Bah, NeoOffice just crashed and ate a long journal entry I wrote in Keflavic airport. Short version: Icelandic apricot yogurt is really yummy. I’m meeting Francie in a few hours and we’re taking the train from London to Canterbury. More later.

OK, I’m jetlagged and not at my most coherent, but here’s a bit more of what I think I was writing about ( Read more... )

So I saw DH2 the other night in a midnight showing, at the Boston Common theater. The Boston Globe was there covering the event, as there were thousands of people there, many in costume, myself included. I had decided to wear my Slytherin tie.

Now, those of you who have known me for a while know I’ve identified as a Ravenclaw for years and years. ( Read more... )

No, really. A friend just forwarded me the flyer about it…

Harry Potter Scavenger Hunt
JULY 9−SEPTEMBER 5
Pick up a “Marauder Map” to explore specimens from
wolves to wolfsbane and test your depth of knowledge
about Harry’s world.
Free with museum admission.

Hogwarts at the HMNH
JULY 27, 5:00−8:00 PM
Come as a favorite character or creature. ( Read more... )

First off, anyone who’s got photos of me from Aeternitas please send them to me or links to where they’re up! (Me having forgotten camera and all…)

The “Magic Is Forever” Ball was terrific fun, as these things usually are. It’s like HP cons are full of people who remember how awful our junior proms were and are determined not to let that happen ( Read more... )

What a great day at Aeternitas. Tarot class, quidditch, a talk on the Deathly Hallows, Professor Snape’s potions (cocktails) class, and the ball and Wrock concert still to come. (The Remus Lupins are still my fave.)

First I taught my Tarot class. It was packed! Very nicely attended. I was a bit slow-headed still so I forgot to award and deduct ( Read more... )

Just got back from a lovely dinner at a local diner that gives a 10% discount to all wizards. Yum! Went with a pile of people from the Snarry Suite, including DementorDelta, Alisanne, Leela Cat, GatewayGirl, LilysEyes, and Anne Scribelan (sp?). Really needed to tank up on calories after having had basically pretzels and Lemonheads for dinner last ( Read more... )

(This is the post from Thursday night, but I just finally got Internet by going down to the lobby!)

Here I am at Aeternitas! But I’ll probably be posting all this afterward, since the first thing I noticed upon checking into my room is that the WIFI doesn’t work.

We’re at a lovely lakeside resort called The Margate in Laconia, New Hampshire, and ( Read more... )

Getting psyched up for Aeternitas this weekend! (For those wondering what that is, it’s a Harry Potter fan gathering in New Hampshire.) Among the fun things, various people will be offering workshops as Hogwarts canon classes (I’m teaching one on Divination: using the Tarot as a storytelling tool for writers). How awesome is this? “Students” will ( Read more... )

So, when I was feeling overwhelmed tonight and like I just have to get away from it all… I realized I had more money in my Paypal account than I expected. So I went ahead and registered for AETERNITAS.

http://www.aeternitas2011.org/

It’s a Harry Potter fan convention planned for April 28-May 1 2011 in Laconia, New Hampshire! Why, that’s broom ( Read more... )