Part Two

So, I was one of the many that went to the midnight primere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two. Aside from being the end of an era, it was an amazing experience. I'd never been to a midnight premere before and it was just fantastic. I'd come in rather late to the community of Harry Potter. I'd been to the midnight release of the last four books, but other than talking to my family and friends about every tiny detail, it wasn't quite life changing, at least not completely. I learned about Mugglenet during the countdown to Goblet of Fire, but I never really realized that there was a community attached. I stumbled into wizard rock not long after I stumbled into nerdfighteria, around April 2010. I wish I could have been part of all of it from the beginning, but I'll just have to bide my time until I can go to a HP con.

I loved the movie, and not just because I have loved all of them. It hardly dragged and the battles were suitably intense. I would've liked to have seen Teddy, and Dumbledore could have explained more about sending Harry after the Hallows. Snape's memories seemed a little gapped and Percy returned without fanfare. I know they can't fit in every tiny piece of the books, but I was disappointed about a few things. Matthew Lewis was wonderful as Neville emerging as the badass we've always known he was. I can only hope that I will never stop loving Harry Potter, and neither will the world around me.

I'm Back!

Hey there blog. Long time no see, huh? I meant to give an explanation for stopping BEDA, and I guess it's about to turn into an excuse for not writing anything on here for seventy seven days. Here goes: I stopped writing for BEDA because I was very busy and got tired of boring, uninformative posts. I'd rather write something substantial when I think of it, instead of writing basically nothing for the sake of a deadline. Now I know for next year, I guess. (I doubt this will stop me from trying again. But you never know.) After I abandoned BEDA, I got swamped with homework and finals. And after a while, I forgot that I had a blog. Clearly I'm very responsible and have a good memory.

Here's a list of some of the things I've done since my last post:
Finished my junior year of high school
Jumped off a 60 foot cliff
Driven to Arizona in an unfamiliar, manual car
Seen wild horses
Floated down a river in 120 degree heat
Gotten lost in Las Vegas, New Mexico
Finished watching the entire series of Buffy
Become addicted to The Mountain Goats
Spent time with my cactus brethren
Redrawn and colored about a quarter of the octopus puns
Walked for eight miles down train tracks
Stood right next to the tracks as a train went by
Started filming/vlogging about my adventures
Found several new webcomics to follow
Learned how to scan slides into a computer
Bought my tickets for the midnight release of Deathly Hallows Part 2

In about a week, I leave for Georgia to visit family and get senior pictures. After that, I'm going to California for a family reunion. Then it's band camp and school starting again. Hopefully I'll manage to keep my poor blog somewhat up to date this time.