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Quiz: Which Harry Potter Guy Should You Date?

Quiz: Which Harry Potter Guy Should You Date?

Answer: Ron Weasley
Your perfect “HP” guy is the cute, loyal, and funny redhead that everyone knows and loves — Ron Weasley! Even if he’s a little messy and gets himself into trouble sometimes, he’s an awesome Quidditch player and an even better friend. You definitely need to learn to deal with his crazy family — let’s be honest, five older brothers and a younger sister can get pretty hectic! On the plus side, you’ll totally feel secure with him — he’s always acting brave to protect the people he loves. Not to mention you can always count on him to make you laugh! But beware, it might take a little time for him to make the first move — after all, he didn’t even ask Hermione to the Yule Ball! To find your real-life Ron, look past the most popular guy in school and check out his loyal best friend! Yeah, that guy who was with the class hottie through thick and thin — and even before he was hot! A guy that loyal will be the perfect match for you!

Thoughts: I am fairly certain I’ve filled this quiz out before, but I can’t remember what I got that time. So… yeah. Ron. Cute and loyal… I could see that. I could handle this. And, hey, who doesn’t want to be a Weasley? 🙂

Craft: Don’t Panic

Made for a Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy swap package that I angeled, here’s a bookmark and a stuffie of the green guy:
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The fingers and teeth were the hardest part–so intricate and small. But I think it turned out all right in the end.

Quiz: What Silmarillion Character Are You?

Quiz: What Silmarillion Character Are You?

Answer: Earendil
Earendil

Thoughts: I don’t know him well enough to know how accurate this comparison is, but I like the guy, so I’m okay with it. I certainly wouldn’t mind Bilbo writing a song about me 😉 Info: http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/E%C3%A4rendil

License Plate: AZKBAN

Make sure you have plenty of chocolate when you get into this car!

AZKBAN

Full disclosure: this belongs to one of the members of my local Harry Potter meetup group 🙂 I thought this was appropriate to post for my July license plate post (happy early birthday to Neville Longbottom, Harry Potter, and J.K. Rowling).

Harry Potter Trivia Tournament

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I just finished filling out all the rounds & bonus round of the Harry Potter Trivia Tournament. I apparently got one wrong (grrr! Silly me thinking that 25 days was three weeks instead of 4 weeks… I’m too literal, apparently. So I’m not going to win… but it was so much fun to answer the questions. There were some easy ones (given that I have passages of the book memorized) and there were some hard ones (given that my memory SUCKS).

Your Overall Rank: #251
Your Total Tournament Points: 640/650
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Book Review—Hawkeye, Volume 1 by Matt Fraction, others

HawkeyeGNReview reposted from KateKintail’s Book Journal

Title: Hawkeye, Volume 1
Author: by Matt Fraction, David Aja (Illustrator), Javier Pulido (Illustrator), Francesco Francavilla (Illustrator), Alan Davis (Illustrator)
Fandom: Marvel
My rating: 5/5

SPOILERS BELOW!

 

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Book Review—This Star Won’t Go Out: the Life & Words of Esther Grace Earl by Esther Earl

This_Star_Won't_Go_OutReview reposted from KateKintail’s Book Journal

Title: This Star Won’t Go Out: the Life & Words of Esther Grace Earl
Author: by Esther Earl with Lori and Wayne Earl; Introduction by John Green
Fandom: Nerdfighting in General
My rating: 4.5/5

SPOILERS BELOW!

 

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Top Ten: Fandom Songs I Can’t Listen To in the Car

My friends IRL know that I’m a crier. I cry not just at sad movies but at their movie trailers before the sad movies are even out.

There are also some fandom songs I cannot listen to without at least tearing up. I learned the hard way that I had to uncheck these songs in iTunes at work (I’ve had coworkers walk in on me as I was bawling) and I cannot listen to them while driving (twice I’ve had to pull over to the side of the road because I was crying too hard to drive/see). But these are also songs I love so very dearly. In fact, it was easy to come up with this list in just a few minutes because some of these are among my favorite fandom songs ever written. I just… can’t listen to them while driving.

Note: There’s a MoM song that belongs on this list, but given the recent… yeah… I’m choosing to leave that song off. That’s all right. There are enough Snidget songs to make up the difference 😉

Additional Note/Warning: Massive spoilers for Harry Potter, Supernatural through season 7, His Dark Materials series, Torchwood Children of Earth, and the first Hunger Games novel/movie

 

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Quiz: How Big Of A Harry Potter Fan Are You Actually?

Repost. Sorry. My scheduling abilities are miserable, apparently.

Quiz: How Big Of A Harry Potter Fan Are You Actually?

Answer: 76/100
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Thoughts: I’m not entirely sure why I bothered filling this out, because I know I’m a big fan and it only makes me sad that I can’t check every box on this list. I WAS especially thrilled to be able to check off EVERYTHING from 67-71. I love that I’ve been able to visit all those places. It was a little sad that I got into HP as an adult so I couldn’t check off a short series about growing up with the books. But I made up for that in other places.

Top Ten: Favorite Stephen King Adaptations

I’ve been on a bit of a Stephen King kick lately, between Haven and earreading a handful of his books. So I thought this was appropriate. Let me start this out with a disclaimer: I don’t like/watch horror movies.

 

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