Don't you hate it when you're trying to eat your breakfast and a Nimbus 2000 is dropped by an owl into your cereal? It's probably the same aggravation people get when they have to remember which direction the staircase is going to be switching for the day.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone came out when I was nine-years-old. By the time the J.K Rowling's books were finally completed, I was the same age as the characters. To say the least, I grew up with Ron, Hermione and Harry.
When the characters were starting to develop hormones and urges for the opposite sex, so was I. Oh, how badly I wanted to be snogged in the hallway by the current boy I was pining over.
Plus, have you seen how hot each of them grew up to be? Daniel Radcliffe has even gone nude on stage! What my 16 year old self wouldn't have given to see that. Emma Watson is going to Brown and being all smartsy and whatnot. Though, I'm not sure what Rupert Grint is up to, he'll always hold a place in my heart as my favorite ginger.
I stayed up late under my bed sheets with a flashlight for hours just to finish each chapter. I read the books in class and constantly received criticism from my teachers. They didn't fully understand that whatever Dumbledore had to say was far more important than who was the 22nd President of the United States.
When the seventh book was released, I locked myself in my room and did come out for three days. Since I come from such a small town, only about two hundred people use my post office. I bribed my postmaster with a fifty dollar bill in order for him to relinquish the book a day in advance to me. Apparently, it was a felony to do so and I was left waiting in front of the post office all morning for it to open. I informed my parents that I wasn't to be disturbed and that my meals were to be left outside my door. There was no Facebook, TV, or cellphone. I was cut off.
I've gone to most all of the midnight showings and was first in line but never dressed up. You can tell me that I'm not a true fan for that. However, I don't think you need to wear circular glasses and a painted on scar for that to be so. It's just enough satisfaction to me to be ahead of the seven-year-old who's completely decked out because I know I've been a fan since before he was alive.
A part of me died when the book series ended and the movies are what kept me strong. However, within a year, those will come to an end as well. I feel as if the last part of my childhood is finally ending and I have to grow up. No other book series has captivated me for over half of my lifetime. I just don't want to let go of the magic. Though, with the new theme park being opened in Orlando I might have it forever. I've heard rumors that in the Harry Potter recreate world there is a wand at Ollivander's that really chooses you!
I think the boy that I need in life will be the one who uses the pick up line "Are you using the Confundus charm or are you just that mind blowing?" I will propose to him on the spot.
So who's with me? Do you guys all geek out over Harry Potter as much as me? Am I even allowed to talk in depth about the book? Do I have to keep my mouth duct tape shut as to not spoil any endings? Do you really even care?
I hope, for your sake, it isn't the latter.
I'm still waiting on that acceptance later. I know all my kookiness and eccentric behaviors point to one thing: witch.
did we or did we not have a wizard duel via aim? we did. i geek out just as much, although i was less excited about the naked horse thing...anyways, butterbeers all around but don't get drunk and wake up with a dark mark on you!
Posted by: Teag Bag | May 27, 2010 at 02:46 AM
Harry Potter geek right here. I just finished re-reading the series for the 100th time. I'm giving it three months before I re-read them all again.
Posted by: Karita | May 27, 2010 at 04:53 AM
I'm not a crazed Harry geek, but I'd never judge someone who was. It's a great series :) Geek out!
Posted by: Mia | May 27, 2010 at 08:07 AM
I have never read a harry potter book. But I can share the feeling with the Song of Fire and Ice series by George R.R. Martin. The last book was suppose to come out three years ago and I am still waiting. Plus I hear that it is going to be a series on HBO but I have been waiting two years for that. I am pretty sure at this point whenever it does come out I will be the first in line to get the next book, even if I have to remove any snot nosed tween in my way. Stop crying you little pimple before I have to take your ipad and shove it up your...
Posted by: Chance | May 27, 2010 at 08:10 PM
Oh, Pandora! You know I'm right there with you. I can't wait for Baby Dol to be old enough for us to read the books aloud to her.
Posted by: The Dol | May 28, 2010 at 06:58 PM
I've read all the books and seen all the movies. I was sad to see the books come to an end and I'll be sad when the last movie comes out. I can't exactly say I grew up with the series, but it is still the end of an era.
Posted by: Diosa | May 28, 2010 at 07:00 PM
I second that emotion on those George R. R. Martin books - they're like page-turner crack to the cocaine that is Harry. I also felt the same way when I finished Gene Wolfe's Short Sun series, the end of a few thousand pages of some of the most rewardingly rereadable books I know. Most of the series I read now are detective novels (Connelly, Rankin, Vachss, Mankell, James), and there are usually many more to devour than the 7 Potter books. Speaking of which: Dragon Tattoo: awesome book!
Posted by: Kit | May 29, 2010 at 01:10 PM
@Teag, our AIM wizarding duel was quite epic.
@Karita, YAY for geeking out!
@Mia, thanks for not judging :)
@Dol, Baby Dol is all about that basilisk though. I give it another year.
@Diosa, I think the series were easily loved by all ages. Kind of like the Star Wars of my generation. I'm not sure if Ramblin' Jack would approve of me going that far in comparison though.
@Chance and Kit, so those George R. R. Martin books are definitely worth checking out? Also, Kit, I just bought the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Hope it's the summer read that I need.
Posted by: Pandora | May 29, 2010 at 08:30 PM
The Martin books are so def. worth a gander. Vivid characters, surprising plot twists, thrilling intrigues, epic scope. A typical Ren Faire era type setting which, however, feels fresh because of the fresh things that happen in it. The female characters are just as interesting and diverse and 3D as the male characters, and I know a few women, not ordinarily fantasy fans, who've torn through these books.
Posted by: Kit | May 30, 2010 at 04:07 AM
BTW I saw the new Vampire Academy book in the book store but couldn't buy it because the girl behind the counter was way hot. Either she would think I was buying it for my daughter and therefore married and old, or I was just a perv.
@Kit, nice way of describing the Martin books, I couldn't have said it better myself.
Posted by: Chance | May 30, 2010 at 10:57 PM
@Chance, did you hear that Polly, Pandora and I heard Richelle Mead speak at a local library? She was great. The people who planned the event... not so much. I don't think I've ever bitched so loudly in my life. Anyhoo, Ms. Vampire Academy was *awesome.* and I have the latest book waiting by my bedside right now. I'm reading Laurel Hamilton right now (more vampire smut).
Posted by: The Dol | May 31, 2010 at 08:03 PM
Was she super hot in person...I know she lives in Seattle and I have a bit of a crush. I have dreams of her reading this blog and then writing to me.
"Chance...not only are you sweet, funny and way nicer then alice, but you are really handsome in a Demitri kind of way. I want you and your bishop to be my muse for...ever!"
Posted by: Chance | June 01, 2010 at 07:08 AM
@Chance, she was way hot.
Posted by: Pandora | June 01, 2010 at 11:29 AM