Sorta kinda thinkin I'm back....

[goldenkey26]

Hello all --

I've missed you all, having been on hiatus since Christmas -- not for 
anything fun, mind you.  I was very ill with a depression with 
complications, and in the month of March managed to a) get an 
official letter of reprimand for fecklessness at my job, b) get 
rejected by all the Ph.D. programs I applied to, and c) get disowned 
by my father for having "an uncharitable spirit."  All in the month's 
work, doncha know.  Oy vey!

One upside to this development, since I'm not spending Sundays at my 
parents' house anymore, is that I'm freer to participate in Chat.  
Except I've forgotten how to get into the Chatroom and actually find 
people there.  May I beg some advice? --Rita?  A private email would 
probably be better than clogging up the board with Chat advice.  
Thanks.

Meanwhile, I'm trying to catch up some of the posts and see what the 
weather's like.  I missed John's April Fools joke, darn.  I did 
manage to catch Ebony's lovely and thought-provoking MLK Day essay, 
thanks, Eb.  AND I've been mulling over some thoughts on HP and 
Shakespeare in connection with our perennial genre and shipping 
debates.  Won't post them, however, until I see whether my ideas have 
already been discussed to death lately.

At my local Borders I saw a flyer advertising sign-up for the HP DVD, 
and *the 5th HP book due out September 2002.*  I'm rather skeptical --
 I dare not hope -- I'm heading to the Leaky Cauldron to find out 
what the real scoop is.  It's probably old news around here, that's 
how out of it I've been!

Looking forward to reading posts again and maybe contributing a 
little... :)

Lisa I.