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the_ragnarok) wrote2011-07-31 12:14 am
the_ragnarok) wrote2011-07-31 12:14 am
Boring RL Update, also HP7.2
Weekend was pretty awesome.
- Had my last exam on Friday - algebra, which went amazingly. Thanks go to my study buddy, who is excellent in many ways.
- Went to Tel Aviv for filksing on Friday night. Also awesome, saw a bunch of people I haven't seen in ages. Also got me thinking about parallels between my situation with the filk community and the fic community, which I may post about later under the CRAI MOAR filter. But altogether pretty awesome.
- Today, went to see HP7.2 with my darling, my mother, my brother and his wife. Lovely company, movie was cute even though I remembered NOTHING from the book. Conclusions:
* Needs Moar Neville. Amounts of Luna were satisfying, but just barely.
* The lack of focus on Harry/Ginny, both during the movie and the Epilgue, did it only good.
* I cried a little when Fred died, not least because of that interview with George's actor about his reaction in the scene. HIS BROTHER IS DEAD.
* McGonnagle/Molly Weasley. IT'S IN MY BRAIN NOW AND WILL NEVER GO AWAY. At least as a friendship thing.
* At one point my darling and I turned towards each other and simultaneously said, "Be vewy vewy quiet, we're hunting horcwuxes!" Either deranged minds think alike, or it was REALLY THAT OBVIOUS.
* That said, there is actually a word for an object containing a piece of someone's soul: Phylactery. Shame Rowling didn't play more D&D.
* Am I the only one who thought, "Hey, it's Dumbledore the White!" during Harry's near-death experience?
* About that bit - I missed the mention of Voldemort having a chance of redemption and not taking it. It's one thing I did remember because it struck a chord in me.
* But mostly, it got me craving something like the Hermione Granger series so bad. SO BAD. I love subversions, okay, IF SOMEONE DOESN'T WRITE YA FANTASY LIKE THAT I WILL. (for serious, I have one planned. It will probably suck, but I DON'T CARE STILL WANT TO WRITE IT.)
- Got back to BS and went straight to the housing protest. THE PPL WANT SOCIAL JUSTICE. So that was pretty win. (ETA: Also check outroga's picspam of the protest in Tel Aviv. The Beer Sheva demonstration is kinda small fry by comparison, but hey, at least we're moving, right?)
Now I am home and tests are done, I'm going to start working full-time until next semester starts - then hopefully my darling will get a Real Job so I can quit mine and go to being a full-time student.
I'm very conflicted about writing right now. Have a whole bunch of ideas, but uncertain where to start from. Probably I should finish my WIPs first, except that I'm kind of scared of going back to them because IT'S BEEN SO LONG. May write more about that later. BUT I AM OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS. SUGGESTIONS HELP.
- Had my last exam on Friday - algebra, which went amazingly. Thanks go to my study buddy, who is excellent in many ways.
- Went to Tel Aviv for filksing on Friday night. Also awesome, saw a bunch of people I haven't seen in ages. Also got me thinking about parallels between my situation with the filk community and the fic community, which I may post about later under the CRAI MOAR filter. But altogether pretty awesome.
- Today, went to see HP7.2 with my darling, my mother, my brother and his wife. Lovely company, movie was cute even though I remembered NOTHING from the book. Conclusions:
* Needs Moar Neville. Amounts of Luna were satisfying, but just barely.
* The lack of focus on Harry/Ginny, both during the movie and the Epilgue, did it only good.
* I cried a little when Fred died, not least because of that interview with George's actor about his reaction in the scene. HIS BROTHER IS DEAD.
* McGonnagle/Molly Weasley. IT'S IN MY BRAIN NOW AND WILL NEVER GO AWAY. At least as a friendship thing.
* At one point my darling and I turned towards each other and simultaneously said, "Be vewy vewy quiet, we're hunting horcwuxes!" Either deranged minds think alike, or it was REALLY THAT OBVIOUS.
* That said, there is actually a word for an object containing a piece of someone's soul: Phylactery. Shame Rowling didn't play more D&D.
* Am I the only one who thought, "Hey, it's Dumbledore the White!" during Harry's near-death experience?
* About that bit - I missed the mention of Voldemort having a chance of redemption and not taking it. It's one thing I did remember because it struck a chord in me.
* But mostly, it got me craving something like the Hermione Granger series so bad. SO BAD. I love subversions, okay, IF SOMEONE DOESN'T WRITE YA FANTASY LIKE THAT I WILL. (for serious, I have one planned. It will probably suck, but I DON'T CARE STILL WANT TO WRITE IT.)
- Got back to BS and went straight to the housing protest. THE PPL WANT SOCIAL JUSTICE. So that was pretty win. (ETA: Also check out
roga's picspam of the protest in Tel Aviv. The Beer Sheva demonstration is kinda small fry by comparison, but hey, at least we're moving, right?) Now I am home and tests are done, I'm going to start working full-time until next semester starts - then hopefully my darling will get a Real Job so I can quit mine and go to being a full-time student.
I'm very conflicted about writing right now. Have a whole bunch of ideas, but uncertain where to start from. Probably I should finish my WIPs first, except that I'm kind of scared of going back to them because IT'S BEEN SO LONG. May write more about that later. BUT I AM OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS. SUGGESTIONS HELP.