Hippogriff

You may remeber Buckbeak the Hippogriff from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, his species is what I shall be discussing today.

Wikipedia defines a Hippogriff below:

A Hippogriff (also spelled Hippogryph and Hippogryphe, Italian: Ippogrifo) is a legendary creature, supposedly the offspring of a griffin and a mare.

Wikibooks says the following:

A hippogriff is a creature that has the "body, hind legs, and tail of a horse; but the front legs, wings, and head of what seemed to be a giant eagle, with a cruel, steel-colored beak and large, brilliantly orange eyes. The talons on its front legs were half a foot long and deadly looking."

Much more descriptive. In the the third Harry Potter book you read about Buckbeak. Buckbeak is Hagrid's grey pet Hippogriff. He is a character many people are fond of (I named my roster after him). He does likable things like biting Draco Malfoy. Arrogant and ignorant Malfoy says before being bitten.

"I'll bet you're not dangerous at all, are you? Are you, you great ugly brute?"
     -- Draco Malfoy to Buckbeak, making a rather serious mistake

Draco proceeded to be a total cry baby. He runs to his rich daddy saying he is more hurt than he really is. Lucius Malfoy than goes on to convince " Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures" to have Buckbeak be executed. Harry and Herimone later released Buckbeak from Hagrid's pumpkin patch (the executioner and other people were nearby inside Hagrid's house). The then fly Buckbeak to Sirius Black. Sirius and Buckbeak than became fugitives together.

We have seen Buckbeak eat ( I am going to assume what he eats is the typical Hippogriff diet) chicken bones, dead ferrets, and dead rats. He is also depicted digging in the ground for worms. He has grey feathering and orange eyes. Individual Hippogriff colors vary such as mundane horses, including black, bronze, chestnut, grey, and roan. An adult Hippogriff has a wingspan of about 24 feet. Hippogriffs are dangerous unless tamed, so watch out!

There is certain protocol to be followed when wanting to interact with this creature. The Harry Potter Lexicon said the following:

"A person wishing to approach a hippogriff should maintain eye contact and should bow first; if the animal bows in return, it can be touched and even ridden. Hippogriff owners are required to keep them under Disillusionment Charms to prevent Muggles from seeing them (PA6, FB). "

Hippogriff are a very interesting and majestic creature. I hope to have shed a little light on the subject of their species.

Quiz?!?!?!?

    Today I will take a quiz called "Your life in Hogwarts". I don't really know what this quiz will tell me but Harry Potter is involved so might as well blog about it. Take it if you want to. Shouldn't it be "at" not "in", whatever. Okay, here are my responses and results.

"You just recieved your letter to get into Hogwarts, what do you do?"
You knew it was going to get to you someday and you are excited to get sorted.
"What house do you want to be in the most?"
Ravenclaw (because I like learning, especially when it comes to something fun like magic)
"If there were tryouts for quidditch would you go?"
I'm not athletic so I would rather spend my time doing something I'm good at. (like spells c: )
"Who do you have a crush on out of these?"
Neville Longbottom (it used to be Draco but I have a newfound appreciation for Neville)
"What would your patronus be?"
A Panther (because Polar Bear weren't an option)
"What out of these some up your personality most?" (not a typo - they used some not sum)
I love reading, writing a(nd) generally using my mind to achieve great things (another typo in the quiz!)
"If you were in the battle of Hogwarts which side you would fight on?"
The good side.
AND THE RESULTS ARE:
Anna Lomas
Name: Anna Lomas
Nickname: Anne, Anny

House: Ravenclaw

Status: Pureblood

Grades: E's & O's

Year: A year older than Harry

Personality: Intelligent, Loud, Loyal, Witty, Ambitous, Cunning

Family: Bethany Lomas (mother), Steven Lomas (father)

Best friends: Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood & Hermione Granger

Close friends:  Harry Potter & Ron Weasley
Enemies: All Slytherins

Crush: Neville Longbottom

Wand: Cherrywood , 13 inch, Unicorn Hair

Quidditch position: Your scared of heights and wouldn't dare to even touch a broom

Best spell: Finite

Best class: Herbology

Patronus: Owl

What people think of you
Fred and George Weasley: Whos that? We better prank her. Yeah merlin knows how shes avoided us for this long!
Neville Longbottom: Anna is in advanced Herbology, and shes helped me with alot of work, Shes really pretty too but don't tell her that!
Draco Malfoy: Ugh that little blood traitor doesn't deserve to be able to do magic. 
Pansy Parkinson: Draco hates her?... THEN SO DO I! THE LITTLE BRAT!Harry potter: Anny is really nice, she does my herbolody homewor for me, it gives hermione a rest
Hermione Granger: Shes shown me some great books to study from in the library!
Ron Weasley: Shes alright I geuss

Luna Lovegood: Anne is my bestfriend ever! shes so sweet and loving. And she Likes me for who I am and doesn't call me loopy..... Oh yeah have you seen my house scarf its gone missing? Maybe it was the nargles...
Adults

Headmaster Dumbledore: Anna is very bright and a Pleasure to have at Hogwarts
Professor Sprout: Oh yes miss Lomas is amazing at herbology.
Future

You have always had a crush on Neville ever since you saw him shuffle in the huge crowd of first years to get sorted, Most people bullied and teased him which you hated and always stood up for him even if you ended up getting bullied yourself.
In seventh year you and Neville got closer and Closer to eachother in standing up to deatheaters.
In the battle of Hogwarts you protected your friends before anyone else even they were on different sides. You eventually got Knocked down by a powerful Hex and were put into the great hall with other people who were injured or dead. After Neville had killed Nagini he came running to you and h kissed you Lovingly, ever since then you hav both been madly in love with eachother.
When you and neville left Hogwarts you got a job in a herbology store while neville taught herbology at Hogwarts. You both never got married because you agreed that it was just a piece of paper but you did have one child. A girl names Rose

Yard Sale

     Didn't feel like continuing the foreign Harry thing, so I decided to make something. I work for my dad (for little pay :'c ) at his business At the Y Auctions. There I do a lot of web advertisements and website design. So I am going to show you something Harry related I made.

     Cute right? I know. Well thank you I'm Jazzy Willis, stay classy San Diego. 

All Around the World

     The Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling has become a global phenomenon over the past few years. As of 2001, the first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, has been published in 39 countries and has been translated into 31 different languages. Its all over the place! In locations like Africa,  the Americas, Asia, Europe, Iceland , and the Middle East.

     To side of this text you see a photo. This photo is from the Harry Potter series in Iceland. There the first book is called Harry Potter og viskusteinninn (Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone). The book was published in Icelandic back in 1999.

       Next you see a Japanese page.  I find it interesting all the different ways this has been published. Think about, right now somewhere in the worl someone is reading Harry Potter. Whoa. There the first book is called Harii Pottaa To Kenja No Ishi. That was published in 2001.

There. A little about two places and their JK Rowling novels, I shall continue this later. Farewell. Despedida. Jäähyväiset. Abschied. وداع

Did you know?

I am the type of person who loves learning strange facts about things (all polar bears are left handed). So I thought that I would share a cool photo that taught us all. This photo is interesting to me because it explains something in the background. Most of the time we don't pay attention to the little details but it is nice to find out something like this. It can give us insight, or maybe it's just a little brain food for us to forget tomorrow. Who knows? I sure as hell don't, but maybe you're into philosophy, so there, thunk about that! Oh yeah this about Harry Potter, well......What a wizard! Okay I should stop typing, blog over.

Rupert Update.....NEW MOVIE!!!

Rupert Grint is a young ginger actor who plays Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter series. I just thought I would post a little something about how he is doing. I was looking for something to blog about when I stubled upon new info about Rupert. There is a poster for his new movie circling about the web. This new poster for Rupert Grint’s latest project, Into the White, is now online. It shows Rupert in his pilot goggles and bomber jacket. I’ve also included a trailer for you below. The film, which takes place during World War II and Rupert portrays Gunner Robert Smith, is expected to be in theatres April 12th in the US.

Luna Lovegood - Evanna Lynch - Actress over comes Anorexia

Evanna Lynch is the young Irish actress who plays Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter series. Lynch studied speculative fiction and drama at the Centre for Talented Youth of Ireland, a summer program for gifted children. She was a HUGE Harry fan, an wrote letters to J.K. Rowling. At age eleven she begged Rowling for help in one of her letters.

“I told how I looked up to her,” Lynch tells The Sun
“She wrote back and was like a counsellor. She told me anorexia is destructive, not creative, and the brave thing was not to succumb to it.” This helped her over come her anorexia and go on to play Luna Lovegood. Rowling really is an ispiration.