fantasy life

Last night I took my sisters to the Drive-In Movies and we started talking about the new Harry Potter book. It comes out in two weeks and we were debating what we thought was going to happen in the next book. I know I am a huge dork.

• Dumbledore will die (he is the only thing protecting Harry now that Voldemort shares his blood and they have to build suspense for the next book)
• Sirius is not really dead (he fell behind a curtain - nobody knows where it goes but it might not lead to death)
• Ron and Hermione will finally hook up (even though she is way too cute and smart for him)
• The half blood prince is Hagrid or Lupin (both half bloods)
• Snape sacrifices himself to save Harry (or at least proves that he is not a terrible guy)

I love that all of my favorite fantasy books are becoming movies. I rememeber the day I found out they were making the Lord of the Rings trilogy and I figured they would suck but I was still excited they were doing them. Now the Chronicles of Narnia and a remake of Willy Wonka. I just reread the Magicians Nephew (the first chronilogical book in the Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe). The first time I read the series I never noticed the religious undertones and social commentary in the book. It was pretty daft of me since it seems pretty obvious but I was in grade school so I will cut myself some slack.

I think it is funny that people either love or hate fantasy. Just the idea of having good vs. total evil and having a single person being able to change the course of history is amazing. Let alone the magic and strange creatures and just the dramatics of the struggles the characters face. It's these things that always make me think I want to join the Peace Corps and go to a place that is not so controlled by technology and safe and easy on the soul. I feel like I am just going with the flow in life. Don't get me wrong, the flow is great but I would hate to look back on my life when I am 80 and think - I could have been so much more. My grandma always wanted to be a pilot and has never even flown before. What am I going to look back on and regret?