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He therefore had to endure over an hour of Professor Trelawney, who spent half the lesson telling everyone that the position of Mars with relation to Saturn at that moment meant that people born in July were in great danger of sudden, violent deaths.

Goblet of Fire, Chapter 20, Page 345

What could be on the agenda today? Good news: I'm recovering from my HP coma (well whether it's good is up for intepretation) but now I do believe I've landed into an icon coma. With that said, it's debatable if I'm actually freed from the wrath of my mind's HP frenzies. Yes, all the icons happen to be HP-themed. Speaking of which I am premiering a new icon today. Once this entry's done, I will also bid goodbye to this tom riddle/ginny layout. On that note, it feels like this is one of the longest layouts I've had up and incidentally I feel it's one of my better ones much unlike my carne a llanera theme. I hope to this day no vegetarian stopped by. They're my buddies, truly.
Don't you rejoice when you learn an novel word fresh off the dictionary and it immediately debuts in whatever you're reading for the first time? So here's to the word ennui. It first came up in the novel I read last week called Native Speaker. Might I add that were it not for the obligatory summer reading from L'ville, I would not have read it. Suffice it to say that it is much more a literary work I would learn to appreciate when I'm 30. Two things I did like was how it related the protagonist to language and identity. Living in the States always presents the struggle of maintaining your bilingualism at a decent level. I mean, lookit, am I not writing in English at this present moment just so the regular people that read my lj can understand it? It's that perpetual fear of becoming monolingual that resides in us reminding us we are always INSERT NATIONALITY-American. We are born bilingual and one of our largest disillusions is that one language will overcome the other entirely. One of the best ways to be tied to our culture is through language and if that knowledge abandons our minds, we are in a sense isolated from our own selves. Along with detaching a part of yourself, you also are deprived of the previous pride you held for being a master of linguistics. From the time we are labeled toddlers, our voices deftly imitate the native speakers of all the nationalities we share. We're the new generation seeping with blendings of culture and language. This brings me to my next point over Native Speaker: identity. It hit close to home when the protagonist metioned his mother had not intended on her son to be born in America. It was a mere accident of nationality that bequeathed to the protagonist a radically diverse lifestyle consisting of balancing his Korean side and American side while simultaneously realizing that if he were stripped of one of those nationalities, he would not be able to resume such a masquerade. You are both a foreigner and a native to the very lands you belong to. Such are the consequences of being an immigrant's child. On a sidenote, they killed the Dominican! WTF, mate. Sure, just do away with the only genius Hispanic in the story.
Ennui also made an apperance in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. There were constantly these tinges of humour whenever they dealt with God and abstract ideas. Also read the DaVinci Legacy. First published in the early 80s, this novel was modified to include global changes such as the Euro currency conversion and 9/11. Judging by the plot summary on the back cover, I figured this was the guy Dan Brown ripped off his ideas from. Alas, it was nothing of the sort. The DaVinci Legacy was packed with action and the codex was more of a subplot than anything. So you know, if you feel like visiualising shoot-outs through words instead of watching another armagaedon-style movie, I recommend it.
Oh yes, while we're on the subject of language: I tell you people, you will feel much better when you help out someone who is trying to learn the language(s) you're fluent in. I'm helping x0babyqurl0x  from the _spanglish_ community and now that I think about, I do have two other lj buddies on my flist so I can correct them. I'm a dork that way but I'm offering myself here: If you want some help or practice with Spanish or English, I am here. I'm also willing to give away music! Those 3000 songs in my iTunes have to spread themselves out to others. Thank you syst3m0fagirl  for recommending Detonautas! They rock just as much as Caramelos de Cianuro. Now that we're on music: I can not believe Daddy Yankee's tour took him all the way to Buckingham Palace! The incredulity of reggaeton reaching London is not something I can come to terms with. Even the austere guards by the gates were dancing even if you can never get a smile out of them. JLo and Marc Anthony are now in Bogotá. They are made for each other if they've stuck this long together. You should have seen all the luggage they were carrying and my mum complains about all the stuff she packs for me.
My mum accompanied me to Mass yesterday. This time she offered up the dollar to donate. The sermon was pleasant. It discussed about miracles occurring where faith existed and how all miracles follow a four step pattern. Humans are part of the miracle, it's not just something God does by himself. Well afterwards, my mum went to the grocer's for a few things and when she handed in a 20 dollar bill, the clerk mistook it for a 50 (shows how attentive they are) and gave back my mother extra money. See, God was pleased with my mum coming to church and no matter how skint (broke in British) you are, if you give a little, you get a little more back. This week's lesson: go to church and you win some money.
I was eating some patacones just now and an ant scurries on by me. I ask you this: Do you know anything about the digestive system of an ant? I picked up the ant and I'm pretty sure it just pooped on my thumb.

And hey do you think I could possibly forget it?

Made by _effervescent with imagery from potterpuffs

And a very happy 40th b-day to JKR. What a prat Terry Pratchett had to be to not only insult her but do it on her birthday as well:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4732385.stm

I leave you with a nice little HP comic brought to you byebyeblackbird  from potterscribbles :