Belated; Yay, Barack Obama's the next president ( Read more... )

Letters to various Presidential Candidates for those well-versed in facetious farces:

Dear Senator Obama:

Really, I appreciate the attention.  It's flattering, it really is.  But just because I think you would be a good leader of this country doesn't mean I welcome all the late-night phone calls. You're also there so often when I turn on the ( Read more... )

The following link is to view a skit from the new episode of Saturday Night Live that was on last night.

Note: I wouldn't recommend following this link if you, too, don't have gay people in your country, but I would definitely recommend that everyone else take a few minutes to watch it.  The sound is a little badly recorded, so you can't hear all ( Read more... )

More Deathly Hallows' spoilers... *edit* Hmm, this was supposed to be short, but I went back to clarify one thing and it GREW into an essay of sorts.  So much for informal review thingy.

One thing that caught my attention early on in the book was the degree to which Voldemort might believe the pureblood propoganda that he uses to manipulate the ( Read more... )

I am going to wait to write a more detailed review of the book after I've read it for a second time, so this is going to be just a general commentary about characters or my favorite parts.  Spoiler warning (obviously).

Thoughts on HP and the DH...

Concerning Voldemort:

The way Voldemort increasingly loses his ability to think rationally as pieces of ( Read more... )

Well, I've read the book, but have no time to explain what I thought of it now.  Needless to say, it was in a general sense, amazing, though I wish the ending had given more info on the fates of certain characters.  However, I'll say more about this when I get back on Sunday.

Well, so far summer has been surprisingly eventful.  I don't particularly think I would like to live that far from civilization permanently, but camping is usually an interesting and relaxing experience.  I've gone camping and fishing since I was a little girl, and there is something appealing about surviving in the midst of nature like that and ( Read more... )

I'm going camping!  So I won't have computer access until sometime in the middle of next week, being in the middle of the wilderness and all.  Have a good father's day, everyone!

OK, my friend just showed me this on the Leaky Cauldron.  It's the picture on the cover of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, deluxe edition.  Not that I'm getting the deluxe edition, because who wants to pay sixty some dollars for a book when you can pay 18?

But it's a really cool picture nonetheless, and it brings to mind the question...Are ( Read more... )

Hello!  I am not diseased, nor have I joined the bleeding choir invisible.  Yay me!  *Thank you Monty Python*

No, I've just been not as involved in the lj community in the past few months, mostly due to the hectic state of my life at the moment.  I've also become a little involved in the KOTOR (Knights of the Old Republic) fandom, which is ironic ( Read more... )