A Party in Sweden’s Pants

Cooking with Alex: Flamiche

All summer long, I’ve been doing a lot of baking and cooking from my French Cook book that I got last Christmas. The majority of the time, I’ve been making tarts and cookies, but recently, I’ve decided to branch out and make a savory dish, a flamiche.

TWO New Recordings

Hey, dudes and dudettes. We’ve just finished recording two songs; one that was already recorded in awful quality and another that was never recorded before! Yes, The Flaw in the Plan and Cooking up a Recipe for Rock have now been recorded for your listening pleasure on our myspace! So check out it out now!

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OH MY GOD! YOU GUYS! WE DID IT! OVER 1000 LISTENS ON MYSPACE!!!

The last time we made such a momentous announcement, we had 777 listens! This is much more important.

Half-Blood Prince

Yos.

I have a bad headache right now and I’m not sure if I’m in the mood to write this, but I said I would, so here goes.  Actually, I said I might, and it’s not like I’m breaking any loyal blog readers’ hearts if I don’t, but I’m going to pretend that everyone ever wants to know my opinion of the movie because it makes me feel important

So because we wanted to see the midnight showing on Tuesday, that meant that I would have to miss NYC prep, and I was kind of bummed about this and almost didn’t go, but we watched the movie and it was good, so I guess it was worth it.   But ohmygosh I watched the episode I missed this morning and PC was being such a biiooootch!!  And the whole Cole/Sebastian thing… DAYUM, girl, don’t even get me started!

Just kidding.  I don’t really give a shit about NYC Prep, but I’ll probably watch it tonight anyway because it boosts my self esteem to know that even I am more mature that the all-mighty PC and his menacing sidekick, Jessie.  Although, if it were a Wednesday night and it was So You Think You Can Dance I was missing for HBP, that would be a different story…

OH MY GOSH, Kyla, stay on topic PLEASE!  Sheesh, I don’t know if it’s the headache, or the fact that I’ve spent the last two days with 4 and 6 year olds pretending to be a pirate named Captain Longhook who’s trying to save the Teddy Dog of Doom from drowning in the Cave of Despair, but I just cannot focus.  SOOOOO Half-Blood Prince…

Basically, I thought it was the best movie yet.  Maybe not my favorite because I’m pretty attached to movies 1 and 3, but as a film, it was definitely the best.  I’ve seen it twice now and I really don’t think it’s the type of movie I’m going to get tired of quickly like 4 or 5.  I thought it did a fantastic job telling the story, the acting was at it’s best, the humor was genuine, and it was overall just a pretty movie.  That last part was something that I really got to appreciate the second time around because the first time I was just so caught up on the excitement of the night and what was actually happening that I didn’t really notice just how nice and beautiful the cinematography was.

So, all of this being said, I’m really surprised at the number of mixed reviews that’s coming from fans.  From what I’ve heard/read on facebook, I think most of the disappointment is about the content that was cut or changed from the book.  To this, I only have one thing to say: GET OVER IT!  Siriusly guys, we are 6 movies into this thing now.  By this time you should be getting used to the fact that movies and books are completely different things!  What makes a good book does not necessarily make a good movie, and I think that of this movie more than any of the others, I agree with them about what scenes should have been cut.  And honestly, I really didn’t think that they cut that much!  I think most of the complaints are about the memories and Voldemort’s background, and while I agree that the whole Gaunt family thing would be a cool scene to see visualized, I also think that adding more memories about Voldemort’s family and Hephzibah Smith, plus all the conversation between Harry and Dumbledore that goes along with those plotlines would have just slowed down the movie.  They weren’t necessary, there was plenty of other stuff to include, so it’s fine with me that the memories were cut.  And really, they included enough of the little details from the book like the canaries and the “Ron, you’re making it snow” to make up for it.  I am, however, a little concerned that Dumbledore didn’t give Harry any idea as to what the horcruxes might be (except for when he stared rightat Harry’s scar), but I guess that’s just something they’re going to have to explain in DH.

Now, other stuff that I liked about the movie:  1.  Tom Felton.  Hot hot hot, such a great actor, please don’t send Draco to pigfarts because I want to see him on screen acting like an emo troubled death eater every day until the day I die.  Ok, in all siriusness, I really was blown away by his performance.  This was such a different Draco- there were no snide, douchey comments that were said just to piss off Harry, no boasting about his father’s money, it was just like Draco was completely separated from the world of Hogwarts and all the hormones that were flying all around him.  He was wrapped up in his emotions and his death-eater struggles, and I thought that this was really fantastic character development.  Sexy, too.

2.  The humor.  I was worried in the beginning that the humor was going to be a lot like movie 4- forced, artificial, and cutesy one-liners.  There were a few of those, but mostly the humor was just natural, genuinely funny stuff, and I laughed not because this was Harry Potter and his best friend being really awkward teenagers on screen (ok, sometimes I laughed at this), but because they were funny.  And Felix Felicis.  Yeah.  Genius.

3.  The acting.  This goes along with the humor, but I feel like the kids finally grew up and learned how to act.  These were definitely their most natural and believable performances yet, and THANK GOD Emma Watson has learned to keep her eye brows still.  Also, I really loved Slughorn, Snape, Lavender, Cormac, and, believe it or not, Dumbledore (except when he asked Harry whether he and Hermione were dating- that, my friends, is PROOF Michael Gambon hasn’t read the books).

4.  Quidditch.  Man that was a fun scene.  Rupert was just going to town on that pitch, and I felt really happy for him.

5.  The attack on the burrow.  I don’t care that the screenwriters made it up, I don’t care that it didn’t serve any purpose or move the plot forward.  It looked cool, and I liked it.  Actually, my brother said that visually it was probably the best thing to ever happen in a Harry Potter movie, so yeah.  Neato.

Things I didn’t like:

1.  Harry and Ginny.  Mostly just Ginny.  And when I say mostly just Ginny, I mean mostly just Bonnie Wright.  Sorry.  The whole thing was awkward and unresolved, but I think there’s finally enough sexual tension between Ron and Hermione to make up for them, so maybe they should just leave it unresolved.  Just leave Bonnie out of the next movie, actually.  We don’t need her.

2.  Harry chasing after Snape.  What they had was good, I just wanted more.  Harry is supposed to be pissed off during this whole scene because he just freaking saw Snape kill Dumbledore!  And when Harry calls Snape a coward, Snape is supposed to FLIP a SHIT!  He freaking makes flapjacks out of that stuff in the book because NOONE is going to call Severus Snape a COWARD!  I just wish he reacted a little more violently, that’s all.

So I think that’s a pretty good summary of my thoughts for now.  Hopefully there will be a band meeting tonight with lots of merrymaking and no headaches, and I look forward to it.  PEACE OUT!

-Kyla

AHHH

HOLY CRAP I JUST CHANGED THE PICTURE AT THE TOP OF THE WEBPAGE BLOG THING THIS IS SO CRAZY AND REVOLUTIONARY MOTHER OF PEARL I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT I DID MERLIN’S BEARDED PANTS THIS IS SO INSANE I MIGHT JUST MOVE TO MARS AND GO TO PIGFARTS BECAUSE I AM SO ASTOUNDED BY THIS DRAMATIC EVENT THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE THE WORLD AND I HOPE THAT SIRIUS FINDS ME CAUSE WHEN HE DOES I’M GONNA KILL HIM CAUSE HE WAS THEIR FRIEND MOFO I MAY HAVE JUST UPLOADED A NEW PICTURE BUT I FEEL LIKE THE WAY I IMAGINE ATLAS WOULD FEEL IF HE JUST TOOK THE EARTH AND SMASHED IT INTO A MILLION PIECES RIGHT IN FRONT OF GOD’S FACE AND I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A VAMPIRE BABY GROWING INSIDE ME AND THIS NEW PICTURE IS MAKING ME FEEL CRAZY ENOUGH TO WANT TO CALL THAT BABY-MONSTER RENESMEE IS THAT TOO WEIRD?  OH COURSE IT IS YOU DUMB BITCH WHY WOULD YOU EVER CURSE YOUR CHILD IN THAT WAY YOU PERFECT LITTLE MONSTER WITH YOUR PERFECT LITTLE LIFE WHY DON’T YOU AND EDWARD JUST GO LIVE IN A COTTAGE SOMEWHERE AND FORGET ALL ABOUT COLLEGE AND A FUTURE?  OH I FORGOT YOU ALREADY DID  JESUS CHRIST THIS PICTURE IS THE CRAZIEST THING TO EVER HAPPEN EVER EVER EVER!!!!!

So do you like it?

More Convo

Well, since Alex succeeded in thoroughly embarrassing me on the interwebz by posting a recording that basically reflected a cross-section of my mind, I thought I’d post another bit of a gchat conversation that I found.

Ok, so those two thing have nothing to do with each other because I’m probably only embarrassing myself further by posting ridiculous gchats, but I don’t really care.  Blahh.

I think this took place right before midterms cause the beginning of the chat had stuff to do with common themes found in Heart of Darkness and A Portrait of the Artist and shit, but it becomes apparent pretty early on in the conversation that we eventually abandoned all hope of productivity.  This is just the end of the chat, and I don’t know how to do that cool thing where part of the post is hidden under a link that’s like “Click to continue reading” or whatever, so Alex, I’m leaving that part up to you, all-mighty webmistress.Message from Alex: DONE AND DONE (PS, I hope I don’t sound pissed in this.  I just finished watching My Life on the D-List, and too much Kathy always puts me in a weird mood.)  (PPS. I might write a little bloggy entry tomorrow about HP and the Half-Blood Miracle of a Movie.  But I might not.  I might not even remember that I wrote this entry tomorrow morning.  Bugger.)

GCHAT

me:  teachers just dont understand me

Alex:  lol

me:  my genius is too much to handle, so they fail me

Alex:  “their grading system is so….overrated”

me:  grades are overrated

CSI GIFS

I love finding these. Recently, my computer was reformatted and so I need to go on a desperate search through my email to find all my favorite gifs. I’ve found CSI gifs as well as hilar conversations with Kyla.

Edward\’s Convo

Esteban: i am very much looking forward to 24 hours from now when it’s all over

me: hmm

48 hours

Esteban: why does the puppet have such a distorted face? lol

me: he’sblack

Esteban: nooooo

me: if that’s what you mean by distorted face

racism

Esteban: his mouth is like on the side of his face

ugh i should never have said that

6:41 PM gob just sucks at puppet making, that’s all

me: lawlz

racism

Esteban: no

me: racism is lawlz

Esteban: you can discuss that in your essay tomorrow

6:42 PM me: ok

but they’ll know i’m black

so they won’t take me srsly

Esteban: i don’t think the graders see your demographic inf

100th Post!

In honor of our 100th post, I shall post about Avatar: The Last Airbender and Bruno sex conversation.

So, this is a movie by M. Night Shyamalan and it’s casting is being criticized basically because the story is centered around East Asians and Mr. M. Night hired an almost all-white cast. I just read the funniest thing ever on ONTD:

The Last Airbender

Bruno sex conversation under the cut:

Red-headed league has an iPhone

Hey yos! Wazzup with all the people who read our blogs (which is probably just Brown Sugar and Estaban)? It’s a nice day here in Maryland, mostly because I just got an iPhone!!!!!! It’s the best thing in the entire wold, I swear. I mean, if Harry Potter had
to choose between his wand and an iPhone, he would probably choose the iPhone. Then he could videotape the evidence of voldemort’s return and no one could call him a lier. And he could wikipedia useful spells in case he got stuck in bad situations, which he always does. He could even have a blog: A Portrait of Harry Potter–Darkness at Noon.

Anyway are you guys excited about the half blood prince???!!!! I am!!! we have big plans for tomorrow, meaning mostly we are going to have a Bastille Day celebration and then go see the movie. Midnight showing baby! It is officially the summer of hp part deux. With better special effects.

So that’s pretty much the plans for the future. Chillin with the worlds best friends. I should get back to them now because I’ve been on this phone for way too long already. Toodles!! Stay chill. Red-headed league out.

Time Waster

I should be getting ready for the Williamsburg trip that I’m leaving for at 5:30 tomorrow morning, which is why, at midnight, I have instead found this:

‘That’s Just One of the Ways That I Remind Myself of Barack Obama’

“What do we do know?…We go out and make babies.”

I love James Franco

James Franco’s Rejected UCLA Commencement Speech from James Franco

No Way in Hell, Sears Tower

In the immortal words of Michael K, “My stomach just fell out of my ass.”