Beth and Traci linked to Flying Lessons. And I went spying and came back with my hands full!
Hehe.
Month: <span>March 2008</span>
Harry Potter nearly made me miss three trains yesterday. I loved the last book, it is more action paced(sic) than some of the others and there is just something about continuing the journey with characters you’ve grown curious about.
The spoilers were clearly a strange mash of unexpressed truths… certain things didn’t happen where they supposedly meant to. Thanks.
I am satisfied. Although the epilogue was a bit much.
I know some apparently cried through the book regarding what happens to various characters, but I finished the last page and spent a good while laughing.
Outloud.
The whole thing was just so fun. Thank you J. K. Rowling for some good old fashioned entertainment, for sparking my imagination and taking millions on a literary ride.
Today I will do homework during my lecture… clever girl. Ho-diddley-um.
I am still strapped for ideas, I have two now – neither which really float my boat but there you go. I have found some sweet materials websites/resources so at least if I have a half baked idea, I can make my research look pretty. Thank you for your ideas. Love the lollipops Jess – however I vaguely recall them saying something about it not being a small thing ‘like a lollipop’ (Crikey they used the actual item!) that has minimal consequence to society. Suffer ye little children.
As I have been asking everyone and anyone for ideas, I naturally posed the question at the dinner table, my mother came out with some strange story about bears rubbing their bums on trees to get bark to stuff up their bum’s to stop ants getting in while hibernating.
I’m still not quite sure….
On a more cheery note, we taught my family (Well, Mum, Dad and Em) Munchkin last night and managed to force Dad to lose 5 levels, let Em almost win, and Mum triumph.
This is very clever strategy on our part, it means that Emily enjoyed herself, Mum will play again because she won (and found the cards so amusing) and Dad will play to get revenge. Scary thing is, I predicted Dad’s response word for word about five minutes before he said it himself. Do note, that this would be my response so the same situation.
I don’t think in 3D and I’m ever so quickly starting to panic about the severe drought of ideas when it comes to my packaging design class. Sure give me colours and logos to make something pre-existing look pretty, but to be innovative enough to create some kind of new, environmentally, economically and socially sustainable package… I’m not so sure.
My problem primarily comes with identifying a bad packaging solution that encases a pre-existing product. Oh look, I’m sure are lots out there… but they are currently being elusive.
And I’m not studying chemistry so can’t create some new-wonder material.
Throw some ideas my way please… Packaging that annoys you in every-day life?
Oh yeah… and there’s the competition we enter our assignments in. I don’t care about winning much, but I wouldn’t mind developing an idea that I at least feel good enough about entering. If you don’t have ideas, you could pray for me. And I’m only half kidding.
My culinary reading delights have triped back on ho to my childhood. I recently re-read The Children of Green Knowe which I loved when I was younger and mercifully was rewarded with at least a little of the same magic as it used to engage.
I might note that I have finally gotten my hands on my sister’s copy of the final Harry Potter and am very much enjoying myself as I rack my brains back to the last one and try and forget the numerous spoilers that have seemingly come my way.
It is about the adventure, not the end point.
I am losing hope for poor old Snape though… I was always rather convinced he was going to pull through as a goody. (And don’t you dare spoil that one – either outcome).
I have also sitting on my shelf, The Dark is Rising Series, which I could be very much mistaken has recently (or will be) been made into a movie. Utterly captivating. I love books that toy with enough imagination that they actually provoke a small amount of fear. So I dare say as soon as Harry Potter has been dealt with – on all kinds of levels – that’ll be next.
Mmmm…. and then there’s the coveted copy of Absurdistan that I now own and still haven’t touched!