This Chick Reads WAAY Too Much

Hey Guys, it's Tuesday! And I'm not a member of the five awesome girls but, it doesn't mean that they have that phrase copyrighted or anything. (Yeah, that was a TOTAL 'placement ad', but I seriously love watching those girls!).

Anyways, it's Tuesday. Let's pretend that Saturday = 7, and Tuesday = 3. Now what is the difference between Saturday and Tuesday? The answer: FOUR FREAKING DAYS TILL BREAKING DAWN BY STEPHENIE MEYER.

Was I clear enough?

Just to be sure... FOUR FREAKING DAYS TILL BREAKING DAWN BY STEPHENIE MEYER!!!

Now, I'm not as excited about this as I was Deathly Hallows (please view the monologue I wrote on the 21st...), but I feel it's safe to say that I am really freaking ecstatic about this book. I'm not even speculating about this book like I did for the last book in the series that came out (Eclipse) - let alone nearly every HP book after four - but I'm still excited all the same.

I'm betting that a few of my friends *coughsierracough* are thinking that I'm crazy for not speculating, but I have a very easy reason. Stephenie Meyer always does things in surprising ways, ways that really can't be predicted. Sure there is definitely some speculating on Bella's powers that I could do, but the moment I read the first chapter of Breaking Dawn in the Eclipse special edition, I was positive that the Wedding would be relatively non-problamatic. There is truly no way to have an idea of what's going to happen in more than a hundred pages of the book (unless they've been spoilerfied). So I've decided not to fret, and just enjoy the ride.

Now I'm going to inform you of my plans for the release. I'm going to a barnes and noble, because even though Borders is cheaper, and I have a borders card, I really enjoyed the Harry Potter release party for DH, not to mention that I think BN has better service. After probably having to spend two hours waiting to get our book after midnight, my friend and I (probably extremely tired at this point, will start reading in the car, then, once home, will grab some soda to stay up and sleep deprived, so we can attempt to read the book.

Oh, and I'm also making a t-shirt at the last minute that basically states that I'm team ben (which is a joke), hilariously on a t-shirt if I do say so myself.

Now, on to the song!

I've been getting a wee bit obsessed with wizard rock as of late, so I've decided to make this post's song 'This is Never Going to End' by The Parselmouths (The lead singer - I think - is Monday on five awesome girls). I'm choosing it mostly because of July 21st, but also because it's the first song on their myspace...

Laters!

~Oceansurferg

WTF!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Okay, I completely meant to post this when everything started, but I was so outraged that I spent quite a bit of time in a chat room discussing laziness that is WB.

With that in mind, watch this 'teaser'.



Here are some quick notes to prove to some of you that I'm not an idiot about what's going on.

• I know that there is supposed to be a full length teaser coming out with the Mummy movie.
• I just looked at mugglenet, and apparently we are getting the theatrical trailer with the mummy.
• And for two, I am aware that I'm six days late with giving you my outrage here.

Now with that in mind, here is my list of many things WB screwed up on.

1. The mpaa message saying that the preview has been approved for all audiences, blah blah blah, was one third of the length of the ACTUAL trailer (if you can even call it that!)
2. The members of the Harry Potter fandom had come to expect that trailers would be delivered to us in a timely manner. I can remember a TON of mugglecast episodes speculating over when we would get this. This length of time gave us greater expectations than WB seems to care about.
3. To emphasize point number two, I must point out that Twilight - a movie that comes out later than Harry Potter - got their teaser trailer on May 5th OR EARLIER.
4. Now this didn't happen to me, but many have stated that they couldn't understand Michael Gambon the first time through.
5. There isn't even a clip of Gambon saying the line to Daniel, which can make one become under the impression that the line isn't even in the movie.
6. You can only see the words Harry Potter (in full) for two seconds.
7. To loosely quote someone else 'when people saw the words harry potter they started cheering, and then got quiet in confusion as to where the rest of the teaser was'.
8. This is the only teaser we get.
9. The actual trailer is going to be with THE MUMMY. I'm sorry but WB's only putting it there because the movie is going to be a huge flop.

Don't you think that's plenty of reason to feel neglected by WB?

Oceansurferg

PS: Expect a full length post tomorrow, where I will discuss the new twilight trailer (Another point WB!), twilight guy being in entertainment weekly, and some wizard rock stuff.
PPS: Forgot that I won't be able to post tomorrow, so I meant the day after tomorrow.

UPDATE: It has been confirmed by Warner Bros that the REAL teaser is coming out with the Mummy. It still doesn't mean that I'm not outraged, it just means there's one less bullet up above (I haven't deleted it from above, I just don't count it anymore).

A year in reveiw.

For most of you it's probably already Tuesday July 22, 2008. But here it's still Monday the 21st of July 2008 so I have to give a monologue.

366 Days ago, I was anticipating all day about the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. 365 Days ago, I held Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in my hands for the first time. 364 Days ago, I put Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows on my shelf.

366 Days ago, I read everything I could find on Mugglenet.com. 365 Days ago, I stayed up late into the wee hours of the morning trying to read as much as I could before I'd plop asleep. 364 Days ago, I closed the book - I'd read the last words.

366 Days ago, I had no idea of the end. 365 Days ago I cried as Harry walked to his death. 364 Days ago, 'all was well'.

I cried when Hedwig died. I cried when I believed Hagrid to be dead. I cried when George's ear was cut off. I cried when Dobby died. I cried for Snape, Colin, Fred, Remus, and Tonks in the final battle. Bellatrix Lestrange did not deserve my tears. Lord Voldemort deserved them even less.

I smiled when Ron complimented Hermione, and she blushed. I smiled when Ron asked Hermione to dance. I smiled when Ron and Hermione held hands while they slept. I grinned like a MANIAC - perhaps I even giggled - when Hermione jumped Ron in the middle of the Battle of Hogwarts and practically made out with him.

Between 364 days ago, and today a lot has happened. Dumbledore was outed as having fallen in love with Grindelwald - something that recieved as much press as the release of DH. JK Rowling sewed RDR books for trying to sell Harry Potter encyclopedias, when JK planned to write one herself. Warner Brothers announced that the Harry Potter films were the largest grossing film franchise of all time, at 4.47 billion to that date. JK toured the US for the first time in many years. Warner Brothers announced that they were splitting the Deathly Hallows movie into two.

Between 364 days ago and today... I posted my first harry potter fanfiction (and then realized that fanfiction is NOT my strong suit). I subscribed to Mugglecast. I discovered the Parselmouths, and started paying attention to some wizard rock groups. I truly talked to my current best friend for the first time, because I was reading DH. I attempted to read Philosopher's Stone en Espanol (don't know how to add the tilda...). I began checking Mugglenet at least daily. I visited an HP forum for the first time. I got an Order of the Phoenix poster. I reread Sorcerer's Stone one time. I reread Chamber of secrets one time. I reread Prisoner of Azkaban three times. I reread Goblet of Fire two times. I reread Order of the Phoenix one time. I reread Half-Blood Prince (my favorite) five more times. I reread Deathly Hallows four more times. I managed to get my mother to read the first chapter of the series.

Because of the Harry Potter series and fandom... I'm interested in starting a podcast. I'm interested in being a writer. I made a few friends. I started learning about the Genocide in Dafur. I 'eemproved' my Brittish accent. I read more fantacy. And so much more.

So the Harry Potter series may have been over for a year now. So eventually there will be very little fandom left. That doesn't matter as long as Harry Potter lives on in our hearts.

With that cheesy note, I think it's best to be off!

Oceansurferg

Quickie

UPDATE: My bubble is burst. The advance screenings begin this weekend, not the general admission... :(

There is A LOT of stuff that has suddenly come round, so I'm just warning you beforehand to expect a huge post tomorrow or the day after. This is majorly because it is almost guaranteed that the HP6 teaser trailer will be coming out with the movie 'Dark Knight'. Basically I'm saying that I'm going to be searching youtube every five minutes tomorrow for 'half blood prince' until I find the trailer posted - unless mugglenet says that there wasn't a trailer, in which case I will be VERY sad :'(

You can already tell I have a lot to say on the matter.

Also, this post is here to inform you that I will be updating the list of songs on the side (UGH! I promise to never procrastinate ever again! I super pinkie swear!)

Until tomorrow (or the day after),

Oceansurferg