truly evil villains....

I thought it would be really fun to reminisce over my most favorite literary villains.

Numero Uno; Professor Umbridge, introduced in the 5th book of the Harry Potter series. She is so truly, deep down inside, festering with pure evil. She even trumps He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named in the creepy category. I mean, come on...let's give it to the guy...he had a very unhappy childhood. And if you've ever watched Law in Order, you know that this is an automatic get-out-of-jail free card. We should really pity him. In fact, I'm so not afraid of him that I feel confident in saying/typing his name. Voldemort. There, I did it. Give it a try...fear of the name only increases fear of the thing itself. Anywho, back to Umbridge. She just smiles in that fake nice way...ick...and wears a bow...ICK...and has a fondness for all things kitten. *shudder

Number 2 on my list goes to Monsieur Rigaud. A murderer and a little bit of a dandy to boot. He loves to stir up trouble in Little Dorrit. Fortunately...a house falls on him in the end. Wish I could say the same for Delores Umbridge.

Number 3; Senator Palpatine/Emperor. Star Wars' most hated bad guy. We can't really use Darth Vader because he kind of redeems himself in the end...and he does that by throwing the Emperor into, what looks like, a giant generator. If the Emperor hadn't been doing his little electric voodoo move...he might have survived the fall. He is a Sith Lord after all. I didn't mean for that to rhyme.

Number 4 on my list is a man that I have never honestly even read about. I've been digging into the Sherlock Holmes novels and short stories but have yet to get to Professor Moriarty. I'm just assuming he's going to be a really great bad guy.

PS. My pictures always post backwards no matter what way I upload them. Sorry about that...work your way backwards!

little dorrit...

I just finished reading one of THE best books I have ever read. Little Dorrit, by Charles Dickens, is such a sweet, full and intriguing novel. The characters are so diverse...some being quirky and wholesome and others are down right malevolent. I also encountered a personality that is probably one of my most favorite in all literature! If you've read it before, that man is Mr Pancks. If you haven't read it before, that man is still Mr. Pancks lol. So I guess you will just have to read Little Dorrit and find out why! Leave me a comment and tell me who your favorite literary character is, I'd love to know!!

A very heartfelt thank you to a wonderful sister, Alayna, who made my little boy's Christmas special! He loves his new bicycle....and yes, it is a tricycle but he will not call it that lol. Thank you, thank you and thank you again!

there and back again....

So our trip did not start out at all how we planned, but it worked out in the end anyway (and was much more adventurous lol). We had such an exciting, wonderful, peaceful, busy and all-around excellent time it was hard to leave. I'm glad we have so many people that love us out there and that we love in return!