I’m in Gryffindor!

Your Score: GRYFFINDOR!

You scored 4% Slytherin, 20% Ravenclaw, 60% Gryffindor, and 32% Hufflepuff!

You might belong in Gryffindor,
Where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve, and chivalry
Set Gryffindors apart.

Gryffindors are known for their courage, audacity, and devotion to what is good and honest.

Link: The Sorting Hat Test written by leeannslytherin on OkCupid, home of the The Dating Persona Test

I’m finished

Yes, I’ve finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I loved it. 🙂

That’s all I’m going to say for now. More thoughts will be forthcoming. Feel free to email me if you want to discuss.

Good weekend

Busy, lots to write about. Later.

Photos are being uploaded now, as I read Harry Potter. (which I did not have time to do over the weekend! Blast! I started last night, after a nap…PLEASE DO NOT SPOIL ME! We’ll chat when I’m done.) 🙂

I’ll post again when the photos are online. Happy Monday!

*UPDATE* photos are online.

15 years? Really?

Well, I’m now ready for my 15-year class reunion tomorrow, having just had my toes all prettied up. (I got a manicure too, but just had them put on clear polish because I hate polish on my nails.) 🙂

Sadly, jen 14221 seems to have passed on her problem to me. 😛

And, while we’re off celebrating the 15 years I’ve been out of high school, Rand and I will also be celebrating 3 years together!

me and rand

me&rand

E&R dancing

Awww…

I’ll be back with pictures on Monday!

Oh. My. God.

I feel ill.

I was just doing some bill-paying and such, and I logged in to a credit card account that I don’t use much. I’m trying to pay off the balance, so the only activity I tend to see on it is my last payment and the interest accumulated.

As such, I tend to not look at my statement until it’s time to pay the bill. (I signed up for the statement-by-email quite some time ago.) Imagine my surprise when I saw a balance nearly $3000 higher than it was last month.

Gasp. Choke.

In red lettering, at the top of my statement, it said something about high-risk activity on my card and to call customer service right away.

So of course, I immediately dialed customer service. They were very nice. They closed my account and are sending me an affidavit that I need to sign and send back to them so they can investigate.

The charge was $2795 to United Airlines. She asked if I was sure no one else (such as a friend or family member) has access to this account. Um, yeah. No one does. And even if they did, I wouldn’t want to know someone who would charge $3000 in airline tickets without telling me.

I can’t figure out how this happened. This card doesn’t leave my apartment. Ever. I don’t get statements in the mail, and even if I did, I would shred anything that had my account number on it. Gah.

It doesn’t matter. They’re going to take care of it, I’m sure…but still, I feel sort of violated.

Postings elsewhere

I posted a short “getting ready for Harry Potter” post here.

There are some new 27 posts here.

And I’ve got some writing tips here and here.

Enjoy!

Photos from the weekend

I’ve got some photos up at flickr from the weekend.

Shakespeare in Delaware Park Friday evening. Our friend Ron’s daughter (Ariel) was one of the high school interns.

ariel

The interns performed A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 40 minutes, playing all the parts themselves.

ron and ariel

We also visited with my parents, who came to town for the Dancing with the Stars tour. Late night snacks at Pano’s, and breakfast at the Pancake House. (no photos)

Visited with Samantha during the afternoon, and enjoyed takeout from Taste of India. (no photos)

Watched The Apartment, with Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine.

apartment

Visited with Rand’s parents and nephews on Sunday afternoon.

fishin'

More details later, perhaps… 🙂

Baby fish mouth?

This is all because of Eden…it’s a sampling of my favorite and most quoted movie quotes. I did not include any from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, because Eden pretty well covered that one.

There are also a number of hilarious exchanges from these movies that I didn’t include, just because they were too long.

So, what does it mean that my most favorite movies were made from 1987-1989? Hmmm…

Say Anything

One question: do you need… someone, or do you need me?… Forget it, I don’t really care.

I gave her my heart, and she gave me a pen.

The rain on my car is a baptism, the new me, Ice Man, Power Lloyd, my assault on the world begins now.

I don’t want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don’t want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don’t want to do that.

Joe. She’s written 65 songs… 65. They’re all about you. They’re all about pain.

Why can’t you be in a good mood? How hard is it to decide to be in a good mood and be in a good mood once in a while?

You invade my soul.

“YOU MUST CHILL!! YOU MUST CHILL!! I HAVE HIDDEN YOUR KEYS!! CHILL!!

555-1342, that’s 5..5..5..1..3..4..2. 555-1342.

I don’t know, I can’t figure it all out tonight sir, right now I’m just gonna hang with your daughter.

I want to get hurt!

When Harry Met Sally

I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.

Oh, but “baby fish mouth” is sweeping the nation?

You’re right, you’re right. I know you’re right.

You’re the worst kind. You’re high maintenance but you think you’re low maintenance.

No you didn’t. A Sheldon can do your income taxes. If you need a root canal, Sheldon’s your man… but humpin’ and pumpin’ is not Sheldon’s strong suit. It’s the name. ‘Do it to me Sheldon, you’re an animal Sheldon, ride me big Shel-don.’ Doesn’t work.

All I’m saying is that somewhere out there is the man you are supposed to marry. And if you don’t get him first, somebody else will, and you’ll have to spend the rest of your life knowing that somebody else is married to your husband.

Is one of us supposed to be a DOG in this scenario?

The fact that you’re not answering leads me to believe you’re either (a) not at home, (b) home but don’t want to talk to me, or (c) home, desperately want to talk to me, but trapped under something heavy. If it’s either (a) or (c), please call me back.

That’s it? Some faceless guy rips off all your clothes, and THAT’S the sex fantasy you’ve been having since you were twelve?

She’s supposed to be his transitional person, she’s not supposed to be the ONE. All this time I thought he didn’t want to get married. But, the truth is, he didn’t want to marry me.

And then one day I was taking Alice’s little girl for the afternoon because I’d promised to take her to the circus, and we were in the cab playing “I Spy” – I spy a mailbox, I spy a lamp-post – and she looked out the window and she saw this man and this woman with these two little kids. And the man had one of the little kids on his shoulders, and she said, “I spy a family.” And I started to cry

The Princess Bride

Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

Vizzini: No more rhymes now, I mean it.
Fezzik: Anybody want a peanut?

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha… [thud]

Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.

I’m not a witch, I’m your wife. But after what you just said, I’m not even sure I want to be that any more.

Have fun stormin’ da castle!

Let me ‘splain. [pause] No, there is too much. Let me sum up.

Mawage. Mawage is wot bwings us togevah tooday. Mawage, that bwessed awangment, that dweam wiffin a dweam…

Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.

Bull Durham

Your shower shoes have fungus on them. You’ll never make it to the bigs with fungus on your shower shoes.

Skip: You guys. You lollygag the ball around the infield. You lollygag your way down to first. You lollygag in and out of the dugout. You know what that makes you? Larry!
Larry: Lollygaggers?
Skip: Lollygaggers.

Well, fuck this fucking game!

*I also love the exchange when Crash yells at Nuke for getting the words wrong, but I think I’m misquoting it, and I didn’t want to get it wrong. I poked around online a bit, but I couldn’t find it (at least, not with any assurance that it was accurate). If anyone has it at their fingertips, please share!*

Long day

I’ve been running around like a crazy person today, with little online time. Had a busy weekend and took a bunch of photos. I’ll get them posted soon. 🙂

Now I’m trying to get myself prepared for my class that starts tomorrow. (Already? Really?? Sigh.)

Ah well…Happy Monday!