Link had from my dear ataniell93: J.K. Rowling says Dumbledore was gay. That's nice. D'you think you might've actually put that somewhere in one of the books, Jo?
This is bothering me more, the more I think about it, actually.
First of all, I'm not a big fan of divining authorial intent by anything more than the marks they made on paper-if they meant to ( Read more... )

Nicked from surakofb5: 150 Things I Am Not Allowed To Do At Hogwarts. Numbers 31, 101 and 107 I have found may cause the ejection of potables at velocity. XD

In re: Deathly Hallows -- stretches of the old brilliance. A few unbearable bits. Really, neither more nor less than I expected. For the most part, a rollicking, breezy read. Solid B to B+ that could've been an A had she not had to deal with all the nonsense she set up for herself in HBP. Assloads better than HBP--but it could hardly not be.

( And now, the very spoilery bits. No clicky if no want spoily. )

Order of the Phoenix acted out by one girl. Not responsible for damage to keyboards and monitors due to high-velocity expulsion of potables. Pointed out by sailormac, who found it somewhere else, who I suppose found it themselves or somewhere else. (o/` Oh, I got it from Agnes, and she got it from Jim. We all agree it must have been Marie who gave it to ( Read more... )

Finally had my eye exam. Bifocals, as expected. I'm getting the lines, I like knowing where my focal areas are, and I've been advised by friends that the lineless ones are not good for people who tend to headaches, as I do. Black half-frames, rectangular. I tried a couple round frames and looked like a fortysomething Harry Potter... :P

I am ( Read more... )

If one more person asks me if I've gone to see Transformers yet, they're going to see a transformation more appropriate to Bruce Banner than any giant robot.
Yes, I'm an animation fan.
Yes, I like some anime.
However...
I hate giant mecha anime, with the partial exception of "Big O".
It's a Michael Bay movie. The only reason Michael Bay isn't the worst ( Read more... )

Scholastic has revealed the cover art for the last book.

Yippee.

I found it greatly ironic that the day that they announced Book Seven hits on July 21 this year, they also released a very non-Potter-y poster of Daniel Radcliffe from the production of Equus he's doing. Well, non-Potter-y in canon anyway. It's G-rated by fanfic standards. :D

And to make matters weirder... is it me, or is Radcliffe beginning to ( Read more... )

I have already become rather fond of ataniell93's usage of $DECEMBERHOLIDAY to denote whatever folks are celebrating this time of year, so that will become standard in this journal, methinks.

At work. Feh. I may get deviated (sent home early); kinda hope I do, even though it means unpaid time off. cashewlou and I are expected at Mom and Dad's by four. My older ( Read more... )

Well, if you care any more, we have the final Harry Potter title. I'll get it, and read it, but Hair-Brained Plot killed my fandom. Apparently, no one at Bloomsbury is willing to say, "Okay, Jo, let's have an editor go over this..."