Saturday, July 21, 2007

Harry Potter, and no, no spoilers

Eric and I went to the Borders Harry Potter party last night, where we witnessed some excellent costumes, overheard a girl sell her number to a boy for $23, and waited two hours to get a book because we had not picked up a color-coded bracelet. The manager shouted "Want to know the ending?" and got a round of "No!" back, and Eric and I discussed whether the manager would leave the store alive if he went through with this threat while reading the other books we were picking up while waiting. ($80 at the bookstore. It's a good thing it's not closer.)

This morning we read it, together, lying on the spare bed mostly. I read faster than he does. It was a lot of fun being able to react to text with someone, even if I had to hold my reactions a few seconds until he caught up to the place I wanted to gasp or laugh or exclaim at. It was a very good book, and satisfying in its tying up of loose ends. We consulted previous books four or five times about things that had been mentioned coming back. My head hurts now, but it was worth it. And now I can go and read the Internet and other media without fear.

5 comments:

Jennifer said...

My head hurts too.

And Mrs. Weasley is my hero. :)

Unknown said...

Mrs. Weasley is awesome. :)

Jennifer said...

That's when I started shouting. :)

Hey, my comments won't show up on Seeded still. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. :(

Unknown said...

Hmm, I don't know either. Sorry! (I'm actually not all that thrilled with Wordpress anyway...I may end up moving that blog at some point.)

Jennifer said...

Well, I am reading it and enjoying it. So if I have anything really pertinent to say, I'll just email you. :)