Scary... Okay, I can't even say anything about this, really...

Except, maybe... well, no, I'll let you have your own reactions. Go see it, yourself.  ¶ 10:15 AM 0 comments

  Speed Translation This article came to me through a news service for linguists. Apparently, excited fans are already translating HBP into Russian for their friends, months ahead of when the "official" translation is due to come out. Websites had the first *four* chapters up by three days after the release!

In case you didn't know, translation is really time-consuming. Any shortcuts end up resulting in the kind of nonsense that you get from Babelfish. So, I would call this "speed translation"--motivated by the kind of obsession that we *know* people have about Harry Potter. ;-)

Cool stuff, nonetheless. ;-)  ¶ 9:54 PM 0 comments

  Umm...
HISTORICALS! - Adventurous and somewhat dark, but
that's true adventure. From the heart of Olde
England, or the Caribbean isles, adventures in
the past, are a fire that burn in your soul to
be written. History books, Kathleen E.
Woodiwiss and Alexander Dumas are your
inspirations!


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Erm. Hmm.

Well, that's just all wrong. I've never read anything by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss or Alexander Dumas, nor have I ever read a history book for fun.

I could see myself writing fantasy. Mystery. Sci-fi. Even adventure. Historical fiction???  ¶ 7:18 AM 0 comments

  Reviews.. Hehe, so, I just wrote this *really* long review, and I thought I'd copy it here, just for posterity and because that's the kind of mood I'm in. It's from a large Stargate:SG1 series (when I say large, I mean it... well over 1 million words and counting, in various stories.. and very well written!). If you want to check out the series, you can do it here.

Meanwhile, this was the review I wrote. Kind of silly, and I don't think there are really any spoilers for the stories as a whole. If you have a really good memory, you might know something is coming in this particular story, but it's not even a major part of the story, so...

I am an evil, horrible reader.

How evil and horrible? I have been working my way through the Campers series (actually, I read one in the middle.. can't remember if I reviewed or not, and now I've started at the beginning) and I'm on Scion now and this is the first time I'm reviewing!

*slaps her own wrist* Bad, bad.

On the plus side, this means that you have done such a good job that I keep moving on to the next story before I remember to review. Believe me, that's a high compliment.

And another high compliment is that it has been hard to drag myself away from the computer to do other things. I just want to sit here and read this story. (On the other hand, this is less than ideal, since I really have a Qualifying Paper I'm supposed to be working on. D'oh!)

So, other than giving you those compliments and letting you know that I'm reading and really enjoying, I'm not sure what to say. I really want to get back to reading. The thing that finally made me realize that I should review was that I read a line in this and thought of something I wanted to say, and then realized I hadn't said ANYTHING so far. Oops.

The line was...

“It’s from Ja-“Shawn cut himself off, giving Jack a look that O’Neill couldn’t possibly interpret.

I was just thinking that it would be very helpful to know whether that was a long or a short 'a' that he started to say. Was he more likely to have been starting to say Jacob, or Jack, for example? ;-)

Hmm.. very interesting. I keep trying to figure out not only if he's from the future, but if he might also be from an alternate dimension. I don't really know all the canon of Stargate.. I've only watched maybe 15 episodes, and they were a random assortment. Lots of my knowledge of canon comes from reading various SG1 fanfics and picking up little pieces as I go. So I don't know if it's plausible that he could be from an alternate universe as well as the future. Hmm.

Hope you enjoyed this review. It got long on its own; it wasn't my intention, but it was fun.

Oh, and nice try with the "I'm not writing a sequel" thing in the first story. Famous last words. ;-) (On the other hand, I'm glad you did. Sometimes saying you *will* write a sequel can be the kiss of death, just as saying that you won't may actually cause it to happen.. the mysteries of being a writer. :-D )

*goes back to reading*

So yeah. That's my utterly random post for the day. Don't worry, Reparo is not in mothballs, and I'm working up the courage to reread Lies and hopefully get back into that. But as I said in the review, I'm supposed to be working on my Qualifying Paper.. not to mention these stories are dragging me away.. Ugh.  ¶ 8:25 PM 0 comments

  HP Art Here is a gorgeous picture.. don't know where it came from, but someone linked me..

Dumbledore's Funeral

That makes me sad where the actual book sequence didn't.. :-/  ¶ 5:00 PM 0 comments

  No spoilers... ... but this is what Amazon has to say about HBP:

Hello from Amazon.com.

Good news! We've just lowered the price of "Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood Prince" from $17.99 to $16.99.

You don't need to do anything to get the lower price--we are
automatically
issuing you a $1.00 refund.

That's all I have to say (for now).  ¶ 11:39 PM 0 comments

  Which Harry Potter Character Am I? Snurched it from Corbin.. are we surprised by the result? ;-)

You scored as Hermione Granger. You're one intelligent witch, but you have a hard time believing it and require constant reassurance. You are a very supportive friend who would do anything and everything to help her friends out. Hermione Granger 95% Harry Potter 90% Remus Lupin 85% Severus Snape 80% Ron Weasley 75% Ginny Weasley 65% Draco Malfoy 65% Albus Dumbledore 65% Sirius Black 60% Lord Voldemort 20% Your Harry Potter Alter Ego Is...? created with QuizFarm.com

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  [Crafty Molly] They copied my design! Okay, so maybe neither of us copied the other. However, I just found something that looks remarkably similar to the design on the rug I've been making (albeit with more/different colors) at Target.com. Although there will be some relatively large differences, in the long run. You'll see.

Speaking of seeing, I'm going to post a picture later today, probably, whenever I finish the square I'm at work on. And it shouldn't be TOO much longer after that before I finish the row. I'm making progress!

P.S. You can see previous pictures by clicking on the link at the bottom of this post to link to my subblog.

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  I should have been...   ¶ 1:53 AM 0 comments