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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Poet.

You know that LOL moment you get when something's really funny? It JUST DOESN'T STOP.

I must be attracting BTBs (Big Thick Books) lately: Harry Potter VI, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, and now the Sword of Shannara Trilogy -- over 1000 pages of magical mayhem and some of the most derivative scenes I've ever read. ( Spoilers. )

I won the First Task!!

Catching up with stuff....

Three DW icons here. Caution, though: the third one pertains very strongly to a certain NEXT SEASON CASTING SPOILER.... (Excuse me while I run around in gleeful circles.)

Two small fics:

Amelia: contains HBP SPOILERS concerning Madame Bones.
      The Silent Witness: drabble, NO spoilers ( Read more... )

Just thought of something ( spoilery, involving Grimmauld Place.... )

Just thought of something....

( HBP spoilers )

Today is the anniversary of the first Moon landing. Here's a cute Google map that ought to hold a sci-fan's attention for at least half a minute.....

And now, as promised: ( HBP icons and spoilers. )

I've finished reading HBP.

Yesterday, actually, but it's still churning around in my head. Think I'm coming down with a fever, but I may say this: I was grinning all over my face for hours afterwards, despite the ( incident )

We got the book, but SOMEONE ELSE HAS DIBS!

AAAAAGH!!!!!

That means I'll have to do something productive with my evening. Gripe.

Second obligatory TDF pic: 1.41 minutes ahead of the nearest competitor... you'd be grinning too.

Is it just me, or does Natalie Portman look better without her hair?

Since I had a lot to do tonight, I decided to procrastinate and wound up writing a poem in honor of the upcoming Harry Potter book.

( No spoilers -- just theories. )

Evidently we now have phasers, but cant be bothered to fix up the space program. What's wrong with this picture.?

We're getiting HPGP HPG BHP HBP!! It's going to be EXCRUCIATINGLY difficult to avoid the major spoilerfest which will certinaly manifest online fiveminutes after the midnight release. I blame the ype: hype: why did the have to spend so ( Read more... )