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All right, y'all, so of course I read Deathly Hallows on Saturday, and I completely love the book. Not sure if it's my favorite of the series, but it's definitely up there. I'm sort of still processing (yep, I'm slow), so you don't get any deep thoughtful post yet.

But... here, have some icons! 6 ship icons, 2 chapter art icons, lots of quote icons, and a few R.I.P. icons.

( 26 Deathly Hallows Icons -- SPOILERS behind the cut! )

Please credit me and leave a comment if you use any. Enjoy!

I had a sudden urge to make icons, so I played around with the US cover art for Deathly Hallows.

Previews:

( 15 icons under the cut )

Please leave a comment and credit me if you use. Enjoy!

A list, because I think I've said, "Oh, really? They're making a movie of Coraline? Wow!", about a dozen times. Mostly for my own benefit, but may be useful for other ditzy people?

1. The Composer is Dead (early 2007?), Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid (May 2007), and books about "some other cases that may have some overlap with the Baudelaires" -- all by Lemony Snicket -- (More info here)


2. Coraline movie (2007) -- (IMDB entry)


3. Stardust movie (2007) -- (Some info at Neil Gaiman's Journal)


4. Harry Potter movie (2007) -- (The Leaky Cauldron)


5. His Dark Materials movie (2007) -- (Bridge to the Stars fansite)


6. The Book of Dust -- (Bridge to the Stars fansite)

YAY.

I know I'm forgetting some things. Help?

I'm supposed to pick a piano concerto to work on this year. Liszt, Mendelssohn, Saint-Saens, Franck, Chopin... But I don't want to play any of them! All of them are too long, too short, too easy, too hard, too boring... I've been stressing about this for two weeks now! After listening to concertos for over two hours straight and not really liking any of them, I'm really getting SO SICK OF THIS. askd;;jlkkj#@$#*&%($%!

Okay, screw Liszt! I'm listening to Urinetown.

I feel better already. Nothing better to cheer yourself up than listening to a bunch of people singing about how they have to pee!

I spent last weekend at Rapid City, South Dakota, for my cousin's graduation. At which point everyone helpfully asked, "Did you know, you'll be graduating next year?" Yes, thank you for the instant panic attack. I have no idea what I want to do or where I want to go after graduation. I'm too afraid to go to an out-of-state college, but none of the North Dakota colleges are looking terribly appealing right now.

Between last weekend's 'vacation' and my birthday, I have acquired lots of shiny new things! I received the Wicked soundtrack, so of course I had to go out and buy the book (Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West) to read first. Although the musical makes some rather huge changes from the book, the soundtrack is still very enjoyable. It's actually a bit hilarious to listen to; the music goes from insanely cute to dramatically angsty in seconds. The book was also entertaining enough, although I didn't realize it focused so much on Ozian politics.

Other shiny things include: RENT DVD, Corpse Bride soundtrack, Gorillapod, lots of beads, two rocks, and clothes. Also, I bought a new camera! It's the Olympus SP-350, and I love it! It's an 8 megapixel camera, and it has a good macro mode and a bulb mode and you can put lenses on it. Which is pretty good, for a compact camera. And it was cheap, too -- just over $200.

On the first day of Christmas my auntie gave to me... eight Cortisone shots. x) Ouch ouch ouch ouch ouchouchouchouch!

Can't type; happy late Christmas!

Saturday, it was around 90 degrees Fahrenheit here. Today? 32 degrees, 30 mph wind gusts, and 14 inches of snow. WTF, world? So, no school today, but there was also no electricity until about 3:00.

What's really wonderful, though, is that school is already called off for tomorrow. Apparently, my school has no heat. It's October, in the middle of North Dakota, and we don't have heat. Brilliant.

I really should be leaving for school right now, but... omgtrailerSQUEE! Voldemort looks quite close to how I imagined him, and Daniel and Rupert are both adorable, and (although I wasn't really listening closely) the music sounds nice enough, too.

I've started to post my vacation photos to my Deviant Art account, and I think I'll cross-post them here, too. Just a couple today; I've still got tons more to sort through.
( 2 photos under the cut )

11 HBP icons! Lots of Snape and a couple of Ron icons. I'll probably have more ready soon. Enjoy!

( HBP SPOILERS; Icons under the cut )