Aino Minako-chan

Okay, I've got to ask because I've heard about it on other people's blogs and on news sites and even from my freaking parents... Susan Boyle. Am I seriously the only one who didn't start weeping and having a life changing experience upon hearing her sing? I mean, she's a good singer, and if she were at my karaoke night, I'd cheer nice and loud. But it wasn't exactly the best performance of "I Dreamed a Dream" that I'd ever heard, and I wasn't that impressed, and I certainly wasn't anywhere near tears. (Then again, I was also never impressed by Paul Potts two years ago, either.) It makes me wonder if maybe I'm cold-hearted (although I cry at half of the movies I see), or if maybe I'm some sort of elitist music snob (always a possiblity). So, have a poll!

Poll #1385024 It's like a poll you'd write in middle school:
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 21

Do you like Susan Boyle Y/N?

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In other news of a video that DID get me choked up, I watched the latest "Harry Potter & tHBP" trailer, and I was doing fine until the end of the trailer when they showed obviously end-of-the-movie Snape scenes, and I started getting teary-eyed. It's just [SNIFF!] all so very sad, and I will likely blubber like a baby at the end of the movie. July 17th in Japan, gotta mark my calendar!!

As I'm sure many of you have heard, the next Harry Potter movie has been delayed until next summer. I am upset like you wouldn't believe. B-but.... [sniff] And I was so EXCITED when I first saw the trailer. Stop teasing me, Warner Brothers! Moosh.

In better news, Sigma Harmonics came out yesterday and I'm very excited about it. I'm not quite sure, but it appears to be a time-traveling murder mystery RPG with card battles that involve manipulating music. Seriously. It sounds kinda like the creators all played drunken darts one night and decided to make a game based on any keywords that they hit. I have no freaking clue, but it sounds awesome.

In just odd news, I got a call a couple of days ago, and it turns out that I won a free full body massage or something (I wasn't technically paying attention, so I'm not 100% sure what it involves). I was actually trying to win the Wii, so I'm not hugely elated, but whatever. Free things are always fun!

And in Olympic news, Japan's softball team beat out the US softball team, resulting in the US's first loss, well, EVER. I'm very proud of Japan. Everyone needs a good rival, and I'm happy that Japan was able to step up to the (metaphorical and literal) plate. The one thing that I thought was weird was that Japan got there after losing to the US only days earlier in the semi-finals. For some strange reason, Japan lost the semi-finals, but instead of battling the loser of the other semi-final match for the bronze medal, they had a match against the winner of the other semi-final (Australia) for the bronze medal. In this case, Australia lost (earning the bronze medal) and therefore Japan went up against the US (again) for the gold medal. Obviously this worked out very well for Japan, but it seemed like a bizarre system. I feel like I'm missing something. Does anyone else know what happened?

Has everyone seen this? http://garfieldminusgarfield.tumblr.com/ It's Garfield, without Garfield, and it's one of the funniest things I've ever seen. Brilliant.

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I also read that the final Harry Potter book will be broken into two movies so that they don't have to worry about cutting out information. I will fully admit that my first thought was, "Oh, that is a horrible horrible idea." I understand what producer David Heyman says about it being difficult to cut anything from the book. It's the last book, afterall, so there's no time to slip information into the story at a later point. But making two movies out of the book sounds absolutely horrid.

( More about Harry Potter... )

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In random Japan news, there have been recent articles about proposed revisions to the bicyling rules, which actually involve fewer changes and more crack downs on unsafe riding practices, such as wearing headphones, talking on the phone, or holding an umbrella. The reason these changes have been coming up in the news, however, have been because of the crackdown on people who ride with three people on one bicyle: one adult riding with a kid in a back basket and another kid a front basket.

( More about bicycles in Japan... )

Wow, it seems like it's been while since I read anything! I admittedly didn't read much new in early summer with all of the build-up to the HP high and subsequent slow period of coming down. But as you can tell, I've made up for things with a series of fantasy stories.

( (20) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling ) It's Harry Freaking Potter. Do you seriously need a review?

( (21) Sir Apropos of Nothing by Peter David ) A fantasy satire about a misanthropic, disabled anti-hero. It's a bit like "House", but with evil warlords instead of bacteria.

( (22) Stardust by Neil Gaiman ) A charming fantasy that best compares to "The Princess Bride".

( (23) Ricochet by Sandra Brown ) Presumably a good read for people who like pulp mystery-romance-thrillers that read like a summer movie. Otherwise, er... [cough]

( (24) The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman ) Amazing fantasy world-building combined with fantastic adventure for a great read.

( (25) Empire of Ivory by Naomi Novik ) An awesome fourth book in one of my favorite series.

Finally, I have a little something to get off of my chest. While I honestly did enjoy all the fantasy books to different degrees, and I do recommend them, don't get me wrong... after a while, I couldn't stop thinking, "Wow. They're all really white." (lol) Like, everyone was really really white. It almost seemed like every second character was either a blond or a red-head. I think it's more noticeable when you read so many different series in a row, too. Anyway, can anyone recommend good fantasy series that are a bit more diverse?

This isn't so much a review as a list of random thoughts. I've tried to organize things, but it's likely still long and windy. Still, I'm curious what other people thought, so bombs away!

( Spoilers obviously. Do I even need to mention that? Because seriously people, spoilers. )

After reading the book on Saturday, John and I went to a showing of OotP on Sunday. Long story short, I really liked it. Sure, they cut out lots but they also squished all of the important points quite well. It flowed very nicely, and the big battle at the Ministry was pretty awesome. I feel like I need to see the movie several more times to catch the action and characters in the crowd scenes. I really don't have coherent thoughts about the movie, so here are random babblings in no logical order.

2:10 pm Tokyo time. Harry Potter is complete.

I honestly thought that I'd be sobbing and a crying wreck or something, but I'm not, honestly.

I'm also slightly floaty and hungry from forgetting about lunch, so I'm also likely in shock but...

Wow. The Harry Potter Series is over.

....

I honestly don't know what to say. How does one treat shock, anyway? Chocolate? Sure, why not.

[ETA] That is possibly the most inappropriate "end of Harry Potter" icon in the world. Unfortunately, it was either that or Senor Draco so, yeah, Ron for the win.

For those who are curious, I'll go ahead an state my official policy: this LJ will be a Harry Potter spoiler-free zone for about a week. I'll probably make a post immediately after finishing the book, just for commemorative purposes*, and I'll probably post about the movie once I see it, but I'll hold off on any even remotely spoiler book thoughts until Wednesday-ish. Should anyone spoil me before then, I swear on Grabthar's hammer that I will hunt you down and beat you to death with a spoon. ^_^

I realize that there are people out there who enjoy getting spoilers, who watch every single behind-the-scenes video of movies before their release, who analyze the trailers for plot points, who scour the net for any slight rumor. I will fully admit that I have absolutely no idea what the hell those people are thinking. Where's the fun in spoilers? Sure, it means that you don't have to impatiently wait for those juicy details, but aren't the details meaningless when taken out of context? I'm one of those people who, when reading a mystery, actively avoids figuring who dunnit, even if it starts becoming obvious. It's so much more fun to gasp along when the hero reveals it was the butler all along.

Having said that, I was one of those kids who immediately read the last page (no more, no less) of any book before starting the whole thing. It took me a while to train myself out of the habit. Even now, I tend to flip to the very end upon opening a book, but most of the time I manage to catch myself in time that I can just note the number of pages before starting again at the beginning. [shrug]




*For further FYI, I'll probably finish the book about 3-ish Tokyo time, which translates to 7 am in London and midnight in Denver. Ha-ha, time zones rule!!

I'm getting rather twitchy from the lack of Harry Potter in Japan this week. I have to wait one whole week, and it's totally not fair! [stomp feet in childish fury] I'm totally jealous of my American friends who have already seen it. No fair! [sob sob] On the plus side, I found a really funny Harry Potter Spoiler of Doom generator. It gives you wonderful, TOTALLY TRUE Harry Potter spoilers, like:

My Harry Potter Spoiler of Doom is: Ron kills Neville Longbottom whilst eating spaghetti alfredo Get your Harry Potter Spoiler of Doom

The same super sekrit source also assured me that that Harry is killed by Harry in McGonagall's office (which implies either A. suicide or B. parallel universes), and perhaps most disturbingly of all, that Severus Snape discovers true love at number twelve Grimmauld Place. Check it out! It never ceases to amuse me.

I'm insanely excited about the upcoming book/movie, although I am still determined to stay as spoiler-free as possible. Heck, I'm going beyond spoiler free; I'm attempting not to think about the plot too much in case I accidentally trigger a miraculous switch in my brain that suddenly unravels all of the mysteries in one fell swoop. I did re-read the 5th and 6th books, but don't worry! That shouldn't spoil me. To be quite honest, it was hysterical how plot points still managed to surprise me after multiple read-throughs:

     [During a 3rd/4th reread of "Order of the Phoenix"]
Harry: "I have to contact Sirius through Umbridge's fire! Without Dumbledore or McGonagall, there aren't any Order of the Phoenix members left at Hogwarts!!!"
Minako-chan: Ha-ha-ha. Silly Harry. You will realize that you could have used Sirius' mirror, and you will regret it. But it is too bad that there are no more Order members at Hogwarts to help you out!
     [Five pages later]
Minako-chan: [light goes on] OMG, Harry, you stupid boy! SNAPE is an Order member!! Why oh why didn't you think to contact him!?
     [One page later]
Harry: "OMG, I'm so stupid! SNAPE is an Order member!! Why oh why didn't I think to contact him!?"
Minako-chan: ...Oh, right.

So, long story short, even upon rereading the stories, I am apparently only slightly quicker on the uptake than Harry Potter, which is rather sad, but at least it leads to exciting times for me. Anyway, my desire for a Harry fix is warring with desire to stay away from all possible spoilers, so I've been pouring through all sorts of random articles that, say, summarize past movies or analyze the economics of the books. MSN.com did a cute little "Harry Potter 101" to quickly round up some of the major characters in the HP series, and it was quite amusing, until I found a... SLIGHT error in the Remus Lupin profile:

Click here to read the Remus Lupin profile. (You'll need to click on the "...Read More" link to get the full piece.) Notice anything... UNUSUAL about the profile for Lupin?

I can't quite decide what went wrong. Did they write the wrong name? (Voldemort? Pettigrew, perhaps?) Did they mis-edit the sentence? (To bring down Dumbledore... to the seaside? To bring... candy hearts and licorice mountains to Dumbledore?) I would argue against the "Snivellus" remark in regards to Lupin (Sirius, sure, but not Remus), but the Dumbledore statement is the one that's truly mind boggling.

In other news, Daniel Radcliffe is apparently going to be on Gakkou e Ikou MAX next week and, well, that should be totally and completely awesome. I'm bringing out the VCR for that one! It looks like he and V6 are crashing a school (and either the guys all fled from the crush of their female classmates, or it's an all girl's school), so that should be wicked fun. They showed a little teaser on Gakkou e Ikou MAX this week, and it was basically girls screaming and hurling themselves at the visitors. Seriously; set your VCRs people! It should be wild.

• FYI, my Proofreading From Hell ended yesterday. Hurray! There are likely still many mistakes left, since I stopped caring after the second day, but as one friend from study abroad once said about her homework assignment, "It took two minutes, it's ugly, and it's crap, but it's done, and that's the American way." I know; bad unprofessional Minako-chan. But there are only so many days in a row where I can care about bad English. ( Cut for rather boring babble about proofreading. ) But anyway, it's OVER, and that's all that really matters.
  
• I got myself a ticket to see a famous musical group in Japan put on their production of "Jesus Christ Superstar". For no particular reason, my dad ADORES "Jesus Christ Superstar". He likes it to the point where he'll actually go to the theater by himself to see it. Therefore, all of us daughters know the musical well, too. Anyway, it would be fun enough to see JCS in Japanese, but even better? They're doing two different productions: the "Jerusalem" version (the original version, from what I can tell), and the "Japonesque" version. I have no idea what that means, but the promotional pictures show a guy in Kabuki makeup, so I'm extremely excited to see the "Japonesque" version.
  
• I just discovered something horrible about Harry Potter: In Japan, the movie comes out on the same day as the book. WHAT DO I DO!? I will, obviously, want to read the book on the very first day, and will likely be done by mid-afternoon, but I also want to watch the movie on the first day, too. I could technically watch it that night, but will it be too much? Or will I just end up on a six hour crying jag? (Note: This is somewhat rhetorical, since everyone knows that I can and will watch Harry Potter the night after reading the final book. I merely wonder if this is the best choice for my mental health. ^_^)
  
• For those who follow the manga, I just picked up the latest volume of "Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle". WTF is going on? Seriously! WTF!?!? Tsubasa's like an abusive boyfriend. It keeps smacking me this way and that and throwing things at me until I'm near tears, but right when I reach the point where I'm going to scream or rip something to shreds, it gives me a drop of sugar and I know that I'll never bring myself to leave. If only I were stronger, I could get into a healthy relationship with a nice, soothing Hana to Yume, but NO... (But seriously, does anyone understand the story and/or see any logical thread of plot and/or think that this stupid series will possibly end before, say, volume 100? The incomprehensible twists in Tsubasa make X look like an open freeway through the desert.)

( (17) Mort by Terry Pratchett ) Yet another humorous Discworld book from Terry Pratchett that would be wonderful if only it weren't for that Mort fellow.

( (18) Winkie by Clifford Chase ) An unfunny, rather dull, hamfisted disappointment.

( (19) The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett ) More Discworld! More Rincewind! And lots of Not Australia!

( (Bonus D) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and (Bonus E) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling ) Gearing up for the home stretch and trying not to cry!

FYI, I found out that Kinokuniya will open at 8:00 am on July 21 in Japan, so I'll set my alarm to show up bright and early! Harry Potter! Harry Potter! \o/ \o/

WORK

We're currently hiring new translators for our outsourcing work. All of us (all, er, three of us) pitch in to evaluate translators, so I've been wading my way through seven trial translations. From this experience, I have come up with a little hint for people out there when writing for a job:

PROOFREAD. FOR THE LOVE OF ALL MIGHTY GOD, PROOFREAD.

We're talking sentence fragments. We're talking missing punctuation (and I mean periods, not just commas). And, oh my god, the spelling. The SPELLING... Here is an abbreviated list of some of the spelling errors:

conncection, confererencing, connetct, trys (as in, "the sender trys to send"), ternimal, refind (as in, "the newly refind algorithm"), translucet, percise, desighed, depevelped, accurecy, achiving, margine, sophitiacated

One writer even used "termials" and "termninals" in the SAME sentence. Apparently, he/she subconciously noticed the missing "n" in the first word and decided to make up for it by putting it in somewhere else.

For those who may think I'm being rude or picky, especially since I'm prone to typos myself, let me remind you that this isn't a livejournal or a random entry on a personal web page. This is a document being submitted to a potential employer, with the hopes that this text will get you a job. A job involving WRITING.

Also, most all of these spelling errors came from about 3 people; among these people, they tended to make almost all of the spelling errors in the last section. I mean, people, if you're not going to even try, don't send us your obviously-not-proofread translations. It'll save all of us the trouble.

PLAY

I don't even consider this news, but it was on the morning news in Japan, and then Mommy brought it up on the phone, and it's gotten me so confused that I decided to go ahead and comment about it. Last week-ish, JK Rowling mentioned that, definitely, two main characters are going to die in the last book. To which I said...

Duh.

I honestly have no idea why this is a big deal. Quite frankly, I thought it would be more like 10-12. And that's not counting folks on the Death Eater side of the equation. I mean, TWO main characters? You're joking. That's the most successful war, like, ever. Either that, or I'm greatly, greatly overestimating the meaning of the term "main character".

See, on the other side of the sliding scale, the Japanese news seemed to take the term "main character" very literally, as most papers/news programs seemed to define the situation as "only one member of the Griffindor trio will survive!!!!" (Interestingly enough, my daily news program placed their bets on Ron.) I honestly don't know if this is just normal Japanese newspaper sensationalism, or if some implied meaning was just lost in translation when the general news report was first published in Japanese, but I don't think THAT'S what she meant when she said that a main character would kick it.

Personally, I try not to think about the Harry Potter ending since I want to be nice and surprised, no matter what happens. At this point, I think that I'd only be shocked if the series ended with Harry killing Voldemort, only to turn the corner and get run over by a bus. "Remember the moral of Harry Potter, kids; always look both ways before crossing the street!"

I'm sweating, honest-to-god sweating, I swear. First, let me explain. April 1st is Japan's totally unofficial new year. It's the day that represents the beginning of spring, the full bloom cherry blossoms, and all of that good stuff. Today is April 3rd, the first Monday of April, which means the day that newbies start their new jobs. It was actually a lovely day today on the way to work. The sun was shining; the sakura petals were just starting to fall; the trains were filled with young men and women in stiff suits, looking about 12 and either a) frantic with hyper energy or b) looking like they were going to puke. Awww, look at the cute new company drones!

My company brought in 10 newbies this season. We're a small company and don't usually do the annual hiring of graduates, so everyone's going kinda gung-ho about it all. The newbies are going around and getting little mini-introductions to all of the different departments over the next few days. They're coming around in three different groups over the next few days, and my boss asked me to do a quick little demo on Trados, the software we use to do our translations. Fine, no problem. The first viewing was supposed to be tomorrow, so I spent the morning proofreading and planned to spend the afternoon getting prepared.

At around 1, my boss informs me that the schedule has been rearranged, so the first group is coming around today. Meep! Then I thought he said they'd be coming around in an hour and a half; apparently, he said that they'd be coming around at 1:30. MEEP! So long story short, I was busy getting things prepared when suddenly, three newbies and my boss appeared behind me, waiting calmly for knowledge. I was totally unprepared, started hyperventilating, nearly sweated my way through my shirt, and developed a massive headache in only 15 minutes of hell. I'm actually fine with public speaking, but Japanese public speaking makes me babble even more than normal. Even more than the Japanese thing, I simply despise off-the-cuff speaking. Give me prep time, and it's smooth sailing. Surprise me, and I fail horribly. I specifically set aside time today to plan for this thing. (T_T) Anyway, I'm hoping it'll go better for the other two groups, and have just come to the unfortunate conclusion that the first group of three kids just think I'm a moron.

On a side note, my dear kinomakoto made me a lovely response to my post on bad Harry Potter fanfic summaries. Behold, Señor Draco!!!!

I was looking for a good laugh during lunch, and found these pages, which catalog the world's absolute worst summaries of Harry Potter fan fiction. [Note: If any of these summaries are yours, and you are under the age of 11, don't worry, my writing totally blew at that age, too. That was about the time of my parody/absurdist stage, and I tended to write things like the classic "Alice in Mildewland," which managed to turn political satire into an ad for Tilex. If you speak English as a second language, keep studying, keep reading, and don't be afraid to ask native speakers for grammatical help. If you can speak English and are old enough to know better, I mock you. I mock you hard.] I only read the "greatest hits" entry, but it made me laugh so hard I nearly cried. Here are some of my favorites (these are all summaries for Harry Potter stories written by fans):


The "Oh, the trickeries of the English language" Collection

A decade ago, Draco fled his home, and gland, and met Morigyn.

A fate sealed. Lily and James's child is deemed with an end so perilous. Unable to handle what weight put upon her, Lily fleas.

A young Muggle girl finds her way into Hogwarts and also into the infamous Potions Master.

Ginny starts a Hogwarts News Paper. It seem's like a good idea at first but she never heard the saying Cruisty killed the cat. One person can save her from the most unhumman doom but will he? [For the longest time, I thought this writer was a Simpsons fan, and was trying to say that KRUSTY killed the cat.]

Ginny Weasley is unnoticed and undepreciated. [FYI, I believe she goes by "GiW" on the NYSE.]

(THE SUPENUSE!!!0.0 IT'S MIND BOOGLEING!!!) [This one gets even better if you try to read it out loud.]


The "Solid laughs" Collection

Draco sends Harry to the store for ice cream and carrots, but he doesn't come back the same. [Dude, if you sent me to the store for ice cream and carrots, I don't think I'd come back at all.]

Hg finds a book one night. She starts to change then the book slips from her grasp into PP. PP makes a coven and brings hg in2 it. Guy and girl slash. DM won't give Hg wut she wants. How does fortication and seduction play into Hogwarts? R&R~_^ [So awesome, but honestly, it's the "fortication" part that won me over.]

"People never handle things, Hermione," Remus told her. "They just harbor them until their docks are full." He paused, noting the soggy texture of the balustrade's wood beneath his fingers. "And some people have very large docks." [This wins the award for most misguided metaphor, ever.]

Sir Elton John and Draco Malfoy combine to create the ultimate window to Draco's soul. [I honestly think my brain started to bleed.]


The "It's all about the ending" Collection

A story of pain and sorrow, not intented for comfort or laughter...a story that remains untold, on of abuse and blood...telling of a shattered girl who learned to twist a heart of stone into one of warm gold. This is not a story for the faint of heart, nor the happy in spirit. But for those who are able to understand what it means to be hurt...to watch as a girl's spirit is shattered like glass upon concrete. Watch as she melts the young master's heart of ice, and watch as she helps him heal. She has no name, but his...is Señor Draco.

We pushed the swords into each other. Our bodies closer than comfortable. He leaned over and kissed me. I let him for a second, letting the buzz in mine mind make me warm all over. I pulled away and kneed him in the balls

My boss wants me to work on writing a Style Sheet for people when we outsource translation jobs. To which I say, um, you do know that I can't write, right? I just got my very first copy of "The Elements of Style" for crying out loud. I'm crap at these sorts of explanations, too. I despise repetition and often don't see the point of writing things down that you should easily be able to find in another document (things like write in active voice, but use passive to avoid using weird "you" sentences), and I think people who don't know basic writing and grammatical rules should just quit the translation field while they're still ahead (if you're a professional translator who doesn't know how to spot a sentence fragment, you should probably start looking for a new line of work). As you can tell, I'm rather unsympathetic towards people who don't know their basics, so I really don't know how well I'll write this thing. I've always sort of wanted to be a teacher, but it's times like this that I doubt my ability to not just start ranting about how stupid you have to be to have not caught on by now.

And on a scary side note... Oh my god, the quiz was right! I am Severus Snape!!

I realize that not everyone has finished (or even started) Harry Potter, but I simply can't wait to write up some of my opinions. This post assumes that you have finished reading "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". Be forewarned!

( Look Ma! An LJ cut! )

2:15 pm, Tokyo time. I just finished "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince".

If you don't hear from me in a few days, it's because I've hyperventilated to death.

Okay, so on Sunday, johnabe and I went to go see Star Wars. Oh, the Star Wars-ness! The Ewan-ness! It was just as I imagined and hoped it would be. It was slightly sad to think that all of the Star Wars saga is over, but I still left the theater riding on a little Obi-Wan Kenobi high. While the overall action and adventure amused me, the highlight of the movie was still Obi-(e)Wan. I think John said it best when he described one of Obi-Wan's last speeches as: "It was amazing how his voice got all rough and hoarse like he was going to cry, but then you watch as he pulls himself back into anger... and all in one sentence!" So true. So true. "The Island" comes out in a week and a half. Eeee!

In other news, in case you've been living in a hole, Harry Potter comes out on Saturday and I am SO EXCITED. I've got a copy of the U.K. version on reserve for me at the local Kinokuniya, and am planning to do nothing all day. (Yes, I plan on reading it in one day; I did it last time, and I don't see why this should be any different.)

Anyway, in preparation, I've been rereading "Order of the Pheonix". I realized that I've actually only read it once (probably because I only own the hardcover version, which isn't very travel-sized), and it's always fascinating to reread books once you've finished. I'm not very far, so I'll have to pick up the speed to finish by Saturday, but about 10 pages in I came to the following conclusion: Harry Potter is sliding to the dark side. I really don't know why I didn't pick up on it instantly the first time through; I only remember thinking to myself, "Harry's such an idiot. Teenaged boys are morons." But it's very obvious the second time around that Harry is unnaturally angry, even for his stupid teenaged self. Which can only lead to the conclusion that he is being manipulated by the Sith lord's mind tricks to walk the path of the dark side.

In any case, don't even both with me on Saturday. I'll be busy. Trust me.

Oh man, this made me laugh.

You scored as Severus Snape. Well you're a tricky one aren't you? Nobody quite has you figured out and you'd probably prefer it stayed that way. That said you are a formidable force by anyone's reckoning, but there is certainly more to you than a frosty exterior and a bitter temper. </td> Severus Snape 85% Hermione Granger 75% Remus Lupin 75% Ginny Weasley 70% Harry Potter 65% Sirius Black 55% Draco Malfoy 50% Albus Dumbledore 45% Ron Weasley 40% Lord Voldemort 30% Your Harry Potter Alter Ego Is...? created with QuizFarm.com

I'm exceedingly proud of the two characters I managed to bag for my #2 slot... they're the ones that I thought I'd get, quite frankly. But... I'm Severus Snape? ...Really?!? I honestly don't know what to say about it. I'm not insulted persay... but neither am I pleased. It's more like, "Huh. ... I see."