Sometimes It's a Curse and Sometimes It's Superglue

So olivelavonne came over on Friday and she, EB, and I saw Order of the Phoenix. Enjoyed it quite a bit. The best thing for me was being reminded just how much I love Ron.

Also, there was a preview for The Dark is Rising. No one told me they were making a movie! And that Christopher Eccleston was in it! Unfortunately, it looks like they've totally screwed with the plot. At first I thought maybe the main characters just had the same name when the trailer started because it just didn't seem right. I'm still kind of excited, though, because I'll take what I can get. And if this means I can get friends to read the series, well, that works for me.

However, if it means people avoid the series because the movie turns out to be awful? I will not be a happy panda.

I was actually just looking up The Dark is Rising (the second book in a series of five, for anyone curious or who doesn't know already) on Amazon and one of the more negative reviews was negative because the main character is never described and they couldn't visualize him like they could Harry Potter. Now, I know it's nice to picture characters in your head while you're reading, but I also think it's perfectly acceptable to let the reader provide their own visual. In some ways I think it's more fun to read something and have to contribute something to it (like what a specific character looks like) than have the author hand them to you. I think this is probably something that's particular to me and my reading and writing habits. I just have issues with poorly handled description and how sometimes it's just plopped in there. Kind of like my issues with writers using "the younger/older/taller/shorter/American/Welsh/Canadian/etc. man/woman" when the character has a perfectly good name.

Granted, I'm not sure the reviewer in question realized there were three books after this one that followed up on that particular foundation of plot.

Plus, I get a little protective of things I like. And sometimes anti-trend/fad. Not that HP is a trend/fad. And not that I'm anti HP. Just...there are other series out there, too, and they're also worth reading.

There was also a preview of Get Smart, which I think led to last night's dream with Steve Carell and John Krasinski at some sort of diner participating in a self-help group and/or book club.

Then today Mom and I took Grandma to the eye doctor where a girl was sitting in the waiting room with her mother because she had gotten superglue in her eye. I shouldn't be laughing, because it sounded really painful and dangerous, but at the same time...It's superglue in the eye! How often do you run into that outside of movies?