Something I should mention..

I love Harry Potter.
Like a lot.
Like a lot, a lot.
And I am beyond FREAKING EXCITED for next Thursday, at midnight.
I am going as Ginny Weasley. BECAUSE I AM GINNY WEASLEY. I love her; I've always loved her. I sort of wish she had a much larger role in the novels, but I know that she needed to be that way. I also absolutely ADORE the way she is developed throughout the novels, because she reminds me so much of myself as I was developing into myself. I was this shy little thing that suddenly "bloomed into a beautiful flower" as Daddy Royce said once. (lulz).
Oh, my friends and I are currently watching Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azakaban (henceforth to be referred as PoA because everyone, EVERYONE, should know HP abbreviations. Because HP is pretty much the most boss thing ever.

Well-- except for British student protests. Which is a thing that happened today. Apparently, students in the UK don't have to pay much, if any, for higher education (SO JEALOUS--by the time I graduate, I'll be SWIMMING in debt.. I digress..) and the gov't has decided that CHEAP EDUCATION IS FOR COMMIES. Actually, I made that up. In reality, from what I've read, the UK has one of the highest budget deficits and the gov't is attempting to rectify that by deciding that students will have to pay out the ass for university and whanot.
To quote Eddplant "On your feet, lads, and let’s show them they can’t hold us down."


Sometimes I wish I was British. The tuition costs here in America are RIDICULOUS, and a lot of my friends from high school aren't in college because they can't afford it OR they aren't where they need to be to obtain the degree they want because of lack of funds. For most people--not all--but for most people, to get a stable job, it requires AT LEAST a BA or BS which you can't get if you can't afford to go to school, which means your family will be raised on less funds, giving them less options when your children grow up, possibly making THEM unable to attend post-secondary. It's a vicious cycle, my friends. AND IT IS TOTALLY UNFAIR.
Where are the protests in America? Where are the people calling for change? I saw them two years ago--but what happened to that fire? Don't even get me started on the mid-term elections that just passed. OR THE TEA PARTY. Bleg.

Don't get me wrong--I love being an American. I am damn proud to be one. I fully support President Obama, I just wish he would do some of the things he promised me as a young 16 year, awash in hope and change.


What a lovely little post--Harry Potter and politics.

EDIT: http://m.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/nov/10/student-fees-protest-conservative-hq?cat=education&type=article


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