Wednesday, July 09, 2003

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for ME!

Oh MY GOD. I am SO over Orlando whasshisname. Johnny Depp, savvy? He totally MADE that movie, what with the slurring of the voice and the eyeshadow and that walk. Oh MY GOD that WALK. It's simple. Jack Sparrow is the BEST PIRATE EVARRRR. Seriously, I was SO waiting for Elizabeth to kick boring Will to the curb. She should have gone with Jack.

I can't believe I thought this movie was gonna be bad. The previews/trailers were kind of misleading, though. The whole underwater walking thing looked really dumb, and the 91x radio teaser was all "THE action movie of the summer!!" If there's one thing I can't stand, it's someone screaming at me about how a movie is THE movie. Only I'M allowed to scream like that. Oh no Hannah's home and I quit her from AIM she's gonna kill me. Oh well.

Tuesday, July 01, 2003

Spinooti is TOO ENTERTAINING FOR WORDS. I guess that's why I stalk her.

Remember Mike Teevee, from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? He liked TV, and got miniaturized because he messed with a TV transporter? Well he
eerily resembles someone we all know and love.

I'm sorry, but I HAD this question, but I was too embarassed to ask Saphron. Seriously, would Voldemort know when Harry was making out with Cho?

And also, along the same lines, if I were Snape, I'd be a bit more selective about my memories. I mean, who CARES if Harry sees you getting teased...I'd want to cut out OTHER things, if you know what I mean.

Me: I would totally buy a book called "Neville Longbottom and the Sorceror's Stone"
Ian: LOL
Ian: its totally him
Me: TOTALLY
Ian: its totally neville
Me: TOTALLY NEVILLE
Me: we should make shirts
Ian: its just the sort of think JK rowling would pull on us
Ian: "NEVILLE IS THE ONE"
Ian: hell yes
Me: "TOTALLY NEVILLE"
Ian: yeah
Ian: "ITS TOTALLY NEVILLE"
Ian: start the cafepress shop!

Monday, June 30, 2003

Well, I didn't cry. If that's what you're wondering. All that issued out of me last night, as I entered the climax/frantic explanation part of book 5, were sighs of sadness and frustration. For once, I had correctly predicted the death of a character...and I didn't like the feeling. It wasn't just that I had predicted his death for the wrong reasons...it was that I'm usually never right. It was very disconcerting. As much as I may whine about how I'm confused all the time, I like being surprised. And then I read about Sirius dying, and it was happening and I couldn't do anything about it.

But I really liked this book. I got really emotionally involved, even at the slow evening pace. (basically I'd read it when I was supposed to be sleeping, every night for a week) I'd like to know someday what it's like to read it all in one night.

I realized many things as I was reading. Number one, Ron is now my favorite character. I somehow got the idea that he was going to be the one killed off, and I couldn't handle it. I was TERRIFIED. Basically, I got so upset at the thought of losing him that I now realize he is my favorite. But Neville comes in a close second...I mean, he's the almost-Harry Potter. Just think, "Neville Longbottom and the Sorceror's Stone." And Mad-Eye Moody is my favorite adult, simply because of the bowler hat.

There's been such a change between the first book and this one...the first one I can read over and over again without trouble, but I can't see myself reading book 5 again for a little bit. It just sucks you in, you know?

I think I'm in denial about Sirius. Dang, he was HOT in those illustrations. But he was just such a rebel! I was cringing whenever he said anything...but then he didn't even die because of his recklessness. Well, it sort of played a part, I guess. Why does the stupid Ministry even HAVE a Death Chamber with an Arch of Doom? Whyy? It's all their fault! Poor Phineas.

Saturday, June 28, 2003

Well, I seriously WAS gonna write yesterday, and the day before yesterday, but blogger was down or upgrading or something. So it WASN'T my fault. HA.

Hmmmm what have I done? Oh yeah, nothing. Because I'm reading Harry Potter 5. Very slowly. Yeah, I have special problems when reading books I LOVE. But Batya read it too, and she just finished yesterday, so I'm still good. Wow I love this book. So far. It depends on who gets killed off.

So basically I haven't done anything except acquire new clothes. Trelawney went OK, though I wish now I had just dressed up as a regular student...but then again, that would've been harder to pull off. I'm very excited because my mom found my (other) polka-dot dress at the thrift store for 42 dollars less than it was at Macys, and we were able to return the expensive one. A 60 dollar dress! For 18! I really like thrift stores. Oh, and Hannah also gave me THE shirt, THE shoes, and pants with cool holes in them, so I'm happy.

I did promise Saph that I would do this...well, actually I just mentioned it to her, but anyway.

The View From Page 569
1) Harry = ANGST QUEEN. Seriously, he needs to sit down and shut up. He's giving Anakin Skywalker a run for his money.
2) I love Phineas Nigellus. I don't care if he's from Slytherin.
3) Anthony Goldstein? GOLDSTEIN? Come on!
4) I hate Draco, I don't care if he's hot, which he's not. And since when was it Malfoy, Crabbe, Goyle, AND Pansy?
5) Who called it? I think -I- called it. For once, I'm right about SOMETHING. I KNEW Umbridge was the new Defense teacher.
6) Umbridge is a really great character. Well, sure, she makes me angry, but I have to applaud Ms. Rowling.
7) Sirius is starting to bug me. Argh, if he doesn't get smarter real fast, he's gonna get himself killed.
8) Cho Chang has a curly-haired friend. Go friend. Even if she is a jerk.
9) Since when does Ginny play Quidditch?
10) How does one "go out" with someone from Hogwarts? Where do you go? Hogsmeade would get a bit boring after a while, wouldn't it?
11) What happened to Fred and Angelina? I thought it was cute.
12) They kissed while she was crying? That sounds horrible to me.
13) I have a weird attraction to Justin Finch-Fletchley. I think it's just his cool name.
14) Hopefully I've scared everyone off who might be reading this stupid blog. Hooray!

Thursday, June 19, 2003

Why does everything I try to do get so complicated? Everything just becomes a huge tangled web. This doesn't seem to happen to other people.

Actually, I know the reason why. And it's all my fault. I get so upset over tiny things, but then everything falls apart right in front of me, and by then there's nothing I can do.

I hate soap operas, I hate drama, I hate angst. Why am I even writing this? This blog, for example...I'm tired of the stupid layout. But what will happen when I fix it? I'm afraid that everything will just collapse. It's amazing how things change in a couple of hours.

Wednesday, May 21, 2003

I'm resolved to write more. Yes. More.

But I really can't think of anything to say. Only that the big window near the computer is open and the breeze is coming through and it's still light even though it's 7 o'clock and I have no homework. These things make me very happy.

Saturday, May 17, 2003

So, I have been pulled into this "Super Smash Bros." tournament. Well, that is if I can sign up. But assuming I can, I've been practicing. I decided to use Samus instead of Kirby or Zelda because EVERYONE uses Kirby. Plus, ya know, girl power and all that. And Samus is really strong. I really don't expect to win, I just want to not embarass myself and Pauline. So, that means not losing right away. Like, not within 2 seconds of starting the game.

Maybe our strategy can be pretending that we suck. Then we get catch the other team off guard and smash them into oblivion. But this seems like it could backfire, seeing as I actually DO suck, and therefore would make an overall horrible performance.

But I'm happy anyway, because I got an HTML book! I know, I know, everyone else learns it themselves. But then again, most people learn it badly. Yeah. They do. Wanna bet? Run your site through the HTML validator at the W3C website. The W3C (World Wide Web Consortium), as I've learned, is what develops those wonderful standards that everyone *cough cough* abides by. Anyway. I've decided I love the W3C. I'm gonna try and do everything correctly from now on, because that way in the future maybe everyone will be able to see everyone else's websites. Actually, if you run your code through this it won't work, because you probably haven't specified the doctype or the character set in your html. Doctype is interesting. Everyone pretty much uses "transitional HTML." which means that you use a bunch of nonstandard code. And character set is easy, because if you use english you use the "Latin" character set. So if you want to run your code through it, be sure and select those on the pulldown menus. Basically, see how much your code sucks. Because, guess what? In order to comply with the standards, you have to have ALL style specifications in your stylesheet. That means ALL. That means you can't use "align" in your body at all. Nope. Haha.

Anyway, where was I? Oh. I'm really happy because I have an HTML book and I'm learning how to do everything right. Yay!