Things That Are Spectacular Like Harry Potter

Sometimes, I have very ordinary days. Okay, most of the time I have very ordinary days. The past few days have pretty dadgum ordinary. Which is good! I mean exciting days can be extremely terrible days, so ordinary is okay. Predictability is one of my favorite things in life, primarily because it's rare. Life is uncontrollable, spontaneous and throws things at you when you least expect.

All I've got to write about today is ordinary, though. Don't get your hopes up.

Actually, while I'm talking about the ordinary extraordinaire, I'll mention one of my favorite songs, corny though it may be. However, expect the corny warnings to virtually disappear from my blog soon because if you've read much of this business at all, you should have figured out that I like corny things by now.

That being said, the song is "Ordinary Miracle" by Sarah McLaughlin. Lovely. It makes me smile and feel good about life. Go listen to it.

I'm not posting the song on here because once again, I am completely off-topic (by the way, it's from the Charlotte's Web soundtrack), and this ordinary business is all leading to the point where I tell you that I did nothing interesting today.

I watched Dancing with the Stars the other night, and I felt extremely unaccomplished. Also, on Dancing with the Stars, it was classical music night. I loved all of the music. Just when I was thinking that they couldn't pick a song I could possibly like more than the previous song (which I always think after every song), I heard the following music and then watched the following dance, and thought it was the coolest Viennese Waltz I'd ever seen. Granted, Viennese Waltzes, according to Judge Lyn are not supposed to be cool and hip because the Viennese Waltz is 200 years old...blah, blah, blah. I don't care. My love for Harry Potter beats my love of the Viennese Waltz. Hit play, please. I apologize for the weather advisory warning in the corner; it's the only clip I could find on YouTube. Also, click on the link to watch it on YouTube. I can't get it to not cut off the right side when I try to watch it on here. Sorry for being technologically challenged.


If you don't have a ridiculous love of all things Harry Potter:

1. You should.


2. I feel sorry for you.


3. We may not be able to be friends because sooner or later, I will tell you about how my friends and I dressed up to go to midnight showings and book releases for Harry Potter, and you will look at me like I'm crazy. Oops, too late.


4. You will not understand why I have a frame that says Number 4 Privet Drive in my apartment under the stairs despite the fact that I live on a street called Frankford. Frankford. It's Frank and Ford stuck together. Yuck. Wouldn't you pick Privet Drive if you could? Wait. I guess not because if you don't have a ridiculous love of all things Harry Potter, you don't even know why Privet Drive is amazing. Fail.


5. You won't appreciate that Dancing with the Stars clip nearly as much as I did.


6. You wouldn't have understood what on earth Judge Bruno was talking about when Judge Lyn started criticizing the lack of authenticity, and Judge Bruno stood up, acted like he was pointing a wand at Judge Lyn, and yelled, "Expelliarmus!!! Expelliarmus!!!"


7. I dressed up like Hermione several times. You don't know what that means, and you're trying to figure out how to pronounce Hermione.


8. You missed out on googling Latin phrases to see what the spells in the book mean.


9. When you clicked play to watch the dance above, you didn't yell, "It's Hedwig's Theme! It's Hedwig's Theme!" less than three seconds into the song.


10. I guess you don't own the motion picture soundtrack...*cough*or the sheet music*cough*...not that I do.


11. You've never watched "A Very Potter Musical" on YouTube.


12. I can keep going.


13. But I won't.


14. In summary, you missed out on loads of fun and Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans.


15. Oh, and you'll never receive a Hogwarts acceptance letter on your birthday.


16. You should also know that it's "Wingaaaardiam Leviosa!" not "Wingardiam Leviosaaaaa."

Done.