YOU GUYS! I’M BACK!
Hello! I have missed you all so much. I don’t
really care if you haven’t missed me, just don’t like… tell me. Post-2high
Lizzy is quite tired and emotional and she wouldn’t really hack it.
I made the decision that after the festival
I was going to do only fun things. It was going to be November: the month of
radness. But there was a slight flaw in this plan. I’ve kind of crammed too
many awesome things in, if that’s possible, and I haven’t really chilled yet,
or slept for the required 48 hours. But this can only mean good things for you
guys! Because I have fun blog things to share with you. I DID A CHALLENGE! Yeah
- I’m still doing those.
I did one of the first challenges ever
dreamed up for this adventure: Harry Potter Movie Marathon. That’s right, in
the last 3 days I have watched all eight films. This is how it went down:
Friday night consists almost
entirely of eating and making a fort. But this isn’t just any fort. This isn’t
the sort of fort some shitty little kids would make. This was a serious
operation. Every single person who was here has worked in student theatre. We
had a ladder. We had electrical tape. We knew what the fuck we were doing.
Some notes for the young, aspiring fort
builder
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Consider your environment, what
is already there? We found our house to be quite accommodating when it came to
providing random nails and hooks
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Choose light cloth, otherwise
you’ll die of heat exhaustion
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Also, flaps. You’ll want flaps.
As in flaps you can pull back to let air in. What were you thinking?
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ladders are fun – but probably
1 cider is too many when you’re on the top step and 3 points of contact
consists of one foot a knee and a shin.
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Don’t use pegs as load bearing
pegs – pegs can’t bear loads but they can close gaps in your flaps
It’s the most amazing fort you’ve ever
seen. It encompasses my entire lounge room so no photos can do it justice.
Every angle is just sheets. But seriously, I wish you could all see it. It’s
amazing.
Once we’d spent far too long attaching
ribbons to the ceiling, attaching sheets to those ribbons and pegs to those sheets,
it was time to get cranking on the actual film watching…
Philosopher’s Stone
We drank every time Hermione’s eyebrows
controlled her face, and stopped almost instantly for fear of alcohol
poisoning. Also we got emotional about
people who will die later. Actually, mostly that was just Hedwig.
We all said “et a funny whelk” at the exact
same time. #nerdfriends
Saturday
I came home from karate to find the ladies hadn’t
even started! Four films to get through! Come on people!
Mmm… bacon.
Chamber of Secrets
Wait… the actor who plays Lee Jordan IS
actually male? All this time…
Gilderoy is rockin the most amazing side
cape… and one glove.
Maggie Smith is the most amazing human in
the world
I just lost my shit – Hilde just suggested
Dumbledore was going to feed baby Fawkes by regurgitation - “excuse me won’t
you Harry… bleaaaargh”
50 years ago, Hogwarts was a lot more…
sepia.
Christopher Columbus – lime green bowler
hat thief
Prisoner of Azkaban
Hermione’s penchant for stripes begins…
and also Ron’s muscles… not her penchant
for them, that’s later obviously.
Wait, who put the Slytherin and Gryffindor
house tables next to each other? What a terrible idea.
Dawn French is the best!
No wait… Emma Thompson is the best! I wish
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie had made appearances too
Harry Potter and the worst comebacks ever –
“shut up, Malfoy”. I’m just waiting for “your FACE is a Hippogriff”
Harry Potter and the Grumpy old Dumbledore
“the rest of you… fuck off out of my way”
QUESTION TIME
What memory would you summon to conjure a
patronus? Tricky, hey? I think maybe the moment I first saw/held my baby
sister? But that memory isn’t strong enough I think. It’s hard to hold in my
mind.
Oh god! The way Snape protects them when
Lupin-wolf goes to attack! Heart breaking!
A break was taken to wash the dishes. We’ve
literally used all of our plates and bowls and cutlery, there were a LOT of
snacks.
We’ve descended into madness. Amy has to close her flaps and we selected
the “shqip” option on the menu.
Goblet of Fire
HARRY POTTAAARR! HARRYYYY POTTARRRR! ->
chill the fuck out Dumbledore, fuck.
Burny face Sirius is here to save the day!
Slash give irritating advice.
Order of the Phoenix
Thai food in my belly. Also cider and
chocolate. I discover harry potter wiki and get lost for about half an hour.
CAPSLOCK HARRY!
Emo Harry!
Snake Harry!
All the Harrys
YES! Helena Bonham Carter is here!
Oh god Neville’s backstory #myheart
Hipster Dumbledore travels by exploding
phoenix… you’ve probably never heard of it.
Sunday
Mmmm the day begins with crepes. God I love
making crepes. But I love eating them even more. Om nom nom nom nom.
Half-Blood Prince
Considering how serious some of the subject
matter is, this film is really quite hilarious. Please see all Slughorn
intreactions, Cormac McClaggen and Lav Lav.
FOOD BREAK – this weekend has been almost
solely food, when it’s not been Harry Potter.
Deathly Hallows Part 1
The fort has claimed our black forest chocolate
for its own. It is gone. The fort gods need their sacrifices.
“Mad-Eye’s Dead” – such an awkward line.
“Guys… um… old stumpies’ dead”
BEST MOUSTACHE EVAAARR
Deathly Hallows Part 2
The chocolate is back!
Wand law is confusing.
FUCK YEAH NEVILLE!
I discover via the wiki that Dumbledore was
115 years old when he died. Holy shit son.
Oh god, Snape. The Prince’s Tale is so
heart breaking. Stop breaking my heart Severus.
The epilogue. It kills me so hard that old
Harry doesn’t say “It did for me” to Young Albus re the sorting hat. One little
line Steve Kloves, you’re ruining my life.
Cool, so yeah I pretty much lost my mind
for a while there. There’s like 17-18 hours of film there, if you’d like more
evidence of my mental state, do check out my twitter feed from the last 3 days.
Next Sunday I’m filming a trailer for a
webseries I am writing. Stay tuned for more exciting details!
