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So I'm in the process of making my journal friends only, including past entries. If you want to read, become my friend :) Just letting everybody know in case someone isn't on my flist but wants to continue to read my journal.

UPDATE: Have to add something HP related here... Hm. Anybody have a sugar quill in Orlando?? They apparently turn your mouth all inky! Awesome :)

Well, I'm finally back from Edinburgh where I spent the last (absolutely fantastic) week. I saw Wild Target, ate twice at the cafe where Harry Potter began, RANDOMLY ran into my favourite musician at an art college, and drank some of the best mocha I've ever had. I watched the UK's version of reality TV during the few short dark hours of the night, got to wear light sweaters in the evenings, got an ice cream from a van that could have been Rupert's only it was white, and ate quiche after quiche after quiche...

That all sounds just grand, and yeah, I'm so glad I went. It was amazing, I want to move there, everyone was so lovely, the weather was brilliant...

However...

I get back home and what do I discover...

While I've been off enjoying a milder climate and smiling as Rupert Grint and Martin Freeman show up on the cinema screen simultaneously...

...Orlando has been kicking everything else's ass! Come on, guys!

Rupert Grint and Daniel Radcliffe enjoyed some Butterbeer in Harry Potter land.
Rupert and Oliver Phelps sang karaoke.
All sorts of news items, interviews and pictures surfaced online.

The only comfort I can take in all of this is from this image:

Imagine sweating to death...

...and from the fact that I made it back in time for the unveiling of the new trailer on Monday.

So, did anyone go to the Grand Opening??

So yeah, continuing my tradition of creating, in 10 minutes or less, a desktop background for any new trailer or teaser released, here you have my newest one for the MTV aired trailer...

...delayed because I was actually too busy at work for once to do this and my computer at home is not very accepting of the idea to include Photoshop in its list of things it can handle.



I decided not to put the black bars between the vertical lines this time. I think it turned out alright like that... and once again, under 10 minutes of production time went into this. It's really just so I can look at screenshots all day...

:)

So I may not be back on here until Monday. I have a busy filming weekend scheduled and a fantastic concert to go to tonight!

...then on Tuesday I leave the country for a week!!! So I'll be a flaky poster until the 23rd or so :(

I figured I'd leave you all for the weekend with another musical post, inspired by HP, stream of consciousness thoughts:

Let's kick it off with one of my favourite songs:



Well, the first thing that came to mind was that bit in Deathly Hallows where Ron wants Hermione to stay back at Grimmauld Place (so she'll be safe) while he and Harry go to the Ministry. It's such a sweet scene :) So that leads to... Ron feeling nervous about Hermione being out with them and in danger. Sometimes he forgets how much danger they are really facing, but then he thinks about it and realizes that anything could happen at any time. They aren't invincible even though they have put up all their shields and protections, even though they haven't been attacked yet. They never really know what might happen... and so he can't let his guard down anymore... just in case she needs him.

In another way, this is sort of like the 'wall' they have both put up around their hearts against how they feel. But now Ron wants to break through it, letting the 'danger' in, even though it's easier to remain guarded and not let anything in... because in the end, if he opens up to her, he's vulnerable not just to good things but the bad ones as well... rejection, heartbreak, etc.



They're all heading straight for the end of their mission, moving on and on... there are those who they can trust and those they can't and sometimes it's hard to tell the difference. But they have to persevere no matter what so they can win. It would be so easy to give up and rest, but they have to believe that they'll make it if they just keep on going.

The things they left behind are haunting them and making it even harder to go on because they just want those things back, want to be happy and whole again... specifically Harry who had to choose to leave Ginny behind.

But it's hopeful because the moment it's all over, everything will be perfect and bright again. They often dream of how it will be, and this inspires them to keep moving.



Another of my favourite songs :) ...

They know there is a risk to what they are doing, but they abandon all they know anyway. They leave home and head into mystery, moving away from everything familiar. Evil is taking over, but they are pressing on... Similar to that last song I guess... well, they have a similar feel to them! :)

I also sort of thought about the three (or four if you include Ginny) of them leaving town spontaneously for another adventure after Voldemort is dead. They go off on their own yet again, but not to face evil this time... just for an adventure. I can't really imagine any of them being content to sit around at home for long. They crave excitement a bit like a drug, particularly Harry :)

That's it for today! Have a great weekend, everybody!!

Yeah, so this post is pretty much a Dove post :)

One of the best shirts I own... I wear it to bed frequently.

And no, that's not a pink stain. My phone decided it wanted to pinkify the picture for some reason.

So I thought it might be fun to talk about our favourite things, some random, some HP, some film or music related, etc.

I think "top 3s" would work well for the most part. There are some things that you can't just list one for.

Let's get started, shall we?

Top 3 favourite films:
1. Moulin Rouge
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. Donnie Darko

Top 3 favourite HP books:
1. Deathly Hallows
2. Order of the Phoenix
3. Half-Blood Prince

Top 3 favourite HP films:
Well... DH trailer... kicking the ass of all other HP/film related material...
Half-Blood Prince
Order of the Phoenix
Prisoner of Azkaban
(in no particular order because it changes constantly)

Top 3 favourite HP characters:
1. Ron
2. Ron
3. Ron
(sorry, what was the question?)

Here we go yet again!

I'm just having so much fun doing these. I hope everyone (anyone) enjoys them too :)

Brendan Benson - Poised and Ready (play this track from list, no YouTube available)

Hermione is ready to be sorted into her house on her first day at Hogwarts. She's really nervous now even though she has been preparing for this, over-preparing obviously. She's read all the books, made sure she knows everything there is to know... but now that she's here, her rational, logical mind can't quite wrap around the magic she's witnessing. Magic is, in a lot of ways, kind of the opposite of logic. But she's tried to make it logical... so now that she's here, nothing could have really prepared her exactly for this next chapter of her life - her future as a witch. She's also starting to feel the weight of everything, and she's afraid that she won't be able to live up to her expectations of herself, that people will be disappointed (even though this is a completely ridiculous thought coming from her... smartest girl at Hogwarts coming soon).



Ron thinking about how he wants to take care of Hermione, maybe particularly while they are hiding out in the tent and don't have much. He would do anything for her and will always be there to take care of her. Aw... Then thinking about how he left without her. During his time alone, he doesn't want to even talk to anyone or do anything if he can't see Hermione. Then when he does leave Shell Cottage, he's so excited to see Hermione again. And when he enters the tent, he just wants a hug from her because he's missed her so much... Poor Ron doesn't get his hug... but he's still just so happy to see her that even though he's sad about her reaction to him, he's overwhelmingly happy to be with her again.



Wow, I'm actually about to do a Harry/Ginny thing here! Strange.

So... Harry is this hero who has been taking so much on himself. Ginny is thinking about how he has lost so much but things are about to get better. He left her when she was really in love with him, and this obviously hurt her a lot even though he had his reasons. And now all she wants him to do is to rest with her when it's all over, when he doesn't have to fight anymore.

Here are the lyrics from the song chorus because this section is hard to understand the first time you hear it and I love it: "You're just like your father, buried deep under the water. You're resting on your laurels and stepping on my toes. Whose side are you on? What side is this anyway? Put down your sword and crown. Come lay with me on the ground."

And here's the second verse: "You come beating like moth's wings, spastic and violently, whipping me into a storm, shaking me down to the core. But you run away from me, and you've left me shimmering, like diamond wedding rings spinning dizzily down on the floor."

That's it for today. Enjoy! :)

Here I go again with another music catch up / mashup spectacular.

HP thoughts... whatever pops into my head during each track!

Here goes!



Ron thinking about what would happen if he got the courage to tell Hermione he loves her... and she didn't love him back. So this nightmare convinces him to just run away and not face it... yet.



Ron at Shell Cottage thinking about how his friends are probably moving on to something else while he stays the same. He's being cynical and thinking about how much he messed up, unable to forgive himself... and he feels selfish, unimportant now. He thinks he's stuck as who he is while everyone else is growing up. Hermione probably won't want to be with him now that he left her... if she ever even did. Feels like he's burned all bridges and he's got nothing left. Regret...



Hermione getting angry about Ron's departure from the tent. He left her and she doesn't think he's coming back. He chose leaving over her. Ron could be the subject in this too, thinking about how he feels like Hermione chose Harry over him.

Kovacs & the Polar Bear - Skeleton Crew (select this song to play from the playlist... no YouTube on this one)

Hm... gotta go fanfic on this one... Ron and Hermione at a party. Ooh, could work for my new fic, "The Party"! :) So they drink a lot, maybe Ron isn't having that great of a time because Hermione isn't paying him enough attention. But when he looks at her, she is so beautiful to him that he can't breathe. She's what he wants for his whole life, to be with her until he dies and is buried... and this kinda works for the skeleton analogy if you take it more literally because Ron is a little like a skeleton covered in skin... so skinny! haha

There. That last one was difficult!

I have no idea why I'm watching these videos right now, but I just sort of did one of those "oh look at that" over in the sidebar of YouTube... one thing led me to another, then another, until I forgot why I was there in the first place.

I just love Ewan McGregor so much...

Ewan McGregor vs. Craig Ferguson

He's like an adorable little bunny... the way he comes out at the beginning. And anyway, I could just listen to him talk all day long.

Me and my boyfriend joked once about how there must be a clause in his contract that he has to show his ass in everything he does. Hilarious that he made the same joke about himself.

LOVE.

*scrambles to think of something HP related to comment on here in order to keep up the deal of posting 365 days of 365 HP things*

Oh, I came to that link through Rupert Grint's Ferguson interview! Forgot that...

Rupert Grint vs. Craig Ferguson

Love the convo about the little kids running up - "RON WEASLEY'S DRIVING THE ICE CREAM VAN!!!"

I would pay hundreds for one 99 Flake off Rupert's van...

xoxo

*needs DH trailer to cure my headache*

...pretty much how I see this last film.

So now, after thoroughly absorbing (might be up to 30 viewings at this point) the NEW DEATHLY HALLOWS TRAILER...

(HD quality below!!!)



...which aired on the MTV Movie Awards last night, my confidence level in the filmmakers to give Rupert the screen time he needs to kick all the other actors' asses has reached an all time high.

Now that got me thinking about some of the Ron lines from DH that made me die on the spot while reading the book the first time around (and second, and third, etc).

Anybody got any Ron quotes that they are crossing their fingers will make their way into the films?

Here are some of mine:

"Always the tone of surprise."

"I get it. You choose him."

"Are - you - mental?!"

"I wanted to come back the minute I’d Disapparated"

"You can have me, keep me!"

"We don’t want anymore Dobbies, do we? We can’t order them to die for us-"

And now three quick Harry quotes I want left in the films:

“After you left, she cried for a week. Probably longer, only she didn’t want me to see."

"I love her like a sister and I reckon she feels the same way about me. It’s always been like that. I thought you knew." (I just need the 'I thought you knew' bit to be word for word though)

"Oi! There’s a war going on here!"

And finally, three Hermione quotes:

"You - complete - arse - Ronald - Weasley!"

"He was amazing!" (post Chamber of Secrets)

“Are you a wizard, or what?”

*sighs happily and runs to rewatch trailer again*