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spritechan) wrote2010-11-22 03:55 am
spritechan) wrote2010-11-22 03:55 am
Entry tags:
- being cute,
- birthday,
- family,
- friends,
- harry potter,
- love,
- me,
- pics,
- steve
Birthday!
Ah! On Friday I turned 23. So. I pretty much spent my birthday weekend doing everything that I wanted to do.
On Thursday night Steve and I went to the theater at 10:30 to get our seats for Harry Potter. Our theater was already full. We were able to snag three seats toward the front (the third for Nick). We assumed that Nick's sister would be in a different theater, and we KNEW Pat and Faith would be in a different theater, having bought their tickets the day of. We just hung out and played our DSiXLs. There were a TON of teenagers running around with wands and a quaffle playing Quidditch. And many more dressed up of course. It was cute to see other Huffpuffs. Steve mentioned to me that he thought there's no Ravenclaw love out there. I personally know a few people who I think would be in Ravenclaw (looking at you, Athena. Though I think you'd also be great in Slytherin).
The movie? AMAZING. omg. omg. Yes.
***POSSIBLE SPOILERS***
Of course, I'm the only one who remembered that in the book Wormtail's own hand turns on him, and that X. Lovegood's horn thing goes off (though it WAS in the background of the scene), and that Bellatrix calls Voldemort and he shows after the kids escape and punishes everyone. Though speaking to that scene, Emma Watson did AMAZING on her tortured screams. Gives me the shivers. We all know the most awkward scene was the part where Ron pictures Harry and Hermione apparently nakedly making out after having been processed in Photoshop. And Daniel Radcliffe is far too short to be taken seriously. Ever. Ron has a barrel chest which causes LOLs but is still YES, and Emma is soooo beautiful. Very. Oh, and the humor in the movie was super great too. Nngh! Love HP 4eva.
After the movie me, Nick, Pat, Faith, Courtney and Steve went to Perkins and just hung out and chilled. Courtney made me an adorable card, which I forgot to take a picture of but will add when I get home.
Steve got me:
-A coupon for one "decision" that he must make. It was a "joke" gift, because neither of us likes to make decisions on where to eat, or what to do, or what. It was sooo cute. The background is a watermark of Haruhi pulling on Kyon. Adorable.
-A manga themed around autism which I found very funny as well as adorable, but he was serious in thinking I would enjoy it, as I find ways all the time to bring autism in discussion (such as the other night when I told my dad his dog had autism tendencies, but I can't remember what he did!)
-A sushikin stuffed animal for my car (see cut).
-The first Ouendan game (he got my the 2nd for my last birthday). I loooove Ouendan!
-A remote car starter kit for mah car!
-The Killing Joke, in hardcover and completely colored. (See cut)
Soooo good!
My friends planned a scavenger hunt for me, and it was MAX great. Steve tricked me and ditched me at home around midnight and since he knows me so well, knew that I'd hop on the computer or check my phone. Problem is, I didn't know he was leaving, so I went and futzed around doing laundry for like 15 minutes before I discovered that I was to scavenge! It was World of Warcraft themed, and I got to tank and heal and do quests all around town (as a Tauren Drood)! It was super awesome and funny.
At Nick's first station, in a park, I had a quest to retrieve his lost trinket, which took me far longer to find than it should have - I walked over it three times! XD My next quest was to buy myself some energy drink with my reward money from the previous quest (Faith ran that one). My third quest was to retrieve Snickers bars from Pat's car farm (they were actually monsters disguised as Snickers). Pat's was incredibly funny, because Steve wrote their lines, and it was all about how Pat was gay (Pat is at least bi, if not gay. It's true, even if he says it's only curiousity. I'm trying always to make him come to terms with it).
Then I had to bring Steve the heads of gummie bears (he really made me bite off the heads before he accepted them XD), and then had to act as a tank against Joe Waid to save Steve in an escort quest. Then they mixed games by making me kill 5 slimes (From Dragon Quest Heroes) and bringing their insides (tootsie rolls) to Nick.
THEN I had to go to another park and heal Pat while he fought another evil Joe Waid (moar gay jokes). Lastly, I had to go to Nicks and team up with Courtney and Faith, who were DPS, and were joined by Steve, who was our pug tank, and we had to battle Boss Nick, who somehow had a costume that looked like a sorcerer's or something. After all that, we went in the house and they had made an AMAZING Horde-themed cake for me (see cut) and Nick and Joe Waid had bought me all the WoW games! Awww! But in order to get to the games I had to open the chest they were in (they really made it look like a treasure chest).
We are nerds. And honestly, only Nick and I play WoW out of the group so it was really cute that they did that. Courtney was added in last-minute, which I really was touched by, because she was the one who told Pat that she wanted in. Unfortunately Steve had already finished all the scripts so she was tacked onto the last quest, but I was glad she was there. Pat gave me a HORRIBLY written (on purpose) IOU from him and Faith, haha.
Here is my adorable sushikin. With Simone from Gurren Lagann in the background XD I also have Ryuk from Death Note, "Carmander" my car Charmander I got from Cedar Point , a Noil from Neopets, and a bear my mom gave me back there as well.
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My copy of The Killing Joke, completely in color. It's so pristine! I don't want to touch it for fear of ruining it D:
Here's my cutie WoW cake and games ^_^
And my IOU hahaha
I would also like to note how much I love my phone, which took all of these pics!
Otherwise Steve and I sat around playing games, watching Gangland, and relaxing. I finished Uncharted already, and am going to start Chrono Cross!
Saturday Bethany and I went to our dad's and got some mulah from him and we went out to dinner with him, Pam and Jack. It was a nice time. My dad has gotten so much more pleasant as he's gotten older.
Sunday Mom, Paul and I had to reschedule our lunch for Friday, because it rained/froze Saturday night and Bethany got stranded (she has a rear-wheel drive Lexus) and they had to jump her, take her car to the mechanic (for an unrelated issue), and then drive her to work. Too much to deal with, and Steve has Friday off YAY OMG YAY, so lunch on Friday is fine. That left Steve and I to hole up at home, order a pizza, watch the Vikings game, and play cutie games (me plugging away on Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and him squeeze in some Tales of the Abyss).
On Thursday night Steve and I went to the theater at 10:30 to get our seats for Harry Potter. Our theater was already full. We were able to snag three seats toward the front (the third for Nick). We assumed that Nick's sister would be in a different theater, and we KNEW Pat and Faith would be in a different theater, having bought their tickets the day of. We just hung out and played our DSiXLs. There were a TON of teenagers running around with wands and a quaffle playing Quidditch. And many more dressed up of course. It was cute to see other Huffpuffs. Steve mentioned to me that he thought there's no Ravenclaw love out there. I personally know a few people who I think would be in Ravenclaw (looking at you, Athena. Though I think you'd also be great in Slytherin).
The movie? AMAZING. omg. omg. Yes.
***POSSIBLE SPOILERS***
Of course, I'm the only one who remembered that in the book Wormtail's own hand turns on him, and that X. Lovegood's horn thing goes off (though it WAS in the background of the scene), and that Bellatrix calls Voldemort and he shows after the kids escape and punishes everyone. Though speaking to that scene, Emma Watson did AMAZING on her tortured screams. Gives me the shivers. We all know the most awkward scene was the part where Ron pictures Harry and Hermione apparently nakedly making out after having been processed in Photoshop. And Daniel Radcliffe is far too short to be taken seriously. Ever. Ron has a barrel chest which causes LOLs but is still YES, and Emma is soooo beautiful. Very. Oh, and the humor in the movie was super great too. Nngh! Love HP 4eva.
After the movie me, Nick, Pat, Faith, Courtney and Steve went to Perkins and just hung out and chilled. Courtney made me an adorable card, which I forgot to take a picture of but will add when I get home.
Steve got me:
-A coupon for one "decision" that he must make. It was a "joke" gift, because neither of us likes to make decisions on where to eat, or what to do, or what. It was sooo cute. The background is a watermark of Haruhi pulling on Kyon. Adorable.
-A manga themed around autism which I found very funny as well as adorable, but he was serious in thinking I would enjoy it, as I find ways all the time to bring autism in discussion (such as the other night when I told my dad his dog had autism tendencies, but I can't remember what he did!)
-A sushikin stuffed animal for my car (see cut).
-The first Ouendan game (he got my the 2nd for my last birthday). I loooove Ouendan!
-A remote car starter kit for mah car!
-The Killing Joke, in hardcover and completely colored. (See cut)
Soooo good!
My friends planned a scavenger hunt for me, and it was MAX great. Steve tricked me and ditched me at home around midnight and since he knows me so well, knew that I'd hop on the computer or check my phone. Problem is, I didn't know he was leaving, so I went and futzed around doing laundry for like 15 minutes before I discovered that I was to scavenge! It was World of Warcraft themed, and I got to tank and heal and do quests all around town (as a Tauren Drood)! It was super awesome and funny.
At Nick's first station, in a park, I had a quest to retrieve his lost trinket, which took me far longer to find than it should have - I walked over it three times! XD My next quest was to buy myself some energy drink with my reward money from the previous quest (Faith ran that one). My third quest was to retrieve Snickers bars from Pat's car farm (they were actually monsters disguised as Snickers). Pat's was incredibly funny, because Steve wrote their lines, and it was all about how Pat was gay (Pat is at least bi, if not gay. It's true, even if he says it's only curiousity. I'm trying always to make him come to terms with it).
Then I had to bring Steve the heads of gummie bears (he really made me bite off the heads before he accepted them XD), and then had to act as a tank against Joe Waid to save Steve in an escort quest. Then they mixed games by making me kill 5 slimes (From Dragon Quest Heroes) and bringing their insides (tootsie rolls) to Nick.
THEN I had to go to another park and heal Pat while he fought another evil Joe Waid (moar gay jokes). Lastly, I had to go to Nicks and team up with Courtney and Faith, who were DPS, and were joined by Steve, who was our pug tank, and we had to battle Boss Nick, who somehow had a costume that looked like a sorcerer's or something. After all that, we went in the house and they had made an AMAZING Horde-themed cake for me (see cut) and Nick and Joe Waid had bought me all the WoW games! Awww! But in order to get to the games I had to open the chest they were in (they really made it look like a treasure chest).
We are nerds. And honestly, only Nick and I play WoW out of the group so it was really cute that they did that. Courtney was added in last-minute, which I really was touched by, because she was the one who told Pat that she wanted in. Unfortunately Steve had already finished all the scripts so she was tacked onto the last quest, but I was glad she was there. Pat gave me a HORRIBLY written (on purpose) IOU from him and Faith, haha.
Here is my adorable sushikin. With Simone from Gurren Lagann in the background XD I also have Ryuk from Death Note, "Carmander" my car Charmander I got from Cedar Point , a Noil from Neopets, and a bear my mom gave me back there as well.
. My copy of The Killing Joke, completely in color. It's so pristine! I don't want to touch it for fear of ruining it D:
Here's my cutie WoW cake and games ^_^
And my IOU hahaha
I would also like to note how much I love my phone, which took all of these pics!
Otherwise Steve and I sat around playing games, watching Gangland, and relaxing. I finished Uncharted already, and am going to start Chrono Cross!
Saturday Bethany and I went to our dad's and got some mulah from him and we went out to dinner with him, Pam and Jack. It was a nice time. My dad has gotten so much more pleasant as he's gotten older.
Sunday Mom, Paul and I had to reschedule our lunch for Friday, because it rained/froze Saturday night and Bethany got stranded (she has a rear-wheel drive Lexus) and they had to jump her, take her car to the mechanic (for an unrelated issue), and then drive her to work. Too much to deal with, and Steve has Friday off YAY OMG YAY, so lunch on Friday is fine. That left Steve and I to hole up at home, order a pizza, watch the Vikings game, and play cutie games (me plugging away on Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and him squeeze in some Tales of the Abyss).
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But, I stopped reading JK Rowling by the first 200 pages of the 6th book. She's a terrible writer when it comes to having real characters. I'll never forgive her for the Ultimate Villain scenario. I would have been much happier if she'd made someone like Snape her villain--someone we can almost like, or respect, even if we hate him (though I always thought he was a terribly misunderstood character, and then HAH! TAKE THAT SNAPE HATERS! HE'S THE REAL HERO!). Plus, I could no longer reconcile her ridiculous world with the "darkness" she tried to throw in there. You can't have things with goofy names, Hufflepuff and Dumbledore and Hogwarts (though gotta respect a lady for paying tribute to Labyrinth), and then go from a fun filled, comedic adventure to some sort of dark tale of doom and destruction with the Perfect Villain. At that point, it's crap. Plus, I saw through her writing like woah.
BUT! ENOUGH ABOUT THAT!
That sounds like an awesome birthday! And I'm envious of your first gift--one decision! Brian and I are also terrible at deciding where to eat or where to go or even what to do sometimes. It'd be great to get a coupon for that...though...several coupons would be best...
I love treasure hunts! =D I bet it was a lot of fun! =D
PS--I've actually heard of that manga!! I was really sad about trying to read it knowing that the mangaka died. =( It's almost as bad as another manga where the mangaka died--she was moving to a new place since she could afford it with her stories selling so well, and during the moving she had some sort of accident and died. D= So awful....uh. Er. I mean, uh, YAY BIRTHDAY HAPPINESS! *throws confetti to distract and amaze*
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While I appreciate the Right Kind of Villain (such as Zuko, or The Joker, or Ben), I was okay with Voldemort being the ultimate villain in those books, because she set it up that way from the start. It was to be expected. I wasn't reading for that, anyway.
I see Harry Potter as an extremely loved, nostalgia-producing series that I will cherish forever, and it was a huge part of my teen years. <333
As for your Slytherin comments, I felt the same way about you for it. But I still needed to point out that you are clever, cunning, and can be stone cold when you have to ^_^
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All it does for me is kick me out of the story, and I'm suddenly aware that I'm reading a book, by an author, written on paper, and I can't "see" anything beyond that. I really did enjoy the first three or so books though. The fourth was a little off-putting, and the fifth incredibly disappointing, but...it was the first series I ever stopped in the middle of a book in the middle of the series and never picked up ever again. I've now since had to do that with three others, but it's an incredible insult from me, since I read so fast that finishing things isn't exactly a real effort on my part. I just didn't feel she deserved it.
I totally agree--but I'm the last person in the world concerned with "purity of blood" issues, which is a big thing in Syltherin. Still, if JK Rowling had created a better world, there would have been people like me in Syltherin, and I would say, "I'd be like [insert silly sounding name here]." But of course, even her "Zuko" Snape wasn't like that. Just a bunch of flat stereotypes she couldn't be bothered making into real people. /bitter
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And ew, Daniel Radcliffe. Just... ew. His chest hair is NO.
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But, it's not as if they were in their 30s or 40s when they were cast and weren't actors. They were kids, so it's natural to assume they weren't actors. But, now they've been acting for what...10 years? Longer? Not only have they gotten the taste of it and been successfull, but they weren't subjected to the weirdness that other kids actors have to deal with: getting grown up roles after kid roles. They got to grow up in the role. So, it'll be relatively easy for Emma Watson, at the least, to transition.
And every actor has to deal with that one big role being the thing everyone knows them as at one point or another. Johnny Depp = Jack Sparrow, Colin Firth = Mr. Darcy, Christina Ricci = Wednesday. Eventually they either expand their roles enough to leave it behind, or learn to live with it. Heck, some, like Mr. Depp, embrace it and get a tattoo. XD