January Progress Report

[bluesqueak <pipdowns@etchells0.demon.co.uk>]

--- In HP4GU-FAQ at yahoogroups.com, "Cindy C. <cindysphinx at c...>" 
<cindysphinx at c...> wrote:

> 
> Option 1:  We could continue cataloguing in February.  If we 
> worked at the same pace we did in January, we could finish in 
three weeks.

I have to be honest; I think that at a measley 1,490 posts, I've 
burnt out. 
The 'Missing 24 hours' is making me want to e mail BBoy off list 
with a comment along the lines of 'listen you stupid idiot. Take a 
light plane over the Irish Sea at night in a storm and THEN tell me 
flying a motorbike (with a small baby) over it would be a great 
idea. 

'House Elves are a metaphor for slavery' makes me whimper. Then I 
start banging my head on the oven door.

The discussion over the heraldry of the Gryffindor shield and its 
similarity to the Scottish flag reversed is causing hysterical 
colour blindness.[sorry Eloise and Amanda].

I could probably suffer my way through the last 10 posts to bring it 
up to a round 1,500. But I don't think I could face continuing 
through February.

> 
> Option 2:  I could finish up by going through the remaining 4000 
> messages in webview and look for *really* Fantastic Posts.  I 
> wouldn't read or catalogue everything –- I would look for posts 
> that really were special, either because of the subject matter or 
> (more likely) because of the author.  I think I could finish up 
> fairly quickly, but the final product would reflect my interests 
> and biases to some extent.
> 
> Of those two choices, I think I'd prefer just going through 
> quickly and making note of the truly Fantastic Posts rather than 
>extending  the cataloguing period for all of us.  Depending on how 
> fast I work, I might even be able to catalogue the messages from 
> 41,000-51,000 as well.  In the meantime, you all could begin 
> writing FPs.
> What do you all think?  
> 
> Cindy

How hard do you want me to beg? 

Will on my knees do? Chocolate eclairs? Posting on the main list 
that 'Cruciatus makes you stronger' was a truly brilliant idea, it 
explains everything, I just never saw the light until now ...

Pip