It was due on Saturday and I totally spaced on it. I think I got a little too into my knitting and watching Mad Men. I am now addicted to that show. But I’ll talk about that later. For now, hopefully my late homework assignment won’t hurt me too bad:
1- Who wrote the obituary of Dumbledore in The Daily Prophet? Elphias Doge
2- What is a Squib? witch/wizard born person has no magical skills for themselves.
3- Who stole the locket Horcrux from the Black House? Mundungus Fletcher
4- What are the Albus Dumbledores’ siblings names? Aberforth and Ariana
5- Where did Hermione leave the money for the eggs and bread that they stole from the lonely farm? - under the chicken coup
6- What is the quote Lily and James Potter have on their tombstone? The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death
7- Why did Gilbert Grindewald leave wizarding school? he was expelled for experimenting with black magic
8- Where does Xeno Lovegood first say that Luna is when Ron, Hermione and Harry visit? at the river looking for plimpies
9- What wood is the wand from The Deathly Hallows supposed to be made out of? elderwood – from a tree near where the brothers died.
10- How did Harry, Hermione and Ron escape the vaults of Gringotts? the same way they did in Oceans 12… I kid… I’m a kidder, they made their way out on the back of a dragon
11- What is the name of the all-female Quidditch team that Ginny has a poster of in her room? Hollyhead Harpies
12- Describe what the Undetectable Extension Charm is. Say you have a soup can. This charm makes is so that the soup can has endless space in it.
OK now that my homework is done… albeit late, let’s move on to Mad Men. I’ve hear so much so much about this show, that I got online and went to the Seattle Library page and put a hold on the dvds. You can imagine that the wait for the dvds was a couple of months. But it was worth the wait. The cast is amazing, the writing is phenomenal and the sets and the costumes are incredible. The show reminds me a little of the Sopranos because all the characters are flawed, in some way or another. And the lead character, Don Draper (played by Jon Hamm) is not always likeable but you are still rooting for him. Not to mention, he’s one good looking guy. He’s got that Paul Newman/Gregory Peck/Rock Hudson look about him. And he was great in his guest starring role on 30 Rock.
John Slattery (seen in this photo with Christina Hendricks, who’ll talk about in a second), who plays Roger Sterling, used to be on a show called Homefront back in ’91 that I loved. There’s something about him that makes him so well suited for period shows. He has such a great 40s/50s look about him. He did show up on Sex in the City where he played a politician who has a strange fetish. But let’s get back to Mad Men. The one gal who plays Joan (Christina Hendricks) is awesome. I don’t know if I love her character or the fact that she’s built like most women with curves. And her character doesn’t hide them. She uses them. Not something I’m terribly comfortable with, but then again, I don’t have those kinds of curves.
So now I’m waiting for season 2 to come out on dvd. I believe it’s sometime in June or July.
As for the knitting that went on this weekend. Well, here’s what I did. I had to frog a fair amount because I just wasn’t paying attention to my knitting. I was paying too much attention to Mad Men.
I’m hoping to get the lace part on the bottom (the peplum) done today or tomorrow and then it’s on to the sleeves and the button bands.
And can I just say this, thank god the first family finally got a dog. Now we can get back to fixing the economy. Actually they just showed the annual White House Easter Egg Roll. I have to say, there’s something somewhat comforting to see the President do some of the same things my dad did for me – reading books and acting them out from time to time, playing games. Not to mention that you can see how much love there is in that family. Kinda reminds me of my family. ‘Cept my dad wasn’t a basketball fan.
PS – way to go Al Franken!
