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March 31st, 2008

08:26 pm - GRRRRRRRRR Well this has certainly been a frustrating day. Can't remember the last time I spent 10 hours troubleshooting and trying to fix a seemingly unfixable computer problem; I've really gotten quite the flashback today. Pretty much what happened is that my computer (a Macbook Pro) succumbed to what seems to be a fairly common problem, referred to online as "Random Restarting." What happened was that there was, at some point, too much pressure on my keyboard. Whether this was just simply from wear and tear, the fact that I have a keyboard protector constantly squishing it, or simply someone just sitting on the computer, I don't know, but I am PISSED OFF. When there's too much pressure, apparently two chips in the motherboard come in too close of contact, and they do something that makes the computer go on the blink, get really hot, and restart itself. Thank God I'm still under warranty; I'm considering buying warranty for the next year too in case some other fatass decides to pop a squat on my keyboard. However, the most frustrating problem is this - I really, really need my computer right now, and for a fairly heavy workload. I've got like 25 days until the end of the semester, and a lot of CPU-intense work to do, which is the big problem here. So long as I don't have to do so much work that I activate all of my RAM on both drives, I'm fine. However, I'm currently doing work that requires that I have access to all of the CS3 programs at once, thus requiring that I have both processors and my fans-a-blazing. This is bad. I'm probably going to the local mac repair place tomorrow to see if this can be a quick fix, if not, I'm just going to have to be using the Tanner lab a lot. So if you see me looking inordinately grumpy in the next week or so here, now you know why. Because, as of now, my computer can only run one application at a time without going on the fritz. Someone shoot me please. Current Mood: angry Current Music: Pounding in my head from being on the computer for over 12 hours

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March 5th, 2008

02:01 pm - Stupid, stupid, stupid... Bleghhh this week is gross. I had a project due Monday, two critiques, I have to try to pass the math placement test tomorrow so I (hopefully) don't have to take precalc again, got a parking ticket for parking for like 20 minutes in the middle of the torrential rainfall on Tuesday, AND found out that I have to do my project for History of Graphic design by myself, since we now have an odd number of people since someone withdrew. All of that in addition to the fact that I need to pack for GOING TO SAN FRANSISCO FRIDAY WOOOOOOO, but that's a much more stressful event now that I pretty much have to remove EVERYTHING from my room that someone would want to steal. Most of it won't be bad, but the 38 pound printer? Yeah, I think that might stay. Someone trying to steal it would have just as much trouble getting that monster up and down the stairs as I do (not because it's heavy; the friggin thing is two and a half feet wide and barely fits going up and down the stairs) I whine too much, so I digress. So, San Fransisco. Never been to California, apart from the airport in LA on my way to Australia, so I don't think that counts. So I have no idea what to expect, other than that I think I'll be DD-ing for my parents in the wine country. Oh, and Lynn, if you see this before Thursday night - I know you just got back, what was the weather like? Georgia March weather is psycho, and it's impossible to judge other states by what we have (below 30 at night, yet it got up to 75 on Monday. wtf.) I'm trying to write up my portfolio for a potential (oh screw potential, I NEED to do this) internship at a graphic design firm this summer, and I realize that I'm at a major disadvantage compared to all the other kids, since they all have at least another year on me, and didn't spend almost every summer taking college classes. Fortunately, I did work at the law office over last summer which is pretty good, except that would look a lot better if I was trying to get into law school. So if anyone knows of a good way to pad out my portfolio without resorting to putting in things from high school (which is incredibly lame), do let me know. Back to reviewing for this math test. Seriously, I haven't even SEEN logarithms or any of this crap for four years. I feel like an idiot barely remembering this stuff, although, granted, who actually uses this stuff? Why yes, I DO have roughly the maturity of a 15-year-old boy. Beavis and Butt-Head and Darcy. Current Mood: grr... Current Music: Midday Travel Channel

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February 20th, 2008

02:34 pm - I'm on the fast track to being a delinquent... ...because I skipped class for the first time this year today. I know, shocking. But it wasn't really my choice; I only got about two hours of sleep last night because SOME HAMSTER, GEE, I WONDER WHO, decided that last night was THE night to endlessly try to chew wire and hurl himself against the plastic box and tape contraption I made to stop him from escaping. Let me explain this, because it's odd - hamsters have very, very sharp teeth. Sharp enough to chew through the industrial strength chicken wire I had to wrap around the cage to prevent hamster breakouts. Bruce has been chewing away at the wire he can get to at one of the corners at the top of the cage for so long, he has removed the bottoms of the wire grid in a few areas, leaving all these spikes. Now, he may be clever enough to know that the corner is the weakest and most malleable part of the roof of his cage, but he's not bright enough to know to stop biting at the wires when they're digging into his nose and making a massive bloody mess. That's right, poor lil Bruce has got a great bloody welt on his face now. So, back to last night. Around 2 in the morning, I couldn't take the noise anymore. I rigged up this contraption to stem Bruce's apparent masochistic needs, and essentially it's a plastic corner that you're supposed to use as a litter tray (he slept in it for a while.... sigh...), and I have strapped it to the corner he kept sticking his nose in, and fortified it with about five feet of strapping tape. However, he keeps going after that corner. He thinks he can outsmart me, and I'm really hoping he doesn't find a flaw. Because then, despite my apparent IQ of 132, I will have been outsmarted by a hamster. Anyway, so I spent most of last night fortifying the structure, then I deemed it sound and went back to bed. Now here's the ridiculous part - Bruce decides to start scratching and biting at the plastic, and eventually starts throwing himself at it. I tried stacking pillows on my head, my fan was already running full blast, but I could not sleep through this racket. By 4 in the morning, my addled brain finally realized "Oh, I can put him in the bathroom so I don't hear him." But my bat-like ears were giving me issues even after I put him in there; I could STILL hear everything he was doing, so I had to stick his cage in the tub, turn on the bathroom fan, AND close the door to get some quiet by 5 in the morning. Needless to say, I was not too happy when my alarm started ringing two hours later. I considered my options for about three seconds, then hurled my alarm across the room and slept in until 11:00, which is usually around when I'm done for the day on Wednesday, anyway. So I had a day off, and I must say it's been awesome. I rearranged Bruce's cage to throw him off when he wakes up, I practically sterilized my room it's so clean (because A. it was getting messy B. my roommates all have the flu, and while I'm usually immune, I don't want to risk a dirty room exacerbating the possibility and C. to piss Bruce off... see how HE likes it when I make a huge racket when he tries to sleep! although he doesn't have to get up at 7 every morning to go to class... lucky!). I rearranged my closet and shoes, changed my sheets, fixed my vacuum, and reorganized my art supplies. I need to take days off more often; I sure as hell got more done at home than I would have in class. Since the last entry here, my mom came down here and looked at the houses I've been previewing for her, and we put a contract on one. So hopefully, after spring break, I'll be living in a brand new house! It's in this fairly large neighborhood that only has a few people living in it right now (they just started building last year), and it's only about a mile further from campus than I am now. It's right off Timothy Road, and closer to the loop than the Atlanta highway, so it's decidedly less sketchy than the other neighborhood on this road we were considering buying in. But what I'm looking forward to is finally having enough room, because, let's face it - at my house right now, everything I own is in a 15x10 space. I don't have anything downstairs, and our kitchen is usually in a state of ruin, so I have absolutely everything I eat up here too, in addition to my desk, my drafting table, my drawers, Bruce and all his accessories, four huge boxes of art supplies, all gajillion of my portfolios, and an entire closet that is about to explode, considering it holds all of my summer and winter clothes (you kids closer to home have NO idea what a pain it is to have your closet occupied by sundresses and skirts in February... Sigh...) Ok, I'm going to stop ranting and get all of my work for PE done in one fell swoop, so I don't have to deal with it again. Yay! Oh, and it's been a while since I've done one of these: Current Music: The sweet sound of NO HAMSTER RATTLING THE BARS OF HIS CAGE

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January 28th, 2008

07:33 pm - Sup? Hey there everyone, it's been a while. As per usual, I have returned here to avoid work (in this case, reading "Who Wrote the Bible?", which is proving to be a drier read than Jane Eyre. Gag me.), and generally vent until I deem the entry long enough. Then, of course, the random pictures. I have two irritants right now (other than the reading for my Religion class) that are wholly different. The first is my layout class, which very well may be the most confusing class I've ever had simply because our teacher is a complete space case. And this is coming from ME. She is completely passive and unwilling to give us direction in our projects, and when she does, her aesthetic choices are DULL DULL DEADLY DULL. Ugh. My other aforementioned irritant is, oddly, the moon. Usually we're on good terms, but right now, every night, it has been shining through both my curtains AND my blinds, glowing like the frickin' sun, to quote Carl on the subject. It's already hard enough to sleep with Bruce renovating his cage all night, but really? The moon too? Then again, maybe this is just spite. After all, I was a New Moon baby, not all of us can be lunatic (ha ha! PUN!) full moon babies like Curran. But whatever, opposites attract. Oh, and on that line, happy late birthday to Curran for the record; although I was not actually in Athens on the 5th, festivities and cookies were had when I did get back from MD. In other news, the property search for next year has become intense and more security oriented, especially after I got FUCKING ROBBED (I believe the expletive is necessary to fully express my thoughts here) over break. That's right, if any of you keep up with the Athens Banner-Herald (lol maybe Aunt J but I kid myself for the rest of you), I was one of those lucky 8 houses in Pineview that got hit. Fortunately, we weren't hit nearly as bad as some of the other houses - all they took from us was my bass amp (WHY???????), since my roommate's boyfriend was actually IN THE HOUSE at the time feeding her rabbit, so the burglars turned tail and ran as soon as they heard him. It's too bad he didn't hear them coming in, but apparently they pried our back window open, rather than kicking our door in loudly as they did the rest of the neighborhood. So in the end, I'm short by my amp and paranoid as hell. I'm considering training Bruce to attack people, but I don't think he has it i him. I mean, look at this guy: Anyway, the houses. It's been difficult finding something secure and relatively inexpensive that is also capable of holding 3 people, 2 cats, 1 hamster, and an entire house and garage's worth of stuff in addition to all of my stuff here. Everyone was in town last weekend to do a collective property search, but now I'm the sole person to go look at these houses, so THAT'S fun. Right now we're mainly looking at a neighborhood right off the Atlanta Highway on Timothy Road that's pretty nice. An added bonus that I just noticed yesterday is that they will be building an Agua Linda within walking distance of the house, which is AWESOME because Agua Linda is probably the best Mexican restaurant in Athens, but its crappy location off of Price with the terrible parking situation prevents it being convenient, so this, if anything, will make me gain weight. Ahhhhhh another irritant there. To make this short and sweet, I kind of went crazy during finals, and was pretty much surviving off of 7-layer burritos at Taco Bell that I only got every time I printed something at Kinko's. As a result, I dropped even more weight (I was already on a fairly steady decline due to the fact that our kitchen at the house here was rarely clean, therefore not too conducive to cooking, and even now you can't turn on the burners without something starting to smoke). So, I've loaded my mini-fridge with cheese, carrots, grapes, and onion dip and my shelves with bananas, bagels, granola bars, bread, donuts, chips, and cereal; all in a desperate attempt to gain some weight. Especially since, according to some online test, I'm 20% underweight. Eep. So far, it hasn't been working too well; right now I'm weighing in at a hefty 111 (don't tell my mom). I'll give this another week; if I see no change from trying to live off my own food, I'll just start going to Barberrito's and Waffle House a whole lot more. Well, that's enough for now; I need to figure out how on earth I'm supposed to do this online quiz for my stupid Volleyball class, which is probably not helping me gain any weight either. Ugh...... Current Mood: blah Current Music: Hamster Wheel. It's some pretty rockin shit

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October 14th, 2007

02:40 pm - Blargh. My printer is taking FOREVER to update, so I came here armed with bored-ness. I looked through some of the older entries, found this test, took it again, and discovered that I have gotten crazier: Disorder Rating Paranoid Personality Disorder: Moderate Schizoid Personality Disorder: High Schizotypal Personality Disorder: High Antisocial Personality Disorder: Low Borderline Personality Disorder: Low Histrionic Personality Disorder: Moderate Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Moderate Avoidant Personality Disorder: Moderate Dependent Personality Disorder: Moderate Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: High -- Take the Personality Disorder Test -- -- Personality Disorder Info -- And then I stole this from Lynn's myspace: 1. Are you taller than your best friend? I’m taller than all my girl friends, right around the same height as all my guy friends 2. Do you have a favorite type of pen? Felt tips, even though they’re terrible for left handed writing, they’re awesome for drawing 3. Look at your planner for October 14, what are you doing? Seeing as that’s today, finishing my Typography project (currently waiting for my printer to update so I can print stuff), celebrating mine and Curran’s 8 month dating mark, studying for a midterm 4. What color are your toenails usually? Toenail colored 5. What was the last thing you highlighted? Lynn’s answer to this question heh heh heh 6. What color are the curtains in your bedroom? Purple, turquoise, and light green striped 7. What color are the seats in your car? Dark gray 8. Have you ever had a black and white cat? No, just the sweetest little calico you’d ever met 9. What is the last thing you put a stamp on? Thank you note to Curran’s mom 10. Do you know anyone who lives in Wyoming? Nope 11. Why did you withdraw cash from the ATM the last time? Because I needed money…? 12. Who is the last baby that you held? I guess Harry or Jordan, although they were 3; not quite baby 13. Can you spell well? Well enough 14. Do you like Cinnamon toothpaste? Blegh I can’t use anything other than what I have, what with the hypersensitivity and all 15. What kind of car were you driving 2 years ago? The old 96 Subaru Legacy RIP 16. Pick one: Miami Hurricanes or Florida Gators? Gators; I have friends and family there and the Canes kinda suck 17. Last time you went to Six Flags? Last April for the UGA Night there ($15!!!!) 18. Do you have a favorite brand of underwear? Whatever Victoria’s Secret happens to have at their Christmas sale 19. Closest thing to you that is yellow? A birthday balloon ^^ 20. Last person you gave a business card? A cab driver 21. Who is the last person you wrote a check to? Cynthia for the cable bill 22. Closest framed picture to you? My family picture from my sister’s wedding 23. Last time you had someone cook for you? Curran did a couple weeks ago 24. Have you ever applied for welfare? Nope 25. How many emails do you get in your inbox daily (excluding spam)? Usually 3 or 4 26. Last time you received flowers? Tuesday for my birthday; both from my parents and Curran 27.Have you read Twilight, New Moon, or Eclipse? I’ve read a book called Twilight in the Mediator Series, and Walk Two Moons back in elementary school… 28. Do you play air guitar? YES. 29. Has anyone ever proposed to you? As a joke, sure 30. Do you take anything in your coffee? Not? 31. Do you have any Willow Tree figurines? That sounds tacky and old-lady-ish 32. What is/was your high school's mascot? Hawkl; we stole the Iowa State logo for EVERYTHING 33. Last person you spoke to from high school? Well I guess my sister counts, but probably Lynn 34. Last time you used hand sanitizer? No idea; I usually use soap 35. Would you like to learn to play the drums? I can play very basic, and that’s about as good as I’ll ever do (I have like zero coordination) 36. What color are the blinds in your living room? One’s off white, the other like fluorescent white 38. Last thing you read in the newspaper? The Out and About section for this weekend 39. What was the last pageant you attended? Never been to one… Is this an old lady quiz or something? 40. What is the last place you bought pizza from? Gumby’s, presumably because we rarely order from anywhere else 41. Have you ever worn a crown? Yeah, fake ones 42. What is the last thing you stapled? My poly. Sci. notes 43. Did you ever drink clear Pepsi? I don’t even drink normal Pepsi 44. Are you ticklish? In some places… 45. Last time you saw fireworks? 4th of July, but I heard some in Athens after we won the Bama game 46. Last time you had a Krispy Kreme doughnut? A while ago… Krispy Kreme is all the way out on the Atlanta highway; Dunkin Donuts is SO close AND next to a Taco Stand 47. Who is the last person that left you a message & you actually returned? My mom or Davis yesterday 48. Last time you parked under a carport? Last night at Pete’s 49. Do you have a black dog? No, she’s not really anyone’s and kind of brindled 50. Can you give one reason why David Caruso is allowed to keep acting? Who? 51. Are you an aunt or uncle? No… *is scared* 52. Who has the prettiest eyes that you know of? Tee hee hee Curran and his girl-lashes 53. Last time you saw a semi truck? Last time I was on the highway 54. How will you be spending Christmas? Home! 55. How many pillows do you sleep with? One for my head, one that keeps things from falling behind my bed, and one long one I kinda spoon with (it’s soooooo comfy) All right screw this; I guess I'll print EVERYTHING at Kinko's >_ Current Mood: aggravated Current Music: Dethklok - The Dethalbum

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September 5th, 2007

04:13 pm - I did it for the lulz Quite a few things have happened since I last updated (for example driving down to Athens from MD, moving in, classes, etc.), but in this entry, I will only be making short summations of some of the funnier things that have happened recently, in no particular order (this first one just happened five minutes ago) -I went on Myspace for the first time in like six months, and noticed I got some weird, stalker-ish sort of letter from this local photographer guy who wants to take pictures of me and my feet. Clearly, my Myspace picture profile does not adequately express just how not-foot-fetishist-friendly my feet are. -I was one of like 10 people in my 250-person Poly. Sci. class to get a 100% on my paper... AND I DIDN'T EVEN READ THE ASSIGNED TEXT. I barley even skimmed the summaries... Thank you, Howard County Public School System, for teaching me how to BS so damn well. -I absolutely love my Athens friends. Our crazy party nights have consisted of nothing but cheap liquor, Wario Ware, bad movies, and rocking out to Tetris music, and our days are nothing but cocking around watching Arrested Development/Scrubs/Rome/Simpsons interspersed with studying and Oblivion. -As much as she scoffed at it, Emily is now totally addicted to WoW. I credit myself completely. -Paul and I are in the same Intermediate Drawing class, which may be awesome or terrible because all we do is talk about zombies, WoW, and 4chan; and I think we have completely frightened the rest of the class. But Professor Norman does not seem to care at all -Speaking of that, Paul and I are also considering forming a 4chan band and making a movie. We have way too much free time in that class -We have a dog at my house! She's not really ours, we're just waiting right now to see if anyone will claim her (she was wandering out on Milledge at 2 in the morning collar-less, whcih didn't seem too good...) We have named her Riley, and she can sit, stay, shake, and sort of fetch. She's this total mutt; like the face and fur of some kind of brindled pointer with the body of a greyhound. She enjoys whining when people aren't near her and destroying anything left on the floor. -Curran braved meeting my entire family in Fayetteville and did quite well; seemed to even enjoy himself once he loosened up a bit. Much Trivial Pursuit was had. -I am eating about a bag of mini carrots a week. If I turn orange, this is why. Stop me. -Taking the issue of "Darcy-doesn't-eat-when-she-has-to- feed-herself-therefore- loses-even-more-weight" into his own hands, Curran has made me dinner on several nights now, and for someone who claims to not know how to cook, is doing a damn good job. -Don't make me get funky. You won't like me when I get funky. -I should never be allowed to drive in a car for 8 hours by myself, because my tendency is to listen to black metal, and eventually discover that I do indeed have a death metal scream; however, it's in that extremely-evil-devil-scream range that Shagrath from Dimmu Borgir has, so it's not very useful... -I created a meme. It's actually gotten a fair amount of play on 4chan. For those of you who are slightly in the know, yes; it is a play off of the "Jeff Goldblum..." version of the same thing: Games??? LOVE GAMES??????

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August 1st, 2007

01:07 pm - Wikipedia-ing I've been on Wikipedia for like, the past hour, as my boss likes to take two hour lunchs (why?), and found some interesting things, for example, that there's a name for that thing that I do when I repeat words under my breath - Palilalia is the repetition or echoing of one's own spoken words,[1] and may sound like stuttering. It is a complex tic, like echolalia and coprolalia.[2] All can be symptoms of Tourette syndrome,[3] Asperger syndrome,[4] or autism.[5] And, the entry for my hometown (dear God we really ARE a bunch of hicks) Highland is an unincorporated community in western Howard County, Maryland that carries the zip code of 20777. Highland is located at the junction of Highland Road, Maryland Route 216 and Maryland Route 108. Highland is still heavily influenced by its agrarian history; farms and horse fields are common in the area. The crossroads itself has a small-town feel, with a few shops that share in the rich history. Boarman's Meat Market is an anchor institution, having been in business for many years. Highland is the last rural crossroads in Maryland, and, as such, many community members have taken it upon themselves to maintain the historical sites and feel of the hamlet by fouding the Greater Highland Crossroads Association (GHCA). The boundaries of the town are marked by four handsome signs. There are four corners at this crossroad. South corner: Kitty Bed and Breakfast. West corner: Boarman's Meat Market. North corner: land that is in the process of being developed, and is expected to be several shops, offices, and one restaurant. East corner: Butterfield's Antique Store. That's right people. Our anchor is the deer meat store. And this is just gross, and probably why I hated high school so much: Howard County has one of the highest median household incomes of any county in the United States. Clarksville has the highest family income of any township in the county ($159,266). The only reason my school's town is famous is because we're the richest township in the richest county in the country. Someone shoot me. But being in semi-rural Maryland has its benefits. I jsut discovered that we got credited with this gem: "Redneck Zombies" The film itself is set in rural Maryland in 1986. The plot is set into motion when a U.S. Army soldier accidentally spills a 50 gallon drum of nuclear waste off the back of his jeep. The accident occurred after the soldier driving the Jeep offered a lit joint to his passenger (a dog), then lost control of the vehicle when the joint burned his hand after the canine's rejection. The drum is found by a stereotypical backwoods family who proceed to empty out the drum in order to use it as part of their new moonshine still. Unfortunately for the rednecks and the consumers of their product, the toxic waste residue left in the drum produces a batch of liquor that turns those who consume it into zombies. Meanwhile, a group of young people are camping in the nearby woods. Usual zombie hijinks ensue, with all but one of the camping protagonists winding up as zombie fodder. That's all I got for now... Current Mood: blah Current Music: I am Murloc! I AM DEATH!

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July 27th, 2007

12:12 pm - Schedule Mainly here for my benefit, but hey; some of us may have classes together (I'm pretty sure Paul and I are in the same drawing class... Poor Mr. Norman...) And if any of you need an easy physical science or humanities (why it counts for this I don't know, but whatever) credit, take Human Geography with me. I spaced out through all of Geography 1125, which is supposed to be the higher level one, and got a 98%; so clearly we can work the GPA system here. Paul, should you see this, you will notice that I'm not tkaing any art history. You sure as hell better pass 2200 so we can start taking Asian art history, and MAYBE you can use my notes. Monday, Friday GEOG 1101 12:20-1:10 Staff ARGD 3030 1:25-3:20 Spivey Tuesday, Thursday POLS 1101 9:30-10:45 Haynes ARGD 3020 11:00-1:45 Webb ARST 2010 2:00-4:45 Norman Wednesday POLS 1101 11:15-12:05 Haynes GEOG 1101 12:20-1:10 Staff ARGD 3030 1:25-3:20 Spivey Current Mood: melancholy Current Music: Fire alarm in the mall

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July 23rd, 2007

02:08 pm - You Know I'm Having Problems When I Do Algebra for Fun Darcy at painting class - iPod + small children - supervision + room of pianos next door = I have a headache Although I guess if you PEMDAS'ed that, you'd come up with a different answer, so: (Darcy at painting class - iPod) + (small children - supervision) + room of pianos next door = I have a headache Oh jeez we could so FOIL that: (Darcy at painting class + small children) + (Darcy at painting class - supervision) + (-iPod + small children) + (-iPod - supervision) Ummm... Therefore -iPod = headache. It's harder to cancel things out when they're words rather than numbers... Although I'd like to see the graph for the original y = (a-b)+(c-d) + e Anyway... My boss hasn't been here since I got in, and I'm not sure which files he wants me to be working on at the moment, so if he doesn't show up in the next hour, I'm so leaving early. Which is why I'm here, doing algebra to figure out the cause of my headache, which has just made the problem worse, seeing as I can't do anything other than long division to save my life. Well damn. Now he's here. Back to scanning crap... Current Mood: sleepy Current Music: Dream Theatre... No, I don't know why

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July 19th, 2007

01:08 pm - Final Theories... ...on Harry Potter, that is. I'll make this short because I have documents to scan. Eventually. You all can take this entry and either go HAHAAA YOU WERE SO LONG, or maybe finally admit that I have ESP. This could go either way. MY THOUGHTS FOR BOOK 7: DEATHS: Voldemort, Pettigrew, Bellatrix, Snape, Percy, Malfoy Sr., possibly Ron, possibly Lupin, possibly Hagrid, possibly Dobby or Kreacher. HOGWARTS: Harry's definitely going back, but I don't think he'll be taking classes. Can't speak for anyone else, though, that's really up in the air SNAPE: Definitely good, Dumbledore wanted him to kill him, although he's working for his own means before anyone else's - he was motivated to join the side of good when he found out Voldy was going to kill Lily, who he had a huge crush on all these years, and hates Harry because he's the living reminder that he failed where James succeeded, but won't let Harry die because he's the last living reminder of Lily, but there may have even been an Unbreakable Vow for him to protect Harry, thus why he's always taken risk to save Harry. Don't even try to argue with me on this one. R.A.B.: Definitely Regulus Black as aided by Kreacher, thus why he's goen batshit, although I wonder how an 18-year-old that Sirius didn't seem to think was so bright had the where-with-all to figure out the whole Horcrux thing unaided. Although Slughorn certainly knew about the possibility of Horcruxes and had Regulus in his house, who knows... PLOT POINTS: I'm still kind of vague here, but I'd REALLY like to see Neville kill Bellatrix. He needs vengeance like crazy. I don't know if he's powerful enough to kill her outright, but I'd like to see him at least help. For some reason, I think dementors will be key. It's a thought that's been nagging me for a while; just the thought that they can suck out SOULS (who do we know currently has an issue with needing some souls destroyed?), and that whole thing Dumbledore said with "there are worse fates than death..." The reason I think Ron of all people will die is that the first fight with Voldemort in PS, there was that very foreshadow-y scene where Ron sacrificed himself for Harry and their cause. I just have a very bad feeling there... I DON'T WANT RON TO DIE! So I'll pretend I didn't think about that. I'm a supporter of the "Neville's wand might be the Ravenclaw horcrux because it was the last one Ollivander sold, who dissapeared mysteriously" theory, mainly because it would work so nicely. Neville has had pertinent information right under Harry's nose before (re: GoF and the water plant book), so I could see that theme repeating itself. I also think that Fortescue may have information as to the existence or location of the Griffindor relic (he was hauled off by the death eaters, an editorial revealed the strange Griffindor nature of his name, his great grandfather's portrait in Dumbledore's office always seemed to take interest in Harry; maybe he knew? Read "The Ice Cream Man Cometh" on mugglenet for further info) I think all the riches on the cover of the UK edition may even BE Griffindor's vault, thus the armor and the sword being there. Oh, and that weird little symbol everyone's all worried about on the spine of the UK edition that looks like a circle with a line through it and a triangle on it? It has everything to do with the New Zealand dragon on the US box cover. The dragon's name suggests that it's from the opposite pole (globally speaking, New Zealand is nearly on the other side of the earth from the UK), the line through the circle representing ths, but I have no idea how it's significant. The other thing on the UK cover with the two-ended snake reminds me very much of a certain "But in essence divided?" quote, as well as the fact that Harry specifically said when Voldemort was controlling him that he felt like a never-ending snake had coiled around him until their bodies fused into one. This greatly worries me, and furthers my "Harry is a horcrux" theory I've had all along, and might be why we're going to need some dementors... Grawp and Fawkes totally need a scene where they just pwn. Especially if Hagrid dies, then the spiritual reminders of Dumbledore and Hagrid can off and kick ass. I doubt this will happen, but it would be awesome if it did. I know they'll be significant because both of them (especially Grawp) have gotten a lot of book-time without actually doing too much, so I think they'll at least help with something important. I want Luna to be significant, too. Maybe she'll be in the final fight with a legion of Crumple-Horned Snorkaks and end up saving the day. We can only hope... The reason I have Percy slated to die is that by probability alone, one of the Weasleys has to go, and I REALLY don't want it to be Ron or the twins, Charlie isn't important enough, Bill already had his brush with death, Harry would probably die for Ginny, Mrs. Weasley isn't the kind of person you'd kill off, and Mr. Weasley already had a close brush with death, so that leaves Percy. I think he may be trying to redeem himself in his family's eyes somehow, seeing as he has been a complete git for the past 2 books, and dies in doing so. This is all I have to say for now. I'll revisit this entry the day after tomorrow, and see how I fared... Which, of course, means SPOILER ALERT for all of you who aren't going to finish it within the first day. Current Mood: cold

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