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Bah! I completely forgot that I wanted to start a new thing here, where I put together a little newsletter about my various fandom things. So uh, here is what I was up to in fandom during January 2013:

( Under a cut because it got longer than expected )

Wow ... that was a lot longer than I thought. I suddenly feel awesome and productive (and then I remember my original fiction and that feeling goes away =P)

Ick, I have a cold and a headache and lots to do tonight. Blah.

In better news, I finally saw Harry Potter with my parents today. It was good. I don't think it quite lived up to the Halfblood Prince movie but it also is hard to judge without seeing how they handle the end.

Also, I should get to see Part 2 at an early screening, thanks to family connections, yay! I will probably cry when it is over, which is a bit sad but hey, these kids have always been Harry, Ron, and Hermione to me and I will be sad to see it all over.

Anyway, I have a lot to get done tonight and so I shall make a list and do everything I can to get through it all because I'm a bit screwed if I don't.

- dishes
- vacuuming
- put garbage out
- make food presents
- wrap presents (at least those for parents and grandparents)
- tidy the rest of the apartment up

Could be a long night. I shouldn't have let Downton Abbey distract me so much yesterday.

I finally have finished my Harry Potter re-read. It was very fun. I have a few more observations, though the first on the list actually came from reading Wikipedia:

- the first person we see using Expelliarmus is Snape at the duelling club, which is presumably when Harry learns it.
- the Deathly Hallows plot is a bit easier to follow/understand the second time through.
- I still don't know where Harry figured out the Lily's patronus was a doe, but I suppose one can assume it from the scene with Snape.
- Hagrid mentions overhearing one of the scenes in the Prince's Tale in HBP (the one where Snape says Dumbledore is too presumptuous).
- there is some seriously dark and twisted stuff in those last books.
- Kreacher redeems all house elves by being awesome.
- there is also a lot more swearing than I realized, though most of it isn't directly stated or is in wizarding terms or cut off.
- SNAPE IS F***ING AWESOME.
- so is Lupin and this time I actually teared up a bit when he died (less distracted by Snape dying when it happened this time), I have to say I'm not sure it was worth saving Arthur if we had to lose Tonks and Lupin.
- speaking of Tonks and Lupin...that HAD to be a shotgun wedding. It's the only way that it makes sense for Lupin to have married her. Apparently there is no magical birth control. Someone should get on that.
- Neville and Luna are also awesome. So is Ginny. And the other Weasleys, despite what I just said about Arthur.
- the ending still makes me laugh.
- I really want to see the rest of the movies now (though I still don't see why they would choose the last one to make two movies out of...I think one would really be sufficient)


I think that is all.

Wait, I lied. I have an official order for favourite books now (I needed to read DH to figure out where it fit in).

The undisputed favourite, which is also one of my favourite books PERIOD, is Prisoner of Azkaban. Next is Half-Blood Prince, then Deathly Hallows, then Order of the Phoenix (see how I like all the darker, twisted stuff best XD). Then uh...Goblet of Fire, Philosopher's Stone, and Chamber of Secrets (which would actually be quite fascinating...from Ginny's POV).\

And now I'm done.

I think Elzie did something slightly like this at some point (or at least someone did!)*, and because I would like to catalogue my gaming somehow, here I go!

( Gaming and Me (aka what games I have and how far I've gotten in them) )

*A+ for clarity!

Edit: And here is a decently well related youtube video!



Edit 2: Also, on a not so well related note, I have decided to finally read Harry Potter again. Because it's been about a year since Deathly Hallows and I think it would be fun. This also means that my copies of the first two books will actually be read for the first time (I was given the box set of the first four in paperback after I had read them all).

Plus I get to read Prisoner of Azkaban again. And that makes it all worthwhile ^__________________^

So, because I was totally blanking on her last name, I ended up reading Emma Watson's page. She has some really funny quotes there, the best being

It was unbelievable seeing me as an action figure! In a few months, toddlers all around the country will be biting my head off!

Clearly I need more Harry Potter icons.

So, I have Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince. So, you ask, WHY AM I ON LIVEJOURNAL? I DON'T KNOW >:O

Himitsu has totally eaten me, I was barely able to tear myself away to go get the book. So I shall make some replies, wait around long enough to see if Kate is still online, then go read.






Vicki