A few quick things

[cleolinda]

First things first: Super Bowl movie commercials that have already leaked:

NBC will stream commercials as they air.

Updated: Watch the 2009 Super Bowl Movie Trailers. Specifically:

'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' and 'Star Trek' Super Bowl Spots Online.

‘G.I. Joe’ Super Bowl Spot Revealed! Check Out Snake Eyes In Action.

First Look at the 'Land of the Lost' Super Bowl TV Spot!

The Fast & Furious (Super Bowl Spot).

And thus ends my involvement with anything having to do with the Super Bowl. Call me if they get Prince to come back.

Re: MyLeaky: The "favorite ship" question has been fixed so you can, in fact, input an answer, and they have a place for you to describe what kind of wand you want to have. I am so lame that I have an actual holly wand from Alivan's, but in trying to decide what I wanted to put on my profile, I browsed a couple of their wand sections (click on a particular wand, and it'll include a description of the wood). I mention this because I also found a wand wood guide and a wand core guide on another site, but that list didn't include almond, which I almost chose instead of holly. But the Wizard Wands site does discuss associated elements (fire, earth, etc.), which is something you might want to consider when deciding on your wand. So I nearly, nearly decided on almond with a unicorn core, but ended up with holly and dragon heartstring--actually, I had holly and phoenix at first, but then I went, "Oh, shit, that's exactly what Harry has, that's no fun."

Imaginary wands: srs bsns.

Re: Kylie videos: I went poking around YouTube and found a few other things. Such as this live performance of "In Your Eyes" (my other favorite Kylie song) on the Showgirl tour. This is definitely a woman who knows her audience, let me just put it that way.

I can't find the video in any kind of quality worth a damn, but here's the official "In Your Eyes" video. It is also pretty trippy, although I can't decide if it would be more or less trippy if I could actually see what was going on.

Back to "Love at First Sight," here's a slightly different, American version of the video. "You know what the Americans would love? AN AIRPLANE."

And here's "Come Into My World," which several people expressed a fondness for.

Meanwhile, cleojones brings us Swing Out Sister's "Break Out." Hee.

Comments

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

It's weird that they'd let you choose your wand -- isn't that counter to the books?

[kinnosuikazura.livejournal.com]

I ended up going with Willow for water/air (plus it's my favourite kind of wood) and Dragon Heartstring for air/fire (as I love dragons). Since Air is my primary force but water and fire are my secondary ones. Also, I went with willow because the wand I have IRL is a replica of Ron's Willow wand that I got a few years ago. ;-)

Kylie = LOVE. SO much love. *adds some of her music that is already on the compy to my tinsy mp3 player*

[sweetsyren.livejournal.com]

WTF? Did James T Kirk just say "Why are you talking to me, man?" in that trailer.

*rewatches*

He did. Oh dear. There are so many level of wrongness in that I have no idea where to start.

[eyemage.livejournal.com]

visions of the dolls singing harmony to your singing Kylie...

( faramir 2 has an amazing voice it seems )

[wolfsilveroak.livejournal.com]

Ok, that's it, I want one of Oak.

[channonyarrow.livejournal.com]

But so is the infinite bitchfight that would erupt even if they tried to come up with, say, a personality quiz that would select your wand for you, let alone if they just issued you one.

Of course, there'll be two million Holly-and-Phoenix-Feather wands. Still, path of least resistance here.

[lilyofshalott]

I saw in the comments of your last MyLeaky post that a House test might possibly be in the works—perhaps I'll hold off on joining until then. (Because said forum sounds AWESOME . . . even though I really don't need yet *another* procrastination tool.)

Ooh, wand stuff! I'll have to check those sites out for my wand (incidentally, the wand chapter was one of my favourite parts of DH)—my RPG character's wand is rosewood with a unicorn core.

Imaginary wands: srs bsns.

TRUFAX. ::nods sagely::

ETA: Hmm, the wand wood guide you linked doesn't even *have* rosewood. Curious . . .

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Well, technically you can't choose your house in the books, either.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I don't know how long it'll take them to come up with a house test, but I suspect it'll be sooner than later, yeah. I think you can go ahead and join without choosing a house, though. You just have to make sure you don't choose one on your profile.

As for the rosewood, that's why I included the Alivan's page. They have a couple:

"Rosewood is well known for its powers in matters of the heart as well as for its medicinal qualities. This makes it the perfect wand for love charms and healing. It is also well suited for use in divination."

I mean, really, you can write in anything you want, so it doesn't matter who says what about it. I just figured it'd be helpful for people to have an overview of *some* choices and what they mean.

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

I can kind of fan-wank that one because Rowling does imply that there's a strong element of personal choice involved in which House you end up in. I think the other poster is right about there being drama if they didn't let you choose your wand.

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's probably it.

[kdorian.livejournal.com]

Or Blackthorn - I wanted to see what it was going to say about a wand I chose for a character! Harry HAS a Blackthorne wand for a while in book 7!

And the core section is very short.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah--I was born in December, so I'm kind of attached to holly, and I like the wood's qualities, and it's a "fire" wood, so I tried to choose a fire core, and I went with phoenix, and then it was like... oh, shit.

I still really like the idea of almond/unicorn, but I just feel too drawn to holly. (SRS BSNS.)

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

*cough wand unicorn thinks-of-a-certain-fanfic chokes*

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Oh, definitely right about the drama. That, and it would be hell to write up a quiz that would take a large number of woods into consideration. And while choice is involved in houses--the prime example being Harry all like NO SLYTHERIN NOOOO--your personality has everything to do with house, wand, and patronus, and (in lieu of decisions made by actual magical items) you know more about yourself than anyone else.

Granted, the one thing you're missing is an outside force that can see things about you that you don't know or won't admit. But, you know. You do the best you can with make-believe.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Try this:

http://www.geocities.com/sillybinny2004/Facts.html

[schneefloeckli.livejournal.com]

http://www.diagonalley.5u.com/ollivanders/test.html

This is how I chose my wand. I'm so lazy...

[sabra-n.livejournal.com]

*starts humming "A Wizard's Staff Has a Knob on the End"*

[lilyofshalott]

Ooh, you don't have to choose right away? I may have to sign up . . .

This might also be helpful in wand wood choosing (Celtic tree astrology, I think). I'm at the very end of the Cedar birthday range, which doesn't fit me well at all, but the next one—Pine—is pretty much spot on.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Holy shit, I'm fig. And I DO hate arguments. Like, A LOT. That's so weirdly specific.

[bleakwinters.livejournal.com]

The Transformers video is no longer available! Oh dammit, stupid YouTube and copyright laws.

[dives.livejournal.com]

Swing Out Sister!! Oh, that brings me back (to, uh, 2004). I bought one of their records at Goodwill right after I got a record player on a total whim, never heard of them before then. Good times. Goooood times.

[dives.livejournal.com]

*er, bought the record on a whim, not the player. I got the player for free.

[edda.livejournal.com]

If they could link the wand types up into the Meyers-Briggs Peronality Types test, that might help. Because there's sixteen personality types and that would give a lot of wiggle room where the wands are concerned, wouldn't it?

OMG I don't even READ Harry Potter. It's just that pervasive.

[mysticowl.livejournal.com]

According to that, I'm a walnut. I had an uncomfortable suspicion, which my husband confirmed, that it described me to a T. "Difficult and uncommon partner"? Thanks, honey.