Harry Potter as an anime--pretty bad idea, huh? The angst would be quadrupled, as would teh ghey. Hermione would become a busty tsundere, and all the boys would become stereotyped emo bishies. The vid linked under that cut only reinforces that. Voldemort is hot. Snape is hot. Remus and Sirius are angsty pretty-boy bishounen. Harry's wand-waving was ( Read more... )

When 90% of your driving is to and from school at 10-35mph, with a good chunk of that being spent going up and down the leves of the parking garage, your gas mileage is gonna suffer. 130 miles, and my tank's half gone, orz. For comparison, when I was commuting from home, my mileage would be at least 220mi at this point.

( fandom mutterings, here by spoilers )

Little snippets of Americana are great for curing bad moods. Like quaint little painted houses with an American flag hanging off the front porch. Or little kids selling lemonade and cookies at a street corner in your neighborhood. For just a single dollar, I got a surprisingly delicious oatmeal raisin cookie, a drink for the road, "d'awwww", and a ( Read more... )

Just got back from a dinner party with family friends. Delicious food, especially those stewed pork hocks. Damn. Afterwards, I got to spend some quality time reading random books off their bookshelf--first, some EPIC from the HP books (Cedric's death, Ministry scenes in OotP, and Snape's death. Personally, I think that "Look at me" is an absolutely ( Read more... )