I've been having trouble sleeping and didn't want to resort back to taking pills to knock me out for 8 hours at a time. So I tried a new approach. I found Harry Potter audiobooks as read my Stephen Fry.
They really work!
Imagine lying in bed, sleepy like, and being read your favourite book by a dude that has one of the most awesome voices ever. All right, so unless you're already a fan of Mr Fry it probably won't have the same effect, but anyone that thinks the man is a legend, give it a go. There are other versions out there, read by some other English bloke and an American one too. It really is whichever takes your fancy.
I mean, there has to be a reason we were read to as kids to put us to sleep, right? So logically it would work as adults. And I'm saying now that it really does.
I have no idea what I'm going to do when I run out though...
Showing posts with label Harry Potter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Harry Potter. Show all posts
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Sunday, June 27, 2010
119 - LEGO Harry Potter
It goes without saying that Harry Potter is a win.
LEGO Harry Potter is a match made in heaven.
The game was released on Friday and after two days of playing it we have just reached the beginning of the third year.
For those who have never played a LEGO game before, I'll just say that they're more fun than you would think, and each level can be played through several times before you stop finding new stuff to do. This game covers four years, and each year has six levels. That's 24 levels that can be played through at least twice. That's a lot of gaming.
Go on, buy a LEGO game! They're all really great, but Harry is my favourite. No prizes if you already guessed that.
LEGO Harry Potter is a match made in heaven.
The game was released on Friday and after two days of playing it we have just reached the beginning of the third year.
For those who have never played a LEGO game before, I'll just say that they're more fun than you would think, and each level can be played through several times before you stop finding new stuff to do. This game covers four years, and each year has six levels. That's 24 levels that can be played through at least twice. That's a lot of gaming.
Go on, buy a LEGO game! They're all really great, but Harry is my favourite. No prizes if you already guessed that.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
077 - Nerd Love
A conversation at lunch today between Matt and I. We were talking about going to see Hot Tub Time Machine and Matt said something like how it's more fiction than science..
Me: It's about a time machine! How is a time machine not science?!
Matt: It could be magic.
Me: Phfft. There's no such thing as magic.
Matt: What about Harry Potter?!
Me: Harry Potter isn't real...
Matt: Yes it is!
Me: Know how I know it's not real?
Matt: How?
Me: Because I never got my Hogwarts letter...
Matt: ... aww, you look so sad...
Me: It's about a time machine! How is a time machine not science?!
Matt: It could be magic.
Me: Phfft. There's no such thing as magic.
Matt: What about Harry Potter?!
Me: Harry Potter isn't real...
Matt: Yes it is!
Me: Know how I know it's not real?
Matt: How?
Me: Because I never got my Hogwarts letter...
Matt: ... aww, you look so sad...
Saturday, April 10, 2010
041 - Life Without Harry
I know, I'm a dork, but I've seen a Harry Potter movie on terrestrial TV at least once a week since Christmas, and even I'm getting a little bit tired of it. So it made me wonder what my life would be like if Harry never existed - if Rowling never got published.
I'd never have found some of my best friends, that's for sure. Megan and Cody, most importantly, and a handful of others I hold with high regard. I'd never have developed a passion for writing, either, because if it wasn't for the world of HP I would never have started writing at all. I'd probably not be reading as many books as I do, because it was Harry that got me back into reading in my early teens after ditching books when I outgrew The Babysitters Club and Goosebumps. If I hadn't read the Harry Potter books through secondary school it would have been a very dark place for me. They were my escape from a world where I was teased and laughed at often.
These are just the basic effects the books had on my own life. I know I'm not alone when I say that I would be in a different place right now if it wasn't for them. At best, I'd be a reclusive, socially awkward girl. At worst, well, lets not think about that.
People might laugh when I talk about how much Harry means to me, but I'm writing this on behalf of everyone else that literally grew up with Harry.
Seven books that spanned ten years. I was eleven when the first one was published, and twenty-one when the last was released. If you're old enough, think about your years between eleven and twenty-one, and tell me if you had one thing that always pulled you from your dark days, one thing that always cheered you up. One thing that was always stable, always constant and comforting for ten whole years; probably the worst ten solid years any person will go through when it comes to hormones, life changes and peers.
Imagine one singular thing that could do all that for so long. And then it ends.
When die hard Harry Potter fans - the ones that followed each book as it was released, not the ones that jumped on the bandwagon years later - say that when they finished the last book it felt like their best friend died, that's exactly how it felt. If you feel like laughing at that then go ahead, but you only laugh because you don't understand it. And I feel sorry for you, that you didn't get to feel so much for something as simple as a series of books.
So many hearts sank into mourning when people finished that last book. If nothing else, it's an amazing feat from one Joanne Rowling, right?
I'd never have found some of my best friends, that's for sure. Megan and Cody, most importantly, and a handful of others I hold with high regard. I'd never have developed a passion for writing, either, because if it wasn't for the world of HP I would never have started writing at all. I'd probably not be reading as many books as I do, because it was Harry that got me back into reading in my early teens after ditching books when I outgrew The Babysitters Club and Goosebumps. If I hadn't read the Harry Potter books through secondary school it would have been a very dark place for me. They were my escape from a world where I was teased and laughed at often.
These are just the basic effects the books had on my own life. I know I'm not alone when I say that I would be in a different place right now if it wasn't for them. At best, I'd be a reclusive, socially awkward girl. At worst, well, lets not think about that.
People might laugh when I talk about how much Harry means to me, but I'm writing this on behalf of everyone else that literally grew up with Harry.
Seven books that spanned ten years. I was eleven when the first one was published, and twenty-one when the last was released. If you're old enough, think about your years between eleven and twenty-one, and tell me if you had one thing that always pulled you from your dark days, one thing that always cheered you up. One thing that was always stable, always constant and comforting for ten whole years; probably the worst ten solid years any person will go through when it comes to hormones, life changes and peers.
Imagine one singular thing that could do all that for so long. And then it ends.
When die hard Harry Potter fans - the ones that followed each book as it was released, not the ones that jumped on the bandwagon years later - say that when they finished the last book it felt like their best friend died, that's exactly how it felt. If you feel like laughing at that then go ahead, but you only laugh because you don't understand it. And I feel sorry for you, that you didn't get to feel so much for something as simple as a series of books.
So many hearts sank into mourning when people finished that last book. If nothing else, it's an amazing feat from one Joanne Rowling, right?
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