Harry Potter Workout Special - Prisoner of Azkaban

Workout special continued . . . 

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

A spell is cast….480 Jumping Jacks

Anyone is awarded points….0 Lunges

Points are taken away….10 Squats

Hagrid says “I shouldn’t have said that”….0 Jumping Jacks

A painting talk .....210 Crunches

Someone says “He who must not be named” or “you know who”…..50 Mountain Climbers

Ron says “bloody mess”……20 Butt Busters

Someone cries .......40 Crunches

Someone says Voldemort……..15 Push ups

Anytime a pet is shown……200 Bicycle Abs

A ghost talks…..15 Push ups

Again with the spells . . . 

Harry Potter Workout Special - Chamber of Secrets

Workout Special continued . . . 

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

A spell is cast….210 Jumping Jacks

Anyone is awarded points….10 Lunges

Points are taken away….0 Squats

Hagrid says “I shouldn’t have said that”….0 Jumping Jacks

A painting talks .....10 Crunches

Someone says “He Who Must Not Be Named” or “You Know Who”…..10 Mountain Climbers

Ron says “bloody hell”……20 Butt Busters

Someone cries .....40 Crunches

Someone says Voldemort……..55 Push ups

Anytime a pet is shown……210 Bicycle Abs

A ghost talks…..20 Push ups

These spells and pets are going to kill me . . .

Harry Potter Workout Special - Sorcerer's Stone

You've all heard about these crazy movie drinking games . . . probably even played them. Now, they've taken these rules and turned them into workouts. Harry Potter is no different.

A spell is cast….10 Jumping Jacks

Anyone is awarded points….10 Lunges

Points are taken away….10 Squats

Hagrid says “I shouldn’t have said that”….30 Jumping Jacks

A painting talk .....15 Crunches

Someone says “He who must not be named” or “you know who”…..10 Mountain Climbers

Ron says “bloody mess”……10 Butt Busters

Someone cries .......20 Crunches

Someone says Voldemort……..5 Push ups

Anytime a pet is shown……10 Bicycle Abs

A ghost talks…..5 Push ups

So I thought I would do the workout.  First, of course, I had to watch the movies over and keep a tally of these things. I'm working on it, but I thought I would post an unofficial count for anyone who cares out there.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

A spell is cast….210 Jumping Jacks

Anyone is awarded points….60 Lunges

Points are taken away….40 Squats

Hagrid says “I shouldn’t have said that”….180 Jumping Jacks

A painting talks .....30 Crunches

Someone says “He Who Must Not Be Named” or “You Know Who”…..30 Mountain Climbers

Ron says “bloody hell”……10 Butt Busters

Someone cries .....120 Crunches

Someone says Voldemort……..50 Push ups

Anytime a pet is shown……130 Bicycle Abs

A ghost talks…..30 Push ups

Yeah ... I'll be feeling THAT workout in the morning, but it supposedly works, so we'll see . . . 

"Now, what's the platform number?"

Okay.

Been forever -- I know. Sorry. Been going through a personal crisis. . . . Still going through a personal crisis, but whatever.

I'm re-reading the Harry Potter series to try and cheer myself up, and I stumbled across this oddity in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

As Harry is wandering through King's Cross Station trying to find a way onto the platform, he comes across the Weasley family -- this is common Potter knowledge. But did you ever pay attention to the question Mrs. Weasley asks?

"Now, what's the platform number?"

REALLY?!


1. Mrs. Weasley, you went to Hogwarts. It shouldn't be that hard to remember.

2. Your BROTHERS went to Hogwarts with you, so you had more of a chance to be on the platform than others, especially if they were older or younger than you. Just saying.

3. You have SEVEN kids.You're bringing kid #6 to the platform for the first time. This means you've been taking your kids to the SAME platform you used as a kid for YEARS.

4. It's the same platform every year.

5. It's an odd (weird) number -- easy to remember.


How on earth do you not remember the platform number?!

Come on Mrs. Weasley. You're better than this. If you can make Chuck Norris eat his vegetables, surely you can remember the platform to the Hogwarts Express is Platform 9 and 3/4.
     Just saying.

Early Friendship

Okay.

So I'm watching Harry Potter and the Sorcerer Stone and I noticed something odd about the Golden Trio before they were friends (mostly before Harry and Ron let Hermione hang out with them).

In the book, we don't hear or see Hermione doing anything but answering questions, crying, studying, and crying usually because Ron has no tact whatsoever. It isn't until Halloween that these three come together and become one entity.  Before that, Hermione is a shadow in the background to make fun of for her nerdiness.

In the movie, however, Hermione is leaning in and listening to Harry read about the break in at Gringotts. She also elbows Harry in their first Potion class to get him to pay attention.  She's also the one who bravely approaches the boys to show them the trophy case with Harry's dad's Quidditch award.

Clearly, movie Hermione is much more present and assertive. There really isn't any reason for this because Ron is still making fun of her and upsetting her. So why change?

No really, why?

I want to know.

Do You REALLY Know Where You Belong?

 Hey guys.

Sorry for the disappearance. A few things came up . . . like my job and my brother's wedding and getting into a relationship . . . But I have my life mostly back in line, so I thought we could explore something purely fan-based and not about my random thoughts about the series.

One of the most fun part of the series as fans is to figure out what house we should belong to. Some of us may not like the answer, but what the Sorting Hat quizzes say is true. (I advise you to take several quizzes; the answer that appears the most is your true house).
     Personally, I was dying to be in Ravenclaw. I meet the qualifications. My friends would all say I should be in Ravenclaw, but I knew the truth. I may be "smart," but that has nothing to do with intelligence in my brain or whatever. I have a secret -- I work/study hard. THAT is how I get good grades; nothing else. So yeah . . . *sigh* . . . I'm a Hufflepuff through and through.
     I was upset at first, because they are portrayed as being lame and a lot of "duffers," but now I'm okay. In fact, I think it fits me more than anything else.

I know, I know. What the hell is a Hufflepuff?! Keep reading.

So, in accepting the fact that I am a Hufflepuff, I did some research on my house, the history of my house, what my common room looks like, and what personality traits (besides working hard) make me a Hufflepuff. This is what I found (Thank you Pinterist). . . 

My housing arrangement= 

The Hufflepuff Dormitories and Common room have never been seen by outsiders and is the only house with repelling devices in case of intruders. They are accessed through a pile of large barrels, found stacked in a shadowy stone recess on a right-hand side corridor near the kitchens. The barrel two from the bottom, middle of the second row, will open if tapped in the rhythm of 'Helga Hufflepuff'.*
 

As a security device to repel non-Hufflepuffs, tapping on the wrong barrel, or tapping the incorrect number of times, results in one of the other lids bursting off and drenching the imposter in vinegar.
However, once you make it through the tunnel entryway, the Hufflepuff dormitory is a quite cosy and welcoming place; it always feels sunny. The common room is a large, earthy, round room with low ceilings. The view from the round windows is of dandelions and rippling grass.
The decor emphasises the earthy-feel of the room with plants hanging and resting all about the room, some that even sing and dance. Burnished copper touchings with plush, cosy yellow and black patterned sofas and chairs welcoming a Hufflepuff student to relax and discuss the interesting specimens brought in by the Head of House, Professor Sprout. A Hufflepuff student retires through big, round doors in the walls of the common room to their dormitory.




(Thank you, http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Hufflepuff and http://whisperwings.deviantart.com/art/Hufflepuff-House-277914217)


My personality=





Students belonging to this house are known to be hard-working, friendly, loyal, honest and rather impartial. It may be that due to their values, Hufflepuffs are not as competitive as the other houses, or are more modest about their accomplishments. 

Hufflepuff appears to have the least rivalry with the other houses, except in Quidditch, although the Triwizard Tournament did temporarily put a great deal of strain on the relationship between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, due to unusual circumstances of the selection of both Gryffindor student Harry Potter and Hufflepuff student Cedric Diggory as Champions. 

According to Minerva McGonagall, all four of the houses have produced exceptional witches and wizards in their time, but due to Helga Hufflepuff's policy of accepting any student and its usually poor performance in the House Cup, Hufflepuff is often thought to be the house of less talented wizards. However, this is merely a misunderstanding of the Sorting Hat's poem. The Hufflepuff house has produced a great many of successful and influential members of the wizarding world.


Hufflepuff has produced the fewest number of dark wizards than any other house at Hogwarts. Their cheerful and friendly demenor can probably account for this property of the House. Hufflepuff firmly demonstrated its loyalty during the Battle of Hogwarts in 1998, when they were second only to Harry Potter's own house of Gryffindor in the number of students willing to stay and fight against Voldemort and his forces in the defence of their school.

(Thank you http://votingmod.livejournal.com/4656.html and http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Hufflepuff)


That's all I've found for now, but I like knowing more about this sort of thing. 

So where are you?

Given through the Pensieve

**SORRY FOR MY ABSENCE AS OF LATE. LIFE HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY NUTS AND I LOST ALL MY QUESTIONS/TIOPICS WILL TRY TO BE MORE FAITHFUL**

Do you remember your fifth and sixth grade reading? I know that when I was a student, Lois Lowry's The Giver was standard reading. 

I know. What does this have to do with anything -- just hold on a second. It'll make sense.

The Giver follows the life of Jonas as he becomes the Receiver of the memories of the world that the former Receiver (now Giver).  But what do these memories look and feel like? Obviously, the memories can be felt by Jonas as he experiences memories of both pleasure and pain. I'm particularly referring to the tape of his father killing a baby and "releasing" him.


But how is Jonas experiencing these memories?

     Is he taking a metaphysical form to interact and experience various memories?

     Is he like a version of himself that experiences the memory while he watches, interacting and observing what happened-- like in all of the Christmas Carol books?

     Is he like Harry in the memories contained in the Pensieve -- a shadow who can only see what's happening, but might as well be a ghost because he cannot interact or experience anything; he can only observe what's going on around him as some semi-omniscient entity floating in the background?


Personally, I'm leaning towards option 1, but I don't know for sure.

Thoughts anyone?

Is there even anyone out there? .