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The first long Harry Potter book that I've finished under 12 hours.

It was thrilling, gripping, and rather action-packed.

I don't particularly like the fact that many characters just simply 'died," but oh well.

I very much enjoyed the "Prince's Story" chapter where all of Snape's past is revealed.

-Zen

Even though I have it for about five days, I have to say it again.

I have the Psychonauts game! Hell yeah!

I mean, two weeks ago I didn't really care too much about the game in any way other than casual interest, but then, suddenly, out of the blue, I became obsessed with it. I think it's been hiding in my mind until it was ready to burst, possibly influenced by fanart. Yep, most likely.

So, having possessed the game for about five days, I am now at Lungfishopolis, which I consider a great feet, and before I finished the level I plan to get all of Coach Oleander's memories and figments in his training ground.

Wish me luck!

Ok, now this was a long time coming.

First off, it's the first of December, whoo-hoo, and a lot of things have happened in my life. I've just finished being in Kiss Me, Kate for my high school's musical, which I don't get tired watching a few scenes in, and now I don't know what to do with my afterschool time. Homework? Ha ha ha! Eh, I need to get more sleep. Seriously, I'm not going to be early enough.

Wii and PS3 are here, which is great because I'm unleashing my inner fangirl by writing an article called "PS3 v. Wii" with my knowledge of the PS3 and interviewing a fun friend who is an expert on the Wii and owns it. I'm going to his house someday to play it, because even I think it's fun. He makes up the best words to describe things. He thinks the Wii is "Kronkulously" fun. I quote him a lot in the article.

GATE English is getting interesting, though I think the learning aspect is obstructed due to many class presentations on outside reading and poems, which are mostly songs. I signed up writing a horror story and memorizing a Poe poem. Poe's such a poet, he might as well add an 'm' or a 't' to his last name. Ha, ha, pun. I'm memorizing Dream-land, which is one of his more obscure (and long) poems, and I'm not doing the Raven or Annabel Lee. Too many people are doing them, and I want to add spice to their life.

I've also written a persuasive essay on the decline in quality of animated movies and TV series of today. I also made a speech about it. I don't think I came across my point well. Pity. One of the many things that disappoint me, but many people agree with me. You can just hear the sighs of nostalgia when I mentioned Doug and Rugrats .

I'm kind of sad about my imagination, because lately I've been reading more manga than books, and well, let's just say that I don't feel very inspired or creative when writing things. Not good. I wonder if manga should come with warning labels about it.

WARNING: May either increase or decrease your imagination.

Now, I think I'll watch a lot of Disney movies and a lot of classics that are very successful. Not the CGI crap that keeps coming out, although I hear good things about Happy Feet.

Insomnia...

This is the first time in a long time that I've stayed up all night. I'm still not tired, though my eyes kind of feel itchy.

Oh yeah, yesterday was my birthday; I am now 16 years old *huzzah*...

I don't FEEL different. Oh well.

Went to see "The Devil Wears Prada" with family friend and had dinner with her and her husband at a pizza/pasta place. The movie was really good. It was different from the book, in that I actually HATED the boss in the book, but I really liked the comedy in the movie.

Side-note: Anna Hathaway has REALLY pretty eyes. They're so BIG, man. And Meryl Streep also looks stunning with her very chic silver hair.

Had cake, thinking it might have been a coffee cake because of the icing, but it was great.

Lately I've been taking a bunch of midday naps on the floor, since I stay up all night doing homework and trying to work on a fanfiction and the internet and...well, doing crap, and I gotta say: carpetted floors are actually very comfortable.

Confused? Maybe... Well, I guess in comparison to my bed, which isn't exactly the firmest of matresses(sic?), the floor felt pretty good on my back. Although sometimes my head and shoulders would hurt because there isn't much support for them, especially for sleeping on the side, like I would sometimes do.

Which is why I bring the pillows down with me (note: I sleep on the floor in my room, as it would seem rather odd to just sleep on the floor in any old place).

This led me to consider abandoning my bed altogether and just lay out a sleeping bag on the floor and sleep there. However, it's summer, it's almost August, and the days and nights are getting hotter, so I would probably feel too warm in a sleeping bag, even if I just open it up and use it as a cover on the floor or something. Well, I should experiment anyway...

In anime/manga news: I've recently rekindled my Rurouni Kenshin passion and I am now obsessed with awesome/strong/sexy Saitou Hajime. And from there, I've started reading fanfiction of Saitou with Tokio, or maybe just with Saitou, and from there I've began watching Peacemaker Kurogane.

PMK: Awesome and funny. PMK Saitou: So different, it's like he's from another planet compared to RK Saitou. Still awesome, tho'.

So yeah...This concludes my July post...