Summer 2011 Update

There will be, once again, no word count on here because I have not been updating like usual so there are a few things to get in.

First of all: Relay. I was up the entire time. I did not get any sleep. It might be because I was not lying down in the back of the Jeep like usual. Rather, I was in the passenger seat with it reclined.

Second: The Harry Potter books. I started reading the books on either June 14th or 15th. I read the first book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, in a whopping ten hours. I read the second one, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, in either eleven or twelve hours. I read the entire series within a month. Possibly three weeks. The only book that took the longest was the fourth one, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. But that is because I was trying to read it on the weekend of Relay and I kept on falling asleep like there was no tomorrow while I was trying to read it here in my room. It is not that the book was boring! Do not get me wrong! I love the book! It is just that Relay wiped the floor with me.

Third: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. Let us just say: Tissues! I do not know how many times I cried during that movie. There was only one part where I was bawling like crazy and that was when Snape was with Voldemort. I knew that Snape was going to be killed so I started crying immediately. And when Nagini started slamming into Snape, I had to look away. I liked his memories, but I just think that they were a bit rushed but definitely slower than his memories in the fifth movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. And Snape leads me to the final point.

For about several days before the movie was to come out in theaters, I have been having Snape/Lily moments. All of those days leading up to when I could actually go see the final movie was filled with looking for pictures of Snape and Lily, watching videos of them, and just plain thinking about them. It was even filled with listening to three songs like crazy: "Lily's Theme," "Snape's Demise," and "Severus and Lily."

Snape's memories: Like I said, they seemed kind of a bit rushed but not as rushed as those in the fifth movie. They were, if I recall, overlapping one another rather than having only ten seconds a scene. When Snape met Lily, absolutely no talking, even when they were laying next to each other under a tree. When Lily was sorted into Gryffindor, you see her shake hands with a boy who said his name was James and she said that hers was Lily. And when James and Sirius were running through the halls and knocked the books out of Lily's hands, James and Lily looked at each other like, "Yeah. I am so gonna marry him/her when I grow up." Um. Hello! That is not how it went! She is supposed to hate James until their seventh year! Do not make it seem like they have a connection as soon as they start! And I just felt so terrible for Snape throughout the whole thing.

And when Snape appeared in Godric's Hollow and found Lily dead on the floor in Harry's nursery, that was emotional. I did not really cry during that scene because, well, I was spoiled. People who went to see the final movie on Friday and Saturday were making short videos using Snape's memories from the final movie. The very first video I watched with Snape finding Lily dead and him crying just had me bawling. That was on Friday. I am quite amazed that Dad did not ask what was going on. I do not think I could have hidden it from him that I was getting spoilers from the movie before I had even seen it. And I could not stop downloading the good ones because I was afraid that they would disappear before I could even get online on Sunday after seeing the movie. And I have still been downloading videos of Snape and Lily, just a short nine days later.

And about Snape and Lily, I have had a couple of ideas for music videos. But they include Snape's memories from the final movie. So, I have to wait until the movie comes out on DVD before I can make a video about the both of them. The two songs that I want to use are: "My Love Is Always There" from the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 soundtrack. I only just listened to the song yesterday and I had the idea that the song can be about the both of them after having died. The other song is "With Eyes Wide Shut" by blessthefall.

Lastly, Torchwood. This past weekend, I have been watching Torchwood: Miracle Day. Miracle is when absolutely nobody on the planet dies. In the first episode, Jack ended up getting hurt. And it did not heal. At the end of it, Rhys wondered if the roles were reversed. Everyone was mortal while Jack was the only one who was immortal. Now, everyone is immortal and Jack is the only one who is mortal. Which brings me to the second episode.

In that episode, Jack was poisoned and was dying. I was feeling two different emotions while he was dying. The first emotion was sadness that Ianto was not there to be with Jack. The other emotion was kind of happiness. It was that Ianto was not there to see Jack go through what he was going through. If Ianto was there, he would have been probably in tears. And then the third episode.

I hated it because Jack slept with some bartender guy. When the guy was sleeping, Jack called Gwen and talked to her. Ianto was brought up but I do not remember what was said. If I recall, I think that Jack said that he misses Ianto. I personally hope that Jack is feeling upset over losing Ianto. The roles of them are now the same. When Jack was immortal, Ianto was mortal and dying, in Jack's arms! Now, Jack is mortal and is dying. Unfortunately, I can't say that Ianto is immortal because, unfortunately, he died. But yeah. I hope that Jack is feeling upset over Ianto dying.

Apparently there are going to be some memories from Jack and Gwen's past in one of the future episodes. I think episode nine. And then someone on a website either posted a link or a post of a post that the band Gareth David-Lloyd (Ianto) is a part of posted about having to cancel a two-week concert because Gareth was in America (which is where Miracle is being filmed). So, there is a possibility that Ianto is coming back, although in memories. And I am hoping that if the memories do contain Ianto, the editors are not taking clips from previous episodes and adding them into the new episodes or having them redo scenes. I hope that they come up with whole new, different scenes. I can't wait to see if Ianto is mentioned again. I also hope that it is true that Gareth was in America. Especially if there was the possibility that he was filming scenes for Miracle.

Also, there is another Torchwood radio play. The latest of the plays is called Torchwood: The Lost Files. One of them is called, "The House of the Dead." This one has Ianto and Jack as main characters. Ianto is in the bar where a seance is going on. He gets in contact with "Gwen" who says that "she" is on "her" way. Eventually Jack shows up. Both of them go through the entire show, figuring out what is going on. Towards the end, Ianto's dad appears and tells Jack that he can leave now with "him" (Ianto). When his dad disappears, he asks Jack what his dad was talking about. Come to find out, Ianto is dead. No, I mean, Ianto's spirit is walking around the place. Jack talks to Ianto and ends up saying the wrong words. Something to the extent of: "I can't even bear to look at you." I was like, "Excuse me?! You're going to say that to him?!" When Jack tried to touch Ianto, Ianto said something to the extent of, "Don't touch me!" And then, before the Rift closes with Ianto holding some kind of technology from Jack (Ianto had the opportunity to go back to the real world but he decided in the end not to), Jack says to Ianto, "I love you." Ianto says, "I love you, too." HALLELUJAH!! Jack finally told Ianto how he feels!! And then, when the Rift closes and Jack was left on his own, he said, "Good-bye, Ianto." The End. I hated that Ianto did not leave with Jack and he definitely died. But, I am glad that Jack at least told Ianto how he felt.

And now, I am working on another two videos on Jack and Ianto. This time, it is coming from Ianto's point of view rather than Jack's point of view. Which reminds me, I finished those two videos about Jack and Ianto using Jack's point of view a couple of months ago. Anyway! I am using the song "Pieces" by Red and "What About Us" by John Barrowman. I have clips for "Pieces" ready. I just have to add them, edit them, and save the video to my computer before work on "Us."