Harry Potter the Deathly Hallows Part 2

We went to see it in 3d on Monday. It was great!

The second part is definitely better than the first one, which is, I guess, logical, if you conceder that the second half of the book has most of the action in it. All the best scenes were there, and I really liked the way they pictured them. Of course, some things are not that clear if you haven’t read the books, but you get the idea more or less (Alex did, even though he only watched the films).

The 3d effects were really good, especially during the first part of the film. If you have the chance watch it in 3d, the buildings, the backgrounds, all of it is made in 3d of a good quality.

I’ll do it!

OK. It’s arranged! Today, after work, I’ll go to my hairdressers and cut my hair. May be shoulder length, may be shorter.

I came to work, I sat down, I looked at my laptop, I picked up the phone. As always, when the right moment comes I simply do it. Oh, I can’t wait! Short hair!

Cutting hair

I know, I know… this is kinda strange, but I really cannot decide if I want to do it and how short I want to have it. I do have a great hairdresser, she is a very good person and a professional, so it will take one phone call to arrange everything and have my hair cut in a most appropriate manner, but somehow, I still hesitate. I mean, I wanted to do it for quite some time now, but ppl who’s opinion I listen to did not like the idea of me having short hair that much. Now, I finally got my way, but somehow I just can’t manage to call her. Oh well, there’s a right moment for everything.

The Hunger Games Part Three

I finally got my hands on the last book in the Hunger Games series!

Yes, it is better than the second part. This book did tie up all the loose ends nicely, finished all the stories and ended up in a predictable way.

When you are a mascot you are not supposed to think, do, or say anything off the script you were given. Katniss Everdeen had a problem with that. Somehow she ended up rebelling both against the capital and the rebels. Broken, a bit mad, and lost – this was the girl who was on fire.

You know, even though the use of the media in this book was slightly exaggerated, it is true, people of our age have no other source of information. All we know about the wars, the natural disasters, and etc. we know from media. The media does have the power to motivate, demotivate, and form the opinion of the people.

Another thing that the book shows is how similar the people wielding power actually are, of course Snow showed himself from a far worse side than Coin did, but her final action, even though logical, was the final proof of her being similar to Snow in more than one sense.

And, of course, Plutarch is right, destruction is the nature of humans and we do have a short memory, so the happy times of peace, when everyone agrees, do not last long.

I cannot say that these three books are obligatory to read, but they have some good thoughts in them, and, if not for a grownup person, then for a teen they are quite a read.

Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

OK. This was long overdue. I finished the book some time ago, but somehow forgot to post it.

So.. there’s nothing much to say about the book. It’s Hardy, hence the end is tragic. But I did like it.

My favourite thing about this book is that it shows how people who think they are above the social opinion change when actually confronted. So, Angel seems to be a person ahead of his time, someone who sees that the morals of the society are old fashioned. He thinks like a philosopher and is fascinated by Tess. But, as soon as he is confronted by her past, he uses the same double standards as  everybody else. This shows how people function, how easy it is for them to speak about being fair, not biased, and open to new ways, ideas and opinions, and how hard it is for the same people to actually live that way.

Tess in the eyes of a modern reader is, lets accept it, slightly stupid, but she still is pure. If she would have been a little bit stronger…. but, I do not think that Hardy’s characters ever are strong enough to face the challenges he puts in their way.

The one thing that really irritated me was when Tess offered Angel to marry her sister… well…. it was a bit… she is pure and you can form her style, o well, different times and all that.

All in all it is another social tragedy, where a good natured, just, and honest girl, is driven to the point of committing murder.

There’ll be days like this

I guess there will be. Days when Alex is working late and, after cleaning and cooking, it’s just me and a bottle of strawberry champaign. An, probably, there will be days when it’s him and a bottle of young red wine, ’cause I’m on a conference or something of that sort (if, I end up being a teacher or so).

But the frightening images are gone. I think he’s right – the best way to lose a person is being afraid of losing him too much. So I’m not.

Some how I turn out to be not a bad house wife … well… if you disregard some edgy parts ))) well… still some hours to go till he comes home. Somehow, I just don’t feel sleepy when he is not around.

Thoughts

Thinking about the things which happened, I understood – it’s not bad when I’m angry, but it is when I do not care.

It is happening more often, things that people say, do, and  feel leave me cold, which means that it is easier for me to cut them off, if not caring will grow into annoyance.

Seems that things have become static, they do not wish to change. People still think that several things I say – I say because I want to appear cooler than I actually am. It is not true. Those are simply logical true things. Like, when I tell people that they shouldn’t speak behind my back because I’m going to find out about it eventually, I do not mean that I am so grand that I have a personal secrete service, no. This phrase simply means that we live in a rather small circle of people who, just as people are, love to gossip, hence everything said goes around in a circle and sooner or later comes to the person it was said about.

But some things have changed. Earlier I cared for the things said, regretted that the people viewed me the way they do. Now the comments don’t get anything more out of me than an ironical smile or even a sarcastic laugh. I care less, think more… hmmm… may be analyse more, and am colder. That’s good, a hot head makes a bad shot ))) or a bad student in my case.

Am I Tangled?

Hey there!

Well, it’s my only actual day of. Yes, a Monday. No! I’m not lucky… (somehow people hear free-of-work-Monday, and forget that for me it means working-Sunday-Saturday-days).

Alex is at work… he is a cook, which means that he finishes something around midnight or later. This, in turn, means that I have to keep myself occupied for … hmmm… 15 HOURS!

I did arrange a meeting with my old friend, but she got sick. Bummer!  oh well, that’s life for you – always unpredictable.

Now, I translated, played some games, I think I will clean…. but the time is moving slower than a snail! So, I thought, I’m kinda like Rapunzel in Tangled. Imagining things I as if have to do, just to keep me occupied until my cook charming is back from work. An amusing image if you ask me 🙂

So, over and off… your tangled F.F.

Style or Fashion?

 CHANEL is a style. Fashion goes out of fashion. Style never does. (c) Lady Gaga.

This got me thinking about our discussions with Alex. He has a fairly good taste and likes dressing with style, well to a point I do too. This, of course, does not mean that we never wear jeans and old T-shirts, indeed we do most of the time, but sometimes we just dress up for no particular reason. So, the discussion was about fashion having nothing to do with taste. And indeed, when I look at the things sold in ‘fashionable’ stores I sometimes get colour sick, or simply sick.

It’s not like I’m perfect or something, but lately the colour combinations and the designs have been so so so strange and the strangest thing is that people seem to like it. I mean, for no reason at all skinny people wear things that make them look sickly skinny and bigger people wear tight stuff, and both of them wear bright and brash colours. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy an orange or a yellow nail polish, but not with a bright violate t-shirt and poison-pink shoes.

And while all these trends come and go, there is still nothing better than the little black/red 😛 dress, pure red lipstick, and freely flowing hear. Somehow, people tend to forget, that the little dress can come in different shapes and cuts and start to invent something new. I guess we shouldn’t forget that red-carpet-dress and cat-walk-dress are best just where they are – on stage. Seriously, look in the mirror and think – does this really fit me? do I look good?

But, then again – if you love your reflection, then your in the right, aren’t you 😉

Is it really legal?

I know that most people enjoy being in spot lights, but what if we don’t?

I found out that my photo is present in a local on-line newspaper, among some 50 photos of other people, of course, but I still did not give my ‘yes’ to this! It was Ligo, my friend took a picture of us, suddenly a man who just happened to walk by flashed at us, but the day was fun and I forgot about it. Now I see the picture in Delfi and it is not the first time.

In addition to this we were filmed by a camera team of the First Baltic!

– Why?

-For the news.

-But we don’t want that!

It seemed they did not care fr our opinion at all. What disturbs me is that we have no idea what the topic of the story is, we just happened to be there wearing our Sunday best. Of course, it does not mean that we will actually be on TV, but it  is annoying. You know guys, even the tourists are more proper than these guys (no hard feelings all you good journalists out there, I know you exist)… the tourists at least ask you if they are allowed to take a picture, when your standing in the centre of Riga in a medieval costume.

Does the universe push us into these situations on purpose? And is it really legal, to film or take pictures of people (mind, not of a crowed of people, but of some two – three people) without asking them?