harry freaking potter

i am a mass communication major. what the hell am i suppose to do with that? the major itself is so broad and although that may seem like a good thing because i have a lot of options, i find it frustrating. recently, i've been really thinking of what i want to do in the future but all i could think of was stuff that i like to do. music, dance, write. sigh, sometimes i feel like a failure because all my interests do not add up to having a successful, well-paying job later on. why oh why can't i have fallen in love with science, math, or business? but then again, money doesn't mean happiness and i believe that as long as you are doing what you have sincere passion for and the means of obtaining the things necessary for living isn't too hard, you're doing okay. having calm myself down with that logic, i am comfortable saying that at the moment, i want to be a music/the arts/food critic. something along the lines of that? not your usual "i want to be a doctor, police officer, or teacher" response but screw normal. what better way to practice and establish my credibility than on my blog right? i thought so! so here goes.



midnight premieres usually aren't my cup of tea. long lines and overly crazed fans just aren't worth enduring to watch a movie that will be playing in theaters for the next two weeks anyway. but i have been a loyal customer of the harry potter midnight showings ever since the beginning and for a good reason. you would think that for a movie that requires so many special effects and editing that the book would turn out to be a lot better than movie such as the case for Twilight but it wasn't. the book actually considers the movie its equal. the actors match the description almost perfectly. the setting for the movie is spectacular. and the editing and special effects are insanely real. all of the harry potter movies have these qualities in common but the seventh harry potter movie surpassed the rest. everyone knows that it is hard to cap off such an amazing series especially if most of its characters are dying and to tell you the truth, i didn't think this movie would be all that great because of all the hype but boy was i wrong. i was mesmerized, scared, happy, sad...all in one movie. i will not spoil anything for those silly enough to not have read the book or watch the movie but let me just say this, i am so glad that this movie wasn't in 3d. not just because it is ridiculous that all the movies nowadays are becoming 3d even when it isn't necessary but because it was legitimately scary at times.

i am obsessed to the point that i want to watch it again when its not 2 in the morning and my eyes want to shut extremely badly so as to take in even more detail. this movie even satisfied the expectation of the crazy fan dressed as luna lovegood that sat in front of me, so it's safe to say that this movie definitely needs to be seen by everyone. lover of all that is harry potter or not. this is definitely cinematography at its best!

congrats to david yates and j.k. rowling for creating something so brilliant.

guy in the blue jacket

i don't know if its just my judgmental nature or my knack for noticing small unnecessary details but i tend to find a lot of quirks about people that bother me. little pet peeves. annoying mannerisms. stupid habits. i know that i have my share of them but goddamn, there are some inconsiderate and obnoxious people in there world. like today for example. before i even went into work today, i knew it was going to be crazy and hectic considering it was only about 60 degrees outside. cold day plus our hot ramen and soup equals a buttload of customers. with that in mind, i also knew that even though we have a perfectly respectable sign that states our maximum capacity is 55, our lovely customers will try to huddle inside of our store to hide from the cold. which brings me to my story.

as i was filling water cups, i noticed that our restaurant started to smell of cigarette smoke and i quickly glanced up to see what imbeciles were causing the entire store to reek. [side note: i'm not trying to bash on smokers because i know many lovely people that smoke and its whatever. i really don't care. it's when people are inconsiderate of others when they smoke that i have a problem] when i finally spotted the culprits, mr. tan jacket, mr. black jacket, and ms. wears too much make up, i got genuinely angry. most of the time when i catch people smoking and stinking up our store, they are just smoking too close to the door and i kindly ask them to move. but these three were ridiculous. the cold weather and their incessant need to smoke allowed them to fall into the habit of standing inside the restaurant with their stogs and just opening the door when they needed to blow out and closing it when they didn't. believe me, my jaw could not have dropped any lower. i mean, seriously? don't even take in the fact that there is a law stating that you must be 20 feet away from any store when smoking but there are families dining in our restaurant. families that include children. what has this world come to. before these three could feel the wrath of my verbal abuse, a guy in a blue jacket from a table of four stood up and sternly asked them to either leave or put out their cigarettes. that might seem like a simple gesture to most people but i wanted to hug the man. it's easy to say that if you saw someone being careless or inconsiderate, you would do something about it, but when the situation presents itself, people usually look the other way. it's nice to know that someone had the decency and balls to tell someone off, even at the risk of retaliation.

so thank you, guy in the blue jacket. you have given me some hope for mankind now.