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AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY Monday, July 20, 2009


Half blood, half marks
Firstly, to address the queries of my curious friends, I shall tell you what the Half Blood Prince was like.
Spoilers ahead, so I would look away if I didn't like spoilers. (I do like spoilers, anyway, so I won't look away.)
NOTE: This is not in chronological order. I can't remember the order. I just remember what happened.
1. Harry doesn't get collected by Dumbledore from Uncle Vernon's house, he gets collected by a train station. Already there's a hint (in the form of Harry asking a girl out) of the romance to come.
2. They go to Slughorn's village. Charming little place. Good effects, the way the place was demolished. Nice bit of blood here and there.
3. When they go the Burrow, Dumbledore doesn't draw Harry into a broomshed for a bit of a talk. He's simply not there anymore and Harry lands in a particularly watery swamp like thinggum (that will be important later).
4. They visit Fred and George's WWW. They follow Malfoy to Borgin and Burke, and they see the Vanishing Cabinet ALREADY (which kinda spoils everything). But they don't know what it's for.
5. Back to school, some random Quidditch stuff, they win their first match, Won-Won and Lav-Lav share their first kiss. Bleh. Harry finds his potions book, 'sectumsempra's Malfoy. But Snape doesn't come after him and the book.
6. From here on in there's a dreadful lot of kissing. Ginny and Harry share their one second kiss in the Room of Requirement while trying to hide the Half Blood Prince's book. Right next to the other vanishing cabinet.
7. My memory's a bit fuzzy but I'll try to remember. There's a bit of Dumbledore's memories, blah blah blah. Tom Riddle as a kid is really creepy. Harry drinks Felix and goes really crazy and gets Slughorn's memory. (Slughorn reminds me of a little kid who knows he's done wrong.)
8. An attack on Katie Bell! Touches the opal necklace. Plenty of screaming. Scream. Scream. Edvard Munch would have been proud.
9. An attack on Ron! Ron eats the lovey dovey potion and blah blah blah. Then he drinks the poisoned mead. Not a good day for Ron.
10. An attack on the Burrow! Bellatrix Lestrange and Fenrir Greyback run around in circles around Harry, Ginny, Lupin and Tonks. And then, suddenly, very strangely, they turn around and set the Burrow on fire. VOOM. Burrow gone.
11. Back to school. Lav-Lav's dumped Ron at this point, methinks. Anyway, Harry goes with Dumbledore to the Cave. Dumbledore dies. Yay! The Astronomy tower scene (aka Dumbledore death scene) is quite different from the book.
12. The end.

Yeah, my order's a bit confused, but that's basically the gist. I think they overdid the love part but that's just my opinion. Overall it was okay. I guess.

Anyway. Happy 40th Anniversary of the First Men on the Moon! Happy 65th anniversary of the Claus von Stauffenberg attempt to blow Hitler to hell! Happy birthday, dad!

~Today in History~
You've got to be kidding. I've just told you.


~Quote(s) of the Day~
"That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."
-The most famous thing ever said on the moon, spoken by Neil Armstrong. Then again, not a lot of things were said on the moon, were they?
"Contact light! OK; engine stop."
-The lesser known, first words on the moon, spoken by Buzz Aldrin. I personally find it's quite obvious why nobody wants to quote this.
"Long live our Glorious Germany!"
What Claus von Stauffenberg shouted before he was shot for his part in Hitler's assassination attempt. It could have been a Glorious Germany. Pity Hitler made sure it couldn't.


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