You know how I do.
I never like/watch the movies when they’re in theaters but I may have to make an exception:
The first Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows looks really awesome.
I got halfway through a post on Monday about our canceled JetBlue flight back home from NY on Sunday but decided I’ve had enough of airplane drama posts for the moment. So long story short: Our 4:30pm flight was canceled at 10:30am, I missed the phone call/emails because I was having the BEST nap of my entire life, and by the time I woke up and saw we were canceled around 12:45pm, they couldn’t rebook us on any other flights. Whether or not this is because the other flights were sold out to begin with or what, I don’t know. JetBlue doesn’t work with any other airlines so it was either fly out Monday and get back at 2pm, rent a car and drive the 10 hours back to Raleigh or buy tickets on another airline yet again. Flying out Monday was out of the question. The owner of my company was coming in at 8:30am and it’s only two of us in the office on Mondays anyway. Plus, I’ve missed way too much work lately (funeral then LA) so I really can’t miss anymore. Renting a car was probably cheapest but the least desirable experience ever and on very little sleep, driving back was the devil. So we decided to take the JetBlue refund and go buy tickets on Southwest for the day. I think in the end when all is said and done, we’ll only be out about $300 which also kinda sucks given all of the other shit we owe money for (see previous posts if you really care), all of which is totally travel related. I’m just going to give a big UGH and then move on to the awesome news of the week.
Guess where I’m going sometime before the end of 2010, bitches:
That’s right! My sister Katelyn won an all expenses paid trip to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando, FL!! She won 4 tickets - free hotel (Hard Rock Orlando woot), free airfare (do not comprehend), and 3-day passes to WWoHP and Universal Studios! She won it through a radio station contest, which is crazy. It’s also the second time she’s won something over the radio so now you all know the answer to “Why do you never have any luck, Colleen?” It’s because Katelyn got all of the luck in the family, lol.
Anyway, she’s taking me, Christie, and Jeremiah #2. Weekend is TBD. Hopefully Jay can maybe come to hang out though it’s going to be too expensive for him to come to both parks with us and if I’m flying anywhere, I have to make the assumption that I’m somehow going to end up in more debt. I’m so excited! I really thought it’d be years before I ever got to go to there. So YAY for something else to add onto 2010, the year of awesome!
P.S. I need a project. Now that the Lost Finale Party is over, I feel bored and useless again. Maybe I can organize something for Comic Con or something. I don’t know. I don’t do well with sitting still for long periods of time. I was thinking of writing some kind of book or something about my airline experiences but then I realize I’ve given them all away on my blog and who wants to hear someone bitch about how much LaGuardia sucks for the 30th straight page?
Guess where I went today?
Squeeeeee! Platform 9 3/4 from Harry Potter! After the changing of the Guard (kinda interesting but kinda boring, I don’t know) and Westminster Abbey (really, really awesome), we went up to King’s Cross Station and tried to go to Hogwarts, ha. Yay!
P.S. Ignore my sneakers; after the first two days of walking around in boots, my feed, legs and knees rebelled so now it’s sneakers for this girl lol
For the record, I think that J.K. Rowling’s announcement was awesome. Yeah, so what, Dumbledore’s gay? It doesn’t change the story, it doesn’t distract from it (I don’t think so at least), and I think that when people say, “Oh well, it doesn’t matter that he’s gay, what’s the big deal?”, that statement in itself IS the big deal. Time will tell if in the long run, it has an impact on literature or not, or whether or not society can handle a popular, powerful, beloved fictional character being a homosexual. Regardless, I think it’s a very positive message she’s sending to fans. Let’s discuss it, if you are so inclined.
Related: I came across this article the other day, which gave me a chuckle. It’s 7 clues that we should have picked up on that showed Dumbledore’s sexual preference.
Anyway, shoutout to McSherry because I know she’s the only one who’ll actually read this 
I’ll be baaaaack!
So who’s jumping around like a massive tool because the last Harry Potter book is getting released July 21, 2007?! This girl.
Just in time too, cause I finished JUST rereading all 6 books (for like the 4th time lol) last night & went to bed sad about probably having to wait another year & a half for Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows. Hooraaaaay!!!
I love it when I find out news a month too late, especially when it’s news that’s just begging for a comment. Apparently M. Night Shyamalan (HA, I only had to look up the spelling of his name THREE times, suckers!), the man behind the awesome Sixth Sense and not-so-awesome Lady in the Water, has been telling everyone who’ll listen that he’s considering directing one of the last two Harry Potter movies. The director claims that he is “haunted” that he passed up the chance to director The Sorcerer’s Stone and if given the chance, he would be the “greatest protector of [the] author’s stuff.”
Now, M. Night doesn’t strike me as the type of director who adheres to necessary little things such as what another author intended the storyline to be. I can see it now: Dumbledore suddenly starts walking around, interacting with Harry, completely unaware that he’s dead. Then in an attempt to keep Death Eaters out of Hogwarts, new Headmaster McGonagall boards up all the windows/doors with some strong ass plywood and gathers all the students in the Great Hall, where everyone gets to conjure up their favorite last meals! And in a “completely unforeseen twist,” we learn that Hogwarts is actually located somewhere in the Dagobah System. Yoda appears and finishes where Dumbledore left off, teaching Harry how to defeat Voldemort using the force (who needs Legilimency & Occlumency nowadays, anyway?). To reward himself for being such a genius, M. Night creates a whole new member of the Order of the Phoenix for himself to play, completely forgoing all of J.K. Rowling’s well-crafted mythology in favor of his own, updated storyline, which he will then try to pass off as “something that happened a long time ago…really…”
This rant has been brought to you by Colleen. Anyone have anything to add? Any M. Night fans in the house who want to tell me I’m overacting slightly?
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