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eleneariel) wrote2003-07-22 09:04 am
eleneariel) wrote2003-07-22 09:04 am
Time for a catch-up post...
I've been lazy and not writing...
I turned 19 with no problem; the day before was a mess and the days after were almost equally awful, but the Day Of was carefree and fun and actually contained a few surprises. (I have this awful propensity for accidentally overhearing things I shouldn't. I hate it! I wish people would understand that I have EARS that can HEAR and take their secret conversations a little further away, as it means I almost always find out what my presents are before hand.)
I was surprised with a party with some Really Great People and I ate lots of yummy food and saw movies and yes, opened gifts that I sometimes knew beforehand, and sometimes not.
Now for Harry Potter. Um, wow. Not only is it a huge book, but it's full of quite a lot of surprises. Things are a little more hopeless. It has more Cho, but not in the way I expected. Harry is Angsty, but he has reason to be. Voldemort is gaining power and getting scarier all the time--I almost thought Harry was right when he believed for a little that Voldemort was possessing him. Actually the freakiest thing in the whole book is the way the Ministry of Magic was taking over Hogwarts--anyone see any parallels to real life, hmmm? Government intervention in like, EVERYTHING? Heehee. Then there's Fred and George leaving...what is Hogwarts without them? And Sirius! That almost makes me mad. HASN'T POOR HARRY LOST ENOUGH ALREADY? And him learning (as anyone with half a brain already knew) that he would either kill Voldemort or be killed by him. No wonder he was an Angsty Harry; he deserved it.
Sunday night the choir performed in our most upscale church yet. We were videoed and real-time projected onto two large screens, lol. It was pretty funny, actually. But we had a good sound system and most wonderfulest of all, feedback moniters. I hate using mikes without them, but this is the first time we've gotten them to *work* during a performance. Everyone clapped lots and then we got to shake lots of people's hands and probably got lots of germs.
Last night we went in a recorded our CD. It went much faster then anyone expected; we did exceptionally well (for us) and only had to repeat about four songs, out of twenty. The guy was really nice and seemed impressed and said he'd have a rough cut version in about a week for us to listen to and decide on the song order and so on. Oh yes, and he had Really Neat Equipment. I see what Marv always preferred being in the sound room fiddling with dials then singing out front.
There was a thunderstorm early this morning. I like night time thunderstorms. Even more then the peacefulness of hearing rain beating on my window, I love the coolness and calm it brings after: I just went out for a little, here it is, not even seven in the morning yet and I've been outside! I'm rarely even up by this time most mornings. But it's the morning version of twilight, and the air was cool agaist my skin, and everything vibrant green and wet.
And I found a Guilty turtle. A VERY Guilty turtle. He was unfortunant enough to have fallen on his back directly under the almost-ripe tomato and half-eaten tomato that he had spent most of the night nibbling on. I didn't move him. I'll let dad see his guilt and decide his fate. =)
I turned 19 with no problem; the day before was a mess and the days after were almost equally awful, but the Day Of was carefree and fun and actually contained a few surprises. (I have this awful propensity for accidentally overhearing things I shouldn't. I hate it! I wish people would understand that I have EARS that can HEAR and take their secret conversations a little further away, as it means I almost always find out what my presents are before hand.)
I was surprised with a party with some Really Great People and I ate lots of yummy food and saw movies and yes, opened gifts that I sometimes knew beforehand, and sometimes not.
Now for Harry Potter. Um, wow. Not only is it a huge book, but it's full of quite a lot of surprises. Things are a little more hopeless. It has more Cho, but not in the way I expected. Harry is Angsty, but he has reason to be. Voldemort is gaining power and getting scarier all the time--I almost thought Harry was right when he believed for a little that Voldemort was possessing him. Actually the freakiest thing in the whole book is the way the Ministry of Magic was taking over Hogwarts--anyone see any parallels to real life, hmmm? Government intervention in like, EVERYTHING? Heehee. Then there's Fred and George leaving...what is Hogwarts without them? And Sirius! That almost makes me mad. HASN'T POOR HARRY LOST ENOUGH ALREADY? And him learning (as anyone with half a brain already knew) that he would either kill Voldemort or be killed by him. No wonder he was an Angsty Harry; he deserved it.
Sunday night the choir performed in our most upscale church yet. We were videoed and real-time projected onto two large screens, lol. It was pretty funny, actually. But we had a good sound system and most wonderfulest of all, feedback moniters. I hate using mikes without them, but this is the first time we've gotten them to *work* during a performance. Everyone clapped lots and then we got to shake lots of people's hands and probably got lots of germs.
Last night we went in a recorded our CD. It went much faster then anyone expected; we did exceptionally well (for us) and only had to repeat about four songs, out of twenty. The guy was really nice and seemed impressed and said he'd have a rough cut version in about a week for us to listen to and decide on the song order and so on. Oh yes, and he had Really Neat Equipment. I see what Marv always preferred being in the sound room fiddling with dials then singing out front.
There was a thunderstorm early this morning. I like night time thunderstorms. Even more then the peacefulness of hearing rain beating on my window, I love the coolness and calm it brings after: I just went out for a little, here it is, not even seven in the morning yet and I've been outside! I'm rarely even up by this time most mornings. But it's the morning version of twilight, and the air was cool agaist my skin, and everything vibrant green and wet.
And I found a Guilty turtle. A VERY Guilty turtle. He was unfortunant enough to have fallen on his back directly under the almost-ripe tomato and half-eaten tomato that he had spent most of the night nibbling on. I didn't move him. I'll let dad see his guilt and decide his fate. =)
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Glad the recording went well! :-)
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I was glad he got rid of her in the end. :-) He was really incredibly dense when 'trying' to read her moods, though.
Harry is Angsty, but he has reason to be.
Yeah. It's not like he's yelling because the House Elves aren't getting his laundry done fast enough.
Actually the freakiest thing in the whole book is the way the Ministry of Magic was taking over Hogwarts-
Ugh. Oh, yes. That was awful.
lol about the turtle.
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YES. I so agree. It's scary because it can happen in our lives. It's not like you see Lord Voldemort in your backyard every day, LOL.
And him learning (as anyone with half a brain already knew) that he would either kill Voldemort or be killed by him.
Yah. Wasn't exactly a surprise. This is partly why the others books are better...
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This made me burst out laughing.
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It's been fun to get all these comments. :D
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So, do you capitalise random words for the same reason I do? I'm highly curious. I started it because of Winnie-the-Pooh.
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