Still Learning

My mom is 59 and my dad is 63.

My dad fought in the Vietnam War and lost part of his thumb. He doesn’t like talking about it, so whenever I ask, he tells me a crab pulled it off, or that when I was a kid, I sucked it off. He would just tell me stories like that when I was younger so I wouldn’t know. But, He still doesn’t tell me the truth to this day.

My mom was a seamstress when she met my dad, like her mother. Her name literally means Thread in Vietnamese. She’s the youngest in her family.

The story goes that my dad had popped a button off his shirt so he went to the nearest sewing store he could find. He found the store that my mom was working in and she quickly sewed it back on. He was so enamored by my mother that he did it again the next week. And, I guess the rest is history.

My mom and dad came to America right after the Fall of Saigon. They went through a lot and I’m surprised they had the strength to go through it all. They gave me a lot and I really am proud to be their daughter despite all my moaning and groaning about them.

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But then I remember I don’t know how to make gifs, so I’m like

I thought I was the only one…

Have I been out of the Harry Potter loophole for a while? I thought Ron/Hermione was called Herione. Anyways. Ronmione/Herione/Heron all sound like shit next to Harmony. Maybe that’s why they hate?

Also. To people who hate Yates and WB for shipping, I don’t think they do it so much that they should get angry. I think more of the “shipping” they see within the movies is the chemistry that Dan and Emma naturally have together so it looks like Yates put it in there. But, in reality, it’s just how Dan and Emma act around each other and then it might exemplified a little bit because Yates wants them together too. Haha.

I am determined to meet, actually meet, Daniel Radcliffe while he is here in the city. Not just the stage door bullshit for How To Succeed. Though, I did get pretty close to him when I did see him at the stage door. Can I prove the 6 Person Theory?

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When the elephant is young and relatively weak, it is tied to an immovable stick. So later, no matter how large and strong he becomes…he continues to believe that he cannot free himself.

Many intelligent people are like circus elephants. They never question their self-imposed limitations

I am not Justin Bieber and did not have “my first love” when I was 15 and I have not “broke[en] my heart” yet. On a side note, people have called me “baby”

So while I am a “lonely girl” I do not really care. There’s no rush to fall in love is there?

p.s. - this post makes me sound like I’m 15 and I listen to Justin Bieber. I’m 19 and car radio has made it impossible to not know a few lyrics.

My name is Catrina. 

i like smiles.

i have a big smile. i like tulips. i don’t like chocolate. i collect school i.d.s. i squeak when i laugh.

I pretty much talk a lot but I’m not that open to people. I’ll start talking out of nowhere and have no idea where I’m going, so you’ll hear me ramble a lot. I’m pretty much a loser when it comes to my social life. I’m socially awkward at large events where I don’t know anybody. I can’t dance worth my life. If you can imagine the awkwardest asian dancing ever, that’ll be me. 

that’s me in a nutshell.

Since I gave up on this a while ago. But that was before I started using Tumblr a lot. Maybe I can actually finish this time?

    Day 01 – Introduce yourself 
    Day 02 – Your first love 
    Day 03 – Your parents 
    Day 04 – What you ate today 
    Day 05 – Your definition of love 
    Day 06 – Your day
    Day 07 – Your best friend 
    Day 08 – A moment 
    Day 09 – Your beliefs
    Day 10 – What you wore today 
    Day 11 – Your siblings 
    Day 12 – What’s in your bag 
    Day 13 – This week
    Day 14 – What you wore today
    Day 15 – Your dreams
    Day 16 – Your first kiss
    Day 17 – Your favorite memory 
    Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
    Day 19 – Something you regret 
    Day 20 – This month 
    Day 21 – Another moment 
    Day 22 – Something that upsets you
    Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better 
    Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
    Day 25 – A first 
    Day 26 – Your fears
    Day 27 – Your favorite place 
    Day 28 – Something that you miss 
    Day 29 – Your aspirations 
    Day 30 – One last moment

So, I basically put myself into a vortex of Harry Potterdom once I started searching HHr on tumblr. I basically found all the people that I wished I had as friends since all my friends are RHr. And I found myself in a situation I haven’t been in since the 7th book came out. Defending Harry and Hermione as a legitimate couple candidate within the series. People scoff at the notion since the series has long since ended. The epilogue was the shittist thing I’ve ever read, and I’ve read so crappy things. Even my friend, who ships those canons, thought it was the shittist thing she’s ever read.

Anyways, I think Harry and Hermione are friends, yes. But I think that is where the beauty of their potential relationship is from. They know how to make each other laugh, they know how to support each other when one is sad, they know what to do when somebody is angry, and they just know each other. They know what the other will say and do and they just have an instinct for one another. Harry, I think, more than anybody, needs this as a basis for a relationship. He’s been through so much loss and hate, that he needs stability. Hermione was the first person to show him affection, she was the first person to show him support when he really needed it. Forget the movies, I get this from the books.

What has Ron given Hermione? What has Hermione given Ron? They fight. Okay, what else? I don’t see Ron supporting Hermione. He always makes fun of her because she’s always at the library or hating her because she’s always helping Harry. Hermione is always crying over Ron, whether he’s making fun of her in the first book or making out with Lavender in the sixth book. In the end I think it would be a very destructive relationship. Ron would always be jealous of Harry and Hermione’s relationship and I don’t think either one will give up the relationship they have with each other for Ron. AKA when Ron left the tent in the 7th book.

In my head? The Epilogue would’ve had Harry and Hermione married… with kids not named Albus Severus. That’s just horrible. Naming your kid after the greatest wizard of your time and then after the guy that saved your butt? Also on top of that your dad saved the wizarding world. That’s a lot to live up to. I’d take James Severus and Albus Sirius… And SERIOUSLY, did Ginny not have any say in the names? really?…

Anyways. Harry wouldn’t be an Auror, because after 7 months of living in a tent chasing horocruxes, he’d be tired of it. I think he would be the DADA teacher at Hogwarts. 1 he considers it home and 2 because of the DA, he’s already proven himself as an adept teacher.

Hermione would be a healer at St. Mungos or in the Magical Creatures department still trying to help with the equality of magical creatures. (but I honestly think that the trio would be wary of the Ministry and it being corrupt). Maybe even create a hospital where magical creatures can go to.

Ron would be a Qudditch player. He can be famous on his own right and no longer be jealous of the attention Harry gets. And he honestly loves qudditch

Luna would be married to ‘Ronald’ and be editor of the Quibbler. She’s never given Harry a lot of attention so Ron wouldn’t have the need to get too jealous over their relationship. And I always just liked it because she calls him Ronald.

Ginny and Neville would be married. Because I think she would appreciate Neville. He’s a little nerdy, but he’s brave and is loyal to his friends. And Neville needs a girl with a little spunk, which I do believe Ginny has. 

Or if I want to go the Romeo and Juliet route… Ginny and Draco. Haha.

I just had to get this out there. It was bugging me.