It's 2011! Happy new year blog readers!
Let's kick off my first post of the year with a story/rant thing! Let's go!
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone was release in the UK in 4 November 2001 and released in the US in 16 November 2001. It was about a boy named Harry who discovered that he was a wizard. Then he goes to this magical school called Hogwarts and finds out that Voldemort wants to kill him. And I think we all know this story. I had no idea when I was little that my love for this series would grow in to this big thing. The idea of magic and mythical creatures blew away my head. 10 years later, I'm still amazed. That scene on privet drive-I had no idea that that was the beginning of what helped to form what I have become today. I wonder what would have happened if my parents never took their daughter to see that film. What would happen if I never say Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince?
Let me tell you a little story. It was 2005-2006-ish, my mom just bought the DVD for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I saw the last 3 films and I clearly remember seeing Prisoner of Azkaban and my sister fell asleep right beside me. So being a fan, I told my mom that I would watch it. Fast forward to school. 5 years ago, I remember having a few friends and this girl would bully me because I would do all my homework and I was in advanced classes. I was talking about Harry Potter with this girl and the bully, we'll call her, Klash(?), came up to us and said "you know, if you want to be cool when you get older, you have to stop watching those boring shitty movies. Now, Micah, see, this is why, (we'll call this girl Shemster) Shmester is your only friend." OK, hold on for a second. Who in the right mind would teach a me how to say shitty or any curse word for that matter? She also bragged about how cool she is because she watches MTV, reality check, Klash, that DOESN'T make you cool! Any way she kept telling me that and then it somehow dug into my brain that the only way you can make friends is to watch MTV and not watch long movies and not to read books. I still secretly loved it though. Which I look back on now and realize how stupid that is. You know what? Klash, you owe an elementary life where I dressed around in robes and used my pencil as a wand yelling "EXPELLIARMUS!" I will never forgive you.
So I avoided Harry Potter movies because she says they're for losers who don't have friends. I spent my time watching Laguna Beach and The Hills. /facepalm. Then when my school did this dress up like a character from a book day thing, I dressed up as Hermione and she was like "really? what is wrong with you? This is why you'll never get a boyfriend" YOU ARE YOUNG AND YOU HAVE A BOYFRIEND? WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU? For some reason it made me upset and I took off my Hermione costume and went as Junie B. Jones instead.
Then 2 years later, there was this dude who was a big Harry Potter fan and he checked out Goblet of Fire from the school library. With Klashley sitting next to me, I had to pretend like I didn't care about the book, I even said "Hermione's not blonde! Who is that girl?" I knew that wasn't Hermione. It was Fleur Delacour. Later that year, I got bullied so bad that nobody even talked to me. Like NOBODY. Everybody was so scared that if they talk to me, they'll be a "loser" too. YOU KNOW WHAT? BEING A "LOSER" WAS WAY MORE FUN THAN BEING A SELF CONCEITED BITCH WITH AN ATTITUDE PROBLEM WHOSE SOLE PURPOSE IN LIFE IS TO HUMILIATE PEOPLE SMARTER THAN YOU AND BE ON MY SUPER SWEET 16!
So in 2009, Half-Blood Prince came out and I saw it. My sisters didn't want to, but I made them. Then I remembered how much I loved it! The magic. it was like I was a little girl again. Not having seen the past 2, I was lost. But I went home and watched Goblet of Fire before that. I got a Barnes & Noble gift card for my birthday that year so I got a Harry Potter picture book, Deathly Hallows and Order of the Phoenix. My mom bought Half-Blood Prince when it just came out. The book. In 2005. Then I went on youtube and found Chamber of Secrets on there and watched the entire thing. Then my mom found a copy of Sorcerer's Stone in a garage sale and I watched it immediately! I also bought a Ron Weasley shirt from Hot Topic right after I saw the movie because I have a massive crush on Rupert Grint. Then I went to target and bought Order of the Phoenix on DVD. I watched it religiously when I got home from school. The same thing with Goblet of Fire and Sorcerer's Stone. Then I watched the 2nd and 3rd one during ABC Family's Harry Potter weekend marathon. I love ABC Family for doing that. And fast forward to today. I read all 7 books, at least 7 times each, know all of the movies by heart (except DH), seen Deathly Hallows opening day, been to the Harry Potter theme park, tried butterbeer, bought a wand, bought a scraf, explored through Hogwarts, met amazing people, joined the fandom, have an extensive knowledge on the entire Potterverse, known as "The Harry Potter girl" in school, and will be crying when Deathly Hallows part 2 comes out in July 15. It also got me into reading more and more books, writing, it boosted up my self-esteem levels, I don't care what anybody thinks about me, and most of all, it made me meet my best friend, Beth (actually her name is Jazmin, but it's sort of an inside joke about a fan fiction). I am very deep into the fandom that I feel like I've been in it my whole entire life.
I honestly did not think that this one series could impact my life so much. Even though it doesn't seem like it does by this post. If you know me IRL, then you would see. Oh and did I mention that I used to be a Twitard due to peer pressure. NOT GOOD.
xoxo,
Micah <3
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