Now, this is not to point out that some names have cool little double meanings, like Sirius is the Dog Star, or Remus is the name of one of the legendary founders of Rome, who happen to have been raised by wolves. No, this is about a much smaller point about names in Harry Potter. Simply put, what's with all the alliteration ( Read more... )

This weekend I saw the Hollywood movie "The Day After Tomorrow" (I should probably look for the site, but am feeling to lazy to do so). It was not a great movie, but it was entertaining. I know for a fact that there is very little scientific theory behind it, but it is a nice thought to believe that people will take this movie seriously enough to ( Read more... )

I have been in a meme mood it seems. :)

Here is the book meme that has been going around, I have seen it on at least eight or nine journals, though I snatched this copy from eumenides1. ( Read more... )

Oh, I love memes. And this one especially calls to me, since it deals with randomness in writing, sort of, and some of my favorite poetry has been written in this way. So here is the five books off your shelf meme. Done three times, because I had way too much fun with it. Though I think the first turned out best. Also, the last is done with ( Read more... )

For the last week I have had as a highlight of my day this robin with her nest. I often looked for this mama bird, and saw the pale blue eggs- and then they hatched! I went over and whistled to a small brown pile and three yellow beaks were raised asking for food- I kept going over even though I knew I should not. This afternoon I went eagerly ( Read more... )

After a rather long slow week, I have come to the conclusion that I have watched entirely too many movies in too short a time. Yes. I have seen the following movies in the past couple of days. That I remember, anyway....

House of Sand and Fog: I rented it because it had got so many recommendations for the acting... and indeed, they were true ( Read more... )

There is always a brief sense of total disorientation in the trip from being at the university and returning home. Also, a bit of sadness as I get much less internet time, and what I do get is with very, very slow dial up. :( Oh, well. I can still go on, and that is the important thing, really ( Read more... )

It is a bad idea to take a final half-asleep, I think. Especially since I can only remember it like yesterday's dream. Damn. I hope that I did not write anything stupid on this exam... other instances of me half-asleep have led to me confusing names (never my strongpoint in the best states of alertness), mispelling names (there are actually ( Read more... )

Lately, I have been reading too much chan, smut, incest, femmeslash, and lucius/severus- all good things, I know. ;)

Pedigree by crimsonclad
PG
A fic featuring Tom and Ginny. And pink dresses, stolen underwear, and gentle treatment of a prisoner. Made me smile.

When Daddy's Away, Pet Will Play by ficbymarksMarge/Petunia, NC-17 ( Read more... )

I have decided to start linking some fics that I like as I read them, for my benefit if no one ever looks at this journal, or if you are actually looking, these can be taken as recs. :-)

Rather than begin searching through my favorite stories, I am going to start by stories that I have read in the last couple of days that I liked.

Aristeia by eumenides1 ( Read more... )