Tired now.

We've been painting the kitchen (a very light shade of blue) and that took up my entire weekend; well, that and the mock MCAT on Saturday. AAMC Practice Test 6R had a ridiculously difficult orgo section - cue me making insane guesses that happily paid off. Now my luck just has to hold for another week, and then I'll be done!

With painting, it's not the actual painting that's time-consuming or exhausting, it's the prep work - removing the furniture, taping down the edges, and all that rot. I don't think we plan on doing any more interior decorating work till next summer now - that should give us enough time to recuperate! :D

Ralph Fiennes is Voldemort! You know, the casting of the Harry Potter movies is this giant Hostage Situation - all these respected British Actors (note the capitalization) taking trivial parts because their children/grandchildren/miscellaneous minor relatives want them to do it. "Sweetheart, Mommy/Daddy is a respected Thespian, to play the role of So-and-so would be beneath my dignity! No, sweetheart, stop yelling! Fine, I'll do it already!" I mean, Dame Maggie Smith had approximately 10 lines in Prisoner of Azkaban, Rickman was criminally underused, and Gambon was hardly there. IMO, Alfonso Cuaron sacrificed too much plot for the sake of brevity. Granted, the first two movies were a bit draggy, but that doesn't mean you should do away with necessary exposition!!!

To clarify, though, I am a Potter fan - i read Book 5 in this mad rush the day of a summer school final exam. Me: "Must go study... cannot put book down... dilemma! dilemma! may as well read Potter in the meantime!" Mind you, Book 5 could have done with some serious trimming; JK Rowling should definitely find an editor capable of saying, "This has to go, that can stay, this has to be redone." But then, not many people can stand up to multimillionaire authoresses, i suppose.

And now to make some introductions: Hemlyn, aka Ennui, (see the link on the right?) has a blog that is much more interesting, as well as better established than mine, so go read it! That's an order! :D Hem and I have know each other for.. *counts on fingers*... over seven years now! That long??? I feel so old now. The last member of our fuliguline trinity has not put up a blog yet (*nudge* *hint*, Sangee!) so for now, you'll have to stick to the two of us.

And now, I will blatantly copy Hem's idea of putting song lyrics in her blog, and get away with it by calling it an homage! Don't worry, it's a one-time thing.

Here is "Spinning" by Zero 7 (yes, them again!) - enjoy!

Was it loneliness that brought you here
Broken and weak
Was it tiredness that made you sleep
Have you lost your will to speak
Was the earth spinning round
Were you falling through the ground
As the world came tumbling down
You prayed to God what have we done

Free me from these chains
I need to change my way
Heal these broken wings
I need to fly far away, far away, far away

Was it emptiness that made you weep
No more secrets to keep
Was it bitterness that gave you time
To forgive your sins
Was the earth spinning round
Were you falling through the ground
As the world came tumbling down
You prayed to God what have we done

Free me from these chains
I need to change my way
Heal these broken wings
I need to fly far away

Free me from these thoughts
long forgotten down below
Take these angel's words
give them life to carry on, carry on, carry on
Free me from these chains...

I have no idea what it means; symbolism/metaphor/allegory is totally wasted on me, but the song is absolutely lovely. Downbeat is so my new favourite genre! Zero 7, Tosca, Air - watch me name-drop with ease! :eyeroll:

My musical tastes are rather bipolar though -I alternate Franz Ferdinand (garage-ey rock) with Zero 7 (downbeat lounge) with Do As Infinity (J-pop, don't ask!). Atleast it's a broad spectrum, right?

Later.