Ali and I saw Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince and...
WE LOVED IT!!!!!!!
Showing posts with label harry potter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label harry potter. Show all posts
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Dance Macabre
I am finally on the last few chapters of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I've been tackling it since buying it the night it came out, but have not had the time to sit down and really get through it. It's an easy read, but when it's just 15 minutes here and there, it can be tough to really make progress.
But today I actually had the time at home to sit there and read. And read I did. A couple hundred pages and I'm nearing the end too quickly. Yes! Too quickly! I don't want this to be over. Finally a book that had conquered what I dislike so much about stories-they end. This was a series that got longer and more complex as it went on and the books were never a bore for me. Even Sweet Valley University got to be a little much as they went on. Yes, we know they're identical twins with differing personalities so stop insulting our intelligence by telling us the same things over and over. And then books I love that are not a series just break mah heart. Summer Sisters, why must you end?!
I will still refrain from talking about anything specific from HP7 as many people have not yet read it, but I will say that I got to read about something that I really like:)
I guess I should go finish it...
But today I actually had the time at home to sit there and read. And read I did. A couple hundred pages and I'm nearing the end too quickly. Yes! Too quickly! I don't want this to be over. Finally a book that had conquered what I dislike so much about stories-they end. This was a series that got longer and more complex as it went on and the books were never a bore for me. Even Sweet Valley University got to be a little much as they went on. Yes, we know they're identical twins with differing personalities so stop insulting our intelligence by telling us the same things over and over. And then books I love that are not a series just break mah heart. Summer Sisters, why must you end?!
I will still refrain from talking about anything specific from HP7 as many people have not yet read it, but I will say that I got to read about something that I really like:)
I guess I should go finish it...
Monday, July 23, 2007
I Put A Spell On You
I'm on page 173. I can't turn the pages fast enough when I finally get a chance to sit down with it, but these moments seem to be few and far between. Work and sleep (the little I'm getting) are getting in the way of my Harry Potter reading.
Last night I was a dumbass and went to wikipedia to check on Hermione's birthday, not even thinking that, of course, it had been updated with Book 7 information. So I saw a spoiler, dammit! Then I emailed Anna and didn't make it clear I was not done and she accidently told me something, too. But it's okay because I think it makes for better reading for me. I would rather read with some ease and enjoy it, rather than wondering the whole time who might die.
The Midnight Madness Party at Barnes and Noble on Friday was just that...Madness! I somehow ended up as the greeter for the store and directed everyone as they came in. This was both good and bad as I was happy to show off my shirt, but can also be kind of shy when it comes to crowd control. I'm good with greeting, but telling people where to go? Awkward!
Being armed with a water gun for the evening helped. It was neverending fun to squirt people and then turn away while holding back the laughter as the unassuming victims looked all around to figure out from where the water had come. I also had fun giving the teens and kids a hard time, "So you want the dark mark painted on your face? Your bad!? That's terrible!"
It was an enjoyable evening, though, surprisingly. I was beyond exhausted by 230am when we finally clocked out, though.
Happy reading! Don't ruin it for me!
Last night I was a dumbass and went to wikipedia to check on Hermione's birthday, not even thinking that, of course, it had been updated with Book 7 information. So I saw a spoiler, dammit! Then I emailed Anna and didn't make it clear I was not done and she accidently told me something, too. But it's okay because I think it makes for better reading for me. I would rather read with some ease and enjoy it, rather than wondering the whole time who might die.
The Midnight Madness Party at Barnes and Noble on Friday was just that...Madness! I somehow ended up as the greeter for the store and directed everyone as they came in. This was both good and bad as I was happy to show off my shirt, but can also be kind of shy when it comes to crowd control. I'm good with greeting, but telling people where to go? Awkward!
Being armed with a water gun for the evening helped. It was neverending fun to squirt people and then turn away while holding back the laughter as the unassuming victims looked all around to figure out from where the water had come. I also had fun giving the teens and kids a hard time, "So you want the dark mark painted on your face? Your bad!? That's terrible!"
It was an enjoyable evening, though, surprisingly. I was beyond exhausted by 230am when we finally clocked out, though.
Happy reading! Don't ruin it for me!
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Micro Cuts
What a long day. I've been up since 430am and by the grace of iced coffee (see #2), I've been on the go since then.
1) I was on and off the phone with Kyle from Elliott in the Morning at 6am, 6:20am, 6:55am, and then 7:10am. I was prepared to state the following:
a) I have their promotional CD from 1999/2000 and I remember the day I bought it.
b) I bought Origin Of Symmetry when it was still an import.
c) I even have Hullabaloo!
d) My grandfather was a Freemason (shhhh!!!!) and I am obsessed with all things Scottish
It didn't work out, despite Brendan and I sitting in his car on our break, while Ali listened from home, but it's okay. I believe with all my being that I deserve it and it'll happen sometime. And Kyle was a total boo about it all. Good guy.
2) Sometimes I want to tap my vein and insert iced coffee that most direct way. Today, with my partner in coffee crime, I had 2.5 venti iced coffees. One at noon with lunch, one at 2 on my break, and 1/2 of the last one we ended up sharing after work while in my car.
3) I had a "Say it, bitch" moment today. This woman came in and said, "You know what I want", meaning to reserve a copy of Harry Potter. I said, "I'm going to make you say it." I thought I was being funny, but the look on her face told me otherwise so I entered her information into the computer and smiled and sent her on her unfunny way.
4) I couldn't find out if it would cost to send the phone numbers from my old phone to my new phone via bluetooth, and I am too cheap to pay Verizon to do it for me, so I just wrote down all 150+ contacts. Five pages. It was major.
5) I also had an "I own it!" moment today when this man asked for the magazine "V". There is a magazine by that name, but we don't carry it. Then he said, "David Beckham and his wife are on it this month" and despite my wanting to point out that her name is Victoria and she's hilarious, I told him that actually, they are on "W" this month. He doubted my magazine knowledge, but I schooled him and said that I get that one in the mail and had already read it. And I'm pretty sure I said, "It's totally hott."
6) Someone told me I should be a lawyer because of my ability to find a loophole in any rule. "They said no flip flops in cafe, which means we can wear flip flops out here!" I also referred to myself as the ultimate rule-bender today.
XO,
SVR
1) I was on and off the phone with Kyle from Elliott in the Morning at 6am, 6:20am, 6:55am, and then 7:10am. I was prepared to state the following:
a) I have their promotional CD from 1999/2000 and I remember the day I bought it.
b) I bought Origin Of Symmetry when it was still an import.
c) I even have Hullabaloo!
d) My grandfather was a Freemason (shhhh!!!!) and I am obsessed with all things Scottish
It didn't work out, despite Brendan and I sitting in his car on our break, while Ali listened from home, but it's okay. I believe with all my being that I deserve it and it'll happen sometime. And Kyle was a total boo about it all. Good guy.
2) Sometimes I want to tap my vein and insert iced coffee that most direct way. Today, with my partner in coffee crime, I had 2.5 venti iced coffees. One at noon with lunch, one at 2 on my break, and 1/2 of the last one we ended up sharing after work while in my car.
3) I had a "Say it, bitch" moment today. This woman came in and said, "You know what I want", meaning to reserve a copy of Harry Potter. I said, "I'm going to make you say it." I thought I was being funny, but the look on her face told me otherwise so I entered her information into the computer and smiled and sent her on her unfunny way.
4) I couldn't find out if it would cost to send the phone numbers from my old phone to my new phone via bluetooth, and I am too cheap to pay Verizon to do it for me, so I just wrote down all 150+ contacts. Five pages. It was major.
5) I also had an "I own it!" moment today when this man asked for the magazine "V". There is a magazine by that name, but we don't carry it. Then he said, "David Beckham and his wife are on it this month" and despite my wanting to point out that her name is Victoria and she's hilarious, I told him that actually, they are on "W" this month. He doubted my magazine knowledge, but I schooled him and said that I get that one in the mail and had already read it. And I'm pretty sure I said, "It's totally hott."
6) Someone told me I should be a lawyer because of my ability to find a loophole in any rule. "They said no flip flops in cafe, which means we can wear flip flops out here!" I also referred to myself as the ultimate rule-bender today.
XO,
SVR
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