As I predicted, it's been a little harder to keep up with blog. Much as I suspected. However, that does not mean that I am not keeping up with the fight. Here in a few weeks, my boyfriend and I will be tripping up to New York to see the Harry Potter exhibit. I am very excited. Also, I've entered into a contest to win a trip down to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, and am currently attempting to find the time to enter Mugglenet.com's fan of the week. Wish me luck?
So, speaking of Mugglenet.com, if you don't know what it is, you should head on over to their website and check them out. They are an awesome HP website that gives day to day updates of whats going on and have been doing so for years. My favorite website I must say.
So, what have you been doing for the fight whilst I've been gone?
Friday, July 29, 2011
Saturday, July 23, 2011
So much for every day...
Well, so much for a day to day...hey. I said I'd do my best, and I never actually made a promise...Honestly, at this point I'm pretty sure I'm still talking to myself. Anyone out there who wants to join the fight? Well anyways, I work two jobs so sometimes it's hard for me to get to a computer with enough time to chat it up with...well, myself. =]
Well as for today I have two videos I would like you to check out...One is very sad and puts together the past ten years in a memorable way...The other one does the same thing in a humorous way...We Are Marching On - Harry Potter goodbye...=[ and Harry Potter in 99 seconds
The first link is the sad one but well put together. The second one is humorous because after don't we always have to laugh ourselves first? I think Fred and George would be proud.
Here's to you Weasley Twins!!
And what are you doing for the fight today?
Well as for today I have two videos I would like you to check out...One is very sad and puts together the past ten years in a memorable way...The other one does the same thing in a humorous way...We Are Marching On - Harry Potter goodbye...=[ and Harry Potter in 99 seconds
The first link is the sad one but well put together. The second one is humorous because after don't we always have to laugh ourselves first? I think Fred and George would be proud.
Here's to you Weasley Twins!!
And what are you doing for the fight today?
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Day 5...Trying to find happiness in the darkest of places...
Well, I didn't mention this yesterday, but I was in a car accident. Everyone who was involved is fine, but our cars...oooh...not so much. However, I am working very hard to move past this horrible event. On to the fight...
Today, after running errands all day desperately searching for a solution to my now carless self, I find myself once again discussing Harry Potter...And as usual, I am drawn to watch yet another Harry Potter movie. Prisoner of Azkaban is the choice for today. Not my favorite, but one I love, and amusing none the less.
Divination class as of right now...Trelawney is truly a one of a kind character, and I must say Ron is super wonderful in this movie...possibly one of my favorites of his in the movies. But today, I wanna discuss heros...
Last night my boy friend and I were messing around with some sample questions of the Newlywed game. We were trying to see how much we knew about each other trying to figure out if we could eventually get on the game...Think again, but I bring this up because of one question that ended up pertaining to Harry Potter.
To the man: Who is her hero in life, or the person she most looks up to?
Ha, he said J.K. Rowling...WRONG!! Can you guess? Probably not, drum roll?
Molly Weasley.
Yes, if there is any person in this world, fictional or real that I aspire to be and/or look up to, see as my hero or whatever, it would be Molly Weasley. In my eyes, she is Superwoman. She manages seven children two of which leave school (which I'm sure is a mother's worst fear), a husband and an entire househould...Not to mention adopting Harry and Hermione into her patchwork family as one of her own. And besides being one of the most powerful women I can think of, she's an honest to god pure of heart woman. Underneath it all, she accepts people for who they are, no matter their past. She also is frugal and does everything she can to get by on what she has. Molly actually inspired me to knit.
So, this is a shout out to Molly Weasley. Hero among mom's and children alike, my own hero to boot, the Superwoman of the Harry Potter series, the ultimate mother, wife, and character. We love you Molly Weasley!!
Who's your Harry Potter hero?
Today, after running errands all day desperately searching for a solution to my now carless self, I find myself once again discussing Harry Potter...And as usual, I am drawn to watch yet another Harry Potter movie. Prisoner of Azkaban is the choice for today. Not my favorite, but one I love, and amusing none the less.
Divination class as of right now...Trelawney is truly a one of a kind character, and I must say Ron is super wonderful in this movie...possibly one of my favorites of his in the movies. But today, I wanna discuss heros...
Last night my boy friend and I were messing around with some sample questions of the Newlywed game. We were trying to see how much we knew about each other trying to figure out if we could eventually get on the game...Think again, but I bring this up because of one question that ended up pertaining to Harry Potter.
To the man: Who is her hero in life, or the person she most looks up to?
Ha, he said J.K. Rowling...WRONG!! Can you guess? Probably not, drum roll?
Molly Weasley.
Yes, if there is any person in this world, fictional or real that I aspire to be and/or look up to, see as my hero or whatever, it would be Molly Weasley. In my eyes, she is Superwoman. She manages seven children two of which leave school (which I'm sure is a mother's worst fear), a husband and an entire househould...Not to mention adopting Harry and Hermione into her patchwork family as one of her own. And besides being one of the most powerful women I can think of, she's an honest to god pure of heart woman. Underneath it all, she accepts people for who they are, no matter their past. She also is frugal and does everything she can to get by on what she has. Molly actually inspired me to knit.
So, this is a shout out to Molly Weasley. Hero among mom's and children alike, my own hero to boot, the Superwoman of the Harry Potter series, the ultimate mother, wife, and character. We love you Molly Weasley!!
Who's your Harry Potter hero?
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
4 Days Later
Well this is my first post. I bet you're wondering what this is and why I've decided to do it. Have you seen the movie Julie and Julia? Well, there's my inspiration. Seen/read Harry Potter? There's why. Here's a little background, let me tell you a story...
It's Easter. Or a few days before. I'm in second grade at the time which makes me about 8 years old. My mother and father are searching for something small to add to my basket. A book to be exact. They've picked out my siblings gifts to place among the candy and pastel easter grass, all that's left is me. There's a book that catches my mother's eye. "I think she'll enjoy this," she says to herself, and in the cart it goes to be bought along with other Easter items for that Sunday...Now, flash forward about ten years later...
I'm 19 years old and like many of you, have just seen the last Harry Potter movie ever to be originially released in theatres at one of the midnight showings across the United States. I was there in homemade Potter Garb, a Potter sweatshirt with my adoring boyfriend and my little brother, eagerly waiting in line to see the end of my childhood. I reflect on the past ten years with nostalgia and sadness. 7 book releases at which I played trivia games and lost sleep to read the book as fast as I could eager to see what happened next. 7 midnight movie releases because I didn't see the first one at midnight, where again I lost sleep in my anticipation to see my favorite series come alive. Harry Potter became my life.
I wasn't the best reader, but not stupid either. Grade level. I stopped reading The Sorcerer's Stone after the first three chapters and I remember saying to my mother, "I just can't get into it." So for weeks I set it down...then one day, picked it up again and forced myself to read. My mother said that sometimes books are just hard getting into at first and you just have to get past the introductory chapters...Twas there I found friends for life, and learned lessons that most kids learn in school. Best of all, Harry Potter made me a reader. I started reading all books I could get my hands on and my reading scores sky rocketed. By the end of my elementary career, I was said to have been on a high school reading letter. Harry Potter turned me on to the written world.
Now, four days after Deathly Hallows part two, I find I have an emptiness in my heart. I grew up with Harry, Ron, and Hermione. I aged while they did. I learned that it's ok to be different, that it's ok to fight for what you want, and the good will always prevail...even if it takes 7 or 10 years...
But none of that is the point of this blog. I want to this to be a haven for other Potter fans as we have come to be known. What are you doing to keep Harry and the other characters alive now that it's all over? That's what this blog is...My fight to keep Harry alive in my own heart as well as others.
Let me say that I always recommend Harry, and it's one of the first things I tell people about myself. "Hi, I'm a Harry Potter fan...a big one." And I'm not lying. Hundreds if not a few thousand dollars in memorabilia, and countless hours spend reading, watching, and obsessing of the series. So, four days after the fact you may ask, what am I doing to keep Harry alive right now?
Number One: Starting this blog.
This is my first step. And I hope to continue you this daily...A day to day fight to keep my childhood alive within my life. So step one, I've accomplished.
What have you done for the fight today?
It's Easter. Or a few days before. I'm in second grade at the time which makes me about 8 years old. My mother and father are searching for something small to add to my basket. A book to be exact. They've picked out my siblings gifts to place among the candy and pastel easter grass, all that's left is me. There's a book that catches my mother's eye. "I think she'll enjoy this," she says to herself, and in the cart it goes to be bought along with other Easter items for that Sunday...Now, flash forward about ten years later...
I'm 19 years old and like many of you, have just seen the last Harry Potter movie ever to be originially released in theatres at one of the midnight showings across the United States. I was there in homemade Potter Garb, a Potter sweatshirt with my adoring boyfriend and my little brother, eagerly waiting in line to see the end of my childhood. I reflect on the past ten years with nostalgia and sadness. 7 book releases at which I played trivia games and lost sleep to read the book as fast as I could eager to see what happened next. 7 midnight movie releases because I didn't see the first one at midnight, where again I lost sleep in my anticipation to see my favorite series come alive. Harry Potter became my life.
I wasn't the best reader, but not stupid either. Grade level. I stopped reading The Sorcerer's Stone after the first three chapters and I remember saying to my mother, "I just can't get into it." So for weeks I set it down...then one day, picked it up again and forced myself to read. My mother said that sometimes books are just hard getting into at first and you just have to get past the introductory chapters...Twas there I found friends for life, and learned lessons that most kids learn in school. Best of all, Harry Potter made me a reader. I started reading all books I could get my hands on and my reading scores sky rocketed. By the end of my elementary career, I was said to have been on a high school reading letter. Harry Potter turned me on to the written world.
Now, four days after Deathly Hallows part two, I find I have an emptiness in my heart. I grew up with Harry, Ron, and Hermione. I aged while they did. I learned that it's ok to be different, that it's ok to fight for what you want, and the good will always prevail...even if it takes 7 or 10 years...
But none of that is the point of this blog. I want to this to be a haven for other Potter fans as we have come to be known. What are you doing to keep Harry and the other characters alive now that it's all over? That's what this blog is...My fight to keep Harry alive in my own heart as well as others.
Let me say that I always recommend Harry, and it's one of the first things I tell people about myself. "Hi, I'm a Harry Potter fan...a big one." And I'm not lying. Hundreds if not a few thousand dollars in memorabilia, and countless hours spend reading, watching, and obsessing of the series. So, four days after the fact you may ask, what am I doing to keep Harry alive right now?
Number One: Starting this blog.
This is my first step. And I hope to continue you this daily...A day to day fight to keep my childhood alive within my life. So step one, I've accomplished.
What have you done for the fight today?
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