FINALLY saw Deathly Hallows, Part 2I definitely need to see it again. Of all the HP films, this one had the best ratio of book content to screen time; it absolutely proves that they made the right choice dividing DH into two. With only about. . . 250 pages of content to get through?. . . it gave them just the amount of time to do this last part of ( Read more... )

Four years later. . . I evidently still get teary reading those last few pages of DH before the epilogue, with Harry talking to Dumbledore's portrait. *sigh*

It's kind of amazing to think how much has happened in those intervening four years.

*sigh*

I named the kitty Stanzi after Mozart's pet name for his wife, Constanza. It fits her well and rolls very naturally off my tongue when I'm talking to her ( Read more... )

Y'know what makes me sick about this whole government shutdown that's looming at midnight tonight? The fact that the politicians who are responsible for it will still get paid if a shutdown does occur. Military personnel who are risking their lives overseas won't get paid. Seniors won't get their social security checks. Citizens waiting for tax ( Read more... )

Come from behind victories against the Evil Empire Yankees on their home turf makes me SOOOOOOOOOOOO happy. Oh my goodness. I was jumping up and down with excitement and the Kismet (that's the dog) was jumping all over too. A million and one kinds of awesome ( Read more... )

That's right. . . I'm trying the whole Lent thing again. This time, it's a big project. I'm giving up:

• Coffee.


• Pop/soda/fizzy drinks/whatever you want to call them, except for ginger ale, which I need in case of tummy trouble.


• Sugary treats. This includes adding sugar to my oatmeal, Kashi Go Lean bars (which have added sugar), and of course ( Read more... )

All of a sudden, my phone's battery is not holding a charge. It was completely fine last week, going the regular week and a half or so before my needing to charge it. Then, I set it to charge, and ever since the dumb thing hasn't lasted a day before wearing down. Tried to open it up to disconnect and reconnect the battery, but can't get the stupid ( Read more... )

Lady in the bathroom at the gym, to me: "You must have really been working hard; you're all wet! Bless your heart."

For some reason, that amused me.

This is the one I was telling phantombluerose and kawaidesu about on Saturday:

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