evolution is beautiful.

w/e.

Yo Stephanie Meyer, I'm really happy for you and I'mma let you finish, BUT HARRY POTTER IS THE BEST CONTEMPORARY MAGIC-BASED BOOK SERIES OF ALL TIME.

(from here.)




peace.
-lise.

thank you, daniel gardner!

I think this book just saved my life.

I would love to give a twenty page review about it, but I feel as if nothing I say could do it any amount of the justice it so very deserves. My advice to you: read it.


peace.
-lise.

the half blood prince.

As I am sure you are aware [unless you happen to be a troll or live under a Crumple-Horned Snorkack], the sixth part of J. K. Rowling's magical series arrived tonight, at midnight, in its much condensed - but perhaps as evenly anticipated - movie version.

Since the sixth book remains my second favorite of the seven, behind only the Prisoner of Azkaban, I felt it fitting that I should leave a short excerpt from the wondrous book who's animated twin comes to screen today. Enjoy!

"I believed him finished. I am not proud of it, I was wrong, but there it is... If he had not forgiven we who lost faith at that time, he would have very few followers left." [said Snape]

"He'd have me! said Bellatrix passionately. "I, who spent many years in Azkaban for him!"

"Yes, indeed, most admirable," said Snape in a bored voice. "Of course, you weren't a lot of use to him in prison, but the gesture was undoubtedly fine -- "

"Gesture!" she shrieked; in her fury she looked slightly mad. "While I endured the dementors, you remained at Hogwarts, comfortably playing Dumbledore's pet!"

"Not quite," said Snape calmly. "He wouldn't give me the Defense Against the Dark Arts job, you know."

I cannot even contain my excitement at the thought of Alan Rickman and Helena Bonham Carter portraying these characters in the newest movie. Though, my celebrity crush on the endlessly talented Mr. Rickman might play a part in this unbridled enthusiasm, now that I think about it...


peace.
-lise.

willful suspension of disbelief.

Library Walls

A distant bell yawns a chime,
The notes all dance in rippled rhyme.
Dampened, crumbling concrete tables
Exchange ancient, earthy fables.
Trees cast their shadows on crimson bricks
Upon which winding, verdant vines transfix.
Crows and sparrows shout feathered calls,
All outside the library walls.

Through marbled masonry and double doors,
It leads to spiraled stairs and secret floors.
Dusty sunbeams smile through windows;
Shafts of light strike crinkled prose.
Brittle pages arise from lonesome dreams,
Transforming from ink to fantasy schemes.
Castles and dragons, Jurassic dinosaurs,
Underground bat caves and tropical shores,
Gods and heavens and outer space,
A biography of a familiar face,
Eskimos, Indians, and presidents,
A desert oasis and camping tents,
Volcanoes, mountains, and waterfalls,
All within the library walls.

I prefer books to computer screens.

peace.
-lise.