We interrupt this blog...
What a surprise, I stopped blogging. Well, these past few weeks I have been feeling distinctly non-witty. I didn't even rush to announce the latest installment of Tiki Bar TV, which by the way is real hoot, if not quite in the same style as their previous efforts. Lala's opening dance is worth the price of admission all by itself.
I did manage to post one more design on my threadbare online store, but I've got several other ideas gathering dust. Work's been busy, and this week has brought a number of issues to sop up my spare time.
Well, in the middle of all that, I became motivated to chew up even more time by finally reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, just in time for the theatrical release of Goblet of Fire. This last development finally gave me something to write about. Back when the latest chapter in the Harry Potter saga was nearing release, the Big Deal was the revelation from J.K. Rowling that a major character would die in the book. Of course, nearly half the world population immediately began trying to penetrate the secret. Speculation ran rampant. Numerous theories were posted and reposted all over the Internet. Rowling's garbage man was forced to hire an armed escort.
Well, before I start reading the book, I want to make my own prediction (believe it or not I've managed to avoid the spoilers all this time). I think it has to be Dumbledore to die during Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts. So far, Rowling has done an excellent job at character development. For Harry to really become the hero of the series and come into his own as an adult, he has to stand on his own as well. Rowling has frequently employed different characters as a deus-ex-machina to save Harry from sure defeat, but Dumbledore is the granddaddy of them all. For Potter's ultimate victory over He Who Must Not Be Named to be the great conclusion to the series it should be, it has to be all Harry.
Now don't ask me whether Snape will prove to be good or evil in the end. I still haven't sussed that out at all.
I did manage to post one more design on my threadbare online store, but I've got several other ideas gathering dust. Work's been busy, and this week has brought a number of issues to sop up my spare time.
Well, in the middle of all that, I became motivated to chew up even more time by finally reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, just in time for the theatrical release of Goblet of Fire. This last development finally gave me something to write about. Back when the latest chapter in the Harry Potter saga was nearing release, the Big Deal was the revelation from J.K. Rowling that a major character would die in the book. Of course, nearly half the world population immediately began trying to penetrate the secret. Speculation ran rampant. Numerous theories were posted and reposted all over the Internet. Rowling's garbage man was forced to hire an armed escort.
Well, before I start reading the book, I want to make my own prediction (believe it or not I've managed to avoid the spoilers all this time). I think it has to be Dumbledore to die during Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts. So far, Rowling has done an excellent job at character development. For Harry to really become the hero of the series and come into his own as an adult, he has to stand on his own as well. Rowling has frequently employed different characters as a deus-ex-machina to save Harry from sure defeat, but Dumbledore is the granddaddy of them all. For Potter's ultimate victory over He Who Must Not Be Named to be the great conclusion to the series it should be, it has to be all Harry.
Now don't ask me whether Snape will prove to be good or evil in the end. I still haven't sussed that out at all.
posted by RoverDaddy @ 8:15 PM
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