July 31, 2006 ~Happy Birthday Harry!
Sept. 1, 2006 ~All aboard the Hogwarts Express
Nov. 23, 2006 ~Happy Thanksgiving!
Apr. 8, 2007 ~Happy Easter!
July 4, 2007~ Happy Birthday GACKT!!
~Happy (American) Independence Day
July 8, 2007~ Happy Birthday Sugizo!
July 21, 2007 ~ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Book Seven (Final tear)
July 23, 2007~ Happy Birthday Daniel Radcliffe!
July 31, 2007~ Happy Birthday Harry Potter!

Regarding Harry Potter Series:
"The ultimate problem was that the first few books imply that the overall story would be about a boy growing up to be a hero, and what we ultimately got was the story about a patsy who was manipulated into fulfilling someone else's overly complicated scheme to preserve the status quo of a society that didn't deserve salvation." ~enembee

~Favorite Quotes~

"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." ~Captain Rhett Butler from Gone With the Wind
"Tomorrow is another day." ~Scarlett O'Hara from Gone With the Wind

"I always knew that looking back at my tears would make me laugh, but I never thought that looking back at my laughter would make me cry. " ~Cat Stevens

"History will be kind to me for I intend to write it." ~Winston Churchill

"Remember, the enemy's gate is down." ~Andrew 'Ender' Wiggin from Ender's Game

"You might see a blue star, for example, and realize only later that it has a white dwarf as a companion- that first one shines so bright, by the time you notice the second one, it's really too late."
~Brian Fitzgerald from My Sister's Keeper

"I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all." ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson

"I don't quite understand it, but they could only be drawn close by rebelling against each other. I suppose...Perhaps it was fate. Master and Pet. You may be reluctant to accept it, but some love can only be requited in such an ending." ~Guy from Ai no Kusabi

"Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is Alchemy's First Law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one, and only, truth. But the world isn't perfect, and the law is incomplete. Equivalent Exchange does not encompass everything that goes on here, but I still chose to believe in its principle: that all things do come at a price, that there's an end and a way, that the pain we work through did have a reward, and that anyone who's determined and perseveres will get something of value in return, even if it's not what they're expecting. I don't think of Equivalent Exchange as a law of the world any more. I think of it as a promise between my brother and me. A promise that someday we'll see each other again." ~Alphonse Elric from FullMetal Alchemist (ep. 51)

Rose: What do I have to live for now that I know Cain won't come back? You tell me that, Ed!
Edward: You'll have to find that out on your own. Move forward. You've got a good strong pair of legs, Rose. Just get up and use them.
~FullMetal Alchemist (ep. 2)

James Gordon Jr.: Why is he running, dad?
Commissioner James Gordon: Because we have to chase him.
Jr.: He didn't do anything wrong.
James Gordon: Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now...and so we'll hunt him, because he can take it. Because he's not a hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector...a dark knight.
~Dark Knight

Recommendations:

Book: My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

Movie: The Last Samurai
Saving Private Ryan
Braveheart