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Nov. 9th, 2011 12:57 amFANDOM / LITERATURE
Newly discovered great blog "Contrary Brin - Speculations on Science, Technology & the Future" writes on the subject I wondered about too – "How to Define Science Fiction" - and tells about the genre's history of development.
oneandthetruth applies the lessons from Dog Whisperer to Potterverse.
sarahtales's new series "Let's Go Gothic", "in which on one Tuesday every month, I will talk about Gothic fiction", and her additional book recs
Rob Goodman, a former English teacher, sees some problems in how symbolism is currently taught in US schools – "The Abuse of Symbolism: Why English teachers love symbolism, and why that’s a problem."
ECONOMICS
The graphs (based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics) of the last 3 recessions may show that Jobless Recoveries are Normal Now.
Professor Mitchell gave a long interview (August 15, 2011) on Debt, Deficits, and Modern Monetary Theory
POLITICS, HISTORY, SOCIETY.
Michael Mehaffy and Nikos A. Salingaros: "The Architect Has No Clothes" Why does modern design tend to look so harsh and feel so unhospitable?
An Anti-Choice group is currently promoting a film which compares abortion to the Holocaust and nominatissima explains how she views it "as a Jew, as the owner of a uterus, as a pro-choicer". I found this post very valuable because of learning historical facts I've never heard of despite being an Israeli Jew.
Should the October Revolution Be Celebrated? - "Around every November 7th, the Russian-speaking blogosphere explodes with discussions as to whether this date should be celebrated. My answer to this question is an unequivocal yes."
Chally at Zero at the Bone researched sources and wrote a series of posts on Alice Mitchell case.
"Alice Mitchell was a white society girl who grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, in the USA, during the late nineteenth century. Very much in love with her fiance, Freda Ward, she’d been devastated when Ward’s family cut off contact between them. Deciding that, if she couldn’t have Ward, neither could anyone else, on 23 January 1892, at nineteen years of age, she slit the throat of seventeen-year-old Freda in the street. And American ideas about sexuality, violence, and the nature of womanhood got shot to hell."
Reading Domestic Violence Awareness Month Blog Carnival, I loved the most Beth Mann's written as a story "The Ghosts of Broken Glass".
HP Summery Executions 12.
Oct. 14th, 2010 04:34 pmSummery Executions 12.
Snape and Remus show up in #4 Privet drive and take Harry away. When asked why they say "if you are to come here again it is over my dead body." What has happened to make rem and sev say that?
Harry Potter discovers why polka dots are evil. Snape discovers why it's a bad idea to forge your medical records. Lucius Malfoy discovers why you shouldn't give suprise presents to your boss.
Inspector McGill of K Division doesn't believe in magic. But then, he meets lovely Bellatrix.
DH Chapter 25: Shell Cottage.
Apr. 17th, 2010 12:10 am
Note: great Heather Dale's music recs in the end.
DH Chapter 24: The Wandmaker.
Apr. 4th, 2010 03:39 am
Chapter 24: The Wandmaker.
This chapter is the second (& the last) of its' kind in HP since many characters die, but only Dumbledore and Dobby get their burials described down to the last detail. (Don't worry, I won't do that ;) ).
( DH Chapter 24: The Wandmaker. )
Not dead yet!
Sep. 5th, 2009 01:17 amA wonderful meme from Russian lj. You get 3 situations and have to give 3 answers to each, as an optimist, a pessimist and a realist. La_cruz [lj in Russian] asked me the following:
1. JKR confessed that, in her opinion, in reality Bellatrix is a white hat too.
2. Arnold Schwarzenegger expressed a wish to act in the last HP movie.
3. All Arab countries of the world chorally recognized the State of Israel.
My first HP drabble!
Jul. 26th, 2009 01:52 pmWritten for Cat's Birthday HP Drabblethon 5 at mctabby's lj.
Recipient:
Prompt: Arabella Figg and Petunia Dursley seek each other out after the events of DH.
Word count: 370
Rating: PG or G (unsure)
Trust Potter with the entire Auror force at his beck and call to ask her of all people to deliver it. He thrust the letter in her hand and disappeared in Diagon Alley before she could say a word. She'll leave it on the doorstep on the way to buy milk for Mrs Tibbles's kittens in the evening. If the message gets blown away by wind, it surely won't be Arabella Figg's fault and may be the Head Auror will learn for future use to get people's agreement before assuming they'll do him a favor.
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I want to forget you
I feel completely defeated
I want to forget you
Like you never existed
Yet you still haunt me out of the blue
Petunia shuddered and quickly turned off the radio, yet the stupid love song's lyrics continued to haunt her during the day.
But I want to forget you
Start my life anew
But I want to forget you
For that moment is now due
Unfortunately, the memories she would most like to forget were the toughest to leave behind. In her dreams she continued to be stalked by talking letters, to helplessly stand near
Perhaps Diddy was right and she should try this new AAT thing. Of course, she won't go to a therapist – she would hate to have neighbors talking about her breaking down after the no-good nephew disappeared somewhere, probably getting life sentence for murder. Besides, the only thing therapists were good at was parting between fools and their money & Petunia didn't consider herself a fool. She probably should check Ms Figg's kittens in the evening. Street cats always seemed dislikable, sneaky, wild creatures. She could easily understand why they were believed to be witches' familiars. However, lazy, longhaired cats were another matter altogether. Their entire look seemed to broadcast: "I'm domestic and respectable and as normal as you're". Yes, she will definitely look at them.
A wonderful, creepy drabble, which archon_mentha has written for me:
Prompt: A conversation between Voldemort and Albus Severus. (V doesn't know (at first) who the boy is).
Ask for, write or read HP drabbles!
Jul. 25th, 2009 05:54 pmCheck Cat's Birthday HP Drabblethon at mctabby's lj (the famous creator of Summery Executions).
How this works: Think of a prompt (100 words) for somebody else, and the Sorting Cat will give you somebody else's prompt in exchange.
Look at the already submitted prompts.
I am back with HBP Review.
Jul. 20th, 2009 01:53 am I felt about movie romance much better than about the one in the book both since watching several minutes is easier than reading hundreds of pages and because they greatly improved (read: completely changed) H/G.
Let's start with Ron\Hermione
I found the canaries' scene more disturbing than in the book.
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Harry\Ginny.
Bonnie Wright's Ginny is
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Lupin\Tonks
Are already a couple.
FAVORITE QUOTES
[on the train]
Harry: It was an initiation… He's one of them.
Ron: One of whom?
Hr: Harry's on the impression Draco Malfoy is a DE. [Ron laughs].
Harry: What was he doing at B&B, browsing for furniture?
Ron: It's a creepy shop. Malfoy is a creepy bloke.
[Slughorn with Harry see Hagrid & dead Aragog]
Slughorn: Oh, God. Give, Hagrid, how did you manage to kill it?
( Read more... )( MISCELLANEOUS. )( RE: DRACO. )
(with a small rant about "Someone's Gotta Go" inside)
But first THE fic recommendation! One of the few fics I started and couldn't put aside until reaching the end:
"The Golden Age" by Arsinoe de Blassenville:
"Post DH. In the wake of victory, Harry struggles with life, love, and the reform of the British wizarding world. He learns that life is complex, and that happy endings are fleeting."
A very beautiful book version can be downloaded (or read online) from Red Hen Publications (the last of the fics there).
Summery Executions 11.
Vernon Dursley Kills Harry, But Harry Doesn't Die. Instead He Wakes To Find Dumbledore And Snape Hovering Over Him, And He Is Pissed. The Story Of His Quest To Rid The World Of Dumbledore.
It was probably a bad idea to get pregnant by Draco Malfoy. But what's done is done, and she is sure they can both be adults about it. Not like this is some melodramatic romance novel, or anything. M/F, Preg
Harry has that power the Dark Lord...well actually he does know.
My favorite.
