Alright, because I have to get this off my chest: I went to the midnight showing of the new Harry Potter movie! And that'll take a lof of room, so its going at the bottom. That way people can skip it if they don't wanna read it, lol. It does contain spoilers as well, so if you just wanna see it all for yourself (which I suggest you do anyways) then don't read it!

As you all know i'm visiting college friends again, lol. Yesterday Melissa and I just hung out for a while, spent money, and stuff like that, lol. Then we grabbed my friends Rudy and Adam and we all went down to Denver. Basically after driving the 3 hours up here in the first place, I went halfway home, lol. We went to Casa Bonita, a resteraunt which is all themed, its amazing! Inside it looks like a jungle, waterfal included, and theres haunted caves, and...its like being in a theme park, with food! After that we drove around for a good 2 hours trying to find something we were supposed to go to, but their friend's directions sucked majorly, so we never found it. So we were driving around this random neighborhood, entirely lost, and we saw a theater and we said, hey, lets see if we can get tickets to the midnight showing of harry potter. So we tried, and we got em! I was so happy! After that it was 3 in the morning, and we had an hour and a half drive back up, so I drove while everyone else slept, lol. I got home and crashed!

Today I slept till...2? Lol. I slept more last night than I have in a long time, which makes me feel bad that I can to visit friends in order to get rest, not the other way around, lol. But I got up and we went tubing. or tried, lol. Basically take a bunch of innertubes to a nearby river and float down it. Its great fun, if theres water. About 90 percent of he water in that river is melting snow from the mountains, and the snow is all gone now, so the river was really shallow, really slow, or both. So, we failed to go tubing, lol. Came home, took a shower, made mac and cheese for dinner, and now i'm on the computer, woot!

Ok, boy update: I don;t think i've really said anything yet, so i'll give everyone a quick sum up:

Cody lives in one of the old apartments next door to the McAllister House Museum where I volunteer every saturday. I was standing around the garden in the back with 4 older women who we'd been giving a tour too, and Cody and I saw each other. Shortly after, he came over to ask for a tour. I gave it, cuz Karen the curator abandoned me in an effort to set us up, it was funny. After that I asked him (yes, I asked him ) to a nearby cafe and we talked for like three hours. next week we started finally doing stuff. Our first date was spent driving around the old part of town in his truck, then we went to a feild in the middle of nowhere and just looked at the moon come out as the storm went away. Second date we went for pizza then to a carnival. We tried to go to a movie, but everything was closed. So I ended up spending the night at his apartment (just sleeping you dirty minded people!). next night he came to my house for a bit, then we ended up going back to him place in an effort to not bother my roomie. We tried to watch a movie, but I was falling asleep, lol. So I stayed over there again.

Now, looking back at the last paragraph, everything seems to be going perfectly, right? Well...its not. You see, Cody is a good deal older than myself, he's been living on his own since he was 15, and is entirely independent. And I think he likes me a heck of a lot more than I like him at this point. He's a nice guy and all...but I think we're just at different places in our lives. He'll be able to buy his own house in only 2 more years, i'm still living in my parents basement! I just think he's looking for more than i'm willing to give at this point...I'm gonna have to talk to him about it when I get home. I don't wanna just break it off with the guy, but i'm not seeing this relationship going very far...either he's gonna have to slow down, or i'm going to have to end things though. I can;t handle the pressure. I have a life ahead of me, so many things I want to do!

My mom was saying he sounds a lot like my dad, which makes sense. Girls often like guys like their fathers. Except for my mom, she was ready for this. She wanted to be a house mom, so she married my dad when she was only 19. Me, I don't want that. I'm going to have a career, i'm going to be traveling, I want to be able to support myself. Honestly, the idea of settling down any time soon just scares me.

I always told myself I wouldn;t date a guy who'd slow me down, or if I would slow him down. And with Cody and I, we have both of those problems. He's such an outdoorsman, he's always going camping, hiking, fishing, and stuff like that. I'd die if I did that all the time, lol. I love to be lazy, to hang out on my computer...Cody doesn't even own a computer >.< So i'd slow him down. Which isn't entirely a bad thing, he needs to learn to relax, lol. Now me...i'm a social butterfly. I love to have tons of friends, and when i'm with them, thngs go so fast. Cody's not like that at all.

The only time things are perfect with Cody and I are when its just the two of us. Which isn't a horrible thing I suppose, but it makes me sad that I don't have a guy I can bring along to other things I do with my friends, he just wouldn't fit in. When its just me and him, its usually fine. Except...he's just...not the greatest kisser, which puts a dampener on things right there

Is it horrible that I just want to date guys and have fun? If I find "the one" then great, but i'm not searching for him...I look at Rudy and Adam...they're so cute together, and they very obviously like each other sooo much! I've never had that, and I really want that! Someone I can flal in love with, but someone I can have fun with.

But this is something I need to figure out, so i'm gonna shut up about it now...


Ok, Harry potter time!

First of all, I LOVED it! I was worried, i'll admit, but I think they did a really good job! Obviously its not exactly like the book, what 2 hour movie could ever replace an entire 650 page book? Its impossible. But considering all the stuff they had to make sure to get in, I think they did a truely remarkable job with it. People who've never read the books will still have a good idea of whats going on for the next movie.

Other than the burning of the burrow, what was the poinbt of that? I know I haven't read that book nearly as much as the ones before it, but I don't remember that being in there at all! It was pointless really, they could have gotten more important stuff form the book in if they hadn't shot that scene. And why'd they burn the burrow? The 7th book starts at the burrow, they can't burn it down! Whatever though...

Acting wise i'll have to go one character at a time. Harry: Dan pulled off a lot of the scenes in the movie excellently. Like that part with the felix felicis, he was sensational! I burst out laughing more than once he wasn't so intense in the not so intense scenes which was nice to see. And his character had more witty lines than in previous movies. This movie wasn't so much designed for children. The director figured out that a lot of us fans may have grown up with the books, but we're already grown up for the movies, we want something thats a bit more mature sometimes, lol.

Ron: AMAZING! I always liked Rupert Grint, though he obviously went through a tough puberty, lol. But in this movie he wasn't just Harry's tag-a-long, he really came into himself as a character, which made me happy.

Hermione: Was surprisingly good! I wasn;t always entirely pleased with her portrayal of my favorite character in previous movies, so this time I was happy that she was better. She and Harry really bonded over a mutual problem, but she wasn't so over dramatic all the time. Her acting also improved, and the bushy hair came back! That made me happy

Malfoy: HOLY CRAP WHEN DID TOM FELTON GET SO HOT?!?!?!?! Especially in a suit! I was VERY please with Tom's preformance. Malfoy had a much larger role in this movie, as compared to previous ones where he was just a wimp and someone to mildly dislike. You couldn't even hate the guy in previous movies like you were supposed to, he was just annoying and self centered. In his movie he was so obviously conflicted, proud, afraid, yet strong. Tom's gonna get so many movie deals simply based off of his preformance in this movie, lol. And yes, I totally drolled when he first appreared in that suit of his

Ginny: Blah. Thats the only word for her preformance really. They tried making her all seductive and such, but it just...failed. I always imagined her as being a teensy bit of a tomboy, what with her loving sports and such. but I always thought she'd be a fun character, someone with a good sense of humor. And the romance between her and Harry...nothing like what I was hoping for. And she had the same facial expression the whole movie! Mucho no happy with her.

Dumbledore: very well done in my opinion. Death scenes are never fun of course, lol. Well, they might be, I'm not sure But I think he did a wonderful job. As great an actor as the first Dumbledore was, I just don't think he had the energy we all imagined Dumbledore to have, you know? He was simply too old for such an active part. I like the new one better

Lavender: OMG AMAZING! I loved the way they portrayed Lavender in this movie, it was hilarious! The girl playing her did a wonderful job

Luna: Spacy and hilarious as always. I can tell the director loves her, since he let her character take over the roles of other character occasionally. I'm glad he did, its all the better to see more of her XD I admit, sometimes she's just a little too out there, but mostly, she;s just wonderful.

Cormac McLaggen: Wonderful! Hermione uses him to make Ron jealous, but there are so many scenes where he is absoultly wonderful, lol. Seriously, i'm not even gonna try to tell you, you have to see it for yourself

Lupin and Tonks: So lame! I mean come on people, what happened to the conflict of the love between them?! They were just *poof* together. Soooo disapointing!

Other Good Guys: McGonagall was good, Maggie Smith always is. She's really getting old though, but she still has the same spirit we've come to expect. Slughorn was great! I thought he did a great job with his part, which can't be easy, to always be slippery and sneaky, yet in a completly innocent way, lol. He doesn't mean any harm, he's only out to make his own name shine brighter and to make his pocketbook a bit thicker. Hagrid only had a few scenes, but it was great to see him and Slughorn drunk, lol.

Bad Guys: Voldemort! I loved the little kid who played him. He did a wonderful job of it! he was sooo dark and creepy, and you could tell he enjoyed it when he said "I can hurt people who are mean to me." The older version was a bit iffy for me though. He still had such a baby face...I liked the one in the second movie much better. It was like they took the little kid version, put him on stilts and gave him a deeper voice. But his preformance was very impressive as well. Bellatrix was crazy as ever, they could not have picked a better actress for her I'm waiting for Johnny Depp to get a part somewhere, that'd be awesome! hehe...he should play Luna's dad or something There as this other death eater guy who was really random in the movie, I only found out by looking it up that it was Fenrir Greyback, a werewolf. It makes sence though, Lupin could smell him before he came. Still, in the movie, they gave no hint of who it was...

Alright, I could say so much more, but I think it'd be best if I were to shut up now, lol. Later gaters!