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January 16, 2006Patrick casserole...
I spent some time in the Starbucks down the street from my new apartment today, and everybody had a laptop with them. And I mean everybody, right down to the homeless guy who was mumbling arcane things to himself. He's probably a screenwriter. This is L.A., after all.
I don't know how long it's supposed to last, but I am enjoying this weather--cold, windy, and sunny. I didn't realize how much I've missed hearing the wind blow through the trees until it happened this afternoon as I sat in my new place. There weren't any trees through which the wind could blow at my old place--although the wind could make a pretty loud buzz if I took the Sweet-N-Low packets out of the crack between the windowpane and the metal frame.
I've tore through the first two books in the "Harry Potter" series since the beginning of the month, and I'm actually enjoying them. After all the curmudgeonly bitching I've done about them over the years--about how you'd think J.K. Rowling invented the written word to hear people go on about them--I figured it was only fair that I give them a shot. So far, so good. Besides, from a karmic standpoint, I'm a total sucker for the "struggling single mom writes book and becomes the richest woman in the universe" angle. In any event, I've plenty of reading ahead of me before I get to territory I've not already explored with the films.
And thanks to an evil, evil man by the name of Mike Bento, I had a huge spoiler already dropped on me with regards to book number six. Thanks, Lunchbox. You're fired.
While at Starbucks, I decided to start revamping the German language with terms of my own devising, such as:
Der Krappenburgerhaus - a fast food establishment
Die Kitzersexin - Spring Break
Der Disengraff - a tabletop roleplaying game
Der Glutenschtaff - a breadstick
Der Axisallekartonwearer - a cosplayer
Liestenkashperdai - minimum wage
More to come...or perhaps not.
Posted by patrick at January 16, 2006 02:05 AM
CommentsYeah, um, Mike Bento sucks.
I just succumbed to ye olde girlfriend's supplications to enter the literary world of Harry Potter. I can safely say that they are certainly far better than the movies. Spoiler aside, you've still got decent reading ahead of you. It progresses in quality with each book, but the infection lies more in the episodic hooks than the writing talent, IMHO. I found the series more contagious than excellent. Being a bit of a seriophile (is that what you would call someone who goes OCD on obtaining the entirety of a series?) I can't wait for the final book, but more to numb curiosity than to marvel at Ms. Rowling's prowess.
Posted by: Rich Lashua at January 16, 2006 09:36 AM
PATRICK'S NOTE: Jon included this in an e-mail to me regarding this post, and it was too damn good not to share:
"Long digression, but here's a spoiler for you for Book VII -- Harry and Ron finally do it, causing Draco to get very, very jealous and turn Ron into a ferret, partly as revenge for what happened to him in Book IV. Harry has a homosexual panic and sacrifices imself to Lord Voldemort. Meanwhile, Ron is cured of the spell by (insert Book VII's guest British Guest Star Wizard here), admits to Hermione that he swings both ways and hooks up with her; and Draco, upset that he's been dumped, is killed in an accident in the bathroom, which leaves him and Moaning Myrtle cruising there forever, fighting over the pickings as the class of 2011 arrives...
"So, kind of a happy ending all around...
"And yes, legions of slash-fic fans are waiting for the next movie, by which point Harry and pals will be pushing 18. Sick bastards..."
PATRICK'S NOTE: I'm afraid they're not--not waiting, that is. Don't ask me how I know this.
Posted by: Patrick at January 17, 2006 05:28 PM
PATRICK'S NOTE: I'm afraid they're not--not waiting, that is. Don't ask me how I know this.
Um... and how do you know this?
Oh, wait. I knew it, too. And I have no idea how, either. Except that it's kind of unavoidable online.
And the SNL "Hermione Grows Breasts" sketch was an instant classic...
(Pardon the messy formatting. Why doesn't your comments thingie take HTML?)
Posted by: Jon Bastian at January 21, 2006 01:35 AM
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