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Friday, August 29, 2003
Hormones Boy, the hormones are really kicking in for OOTP! Hermione, to Harry, "Let's go to your bedroom..." Ha hahaa!!! I think I'm over my "Harry is a jerk" phase now... Even though he wasn't much fun at times in OOTP. Hey I'm like that now and then! ;-0 I can understand his anger. Anyway, Harry's back to being my favorite male character in the HP series... And Hermione's way in front of all the females. I guess that's really why I tend to see them together. If I'm not in the movies, well, my two favorite characters should always be together then... I really like Emma as Hermione in the first film. Just watched it again. Maybe partly because this one's a little lighter, but I like Hermione much better in the first one overall. Hahaha, she looks so amusing in that funny hat during Dumbledore's end of year speech. Ha, Draco looks like he's going to cry in that scene, as Slytherin loses out. Can't buy that one, can he? Plus, Malfoy gets stuck with the dumbest sidekicks! You have to kind of pity the guy... I can't wait to see how the characters develop on screen, in Prisoner of Azkaban... Bacon? I don't care, I still like "Bring me my bacon, Boy!" Even if Dursley actually says, "Bring me my coffee, Boy!" Doesn't anyone else find Vernon Dursley funny? Especially in the first movie...For example, just after the snake escapes, when Mr and Mrs Dursley are coming back to where Dudley and Harry are... Vernon looks so oddly frightened. It's great! He's so *weird*... :-) Side-By-Side OOTP Last night, curious, I did a side by side comparison of a slice of Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix, Jim Dale audio version, versus the hardcover U.S. book. Comparing them in real time, it's easy to see why I usually prefer the audio version of this book. Jim Dale's dramatic interpretations are outstanding. Like his Phineas Black - just perfect. Dale's work adds a lot to the experience..... On the other hand, the actual hardcover book has advantages too. I can read a lot faster than Dale does his audio version. The audio just lopes along. Plus, it's much easier to quickly re-read or slow down and carefully read a particularly dense section of the book. Like when Dumbledore consults that device, when he is trying to find out more about Harry seeing through the eyes of the snake. I think part of the reason this seems better in the book, is the way I hear the audio. The voicings, for me, are the best part. So, I might listen a little less intently when Dale's doing the narration parts, and sometimes, miss a little something. It's less exciting to listen to, so I don't pick it up as well, unless I'm really concentrating... And I'm usually doing something else while listening to the audio version. I suppose the actual book would be better when reading outside, too - since I prefer the audio on my boom box inside, normally. I don't know what it would be like, to read the book first, then listen to the Jim Dale audio version later. I've never done that. I do read books, other ones, indoors and out. For me, Harry Potter is better in the Dale audio version though. He adds a lot to the experience. {Edit: The two versions break out black and white on two topics. Spelling, and pronunciations! When you get someone who knows what they're doing to read it to you, you can be pretty sure you then know how all the names and places and such are supposed to be pronounced. Alternatively, if you actually read the words, you'll know how to spell them! So, if you'll forgive my spelling... ;-) I still like Hermie for Hermione, if one's going to shorten her name... And, I think Thingee is a lot cooler than Thingy! :-) It all comes from my freedom from reading, the first couple times through, anyway...} Thursday, August 28, 2003
Mysterious Psyche  Hmmmm, it's funny how the psyche works. Yesterday morning early, I see a gorgeous girl here, who I don't really know (just keep noticing), who I wish I was ready for. She reminds me of a good friend. Then, instead of thinking about the girl here, I think of the friend she makes me think about, who I'm not in touch with right now. I've been wondering about my friend, and wondering about her.... Hmm, how do these things add up?! It's not all that logical! Sure wish the girl in white here was something more than a dream right now... "Weird," Harry thinks to himself. "I know she's got Ron, and they're like a couple sometimes..And she's got Krum, of course.... Still, why would she part with me?" He sleeps on it, then starts to think, "Well, I know I was angry a lot of the last year... But I had real reasons!" As if she would care about that ... "Maybe it was my behavior... Hmm, I was so busy with my own problems, maybe I didn't treat her as well as I would have liked." "Well, there are other girls... Does this really have to be an either/or sort of proposition?" The whole thing gave him a headache. What had happened to that sweet friend's heart? Had all the warmth drained out of her? Or, perhaps there was a misundertanding? He wished he really knew. It didn't feel right. Wednesday, August 27, 2003
Harry: Hi Hermione... Hermione: ----- (no answer) Harry: What, you're not talking with me any more? Harry: You've gone away from me? Why? Hermione: (silence.) Harry scratches his head.... Is this how a friendship of years ends? With silence? Months later, it still makes him crazy sometimes. He did receive an owl, but that didn't really explain the loss of their friendship. He *liked* talking with her... After what, four or five years, she simply wants to write him out (er, or NOT write him) of her life? Why? What happened to her? Something awful apparently. Or maybe it was his rotten personality? His anger? What? They can't talk about it? Wow, and they seemed so close. He really wonders - his closest girl (just a ) friend suddenly says goodbye, and doesn't even want to talk about it. Why? "I know I've behaved badly", thought Harry, "but why......." "For The Best" Sometimes, it seems like what may be "best" for one, sure doesn't feel that great. "Move on, build something more elsewhere.., it is for the best." Well it doesn't feel "best" at all sometimes! Like today. Why should a close friendship be a problem? Why turn one's back on it? Just to honor someone's wishes... I don't know. Just seems like a shrinking from life, sometimes... Shrinking back from one of the best friendships of your life? For what? Why? "It's for the best" somehow? How did *this* happen!? This day started on such a high note, and it's gone the other way ever since! My Lament  If I keep carrying on like this, I might as well rename this blog for my laments! Does it make sense to lament something or someone who may or may not exist, and who may or may not have ever been the person you thought they were? Yes. It's like a death. If she's truly dead, of course I lament her demise! I wish she were alive as before to me.... (As if Hermione were whisked off from Harry's life, now, for any reason. He would surely lament the loss of his friend. I bet he'd still be questioning it, months later, too... Where had she gone? Why? Had they not had so many good times together, had they not shared so much, had they not planned to be close long into the future? What had happened to that person he once knew? Sorrowful lament...it's only natural. What had happened to her? Had she simply given up? Had his many life's problems he faced been too much for her to bear? Did he say something he shouldn't have, about SPEW, maybe gone too far in his questioning?) A Little Christmas Just listening to my December, 2002 Christmas CDR now. I like to listen to Christmas music every now and then, when it's not Christmas.... Anyway, I was just thinking... My brother Daniel told me he liked this year's creattion a lot. But then, he's always appreciated my taste in music... I'm sure my mother thanked me for theirs, too. Still, I heard nothing from the other relatives I sent it to. Worse, the only non-relative I sent it to, either never even listened to it - or hated it so much, she stopped writing me! Strangely, she didn't even acknowlege Easter this year... I never found out why. Maybe she really hated this year's CD. And now she hates me as well. (Hmm, maybe it was the few songs about poor folks. I don't know, I just have a feeling for them. Probably a good part of why I liked certain reggae - feeling for the downtrodden.) Not that I act on those feelings all that much... just that I like the music. Oh, I love this CD.... Shame. I think we may have gotten into HP about the same time too. Why throw something into the dustbin so readily? When it could have breathed with new life this summer, perhaps. Get Ready Ha ha ahaha! I've seen a little Pig girl this morning, just drop dead beautiful, in her white pants and all white outfit, coming in the door (as she turned her back, to hit the security patch...) Kind of reminds me of a cute friend I had - only younger. Don't think she'll be here long, but she's inspired me to start a song to myself! ;-) I'm not going to post the lyrics here, but to give an idea, it's called "Matthew Get Ready," and is sung to the tune of Curtis Mayfield's People Get Ready. Tuesday, August 26, 2003
Apparently "You have no say over who comes and goes in your life." Apparently so. I watched the Pollyanna DVD last night. It was quite good, despite a hokey ending. Hayley Mills made the film... What a blazing little bright blue-eyed personality. Monday, August 25, 2003
Waste Of Time? I wonder if it's a complete waste of time, thinking what one would do, if one were to win the lottery? Or, is it useful having unrealistic fantasies like that, from time to time? Does anyone actually believe that *they* will win the lottery? Lately, if I think about it at all, I'm thinking of all the cavaets. "Hmm, who would be expecting me to give them some money, now or in the future?" "How long would I give my employer before I left?" "Would I miss my collegues at work?" "Would I want to continue living where I am at?" "How would I avoid strangers wanting some of my windfall?" "Could I avoid over spending? (as some winners do.)" It's like one of those Twilight Zones, where someone gets exactly what they want, but then they're not happy with it. However, it does seem like, if one was given greater and more certain financial security, and freedom from work stresses and time demands, perhaps then, they could work out the other areas of their life, too? I'm not exactly sure the other things would follow, but they could. Lately I've been receiving these pleas from some psychic/astrologer woman, who assures me that all my unhappiness will end, and I'll come into lots of money, if only I will fill out her form, and oh by the way, send her $30 or $40 or whatever (for starters.) Only then will she tell me exactly what to do! Yeah, right. Sunday, August 24, 2003
Get Me My Bacon, Boy! Dudley�s a dud. But Vernon is the **funniest** character in the Harry Potter series!! Dobby�s the most annoying. Ugh, stupid little freak. Ugly little computer generated non-entity. Who would want an ugly little monster like that for a house slave? Ooo yuck. I�d rather do my own chores! ;-) No, no, give me Vernon every time. "Get my bacon, boy!" Ha ha ahhaha! OK, Dobby makes no sense, too. If Dobby was really out without his "master's" permission, then how would it have spent months nearby Harry, intercepting *all* his letters? As if the Malfoys wouldn't have noticed his absence?! Or, alternatively, if Lucius sent him... So, a house elf can go anywhere, including Harry's house itself, and Hogwarts, and do whatever it wants to screw up the life of said wizard in the making... What good are the supposed protective charms on Hogwarts and Harry's summer home then? Why can't all the evil wizards, the Malfoys, Goyles, Crabbs, etc. just send their house elfs to deal with Harry, and prevent him from further thwarting their hero, Lord Thingee (a much cooler spelling than Thingy - one benefit of listening to the books, before reading them. And Hermy is really Hermie, if one must shorten her name.) Molly Weasley's certainly annoying too. Seems she's always yelling at someone about something. Settle down, woman. Useless, and Beautiful Freak What a useless waste of time! Every now and then (about once a year perhaps) I figure, �hmm, well maybe at long last, I actually have a PC virus... Hmm, don�t know how I�d have gotten it. I don�t open up suspicious things...� So, this morning, I give in and run a virus checker. Nothing, again. What a useless waste of time! (For me.) The Eels are still cool! One of the very coolest groups in my post-turntable world. I forget about them. Then, TiVo remembered to record an old appearance by them on David Letterman. Not super exciting. They�re better in the studio... The Rotten World EP is cool though. On the edge. One of the classic groups of all-time really. No need to wait 30 years to discover them. (Of course, one may simply re-discover them again in 30 years.) Wonder if I�ll have the appreciation for them in 30 years from now? I sure hope so. "You're such a beautiful freak. I wish there were more just like you. You're not like all of the others. That is why, I love you." How's this for a song title; "Room In Your Heart" - The Rosehips. Nah, I don't there there is. Not for me. |
