Let's put Hitler in a cupboard and forget about him 

Monday, August 29, 2011 - Posted by Amelia at 12:24 PM
Welcome to BatCat's first ever Doctor Who picspam recap. Or picspam recap in general.

6x08 - Let's Kill Hitler

I'm assuming at this point that you've seen previous Doctor Who episodes, at least the first half of season 6. If you haven't, I'm sorry. But I am NOT explaining what happened so far. In fact, feel free to enlighten me.

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I have decided. 

Thursday, June 23, 2011 - Posted by Amelia at 9:21 PM
I'm going to do a read-along for Harry Potter. I mean, I'm not even half way through the first chapter and I already want to write about it. I don't know, I just have a LOT of feelings about these books.

Here I was, reading along when I read one sentence, just a single sentence, and it hit me. The sentence was simply "When Mr and Mrs Dursley woke up on the dull, grey Tuesday our story starts, there was nothing about the cloudy sky outside to suggest that strange and mysterious things would soon be happening all over the country." It's such a simple, modest beginning. It even has one of those "our story begins" things. When reading that first page, that one phrase, no one could have imagined the enormous, powerful, legendary, beautiful phenomenon that came from it. The introduction to this adventure is so humble and unassuming and yet the way it starts already reflects on the underlying theme of ignorance and prejudice against other groups/peoples/cultures. We're introduced to this magical world through the eyes of Mr Dursley, the most anti-magical creature to ever exist. In fact, it says "he didn't approve of imagination".
It's funny, because the big famous beginning of the series is when Dumbledore takes out the street lights and he, Professor McGonagall and Hagrid leave little Harry on his evil relatives' doorstep. But when you mention to people who've read the books "when Uncle Vernon got hugged by a wizard" they'll instantly recognize it. Even with, and probably due to, its simplicity, that scene is an unforgettable opening to an unforgettable story.

EDIT: lol nope the movie has come and gone and I got distracted. Maybe some other time.

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I can do this. 

Posted by Amelia at 4:59 PM
I'm about to start rereading all the Harry Potter books. Actually, make that rerererereading them. I've made it my goal to read them all by July 15th because I have no life, nothing to do and anything I should do, I'll find an excuse not to anyway. Maybe I'll do a read-along type thing this time. It didn't work out with Beauty Queens, but maybe, if I try reeeeally hard... we'll see.

Come at me, philosopher's stone!

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The Glory that is Shiny New Things 

Monday, June 13, 2011 - Posted by Amelia at 6:48 PM
I am happy to announce that I am the proud new temporary owner of Libba Bray's new book, Beauty Queens. I only just finished the third chapter, because I've been busy all day. Of course, at this point it's still mainly about the introduction of characters and I'm kind of struggling to remember who's who, but I am already in a better place for having read it, due to the glorious return of Miss Bray's excellent humour. Honestly, she needs to write more books faster. She should clone herself multiple times in order not to be restricted to the extremely limiting ability of one single human being to only have a certain capacity of writing per time. (For the simpler minds among us: there needs to be more of her so I can have more of her books more frequently.) But, alas, the human condition restricts us by means of frivolous basic needs, such as sleep, hunger or a limit on concentration spans. Trust me, between final exams and projects and auditions, I am re-learning this the hard (read: so painful I want to shoot myself just to put myself out of my acute misery) way. But today, I am giving myself to the shining glory of Beauty Queens.

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This post is pointless. Ignore it. 

Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - Posted by Amelia at 4:38 PM
HA! You didn't ignore it. If you're reading this, you have no willpower at all. Or you just think I'm a fascinating, hilarious, amazing person. That works, too.
You may have noticed that I changed things up a bit. You know, gave my blog a paint job. Moved some furniture. Bought groceries. I'm happy to say my fridge is very much full.
You may have noticed that my icon is a picture of the TARDIS with some lovely texturification slapped on top. Yeah. I'm one of those. A Doctor Who fan. Fear me. I've killed thousands of timelords. Fear me. I've killed all of them.
Don't worry if you aren't. This isn't going to be a fanblog. However, I will talk about the show, and other shows as well, especially when I start on doing picspam recaps. If you like, you can just skip over those posts. (Just like you did with this one, right?) If you DO watch the shows, don't worry. I'll have figured out Blogger's cut system by then. I'm sure it'll be really hard.
Also, if you don't understand the fact that that was sarcasm, don't bother reading my blog. You'll end up thinking I'm a really mean, stupid person. I also use irony.
-BatCat

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Taking this out for a test drive. 

Monday, June 6, 2011 - Posted by Amelia at 11:03 PM
This is one of those so-I-got-one-of-these-because-it-seems-fun-how-does-this-work posts. Don't worry, I'm not a total amateur. I already have an LJ (which I've kind of given up on) and my one true love, tumblr.
If you look around, you're sure to notice the extreme neophytism of background and such. (Normally, I'd call it a theme but I don't know if that's what you people call it. "Template" just doesn't sound right to me yet, I suppose.) Heavens, I don't even have a user photo.
However, all this will change! As soon as I have time, I will do all that as well as actually write a coherent, ~interesting entry. I'm hoping for tomorrow.
However, at this time, I must be off to bed. I can only deny my bodily functions for so long.
-BatCat

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