@Dark eagle, I'm remebering why Halfblood prince is  probably my least favourite of the HP series. the Harry suspects Draco plot requried both Harry and Hermione to act rather out of character, and so much time was spent on emotional bickering between the principles not much was left for plot, actually at the moment all three of the main characters are getting on our respective wicks to some extent, ---- apart from the fact of course that Ginny is waaaaay too perfect and waaaay too matched for Harry who so should've ended up with Luna lovegood as I said earlier .

Actually to say that Order of the  Pheonix is many people's least favourite book, rereading the series reminds me why I ejoyed it so much, things get so dark and Umbridge is such a great villain, that you absolutely love any triumphs during the story, plus it has an awesome conclusion.
then again, Halfblood prince does have all the fascinating stuff with Voldemort's past which is nice to go through, and we remember it having an awesome ending, which of course leads right into the giant climax of Deathly hallows.

Oh, about Breed memorial,  the two links for downloading the game are labeled in English, just go onto the page and find the link that says "zip" download the game, bang it in a folder of your choice and run the exe file to start.
Actually, as I'm at my parents at the second  will have to install on this laptop to carry on playign myself.

I'll also need to install screaming strike, which my lady is absolutely loving at the moment, though I'd like to see if I can get her into Breed memorial since I think taking care of pet monsters might appeal to her.

@an idiot that sounds fun, do you have any clips of someone playing one of those on Youtube? I'm always up for hearing new instrements I haven't heard before, even though I'm less of a string player myself.

Well  things have been hechtic, I'm still recovering from a cold, but this mornign I had to help the learning  choir out with les miserables, which meant lots of coughing, albeit apprently it worked out, and goodness knows what's happening tomorrow.
We also spent most of yesterday shopping around for a new bed, one which will hopefully not collapse on us .

Other than that I have lots of writing to do, particualrly because I've just finished The Bear and the nightingale by Catharine Arden, a rather interesting adult fairy tale set in 14th century Russia. I wasn't planning on writing a review, but since a lot of the reviews of the book are rather one note and I think I might be able to say something a little more interesting, I'll give it a try. other than that, i'm really hoping my cough finally stops so I can actually start singing again, especially because I want to learn that  handel duette, but we shal see.

Its also our aniversary next week, but due to being a bit terminally short of cash at the second, we'll probably have to just go to the local, cheep but extremely nice Italian, which we go to occasionally, rather than anywhere more exotic.
this is mildly disappointing, but it is what it is at the second.

Hope everyone else is having a good time.