FYI, if you haven't read the books, and you haven't seen the movie, and you DON'T want to know whats going to happen...  try to ignore the next paragraph as well as you can.


I saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows today!  I can't believe that its almost over... I've been reading these books for years, and when they started making the films I was excited that after the final book came out that I'd still have the films to look forward to.  They did an awesome job of following the book, and hardly any of the plot was changed, so making the final book into two movies is definitely paying off.  I kind of wonder how someone who hasn't read the books is following the story, because the final book, particularly the ending, is pretty complicated to understand without alot of the detail given in the book - at least I think it would be.  Any time I've tried to explain the series ending to people who wanted to know but hadn't read the books, it seemed impossible to explain that Voldemort kills Harry, but that he isn't actually able to kill Harry because Harry's blood was used to gain him a body (Goblet of Fire).  However, Harry can't destroy Voldemort until Voldemort's killed him thanks to the horecrux he accidently made the first time he tried to kill him.  At least the movie will do a much better job of explaining the concept, because I can't seem to do it without writing my own novel!

Copyright Warner Bros.

 

I then spent the next four hours doing homework.  Talk about anti-climatic.  At least the weekend (my weekend) is almost here!  

 ***FYI - this was written yesterday!  not kidding, i really am busy... alot!***

I was productive today!  I finally got my shoes, scarves and belts organized and managed to sneak in a tae-bo workout as well.  Now there are just a few things left to do... finally.

I'm really excited for the most recent installment of the Harry Potter movies.  I've been an avid reader of the books since middle school, so every time a movie comes out I pretty much act like I'm thirteen again.  I hope they do a good job with the film - considering how long it took, they better!

I wanted to talk about Rihanna's new album, "Loud", but I haven't had a chance to hear the whole thing and want to be able to give it my own review.  Coming soon... I guess?

Tonight was Cutthroat - The Challenge, and for the first time the final battle (Goulag? I'm not sure how to spell this, so "final battle" it will be on this blog).  I can't help but feel bad for Camilla through the past few episodes - the girl can't seem to do any right in Tori and Brad's eyes - who, by the way, spend alot more time bitching about Camilla than they do succeeding at challenges.  So when Camilla was paired up with Laurel to fight it out in the final battle, it seemed too good to be true that maybe, just maybe, Camilla can send the raging bitch home so I don't have to listen to her say "annoying" TEN THOUSAND TIMES in the most annoying voice I've ever heard.  I can't believe they've managed to cast someone that I dislike MORE than Sarah, which is funny, because it seems like Sarah is Laurel's only friend in the house.  That's where negativity will take you, right?

Photo from MTV.com

A soldier in Iowa received the Medal of Honor today - something that hasn't been awarded to someone who was living since the Vietnam war.  Army Staff Sgt. Sal Giunta ran into a "wall of bullets" to pull another soldier who was wounded in the leg to safety, and then went BACK again and saw another one of his comrades being carried away by enemy forces.  He shot the two men carrying Sgt. Joshua C. Brennan away, killing one and injuring the other, and carried him back to cover, attempting to resuscitate him.  Unfortunately, Sgt. Brennan didn't make it.  Army Staff Sgt Guinta was shot twice, but one of the shots hit his body armor and the other his weapons.

I was so moved at the idea of what this man did for both of those men.  Had he not taken action to ensure that Sgt. Brennan was not taken by the Taliban, his family would bear the grief of not knowing what happened to him, and more than likely, he would have suffered far worse before dying.  Honor deserved.





Well, its time to get to bed, yet another day tomorrow and there's still things to be done.  Busy busy busy... as always.  Still haven't watched Gossip Girl.  Must get on that!

Until then --