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Is Donald Rumsfeld an Idiot? You bet! Also, Bellatrix LeStrange and a New Family Member

August 3, 2006 11:41 PM

oes he ask a bunch of rhetorical questions? Yes. Is it annoying as all get out? Gosh, yeah. Does he deserve to be shot? I think so. Do I have a link to some sort of corroboration about what I'm talking about? No, not right now. Would I appreciate one? Yeah, I think I would.

In other news . . .
Bellatrix LeStrange will be played by Helena Bonham Carter in the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie and, hopefully, in the last two movies. I gotta admit that I don't know how I feel about it. When I first read the headline, I totally expected Carter to play Umbridge. I could totally see her being annoying as shit, just like Umbridge is supposed to be. Still, I could see Carter playing someone who's all-out evil and downright crazy like Bellatrix. The more I think about it, the more it fits, really. I've always thought of Bellatrix as someone who, had they not been a witch, would have been a crackwhore who worshipped her abusive pimp. I think Carter can pull this off pretty well. So it'll probably be a good choice. For the record, Imelda Staunton is playing Umbridge. That'll be a good fit, now that I look at her pictures.

I have high hopes for the Order of the Phoenix movie. Each Potter movie has been better than the one before, with Goblet of Fire being the best, and the first that I really actually enjoyed. It would have been awesome if Mike Newell had directed this one, too, but I guess that just would have been too good. Still, I don't think any of the movies could come close to the awesomeness of any of the books.

On yet another note . . .
There's a new addition to my family. Today, I adopted a beautiful little black cat named Lily (think "Lily (My One and Only)" minus the creepy stalker thing). I'll post pictures of her as soon as she comes out from behind my toilet. Why is she behind my toilet? Because she's locked in the bathroom. Why is she locked in the bathroom? Because that's the way the people at the humane society told me to introduce her to Smash and vice versa. i guess cats have to get used to each other's smell before they actually see each other. Right now, though, poor Lily seems more scared than anything else.

I keep going in there every once in a while to see how she's doing, but she just keeps hiding. Hopefully she'll get over that soon . . .

I guess I could ask Moral Turpitude for advice on introducing new cats to the house . . .



6 Comments


RPM said:

Cool. Smash needs a friend. As far as her name, think "Pictures of Lily" without the autoerotica.

August 4, 2006 12:55 AM



Rhiannon said:

I love cats and would LOVE to see the new addition to your family!

August 4, 2006 2:17 AM



Moral Turpitude said:

They told me to keep my kitties apart until they stopped hissing at each other - pretty sure that never would have happened until I threw them together and just let them get used to each other.

August 4, 2006 11:30 AM



Ismael Tapia II said:

See, my cats never hissed. At all. Not even once. Now I just feel bad for her cause she's all locked up in there by herself.

August 4, 2006 5:47 PM



Ismael Tapia II said:

Alright, there's been some hissing! I cracked the bathroom door a little so that Smash and Lily could see each other. Smash immediately started doing some hissing. I shut the door, played with Lily for a while and then came out and played with Smash, who was initially hesitant, I think because he could smell Lily on my hands. But he came around when I whipped out his favorite toy.

August 4, 2006 6:22 PM



Lauren said:

Helena Bonham Carter is perfect! So are more cats! Congrats!

August 5, 2006 12:25 AM



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