An Epic Harry Potter Meme

As of now, most who gander at my blog won't really care for or be able to easily appreciate this post, but for the scarce few (Mackenzie, I'm not pointedly looking in your direction.) who do care for and "get" this sort of stuff--ENJOY and please do this too!

Also, a quick note: meme (mēm) n. A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another.


Thank you, dictionary.com!

A Harry Potter Meme

List the books in order from your favorite to your least favorite.


Man, this is too hard! I'm sure I'll disagree with this in time...but...


1.Deathly Hollows
2.Half Blood Prince
3.Order of the Phoenix
4.Goblet of Fire
5.Prisoner of Azkaban
6.Philosopher's Stone
7. Chamber of Secrets


List the movies in order from your favorite to your least favorite.


For me, they really seem to improve with each one.


1.Half Blood Prince
2.Order of the Phoenix
3.Goblet of Fire
4.Prisoner of Azkaban
5.Chamber of Secrets
6.Philosopher's Stone

Favorite chapter from your favorite book?: "The Prince's Tale--bar-frikin'-none.


Top 5 favorite characters?


How in the world can I narrow it down to three?! There's at least 20-30 I want to put!


1.Severus Snape
2.Luna Lovegood
3.Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore
4.Harry Potter
5.Lily Potter


Five least favorite characters?


Maybe I'm just slow, but does this mean characters that are bad/evil and/or characters that just bug me--bad or good? Um, I'll go with characters that bug me.


1.Dolores Umbridge
2.Rita Skeeter
3. Vernon Dursley
4.Bellatrix Lestrange
5.Zacharias Smith

Favorite member of the Golden Trio?: Ah, man, I love 'em all. I'll say Harry. He doesn't get enough love.
Favorite family?:The Weasley Family--Heck yes!
Favorite antagonist?: Either Snape or Voldemort
Favorite Death Eater?:Severus Snape

Three favorite spells?
1.Expecto Patronum
2.Animagus Transfiguration
3.Bond of Blood

Three favorite potions?
1.Felix Felicis
2.Polyjuice Potion
3.Amortentia


Five favorite quotes:

Bah! Could they make this any harder?!


1."You've been so brave."

2."Look at me."

3."Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all, those who live without love."

4.""Well, usually when a person shakes their head," said McGonagall coldly, "they mean 'no.' So unless Miss Edgecombe is using a form of sign language as yet unknown to humans --"

5.“What's comin' will come, an' we'll meet it when it does."


Favorite non-Hogwarts magical building?
The Ministry of Magic--particulary the Department of Mysteries

Favorite Diagon Alley shop?
Weasleys Wizarding Wheezes

Favorite Hogsmeade Shop?
Honeydukes Sweetshop or The Three Broomsticks

Favorite Unforgivable Curse?
Avada Kedavra

Favorite mode of wizard transportation?
Broomsticks or Thestrals

Favorite Weasley?
Ron

Favorite Order Member?
Severus Snape

Favorite DA Member?

Darn. Hard to choose.

Neville Longbottom or Luna Lovegood

Favorite pet?
Fawkes

Favorite Hogwarts room?
The Great Hall or the Room of Requirement

Favorite Hogwarts professor?
Remus Lupin

Favorite non-human Hogwarts resident?
Kreacher

Favorite Tri-Wizard Champion?
Harry. (Sorry, Cedric. Harry had to put up with a lot of flack in that book--even though you kinda died...)

Favorite house elf?
Kreacher! Dobby's okay, but not super developed.

Favorite wizard sweet?
Fizzing Whizbees

Favorite couple?
Ron and Hermione or Snape and Lily (I don't think they really became a couple, but yeh know, it was a sweet relationship/friendship they had.)

Biggest surprise of the series?
Probably Moody's true identity at the end of Goblet of Fire or Harry's or Fred's death. Or...Nagini camping out in Bathilda Bagshot

Biggest letdown of the series?
Hm. I dunno... I don't think I was really ever let down. Not finding out more about "the locked room" or the "death veil" in The Department of Mysteries was a bummer. I was dying to hear all about that.

One character you wish lived?
Snape. But at the same time, he was so miserable and didn't seem to have anything left to live for...so maybe death was sort of necessary for him. He could finally "relax" and not spend his life living as a double-agent. Or Fred. That was way sad! Dang I hated having any of the Weasleys die. Or Dumbledore or Sirius. Yep, that's only one...

Moment that will always make you cry?
It's weird. I cry a lot sometimes, but hardly EVER from a book or movie. I had to really get into the book (the last one) the second time to tear up. That would be when Harry's taking his last walk into the forest. The narrative is absolutely beautiful and heart-breaking.

Your Patronus would be______?
I wish I knew! Perhaps a doe?

Three things Amortentia would smell like to you:
Straight-out-of-the-oven homemade bread, freshly-fallen rain, and very old book pages

You would use Felix Felicis to______?
I have no clue! Save it for a rainy day, perhaps? Or, as someone else said, to win a lottery, but I don't really want that much money. It'd be overwhelming and weird sorta. I don't need THAT much. Maybe a small lottery? :D

Job you would most like to try?
Not sure. Never really thought of it ... Probably a professor and/or writer? Maybe taking care of magical creatures?

Ron/Hermione or Harry/Hermione?
Ron/Hermione! Are so many people that blind and deaf?!

James/Lily or Snape/Lily?
James/Lily as a couple and Lily/Snape as very good friends

Do you think Harry Potter is better than Twilight?
Very much so. But at the same time, they are too different and unique to compare. But I much prefer Harry Potter over Twilight when it comes down to it.

Are you going to go see the Half Blood Prince in theaters?
Already seen it 3 times

Do you own the books/movies?
Yep.

Have you ever played any of the video games?
No, not really.

Do you think it would be cool to have a pet owl?
Freakin' heck yes!

How about a rat?
Um, maybe.

Have you ever listened to the soundtrack?
Yes! I love them. Especially the 1st, and 4th-6th

Which house would you want to be in?
Gryffindor Not sure if I'd really get in, but yeah...

Do you like Draco?
Um, in some ways. He's good as a antagonist/bully of sorts. So to speak, he gets the job done. He's really a jerky character, but he's not completely evil. Just raised to be predjudiced and arrogant to those different than him. He's not exactly plesant--especially in the first four books. But he starts fleshing out as a real young man with a terrifying mission to complete. This makes me like him and sympathize for him.

Would you ever enter the Triwizard tournament?
Um, if I'd been previously going to Hogwarts for 6 years, maybe.

Would you keep your money in Gringotts?
Uh, if I lived in London...sure.

What class would be your favorite?
Care of Magical Creatures, DADA, and Transfiguration

Do you think you would enjoy being a witch/wizard?
Fo' sho!

I hope you had as much fun reading this as I did filling it in. I'd love to read yours too!

*hint* *hint*


*wink* *wink*


*stab* *stab*


*shoot* *shoot*


*impale* *impale*


*disfigure* *disfigure*



...Okay, I'll stop.

My Newfangled Lorgnette (a.k.a My New Glasses)

At long last, the time felt quite ripe and right to get my eyes checked and pick out some new specs. I have wanted to do this for many, many months, but kept telling myself to be realistic and focus on school and such. Well, I tried to stay in this mindset, but when Mackenzie, one of my best friends--as if you didn't know already, voiced how much she wanted new glasses, by golly, I couldn't ignore the same notion trying to surge from my twitching mouth. So, this last Tuesday, her and I ventured forth to the local Lens Crafters located in the Red Cliffs Mall.

To summarize the journey and happenings which took place there, we both got eye appointments. Mackenzie picked out her glasses AFTER me (I had been looking for a half hour or more already). It took her 15 minutes to choose, and it took me 2 hours. In my defense, I stink at deciding/picking out most solid matter of value. Also, Mackenzie's very glasses savvy and knows the different styles, brands, and so on. She kind of knew what she wanted, at least far more than I did. Me, I was incredibly clueless--except I knew I didn't want just plain ol' wire frames ever again. I wanted plastic frames--and somewhat chunky. That helped me slightly, but I had no idea 90 or more percent of the frames were plastic there. In conclusion, it was so giddily fun and hopelessly maddening trying to find the glasses that were, to quote The Three Bears, "just right."

At last, after driving everyone in slight vicinity from me nuts with my incessant hesitation and which-is-the-right-frame-for-me? confusion, I was basically convinced with which glasses fit me the best. I couldn't be happier with them. I really liked them when I picked them out, but, because I had to run to a meeting, I couldn't pick them up until the next day. Garbage!

So the next morning, I was excited and filled with trepidation. I couldn't wait to seize my very own awesome spectacles, but I kept feeling unsure and uneasy. "Did I pick out too flashy or bold glasses for my taste or wearability?" I couldn't help ask to myself and aloud to all who were present. After putting them on for the first time, though I loved how the glasses looked, I kept feeling unsure about how they really looked on me. But, as the day wore on, I couldn't believe how much the glasses seemed to fit me: unique and reflective...okay, that was a lame pun.

In short, I seem to suck incredibly at quickly picking out glasses, but thanks to Mackenzie, Bree Squires and their limitless patience and struggle to keep their sanity, I was able to pick out the coolest glasses I've ever seen and never thought I'd own, let alone, be able to wear.

Well (this is for mainly Lisa) you be the judge. But if you even try to diss my glasses, I shall incinerate the very fabric of your soul: