Time makes you bolder. Children get older. Rebecca's getting older too.
Adam, Eva, and I went to the (small) local water park this week; we had sunscreen, but I didn't apply it thoroughly enough and got a little burnt. It wasn't the worst sunburn ever, though. Then we went to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. I hadn't really wanted to see it in theater because I hated the second part of the last book so much; you can read my review here, but it doesn't even begin to cover all the problems I had with it. Literally, "The Prince's Tale" chapter and the epilogue left a bad taste in my mouth that I still haven't gotten rid of almost four years later. Ugh!
But I went to see it because it's the last HP movie, and I've seen every other one in theater, so I felt I had to. Fortunately, it was a lot better than I had expected. The movie made a few much-needed changes/omissions and actually came out better than the book. Since it's the last movie, I decided to make it last and sat through the credits. (I like sitting through the credits but rarely get to because I usually go to the movies with People Who Rush Me. This time I was the one with the car so I made everyone else wait on me.) And guess what I spotted in the credits?
Why was the "Louisiana Entertainment" logo given a prominent place in the credits of Harry Potter? Answer here, from Nola.com.
Adam, Eva, and I saw The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 on July 20, 2011. Eva and I saw The Half-Blood Prince on July 21, 2009. Sara, Adam, and I saw The Order of the Phoenix on July 21, 2007. All in the same movie theater! (No, my memory isn't that good. I made a list here.)
We had a fun time, and I'm glad, because I suspect that fun times might be a while in coming back. The insanity of Back-to-School has returned, right on schedule. It's such a busy time for our store that we refer to it as "our Christmas." But Rebecca sure confused the heck out of her sassy Jewish grandfather when she tried explaining that to him. On a similar note, one of Sara's coworkers (and babygoose85's sister) asked her whether I was married or engaged. Sara: "She's neither." Sara's Coworker: "But I thought she was converting to Judaism?" She assumed that I must be converting because I was marrying a Jewish guy. I've had one or two other people make this assumption too. Sigh...
P.S. I've loved Harry Potter since 1999. It's so weird that there are no more new books or movies. What is Rebecca going to look forward to now? Oh, yeah:
58 DAYS LEFT until the Season 9 premiere of NCIS!