The funny thing is, I used to be an HUGE Harry Potter fan. Enormous. I owned nine cloaks and presented a paper at a convention (really badly, but never mind that) and went to premiers in a nine-layer reasonably-chronologically-authentic Helga Hufflepuff costume. That I had sewed myself. Etc.

And I almost didn't even go last night. In the end, I just thought that I didn't want to be so grown-up I missed a midnight premiere of my very first fandom...and I went. And I'm even glad I did. But I think if I hadn't I wouldn't have regretted that either, and it kind of makes me sad inside. But sleeeeep!

So, anyway, Cut for...not spoilers, exactly? But my impressions may color your viewing )
Hours of sleep, one discussion, and a good look at the flist later, I become slightly more rational.

Spoilers )

Seriously? Whitney called me when she finished the book. Well, she called Jen, Mia, and Amy (none of whom had finished it), finally got my number, then called me. My dad comes into the room, saying, "It's six o'clock, you know."

ME: "Hah, hah, very funny. It's only, like, eleven."

ME? WRONG. He was right. Man, I musta been tired.

We had a nice talk, though I was still just-wakened and just-reacting, considering how soon I went to bed. Having seen the flist, though, many things make much more sense.
Oh, my dear...I've just finished and I can't sleep now, I've got to talk about it, I've got to talk about it now...

Cut for spoilers. SO MANY SPOILERS. SO MANY HORRIBLE SPOILERS IN WHICH LU CRIES HER EYES OUT )
SO: I have my pretty, lovely, Huffle-puffy

NUMBER-ONE WRISTBAND





It is time to shave my legs and put on my black underwears and get my sword and wand off the wall and otherwise prepare myself for the GLORIOUSNESS that is going to be this evening.

Two Potter Parties. LOTS OF PICS. At least one costume prize amongst us. And then...NEW CANON.
SO:

In 27 hours and 50 min, we will have new canon. TWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

We are camping out tonight, beside the door. TWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

The end.

No, I tell a lie.

Maya gave us the last chapter. TWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The whole sticking-to-canon bit? HARDEST THING EVER. Especially since I can't seem to get in a canon mood, or find the time for it. (Drat being short-handed, my morning reading time is gone.)

Today was the Mondayest Monday that work has turned out in a long time. But after work--oh, after work:

--Jen was Lily, then she was Arabella, then she was Sibyll, then she was Winky, then she was Dobby. Dobby stuck.

--We created life in a glass bowl. Amelia got primordial goo all over her hands. Then she ate it. (We found out later that she had prematurely removed the goo from the kangaroo, depriving it in her impatient greed of its ability to hop forward. Bad goddess of creation, bad!) Then I tucked the kangaroo over my ear, Amy pressed the starfish to her nose, and we got back to work.

--We made a machine to answer profound questions, powered by an ant walking a treadmill. One question we asked was, "Are you dead?"

--Cheap divine rats were devoured while Alastor's identical twin owl was born.

--Many hysterical phone calls were made, involving squeeing, sex scenes, and Amy getting permission to be Shelley for about fifteen hours.

Also hair dye, cheap Evian, and dowel rods.

Do I have great friends or what?
So, following [livejournal.com profile] shocolate's example, I am thinking about cutting off my fic reading pre-HBP. The thing of it is that I can more than likely re-read all the books if I start on the Saturday before the release, and probably even have time to read OotP twice (which I'd like to do, as I don't know it as well and I'd really, really like to get kicked out of the trivia games for knowing too much again.) So I'm thinking that that will be my drop-point. Any fic I want to read will be put in my "Come Back To" mem category and read after I'm done with the new canon. Except for parody. Parody I will read.

So that is my decision, people.

Write me some parody that week, eh?
What do you fear?

Boggarts )

My name is Lu Hallulat. And I am afraid.

Right. Now that I've done both...

What do you fear will happen in the next two books? It can be serious or fun. I'm just curious. List me some fears.

ETA: My serious fears are listed here
What do you fear?

Dementors )

Er...that started out as a fun entry/poll thing on what I'm afraid will be in HBP, but it turned into something else. You'll get the fun one later. But seriously, take off the last line, and it's all me anyway. So, this is the "Serious Fears" entry (except I do want to add that I'm afraid Draco will choose the Dark Side, or never realise that he has a choice.) Fandom/Funny fears are the next entry. (Here)

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