This doesn’t apply to anyone in particular, but it did make me melt a little bit. I need to suppress that less logical side of me.
I knew a guy like that once — and I do have a notorious weakness for musicians. Or at least, in my teenage years. In any case, I thought this was cute. I’m guessing it’s Darla Hood from the film The Little Rascals, but I haven’t seen that movie in years since it was released in the cinemas. Happy Independence Day to all those in or from the United States. And this isn’t dirty, is it — I mean, it’s not like when Katy Perry sings about popsicles in the summertime.:-p
Cool stuff…
James and Karla Murray have created a book dedicated to the look of NY mom-and-pop stores. Click through for more photos and your music pairing.
(via Photos: Store Front – The Disappearing Face of New York | The Strut)
I’m not entirely sure what’s going on in this image, but I thought it would be a cool post to reblog on Tumblr.
(via Caught in the grip of the city madness - but does it float)
One of my favourite quotes from the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling and indeed was originally a line from the Bible (1 Corinthians 15:26). Chapter 16: Godric’s Hollow is the only chapter of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in which I actually cried, at this very scene when Harry finally gets to see the grave of his parents, Lily and James. I don’t remember the lines of it exactly, but I remember there was a point in which Harry was imagining to himself the moldering remains of his parents beneath the frozen ground, oblivious to the knowledge that their son, who they lived and died to protect, wishes he was sleeping under the snow with them. I related to that so much it was overwhelming me, having lost both of my parents and at that, my father just the year before this particular book was published. I will forever be in debt to this book and to this series for vividly addressing and portraying these issues which tied back to my own life and inner turmoil. It was therapeutic in the best sense of the word, in a way I never received from another human being around me. I guess thematically this post then is a continuation of the first one I created the other day and these are memories and themes I will return to from time to time on my blog, especially in discussing these books. Reading and books in general have been there for me throughout my life even when other people haven’t and it is from that I’m gratefully able to draw any kind of meaning or strength in life. And that to me is a very real kind of magic.
(…this is my 165th post on Tumblr, which means eleven pages of my blog. I still haven’t decided whether or not I should promote this on my Facebook. Or well, by that I mean, include a permanent link to it in my profile information. I think for now I’ll just leave it as it is — I really want to create more personal posts over time on here, as a kind of informal memoirs and to get some thoughts out there on the internet, but as I have less time to spend on the computer these days, I’m mostly reblogging like the majority of my friends and others I follow on this site.)
This is awesome. I need to locate the source of all these HP Facts and follow it if it’s on Tumblr.
Something important to keep in mind throughout life — and something I struggle to practise myself.
232/365 (by julianbialowas)
This is completely relevant to my life. I really appreciate whoever took the time to put this together. I think I shall share it on my Facebook as well…
Fourteen years ago today, the magic began…
On my friend Josette’s 12th birthday — she’s 26 today, and was probably the first person I’ve ever known to be a huge fan of the books and films. So happy anniversary to this and Happy Birthday to her. In celebration of her birthday, I’ve gone through her blog on Tumblr completely (which you can read and possibly follow for yourself over here) and in anticipation of the eighth and final film I plan to dedicate a number of posts in the next month to HP and the memories and feelings I attach to it. So that’s going to be my theme for July. I hope everyone here has an amazing month and a satisfying summer. God bless you all.
30th June, 1997: The first ever edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was released.
The beginning indeed. I still remember picking up a copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone on a whim in my university bookshop in Australia back in 2005 after successfully avoiding reading the books for the eight years they had been a worldwide sensation. Having grown up in the United States, I was a bit put off by the childish cover illustrations of the U.S. edition books and the overwhelming popularity of the series (I generally hesitate to climb aboard anything a little too popular with the masses and prefer to arrive at them on my own time and preference). Any hesitation I may have initially held about buying this book was dispelled on the first page — I was hooked from the very first paragraph, seen here. I remember when I was finished with it, I was disappointed to note that the same uni bookshop neglected to carry any further titles in the series as this one entry was required reading for a children’s literature course at my university. I immediately set off for Sunshine Plaza in the nearby town of Maroochydore to purchase the second and third books, and then afterwards the fourth and fifth (the sixth book would not be released until a couple of months later, on July 16). I recall it took me a couple of days to read each of the books as I purchased the first one on May 13 of that year and sat down on a bus bench to start the fourth book on May 19 after completing a 12:03am showing of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, released the same day. Star Wars ended for me with that final film, but I wasn’t too sad about it because then I had Harry Potter, which to this day remains the fandom with which I am the most (harmlessly) obsessed.
Now the Harry Potter films will end with the release of the eight and final installment next month. But I know my love for HP will continue from there. It’s comforting to be able to share this feeling with millions all over the globe and feel less of a childish freak or geek for it. I’m looking forward to purchasing all the books again someday (my old copies of which I lost years ago) and seeing all eight films back-to-back with Sofia-baji sometime at the end of this year. There will be more books in future supplementing the series (though no more full novels) and there will always be fan fiction and everything else and as much of a cliché as it is to say it, and no real pun intended, this world for me will always be magic. So thank you, J. K. Rowling; I may not be saying goodbye to my childhood in the coming days or weeks, as I didn’t read any of the books or view any of the films until I was a teenager, but thank you for brightening my world through those months all those years ago, following the death of my mother when I needed to connect to a world in which I could escape and yet be able to relate to my own loss and struggles with notions of love and death. This world for me has been in many ways an enormous inspiration and I know that no matter how many years eventually come to pass from this moment, I will still be able to find my way back to my younger self and remember the awe I once held at the very first page.
The Beginning (by Gondolin Girl)
In a word, this is awesome. See, just because I’m a Slytherin doesn’t mean I don’t care about others.:-) I applaud whoever owns this establishment.
Me, too. Although it’s a little troubling that I’m a Slytherin, but I’m not a fan of the Slytherin states. I guess I could always try to get into one of the Ravenclaw ones if they’ll let me.:-p Ravenclaw is my second choice for a house to be Sorted into in Hogwarts though I’m not quite smart enough for that to happen. And with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 being released in just sixteen days, you can expect more of these posts to flood my blog on Tumblr. I’ll be geeking around a little too much in my reblogging.
so glad someone took the time to make this
Note the lack of Miami…oh well.
No, but there is Orlando…and you know my future is more or less to work at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in the Universal Parks and Resorts’ Islands of Adventure theme park. I mean, at the rate I’m going…my “post-grad” years are still a ways off as long as I have yet to complete a degree. For now I’m just working…
And I’m a little confused about this whole hipster phenomenon I’ve noticed over the past few months (although given how long it usually takes me to “notice” things, this trend could have been in existence for years). I should ask my friend Stephanie sometime for enlightenment on the subject. She’s also the one who brought this post to my attention…
O novo preto is the new black. Sorry — I thought I was supposed to continue this. Portuguese seems so much hotter than Spanish. And this post was brought to my attention by my always amazing friend Stephanie. You can follow her blog over here.
We should get away to this spot — it seems like a good enough place. In follow-up to my previous post for today because I’m starting to build up crazy themes on my blog.
