I know! Your eyes must be deceiving you! But they're not, I've just been amazingly busy right now. Summer is no rest for the wicked, let me tell you!
Mostly, I've been travelling around the country. I've been in Tullamore a few times, I was in Athlone, I've been in Waterford as well. It's just been go go go, and I haven't had a moment to myself, as can be seen by the fact that I'm writing this after midnight!
So, quick recap before I do a proper post soon enough.
I've been busy.
Harry Potter was win.
I've got a newfound respect for a lot of people.
Giovanni Trappatoni is a bigot against League of Ireland football
I'm now working on a piece of original fiction.
All square?
Showing posts with label Harry Potter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Harry Potter. Show all posts
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Twilight versus Harry Potter.
So, as so many people know, Twilight and Harry Potter fans have a very fragile relationship, but why?
Well, one of the main reasons, is surprisingly, the actors in the films. Robert Pattinson, who was Cedric Diggory in the HP franchise, albeit for only the fourth film, is Edward Cullen in Twilight. Many HP fans see Pattinson's portrayal of Edward, who is every teenage girls dream (mine included, I'm so Team Edward!) as a betrayal of the film which first brought him fame. Many HP fans are adamant that if Rob wasn't playing Edward, the fuss would have died down long before now, but because he is, people are interested.
Another reason is the actual books themselves. Many people seem to be of the opinion that you can only like one book, whether it be Harry Potter or Twilight. I'm proud to be a fan girl of both, although I do prefer Twilight, but most teenagers I know don't like it, and I enjoy being different! It's not written anywhere that you can't be a fan of both, even four of the hosts on Mugglecast, the major Harry Potter podcast, have started up a new podcast called 'imprint' ( at http://twilightsource.com ) which deals with Twilight only. If stalwarts of the Harry Potter fandom like Andrew Simms, Matt Britton, Laura Thompson and Elysa Montfort can be comfortable enough in the fact that they enjoy both books to feature on two different podcasts, each about a different book series, why can't anyone else?
Now I'm starting to rant, but the only thing I didn't like about the Twilight Saga was book 4, but that is because it was EPIC FAIL.
In short, I am a Twilighter, but I'm also a wannabe squib. Bah! It's all too confusing, I'm now over and out!
Well, one of the main reasons, is surprisingly, the actors in the films. Robert Pattinson, who was Cedric Diggory in the HP franchise, albeit for only the fourth film, is Edward Cullen in Twilight. Many HP fans see Pattinson's portrayal of Edward, who is every teenage girls dream (mine included, I'm so Team Edward!) as a betrayal of the film which first brought him fame. Many HP fans are adamant that if Rob wasn't playing Edward, the fuss would have died down long before now, but because he is, people are interested.
Another reason is the actual books themselves. Many people seem to be of the opinion that you can only like one book, whether it be Harry Potter or Twilight. I'm proud to be a fan girl of both, although I do prefer Twilight, but most teenagers I know don't like it, and I enjoy being different! It's not written anywhere that you can't be a fan of both, even four of the hosts on Mugglecast, the major Harry Potter podcast, have started up a new podcast called 'imprint' ( at http://twilightsource.com ) which deals with Twilight only. If stalwarts of the Harry Potter fandom like Andrew Simms, Matt Britton, Laura Thompson and Elysa Montfort can be comfortable enough in the fact that they enjoy both books to feature on two different podcasts, each about a different book series, why can't anyone else?
Now I'm starting to rant, but the only thing I didn't like about the Twilight Saga was book 4, but that is because it was EPIC FAIL.
In short, I am a Twilighter, but I'm also a wannabe squib. Bah! It's all too confusing, I'm now over and out!
Insomnia
I hate it, end of! It's after three am, I can't sleep, so I'm blogging. I've been in my bed for six hours, and nothing. I'll forget that I've got NaNoWriMo to work on, or that I've got an Irish essay and a history exam question both due on monday, then I might be able to sleep! But because I'm not good at occlumency (for all you Harry Potter fans) and I'm not practised at translating 'Ulysses'(The James Joyce book) into different languages like the Cullen clan is, (Twilight Reference) I must deal with insomnia. There is something to be said for being a vampire and not having to sleep!
I just get so fed up of not being able to sleep sometimes. It's almost my birthday, and if someone asked me what I want for my birthday, I'd probably say sleeping pills right now. Grr. And I would hate to be dependant on medicine, unless it was life saving.
I'm currently on around 7000 words on NaNoWriMo, and if you want to add me as a writing buddy, my username is Xparawhorextwerdx and I'm in the Dublin region, and also Buffalo. But I'm simply in Buffalo so that I can slag off all the people from Buffalo who think that they can beat Dublin in the Word War. Dublin is however, coming second in the All Ireland Word War, with Connaught coming fourth, amazingly! But Onyva has only started working, and I am actually shaking in my boots. Although that could be from fatigue! The All Ireland leaderboard looks like this: Ulster, Dublin, Leinster, Connaught, Munster. Now I just have to write like I did today (2000 words) and I might actually win! In all honesty, I doubt I'll win, but it's fun to try anyway.
This has actually turned out rather long, so I shall say goodbye and happy blogging!
I just get so fed up of not being able to sleep sometimes. It's almost my birthday, and if someone asked me what I want for my birthday, I'd probably say sleeping pills right now. Grr. And I would hate to be dependant on medicine, unless it was life saving.
I'm currently on around 7000 words on NaNoWriMo, and if you want to add me as a writing buddy, my username is Xparawhorextwerdx and I'm in the Dublin region, and also Buffalo. But I'm simply in Buffalo so that I can slag off all the people from Buffalo who think that they can beat Dublin in the Word War. Dublin is however, coming second in the All Ireland Word War, with Connaught coming fourth, amazingly! But Onyva has only started working, and I am actually shaking in my boots. Although that could be from fatigue! The All Ireland leaderboard looks like this: Ulster, Dublin, Leinster, Connaught, Munster. Now I just have to write like I did today (2000 words) and I might actually win! In all honesty, I doubt I'll win, but it's fun to try anyway.
This has actually turned out rather long, so I shall say goodbye and happy blogging!
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