excuse my french, but holy fuck. this night started off so awesome, and then everything went horribly wrong.

at 5:30 i drove in the dentmobile to the new town park for the brighton recreation camp staff party. that was pretty fun, i stayed for a little less than and hour and chatted with becky, the staff from my camp, and melissa (from after school). it was pretty laid back and i had a good time. afterwards i picked up stabby and we did some “lan and stabby things,” which usually include dinner and complaining about the fact that we never know what to do (we contemplated a movie, but decided against it in the end).

then, on the way home we were listening to the radio when all of the sudden it stopped and made odd noises. then the dashboard lights flickered and then went out. and then my headlights went out too. so i pulled over at tim horton’s and turned the car off so i could call my dad. he said to try to drive home. so i hung up the phone and attempted to turn on the car again, but it wouldn’t turn over, it just made a weird noise. so i called my dad up again and he said he and my mom were on the way. after about five minutes i realized that they were probably going to the wrong tim horton’s, i forgot that there was one down the street. so i called them up again and they said they were turning around.

about 20 minutes later they called back and said that there had been a car accident and someone was dead, but they were coming. when they arrived my mom and dad were both looking pretty grim, and immediately went in side to wash up. this is when i knew that they did not only witness the accident, they helped (my mom has CPR certification, since she’s a lifeguard and a former ambulance driver, and my dad’s a firefighter). i had to give my dad one of the shirts i was wearing (since i had three on, like usual), because his shirt was in the back of his car, apparently covered in something. but they didn’t say a word about it, so i just helped my dad jump start the dentmobile, which worked (kind of) until the car was on for about a minute, and then it died. my mom said to just do it again because she knew it would make it home. so i took stabby home in the bulgemobile and my mom and dad attempted to drive the dentmobile home, but only made it to the intersection before it died.

they said to keep going, so i took stabby to her house and then drove back to the intersection. by then a tow truck was there and the dentmobile was ready to go (something about an alternator or something). we all piled into the bulgemobile to drive home. on the way home my parents explained to me what happened (after assuring me that the fact that the car broke was not my fault). a man was trying to cross the street when he was hit by a van. my parents pulled over to help, and my mom did the breathing part of CPR as another man did the compressions. she used my dad’s shirt as a mask. they said he was already dead though. i asked my mom if she was scared, and she said no. i am very proud of my parents. it’s times like these when the real heroes shine. i aspire to be like my parents, their courage is incomparable. i can’t even imagine.

5. under the cut you will find an amazing piece of artwork about the BEST part of the entire book (SPOILERS!). you will also find a couple of questions and answers from this webchat transcript with JKR. basically, now that the book has been published, she’s willing to answer any question about anything at all, which is awesome. i recommend you read it if you like harry potter, it ties up a lot of loose ends : )

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so, what has been going on in lan’s life the past few days/weeks/months? more than you’d think.

1. remember when i posted about my mom telling me my dad and she were going to help me find a car, and i got really excited? well, turns out it was all a big joke. oh, my parents are hilarious, aren’t they? they give me a road map for my graduation present, have me look through a car classifieds section, and then say to my uncle, “oh yeah, she thinks she’s getting a car, but she’s not, HA HA HA.”

2. work is going well, but i’m never ever ever going to write about it here again (which sucks, because that is kind of what this thing is for, to vent). so, becky, my boss reads this (hey becky!), and she told my director, who in turn told everyone else at our camp. so then everyone like completely freaked out that day. so, no more work related stuff. perhaps i’ll say something like “work was fun today,” or “it rained during capture the flag today,” but nothing more than that.

3. lol, liz has been in boston for a week and i haven’t even posted about it. i guess it slipped my mind. well, liz is at tufts university for two weeks at a camp for kids that want to become veterinarians. we’ve texted and such, and she says she’s having a blast. i’m jealous to hear about all the cool animals she’s seen (owls and bunnies up close? too cute).

4. i have also been playing a lot of guitar hero (since liz is currently not home), which liz got for her playstation 2. i started off playing all the easy songs on quick play, but then i decided to try career mode. i named my band LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN. since i had been doing the easy songs for a few days, i jumped to the medium level, and after two days of playing, i beat the level. then i bought all the songs in the store with the money i made. then i played all of those on medium. after i had played everything (although i got mostly three stars, a few fours and two fives) and concluded that i would never finish a song on hard, i decided to do the easy level. that was fun, i got five stars on every single song, and i even got three perfect 100% songs, which give you five GOLD stars. very nice. i really really like this game.

5. PART FIVE OF THIS POST HAS BEEN SPLIT INTO IT’S OWN POST, BECAUSE IT’S PRETTY DAMN LONG.

part two of part two of lan’s thoughts on the epic tale of harry potter and the deathly hallows!

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tonight my friend rosalie and i went and saw the simpsons movie at pittsford plaza. it was basically the best movie i’ve seen in a very long time. it captured the brilliance of the entire show during every single moment. the jokes were fresh and funny, and the story was original, yet so something that the simpsons would partake in. i totally agree with the 10/10 rating it got in the local paper, and i m def plan on seeing it again soon, pro’ly once with liz and my dad (at least) and perhaps an additional time after that. good things come in threes, yes?

ned flanders: look at that, you can see the four states that border springfield: ohio, nevada, maine, and kentucky!

homer simpson: spider-pig, spider-pig. does whatever a spider-pig does. can he swing from a web? no he can’t, ’cause he’s a pig. look out! he is the spider-pig!

ralph wiggum: i like men now!

so, i’m a little behind on my deathly hallows reading. whatevs, i have been super busy all day either at work or with my cousins, who leave tomorrow (*sob*). i spent my last day with them today after work. we had a little party at stevie’s house and played guitar hero, scrabble, rummikub, harry potter uno (coincidentally, a very terrible idea for an uno game), and “let’s all chuck wet basketballs at lanni from the pool as she tries her hardest not to get wet.” so that was fun. it was a pretty nice way to spend the afternoon with them, just hanging around stabbing each other and such. i’m going to miss them sooooooooo much, they only come up to new york every two years. they better email me lots, or i will be very upset with them.

steven also informed me that he has been reading this posts out loud to them, so here’s a few words for each of you. ben, you’re awesome and tall and pretty effing sweet, plus you’re good at guitar hero and card games i don’t understand, so stay unsquare, man. drew, you are probably the most hilarious kid i’ve ever met, and i forgive you for stealing five dollars from me, plus my watch, my wallet, my whistle, my necklace, and miscellaneous other belongings. jordan, you are one awesome 10 year old, i wish the kids at work were as cool as you, and that “yeah” in the pool tonight completely made my day, thank you. and stevie, you are adorable and i promise i won’t get uncool in college, seriously. i love you guys <3

um, so yeah. the boys plus my mom plus numerous uncles and aunts all went to see the musical comedy at the brighton park tonight, at which i took donations and handed out flyers whilst wearing an orange vest and an apron, because i work for the town. it’s a pretty easy job, i just stand at the gate and say: “hi, are you here for the concert tonight?” if yes, i continue with, “would you like to make a two dollar parking donation?” then i follow up with, “have a nice time!” well, usually. sometimes people blow past me without stopping. some roll down their windows, discover the two dollars is only a donation, and roll their window back up. but whatevs, it pays the bills. not really, i don’t pay bills.

i’m really sad that my cousins are leaving on friday! i got to spend about an hour with them because people stopped parking after awhile, but we couldn’t talk, since we were watching a play and all. but we did get a good amount of poking and prodding done, plus afterwards we went on the playground in the dark, and i tripped and fell on my face while trying to get my whistle back from drew. good times.

today after work the boys and i went to seabreeze amusement park. we went on the water rides first (my first time on them since two summers ago), and then the regular rides. i think we managed to ride them all (or at least i did, stevie and jordan weren’t up for the ones that went upside down). it was pretty friggin’ fun. we went on the bumper cars like 6 times, the twirly roller coaster three times, the spring tower thing three times, and the wooden roller coaster four times. we’re pretty much amazing.

stevie wanted me to write in my blog that he is awesome. and ben said to write that he was awesomer than steven. and drew wanted me to write that he was the awesomest, period. trish said i can put jordan down for “moderately awesome.” so, ranked in order of awesomest, my cousins go as follows:
1. drew
2. ben
3. steve
4. jordan

just in case you were wondering.

can i just say that i absolutely adore my cousins? today my mother and i went over for dinner (after i played guitar hero for like an hour, i’m really starting to enjoy that game). stevie, ben, drew, jordan, and i spent most of the night in the basement playing ping pong, beating each other up (actually, it was mostly drew doing the beating), prank calling steven’s friends, drinking mountain w, and doing push-ups. i did 50. i’m so oblivious sometimes.

but i had to leave at 10pm. so then i got attacked outside as i was trying to leave (ben stole my necklace while hugging me, drew jumped on my back, and the four of them messed up my hair). good times. they’re so awesome.

part one of part two of lan’s thoughts on the epic tale of harry potter and the deathly hallows!

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GIGANTIC HP SPOILERS UNDER THE CUT. PROCEED WITH CAUTION.

DUMBLEDORE, WE’LL FIGHT FOR YOU TONIGHT.
IN OUR HEARTS, WE’LL NEVER LET YOU DIE.
YOUR LOVE IS KEEPING US ALIVE.
—”Dumbledore,” written and performed Harry and the Potters

“And now Harry, let us step out into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.”

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