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The creator of the “All your base are belong to us” video brings us more amusing insanity.
Today’s Amusing Anecdotes:
- Mr. Long mentioned Seurat today. He asked us which movie a certain painting was featured in. I correctly said “Ferris Beuller”. Ha! How much do I rock? Mr. Long says Ferris Beuller is “the movie that every red-blooded American teenager should see”. I was a bit confused, but I thought it was funny anyway.
- The checkout woman at Barnes and Noble said I had a Romanian accent. I was confused then, too. I’ve never been to Romania, and I certainly don’t have any Romanian ancestry. Curious.
- She also said that they don’t give discounts to people whose pseudonyms are listed in “Internet Resources of Interest”. Oh well.
- According to our Government class’ definition of nations and states, nation-states are incestuous. That wasn’t a very pretty thought.
- Mr. Spencer, the Government teacher, (no relation) drew a picture of Europe. The class agreed that it was definitely not Europe. It was, in fact, a grazing cow.
- My dad and I had lunch with Mr. Caldwell today. He’s one of my dad’s best friends. I’m getting him to read the Discworld series. I’ve already converted my best friend, Chungy.
- I had dinner with my maternal aunt and uncle. My uncle works for some technology company thing, and he always has the coolest stuff. I’m envious.
::screams:: I don’t know whether to laugh or cry! Actually, in the bookstore, I did both. At the same time. I got a lot of strange looks. XD In “Internet Resources of Interest” in (NAME DELETED)’s book (I finally found a copy), my website is one of just three that is listed! Unfortunately, it’s under “Ellie Rosenthal” and lists the long-since-deleted stas.net address. ::wrinkles nose:: Thankfully, he also mentions “Do you know Mundungus Fletcher”, a fellow name etymology site, which has a link to WIAN.
::snickers:: I never would have guessed that Jacques from Sketch of Love was a Harry Potter fan. ::snorts into her orange juice::
Oh. God.
I just got a frighteningly official sounding email from a woman who has been reading the Amazon.com reviews and noticed a review some random person posted (completely without my knowledge), accusing (NAME REMOVED) of plagiarism. Frankly, I’m terrified. I don’t want to make any judgement until I’ve actually read the book, and all the bookstores in my area haven’t gotten it yet, but I can’t imagine that a published author with (NAME REMOVED)’s body of work could ever consider stooping to plagiarism.
The even scarier thing is that this lady must have done serious research. I’ve checked Google, and WIAN doesn’t come up on search engines until about 5 pages of junk. I have to admit, it’s a rather clichéed title. The investigator would have had to sift through mountains of baby-namers and “Romeo and Juliet” websites before she finally came upon WIAN. To make matters worse, my website isn’t even the only HP etymology site *titled* What’s In a Name! Cairnsy’s section of “Positively Percy” dedicated to Percy-etymology is called “What’s In a Name”. A quick google search for “What’s In a Name” “Harry Potter” returned scads of others. How did she know which one was mine? I fear that this is really getting serious. ::whimpers:: Help?
I’m going to email the investigator and tell her that the review is entirely false and that it should be removed. I don’t want this to get out of hand.
Hurrah! After class, my dad took me to Lone Star, the local comic book shop. I got Issue #3 of X/1999, which I absolutely love. CLAMP is definitely my favourite group of artists. Such gorgeousness! I also got a new sketchbook. I haven’t decided on a name for it yet, but I’ll be sure to post it when I come up with one. Does anyone else name their sketchbooks? ::shrugs:: Yay.
At first I was dreading summer school. Now I’m okay with it. Government is impossibly boring, but fortunately, I got a fairly easy area of the country to the Current Events project: China! Ha! And we have to write a letter to a public figure for another assignment. I’m choosing Dave Barry. Anyway, HAM (History of Art and Music) is a fabulous course! Yay! Mr. Long is the coolest teacher in the history of the world. He intentionally tries to get the class off topic. XD
::giggles:: I get the weirdest comments in my Elfwood gallery. This one comes from a Miss Brittany N. Ford, of … erm… I dunno. Somewhere in Canada, I think. Anyway, this really amused me. Comments are for the artwork, not on the subject matter. Rather obviously, this was from my Wormtail CG.
I hate that man. From the top of his head to the tips of his toes. He was their friend. They trusted him. He trusted them, or so he said.
He was a friend. He went on all their adventures. He learned with them. He wrote a special Map with them. He was a Marauder. One of four pals, destined to be friends forever.
He was Wormtail. His friends were Moony, Padfoot, and Prongs. They went by nicknames. They were a team. He was a part of it. They were friends.
But that wasn’t true. Not for him, anyway. He betrayed them. Turn away, just like that. Only to save his own stinking skin. The Marauders were supposed to die for each other. But not him.
He sold James. Prongs. His friend. He as good as killed him. He did the same Prongs’ wife. Leaving their son to a life sadness. Emptiness. Suffering.
He locked up Sirius. Sent him to Azkaban. Padfoot. His friend. He caused pain and suffering to two of his best friends. Two Marauders. Gone. Because of him. Sirius in hiding. Can’t see Harry. His Godson. His friends son. No. His brother’s son. He did it. All for himself
He faked his death. Twice, in fact. He pretended to be the rat that he is. Hurt two young boys. One, Harry. The other, Ron. He was his pet. His friend. Well, not really. He used him. And didn’t care.
Yes. Peter Pettigrew IS a rat. He destroyed a family. A friendship. Betrayed the Marauders code. Friends forever? Ha! He did it. He did it all. He tore apart the best parts of many lives. How could he? How?
I don’t know for sure. But all I know now, is that
I Hate Peter Pettigrew.
A fair bit of emotional baggage to harbor for a fictional character, don’t you agree? I tend to be a bit worried about people like that. If you’re out there, Brittany, remember that they’re just books — albeit fabulous ones — and it does no good to be consumed with hatred for a figment of a woman’s imagination. ::giggles again:: It sure was funny, though…
Oh, no! What happened to Tyro Tinge? ::panics::
I’m rather fond of how WIAN International is shaping up. I worked on the main page this morning. I’ve been working on the International Links section this evening. Hopefully I’ll make some sort of breakthrough with the French edition sometime soon. XD I wish I could email Ménard. Geez, that guy never ceases to amaze me. That would make my life a heck of a lot simpler!