Once again I had the opportunity to play “soccer mom” I ended up having to take my little brother and his friends to soccer day camp this morning. I had a good time, I really just sat and read but the weather was decent, and it beat sitting in the office. Sometimes it is really odd to be so much older than my youngest siblings, but I love being able to have a baby, without actually having to have a baby… so for now it’s a good set up. ;-)

As I am absolutely positive all of you know already, Warner brothers saw fit to surprise us all yesterday with the release of a brand new trailer. Sadly I must confess that I didn’t get a chance to watch it until early today but never the less I have already formed my opinion of this latest release.  After I watched the trailer I listened to the latest mugglecast which focused solely on the new video. There seemed to be a consensus that the trailer was much darker and more somber then any of its previously released fellows, I agree with this, there is a complete lack of any humor which is so prevalent in trailers 2 and 3. Missing are the quick one liners and scenes depicting the golden trio. Instead Tom Riddle is once again in the forefront, leading audiences through a look at the sinister world in which he has been attempting to create since he was a young child. The cinematography is very heavy on the grays and blues, except for the punctuating flashes of bright orange fire in the Borrow scene and the Cave scene.

Although this trailer did not release that much new footage, there are certain things that the fandom now knows regarding the upcoming movie. First is that Luna Lovegood finds Harry after he has been put into the full body bind by Malfoy on the Hogwarts Express. At time code     we see the view through Luna’s specto specs as she comes across Harry. This scene raises several issues for me personally, first there is the initial though about the lack of Tonks, but that I can overlook for the most part, then however, there is the part that Luna’s glasses can see through Harry’s invisibility cloak, the impermeable Deathly Hallow cloak! Okay Okay, so Mad-eye Moody’s eye could see through it too, but Specto specs? Really?

Another topic that I wanted to touch upon briefly was that of the casting of Michelle Fairley as Mrs. Granger for the seventh Movies. Hold on… I’m confused… I thought that Hermione put a memory charm on her parents and sent them off to Australia in the seventh book. So the one time that J.K. Rowling actually feeds the screenplay writers a quick fix to dealing with unimportant characters is the one time that they don’t take the bait and change things anyway. I can understand having to rewrite parts of the story in order to make a movie but really this is just sacrilege!  Now I could be completely wrong and the writers are not changing anything but I am just saying that there comes a point when the canon should be revered not exploited without thought to the consequences.

So I finally came to my senses and broke up with Brett, (albet with quite a considerable amount of coaxing by everyone that I know) But I did it and I am very happy that i did. It was always in the back of my mind that we weren't right for eachother but I must say that becuase I was the one that persued him I felt an obligation to see the thing through. Now I have and I can finally move on with my life. What's interesting to me is that we (girls) all search for true love and yes, we think about rejection (alot) but we never think about the possiblity that we will never have our happily ever after. The bumps and ruts in the road are excepted, you might think that you love one man that doesn't recipercate your feelings but sooner or later the perfect man for you will come and sweep you off of your feet. The fact is however that based on the idea that life isn't fair, you could very consivably never get your happy ending. I was reading a fan fic the other day (I know big suprise) and although it was only a very short drabble, (250 words) it really made me think. The basic premiss was that Hermione was watching Draco kiss another girl a girl that he obviously loved and who loved him back and it was very clear that no matter how much Hermione loved Draco it was never going to be anything real for her. This struck a chord with me mainly because of my past love interest, yes, Mark. But I should really put that out of my mind right now, after all I still have three months until I get to see him.

Another subject that I would like to touch upon is the new Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince featurette on youtube. I must say that I am thrilled to have more footage at my disposale but there are a few things that I would like to point out. Now don't get me wrong I am just as giddy as any true Harry Potter fan should be but several of the clips lead me to suspect that once again David Heyman (who I have decided is easiest to blame for everyting) has ruined key aspects of the story (at least in my humble opinon) the first is the scene with Hermione setting the canaries on Ron after she witnesses his first bout of Making out with Lavender, in the book Hermione is calm and collected while still being slightly hysterical right under the surface, then right when she is about to walk out of the room she wheels around and screams the encantation for the birds to attack. Now this gives a deffinite "kick ass" factor to Hermione, she is obviously fighting her emotions but doesn't want the lout to see it until she exacts her revenge via little birds with sharp claws. From what I just witnessed in the newly released footage Hermione whispers the words that make the birds hurl themselves at Ron and the birds do not make any kind of contact but rather Ron steps aside and the birds all splatter against the wall. Now this is in my mind unexceptable. Hermione is not some poor pathetic failure who loses the boy that she likes to some blond slag and then is unable to exact any kind of retrabution that is so essential to any really girls make up. Let's face it Hermione owns, she would never sob in front of the basterd that just broke her heart and she sure as hell wouldn't mess up a spell!

The next scene that I have issue with is the kiss between Harry and Ginny. We all know exactly how this transpires, Harry rushes into the common room after serving dention with Snape on the day of the House Quidditch cup and is greeted with a massive swarm of jubulant Gryffindor's who have just won the cup against all odds, yet through all of the yelling celebrating teenagers all Harry can see is Ginny rushing up towards him exstatic  at their teams victory, without thinking Harry grabs her and kisses her soundly right in front of everyone, the common room goes silent and Harry and Ginny both smile at eachother. From what I have seen of this scene in the film it is Harry and Ginny alone in some dimmly lit area and Harry in standing completely still with his eyes closed while Ginny approaches him and kisses him. Okay so this is way to reminicent of Cho Chang!!! WTF Harry grow a pair and ravge her for crying out loud, it only make sense for Harry to enitiate because this whole time Ginny was playing hard to get and Harry has only been fantising about making out with her for about six months!!!!!!!! I can only hope that this scene is actually a dream sequence or a day dream of Harry's and not the actual kiss.

I have become hoplessly addicted to fannon, and not any fannon by Dramione inparticular. Yes, I have offically crossed into the realm of obbsessed fangirl, making the jump from completely obssesed cannon addict. 
I have been attempting to write some of my  own fics but it is slow going, mostly becuase I get bored/fusterated with a certian scene and end up simply going on to Colured Grey for a few hours of fanfic enjoyment. 
And on a final note, I now have a total fangirl crush on Tom Felton, just because I can never do anything half heartedly. I really blame my friends, the twins, because they interduced my to fanfic and the idea that Slytherin's aren't actually bad. Add that to the fact that Hermione was already my favorite character and that I am a hopless romantic, which equals the fact that  I am doomed, and loving every minute of it.

Another Thanksgiving, another birthday, once again I celebrated in the midst of a family holiday. I am always very excited for my Birthday but then when it actually comes, I am just not one for partying I guess. I suppose that as long as I am waiting to hear back from William and Mary I won't really feel like celebrating anything. I should hear if I got in any day now, and the suspense is really starting to get to me.