Harry Potter, you rotter

One would hope that I add something to the world- be it good, bad, or indifferent- Me

I hope that this post won't spoil anyone still seeing the HP movie, and I'll do my best not to give away any of the important movie tid-bits, though I assume that everyone will have read the books by now...

I was disappointed. And that might be an understatement. WARNING- Negative commentary coming up...

I thought it was slow. I thought it bordered on boring. Each time something exciting should have happened, it just hit a tiny high then immediately dropped back to the ground. I didn't even mind getting up to go to the bathroom.

I went to the movie this morning with some work colleagues. What a great idea, team bonding over Harry Potter and lunch. Let me tell you how much I needed the happiness boost, especially since things here at work are precarious.

Anyways, I just thought they cut things in a really interesting way. They took out portions that I didn't understand, they excluded people and information that I was annoyed by. Every time they've done a movie, except maybe the first movie, I've thought they left out important information. Though it seems to be working for them, I wonder how the information they left out will continue to effect things.

Don't get me wrong, I agree that the cast was cohesive. I agree that the emotional roller coaster and the first love nonsense was interesting, but it wasn't enough to make me love the movie.

On another note, I can't make a decision. Unfortunately I really can't divulge what I can't make a decision about, but I can say that it's one of the biggest decisions I'll make. And once I make it, it won't be very easy to take back...

This weekend we'll be seeing Faith Hill at the Hollywood Bowl. I can't wait. I'll also be going down to Comic-Con next weekend. If you'll be around, give me a cellphone call.


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Tricky times, personal and otherwise

One would hope that I add something to the world- be it good, bad, or indifferent- Me

I'm not really sure where to start. I have a LOT to say about myself, about what happened this weekend, about politics and my thoughts on the war. Where to start...

Most importantly, I think, is the hurt I happened to spread this weekend. I forced people who haven't spoken to me in a long time to rekindle emotions and thoughts about our relationships. I forced myself to take a long, hard and depressing look into my life and the relationships I've forged. Why, you might ask... because I had to. Because someone, a brilliant someone who can see deeper into my soul and my person than I ever thought possible/would ever be possible for me to do myself, brought to my attention that 1+2 did not =3 in my case...

I tore through my past, through the pain I have felt and the pain I have caused others, and came out on the other end with a very painful solution. A thought that I wasn't going to share, yet again, felt compelled to share. And not only did it not provide anything positive for the other person, it was mean and unkind and horrible. I wish that I could have seen through my pain, and into the pain I would have been causing. It's just so incredible, to understand how clearly someone can see right through me. And how my thoughts could be so muffled, and how I couldn't understand my own process. And how I have ended up back in the same corner I was last time... having brought someone down a scary path, and lost them along the way.

This isn't about them, it's about me... but I'm dreadfully sorry.

Additionally, I was just mean this weekend. A friend was sick and couldn't hang out with me, and I was angry at them. I'm not exactly sure why... but I was. I called up to apologize later, but there wasn't any reason for me to be rude. I just can't seem to figure out where I should be these days.

I think I need to take some time out. Try to limit myself to activities for myself, and around myself...

I watched Stop-loss this weekend. If you haven't seen this movie, you should. Especially if you are actively involved in thinking about how the war is affecting America. I won't give it away, but I loved the way she used live film footage, took action shots and really made me feel like I was there. She didn't ignore the sad moments, but at the same time, she didn't ignore the honor and the desire of the soldiers.

I think the war is a horrible thing, but I also think that it's exceptionally complicated. It's so multi-faceted that it can't easily be explained by either side, without some sort of ignorance or pushing of an agenda. The movie seemed to be fairly unbiased. It presented the horrors of Stop-Loss and the horrors of being a soldier; but at the same time, it seemed to be impressively able to explore and develop real people in these situations.

I wish that I was more politically minded, and I know that those of you who are will be saddened by my process, but I support my country and for me, that support means supporting the soldiers in the war.

I also went to the Art Walk at the Brewery this weekend. I bought a really cute piece, a little expensive, but I was quite smitten by it. It was a great time, with a great date.

I spent an obseen amount of money at Macy's. My way of getting out my horrible emotions for the weekend. SO much for saving for a trip.




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Harry Potter!

This is less of a Tip, and more of a commentary:

Harry Potter:

1. I think that Snape is good. Contrary to the popular opinion... I think he did what he did because Dumbledore wouldn't have wanted Draco to kill him.

2. I really do think that Dumbledore will come back. There was something about a Phoenix flying out of the ashes during Dumbledore's funeral.

3. I want Harry and Ginny to get married. I think they are cute together, and totally going to workout for the better.

4. I want Harry to go back to Hogwarts. I think he needs to finish school, I think there are people around him at Hogwarts who can help him with the Horcruxes.

5. I'm not sure whether it's Sirius's brother who got the Horcrux. Perhaps there is some other person that we've forgotten about, or that we didn't pay attention to.

Here's the question that I want to know: Do you think that the locket Horcrux is actually destroyed? Put in your responses!

Harry Potter Movie

I've Seen the new Harry Potter movie! You may be saying to yourself right now, "I thought that wasn't coming out until July" and you would be right! But I have cool friends, who also think that I'm cool, and they TOOK ME TO SEE IT!

Okay- here are my thoughts:

Relationship to book: I felt like they left out a lot less that was really important in this movie. There were a few things, the Quibbler, the swamp, some fight scenes, but overall, everything felt right.

Movie itself: Some interesting cinematography. I was pleased with the pace of the movie. It didn't all feel like one day- it felt like things really happened. A good director really made the thing come alive. I liked that I really thought that the characters were older, wiser, and ready to take some new steps. Though they did manage to make me dislike pink a little bit :-/


Overall: A. Yup, just an A. A lot of the scariness of the movie has totally left. I wanted to be much more frightened of Voldemort than I was....

Europe

So many of my friends have gone to Europe. I'm suprised. I wish that any of them had been close enough friends that I could have tagged along.

I'm excited about this trip- I'm excited about all the possibilities. If I'm honest with myself- I'm also a little terrified. That's normal...right?

I'm anxious to learn all those things I'm going to learn about myself by being alone. Wow- I think I'm already starting to put to many expectations on this whole thing. WOOT!

On a totally other note- I'm off to see the new Harry Potter movie! TONIGHT! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!