Midnight Madness and Initial Impressions of First 5 chapters.

[Milz]

Not terribly spoilery.

First, Midnight Madness at the bookstore. I didn't expect it to be 
_that_ crowded. The youngest child I saw was probably 18 months to 24 
months old. He was in costume as Baby Harry post-AK curse, complete 
with an eye-liner lightning scar above his right eye. I'll admit he 
looked cute, though somewhat bewildered. The most elderly person in 
costume (or at least I HOPE he was in costume) was a 60-ish looking 
man who looked like the Robby Coltrane Hagrid. Seriously, he had the 
long unruly hair and the beard. Because he looked somewhat ferocious, 
I didn't ask him if he was in costume or if that was his usual 
appearance;)

At my Borders Books, they gave a number to those people who reserved 
books. They called up groups of numbers to minimize any mob activity. 
I was number 260. It took about an hour and 45 minutes before my 
group number was called. I didn't get home until 2 AM this morning. 

I didn't get to sleep until 3:45 AM because I read the first 5 
chapters. All I can say is "WOW!" I won't go into any detail but 
those 5 "little" chapters are jammed packed with information. Many of 
the questions we've asked and mentally masturbated upon at the HPFGU 
main board since GoF are answered there. 

I won't be able to read anymore until tonight...got alot of moving 
and cleaning to do, the contractor wants to start gutting the 
basement by the end of the week.  

~Milz