Textbooks, Flowers, Movie Theatres, Things British ...

[M. Barnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 22770

Hi everyone!

I love callingin sick to work, 'cause then I can catch up on all the 
important thigns in life! <grin>

Perhaps this is just me, but I keep my old textbooks.  They are great 
references for later courses and for later when you are in the 
<giggle> real world, to look for things that you know you really 
ought to know, but just forget.  But that could be just for technical 
jobs, well, I'm a firefighter, and that's not technical like computer 
technical, but things don't change that much that often, so i can use 
my old books to look stuff up.  So therefore, the Weasley kids would 
all have to have their old books.  "Damn, I haven't levitated 
anything in forever, what was that spell (charm, whatever)?"

Wouldn't it just be magical if Harry was related to his lesser-arch-
emeny Draco by virtue of his mother actually being a magical muggle 
who is related to Lily (and Petunia) Evans?  I would jump up and down 
and cheer!  But to whomever suggested it, good catch on the flower 
thing :)

I am quite looking forward to November 16th.  I think I've already 
said this somewhere, but I accept that a movie production must take 
some creative license and therefore will change some things we deem 
unchangeable for the sake of making the pages come alive on the 
screen.  I loved both the book and movie versions of The Princess 
Bride.  Blowing up a movie theatre to demonstrate your dislike for 
the making of a movie is completely, totally and in all other ways, 
incontheivable.

I got the "real" versions of the books in the mail the other day!  I 
am so excited.  While I had to go out and look for a place to live 
and haven't actually read all 4 of them yet, I have read PS and loved 
the fact that Harry taped his glasses with Sellotape and Dudley's new 
word was "shan't".  Being from a British Commonwealth, yah Kiwis, and 
transplanted to the States, seeing English english being used in 
print is such a treat.  I want Harry to go on a portkey/floopowder 
journey to New Zealand before next march, so when I go back for my 
cousins wedding, I can say I went to somewhere Harry has been.  :)

Most of my friends think I am nuts ... but a grown woman (well, as 
grown as a 24 year old can be) should be able to have Harry Potter 
sheets on her bunk at the Fire Station without being made fun of!

Michelle :)  <---wishes she didn't swear off boys younger than 
her ... I'd give <insert who you want Harry to end up with here> a 
run for their money :)