The modem from Alltel came today, though I still don’t have internet at my apartment. I got everything hooked up and talked to a guy from the ISP, who happens to be a friend of Todd’s, and all the physical things are in place but I have to have something else done on Alltel’s end. I’ve an IP address and everything, but I can’t ping anybody or connect to any sites via my browser. Todd and Steve (the guy from Alltel) will be probably be over tonight, so we’ll see if I don’t have ‘net access from home very soon.
I spent my weekend shopping and reading Harry Potter, which I finished last night. I was in tears by the end of it, and though I really enjoyed it overall, it was very sad. One of my favorite characters was killed by another of my favorite characters! Terrible. I can’t believe the one person is gone, dang it. Jess hasn’t read it yet and won’t get her copy until Wednesday, so I’ve not been able to discuss it with her. I’ve instead been combing FictionAlley Park for interesting commentary. Several people have been irked by the relationships developed in this book; say what? I even read one person say that Rowling was being “cliche” when a certain couple got together. I don’t know how that one’s supposed to work, considering she’s the author of the entire series… Anyway, I greatly enjoyed reading the whole cave scene; very creepy. The murderer that was the revealed at the end… wow. Quite shocked, here. I’ll have to reread the whole series now, just so I can see how I now view this person. However, first I must finish The Sun Dog (I still haven’t finished that thing, and I’ve only got about thirty pages left!) and Children of the Mind.
As for the shopping, I bought some clothes at various places, which was nice but not the highlight of my shopping extravaganza: I got a butterfly chair and one of those backrest things. You know, they’re like half a chair, with only a back and arms; you set them on your bed or the floor and voila! instant chairyness. I got the butterfly chair for only $15, freaking fifteen dollars, when I was expecting it to be around $30 and I wouldn’t have bought it. The backrest was $20, which was the same I’d seen at Target, Linens-N-Things (your store is nice, Trin, but Bed Bath and Beyond is cheaper!), and Wal-Mart, so I was okay with paying that. It’s been quite handy for reading in bed, I tell you. The chair will be nice to have this fall in the dorm. Jess, Ashlee and I are supposed to go Wednesday to buy decorative (and practical!) stuff for our dorm, since the three of us will be rooming together. I’m excited.
I’m going to hang out with Jess after I get done here. We’re going to be doing laundry, baby! I haven’t washed anything since last week, so I’m running out of socks and jeans. Maybe we’ll watch a movie or go out to eat while stuff’s in the wash; I haven’t had dinner yet.
I only worked until two today, which was nice. I had to go back to the apartment to wait for UPS to deliver that modem, since they said they’d be there between two and five. I got my six hours in at work by going in at 8 (normal for me, anyway) and skipping lunch, so I won’t even have extra time to make up.
I’ve been working on a site design for a local auto repair shop in my home town because they’re desperately in need of one. Their current page (seriously: it only has one page) has my default browser colors with their address and phone number. It could definitely use some sprucing up. I’m trying out two different ideas: one is red and gray and pretty standard looking, with an upper banner and a sidebar for navigation, and the other is a little more creative. It’s blue, tan, and a pale olive green with a few boxes, some rounded, for the navigation and content. As soon as I get internet access at home, I’ll finish those off and get them uploaded so that both you guys and the owner of the auto shop can see them and give opinions.
I went to the post office earlier to mail a check to Lora (postage money for mailing my forgotten alarm clock) and to send out a scholarship application, and darned if I didn’t realize too late that the provided envelope for the scholarship had sealed itself shut. The people inside the mail room had already closed their window, so I’ll have to make another trip back there to get that application mailed. At least it’s due sometime in August, so I don’t have to rush about it.
I really need to get my butt in gear and read all the other HP books from 2 on. All I see online is people talking HP and I’m STILL behind all of you!
That chair you bought is spiffy. We have ones like that, only they’re fuzzy! Damned expensive probably, though. Why does everyone always buy furniture for their dorms? I’ve never done this and there’s no point in doing it now since I’ll only be living in a dorm one more semester.
And GAH! I don’t think we’ll ever catch each other on the phone! Every time you call, I’m at work and every time I call you on my break, you never pick up! Answer that phiznone, y0!
I also read the HBP, and wrote something about it in my blog if you’re interested ;)
The end was indeed very sad, but I think it was necessary for the ‘final showdown’ and the development of the guy in book 7. I guessed it from the beginning who’s gonna die.
The coupling was a bit strange, but I think that’s just was teenagers are like, I wasn’t any better when I was ~16 ;)
Oh, I read the entire book as well. I’m so glad someone else read it, because I’ve been dying to hear other thoughts on it. It really was sad, and defnitely not who I thought was going to be the murderer and the victim.
Since I was expecting that person to die eventually, I wasn’t so surprised about it happening, just that it happened now. However, I had no clue about the murderer. Wow, I’m still in shock about that. That was such a great character, dang it! I keep hoping that maybe that character murdered the person on Dumbledore’s orders, that it’s all a big ruse and we’re going to find out that that character is still a good person.
I am one of the rare ones who have never read an HP book. Reading about it on your site and others; makes me want to give the book a try :D
You really think that he was murdered on D’s orders? I’ve read these theories on the net, but I think that would be a BIG BIG deal to do something final like that…. VERY big deal, if you think of all those consequenses…
It’s probably just very wishful thinking on my part, because dang it, I don’t want to see that character turn out to be evil. :(
Definitely try it! I was dubious at first with the first book because I thought, okay, I would have liked this maybe when I was in seventh grade… But then it turned out that it wasn’t like every other book series made for kids. It’s not cliche, the bad guys aren’t obvious (definitely proven with this latest book), and so forth.
Heehee, this post jumped out to me all of a sudden because of the words “Half-Blood Prince”. :P Anyway, I didn’t cry when reading it, but I was seriously very, very sad. I didn’t want that character to die! Argh, I wish it didn’t happen… When the portrait appeared in the office itw as so final and definite too, I was crushed. ;_;
I agree with you about the cave scenes. They were creepy. And the Inferi. O_o It’s such a shame that they didn’t even get the thing they were searching for in the end! -_-;
Theories are flying about how the death was intentional and planned by the person. I think it might be true, that the murderer was asked to killed the person, for a couple of reasons. Probably too long to say here…
Ah, well. Forgive my rambling. ^^-;