It Seems Like Years Since It's Been Clear

I have news! And some of it is important so pay attention.

-GreatestJournal is dead :(

-Livejournal just layed off 13 employees and people who are smart are backing up their journals (I used http://fawx.com/software/ljarchive/, which was pretty easy, and lj itself has a backup program but it doesn't save comments) and although there really isn't any indication that livejournal is going down, if you keep up with lj news obsessively, you'll have seen the pattern. So... yeah.

-Still almost sick. My temperature is 99.2.

-Britney Spears' next single will be a song called "If U Seek Amy." Yeah, say it out loud. Yeeeeah. (The rest of the album is so much better than that stupid gimmicky crap, grr. If I have to hear overproduced nonsense, at least make it better than that, dudes.)

-Half-Blood Prince is being rated PG. Whut

kbye.

-11:17 PM

General, not-too-spoilery thoughts:
-I have realized that crying while reading a book is not weird, if it occurs when someone has said something particularly poignant and deeply, personally meaningful. My favorite line, ever, in the history of all written words, is on page 77, American Hardcover. See if you can spot it.

-I have never been a prouder 'shipper. Everyone was just so lovely in this book, and JKR made things abundantly clear about which ships the canon sails. Not that it will change things with the most die-hard of shippers, but... it's a start. *grins broadly*

-I have never in my life been so greatly appreciative of how death affects people before.

-The last few bits of the book suddenly turned very... fanficish. It was as though someone else took over the writing and made everything they wanted to happen, happen. Not the sad part, I mean, but other bits- just things the characters did and said. Everyone was a bit out of character, and rather than make JKR look stupid, it made her look absolutely brilliant: by showing that people are not just stereotypes of themselves, that people CAN step outside of what we expect from them, it makes her characters become so much more real than any other book character could ever, ever be. People are NOT two-dimensional, and she makes this VERY clear.

-Marietta Edgecombe needs to take a few private lessons in how to apply foundation from me. :)

-I want to hug Harry. He was fantastic.

-I love Fawkes as much as I love my real bird, Petey.

-Seriously, it deserves repitition: HARRY WAS FANTASTIC. I mean, the way he did everything was just so much better than in previous years; yes, he did VERY stupid things, but the way he thought them out and the way he reacted more than made up for it.

-Nitwit, blubber, oddment, tweak. Okay? Got that? Good. Hold on to that.

-There were so many absolutely touching moments in this book that it made everyone seem, again, so very human. Vulnerable and strong at the same time, an excellent combination.

-I'm tired.

-Love the Lupin. Loooove him. Please-kay-thanks.

-The world isn't split into good people and Death Eaters. Hold on to that, too.

-If I have to wait more than a week for the next book, I will stab myself with the tip of my book. I'm sure you all agree.
-Ivyette <3 11:39 PM