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I Should Write About Vampires

September 25, 2012 in Books, Entertainment, Film & TV

My life’s ambition is to become a published author. It is a dream I have had since I was around 10 years old and I have been furiously writing ever since in the attempt that I will be responsible for the next best selling book that has people all over the world falling in love with reading. It has always been my ambition to write “the next Harry Potter”. When really  it seems what I should be writing about is vampires because vampires is where the money is. Vampires have been around for a long time, probably because they live for [...]

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Do What You Will, But Harm None.

September 3, 2012 in Books, Entertainment, People, Religion, Self, Sexuality, Society

“Do what you will, but harm none” is such a clear and powerful statement. Each of us should be free to live the way we like, so long as our actions do no harm. I first came across the term “Do what you will, but harm none” in the 

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The Ban Of Harry Potter

August 29, 2012 in Books, Current Affairs, Entertainment, News, People, Religion

Last week was National Book Week which saw primary school aged children from around Australia dress up as their favourite characters, unless your favourite character is from the popular series Harry Potter and you go to certain Christian schools who banned children from dressing up as the loveable wizard and other magical characters which is exactly what happened. It’s no secret that I have an undying love for Harry Potter. I’ve written about it before many times and I’m sure as soon as you saw the words “Harry Potter” in the title of this post, the majority of you who [...]

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An Alternate Ending: Why I Love Fan Fiction

July 25, 2012 in Books, Entertainment, Film & TV, Stories, Technology

I have known about fan fiction for a long time. When Buffy the Vampire Slayer finished, I needed more. There were so many places the story arc could have gone, so many possibilities of what had come before or what could come after. There was the odd book around at, and at first it was enough, but the local library could only get so many, but I needed more. In my desperation I turned to the internet. A girl I knew at uni had told me about Star Trek fan fiction, she knew a site, or knew a site that [...]

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Shopping: Top 12 Awesome Etsy Geek Gifts

July 19, 2012 in Books, Entertainment, Film & TV, Lifestyle, Style

Here I am, with another shopping post for you! This time the theme is Geekery, and the destination is Etsy. There’s stuff for guys and girls, from a variety of fandoms, all very affordable. 1.Macbook Decals First up we have decals for your Mac that cleverly use the apple symbol. Here’s a Harry Potter one, for $8.90, here. You can also get a Darth Vader one here, and a Mario one here.         2. Tardis Tie The cartoon tie is out, now we have the Tardis tie. Proclaim your Doctor Who love for $24, here.     [...]

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If There Was A Fire, What Would You Take?

July 17, 2012 in Family, Fathers, Home, Lifestyle, Mothers, People, Relationships, Self

I quite frequently have “what if” thoughts. This isn’t uncommon, most people would have them. But I probably have them more than the average person. There are lots of trees outside my bedroom window and my house is not what one would call a “quiet house”, despite knowing this, whenever I hear a sound as I’m trying to sleep, my mind invariably goes to “what would happen if someone came into the house and attacked me? Dad is up the other end of the house and I would probably be dead before he would hear me scream”. Yes, my mind [...]

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I Wish I Could Apparate

June 4, 2012 in Entertainment, Film & TV, People, Self, Travel, Work

I can’t tell you the number of times that I’ve been sitting there and have thought to myself “I wish Harry Potter were real”. Go ahead, mock me, but how amazing would it be to live in a world where magic like that existed? Where instead of the regular post, you received mail by Owl; imagine how much more exciting online shopping would get! But the thing that I wish existed the most (besides Sirius Black) is the ability to apparate. Not teleport; apparate. I’m a really lazy person. I don’t exercise, but it’s OK because I have low blood [...]

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The Next J.K. Rowling Book: Excited or Nervous?

April 16, 2012 in Books, Entertainment

I love Harry Potter. This isn’t something I’m ashamed to admit. In fact, I love it so much that when you tell me you don’t like/hate Harry, I die a little bit inside. I love everything about it, I love the books and the movies; I love the characters, the intricate plotlines and the whole magical world. I love that it taught a generation of children to love reading and all the lovely little life lessons that come with it, usually from Dumbledore. My friends have often joked that my kids will grow up thinking they are going to Hogwarts [...]

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I Watch The Movie First

April 4, 2012 in Books, Entertainment, Film & TV

I have noticed a phenomena. When a movie adaptation of a book is coming out, there is often a rush for people to read the book first, and more often than not the books suddenly sell out everywhere. I do it the opposite way around. I watch the movie first. I know what you’re thinking. That’s not the way you’re meant to do it, everyone always says to read the book first. I don’t agree. You see, people watch movies and more often than not when it is an adaptation you will hear phrases like “it wasn’t as good as [...]

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Why The Hunger Games is better than Twilight

March 16, 2012 in Books, Film & TV

Today’s Guest Post by Monique Fischle: I was a little bit late to jump on The Hunger Games train, having only just read the trilogy in the last month despite the first book being published back in 2008. I started reading THG (by Suzanne Collins) for the same reason I started reading Twilight, I wanted to know what everyone was talking about. Never one to shy away from gossip, I wanted to know who or what the hell “Katniss” was and be able to contribute to the discussion. I ended up reading all three books (The Hunger Games, Catching Fire and [...]

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