We make the Yule Ball look like dump

I'm jonesing another Harry Potter dress up party something fierce. Luckily Ms. Carly Curtis has a birthday coming up, and I know that she's always up for a cauldron full of hot, strong love. And HP costumes.

Here are some of the best shots of the absolute best thing we did all of Summer 2009:

Imprisoned Bellatrix...simply brilliant. "YOU FILTHY HALFBLOOD"

Merope and Kreacher...seriously how did we come up with this?! Don't answer. I already know it was divine intervention.

This guy brought a REAL STUFFED BADGER as part of his Hufflepuff Heir costume.

We even had awards, like this Salazar Slytherin fork, which Ludo Bagman won.

I mean seriously--look at Hedwig and Colin Creevey. How was this party not featured on the news (Muggle or Daily Prophet, either one)??

Dr. Granger, D.D.S., Kreacher, and a Weird Sister rounded off the evening.

Let's review, shall we?

CHARACTERS REPRESENTED AT LAST YEAR'S HP BLOWOUT

• Merope
• Kreacher
• Weird Sister
• Hedwig
• Colin Creevey
• Ludo Bagman
• Hermione's mom
• Azkaban Bellatrix
• Hufflepuff with included badger

Well folks, it'll be tough to top last year's costumes, but I know we can all dig even deeper and whip up some ideas that are somehow even more obscure.

My friends are AMAZING

I hate me

I hate when I remember that something was due...yesterday.

More words of wisdom while I can't think of anything else to say

"...but time takes time, you know..."

--master of words Ben Folds

(and thanks to good old Large Marge)

A pleasant, charming girl waiting for time and work and stuff to stop being so lame

Out of the mouths of babes (since nineteen does seem rather young lately)

"You can't be even-tempered forever!"

--younger sister Erin, following an out-of-character loss of temper

I just want to make a difference

So they said I had to post a review of this amazing towel I bought online. And then they said they could put it on my blog. They weren't lying!

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Harry Potter Four Houses EXCLUSIVE Beach Towel

Totally bomb towel

By Jordyn from Provo, UT on 9/13/2010

4out of 5

Pros: Absorbent, Dries Quickly, Soft

Cons: Too Thin

Best Uses: Pool, Beach, Gifts

Describe Yourself: Budget Shopper

-I love it

-Everyone thinks I am awesome when I use it

In other news, I parted my hair on the wrong side and am feeling all discombobulated today.

"You met him Sunday. It's barely Thursday morning."

Well here's the haircut. I made a huge deal about it like a doofus and then provided no follow-up.

Anyways, here's a list.

WORST COUPLES

• George Costanza and Susan: For reals though. They hate each other.


• Romeo and Juliet: Don't you just hate them? That isn't love. "You took a roofie from a priest. Look at your life. Look at your choices." If you have any brains/sense of humor at all, click HERE


• Mr. Collins and Charlotte Lucas: Misery. Pure, unadulterated misery forever.


• Dan and Vanessa: Ughhhhh I would rather watch Jenny cry all twenty thousand pounds of mascara off of her cocaine raccoon eyes than ever listen to Dan and Vanessa speak to each other. Yes, I said it.


• Lupin and Tonks: *SPOILER ALERT* Maybe they're not the worst Harry Potter couple, I'm looking at you, Harry and Ginny, but they clearly did not think this through. Shouldn't Lupin have told Tonks that he was afraid of having completely awesome hybrid werewolf-metamorphagus kids BEFORE they got married? Yeesh.


• Prince Eric and Human Ursula: You shouldn't just go for the second hot girl you come across because there's a chance that she's a fatty octopus.


• Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson: This one still hurts.