books are yummy

I've been having the weirdest dreams lately. 

Um, winter break is really stressful, so today I'm going to talk about the things I like most - BOOKS! :) 

Before I start talking about my favorite books, I am going to say a few quick words about a book that I'm a bit sick of at the moment. Uncle Tom's Cabin. It does not please Virgil. It's funny how I haven't even read it.

Out of context I guess that might sound racist, but you have no idea how much I hate Uncle Tom's Cabin at the moment. I can't escape from it. It's taking over my life. Anyway, onto better books... 

Right now I'm reader a book called The Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. Holy snapples this book is amazing. I am quite picky about historical fiction, mind you, so the fact that I love this book so much is a testament to how brilliantly well-written it is. It helps that it takes place among the clansmen of 18th-century Scotland and the not-so-rising of Bonnie Prince Charlie, because well, I love those guys. And it's cool how there are scenes at places like Fort William where I've actually been (whoa!) and I can picture the landscape. 

Anyway, let's talk about the actual plot. It's really more of a romance between the main character, Claire Randall, and a super-hot ginger (aren't they all?) named Jamie. But she's from the 20th century and he's from the 18th's century, and even though she's in love with him she also has a husband named Frank who hasn't been born yet. It's complicated. There are other problems, like the fact that she's English (a bloody Sassenach!) and he's a Highlander, and the fact that he's an outlaw, and the fact that his enemy is Frank's ancestor who looks just like him which is weird... I won't give too much away, but there are a ton of crazy plot twists one of which involves a witch trial, and it feels like I've read a whole saga even though I'm only about 2/3 through the first book in a series of like six or seven. I'll have to restrain myself from spoiling everything that's happened so far, because you all have to read it for yourselves, especially xiy.

[Ye be warned of extremely graphic violence & sex. Just sayin'.] 

Another book which I'd like to talk about: THE FAULT IN OUR STARS!! So we all know how some of the pre-orders accidentally got leaked by Barnes & Noble - fortunately I wasn't one of the lucky few, because I wouldn't have been able to resist the urge - but excepting the leak, TFIOS COMES OUT IN TWO WEEKS!! I'm more than a little excited. John Green is my most favorite author ever, and The Fault in Our Stars just seems like it's going to be amazing. Paper Towns and An Abundance of Katherines are definitely both in my top ten or fifteen favorite books of all time, and Looking for Alaska ranks in at number one. Also SINCE I PRE-ORDERED MY COPY IT'LL BE SIGNED BY J-SCRIBBLE HIMSELF!!!! Hooray :) 

There are other book-related things going on in my life... like the fact that in my driver's ed class there's a group of kids from a different high school who all sit together, and they totally correspond to Harry, Ron, Hermione, Neville, and Seamus (there was another awkward guy who tagged along with them today and we decided that he must be Cedric Diggory. Kill the spare!). Anyways, basically I can't look over at them without laughing and they don't understand why. 


Oh, and I got a book for Christmas from my parents called The Adventure of English and it's pretty awesome. I've started reading it, and it's really cool - obviously it's about the evolution of modern English, which might be a pretty dry topic no matter how interesting, but the author really makes it adventure-y. It's like, battle of the languages in the British Isles. Pretty dramatic stuff.

I was going to talk about The Hunger Games and Caleb's Crossing but I said that I would go work on NHD at 2. See ya'll. 

<3
Virgil 

 

GLEE! & some Harry Potter geekiness

So Glee starts tonight, hooray!! I want to get some substantial flute-practicing in before 8:00 (it's 7:15 right now) so this is going to be brief. Be grateful that I remembered this time!! 

So earlier I was doing tonight's Bio notes (actually I was doing last night's Bio notes, but I plan to do tonight's notes later!!) and I decided that it would be a brilliant idea to listen to Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, because it relates to Potions Class which relates to chemistry, which is related to biology. It totally enriched my experience, and I remembered for the billionth time that I keep meaning to Google the lyrics of "In Noctem" (one of the tracks from the album that has indiscernible words). 

OH YES I WAS RIGHT, IT'S LATIN WOOHOO!!! 

Let's have some translating fun (my favorite pastime!) 

In Noctem

Carry my soul into the night

May the stars guide my way

I glory in the sight,

As darkness takes the day. 

Ferte in noctem animam* meam

Illustre stellae viam meam. 

Aspectu illo glorior

Dum capit nox diem. 

Cantate vitae canticum
Sine dolore actae
Dicite eis quos amabam
Me nunquam obliturum

Sing a song, a song of life
Lived without regret
Tell the ones, the ones I loved
I never will forget,

Never will forget.

 Okay, so the English verses and the Latin verses are exactly the same, so no translating for me. Actually the second to last line of English is never given, and I think the last line is supposed to be "Never will forget me" but I guess that didn't fit or whatever. 

 [Danger: here be spoilers!]

I think it's interesting that this song is associated with Dumbledore's death (it's featured shortly before he dies, and maybe also while he's giving a speech at one point. I haven't actually seen the movie in a while) because it doesn't really fit to his character. I wonder why Steve Kloves (yes - Nicholas Hooper did the music, but I just looked it up and Kloves, the screenwriter, did the words) would write lyrics like "sing a song, a song of life, lived without regret." I feel like Dumbledore's life was filled with the most regret out of any character in the series, save for maybe Severus Snape. Is it just because he didn't know that yet? I don't know. Either way, it's beautiful, and the Latin lyrics give it a sort of feel that I associate with traditional church music - it's chilling. It's such a contrast to the freaky digitized voices in the track "The Drink of Despair" (are they supposed to be saying anything?). 

Okay, I'm done being geeky. I hope your mind* was sufficiently entertained by this post.  

Love,

Virgil 

*I always remember the difference between anima, soul, and animus, mind, because I just think of EZ and House: EZ is the masculine word and he's super-smart; House is the feminine word and she doesn't have a soul.  

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 2 Review - Part 3 (& other things)

Okay, so this is Part 3 of my Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 review. I started this a month ago... let's see if I can finish it tonight!

I left off at "lightning has struck, I repeat, lightning has struck!" 

Now I shall move on to one of my least favorite moments of the movie, but that's okay because right after that is one of my most favorite moments. The least favorite moment is when Ginny walks in and just kind of gawks at Harry, like, "HUH? WHA?" She should have been ecstatic to see him, the love of her life who's been on-the-run-and-possibly-dead for the last eight months. She should throw her arms around him or something. Ron's comment about how she doesn't even say hello to her brother is funny, and then Seamus saying "she only want Harry" was also funny, I guess... but the whole moment was quite awkward, and I feel like the humor was unnecessary in a time that's obviously a transition into the more dangerous-and-serious part of the movie. 
Also, in this whole scene, there's a random ginger standing next to Cho Chang who looks like she could be like ten years old. What is she doing in Dumbledore's Army?

After that awkward Room of Requirement thing comes one of the best scenes ever, in any movie, EVER - when Snape calls the students together and asks about Harry Potter's whereabouts, and then Harry just pops out from the crowd and is like, "uh, you've got a security problem." AND THEN the Order of the Phoenix shows up and the crowd goes wild! Snape and McGonagall's duel, although short, was nothing less than truly epic. I don't remember if I've said this before, but Alan Rickman and Maggie Smith basically showed up everyone else in terms of acting.   

I was disappointed that all of Slytherin House was escorted to the dungeons, rather than given the choice to fight or go home. I also don't like how they didn't evacuate the underage students - in the book, McGonagall's first priority is to keep the students safe and under control, but in the movie the battle just sort of starts and then everyone in Hogwarts is running every which way with no apparent purpose other than to emphasize the hysteria. 

THEY SKIPPED THE SCENE IN RAVENCLAW TOWER. I understand that it was for time's sake, and that the scene is quite pointless in the book because all Harry does is find out what the diadem looks like, but still. I WANTED TO SEE RAVENCLAW TOWER. Oh, well. Maybe that's a good thing, because now the image of the Tower that I have in my mind can remain untainted by the influence of film. 

Helena Ravenclaw was SO CREEPY. In that one part when she get's all mad, "HE DEFILED IT WITH DARK MAGIC!!" her eyes get all bulgy and weird, and that was probably the scariest part of the film for me, no joke. I was sad that they cut out the random back story about Helena and the Bloody Baron, but I guess it doesn't actually matter to the plot. Going on simultaneously with this scene - the protection of Hogwarts is truly awesome. That magical shield that the Order & teachers built - it was so well-done! (Although, I must say, it looked better in 2D. The 3D made it a bit cheesy.)

[All these comments about the battle might be a bit out-of-order. It all happened so fast!!]

Around this time, there's a shot of Fred and George talking. "You alright, Fred?" 
OH MY GODRIC. This is the part when I started bawling, and I didn't stop until a few days later. 

Also, McGonagall activating the suits of armor was pretty BA. I'm not sure if "I've always wanted to use that spell" was really needed, but I can't help but love anything that comes out of her mouth. Neville on the bridge... ah, I love Neville so much. It was so cool how they were able to blow it up. 

The Room of Hidden Things was well-done. The Fiendfyre looked really cool (again, the 3D did NOT live up to expectations, but I liked it in 2D) although I'm not sure why they felt the need to stab the diadem with the basilisk fang, when the Horcrux got destroyed by the magical fire anyways. Oh wait, THAT REMINDS ME. I skipped a VERY IMPORTANT PART. 

Ron & Hermione 4 evahhhhhh!! ohmygoodness the kiss was perfect. I never ship Ron or Hermione with anyone else because they're both so perfect for each other! (On a side note, I actually did once read a fanfic when Harry and Hermione hooked up, but it was okay because Ron was dead.) I loved it when Ron told Hermione to kill the cup, and she was like I can't do it, and then he just looked her in the eye with such complete trust and told her that she could. Ahhh what a moment. <3 They just make me so happy! There were actually quite a few other R/H moments in this movie that I left out - for example, when they're trying to figure out where Harry went on the Marauder's Map and Ron points out that Hermione once told him that the Room of Requirement doesn't show up on the map, and she was like, "Yeah... I did!" like she was surprised that he remembers what she says. It's because, of course, he savors each word that comes from her lips and stores it up in his heart because he's so in love and OHMYGOSHIHAVETOMOVEON.

Voldemort creeped me out during the final battle. It kept switching back to him, and as the battle progressed, you could sense him getting more and more anxious as well as angry. I love it when he just randomly kills someone. So perfect. This movie really captures his psychotic-ness. 

Another great Voldemort moment was when he's talking to Lucius and he asks, "How do you live with yourself?" and Lucius says, "I don't know." It's a very touching moment between two very evil people. Lucius is so torn between his loyalty to his family and his loyalty to the Dark Lord, and Voldemort knows this, and even HE is disgusted by Lucius's inability to choose a side and stick with it. But then Voldemort tells him to bring Severus, and I start crying so hard that I can't even watch. 

The Trio's journey from the castle to the boathouse is almost surreal. They somehow get past all of these duels going on at once (I feel like in real life it would be likely that at least one of them would get hit with a spell) and they see dead?Lavender about to get eaten by Fenrir Greyback, and Hermione defends her, which I think was very honorable, because of course she despises Lavender. So yeah - there's like five whole minutes of them running through the battle, past spiders and trolls and various people. This bit is a bit fuzzy in my mind because I was so freakin' emotional. NO SNAPE DON'T NOOO!! (A note about the boathouse: I was okay with the change-of-scenery from where it took place in the book. The Shrieking Shack is ugly. Now my favorite character can die in a beautiful place.) 
 
I'm too tired to fully express my feelings about Snape's death scene. I'm afraid it'll have to wait until Part Four of my review, coming next week! I guess I won't be getting through the whole movie tonight... but I'll try to finish it next time! 

--

In other news, marching band has started, and House and I are in the same squad again yayy!! Except this time, I am the squad leader, so I get to boss her around. It's loads of fun. Also, Momo's sister is a field commander, which is quite exciting. 

School starts in less than a week. It's hard to soak in when all that's going through your mind is "SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER" (part of our opener this year). Sigh. I really, really hope that I have classes with the other Curly Fries. If I don't, I will be very sad indeed. 


It's crazy that we're sophomores now. It's even crazier that the sophomores are now juniors, and the juniors are now seniors, and the seniors are going off to college. EVERYONE NEEDS TO STOP GETTING OLDER, I CAN'T HANDLE IT. Like xiy, who just had a birthday. IT'S NOT OKAY. (Just kidding. I love birthdays! Did you see the banner I put up? Major artistic talent right thur.)

That's all, folks.

Love,
Virgil

Keep Calm and FIND THE QUILL

Hello.

Today is July 31st, which is a day to be celebrated across the world! First of all, it's my boyfriend's birthday (happy birthday!). Second of all, it's J. K. Rowling's birthday (!!!). Third of all, it's Harry Potter's birthday (zomg). AND today was the first of seven days on which clues [that can lead no-lifer nerds users to access Pottermore early] are released! Zomg so many exciting things!!!

I spent the past week waking up obscenely early, slaving away from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm, which means this week I'll be waking up obscenely early,  slaving away from 9:00 am to 11:00 am, which means this is the week before tryouts! Ahhh! (My personal favorite portion of tryout day is when we're told to run laps around the field infinitely until the coach tells us to stop. As we're dying running, the coach will blow a whistle periodically, signaling to us to start [and then stop] sprinting.)

So, yeah. Besides soccer and muddling through summer homework and Tumblr, I haven't been up to much. Just sorta melting away in the heat. (I got a very pretty watch today, which I'm quite happy about. It's shiny; I think Lynda would definitely approve. [It also didn't cost very much, which she would also defo approve of ^.^])

*sighs* and now it is my bedtime. Have a good week, guys.

With all due respect,
House.

Hiiii. I like Harry Potter. And getting no sleep.

Hi!
Sooo... Um, today I'm having a HP movie marathon (of only movies 2, 4, and 6) with one of my non-6LCF friends. It is much fun. ^.^ We started out with Avatar actually, and then we're gonna watch what we have of HP tonight. I am quite excited. Then tomorrow, we're going to see the 2nd part of HP7. :D 

Guess who's working off of 5 1/2 hours of sleep!!!!!! :D Definitely not Carrie. *Looks around guiltily.* I am soooo fidgety right now it's ridiculous. I cannot type for my life. *dies of hyperness* 

OMG IM SO HYPERERRRRERERERERERRRR!!! XD Yeah, never have 6 hour phone conversations. :P It does not always lead to enough sleep. -.- 

Okay. well, Imma go and post this on my actual blog (www.youmeandtheentireuniverse.blogspot.com) and go take a walk. 

GAAAAAHHHHHH HYYYPERRRRR NESSSSSSJFKAHRBAIB HILFGVB! (handspasm.nbd) 

DFTBA!♥ 

Smiles, hugs, and lots of love,
Carrie

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 2 Review - Part 2

This post is a continuation of last week's post. If you didn't read it, please go here.

SO. I saw the film for a third time since I wrote Part One (the people running the mission trip decided to give us a break from the boiling hot sun & hard labor & sweat, so they took us to the only movie theater in the county where the water bottles cost like seven dollars) and this time it was in 3D.

Now, I should start off by saying that I don't like 3D movies in general. The 3D-ness always seems to pull me away from the movie itself, because there are certain bits that are more noticeably 3D than others. This was exactly the problem that I had with the 3D version of Harry Potter - it just takes away from the *escaping* aspect of watching the movie. There were also green-screen effect bits that seemed to be much more obvious because of the way the 3D had been shot. Also, those glasses are annoying, especially when you have to put them over actual glasses. 

Overall, the 3D was pretty well-done, but I liked the 2D version better.

Moving on with the actual review.... I left off in Gringotts. The escape scene was cool (great music!) and I loved the shots of the expressions on the goblins' faces as the dragon crashed straight through the lobby. The thing with the chandelier shaking right before all hell breaks loose - what a classic Harry Potter scene! That scene gets an A+ :)


The flash-vision Voldemort/Horcruxes bit while Harry was in the water - that was nice put together. It gave all of the necessary information without over-explaining things. It was weird how after they jumped in the water and swam to shore, they felt the need to walk all the way up the hill before they started changing clothes. That whole scene was so awkward! Shirtless!Rupert was a nice treat, but he and Dan spent ages struggling with those sweaters, and it was awkward how Hermione didn't put on dry clothes. I realize that nudity isn't allowed in PG-13 movies, but she could have at least put on a dry jumper or something. OR they could have just used that Air-dry charm that Dumbledore does to dry off Harry's clothes in the sixth book.  










The Caterwauling Charm when they Apparate into Hogsmeade was well-done. I liked the way Aberforth was first introduced - you could hardly see him there in the doorway - and then you find out who he is, and he goes into his "don't trust Albus" rant. It kind of bothered me how resiliently trustful of Dumbledore Harry seemed throughout both movies. He has serious doubt in the book, but I guess they just didn't have time to insert the entire subplot into the movie. Still, there was a short time on July 21, 2007 when I think every Harry Potter fan doubted his or her own trust in Albus Dumbledore, and that feeling just wasn't replicated on screen.

They didn't go into as much detail with the Dumbledores' story as I would have liked, but Ariana's portrait was nicely done. Then... NEVILLE LONGBOTTOM! This is the part when the movie starts being amazing: the moment Matthew Lewis walks on screen. HE'S MY HERO. I love how he leads them up to the Room of Requirement, says a little something, and then just steps aside with a smug look on his face to reveal Harry Potter. Lightning has struck! I repeat, lightning has struck! That line made me laugh.


I'm SO SORRY I couldn't finish this review in two parts, because I have to hop on a plane soon. This will automatically post tomorrow, and then I'm not sure if I'll be able to write a post next week, but I'll definitely finish my review when I get back. 


Love,
Virgil

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 2 Review - Part 1

I didn't have time to write a full review, so I'm splitting it into parts. 

;) 

I'm going to talk about the soundtrack first, since I listened to it before seeing the film (it was released two days previously).

It was phenomenal. I was a bit worried because Desplat's score for Pt. 1 received merely an Exceeds Expectations from me, but this score was much better. Naturally, it's tough to fill the shoes of great wizards like John Williams, Patrick Doyle, and Nicholas Hooper. There were quite a few parts of the movie that were completely silent, and I think they were well-chosen, although I wish there had been some music during the conversion with Ollivander, because the absence of any music at all made it seem rather dry to those of us who already know the information.

More specifically - I think that Desplat's strong suite is in huge, epic battle-songs rather than the subtle romantic stuff of Hooper fame. Tracks like "Dragon Flight" and "Broomsticks and Fire" and "Showdown" were much more musically impressive than the slow background music during less violent scenes. I didn’t like the over-usage of that female vocalist – the theme with that vocal at the beginning (“Lily’s Theme”) was really good for a start, and I understand that he wanted to re-introduce it when Sev/Lily cropped up, but I just don’t like solo vocals in movie scores.

The music in the Epilogue was its only redeeming factor. I think they took it straight from the John Williams score of the first movie. What a great way to bring the series full circle.

The opening shots were good choices. A quick recap of the last scene from Part 1, but not too long as to seem like a “What you missed in the last episode of Harry Potter!” type feel. Then Snape’s regime at Hogwarts, then Dobby’s grave, and Shell Cottage! Already, the pace is going well. I was disappointed when a couple key scenes from Shell Cottage were left out, most importantly Dobby’s funeral, which was implied to have already happened seeing as the gravestone was already carved. The other scene that I wished were there, even though I understand why they saw fit to cut it, was the announcement of Teddy Lupin’s birth. I just wanted to see the look on Harry’s face when Lupin tells him that he’s the godfather.

Ollivander and Griphook were both good. They changed the things that Ollivander knew (in the book, he doesn’t know what the Deathly Hallows are, only the Elder Wand) but that wasn’t a big deal because the Hallows needed to be re-explained for those annoying people who don’t read the books. Warwick Davis was an excellent Griphook, just like before.

The moment when Hermione holds up Bellatrix’s hair and says “positive” – that really got to me. Remember that shot in Part 1 when the hair fell upon her freshly-carved arm? Then, of course, Helena Bonham Carter did a fantastic job showing Hermione’s mannerisms. The awkward high-heels walk was a nice touch. The dialogue when Travers points out that Bellatrix’s wand was stolen – it isn’t there. I think we’re meant to assume that the whispering goblins also knew this.

The idea of “the wandless” – beggars roaming the streets, no longer accepted in society – was completely glossed over! I think that part was very important in the book, because it showed how terrible Voldemort’s bigotry really was, and it reinforced a belief in why they should be fighting against him. The line that should have been in the film: “How did it offend you?” – spoken by Travers in the chapter “Gringotts” – because he’s referring to an injured beggar as “it.” 

The way they shot the Gringotts lobby at first kind of made me seasick, and the lighting made it all seem a bit surreal. Either I’m going crazy, or it looked different from the Gringotts in the first film. But then the roller-coaster cart ride was epic, epic filming and epic music, and the way they did the Thief’s Downfall was just how I had imagined it in the book! Oh, and that poor, poor dragon. The paleness and the scars and the chains and those wretched clankers! It was all illustrated so tragically.

And then the scene inside the vault – it was all quite good; although I don’t think they portrayed that the multiplying treasure was also scorching hot! Maybe they decided that the Golden Trio wouldn’t look attractive enough for battle when they were all covered in burns. 

Now I'm off to Harlan! I'll set this to post itself on Tuesday. See ya! 

<3

Virgil

Hi!

Lolololol. Almost picked the wrong font color. :P Silly Carrie! ^.^ 

IT'S SATURDAY! :D 

Guess what I did today? I helped with a campaign for the upcoming presidential election! It was fun! (kind of...) I didn't really do anything, but it was still nice. I met a lot of people, and in case you were wondering it is for the Obama campaign. It's amazing to see how dedicated people will be when they want change. I'm not a real political person, but the experience of working with the campaign was cool. I really was only there because my mother is a dedicated volunteer. I think the only real work I did was decorate a window and eat cupcakes. :3 teehee. And then Eggr stopped by since he lives right near the campaign office, and this is the last time I'll see him for a week. But I'm pretty sure I'll survive. ^.^ 

If you cannot tell, I am in a pretty cheerful mood right now, even though I'm incredibly sleep deprived. 

Soooo... How was Harry Potter? I haven't seen it yet. Don't spoil the ending. >:( Carrie will be upset with you. I want it to be a supwise! :D I realized that there's a reason I've only seen the movies and have not yet read the books; it's because I have such a small attention span. I could begin reading the book, put it down for a little while, and not pick it up for a whole nother month. The movies are a lot easier for me to follow and concentrate on. Plus, the information given in the HP movies isn't too much different from the book so I'm not missing too much. :) 

I think I'm gonna go edit pictures and take a nap. 
BYE!
DFTBA! ♥

Smiles, hugs, and lots of love, 
Carrie

IT'S NOT OVER YET (various musings on Harry Potter, and how July 15 is not the end)

Hi there. I'm actually starting this post tonight (Thursday night), because tomorrow is HOLY CRAP JULY 15 and I don't know if I'll actually have time to write out the post then, what with volunteering at the botanical garden all morning and then being stranded at my dad's work with no proper computer/Internet and then going to see HPDH part II (!!!) later in the evening and stuff.

But anyway. The subject of my post today is that, despite all of Virgil's doubts, Harry Potter will never have an ending. Just because the movies are finished does not mean that we should be all moaning over the loss of the franchise entire, because that will never happen.

There will continue to be fanfiction and fanart and new fans and whatever the heck Pottermore is and the theme park and eight-movie all-nighter Harry Potter marathons and countless re-readings and fan conventions and merchandise and witty quotes and, seriously, the list could go on for ages.

It's not like the ending of the movies is going to change anything. Harry Potter was a huge part of people's childhoods, but why can't it be part of adulthood too? It's not like the memories are all suddenly going to vanish. And you really can't stay innocent if you've stuck with Harry for all seven books and all seven-so-far movies from the beginning to the nineteen-years-later end. Just because you can't go see another midnight premiere doesn't mean that everything's suddenly fallen to pieces. You don't have to curl up in a corner and cry your eyes out, Virgil.

Anyway, just think of all the new fans to come. They're not going to let Harry Potter end. The Lord of the Rings movies were over and done with years ago, but there's still plenty of fans out there who'll keep reading the books and introducing hapless victims new people into the fandom. It's the same thing with good old HP, except on an approximately 1000000000x larger scale.

We'll be alright, I'll bet. The future with no more movies really isn't so bleak after all, is it? I should hope not.

But it's not like you're not allowed to be excited for the movies or anything. Squee away, please.

(And guess what? I will be seeing HPDH part II in approximately two hours as of right now. YES.)

So look alive, and don't forget
that's it's not over,
It's not over;
No, it's not over yet!

♥

It all ends here.

I can't describe this feeling right now.

It's like... this is something that I've been anticipating for ages, but now it's finally here. You know how there are some things that seem so indefinitely far into the future that it's like they're not even real?

"Someday I'll go to college."

"Someday I'll be a published author."

"Someday I'll have children."

It was always that sort of thing for me. "Someday, there will be no more new Harry Potter movies. The last one will come out, and we'll all have to make the decision whether or not we should move on with our lives." I knew this to be a fact, but I never actually accepted that it was true in the real-life sort of sense.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 2 will be released to the public within a matter of hours. (At the moment, 56 hours.) It's not "someday." It's the day after tomorrow. And... I just don't know what to say. 

One half of me is really excited to see this film. It's going to be an epic movie, and I have confidence that it will do justice to the book, although of course nothing can truly match the book's impact on my imagination and emotions. I look forward to seeing these scenes - scenes that previously existed only on paper and in the minds of millions - come to life on a screen.

But the other half of me wants to curl up in a corner and cry, just refuse to see it altogether, because it's the last one and seeing it would be like an irreversible milestone that I just can't hurdle. Of course, there are rereads and there are re-viewings, but there's nothing like reading a Harry Potter book for the first time or seeing a Harry Potter movie for the first time at a midnight premiere.

I kind of hope that they decide to remake the movies in 50 years with a different set of actors. I wonder what that would be like. 


The soundtrack to Part 2 came out yesterday, and I've already listened to it twice. I'll post a full review of the soundtrack along with my review of the movie (which may or may not appear next Tuesday... I'll be out of town, so it's possible that it'll have to wait another week) but let me just say that I was not disappointed. Nothing beats John Williams, but Desplat did a solid good job, and I think it's a lot better than the score for Part One, which was just okay.



So I suppose I could freak out in all-caps right now, and that would seem appropriate, but I feel like the time for that has passed. This is a solemn ending to the series that changed my life. Although the franchise lives on, this really feels like the end. Four years ago, in July 07, we could at least say "well at least we have the rest of the movies to look forward to." Now what do we have? The promise of Pottermore? Visits to the Wizarding World? More fanfiction? Periodic fan conventions that will continue for decades to come? It's just not the same. 


I must go work on my re-read of Deathly Hallows. I've read it maybe 6 or 7 times, but I want to be able to accurately point out every single difference between the book and the movie. It's my job. 
Ta-ta! 


Mischief managed,
 Virgil

DON'T TALK TO ME. I'M NOT EMOTIONALLY STABLE.

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS AHHH

I'm just trying to prepare myself. I mean, in the basic sense of the word, I'm prepared. I got my ticket, I got a ride, I got a T-shirt that says "IT ALL ENDS HERE." 

BUT I'M JUST NOT EMOTIONALLY PREPARED FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. 

I was going to just end the post here, but I decided to do one of these 30-day Harry Potter challenges... except I plan to do this whole thing right now. Here it goes!!

Note: I didn't write these questions, I found them on the internet. 

Day 1: Your fave book.

That's really, really hard. I think I'll have to say the seventh book, just because all of the awesome plot intricacies come together in a way that blows my mind. But to be honest, I could make an argument for any of the books and why they're each my favorite. I just love them all so much :'(

Day 2: Your fave movie.

That's difficult too. For my favorite in terms of how good the movie itself is on its own, I would have to say Prisoner of Azkaban. However, if I'm judging in terms of how good the adaptation was, definitely DH pt 1. And of course, overall most-awesome-movie-ever, Deathly Hallows Part 2. I don't care that it hasn't come out yet... IT'S MY FAVORITE. 

Day 3: Is there any of the films adaptations that have made you angry because they’ve ignored important parts of the book.

The fifth and sixth one both left out a ton of important plot details (even though I must say that the large injection of humor into Film 6 was very entertaining). There are two specific scenes that bother me the most - Snape's Worst Memory (it was in there, but only like five seconds. I think there's a full version on the deleted scenes, but still) and the omission of Kreacher's Tale - which was the only thing that I hated about DH pt. 1 with the exception of the Harmony dance scene. 

Day 4: Least fave female character and why.

Least favorite in terms of dislike? Dolores Umbridge, of course. I want to strangle her. However, she IS very well characterized for her purpose, and in that sense, she is not my least favorite.
Least favorite in terms of the characterization? Ginny, definitely. She's got a huge role in the plot, and yet she's given absolutely no depth of character in my opinion. 

Day 5: Fave male character and why.

Severus Snape!!! :) He's my hero. His story just breaks my heart. :'(

I also really love Neville. <3 If I had to marry one of the characters from Harry Potter, I would choose him. 

Day 6: What house would you want to be in.
"Would you want to be in"? Uhh, this isn't hypothetical at all. I AM A RAVENCLAW!!

Day 7: Fave female character and why.
Difficult. Probably Luna Lovegood. I feel like I can really relate to her. But I also love Tonks, and McGonagall is a beast, and of course Mollywobbles Weasley, "Not my daughter, you [w]itch!" ;)

Day 8: What do you think would be your fave lesson.
This one is easy - Ancient Runes! I love Latin and Ancient Greek, so Runes would be my favorite lesson at Hogwarts.

Day 9: Least fave male character.
Peter Pettigrew really pisses me off because he's such a coward. Also, I can't stand Lockhart.
That Potter boy gets on my nerves too.
Day 10: Horcruxes or Hallows.
Badly-worded question. Which would I rather possess? Hallows, of course. Which should Harry have been focusing on during the seventh book? Probably Horcruxes.

Day 11: What character would you say you are most like.
I don't know. I feel like I'm a cross between Luna and Hermione (even though JKR herself describes Luna as the anti-Hermione) because I'm very book!smart (depends on who you ask, though) and sometimes a bit harsh on people of lower intelligence - but I'm also quite strange, I don't really give a crap about conforming to what people think I should act/look like, and I'm sometimes socially awkward unless I'm around people who I know really well.

Day 12: Fave ship.
I really love Sev/Lily, even though it wasn't meant to be. Also Harry/Luna is really fun to write.
As for canon ships, I'd have to say Ron/Hermione. Oh, come on. They're meant for each other.

Day 13: Least fave movie.
Order of the Phoenix.

Day 14: Team Voldermort or Team Harry.
Hey that's funny, you spelled Voldemort wrong just like on our Latin Club T-shirts.
Um... Team Harry. As much as I like the idea of being a Death Eater and getting that sweet tat, Voldemort's ideals are, quite frankly, really bigoted. Muggle-borns should be allowed the same rights as any other wizards, and I would never support a dictatorship in which Ron and Hermione cannot legally get married. Team Harry is the obvious Good Side.

Day 15: Who would be your best friends at hogwarts. (three only)
Probably some random "Ravenclaw girls" who aren't even important enough in the books to get names. Perhaps one of them would be Luna.

Day 16: Fave professor
McGonagall, of course. She's such a beast. And by beast, I mean kitty cat!

Day 17: Are you excited about The Deathly Hallows movie or scared it won’t do the book justice.
I'm excited - I genuinely think it'll be really good and do the book justice. I'm just scared that I won't be able to hold myself together and end up leaving the theater in an ambulance.

Day 18: Least fave book.
Not a fair question. No, I have no least favorite.

Day 19: Do you prefer the books or films.
Books, duh.

Day 20: If you had to meet one member of the cast, who would it be.
Does J.K. Rowling count as a member of the cast??
Hmmm.... probably Rupert Grint. <3

Day 21: Out of all the characters that died, if you could bring one back, who would it be.
DOBBY!!!!

Day 22: Harry Potter or Twilight
**chokes** wait, what?!? Who wrote this thing?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Day 23: Any part of the books/movies that makes you cry.
In the books, I cried when Dumbledore dies and when Dobby dies and also at the end of Deathly Hallows, just because it was over. In the movies, all those parts plus when Cedric dies - it's more emotional in the film adaption, I think.

Day 24: Any particular scene you wished would have been put in the movie but it wasn’t.
Oh, I think I already said that. Snape's Worst Memory and Kreacher's Tale.

Day 25: Nineteen years later. Are you happy how it turned out, or do you wish something was different, ie Neville married Luna.
Uh... I don't know. I kind of wish it had been presented in a different way. And I also kind of wanted Harry to die at the end of the battle. The epilogue was okay. Meh.

Day 26: If you could be able to work one spell without a wand what would it be.
Reparo! Now that would make my life easier.

Day 27: Would you rather own The Invisibility Cloak, The Resurrection Stone or The Elder Wand.
Probably the Cloak. It's the most useful - plus, it's doesn't give you grief and people don't try to kill you for it. Those are nice bonuses.

Day 28: Do you listen to Wrock, what do you think about it.
I listen to a bit of Wrock, but of course - as with any genre - it depends on the artist. I really like The Butterbeer Experience and The Ministry of Magic.

Day 29: Did you enjoy A Very Potter Musical.
YESYESYESYESYESYES!!! It's even better than the WB films!! :)

Day 30: What affect has Harry Potter made on your life and how much does it mean to you.
Oh god.
*starts to sob* 
Harry Potter saved my life, let's just leave it at that.


The sun is like BLAZING at me through the window right now. I've got to get off of the computer.
This exercise has been so emotionally draining. Please leave a comment if you want to discuss any of the questions.

Ta-ta for now & DFTBA

Virgil

Oh, hai dere.

So, uh, it's Saturday.

I wasn't quite sure when else I would be able to post today, since I guess I'm gonna be out all day, so I decided to post right now! :D

Um, I guess my aunt is gonna pick me up later so I can go hang with at her house with my cousins? It should be fun. They have a pool and puppies. :) and if it's still today when I get back, I'll definitely update this post with what I actually did. ^_^

Btw, ummmm... Carrie has decided to take the initiative and write her own blog! :D
(yeah, no idea how this is gonna turn out whatsoever... but we shall soon find out!)

sooo... HP DH PT.2. 12 days, eh? who's excited?

k. bye.
DFTBA!♥

Smiles, hugs, and lots of love,
Carrie

Addition: Okay, so I saw Super 8. and just a heads-up: Carrie. strongly dislikes. Science fiction movies. She dislikes the trailers even more. It was a good movie nonetheless, it just scared the crap outta me!!!!!!! D:
Extra addition: THE HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HOLLOWS PART 2 TRAILER IS AMAZING!!!!!  I legit almost fell out of my chair. At the trailer. Just imagine the movie.... oh, my cheez-its.
Extra Extra addition: New blog is up and running. :) Go check it out. http://www.youmeandtheentireuniverse.blogspot.com/ woot. woot.

Book Tuesday!!!! (I'm Old Gregg!!!)

<< VERY IMPORTANT UPDATE THAT ALSO INVOLVES BOOKS!!! 
JOHN GREEN HAS ANNOUNCED THE TITLE OF HIS NEW NOVEL, "THE FAULT IN OUR STARS"!!!! 
AND HE'S SIGNING ALL OF THE PREORDER COPIES!!! 
I MADE A COVER AND POSTED IT IN YOUR PANTS, HERE IT IS:

 THAT IS ALL. CONTINUE READING THE POST AS USUAL.

Today, I am going to talk about books. But before I do that, I have to get something off my chest. 

16 DAYS UNTIL HARRY POTTER
**HYPERVENTILATES**
OH MY ROWLING
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN
HARRY POTTER SHALL NEVER ENDDD
**dies**

Okay, okay. I'll try to breathe normally. But while I'm on the topic of OMG HARRY POTTER, I'm going to talk about Pottermore. OH WAIT. There isn't anything to talk about because nobody has any idea what Pottermore is!! Grrr >.< That announcement video was so vague. She just went up and was like, "This is going to be a brand-new online experience internet thingy that has something to do with the eBooks and you're all going to love it and OMG LOOK THERE'S AN OWL GO FOLLOW IT!!!" I'm not saying that I'm not excited to find out more, because I'm really pumped for whatever Jo is throwing at us. I'm just annoyed because the way it's presented, it makes it look like the whole thing is explained, when really it just raises more questions about what this thing really is. 
I just hope it doesn't cost money. 

Go watch Alex Day's video "What the f-ck is Pottermore?" on YouTube. He agrees with me. 

Okay, now I'll move onto the actual post. First things first: theme song time!! 
La la la la, la la la la, Virgil's world! La la la la, la la la la, Virgil's world! Virgil loves Reading Camp, and APUSH too! That's Virgil's worrrllddd!!! 


I have a lot to talk about, but all of the various subjects are related because they all involve BOOKS!! 


NUMBER ONE:
I am reading A LOT of books right now. I don't even know how this happened. I'll list them in no particular order:
Shipbreaker Paolo Bacigalupi - okay, I actually just finished this one the other day, so it's not really current. It was recommended by Hank Green in a video a few months ago and I just got around to reading it. A bit more YA-ish than I normally prefer, but it was really good and had some really interesting world-building. 
The Moses Quest by Will Adams - really good so far, but I've just started it, so I haven't formed an opinion yet. 
Academ's Fury by Jim Butcher - The second book in a series called "The Codex Alera." JIMBUTCHERJIMBUTCHERJIMBUTCHER AHHHHHH
Thirteen Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson - I've never read any of her stuff before, so I found this and started it, but then I kind of put it down and didn't pick it up again. But I'm still technically in the middle of reading it, and I still plan on finishing it. Eventually. 
The Aeneid by Me - just rereading my own work. You know how it is. Always room for improvement!
Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose - it's just so totally awesome that she's a writer and her last name is "Prose." That just blows my mind. 
I Am America (And So Can You) by Stephen Colbert - I love this guy. He's hilarious. And totally not a liberal... ;)
The American Pageant - lol no comment. I finished the first chapter today!! 

NUMBER TWO:
Reading Camp was amazing!!! My kids were great, and they all improved so much! It's awesome to see how much of a difference a little bit of one-on-one attention can do for a kid's reading skills, and also just overall confidence. They all grew so much over the course of one week, and I am so proud. It was really hard work, and I got no sleep at all, and one of my campers wet the bed and I had to do the laundry which was NOT FUN, and I got eaten alive by mosquitoes, but everything was worth it. I also bonded with the other counselors. We had a blast during our time off (which was like 9:30 pm onwards every night) and we spent the wee hours of the morning watching YouTube videos, eating junk food, giving each other straddle-massages (because any sense of decency disappears when you're at camp), attempting to free-draw maps of Africa, and playing Connect Four.

I love Reading Camp. :)  


Have any of you seen the YouTube video called Old Gregg? Don't look it up. This is a cult that you DON'T want to be in. 
At first I thought it was a sea anemone... the second half of this quote isn't appropriate for the 6LCF blog

NOO DON'T GO LOOK IT UP ON YOUTUBE IT'LL SCAR YOU FOR LIFE I SWEAR!!! 
do it.
NUMBER THREE:
I swear I had a number three, but now I've forgotten what it was.

Okay, that is all. 

Best wishes!
Virgil 

so you're all going to laugh at me, but. . .

(This is only one of xiy's numerous strange and not-exactly-a-fear-but-holy-crap-it-made-sleeping-difficult childhood terrors.)

And also: PLEASE DO NOT READ UNLESS YOU HAVE READ HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS. I IMAGINE THAT MOST OF YOU READING THIS EITHER HAVE ALREADY READ THE BOOK OR OTHERWISE DO NOT CARE, BUT I GUESS A SPOILER WARNING IS NECESSARY?

When I was a smallish child, I was scared of a lot of things, and all these things could best be termed as "unknown things lurking in the dark." When I was a smallish child, I also enjoyed reading voraciously, since I had no other social life outside of perhaps school.

Thus, I read the first HP book in second grade (which seems relatively late compared to most of you) and it wasn't so terribly awful, though the whole Forbidden Forest thing creeped me out to no end afterward. And then I got it into my head to read the Chamber of Secrets, which turned out to be a very bad idea.

GAHHH.

Because, you see, in that book, there is a) mysterious almost-murder, b) snakes, c) loads of mysterious "KILL THEM ALL RAWR" messages, d) blood, e) tramps through the Forbidden Forest (and it wasn't so much Aragog that scared me as just the freakin' creepiness of a dark forest in the middle of the night), f) a BASILISK, g) scary possessing Horcrux-diaries; and apparently that was a bit too much for my eight-year-old brain to handle.

I started out innocently enough:

"Is a book? Ooh, book! I will read the book!"

 And, really, I didn't mind the mysterious creepiness of the book so much until our dear protagonist(s) were treated to Riddle's creepy Horcrux-diary and then Hermione was all, "OMG BASILISK." Because then there was the whole "her skeleton will lie in the Chamber forever" that scared me so badly (and it still is vaguely unsettling now, even when I know the ending), and let me tell you that the whole Moaning Myrtle revelation (I don't know why; it was just creepy) and also Harry entering the Chamber was possibly the scariest thing I had read in my short and tender life up until that point.

Yeah, that was kind of my reaction.

 And then, if that weren't bad enough, the basilisk coming out of Slytherin's mouth and Tom Riddle being all, "YARR* I BE VOLDEMORT MWAHAHAHA" scared me in that sort of morbid way that made me want to keep reading on. So this was kind of how the whole process went:

>.< (The basilisk was fun to draw, though.)

And then I basically spent the next few nights in mortal terror of giant, slithery, blood-crazed Slytherinian (is that the adjective form of 'Slytherin'?) monsters coming out through my walls to kill me.

Yeah. asjhasdfjkgdfashdf

 Because it's not like I'm afraid of snakes, even. I think what scared me is just the fact that there could be one lurking somewhere in the darkness, wanting to kill itself some little girl. :|

(Oh, and for some reason I ended up watching the movie not too soon after, I think. The horror of it is too great to be retold [and anyway, it was pretty much like the book experience but TEN TIMES WORSE.])

Now you can all point and laugh at the silly girl who was turned off of Harry Potter for years afterward because of the second book. (I would like to say here that the second book is still by far the creepiest for me, and I really don't know why.) Point and laugh.

xiy 

*For some reason, I gave him a pirate voice. I do not know why.

my witty-title-generator just broke.

Hey. o/

Today is Friday the thirteenth. zomg.

So the reason why I'm posting so much later than I usually do is because today I went to buy a T-shirt for art class; we're doing silkscreening and I'm planning to make myself a DFTBA shirt. It's pretty awesome. I'm excited. :D

And then, after I got home from my little shopping excursion, I made myself a very (very, very) late dinner, which I'm eating as I speak. At the risk of sounding cliche, it is fried rice (lol point and stare at the stereotypical Chinese girl lol), but it's actual legit just-made fried rice with carrot and shrimp in it, as opposed to the soggy crap that looks like oatmeal-mixed-with-frozen-vegetables that the school cafeteria thinks is "Asian."

It is, in fact, the only dish involving heat and a stove and actual vegetables and cutting boards that I know how to make. So I guess my chances of starving in the future are slightly lowered.

That's it, I think.

Sorry for the short post

I'll leave you with a nice HP drawing:

HE'S IN A RAGE, GUYS. THIS IS THE MADDEST HE'S EVER BEEN.
And I know the shadows look like terrible. I know. >.<'

Cheers,
xiy

The First Frappuccino of the Year

Today is possibly the most auspicious day of 2011, because today was the day I got my first frappuccino of the year. This is a very important milestone, because it means that the weather has at last gotten warm enough that I can get an iced drink at Starbucks instead of a hot drink. Up until now, every Starbucks drink I have purchased in the year 2011 has been a hot cafe mocha. Today I got a mocha frappuccino. 

Really, the only difference is the ice, (being in my drink rather than on the ground) but the symbolic difference is really part of what makes this time of year amazing. It's WARM outside. I can look out the window and see blue sky. People around here say that they would like to live and Florida where it's blue sky nearly all the time, but I think people in Florida don't appreciate it as much. When the sun comes out after winter here, everybody rejoices. Because the cold of the winter is bearable, but the fact that the sky is gray for the whole entire season really gets me down. And now SPRING HAS SPRUNG!!!!

I also went to Bruegger's today, but we get the same bagels every week no matter what season it is. 

This weekend is a Harry Potter weekend on ABC family, so that's why I'm in such a good mood. There was an extra-special preview for Deathly Hallows part 2 yesterday AHHH I'M SO PUMPED! I'm actually counting down the days until I get my braces off, but once that's done I'll start counting down until Harry Potter. 

I'm wearing a Ravenclaw shirt today. XD

One more week until spring break!!!! By the way, I probably won't be able to post next Saturday because I'll be at an Episcopal thing called Happening (it's a really exciting one-in-a-lifetime thing) where I will sadly not have access to the internet. I might think to write something up earlier in the week and set it to post automatically on Saturday, but knowing me I'll probably forget, so just letting you know. I'll be busy doing Jesus-y stuff. Hooray!!

I don't really have anything else to say, and I have a ton of stuff to do, so farewell!!! :)

Virgil

I Didn't Forget a Title

Can you believe that theme week is already over? This week has gone by quite fast and now it's Saturday again and my day to post. Today's post comes to in approximately 158 parts. Why are we wasting time? Let's get started!

Cue the theme music: la la la la, la la la la, Virgils's world!!! Virgil loves Harry Potter and Herman too!! That's Virgil's worlld!

Part 1: Harry Potter

OMG I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!!! Only 146 days until HP7 Part 2!!!!! Aaaaagh!!!!! The pain is unbearable!!!! I don't think I can last 146 days until it comes out. Thankfully I will be able to read all books through every day until then. In addition, my family has found a Harry Potter themed insane asylum for us insane fans. It is not only all Harry Potter all the time, but I'll have access to the magical world of Harry Potter in Florida 24/7/365. Aren't you guys pumped?!

Part 2: Latin

Latin Convention is this Friday!! House, Momo, and I will all be attending this magical event starting this Friday. I probably will not be able to post (House?) but I think you all will be able to survive. I am sooooo pumped!!!!! I've only made 52 projects, but I will be done the last twelve by Thursday. I love Latin so much. In fact, I love it so much that I will post Lorem ipsum for you all to decipher (and because this parodier does not have enough knowledge in Latin to say anything else).

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc molestie, sapien in accumsan placerat, nulla ligula molestie odio, non porttitor ligula massa nec libero. Mauris scelerisque, erat quis facilisis porta, dui ligula ultricies est, elementum porttitor dolor mauris eu eros. Duis sollicitudin metus quis libero malesuada elementum. Curabitur sed risus turpis. Nam tempus nulla sed nibh dignissim venenatis. In sed tristique diam. Nullam pretium fermentum lectus. Cras bibendum molestie leo, vel bibendum nunc adipiscing a. Quisque tempor, lorem laoreet pellentesque tempor, tellus orci egestas metus, vel cursus enim mi vel mi. Praesent ac diam leo. Curabitur pulvinar fringilla venenatis.

Part 3: Miscellaneous Things

I was recently accepted to this music group that is really legit and intense. I am so excited!! Music is one of my favorite hobbies. It's one of my best talents, including science, math, writing, tennis, Latin, history, and basically anything else that you can think of. I also really enjoy Fanfiction (ZOMG! I LOVE FANFICTION!), being at church, my boyfriend, The Poof that is no longer <3, and YouTube videos. In fact, I've been watching YouTube for the past 4 and a half hours and got distracted from my post. Oops!

Apparently, the other parts of my post were deleted, but now it's late so I won't rewrite the masterpieces that you all know I have created. Enjoy the next six hours of your day!

Virgil

Virgil's new favorite animal & the use of Latin in daily life

SHABBAT SHALOM, EVERYBODY!!!

La la la la, la la la la, Virgil's world! La la la la, la la la la, Virgil's world! Virgil loves her dragons, and Latin too! That's Virgil's worrrlldd!!!!

Okay, I have three things to cover in today's post. Here's Thing 1 and Thing 2:

Just kidding. That's not what I'm talking about today. But look - aren't they adorable?

Okay, here's the second (third?) thing I'd like to discuss.

This is not just any dinosaur, my friends. This is a reconstructed skeleton of the dracorex hogwartsia, my new favorite animal. 

According to Wikipedia (and of course, everything on Wikipedia is 100% true):

Dracorex is a dinosaur genus of the family Pachycephalosauridae , from the Late Cretaceous of North America. The type (and only) species is Dracorex hogwartsia, meaning "dragon king of Hogwarts."

Get the reference? You're a winner.

It's just the most epic thing I've ever seen. 

OK so earlier today I was at a bat mitzvah, and we were talking about teachers' tenures.
Someone said, "I don't get what 'tenure' means. Why is it called tenure? What does it come from, Greek?"
Me: "It probably comes from the Latin teneo, to hold."
Person: "That can't be right. Why's the 'u' in there, then?"
Me: "Maybe it's derived from the third principal part, tenui."
Person: "Oh. I guess that makes sense."

LATIN WIN!! We're going to beast at the Certamen invitational tomorrow.
:) 

Byeeeee!!!!!
Virgil

The Post of "So" (In which I type a lot of so's)

So...it's 2:10pm, and a Thursday-which is why I'm posting. So, erm. I have nothing to say, really...I dunno...what should I write about? So...ah...fanfiction? Sure. So, erm, I've been reading a ton of fanfiction lately...and now I'm obsessed with Harry Potter fanfiction about Sirius&OC...they're quite fun to read. I like the Marauders era...so funny and carefree...ehm. So my mom's watching something...er...it's about these people, in the country...with pigs...funny. Sooooo...Uhm, I have nothing to say. I don't particularly want to go to school. It's fun being able to sleep in and just lounge around all day. Sssso, ummm...I had crew today. It was tiring. I don't like qberts...they're boring. I don't like ab workouts in general. They make me feel so inadequate. Sooooo...that's pretty much all. Have a great rest of the day!

Luv, Lynda

P.S. I forgot to mention homework...yeah. I finished my science homework. Yay. Uhhhh...bye now.

heyheyheyy!

Hello there! 

And today marks the first day of TURKEY DAY BREAK! Which means that we do not return to school for 5 more days! :D 

side-note from reality: Okay, seriously? Does it take a big deal to ask someone if their laundry is ready? Geez, I KNOW when I put it in. >.< Yeah, thought so...

^Lawlz. That's what she said.^_^

I'mmmmm hungry. And I wanna watch a movie. OMG! So today would've been the day that I went to go see HP7 but instead I went... 4 days ago. And it was FRICKIN' AMAZING! I had to keep reminding myself that there was a part 2 because I was anticipating the end so badly.  OMG I CAN'T WAIT FOR PART TWOOOOO!!!!

Ugh, this computer is obnoxious and isn't letting me type. It also isn't registering whenever I hit the SHIFT button! 'Shift' + 'a' = a. NO! I want an uppercase letter. It's the beginning of a sentence! Grammar, people, please! *rant, mumble* 

I want some noms. Noms would be very nice right now. But I'm a bit too lazy to go make some food, and I'm not sure what exactly we have to make. Ew. And I have to print out some school related stuff before I forget. 

Guess who's birthday is coming up? [MOMO'S!] And guess who's prof. pic gave away the banner. My bad, guys, really. I just couldn't resist. And she would've seen it sooner or later anyways, right?

Yeah, so, that's about it. 
Tschau! (< way of saying good-bye in German. Pronounced like 'ciao')

DFTBA!♥

Smiles, hugs, and lots of love, 
Carrie