Oh, what a beautiful RADISH, sweetheart!

Well, hello folks! It's me, Dylan. I'm not going to say anything about Harry Potter in this post, except for following short tidbit. I couldn't help myself. So if you don't care to hear me marvel over the fabulosity (is that a word?) of the latest HP flick, just skip ahead to where I have marked an X. Remember, folks, X marks the spot. And in this case, the spot is an approved portion of Harry-Potter-Free blogging!

So, anyway. I SAW HARRY POTTER! I actually ended up seeing the midnight premiere, and then I saw it again the next day. I'll probably be seeing it a few more times while it's in theatres, because it's just that great. I think I've been annoying you guys by talking about Harry Potter so much recently. Sorry, I do apologize. I've just been so excited for the movie release!!! But now it's over, and I can go back to my normal self. Not that I was ever really normal.

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I was thinking about my childhood yesterday. Even before I began writing and experimenting in other art forms, I was a pretty creative kid. I had quite the imagination as a girl. The earliest example of this, as it is with any child, is perhaps my slew of imaginary friends. Now, I wasn't one of those kids who had imaginary friends until they were like 10… No, don't get me wrong. But when I was really young, I had quite the posse. My favorite was the infamous Mr. Key, a strapping young musician. Then, there was Little Mo, the smallest fairy in the world. She couldn't fly due to the small size of her wings, and she was always feeling blue about it. Literally, she was blue. Except for sometimes, when we were doing something really fun, she would turn a shade of rosy pink. Then there was Porkchop, the fat one, Lolly, the sweet one, and Pip, the flight attendant. There were many others as well, including a pair of twins whose names I cannot recall…

When I think about these things, I wish I was a little girl again. When you're a kid, a kid is all you are. Now I'm so many different things that I can't keep track. I'm the smart one, and I'm the good writer, and I'm the clutz, and I'm the one who didn't know where the Texas Chainsaw Massacre occurred. (If you know what I'm talking about, you're laughing right now.) Being a kid was so simple. I could pretend my house was a grand castle. I could pretend my living room was a pirate ship. I could create an entire civilization entirely out of Lincoln Logs. I could spend an entire day playing Candy Land and doing absolutely nothing else. I could draw endless amounts of pictures with my jumbo box of crayons, and everyone would tell me what a great job I did even though my sky was purple and my flowers looked like radishes. If I could do these things now, I could. But people would tell me that my flowers look like radishes, and they wouldn't say it nicely. If I tried to play Candy Land all day long, someone would eventually tell me to get off my lazy rear and do something productive. If I made a civilization out of Lincoln Logs, I would be told to clean up my mess. And if I pretended anything was a castle or pirate ship, people would just think I'm crazy.

Oh, the joys of childhood! And the woes of adolescence! Oh, phooey…

Well, I think that's all I have to say on that note. It's late, so excuse me if this post was utter gibberish. At this hour, I honestly can't tell words from sheep. Or vice versa. Have a nice morning, day, week, month, life, folks!

Happy travels,

Curios…zzzzzzz

A Monumentally Nerdy Occasion

In 4 days and 16 or so hours, I will be sitting in a theater watching Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1). This is unbelievable… As many of you know, I am a HUGE Harry Potter person. Huge. And so, I am obviously quite thrilled by this impending occasion. I am, to put it frankly, freaking out. This Friday will forever go down in Nerd History! I could sit here and ramble on about Harry Potter for a while, but I honestly doubt that anyone else cares. So, I'll continue on to other matters…

I stopped posting again. I'm just so boring, I honestly have nothing to blog about. My life is school, school, school right now. So, here's a quick rundown of this FANTABULOUS week that is lying ahead of me, and some other random things that are on my mind. Sound good? Good.

1. Harry Potter (see above)
   
2. New phone! I finally ordered a new phone after the whole dropping-mine-in-the-lake debacle which occurred over the summer. I fixed it with rice, but it hasn't been the same since. If you have tried texting me recently, you know that the "I" and "a" keys are nonfunctional. T mkes wrtng nd recevng messges slghtly nnoyng. So, yeah. It's been a long time coming. My phone is really eligible for an upgrade until February, so I was waiting for that reason. But it got unbearable. So I was like, what the heck, Ma! Buy me a new phone! It was between a few choices, but I eventually decided not to go for the shmancy fancy one (Blackberry Torch) and got a Samsung Solstice. Almost got the Mythic, then heard an awful review from my cousin. So, yeah. I'm EXCITED! Hopefully it isn't total crap like my last phone! It arrives Tuesday. YAY.
   
3. I was planning a trip to Montreal next week, but ended up cancelling it. I was going to go see HP in IMAX and stay a few days, but then I decided I really couldn't wait 5 days after the premiere date to see it. Plus, passport crapola. Nevertheless, we are rescheduling our trip to Christmas. Which brings me to my next topic….
   
4. CHRISTMAS! Yes, folks, Christmas is looming ahead. Whether you celebrate Christmas or any other holiday, it's still a fantastic time of year- my favorite! I am absolutely so excited! I can't wait to break out the NSYNC Christmas album and bake some sugar cookies. Can't wait to get a tree in a few weeks, and decorate my house to look like a giant disco ball! Whoopee! Oh, that reminds me! General Announcement: I will again be having my henceforth ANNUAL Cookie Party again this year! Planning is in the works! (You know who you are!)
   
5. In other Winter-tastic news is the impending arrival of our favorite thing- snow. Okay, backtrack. Maybe it hasn't been my favorite thing in the past. In fact, I hate it! But this year, something is different. Last year, as most of you know, I couldn't do much of anything after my accident in September. This year, though, I've been cleared to hit the slopes and I absolutely cannot wait to get back to the mountains! Now, you ask- skiing or snowboarding? Skiing, of course! I snowboard on occasion, too. I used to be really into it, but I eventually went back to skiing. I've been skiing since what, age one? Since I was able, pretty much. It's a family thing. If I could give three words to describe my family (my extended family), they would go as follows: Doctors, Skiiers, okay, wait. I need 5 words. Doctors, Skiiers, Chess-players, Musicians, and they know how to throw a hell of a party! Actually, I should probably add Boston Red Sox, Lobster, Cribbage and practical jokes to that list. Wow, I could go on for ages. My family is quite the bunch, I must say…
   

So, that's basically what's going on with me. Thanksgiving is coming up, and it's a bummer this year. We usually go somewhere tropical, but there were complications this year and we didn't go anywhere. Not even to Kentucky! So, we're stuck at home. My grandmother usually makes us Thanksgiving dinners on years that we stay home, but due to miscommunications she thought we were going somewhere so she planned her own vacation. My other grandparents are in Florida, so we basically have no one to celebrate with. I guess it's my Dad's year to have me for Thanksgiving anyway, so I'll be spending it with him. Wow. My "Dad's year". I sound like one of those kids who gets tossed around between parents for holidays, and other days for that matter. I always felt so bad for those kids. I guess that's me now.

Well, that wraps it all up! I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving! I certainly have lots to be thankful for this year! For now, I'll start by thanking you all. Thank you for reading, and thank you for caring. (I hope!)

xxCuriosityKills

Dylan Harbison and the Order of the Dictionary

So, let's talk about me. In my opinion, I'm pretty awesome. =) And modest, too! Anyway, it has come to my attention in recent... minutes, that I have been paying few posts to the supposed "main topic" of this blog- me! So, here is a post just crawling with dedication to your favorite person. (No, I'm not talking about Santa Claus. Or Tyra Banks. And if you think I'm talking about Justin Bieber, you have no place here. Leave.)

I'm talking about.... me! Okay, I may not be your favorite person, but come on... You have to like me, at least to some extent, to be reading this right now. Who reads the blog of someone they don't like?! (If you don't like me, are reading this blog, and therefore know the answer to that question, don't answer it. Thank you.)

Hm... So, I'm a writer, and I'm me, so it therefore seems likely that I will at some point write an autobiography. I've been thinking- what would that be called? When I wanted to be a talk show host, I decided I would have a show similar to Oprah called "Chillin' With Dylan". And when I wanted to be a food network star, I was going to have the show "Grillin' With Dylan". Catchy, right?! But, an autobiography doesn't come with a catchy rhyme!

Unless I turned out to be a murderer- "Killin' With Dylan"

Or a pastry chef- "Cream Fillin' With Dylan"

Or maybe a drug addict- "Pillin' With Dylan"

(Does that even make sense...?)

Here's what I'm thinking for my auto-bio:

1) Dylan Harbison and the Half-Blood Arm

2) Dylan Harbison and the Order of the Dictionary

3) Dylan Harbison and the Deathly Vermont Winters

4) Dylan Harbison and the Goblet of Coca-Cola

5) Dylan Harbison and the Prisoner of the Most Boring State

6) Dylan Harbison and the Blog Post of Secrets (Remember that!?)

7) Dylan Harbison and the .... ..... ..... ..... .... .... .... Pearl is my Birth Stone?! Okay, I'm lost on that one...

Anyway, I think those are pretty original!!!

So, now 'tis time for me to go... Hey, don't be sad! It's mostly because I want some fish sticks. But also partially because I wrote a post yesterday, and I don't want to write so much at once that all of my faithful readers can't keep up! I am also planning an AMAZING post for Thursday, A.K.A. NATIONAL SANDWICH DAY.

Alright, until then, my loves...

Curiosity.Kills. =)