothered me that the last of the stone's protections--Snape's potion riddle--was removed, since that's basically Hermione's thunder (besides just being a neat scene). The dialogue was, for the most part, VERY good, the parts that weren't taken directly from the book were still good/natural sounding (except for the part near the end, but it's difficult not to be cheesy when you're talking about the power of luv). Much of the dialogue is either the same or very similar to what was said in the books, but the scenes they're from are missing. For example, Draco's speech on the Hogwarts Express about the right wizarding families and his offer of friendship was not made on the Hogwarts Express, but on the front steps of the castle as they're waiting to go on. When it didn't happen on the train I was afraid they'd cut it, which would have made me sad, since I thought the offer and subsequent rejection by Harry of Draco's friendship was a very important part of the book. Regardless of the changes though, it IS an entertaining film and I enjoyed it. The Quidditch scenes KICKED ASS. However, another minor complaint--Slytherin's Keeper was female, and I'm pretty sure it said explicitly that Slytherin had no ladies on its team. This too bothered me... (and Marcus Flint is by far the ugliest actor in the movie, but I imagine that was on purpose... Oliver Wood, conversely, is totally hot and has a very nice Irish accent)

The sets were also great--beautiful, lovely sets. Mrs. Norris's red eyes were scary--Madam Hooch's gold eyes were very neat...and I liked the actors for Lily & James. I pictured Lily as being extremely pretty, and while the actress wasn't gorgeous, I definitely think she was pretty. :B You also got to see some of Harry's house in a flashback scene, that was cool as well. And the soundtrack was fairly effective, especially during the giant chess set scene.

On a scale of one to ten, I'd give it a 7... it was a great movie, but, even at its length..there wasn't enough. XD

Phew...okay, um... no comments for now then. =P

Awk x_x

Well THAT didn't work...

Hmm...

Yes, yes, I have succumbed, kind of. I'm not abandoning this blog, in fact I will still probably post with the same level of frequency as I do now...but all of the whiny, emotional, or 'heavy' posts (though not the musing, 'deep' posts) will go in there. So read at yer own risk, I guess.

"It is not enough for me to succeed; my friends must fail."

That is a really horrible quote (as in, cruel), but you can't tell me you haven't felt that way about something at some point.

(and apparently feeling this way has an actual scientific name, like schadenfreude or something of a Germanic nature)

Solid proof that my Physics teacher is Evil, or at least just Not Very Nice:

The last time we had a test, I complained about doing poorly because I had read the chapter prior to the test. The teacher told me that this was a dumb thing to do, as reading the book would serve only to confuse me. I read the book in the first place because her previous tests (admittedly excepting the referring test, but how the hell was I to know that) had all had multiple choice questions taken directly from the book. But, after being told not to, I didn't. The test I had to stay after and make up today was allegedly from a set of worksheets we had done in class. She made it clear that these sheets were to be our only study material, and, given her previous words to me, I studied only them and not the chapter. The test she gave me (and another girl, who also recognized this unfairness) WAS ENTIRELY FROM THE BOOK. The ONLY WAY to have scored well on that test WAS TO HAVE READ THE CHAPTER. And, on her scolding, I DID NOT. I was not utterly lost, of course, but I would estimate that at least four questions dealt with concepts NOT EVEN MENTIONED ON THE SHEETS. Needless to say I was pretty pissed off. Ugh. HATE that class. x__x

Ah, I've pretty much given up on the Wrimo. Perhaps I shall try again one day, when I am an Adult, and can get away with writing while watching the cash register or staying up into the wee hours of the night. Right now I honestly have way too much to do to worry about a 50K word deadline, though I think the story it's spawned will still stay true to wrimo's spirit, in that it will be a story I write on when I want to get away from the heavily planned structuredness of Claris, Clarity, and even Karma. So there you go.

::does the dance of Immeasurable Joy:: Kai's mom got tickets for us to see Harry Potter!!! I called in fear to see if she'd gotten them yet when my brother came home from trying to procure them at the theater he works at (which is different from the one we're going to...) and told me that he was essentially laughed at. However, some fear remains, since she told me they were for the 4:45 showing...which means I'm not sure if one among number can make it since she's got to do Odyssey of the Mind coaching and she does not seem willing to skip it, even for the mellifluousness that is Harry Potter. I would be most sad if I had to miss opening night, especially since if I did I don't know when I'd be able to go, since I have to do stuff all this weekend apparently... -_- (and I've been waiting so long for this... so very long.. .__.)

And also there are many obstacles to overcome before Friday afternoon... for I have many tests on Friday, and a poem to memorize tonight besides. Alas...

But still! She got tickets. :D

I wish my friends trusted me more. -_- I don't know, maybe it's not an issue of trust... but I wish they felt comfortable talking to me when something's the matter. I think I'm pretty good listener....

Only a few more days until the Harry Potter movie, but what horrible days they shall be: days filled with tests and homework and suffering. x__x And I have two projects (one a Very Important Physics Project) due after Thanksgiving break as well. This fact further proves that many teachers are simply inherently evil, as they wait until when you have a little bit of time off (emphasizing the little bit here--if our school system didn't SUCK, we'd get all next week off, but we're going for two days. What can be done in two days, I ask you) before pouncing a huge, grade-deciding project on your ass. >_>

Failed a Physics test today... =P I have to take the make up for another Physics test tomorrow, which I will likely also fail even though I have studied/am studied because that class just sucks that way and I tend to do poorly on makeup work in general.

I can't believe another plane crashed... a boy in my Advanced Alg & Trig class said he'd walked down the street where the plane went down. Frightening...

O yes--my ink pens are dead. I managed to ink one page of the two KS pages I drew before this happened (though the ink looks decidedly shoddy, as they were dying as I did so), but no more can be completed until fresh pens are procured. Rar. x_x

For now, if you want to leave a comment, just use the freaking guestbook. -_-

It's been nearly TWO YEARS people. It's time to GET THE FUCK OVER IT. (and that goes to a whole MESS of people)

Well, I'm pissed. :D But at least I have a Harry Potter cup.