More HP

So I have to admit I have sorta been swept back into Harry Potter fandom, and I was browsing various Harry Potter fanart sites. I absolutely love Hanapota because Hana totally brings to life some of the most memorable moments of the Harry Potter series. I agree wholeheartedly with her that Ron and Hermoine are perfect for each other; with the amount they argue, they’re practically an old married couple already ^-^. Other fanartists agree with this idea as can be seen from the RONHA SPRING LOVE BATTLE! I can’t read Japanese either but the site is fairly simple to navigate. On a side note, I always figured Ron to be a bit goofy looking from the books and the movies but everyone else draws him as pretty good looking! Ron the bishonen…

Speaking of good stories, I recently enjoyed Same Difference and Other Stories by Derek Kirk Kim. It’s a collection of short stories told in sort of a b/w comic book form. The art is very good and the stories are very enjoyable true life tales.

Running

Yesterday I went running for the first time in about 2.5 years with one of my roomates. We did about 2.2 miles and I was pretty proud of myself because I really felt I could have gone faster and done at least another mile or two. Unfortunately as soon as we got a mile out it started pouring rain. There was some kind of siren blaring a warning in the streets and the roads looked like those rivers you have to cross in that old computer game Oregon Trail. I was so soaked I wrung my shirt out over my plants to water them.

Skinning

I’ve been intrigued about the idea of skinning my blog because I can’t help but feel that the default templates offered are rather… bland. I’ve been looking at BlogSkins.com and the skins stored there to get a better idea of how the process works. Fortunately I already have an understanding of HTML and CSS so I think I may be able to whip something up. I want to update my site as well at some point, but that would take way more work and I’m too lazy for that now. I’m hoping for something a little more on the simple side that is easy to read. For those of you who woud like an intro tutorial to blog skinning, there is one here.

Harry Potter

Well, I finished the latest Harry Potter book and I can’t wait for the next one! I really thought the character development was excellent in this one and helped move the occasionally slow plot tremendously. I was so motivated I even did a piece of Hermione Granger fanart. She always seemed like such a uppity brat before but she’s really becoming very knowledgeabe, wise, and good to have around. I don’t know why but the Dumbledore fight reminds me of the Yoda fight in Episode II. Something about old dudes with amazing abilities, I guess =).

I also picked up EVE: The Second Genesis today from EB. It took a little while before I could figure out wtf I was doing but I think I’m slowly shedding my n00b-iness. For help, EVE I:COM is a pretty good resource, especially the planning tools. Character creation was very fun, although some of the hairstyles are rather goofy. More character looks for the next patch!