I'll begin with a short conversation I had with my grandmother on the phone this week after our regular Bachelorette updates. We were discussing how we tend to like celebrities better when they give money to children's charities. And this got her discussing The Celebrity Apprentice, which I can proudly say is the only show on television I don't watch. She preceded to ask me if I had heard of someone named, "Little John" who she believes is a rapper. She was surprised that his charity was a children's home in Decatur and decided she liked him even though she still has no idea why he's called "Little John" as he doesn't seem that young or what he does. And my short (AND accurate) thoughts on the Bachelorette. Ashley is a-n-n-o-y-i-n-g. JP is the hottest, but is mentally unstable for liking Ashley so much. Ben F and Constantine have personalities I can get behind. Plus Constantine is from north Georgia (Cumming to be exact). So, in case you're reading this Constantine. I'm single, still. The end.
There is really nothing to update on the end of the P3 year because I blocked most of it out. Useless. On to Seattle. Seattle is spectacular. Honestly. Just phenomenal. Do you know know what isn't phenomenal? The SeaTac airport. While I understand SeaTac stands for Seattle-Tacoma as far as I'm concerned in stands for SuckTACular. First it completely shuts down at midnight, which is perfect when your flight gets in about 30 minutes before that and then you walk all the way to metro stop just to learn the metro doesn't run after midnight and then NO one wants to listen to your story about the Green River Killer who murdered prostitutes around the airport. So stressful. My next major issues stems from idiots at security. It's 2011. If you haven't learned what can and can't be taken on a plane by now then you need to be institutionalized. Jack ass in front of us seemed to think that while a Swiss Army knife is grounds to put you on the no fly list he could carry an ENTIRE power drill set onto the plane. Are. you. kidding. me? And that's rhetorical cause we weren't being joked with. He should be added to the no fly list just for making fellow travelers irritated. Other highlights of Seattle include a monorail ride, karaoke and Mark, the world's most amazing bartender. If you have questions about these highlights I will happily discuss in detail. And if you're feeling a little pull on your heart strings for Seattle, please go watch 10 Things I Hate About You. I has one of my favorite scenes from any movie. Heath Ledger is just awesome. And of course I can't even mention him without throwing in a link of the role he was pretty much born to play. Side note. Did you know he improvised tons of scenes in this movie? In fact the first time he acted with Michael Caine in a scene they actually had to stop because he made Caine so flustered he forgot his lines, which was something he says he's never done. Oh and I got legit Rick Rolled trying to find that video. Who does that?
I need to take a moment to discuss Harry Potter since I devoted the title of this post to him. First I should say if you talk smack about HP you can walk. Those 7 books defined my adolescence. So back. off. I've been rereading in preparation for the latest installment on July 15th. Today I completed book 6 and I've basically realized that no matter how much life sucks I've got three great friends named Harry, Ron and Hermione. Two serious role models in Remus Lupin and Sirius Black and a hero in Albus Dumbledore. And maybe I was too young when I first started reading to see the message I was being taught. But this book is about fighting prejudice and ignorance with everything you've got, even when no one else will listen. How it doesn't matter if you were born to riches or rags or from an "important" family. You make your life purpose. And I just don't see how you couldn't applaud that. If there has to be a book that so many children all over the world have I read I'm glad to know it's this one. And now that I've said that it's time for me to bitch about Pottermore. This is a new, and in my opinion, lame website. It's supposed to give us some new enlightened way to experience the books. Newsflash JK Rowling. Just write a new book and make the people who made you worth more than the Queen of England happy. I mean COME ON. I can't even talk about this anymore. It makes me far too emotional.
And now for something only slightly less depressing then the impending doom of Harry Potter being over with (I'm not counting you Pottermore!). I turn 25 on Sunday. A quarter century! So I'm making a short like of things I plan to do over the next quarter century (I'll be 50 then!)
-Ignore people who try to tell me something I like/want to do is "simple" or "silly." I know what makes me happy.
-Find the boy who's here to make those same simple or silly things even better.
-Travel any and everywhere.
That's a short list. I might add to it, but let's not get to ambitious. I've only got 25 years. I felt like I should add, "stop romanticizing everything," but I'm coming to think this is part of what makes me slightly insane and overly passionate and if I didn't fall madly in love with everything so easily then I wouldn't be fun or me. So I'm going to keep letting that live on, even if it does make people worry about my mental standing.
Oh and I just realized there is a talk show called 1 girl 5 gays. And I'm NOT the girl. What. the. hell? The girl on there looks like a Real World cast off. That job should have been mine. And with that I'm going to sleep to dream of alternate realities. And I didn't make that phrase up. A high five is in order if you know who did.
