The Deathly Hallows

Tonight Bekah, Colby, and I set out to Winkler (it always feels odd to me to go to Winkler to see a movie) to see the second last installment of the Harry Potter saga. Having missed a few of these epics, I fell a little behind (while keeping up with Colby's roll-with-it conversations and effusions). What I get from this, overall, is that if I'm a writer, and I've got a tough plot problem to overcome, I should simply invent a new character, or spell, or potion, or special effect, and all will be well. It doesn't hurt that since it's all in wizard-land, that if your best friend gets pretty beat up in some wizardy whack-up you can depend on the girl to fix it with a potion, or her charm.

Sorry, I'm being a bit harsh, but I do not understand the appeal of these Rowling howlings much further than the lovability of Hermione and Ron. Harry is a Pippinish, arched eye-browed whiner who tells his friends he cares about them, but does selfish stuff that gets them into trouble. He's not a good friend, unless you like having friends that you continually have to get out of jams. If I was Ron (and Hermione would follow him for sure), I'd have stayed away, kept the Gryffindor sword, and started my own little side-project with the rest of the Weasleys. They're much more interesting. Especially the twins.

The ride in:        Temp 15'C Wind NW 30ks
The ride home:  Got a ride in order to pick up Colby and make it to the theatre on time.