July 20, 2009
Blogging...or Lack Thereof
I know I haven't been blogging lately at all. Apologies to my readers! I've been too addicted to Facebook. :-P
So the modeling thing didn't really pan out at all. One guy did call me, but he turned out to be kind of a nut job that wouldn't stop talking for one second and I decided I didn't want to have deal with him, so I canceled our shoot. Besides, I've been too busy anyway with school and other stuff.
As for martial arts, I finally got promoted in both Jujutsu and Iaido. I got my very first shodan (black belt, 1st degree) in Iaido and an ikkyu (1st kyu, one belt below black) in Jujutsu. I had to postpone testing with everyone else because I had to attend a massage workshop and attendance is mandatory. Fortunately for me, my sensei understood that and allowed me to test later.
We went to Maui again in June. Had a great time, got a great tan. Missed seeing Helen Hunt sitting at the table next to us at Sansei's Sushi restaurant. Went on a drive to visit a bunch of waterfalls and lost the first pair of Maui Jim sunglasses (kind of expensive) playing in the first waterfall. But Don bought me another pair and hopefully the credit card company will reimburse him for the first pair (there's a buyer protection program). Also went snorkeling (FUN!) and to a luau to celebrate Greg's 50th birthday. Pictures are posted here: http://picasaweb.google.com/priori2ude/Maui2009.
Also, we got yet ANOTHER little kitty that Don rescued. He was helping a client in Lenawee county when they found a little orange tabby, only 2 months old wandering the streets starving. Someone had called Animal Control and they were about to take him away when Don stepped in and told them he'd take him home. Poor thing! He broke our hearts and we had to take him in. He was so starving, his belly was distended...like those kids you see on those "adopt a starving kid" commercials. He's now doubled his weight and has become GREAT buddies with Maximus--they play almost non-stop! What a cutie!!
Massage school is going well. I just got done with another workshop doing shiatsu. The teacher wasn't the greatest, but I like shiatsu and I think it works. I've had it done a couple times before.
I'm still unemployed, but I found out I can get extended benefits (whew!). In the meantime, I sent out an email to people I know that I think will be potential clients of mine. And I can hand out business cards when I do community outreach events. So hopefully, I'll be able to start building a client base and get my practice going. That's all for now!
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Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince Review
We just saw Harry Potter 6. I thought it was satisfactory, certainly up to the HP franchise standards, but I disagreed with the critics who said that HP6 was the best Potter yet. I actually thought HP5 was better in terms of the action. But I did get a sense of satisfaction in HP6 for 3 reasons: 1) it gave crucial information that relates to the end of the saga, 2) I felt a sense of relief after having waited SOOOOO long for this movie to be released and 3) the humor was GREAT! All those teenage hormones...HA!! Were we this goofy when we were teens?!? I was happy that Hermione finally admitted (at least to Ginny & Harry) that she was in love with Ron and that Ginny and Harry are finally together. :)
Christy M. told me to bring a LOT of tissues because, well, if you've read the book, you KNOW what happens! As it turns out, I did cry, but not as much as I thought I would. The scene was not as sad-seeming as I expected, though it did live up to the book and more (I enjoyed the multiple lit wands in the air).
A few things I didn't like: 1) the added scene at the Burrough, especially because of what happened to the Burrough. 2) in that scene and many others, they reused sounds from the HP6--namely, Bellatrix's cackling line "I KILLED SIRIUS BLACK!" And Professor Umbridge's "I will have ORDER!" (It was obvious to those of us who are nitpicky fans. They also re-used a LOT of the music from HP5 melody for melody, note for note--particularly in the Quidditch scene. And without even bothering to rewrite the melodies to make it fresh for a new movie! Don't get me wrong, I think Nicholas Hooper's a great composer and I loved his music for HP5, but I think it should have stayed with that movie only. It made the music seem stale and unoriginal. 3) Even though I know because I read the books, they never explained in the movie why Snape was known as "The Half-Blood Prince."
Overall, though, I do recommend it. And even though it was 2 1/2 hours long, it didn't seem like it at all.
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