As I'm sure is true for everyone, I've been thinking a lot about Harry Potter during these couple weeks. :) In less than a week, on this coming Saturday, the seventh and final book of the series is being released.

ETA: I'm not sure whether this is still relevant for anyone -- or even whether I'm willing to consider any information about the ( Read more... )

1. 07/21/07!!!1

The minute I decide what I'm doing during July, I am pre-ordering. Snape will be vindicated. 'Nuff said ( Read more... )

This morning, still buried deep in my book about the Philly Irish mob, I happened to walk into my office building at the same time as Gray. In the elevator, he informed me that the medieval-patterned, Slytherin-colored hat I was wearing, knit for me by ursule, would probably be mistaken by people as indicating support for the Eagles. Grrrrr ( Read more... )

My last set of icons felt personally appropriate and generally useful, so that new-icon-urge did not appear for awhile. However, it has been creeping up on me, and yesterday it appeared in full force. Thus, I have a new, exciting icon set! I'm very fond of my new default icon, the wizard Howl from the Diana Wynne Jones book & Miyazake movie Howl ( Read more... )

Here's one of the other posts I've been intending to make, and the second of my recently-promised happy posts. I'm actually not at all sure how I've survived without making this post, simply because I've been SO EXCITED that I had this opportunity ( Read more... )