Harry is HOTTTTT!!!!

Oh God.

I just saw Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and despite being a healthy-sized film, it just flew by. My sister and I were annoyed before the movie because this lady was nattering on endlessly about how much she loved harry and I made the comment that if that lady kept on talking through the movie there might be some slapping going on.

Instead, Caitlin and I were the loudest people in the theatre. For starters, Daniel Radcliffe has turned into quite the handsome, strapping young man. I don't even know where to start, the hair, the eyes, the porcelain skin and pec and the sarms and the ...ahhhhhhh. He is a teen dream!!!!! I've sighed about 15 times, very deeply, in writing the last 10 words.

*Sigh*

There is a kissing scene, anyone who has read the book knows harry gets his first kiss in number 4 but the on-screen realization of that kiss is classic cinema. It's a 'hit-ya-in-the-solar-plexus-and-make-you-think-you-are-in-the-moment' kiss. It's a kiss where you admire his jawline, the soft, gentleness of his lips against hers (yours) and if you're lucky, you've had those kisses. Those heart-stopping, breath-suspending wonderfully supple kisses. They don't have to be involved, just sweet and simple and lovely.

Truly Lovely.

I think I fell in massive like with my first movie star since Orlando Bloom. There is a trend here - British, middle class, dark hair and eyes...charming and gorgeous. With any luck...

Good night and good kisses to you all.

American Gods

I'm reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman. I admire the shit out of the way this man writes. It's ridiculously savvy and fast and thoughtful and clear and illustrative. I have a literary crush. Him and Nora Roberts because Nora can write a fantasy into being. If I had American Gods next to me (I don't as I'm in my dad's office pirating wireless) I would quote some of the best bits. I've decided to read the entire Neil Gaiman library.

And my dad has a hookup for first edition's of books...who is going to stock up like a fat rat? I may simply replace other later editions of some of my favorite books. I'll be charitable, though, and share them with my friends. I like comics, so I'm pressing that agenda first. I'd also like a first edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray. I'll just go ahead and say I've never read it, but it permeates popular culture, so I have the gist. Or perhaps I have read it. I read a lot of books in elementary and middle school and high school that I don't recall until I'm re-reading them and wondering why I have this sneaking feeling of deja vu.

I've been watching the funniest vids on Youtube. I'm a Harry Potter fan and I'm terribly excited about the new movie and book coming up. Thus far I've managed to resist the urge to pre-order, but i think my strength is waning and I'm just going to have to give in. Incidentally, I have books 1-4 as 1st American Editions and, I'm just going to put this out there because I'm half-sure the statute of limitations is over, I also have Book 5 as a file, ostensibly ripped from the publisher because I had it months before the book was released. I read it while recovering from surgery and beyond the friend (RAY!) who held me up during a breakdown in the bread aisle, it was the best gift ever.

So, here is a Harry Potter spoof that is hilarious and deserves to be watched again and again and again:



And as an added bonus from your local HP freak (I have a wand and I'm not afraid to use it)