Murgatroid's Blog

Stranger: Hi

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

Stranger: Ok Inigo, that was funny!

You: Funny? I seek revenge for my father's murder. What is so funny?

Stranger: Your grammar is refreshing!

Stranger: Tell about your father

You: He was a wonderful man. The most talented sword maker in all the land

You: He was making a sword, when I was a boy. A beautiful sword, commissioned by a man with six fingers

Stranger: Really? Did he teach you to be that talented of a sword maker as well?

Stranger: What land would this be?

You: Florin, of course

Stranger: You speak Italian?

You: Unfortunately, When the Six Fingered Man can to collect his sword, he tried to pay only half the agreed price

Stranger: Your story is so compelling...

You: My father refused, which angered the Six Fingered Man, and he slew him

Stranger: And now you seek revenge?

You: I do

Stranger: The internet is the best way to do this of course

You: Since I was eleven years old I have trained day and night, in many different disciplines

Stranger: We must find the real name of the Six Fingered Man and then find him!

Stranger: What kind of disciplines?

You: So that when I meet the Six Fingered Man, I can avenge my father

You: Mostly sword fighting

Stranger: Describe this Six Fingered Man

Stranger: I will help you on your journey

You: He often wears rich yellow tunics

You: And he has six fingers on his right hand, of course

Stranger: Yes, of course. Any other distinguishing characteristics?

You: If you do one of those Google Image Searches on Six Fingered Man, the first image is a very accurate depiction of his face

Stranger: LOL

Stranger: ok I can't keep this up anymore.

Stranger: But you are too funny!

Stranger: I'm impressed

You: I don't understand what you are saying to me, but if you cannot help me on my quest to find the Six Fingered Man, you are no more use to me

You: Farewell

You: I wish you luck on your own quests

Stranger: All right, thanks for the laugh :)

This is a response to a letter Christian wrote recently.

Though it is sad that you will be doing your last show as Oliver Boyd and the Remembralls soon, I just wanted to let you know what a positive impact your music has had on my life.

I actually only discovered Wizard Rock a few days after Deathly Hallows, but it turned out that was when I needed it the most. Your music, especially (and I know you probably get this a lot) End of an Era. has helped me get through so many tough times, not just the end of Harry Potter. EoaE has become my sad times song. It helps me remember that I don't have to mourn the end of something good, I can celebrate it. Just the opening guitar strums can pull a smile out of me in my darkest moods. When your other instruments come in, I feel a whole sense of wellbeing through my whole self. EoaE is the theme song to the most important friendship I've had in my life. I remember sitting on a bench eating cake and singing it together, to each other, for mutual comfort. It's our song, and it will be forever, no matter what.

It's not just the lyrics (though they are amazing), the music you make is so beautiful it makes me cry in the best way. The way I cried when Harry used the Ring of Requirement to talk to his parents and Sirius and Remus. I can't stop myself from harmonising with you in Trio in Trouble. You inspire the music in me when I'm not even a majorly musically inclined person

Mischief Managed was my ringtone for almost a year. I had a happy dance for everytime I got a phone call, because that song just makes me so darn happy. You know you're good at the emotions thing, right?

I hope you read this, because basically I want to say a big fat happy thankyou.

You're awesome. I can't wait to hear your muggle music.

Love Kalinda

So, turns out a few people have landed on this here little blog after googling "emma frost supanova", so I guess it's time I updated the Internet on how my cosplay turned out.

In a word, FABULOUS.

So, I'm going to Supanova in Sydney next month for the first time, and because I'm apparently batshit crazy, I've decided to be incredibly nerdy (coz like, I totally wasn't nerdy already for going to Supanova in the first place :P) and cosplay.

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GAH. I always do this. I can't go a month not blogging without it somehow stretching into almost 6 months.

But no matter. I am back, and this time it's not a cop-out youtube blog, it's a Real Blog!

So, as my entire reader base already knows, because I update my Facebook much more regularly than this blog, I have recently undertaken a mission to fold a thousand paper cranes.

Pretty :)

I'm just over halfway now; I'm trying to finish before I go back to uni in March. I reckon I might make it, maybe ^_^

In other news, for the past week or so, I've been reading Deathly Hallows for the first time pretty much since it came out TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO (I still cannot believe it's been that long...). It's kinda brought on a Post Potter Depression relapse, it's so sad. I definitely don't remember crying this much the first time I read it, that's for sure.

Like, the first time I read it (SPOILERS, but it's been out almost three years now, so you're a dumbass if you don't know what happens. Just sayin'), in the part where Nagini pops out of Bathilda's head, and Voldie nearly catches Harry and Hermione right there in Godrics Hollow, and then Harry connects to Voldie's memory of the night the Potters died, I was still buzzing from the fact that a FREAKING SNAKE BURST OUT OF AN OLD LADY'S DEAD BODY to notice how sad Harry was, after reliving that memory from the point of view of someone who was old enough to actually remember it properly.

I hope they put the Nagini/Bathilda Bagshot scene in the movie. Just to gross out the people who still think Harry Potter is a kids' thing :D

But it's not just mourning the characters in the book (though I've been doing A LOT of that. WHY DO THEY ALL HAVE TO DIE????), I miss the books themselves, reading them for the first time. I miss not knowing what would happen next. And I think what I miss most of all is waiting for the next book. *sigh*

I hate to end a blog on a sad note, I prefer bitter sweet :D

NITWIT ODDMENT BLUBBER TWIT!

~~Murgie~~

I saw you playin’ Quidditch way up in the sky
So I got my friends together, thought we’d say hi
I didn’t mean to scare you when you fell off your broom

You fell very far and you fell very long
You fell so long that I wrote this song
I’d just like to tell you
I’m sorry about your Quidditch match

Imagined us being the best of friends
Stay up late on the weekends
A round of Butterbeers without permission
I look at you
And you look at me
We get caught in the moment, it’s that easy
You lean in close, your eyes, tilt back your head and then, surprise

I’d suck out your soul
I’d suck out your soul

(spoken)
Stop, hey hey, come on, man
What?
Come on, I’d suck out your soul? Come on!
Barkley, we’re not supposed to deny our past!
Glenn, that is bush, we don’t want people to know!
Dude, what should I say? I don’t want to just lie to them
I don't know, uh... Let's just wing it, wing it, man
Alright
Alright

Just give you a kiss
I’ll give you a kiss (Dementor’s kiss)

Give me some sugar
Harry Potter (Harry Potter)

Come on now
Don’t be a cock-a-tease

(commentary below lyrics)

Got this bad feeling
About Professor Snape
Always punishing Harry
Unnecessarily
It's like
How many effed up things
Does he have to do
Before someone says
I don't trust this dude

But you get what you deserve...

Hey Dumbledore
Can you read the writing on the wall
On the lightning struck tower
Can't delude yourself anymore
Hey Dumbledore
Can't you read the writing on the wall
On the lightning struck tower
Can't delude yourself...
Anymore

You know he's got the Dark Mark
Right there on his arm (IT'S RIGHT THERE)
Right it off to vocation
It's all part of his charm
You know he's drunk with power
And he's on Malfoy's side
Been saying it since the first one
I don't like this guy

Albus why do you
Albus why do you
Albus why did you...

Hey Dumbledore
Can you read the writing on the wall
On the lightning struck tower
Can't delude yourself anymore
Hey Dumbledore
Can't you read the writing on the wall
On the lightning struck tower
Can't delude yourself...
Anymore...

SNAPE
SUCKS

SNAPE (imperius)
SUCKS (avada kedavra)

SNAPE (imperius)
SUCKS (avada...)

Voldemort's a f*ck face
Just as bad is Severus Snape
Yeah Voldemort's a f*ck face
Just as bad is Severus Snape

Stop, stop Severus Snape

~Snape by the Moaning Myrtles & The Remus Lupins

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I freaking love this song. According to my iTunes, it's my first ever Wizard Rock song (apart from Save Ginny Weasley, which almost doesn't count) and I remember the first day I downloaded it (it used to be available from the Moaning Myrtles' MySpace profile) I had it on permanent repeat.

I don't exactly agree with the lyrics, especially after reading the seventh book, but I like them anyhow. It nicely summarises the whole "Snape Sucks" side of that debate, that was once so fierce.

~~Murgie~~

'What are you working on?' said Harry.
'A report for the Department of International Magical Co-operation,' said Percy smugly. 'We're trying to standardise cauldron thickness. Some of these foreign imports are just a shade too thin - leakages have been increasing at a rate of almost three per cent a year!'

~GoF

There's a baby Magpie outside my window. I think it's lost it's Mamma coz it is making a horrendously annoying noise.

Bubba Maggie - Blark! Blark!
Me - OMG SHUT UP.

Stupid Magpie...

As of today, I have officially now watched ALL of the Indiana Jones movies.

And this is a very good thing :D

One day I'll be as Cool as Indy. And maybe, some day I'll even reach such cooleness levels that I'll be even with the likes of Stan Lee, J.K. Rowling, and Optimus Prime.

And Justin Long. He's pretty cool too.

Who do you think is cool?
~~Murgie~~

In case you have not yet been exposed to the Funniest Video On Youtube Under 7 Seconds, WATCH THIS. NO EXCUSES.



Now. You have been educated.
Hooray!

~~Murgie~~

So, I'm on a cruise ship at the moment, and today's a sea day, and to entertain myself, I decided to play Spot The Twilight Book.

I went for a five minute walk and saw 6 books from the Twilight series. Then, when I was coming down to the Internet Cafe to type this blog, I saw another. It just funny. Everybody reads the same thing.

It was cool when it was the weeks following the release of a Harry Potter book, and you'd get on a bus, and there was someone reading it. It was like a special club. With Twilight it just annoys me.

Not sure why...

~~Murgie~~

And we get all these companies who make clubs for us to join and answer questions and win prizes and such. One of these is an online monthly multiple choice club. You get points for every question you get right, and accumulate these points to purchase items from the online prize catalogue. Last year I got a $50 Borders voucher. Woot!

Anyway, today I was doing this months quiz, and the theme this month was DayTime Mersyndol. Which is a strong pain relief tablet. And this is one of the questions -


The wrong answers made me laugh.

And wish there really was a tablet for bad hair days.

~~Murgie~~

INT. SOME JAIL - DAY

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Oh, the Corny Perfection.

I wish I lived in Eli Stone World. It's almost as Happily-Ever-Aftery as HSM!!!

Which by the way I bought on DVD today. The guy who checks bags at the door told me to hide it. I lol'd
And turned my bag around so everyone could see the big red letters "HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3" through it. Cos I'm contrary like that.

~~Murgie~~

A few years ago, Pop-Tarts were discontinued in Australia, because some people were stupid and over-heated them, then burned themselves.

Which makes me a little upset, and very mad.

Most people do read the instructions, and cook/eat their Pop-Tarts safely. It's not fair that the majority should suffer because of a few stupid people (Who, in my head, are all short skinny middle-aged men. I don't know why).

But hey. The minority has always controlled the world, ever since some caveman got a little too attached to his mum, and slowed his whole family down in their nomadic travelling to accommodate the old lady. Instead of leaving her to the mercy of the lions.

And I want to call it the Pop-Tart Effect.

Even though the rest of the Pop-Tart-Eating-World has easy access to them. Stupid Aussie safety laws...

~~Murgie~~

This week I went to the Gold Coast, Queensland with five girlfriends for a couple of days. The Gold Coast is mostly famous for its beaches, its nightlife, Schoolies Week, and the theme parks.

Well, we have beaches, and we have nightlife (sorta) in Newcastle, and we are too old for Schoolies, so all we could do was go to theme parks!

Damnation *cough*

It was quite possibly the number one best Holiday I have ever had. Dreamworld on Monday was superhappyfuntimes, with the mega fast Tower of Terror, and the fun spinny Claw, and lots of thrilly rides, and OMIGOSH THE CUTE TIGER CUBS, but MovieWorld on Tuesday, I'm pretty sure made my year.

Not just my day, or week, but the whole freaking year.

It started off fantastic, with a rollercoaster called Superman Escape (a bunch of insanely fast, red-and-blue fun) and just got better as we ventured through the extreme awesomeness of the ScoobyDo Spooky Coaster (say that three times fast) and the Wild West Falls (which we went on about 7 times, in search of the perfect photo).

But there were two things that simply outshone everything else that happened that day, hell, this week (even the boxed extended trilogy of the Lord of the Rings movies, and the official replica of Professor Lupin's wand that I purchased)

1. We were walking down the main street, when one of my friends yelled (screamed) out "OH MY GOD IT'S BATMAN!!!" and literally jumped on him. The other girls all got photos hugging him, but I shyly walked up to him and asked if he could give me a high-five.

AND HE SAID YES.



And just when I thought things could not possibly get any more awesome, (and who could blame me for thinking that, since I had JUST HIGH FIVED A SUPER HERO) A dude dressed up as Austin Powers starts driving around in a golf buggy with a microphone saying that the parade was about to start, and to celebrate, he was going to give free Cornettos to people who answered a quiz question.

I desperately wanted to win a Cornetto.

I waited through as Fake Austin asked the first couple of questions, kicking myself everytime he asked one, cause I knew all the answers, until finally I couldn't contain myself, and the next time Fake Austin asked who wanted to answer a question, I jumped out from behind some randoms and screamed as loud as I could, "PICK ME!!!!!!"

And since when I'm loud, I'm really loud, Fake Austin simply could not ignore me, and he asked me the next question!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't remember much after this, Daffy Duck was in my face, Wonder Woman was in my face, my face was on the big screen, cause hey, a big camera was in my face, and the next thing I know, the Parade has started, and I have a Vanilla Cornetto in my hand.

Best. Day. Ever.
Of all time.

~~Murgie~~

So, today I went to the cinema with my friends, expecting to go and see Role Models, but ended up being convinced to see Twilight again instead.

Yeah. For the SIXTH time.

hoi...


The good news is, I was still grinning when it ended, and you see Victoria walking down the stairs all pissed off and devious.

Bad news, I've started picking at the movie. At the tacky effects, the weird casting (Charlie anyone?), the lack of any sort of explanation as to why the two main characters have fallen in love. And all the little sub plots ruthlessly extracted, leaving just the husk of the storyline.

And all the 'classic book quotes' that are taken right out of context. The whole "own brand of heroin" metaphor just falls over without the comparison to the brandy metaphor that the book has.

And don't even get me started on the whole dominant/potent thing. Obviously the script writer didn't bother looking up the exact quote from the book, but just copied it off the back cover. Grr.

Still

It is Edward :D

~~Murgie

shit

I'm scared.


Going to the movies with my ex-best friend.


haven't seen her for 6 months




scared. can we still be friends? I know i've changed a lot in 6 months. i'm sure she has too. she has bangs now.

eep
~~Murgie