Hey Ma, I Can See My House!

This was going to be a post about why CoE wasn't good television even if you ignore Day Four and why RTD is a adolescent douchenozzle, because I am still filled with bitterness and fan-rage, but...I don't really have the energy to get back into that discussion right now. So have a pretty picture instead!

Not taken by me, obviously: I found it on Flickr, and it's one of the pictures from the Rail Runner contest the state had last year. But this is the view of the mountains you can see from the train that goes past my house. I love the Sandias.

But No Chest Monster?

Fact: hanjuuluver is my favorite mad genius ever.

We met up today for early birthday-related fun times, and it was awesome! Even the part where hanjuuluver has the worst sense of driving direction in the known universe, so on our way to the movie theater we got off the wrong exit on the freeway four times in a row and had to keep driving in circles trying to get back on and back off. We missed the start of the movie by the time we got unlost, so we decided to just go to lunch instead and go to the 2.30 movie.

I rather liked Half-Blood Prince, although it was a flawed film in a lot of ways. There were quite a few scenes left out that I really wish, for purposes of plot and coherence and awesome, had been left in, and my feelings on Harry/Ginny and Remus/Tonks are well documented and not at all positive. But on the other hand the art direction and the casting was as lovely as always. When did Rupert Grint get so smoking hot? And Tom Felton, DAAAMN. I was quite happy that the movie had as much Harry/Draco stalking as the book, because crazy obsessive hate!love warms my twisted little heart. Favorite scenes: Ron and the love potion (ALTHOUGH EW SLUGHORN), Harry and the luck potion (EW GIANT SPIDER), Harry and Hermione's scene after Ron kisses Lavender (because I love Harry and Hermione's platonic relationship), the scene in the cave (OMG SO CREEPY), EVERYTHING WITH LUNA EVER. All in all, a good watch if not a great one.

And then we went back to hanjuuluver's house and there was puppy! Rio is fuzzy and floppy-tongued and hyperactive and made of cute and ears. Also he tried to eat my hair. I got lots of snuggling and rolling on the ground time and at the end we both smelled like puppy.

And I got presents! I AM HAPPY FOREVER BECAUSE I HAVE A BLUE BEETLE. And Booster is happy forever because he has a Ted now to hug and squeeze and grope while they watch bad horror movies. He is very articulated, which makes him much easier to pose inappropriately, and he came with a flash gun and the leg of another action figure in his box because DC is weird. Right now he is sitting in Booster's lap on top of my TV. She also gave me a set of smaller JLU actions she got on sale - Dr Fate, Flash, and Green Arrow. They are very neat, although not as awesome as Ted. I am already taking pictures for a Booster-and-Ted-get-reunited mini-story. In the meantime, here is Booster and Ted happy and together and holding hands. Better than canon!