26.Jul.2009 Sunday Salon: Still Reading and Harry Potter the Movie
Hullo all. It’s all cloudy and rainy today in Sydney, and I’m snuggling with my new brown Snuggie on the couch, though still feel extremely cold since my house is just the perfect absorbant of cold and we don’t have good heating. (The Snuggie I got from a discount shop for $12, not from TV for $40 — somehow that made me better) I can’t wait for the winter to pass!
I’ve been working at my new workplace for a full 4 weeks now and just started to feel settled and less nervous (I hope). I also just got my first salary and went to cut my hair yesterday after what felt like a hundred months. A new me, yay! Hubby was being so sweet yesterday, accompanying me around to buy random things and waiting for my haircut. We also went to watch Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince the movie in the afternoon.
Some thoughts about the movie: Again, Harry Potter movies never really made me go ‘Wow’. It’s good eye-candy and it’s fun for people that have read the book to see how the producers visualize the story. This movie is actually the first HP movie that I watched after reading the book. I read all HP books in between Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix the movie and the Half-Blood Prince. So I was watching the first 5 movies not really understanding the plot. This time I had the plot clear in mind.
I was always dissappointed of how they cut a lot of things from the books, but hey, it’s tough cut. The movie’s already 2.5 hours long. I told hubby about the details that were missing from the movie. One that I really missed was Dumbledore’s funeral. It was just really sad not having the memorial service. They ended it far too quick at the end.
ps: Is it just me, or Harry looks quite short compared to the others in the movie?
Book-wise, I’m currently reading Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. I’m a third way through. I’m going at a pretty slow pace (about 3 weeks now) but it’s been an interesting journey so far. I’ve decided that it’s okay for me to read slow. It doesn’t always have to be a race to finish books and tick them off my lists.
I also got sick last week — cough, flu and had to have a day off work even because I felt so horrible. And during that entire week I didn’t feel like doing anything — not reading or writing, hence the lack of posts (on top of the daily busyness of course).
I’m still reading everyone’s blogs and enjoying the book talks and recommendations, but I probably have been a bad commenter in the past few weeks. I’m trying hard I am! Hope you have a good reading week ahead (or just good week in general :)!
mee 
