I’ve been slacking again in updates. My bad. So lets play a game of catch up. First and foremost, I’ve been hugely sucked in by Sims 3. Much to my chagrin. I’ve always been vocal against the Sims and I got sucked in hardcore. I’ve also been hugely sucked in by Farm Town and other various farming game apps on Facebook. I really only use FB for those apps. It’s kind of funny, everyone else uses it for socializing, I like it for the games.
I still haven’t put together my thoughts on Harry Potter. I enjoyed the movie for the movie itself, but
1) Bill/Fleur – the engagement is kind of important, because of the wedding in DH being where Harry, Ron and Hermione left from. Bill/Fleur also set up the scenes of the shell cottage as well, along with the attack on Bill by Grayback during the final fight that did not happen.
2) Horcruxes – Sure, Harry knows now what they are, knows that Dumbledore destroyed 2, but he doesn’t really know enough to strike out to find the others. He doesn’t see enough of the memories to be able to figure out the 4, especially since Ginny hid the book in the ROR, when it’s key to Harry knowing where the Diadem was at – He saw it when he hid his book.
3) Burning the Burrow – Where the HELL are the Weasley’s going to live? Much better, where is the wedding going to be? It was at the Burrow!
4) Where are the Dursleys? The scene with Dumbledore telling them that Harry needed to return one more time is also a key point they missed.
5) The fight scene – I understand that you have to cut a lot to make a movie, but why not cut the fire and put in the fight? It was pretty lame, imo. You have all the Death Eaters in the castle for what? Nothing, really. There was no fight, they just stood and watched
6) Dumbledore’s non-existent funeral – Uh, are they going to make that part of the first DH movie? Cuz burying the wand is a fairly key item, since it’s one of the Hallows and all.
Those are the major points that annoyed me. I mean, I did enjoy the movie, I laughed and even cried when Dumbledore died. That scene was probably the best scene in the movie, but I was left wanting more. I read on a board something that really struck me – It seems like they were trying to turn it into a Twilight-esque film.
So, they recently opened a Sonic in Binghamton. You have no idea how damn happy that made me. Honestly, I nearly cried from happiness. Sonic is one of the things that I’ve missed the most about living in Las Vegas. I had just said a little while ago that hell would probably freeze before we got one, so I had to eat my words. And rumor has it, they’re going to be building at least one more in the same area.
I had a Dr. Appointment on the 24th. It was pretty uneventful, other than I got yelled at because my blood sugar levels are bottoming out because I forget to eat or wait too long to eat. I also got in trouble for fasting for blood work without being told to. I always fast for morning appointments. So, after that was done, we had the rest of the day. I grabbed a muffin for breakfast, then we planned to go to a Farmer’s Market. We had never been to this particular one before, so we headed out right after my appointment, under the impression that it was open early, but no, it didn’t open until 2pm and we were there at 11am. So, we had to figure out something to do to waste time. We decided to drive around a bit and see if we could manage to not get lost and see if we could find where Sonic was at. Come to find out, it was a half a block from one of the stores we shop at. That’s absolutely awesome! The lines were INSANE. But I got my Sonic and I’m very happy about that.
I found out last week that RENT is in Ithaca this month. It’s NOT the broadway cast, it’s a touring group, but it sounds like a great show. I want to go, but the ticket prices are insane. So I was looking at the theater website and found the COOLEST thing ever. They have one showing of every show that is “Pay what you can” pricing. What?? I read more, found their twitter and it really is pay what you can. I can go see RENT for almost nothing?? Seriously?? Yeah, I desperately want to do that. The show time is August 12th at 7:30. Small problem, we need to be there early to get tickets. They recommend being there by 6:30 when the ticket window opens. Rob works until 5, gets home at 5:30, changes and we fly, we’ll barely make it at 6:30 and he NEVER gets out of work on time. Ever. I’m not sure if we’ll be going, but I’m sure going to try.
This Wednesday night is another night of learning about the history of my hometown. I know, it doesn’t sound interesting, but it is. Tomorrow night is going to be more about the railroads and it really excites me. It’s supposed to rain, but we’re under a gazebo and as long as it isn’t a monsoon, it shouldn’t be cancelled. 
I always look forward to these nights, which seems odd since I hate history with a burning, fiery passion.
We’ve been planning on picking blueberries, but the weather is against us. We’ve decided that we’re just not gonna go this year. It’s rained pretty much every other day for the last month. It’s made the fields all muddy, so I really don’t want to go try to pick in that kind of environment. One of Rob’s regular customers went to the same place we do and said it was hellishly muddy, so I’m glad we’ve decided not to go. I’ll just go to the Farmer’s Market and pick up a couple quarts or something.
I have to go get groceries Tuesday. We made our list yesterday and most of it is from Sam’s Club. Rob has an eye appointment at 11, then we’re going to go shopping. I dread it, in a lot of ways, since it’s still summer vacation, but it shouldn’t be so bad. It shouldn’t be too bad, as long as it isn’t boiling hot outside.
I think that’s all there is for now. I’m not going to promise to update again soon. I’ll post when I remember.
Yay for updates, was wondering what you’d been up to!
So very jealous of your Sonic!! We have two gift cards we haven’t been able to use yet.
And while I do my best to try and separate the HP movies from the books, I still find them disappointing. They always miss key points, but at least we’re a little prepared for all the plot that will have to be left out of the final movies.
I’ve been hiding away from Online stuffs. It’s that time of year again – Summer – when I avoid the hot box that is my bedroom/office.
Oh, Re: Daughtry
I was wondering what he’d do with “bluffin’ with my muffin”, lol. Sadly, he skipped it altogether.