Hair New Era

This one was for another coursemate's birthday party.
Thinking about it, this was actually my second Harry Potter themed party. The first was when I convinced my brother to have it as the theme for his 12th (I think) b-day. It was sometime between the 4th and 5th book came out. I was Rita Skeeter.
Following the trend of choosing strong, powerful and nasty female characters with an original look, I went as Bellatrix. And fortunately I have a flatmate with a ton of sexy goth clothes, so I had no problem finding a costume. (The other guests were Harry, Draco, Dumbledore, Luna, Mrs Norris and (Sexy) Dobby. Good times.)





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Finally, here's my attempt at a bit of a summary of my first year at Warwick University, UK.

I’ve met all kinds of people from hyperhipsters to cheery goths, from transsexual to asexual to pansexual to cured gay (read: drowned himself in hardcore Christianity. And let me tell you what a normal person he turned out to be. Here are some of his beliefs: girls are not allowed to wear trousers or have short hair. Decorating yourself in any way (make-up, hair dye, nail varnish etc) is wrong, as is creating or indeed consuming anything fictional. So I’m going so deep in hell it isn’t even funny (it is a bit). Oh, and the world is definitely going to end in our lifetime).

I thought I’d do a list of things I like about my life there, or rather, a list of things that, surprisingly, are also liked by other people I’ve met this year. Quite honestly, I didn't really expect to meet other people interested in them.

1. I suppose it goes without saying, but brightly coloured hair. I’d wanted pink hair for years, but I doubt I’d have ever got round to dyeing mine if I hadn’t gone to a place where it is completely acceptable, even encouraged. In fact, on my course alone (I say alone, but really, our course has the craziest people. What else would you expect from creative writing students?) we’ve already had pink, purple, blue, yellow, orange and bright red hair. And I’m proud to say I was one of the first ones to take the leap.
2. The Midnight Beast

3. Harry Potter

In Estonia when you’re old enough to drink (at least old enough in your mind), it generally means you’re too old to be a Harry Potter fan. I've seen it happen to nearly all my friends. Sure, you’ll probably go see the films, but you’re too cool to get excited about them. That might actually be the best adjective to describe us as a nation: we’re cool. And we don’t generally lose our cool. Yeah, me might hear a great joke, see a famous person or win the lottery, but we’re not going to lose control over our emotions just because of that.

But in the UK, not only is Harry Potter cool (in a slightly different sense of the word), but it’s just so incredibly widespread. Of course everyone’s read and seen them, and they’re among the most common pop culture references. Picture from weheartit.com

We’ve had a drinking game around the names of Harry Potter characters and divided UK’s top universities into Hogwarts houses (Oxford – Gryffindor, Cambridge – Ravenclaw, St Andrew’s – Slytherin and finally Warwick – Hufflepuff. At least we’re being realistic). Every young person fancies Emma Watson (who’s doing a ‘year abroad’ at Oxford now by the way (proving our sorting skills)). Although, Matt Lewis might be taking her place now... (I still can’t believe how fit he suddenly is!)

But funnily enough, the only people to compare my ever-changing neon hair colour to the character Tonks were my brother and his flatmate. (And by the way, yes, that would be my power of choice: the ability to change my appearance to whatever I wanted. I’d be saving a fortune on hair dye alone!)

[to be continued]

Rupert Grint ficou mundialmente famoso ao interpretar o personagem Ronald Weasley nos filmes da série Harry Potter. Hoje é o seu Aniversário então Parabéns Rupert e cuide desse seu cabelo cenoura.

*SPOILERS for those who haven’t read or seen the last one, I guess*
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The last Harry Potter film and the first time I’ve gone to the cinema alone. It makes sense really, as none of my Estonian friends are as mental fans as I am. And for years I’ve heard people saying that going to the cinema alone is one of their favourite things ever, so I decided that it was time to try it myself.
The experience was alright, but I don’t think I’ll turn it into a habit. I’m not a huge fan of going to the cinema anyway, and being alone only accentuated the negative sides of it: the woman next to me explaining the plot to her friend loudly enough that I could hear every word, and the smell and sound of popcorn which is pretty distracting and even nauseating if you’re not having any yourself.
And then the trailers. I used to love them, but either my taste has become too snobby for Hollywood movies or the latest ones really are mostly shite, because Jesus, I just sat there, feeling my life slipping away, and my brain cells as well. I do want to see Bridesmaids and Bad Teacher (although with all the dirty words cut out, the trailer for the latter was quite pathetic), but the rest was just rubbish action and sci-fi galore.
Well, then we got to the film. I’m having a hard time deciding what I exactly thought of it on the whole. The first hour was pretty fucking epic, but the end bit that was no doubt meant to be climatic was just a bit meh for me. I feel the scenes of preparation and anticipation were better than the Battle of Hogwarts itself. But obviously this is classic me, always having expectations so high that nothing can live up to them. And already knowing the plot and thinking, ‘This is going to be epic, this is going to be epic’ isn’t the most helpful place to start. But it’s not like I didn’t love it, or get quite emotional several times. It actually felt like my school and my friends – because they pretty much were characters in my own story of growing up as well. That itself is already pretty amazing.

Now, I think we need to recognise something important about the films: how bloody attractive the cast have grown up to become! Phoar.
Like, have you seen Matthew Lewis (better known as Neville Longbottom) lately? He looks like he should be playing a freaking Austen hero! Didn’t see that coming…












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Harry Potter Sketch
Os livros de Harry Potter continuam a bater records. A Scholastic, que editou para os EUA o sétimo volume da série «Harry Potter», anunciou na quinta-feira ter já vendido 11,5 milhões de exemplares em dez dias, aumentando a tiragem de 12 para 14 milhões, noticia a Lusa.
«Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows», sétimo e provavelmente último livro da série criada pela escritora britânica Joanne K. Rowling, foi lançado em simultâneo às 00:00 locais do dia 21 de Julho, em todo o mundo.
A edição normal, para adultos, atingiu instantaneamente o primeiro lugar de vendas na maior distribuidora livros pela Internet, a Amazon, tanto nos Estados Unidos como no Reino Unido, em virtude das reservas feitas nos meses anteriores. A edição infantil está no segundo lugar do mesmo «ranking».
As várias edições de «Harry Potter», incluindo uma caixa com os sete livros da série sobre o mais popular feiticeiro do mundo, ocupam oito dos 25 primeiros lugares de vendas na Amazon.
A totalidade dos livros vendidos da série Harry Potter já ultrapassa os 350 milhões de exemplares a nível mundial.
Registe-se que, neste momento, «Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows» só está à venda na versão original. Também foi notiçia nestes dias um jovem francês preso por piratear Harry Potter.

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