My names Kelly and I'm from America. I live in Russia as an expat, and, well, lots of interesting things happen to me. This blog is supposed to be about Pop culture, but really, its me trying to understand what's going on in this world where things our constantly changing and crazy ideas are being let loose. In my mind, the world is Wonderland, and I'm Alice.

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Harry Potter 30 Day Challenge

So I have decided that I am going to do the Harry Potter 30 day challenge, because I love harry Potter, and I think it will be fun.
Day 1: Your fave book.
Day 2: Your fave movie.
Day 3: Is there any of the films adaptations that have made you angry because they’ve ignored important parts of the book.
Day 4: Least fave female character and why.
Day 5: Fave male character and why.
Day 6: What house would you want to be in.
Day 7: Fave female character and why.
Day 8: What do you think would be your fave lesson.
Day 9: Least fave male character.
Day 10: Horcruxes or Hallows.
Day 11: What character would you say you are most like.
Day 12: Fave ship.
Day 13: Least fave movie.
Day 14: Team Voldermort or Team harry.
Day 15: Who would be your best friends at hogwarts. (three only)
Day 16: Fave professor
Day 17: Are you excited about The Deathly Hallows movie or scared it won’t do the book justice.
Day 18: Least fave book.
Day 19: Do you prefer the books or films.
Day 20: If you had to meet one member of the cast, who would it be.
Day 21: Out of all the characters that died, if you could bring one back, who would it be.
Day 22: Harry Potter or Twilight
Day 23: Any part of the books/movies that makes you cry.
Day 24: Any particular scene you wished would have been put in the movie but it wasn’t.
Day 25: Nineteen years later. Are you happy how it turned out, or do you wish something was different, ie Neville married Luna.
Day 26: If you could be able to work one spell without a wand what would it be.
Day 27: Would you rather own The Invisibility Cloak, The Resurrection Stone or The Elder Wand.
Day 28: Do you listen to Wizard Wrock, what do you think about it.
Day 29: Did you enjoy A Very Potter Musical.
Day 30: What affect has Harry Potter made on your life and how much does it mean to you
I'll start tomorrow :)

Friday, July 29, 2011

Sorry!

Sorry that I haven't posted in a while, I just got back from a two-week trip to Hawaii to visit a friend, and we were really busy with surfing, shopping, pilates etc. We had so much fun together and I'm kind of sad to be back.. We spent most of our time doing active stuff or shopping, so we didn't sit out in the sun too much, but I still managed to get a pretty nice tan. My favourite part of the trip was either parasailing, or surfing. We went parasailing with a company called X-treme parasailing and they were really good, and they took pictures of everything. We went surfing with the Hans Hedemann surfing school, and it was really nice, and they took tons of really good quality pictures. I had so much fun and I wish that I could do it all again!

Sorry!

Sorry that I haven't posted in a while, I just got back from a two-week trip to Hawaii to visit a friend, and we were really busy with surfing, shopping, pilates etc. We had so much fun together and I'm kind of sad to be back.. We spent most of our time doing active stuff or shopping, so we didn't sit out in the sun too much, but I still managed to get a pretty nice tan. My favourite part of the trip was either parasailing, or surfing. We went parasailing with a company called X-treme parasailing and they were really good, and they took pictures of everything. We went surfing with the Hans Hedemann surfing school, and it was really nice, and they took tons of really good quality pictures. I had so much fun and I wish that I could do it all again!

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Harry Potter

This is a topic that actually really makes me upset. Because I love Harry Potter. It is such an amazing series, and I cannot believe that it's ending in less than 4 days. I love the story-line and the characters and just everything about it. I am actually quite sad because I was going to go to a midnight showing on Thursday, but I am going to Hawaii with my BFFFF and she doesn't like Harry Potter, so I won't be able to see it for 2 weeks.. I even stayed up until 3 am last night trying to find a movie theater in Oahu that will have a midnight showing, and I found 3, but she doesn't like the series. Oh well, I guess I will have something to look forward to when I get back. And, Hawaii will be AMAZING so that will be epic. But anyway, I grew up with Harry Potter, and to think that it's ending is really sad to me. My children will have read all of the books and watched all of the movies whether they like it or not.

This poster made me tear up a little.

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Bookstores

So, I have this thing where I love to find small, cozy bookstores that no one knows about and buy absolutely every book I need at those bookstores. I don't know why, but I don't like to buy books at huge bookstores. I mean, Borders is good when you are looking for something specific, but when I am just browsing, trying to find a good book, I hate going to Borders because I can never find anyone that works there. There is this bookstore in this small town about 5-10 minutes from my house in Colorado and I love it. Its called the Bookworm, and it is in Edwards, Colorado. It has this sort of modern-yet-rustic feel to it, and the people there are so helpful. I once spent 2 hours in there talking to one lady about all these books, and left with 15 books to read over the summer. They have a little organic, healthy cafe in the back, outdoor seating and really comfortable chairs to read in. I never feel awkward asking about something, because I know that they are happy to help you find whatever you need. That store is probably the main reason I refuse to go searching for a book in chain bookstores.