Hp addiction and Good Friends : )

[macloudt at yahoo.co.uk]

Actually, good friends first...I also feel part of a good group of 
friends this list, and, frankly, I'm glad I'm not the only one who 
feels this way!  Being away from old friends and family does get me 
down sometimes.  All my relatives live in Canada and the Netherlands, 
and most of my in-laws haven't acknowledged my existence for over a 
year (long story...I'll spare you), and while I have truly wonderful 
friends nearby I do feel, well, lost and alone sometimes.  I come on 
these boards once a day, and it's good to see familiar names--heck, 
faces!--, many of whom share my wierd sense of humour and outlook on 
life (hypocrites and chronic, humourless anal retentives need not 
apply!!).  So I guess what I'm saying is that you guys are a good 
drug :::::big group schnoogle::::: Keep it up :)

Well, as for HP addiction and coming to these boards...I didn't read 
the books when they first came out, not because I had anything 
against them, but because I truly thought they were childrens' 
books.  Last spring a friend recommended I read the books (we're both 
heavily into sci-fi/fantasy), but I didn't get around to doing so.  
Then my friend asked me to get an audio version of PS from the 
library to play on a Guide trip involving a 2-hour coach journey 
(Stephen Fry...yummy!!).  Well, the trap was set, and I fell in 
love.  Of course there wasn't time on that day trip to listen to the 
whole set of tapes, but since it was on my library card I was able to 
listen to a tape every night.  I would put my walkman on and flop on 
the bed.  It was bliss!  Needless to say I rushed out and got the box 
set of the written books, and all of them have been re-read several 
times.

I got my computer in July, and as soon as I was comfortable with 
surfing the net (I am technologically deficient to an alarming 
degree) I began looking up Harry Potter sites, and, like many of you, 
stumbled upon HPFGU.  I was pleased as punch because everything else 
I found was catering for kiddies, and though I'm 5'2" and many of 
those kiddies probably tower above me I still felt a bit too grown up 
for them :)

You've been stuck with me ever since.  Live with it.

Mary Ann
(forking out more dosh for yet another therapy session)