Liked the video so much that I looked at other videos her parents had posted and found what is probably the best discussion of food I have ever heard. I know it’s long but the first 2:05 are the best, at least for me. Her facial expressions, hand movements and her pronunciation of various foods is yummalicious. It also explains why she’s holding a Fred from Scooby Doo doll in the marketing video.

“That’s the only thing they have on the menu for me, the only thing.”

Gahhhhh, now they’ve made a remixed version of Riley on Marketing. I’m putting this song on my iPod.

Then Jon Stewart and the Daily Show gave us all the meaning behind the name.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-may-9-2011/5-9-11-in–60-seconds

Ummmm, ewwwwwwwww. I’m with Keira Knightley on this one. Frothy?

Well everyone, according to Twitter, it has gotten worse. I logged in today to see these trending topics:

Did you see that? It’s all been answered -

Casey Anthony is The Devil Inside Rick Santorum. She must be the reason for the frothiness…

When I met you in the restaurant
You could tell I was no debutante
You asked me what’s my pleasure
A movie or a measure?
I’ll have a cup of tea and tell you of my dreaming
Dreaming is free
Dreaming
Dreaming is free

I don’t want to live on charity
Pleasure’s real or is it fantasy?
Reel to reel is living rarity
People stop and stare at me
We just walk on by
We just keep on dreaming

Feet feet, walking a two mile
Meet meet, meet me at the turnstile
I never met him, I’ll never forget him
Dream dream, even for a little while
Dream dream, filling up an idle hour
Fade away, radiate

I sit by and watch the river flow
I sit by and watch the traffic go
Imagine something of your very own
Something you can have and hold
I’d build a road in gold just to have some dreaming
Dreaming is free
Dreaming
Dreaming is free
Dreaming
Dreaming is free
Dreaming is free

http://www.etsy.com/listing/78081424/eye-heart-stitchery-i-love-rain-clouds

Then I saw below and had a cackling fit -

Lord Voldemort is similar to Snooki from The Jersey Shore. Hee hee hee hee hee hee.

OK, as evident by the post below, I had some demands to make of the movie making peeps. They did good. This movie was by far the most “stick to the story” of them all. They did take liberties and they did create scenes that weren’t in the book but mostly, I think, to take out fluff and to condense longs bits into short ones. They did however do a few things that had me gnashing my teeth.

They didn’t have Harry go to Ravenclaw Common Room. Instead, he appears in the Great Hall and then McGonagall shoos Snape away.  Most of what is supposed to happen occurs – no Carrow introductions though.

We don’t see the scene where Fred dies. We do see him in the Great Hall.

Harry, on his way to the Forest, is supposed to talk to Neville about the snake. We’re also supposed to see that Colin Creevey has been killed. Instead, we don’t see Neville at all.

Neville is supposed to kill Nagini in front of Lord Voldemort. Instead, a chase scene through the castle was created where Ron and Hermione try to kill it with Basilisk fangs (Harry tries as well at one point). In the end they’re saved by Neville who uses the Sword of Gryffindor to do the deed. Really unnecessary, IMO, as they could have kept closer to the scene in the book to allow for more true following of the story.

Harry as well is supposed to have a simple duel with Voldemort. Instead, they have Voldy do his flying thing all over the castle while he tries to simply strangle Harry to death. Kinda stupid. Fans of the book don’t need chase scenes, they need the story they know brought to life.

The final scene, before the epilogue. What were they thinking? In the book, Harry takes the Elder wand and goes with Ron and Hermione to the Headmaster’s Office. There he’s greeted with applause from all the portraits and talks to Dumbledore about how he’s going to put the wand back in the crypt and how it will be of no use to anyone once he (Harry) dies of old age. He uses the wand one time to repair his own broken original wand. Instead, the movie peeps created a scene where Harry basically snaps the wand in two, throws it into a ravine, and that’s that. WTF.

They did a decent job but I really still do not understand why they create extra crap and leave out important things. My husband gets hissy with me and says “Jo Rowling gets to approve what they do.” Well, I’m sure she gets screenplay approval but still, how hard would it be to just film just what’s in the book? No fluff, no muss.

I just want it on the record ahead of time  – directors, please don’t F this up. Don’t add too much crap – I’m already displeased with scene from the trailer in which Harry & Voldemort falling off a building together. Someone please tell me where I find that scene in the book that was so wonderfully written by Jo Rowling.

So, do not add crap and please keep in the important bits. There better be a scene with Harry & Dumbledore in a semi dreamlike state. The right people better die. (Don’t coddle viewers by not killing characters who died in the book.) The scenes in the Hog’s Head better occur. Neville better get the chance to show he’s more than a fluffy future Herbology professor. Molly Weasley better get the chance to mouth off at Bellatrix.

This is a series of books that have entranced millions of readers for years and years. Fans love the books and know the stories. They love the characters. Please, please, please get this one right.

From the Heart is one of the songs that just resonates with me. Wonderful message – oh how I wish I had had them in high school to listen to. Alas, the boys were still in elementary school at that time.

No official video for this so I’m picking one that isn’t all anime.

But they kept on saying we’d never
Amount to anything
All of the dreams we built up from the ground
They never believed them
They just tore them down
We will rebuild them from the start
We will rebuild them from the heart