Went to see HP 7.2 this evening. Two thumbs up. Extra points for starting with the final shot from HP 7.1 - I was saying on the way into the theatre that I remembered the *exact* end point, because it was a bloody brilliant way to cut it, but had forgotten the context, ha. So I was hoping for a re-play of that scene to supply the context and lo and ( Read more... )

General stuff that I've been looking at/thinking about recently.

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In a 'discussion' about FaceBook on Twitter, Kyle Cook of matchbox twenty commented: "But I don't necessarily want to make small talk with random folks from my past ( Read more... )

I've been home for about fifteen minutes, after being out more than twelve hours, holy shit. Went to see Half Blood Prince in the late afternoon, which was very good. Went for a couple of drinks afterwards. Ran into some of K's friends at that pub; they and she talked me into accompanying them to a different pub for 'one more drink'. Heh. Met some ( Read more... )

Never did end up napping so I'll probably be cutting out soon and going to bed ridiculously early. Didn't end up accomplishing much, either, lol. I did finish a piece of original flash fiction though, which I've put up here. It's in need of a better title but that one will do for now. Suggestions for a proper title - or about anything else; I'm ( Read more... )

It is an entirely unpleasant day outside. The torrential downpour seems to have finally quit but the 80 km/h winds are still very much present and it's just grey and dark. I'd considered curling up on the couch with a book for the afternoon but my couch is currently occupied by the four-footer, who is a giant suck and has one throw underneath and ( Read more... )

Actually, Mr. Rogers has always, always creeped me out. *laughs* But it IS a beautiful day: sunny, fluffy white clouds, light breeze, warm but not stifling. Ahhhhh this is my kind of summer day. :D ( Read more... )

Hanging out in Chapters last night was fun, btw. We ended up in the middle of children's books in the line - the 5-8 yo section - and proceeded to read to each other and play with the Gund display. There was a really pretty stuffed beaver that turned out to be a hand puppet and we completely cracked up like the twelve-year-olds we are. :D And there ( Read more... )

Clearly this will be a jumble, because my version of meta always IS, and it will be spoilerish if you have not read Deathly Hallows, particularly as I'm going to start at the end. Any further opinions, etc. of mine will likely be confined to hpbook7thoughts; this is just my initial brain dump and I wanted it in my own LJ, so don't worry for your friendspage if ( Read more... )

I'm a bit out of practice but apparently I *can* still read a hundred pages an hour. Woo! *laughs* It is, once again, exorbitantly crappy out so I have zero intentions of attempting to go to a parade and outdoor concert in this disgustingness. That does, however, mean that it's dark-ish even in daylight, and now that I've been up for 25 hours in a ( Read more... )

Argh I'm having some ant issues. My guess is that they've scurried inside because the back lawn was cut the day before yesterday and their hills were disturbed. *scowls* Time to make the rounds with the boiling water again, I guess. It's so weird that I saw a few last night and a few tonight, but nothing in the morning. Maybe they can smell the ( Read more... )