Warning: Harry Potter Rant Ahead

Today I made a Pottermore account. I used to have one, but I forgot my username and password. All was well and good up until I took my Sorting test.

I got sorted into SLYTHERIN! Slytherin house members are known for being cunning, ambitious, and evil. I can see cunning and ambitious, but evil? I’m not that bad! I mean, I can be sarcastic, but I’m not intentionally mean to people. It’s not like I take lollipops from babies, or anything terrible like that….(smirks evilly)

Just kidding!

Or am I?

I was sort of upset about my result until I read my welcome letter, which actually made Slytherins sound kind of cool. Then I saw the awesome common room (it’s underwater) and I realized that Slytherin had the most points out of all the houses. Now I’m actually kind of proud to be a Slytherin. Not about the evil part, of course.

My friend is actually a lot more bothered by it than I am. She wants me to delete my Slytherin account and make a Gryffindor one, because that’s the house that she is in. But I will not! I am a Slytherin, and I am proud! Mostly, anyways.

I think all the houses have good and bad traits. Gryffindor just gets the spotlight because that’s the house that Harry Potter and his friends are in. The other houses tend to get overlooked, or portrayed in a negative light, like Slytherin.

I know I’m a total geek, but I think geeks have the most fun anyways.

My Smart Question of the Day

In Spongebob, how does the squirrel get oxygen to her house? And how did she come to live in the ocean in the first place?

*Insert Witty Title Here*

Sitting here, I just realized that (almost) every time I post about books, it’s to tell you guys how much I love a book, or how epic a certain book is. Therefore, this post is dedicated to non-awesome books.

Firstly, I really don’t like the book Eragon. The other was only 15 when he wrote it, so maybe I should cut him some slack, but to me it seemed like a pretty bad book. It was full of cliches and there were pages of description. A little description is good, but this was just way too much. I couldn’t even get through the book, but I seem to be in the minority here- most of my friends love it. Maybe I’ll try reading it again, but I’ll skip over the description.

Next is Twilight. Wait, I've already talked about this! To read my rant on Twilight, see the post, “Why Do Vampires Sparkle?”.

Romeo and Juliet. Actually, I’m not sure if I like this book or not, because of the fact that it’s super hard to read. I tried looking up a modern translation online, but it takes forever to read both that and the old version. But it’s a classic, so it should be pretty good.  It’s been around for this long, so obviously someone likes it.

A YA series called the Trylle Trilogy is next. The protagonist of this series, Wendy, is a troll ( trylle) but she’s not cool or Shrek-like at all. For some reason, trolls look exactly like humans, except more dazzlingly gorgeous and talented. Like fairies. Or Edward Cullen.

I’ll read almost any genre, except for a few. I don’t like mystery. I don’t like steam punk. For those of you that don’t know, steam punk is a type of fiction that is generally set in Victorian England, except it has all sorts of machines and automatons. A type of alternate history, I guess. I don’t like the books, but I have to admit that the covers usually look amazing.

I mean, look at this cover! Isn't it stunning?

My Smart Question of the Day

How do people who work at bubble-wrap factories resist the temptation to pop all the bubbles? I don’t know about you, but it would drive me insane.