Eurovision and JKR's website
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owlThe Eurovision Song Contest was on tonight. The Ukranians (dressed in a sort of dominatrix get up, sang like a drug-addled crow) won. The Balkans all voted for each other (one disadvantage of the break-up of the Communist block: Eurovision takes twice as long), and Terry Wogan took the michael unmercifully all the way through.
You can see all the odd alliances between countries; the Balkans vote for each other, despite having been at war for the last ten years, and the Irish give the UK a low vote. It also highlights why the English, Scots, Welsh and Irish don't call themselves 'European' and get annoyed when Americans do it; those people are downright weird.
As the winner was announced, the Ukranians didn't reappear onstage for quite a while, a la the von Trapps (though the Ukranians weren't on the run from Nazis and The Sound of Music didn't have a cynical voiceover saying stuff like, 'And if they take any longer you'll have to repeat that all in Turkish.') Last year's winner, who was presenting the award, caught her stilleto heel in the stage in the best comedic tradition and had to be extracted before the show continued.
'And you can continue viewing on BBC3 if you have digital--but why would you want to? Insane voting, insane songs; the Eurovision Song Contest, is there anything like it?'
To which I answer, thank heavens, no.
And why is Israel in it? Perhaps the Arabs wouldn't let them join the Middle East-a-vision Song Contest? 'Get out of our country you bloody Americans...everyone join the chorus!'
Also, http://www.jkrowling.com is very interesting! Ginevra??!!! WHAT!! Six plain English names (eight counting the parents) and then Ginevra? Sounds like something a Mary Sue author would dream up. No wonder she goes by Ginny.
Perhaps now the 'Ron/Ginny will betray Harry because s/he has red hair like Judas Iscariot and his/her surname sounds like 'weasel'' will finally be laid to rest. But then, the perpetrators of these theories are all on CRAX anyway, and have already shown a tendency to disbelieve JKR. I like to think that the author is the most likely to know the future direction of her series and may drop hints to that effect; I dunno, I'm simple like that.
As for her not answering the R/H versus H/H Neverending Debate because 'she likes the fan argument'; she should go on the Deathmatch anonymously, arguing only from current canon and interviews, and see how long it takes her to get sick of it
Just finished my Fundamental Particles assignment (my answers are a load of crap, btw). The last assignment I'll do as an undergraduate (I hope!). How bizarre, and a little sad. It's been a good three years.
We went for a walk over a Hillsborough this afternoon and the bluebells were in full bloom, and there was campion out and the beech leaves were new and green. I never heard as many English accents outside England, either. The train was late, and at one point was actually going in reverse. NIR, how I love thee.
You can see all the odd alliances between countries; the Balkans vote for each other, despite having been at war for the last ten years, and the Irish give the UK a low vote. It also highlights why the English, Scots, Welsh and Irish don't call themselves 'European' and get annoyed when Americans do it; those people are downright weird.
As the winner was announced, the Ukranians didn't reappear onstage for quite a while, a la the von Trapps (though the Ukranians weren't on the run from Nazis and The Sound of Music didn't have a cynical voiceover saying stuff like, 'And if they take any longer you'll have to repeat that all in Turkish.') Last year's winner, who was presenting the award, caught her stilleto heel in the stage in the best comedic tradition and had to be extracted before the show continued.
'And you can continue viewing on BBC3 if you have digital--but why would you want to? Insane voting, insane songs; the Eurovision Song Contest, is there anything like it?'
To which I answer, thank heavens, no.
And why is Israel in it? Perhaps the Arabs wouldn't let them join the Middle East-a-vision Song Contest? 'Get out of our country you bloody Americans...everyone join the chorus!'
Also, http://www.jkrowling.com is very interesting! Ginevra??!!! WHAT!! Six plain English names (eight counting the parents) and then Ginevra? Sounds like something a Mary Sue author would dream up. No wonder she goes by Ginny.
Perhaps now the 'Ron/Ginny will betray Harry because s/he has red hair like Judas Iscariot and his/her surname sounds like 'weasel'' will finally be laid to rest. But then, the perpetrators of these theories are all on CRAX anyway, and have already shown a tendency to disbelieve JKR. I like to think that the author is the most likely to know the future direction of her series and may drop hints to that effect; I dunno, I'm simple like that.
As for her not answering the R/H versus H/H Neverending Debate because 'she likes the fan argument'; she should go on the Deathmatch anonymously, arguing only from current canon and interviews, and see how long it takes her to get sick of it
Just finished my Fundamental Particles assignment (my answers are a load of crap, btw). The last assignment I'll do as an undergraduate (I hope!). How bizarre, and a little sad. It's been a good three years.
We went for a walk over a Hillsborough this afternoon and the bluebells were in full bloom, and there was campion out and the beech leaves were new and green. I never heard as many English accents outside England, either. The train was late, and at one point was actually going in reverse. NIR, how I love thee.
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Date: 2004-05-16 12:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-05-16 12:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-05-16 12:49 am (UTC)I'm coming up on the train on Monday morning, will be around till 4 - no hints from Whitaker, sadly. And at least you've done more than me...
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Date: 2004-05-16 12:43 am (UTC)That struck me as very, very funny for some reason: may I metaquote?
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Date: 2004-05-16 12:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-05-16 12:57 am (UTC)Yeah, but as the first girl for generations, maybe they decided she needed a special name.
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Date: 2004-05-17 04:38 pm (UTC)Saw you metaquoted ....
Date: 2004-05-16 01:52 am (UTC)*snort*
*choke*
Brilliant!
Re: Saw you metaquoted ....
Date: 2004-05-17 03:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-05-16 03:22 am (UTC)And the new JK site is awesome, don't you think? I've spent all morning on it, ooohing and ahhhhhhing, and my family have been rolling their eyes at my pathetic fangirlishness. And do I care? I think not. ]:~)
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Date: 2004-05-17 04:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-05-16 09:16 am (UTC)And Ginevra reminds me of my mother/Grandfather. Grandpa looked into the names, and went for 'Genifer' because the Etymology for it is closer than Jennifer to the original Genevieve/Ginevra/Guinevere. (Kinda like Gaol/Jail if you follow this mess of reasoning)
Mum is Genny, but is weirdly proud of her unusual name.
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Date: 2004-05-16 06:31 pm (UTC)Actually, I asked that question myself when I watched the Eurovision Song Contest as a kid. IIRC, the explanation my mom gave me was that the Israelis count as "honorary Europeans" (so to speak) because a lot of them are descendant from European Jews. There's also the phenomenon how Israel always gives Germany a low vote - "You gassed our grandparents, now taste our revenge! Germany, two points - Allemagne, deux points. Mwahahahah!"
WHAT!! Six plain English names (eight counting the parents) and then Ginevra?
Well, fancy names are pretty much the norm for purebloods (Bellatrix, Narcissa...). Maybe the Weasleys thought that at least one of their children should get a chance to fit in. :-P
Perhaps now the 'Ron/Ginny will betray Harry because s/he has red hair like Judas Iscariot and his/her surname sounds like 'weasel'' will finally be laid to rest.
Nah, now that we know that Ginny is a 'Ginevra' (Italian for Guinevere), they will really start! Because we all know the story of Queen Guinevere (from the Arthurian legend), right? So now they'll say, "Yes, Ginny will marry Harry (the "King Arthur" figure), but then she'll have a very passionate affair with Draco, the real love of her life!" (OMG, I just squicked myself...)
As for her not answering the R/H versus H/H Neverending Debate because 'she likes the fan argument'; she should go on the Deathmatch anonymously, arguing only from current canon and interviews, and see how long it takes her to get sick of it
Oh, yeah... I still don't understand how people can be so sure that Hermione will end up with either of them. I mean, how much erotic tension can there be between people who've been best buddies since they were eleven? (JMO, not trying to bash R/Hr or anything.) But if she'll date inside the trio, it'll be Ron, obviously (and I'm not just saying that so that you'll keep liking me). Harry loves Hermione in the friendship/"brother-sister" sense of the word, if it were different, we'd know already.
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Date: 2004-05-17 04:44 pm (UTC)