The Harry Potter movie comes out this Friday. It's going to be shown here, (Georgia, USA) in the Imax theater. And now for a tiny confession: I secretly ADORE Professor Snape. Oh yes, I know he's supposed to be greasy-haired, caustic, almost evil... but I like that in a character! He's so moody, and so damned intelligent, and so incredibly skilled, not to mention quintessentially misunderstood...(I hope)



So yeah, I'm pretty excited. I won't be standing in line at midnight the day before to get my tickets or anything-- it's not like it's a New York premiere. But I will be seeing it soon. I will TRY to wait until I am visiting my best friend in Charlotte next week, so that we can take out sons and go see it together. But I cannot make the promise. I've got the obsessive/compulsive disorder thing going on every time I see Snape attached to something. I've even started to rent Alan Rickman movies, just to here THE VOICE.
How appropriate was it that he played Metatron, the Voice of God, in the movie Dogma??? Because surely, he very well could be. Have even gone so far as to request an audio book read by Alan Rickman--- fifteen hours of sheer bliss-- for Christmas. Okay, so seeing this all in print brings me to the realization that it's pretty bad. Moving on now. To save whatever dignity I have left.

AND let's not forget 'A Feast For Crows' has recently been released.
I read the other books in the 'A Song of Fire and Ice' chronicles earlier this year just to be prepared. I haven't gotten it yet, though, as I know as soon as I do, I will be knee-deep in it and will have put other current endeavors aside, which I'm not prepared to do at this time. But soon, I will have it, and will be walking along the dark ramparts of The Wall once more with the brothers in black, and savoring every nuance of Tyrion Lannister... You have to read the books to fully understand.

So much talent, so many artistic milestones being made all around me-- it is the season to make my own mark. I can feel it. Of course, I am not in the same league as these other writers/creators... but I yearn to be, and that is enough. If you do not strive toward your dreams, then you surely will never reach them.