The Harry Potter Experience

[potioncat]

Potioncat takes a deep gulp of PepperUp Potion and gives her computer a swift kick. Between a head cold and a slow modem, she missed the posts by Kemper and Lee. Hoping biological viruses can't surf the net, she continues.

Kemper wrote:
> My family, mom, sibs, wife, and inlaws have all read the books.  They are passive, quiet fans.  Some of my friends have read the series, they too are free from fandom.  I do not hide my nerd, my geek.  I make it look risickulously bad ass.  And that endears them and strangers to me.

Potioncat:
The one adult I know who was a HP fan, is the one who encouraged me to read the books. But she stopped reading a PoA. It was too dark for her tastes, but then, her life was sort of dark then too. 

For the most part, my family tolerate my interest in HP. I snipped the part about using the books with teens, how did that work?


> 
> [Lee]:
> Hmm--don't forget that theme park that's supposed to be opening up
> sometime...sounds like it will be fun!  And maybe I'll get there.

Potioncat:
I visited Islands of Adventure last fall. That part of the park looks good--and based on the other sections--I have high hopes for it. Keep in mind, I am not an amusement park fan.

Actually it was sort of funny, because of time I had urged my son and husband to hurry on the ride they wanted. I was following behind and took a wrong turn. Found myself at a wall looking at a Ministry of Magic poster. It was a while before I caught up to them.
> 
> [Lee]:

> 
> I've been to a couple of bookstore opening but no conventions.  Too far
> away, especially now that Art doesn't drive more than about town.

Potioncat:
I was asked if I was going to the bookstore event, but I had a feeling my answer might be the determining factor in committment papers.

Lee:
> But I would like to see, perhaps a couple years after the last movie, a
> really *Good* miniseries for each book that excludes nothing from the books
> and doesn't ad what I call "silliness" like the shrunken head on the Knight
> bus in the POA movie and the badly done first task in the GOF movie.
> 

Potioncat:
Me too! I think the books would lend themselves very well to that.