I thought I would be a Hufflepuff on pottermore, but it didn’t happen. It’s never going to happen.
No Pulitzer prize for fiction awarded this year.
It was between The Pale King by David Foster Wallace, Swamplandia! by Karen Russell, and Train Dreams by Denis Johnson. The votes were all tied up so they gave it to nobody.
Kneejerk reaction? David Foster Wallace. I know it’s not that kind of contest, but seeing as David Foster Wallace is of the no-longer-eating-tacos-because-he’s-dead variety and both Russell and Johnson can still burrito all they want (and still have plenty of talent and time), imo he ought to clinch it. -pouting- Not that kind of contest… mumble…
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Harry Potter as a teen comedy…
Now that was brilliant.
well done.
Why don’t people like the 6th Harry Potter movie? It’s my favorite one.
I need this to be Harry Potter’s continuing legacy—> The intercollegiate quidditch league. Apparently, my alma mater now has a quidditch team, which makes me want to let bygones be bygones (you assholes) and donate money. I hope it lasts forever. Or at least long enough for me to play. I want to get really fit so I can be the golden snitch (yaaaaaass.)
Also, I’m feeling better now. And you may read that last sentence as the girl under the bed in The Sixth Sense because that’s who I feel most like lately. The professors who wrote me recommendations are rallying behind me because they know how I’m feeling. Most people who apply to creative writing MFA programs have to apply 2-4 years in a row before getting a spot. Objectively, I know that.
In acknowledgment of the Harry Potter series, which has never won a single Academy Award over all eight movies, but which has deeply impacted the cultural landscape of our (yours, mine) generation, this video by Genrocks again.
Also Alohomora by Pogo. There.
I don’t think at all that the legacy of the Harry Potter series needs an award of any kind, but it is just some bullshit that it has never won even a technical AA. Really?
Another UR perk: Apparently, little gems like this occasionally find their way into the dessert freezer. If I hadn’t been planning on going to get my ticket after lunch, I would’ve stolen a few and kept them in my room. They also had cannolis, too. I almost considered taking a few of those back with me.
They had CANNOLIS? In my day sometimes d-hall would have Chocotacos and it was exciting times. You know you’re supposed to bring tupperware with you in case of emergencies of the type described. Into the tupperware, into the purse.
I need the warm reassuring hug of being a part of a respectable educational institution again. hnng. Also from the looks of tumblr, the University of Richmond is much more awesome than it was when I graduated. There’s a quidditch team. sighsigh
How to cause a riot in a Korean high school girls’ classroom. Declare that the word is pronounced “Her-my-oh-ne” and that all of Korea is wrong and it is not “Her-me-own.” Threats of bodily harm.
“NO. THAT’S NOT WHAT IT IS.”
“TEACHER WRONG. WRONG! HER-ME-OWN!”
Tears of rage on both sides.
edit @lifeandlove: haha me too! Book 4 set me right. I wonder how the translation handled it. And that it’s pronounced “Her-my-oh-ne” in the movies?? Denial is not just a river in Egypt!!! x) entertainment. I can’t pretend it’s just them though. I was reciting a poem in class today and I go “Noli me tangere” tang like tangle, and my prof interrupts me and goes “It’s a g like a j, not like a gg.” and I’m like “NO. I have seen documentaries that said tangere like tanggeray and…” and he was like “… WRONG.”
