let the next wave of HP fangirling begin!!!!

douggie posted a link to an interview with j.k. and how she feels about being done with the series. i thought she gave a very good reply:

"Charles Dickens put it better than I ever could":

"It would concern the reader little, perhaps, to know how sorrowfully the pen is laid down at the close of a two-years' imaginative task; or how an Author feels as if he were dismissing some portion of himself into the shadowy world, when a crowd of the creatures of his brain are going from him for ever," reads the passage from Dickens' preface to "David Copperfield."

Adds Rowling: "To which I can only sigh, try seventeen years, Charles."


which made me a little weepy for her, because, while following the harry potter madness, you can 't help but get a connection to the author. and jo is a nice person. i'm glad for her, but--as someone that gets attached to characters they create--i understand that she's gotta be feeling a bit of an emptiness right now...

but then she said this, and made my little fangirl heart all happy again:

"I'm almost scared to admit this, but one thing has stopped me collapsing in a puddle of misery on the floor. While each of the previous Potter books has strong claims on my affections, 'Deathly Hallows' is my favorite, and that is the most wonderful way to finish the series."

yay! the best is yet to come!

personalized interview!

the questions come from king_duncan

1. What band is the most underrated and you wish more people knew them?

definitely the cribs. these boys are three brothers who have been playing together for years. they've gone back to the very core of punk by being more catchy than angsty and doing their own thing. almost every song is really fun. and, having looked up some of the tabletures for their songs, they are deceptive. when i started up with guitar, i went to them first because their songs are simple. but they're not. they make it seem easy. and that is their gift.

2. If you had to sleep with one of "The Young Ones," which would you choose and why?

100% on vyv. i might get a black eye or a communicable disease, but i don't believe neil has it in him, and rik is just way out of the question on the annoyance factor. (speaking as a possible screw, NOT my opinion in his skill to be fkn entertaining.) and mike just doesn't hold my interest. in anything.

3. If you could drink only one soda pop for the rest of your life, which would you choose?

cherry coke.

4. If you were a dog, what kind of dog would you be?

a muppet dog. barkley from s.street.

5. What's your favorte flag?

good question. kept me occupied. i just kept to world flags, because i wouldn't know where to start with anything else. i have to admire nepal for going against the grain with the shape of their flag, and i love the simplicity of the saudi flag (i'm a sucker for the look of the arabic writing and i love the shoddy looking sword). and then there's bhutan with it's cross-half and DRAGON! but. i'll have to go with kazakhstan. i like the color scheme and the boarder on the left. overall, it's a very pleasing design and lacks the need to be bold like all the other countries.

Leave a comment saying "interview me," and I'll ask you five questions, the answers to which you will post on YOUR livejournal.

personalized interview, pt. 2.

questions from couplandesque

1. What was your first job?

i worked in a cheese factory. no shit. boy, do i have stories. think "laverne & sherley" and their beer factory. only with cheese. and a lot of oil on the floor. and pemento spread. and the cheese squeezer. and a guy who smelled so bady of B.O. that i thought at first they had cleaned the machines with orange-scented ammonia.

2. What is your favourite album of all-time?

wow. that's hard. no wait. it isn't. the one album i go NOWHERE without is the "xanadu" soundtrack. i'm not even trying to be funny.

3. If you could spend a ton of money at any store, which store would you choose?

the apple store. we're talking tricked out computer and big-ass monitor, video ipod AND red nano, neat accessories, and a pile of itunes cards.

4. If you could put a slogan, word or phrase on a t-shirt, what would it say?

"i do bad things." i had the opportunity once to have that on a shirt--in baby rhinestones!!!--and passed it up. when i went back, it was gone. i've been thinking about making my own ever since...

5. What is your favourite play?

that's tough. the best play i've ever seen is jeune lune's production of "the miser" (first run). my favorite of all shows i've ever done is a tie between "slag heap" and "eleemosynary." but the play i recommend to everyone to read (and to see, if you get the chance, though do NOT NOT NOT rent the movie) is "t-bone and weasel." just reading it will make you laugh. it's very well written.

personalized interview, pt. 3

questions from carinbrat

1. What have you read in a play that you would you never do onstage, no matter how justified it was in the script?

well, i haven't read too many questionable plays, and i have a low-modesty/high-tolerance thing. it would probably have to do with eating something disgusting or putting something in my butt (or someone else's). vomiting and excreting are definite no-nos. i guess if it MUST be something i've read, i'm picking "oedipus." they used to actually tear their eyes out, you know.

2. If you saw someone wearing a chinchilla coat, what would you do?

understand. it's the softest fur there is. i can't keep my hands off it myself. then i would think about rico and be a little sad, because he's a HUGE part of my life and i'll be sad when he's gone. however. i've thought about what to do when he does go....and don't think the idea of stuffing him hasn't come to mind....

3. What would it take to get you to willingly learn to knit?

the extraction of one of my many other hobbies on which i spend all my time and money.

4. Favorite Yoko Ono song title?

i don't know!!! "Don't Worry, Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow)" is almost as precious as "I Felt Like Smashing My Face in a Clear Glass Window"

5. How would you want to die?

happy and loved.

weird

um, hey kids. anna nicole smith is dead.

i don't know why this shocked me, but when i was told, i laughed. hard. i don't know that i've ever laughed at anyone's death before.

she's had quite a year....

EDIT: it has been brought to my attention that i haven't expressed myself clearly. this entry is titled "weird" not because of the news, but because of the way i reacted. the laughter wasn't borne out of hatred or malignancy or amusement in any way. it happened out of shock and i was shocked again that this was my first reaction, which is why i journaled about it. jeez. i'm not ENTIRELY heartless....