Weekend of a Harry Potter heathen

[annathepiper]

First off, everybody say hi to suzene and ravenlaughing, joining me out of the Two Moons MUSH crowd (and Great Big Sea fandom!) on the one hand, and courtesy of wingedelf on the other! Greetings and welcome!

And secondly, okay, I'll confess--I'm a Harry Potter heathen. I don't own any copies of the books, and while I've read books 1-3, I only got moderate enjoyment out of them. I have no particular plans to buy hardback editions of books I only moderately enjoy, and probably will not be buying my own copies until I can get hold of paperback copies of the UK editions. (The writer geek in me likes the idea of looking at the original words Rowling wrote, even if they are only passingly different in small details from the US editions.) I will likely be reading books 4-6 while I am recovering from thyroid surgery, most likely some time early next month. So not that I really think I need to say this to anyone on my Friends list, since I've seen you all be careful about this already--but just in case, do please be careful with your spoilers. Thanks in advance!

Next, highlights of the weekend! Friday, OMGBSGBBQ with spazzkat, mamishka, jessicac, kathrynt, llachglin, solarbird, and myself; I've already written up my reactions to the episode, but suffice to say loads of fun. Saturday was calling my brother Marc to wish him a happy birthday, a going away gathering-slash-birthday party at her place for jiapa who is moving to New York, and then video games, with many of the Friday folks plus a surprise visit from Danny, one of our former renters from 5026, who's struck up a bit of a friendship with us and who's pretty cool. Sunday, a nice walk down to the Farmer's Market, futzing around with my guitar, and a bit of writing. Good weekend all around.

No word yet out of Luna or from Nadia Cornier. Closing in on the two-month mark for the one and have just passed the one-month mark for the other.

Days without a rejection letter from Luna: 53
Days without a rejection letter from Nadia Cornier: 35
Friday miles: 2.25
Saturday miles: 2.0
Sunday miles: 2.0
Miles out of Hobbiton: 248.45
Miles to Rivendell: 209.55

Comments

[annathepiper]

Ah. Fan/pirate copy, then?

[starsongky.livejournal.com]

Goblet of Fire on PDA? Yep, it's basically just a huge text file, with a bookmark-type feature to it'll open back up to the same spot you last closed it. The first reading attempt was with the book (hardcover US edition), but that sucker's just too darn heavy to lug back and forth to work.

[annathepiper]

Gotcha.