If My Heart Was A Compass, You'd Be North

What I should be doing:

• The Harry Potter challenge
• Writing a new chapter of my SGA/AAR crossover
• Working on my SGA vids

What I have been doing:

• Watching SGA with Ryan
• Watching A Very Potter Sequel
• Playing Spyro The Dragon
• Reading The Green Mile by Stephen King

I haven't written since June 6, I haven't properly vidded since June 7, and I've been skipping days of the Harry Potter challenge like crazy. Sadly, right now I'll go with the easiest one: Harry Potter.

( The Questions )

Day 12: Favorite ship
You know, honestly, I don't care much for shipping in Harry Potter. I just... I'm not reading it for romance. I really don't care. I mean, if I had to choose, I'd pick Ron/Hermione because they're just cute, but I honestly don't care much about the romantic relationships.

Today, my aunt threw a party. There was about 50 people there, including family members and people she works with. I brought Ryan with me, and it was lots of fun. My aunt lives on a lake, and she owns a motorboat, so we went tubing a few times (which is where you tie an inner tube to a motorboat and ride along behind at high speeds \o/). They own a three-person tube, so I ended up between Ryan and a another guy named Ryan (who... ironically is also 17 years old and 6'3"...). It was like a Ryan sandwich. Good times.

Now. HarryPotterHarryPotterHarryPotterHarryPotter.

( The Questions )

Day 10: Horcruxes or Hallows?
The Hallows are way more awesome. I love mythology, so items from an old legend are incredibly awesome to me. It's like that story about the three brothers who get a flying carpet, a magic mirror, and a magic apple... That was like my favorite story as a kid, idek what it's called. Either way, the Hallows are badass.

Today, I drove for the first time. In a car! On roads! And I did not hit things! \o/

And now, Harry Potter time.

( The Questions )

Day 8: What do you think would be your favorite lesson?
Hmmm. I think I'd enjoy Potions (if I didn't have Snape for a teacher) because you get to cut things up and mix things and it's sort of like cooking, which is one of my favorite things to do. Except... you can't eat the potions afterwards. Also, I think I'd like Transfiguration if you didn't have to transfigure animals. :/

So today I was vidding, and I noticed a shot in an SGA episode that I hadn't previously noticed. And it was the BEST SHOT EVER, so I had to make a gif of it. My gif-maker isn't very good, so it's not great quality, but it's still adorable.



I don't even know why I find it so cute, but it's amazing.

And now, on to the Harry Potter challenge!

( The Questions )

Day 6: What House would you want to be in?
I'd most definitely be in Ravenclaw. I've known that ever since I started reading Harry Potter. I'm smart and I'm an overachiever in school, and I'm not particularly brave or nice, so no Gryffindor or Hufflepuff for me. And... I dunno, I just don't feel like a Slytherin. Ravenclaw just feels like my house. Plus I took a 100-question Sorting Hat quiz which confirmed it. I AM A RAVENCLAW. (And so is MarkReadsHarryPotter, so I'm good with that :D)

I skipped two days of the Harry Potter challenge. Friday, I was busy. Saturday, I just couldn't do it because I was really, really scared by something that I can't post about on here, and I still am but I've decided to do Day 4 of the HP Challenge to take my mind off it. Here goes.

( The Questions )

Day 4: Least favorite female character and why
This one is... really difficult. I'm having trouble thinking of any female characters I particularly hate. Actually, I think my problem is that I'm looking for badly-written characters, rather than well-written bad characters. But if I choose the well-written bad characters... I don't even know, I can't choose, I enjoy reading them all. I guess Bellatrix Lestrange gets a little annoying, with her crazy obsession with Voldemort, but that's about it. I just can't bring myself to mark a character I enjoy reading about as my least favorite, no matter how evil they are.

Day two of the Harry Potter challenge for me! Okay, yes, it's past midnight, so technically I'm late. Shhhh.

( The Questions )

Day 2: Your favorite movie
Hmmm. This one is pretty hard for me. I genuinely can't remember the GoF and OotP movies, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't either of them. I think The Half-Blood Prince would have been my favorite if it wasn't for certain annoying factors. For example, if they hadn't messed up Harry and Ginny's kiss (actually, I don't like Bonnie Wright as Ginny at all, but that's another story). Other than that it has some great comedy, and it skips over most of the boring parts involving Harry and Dumbledore's "lessons" (I know that was like the main plot of the book, but it was so boring omg), but due to the fact that I have the same problems with it that I have with the other newer movies (I'll get to that on Day 19), I'd have to say that overall The Philosopher's Stone was the best movie out of the series. It keeps very close to the book, the acting is great (old Dumbledore FTW), and little Harry, Ron, and Hermione were adorable.

Now, onto another Potter-related matter. I know I'm bad for shamelessly advertising things that I like, but this one is especially awesome. If you like Harry Potter, you should check out Mark Reads Harry Potter. It's the chapter-by-chapter reviews of Mark, a 26-year-old man, reading Harry Potter for the first time (having never seen the movies either) and turning into a complete fanboy. It's kind of amazing.

And that is all. So long and goodnight.

I have now been sick for nine days straight. I went to school once this week. I am still not better. I'm going to fail History and French. D:

Now, positive things!

• I have the best boyfriend ever. He's been over here to keep me company six out of the nine days I've been sick. ♥
• MarkReadsHarryPotter is the best blog ever. I was unsure if I could handle it until he got to chapter four of book one and he loves it and this makes me ridiculously happy.
• BrettTheIntern is my favorite person ever. He's so hyperactive and silly and awesome and I just wanna hug him *__*