IT’S COMING!! .. IT’S NEARLY UPON US NOW AND I’M ALL SLGBDDOCOXGKDEYKRYYTELEKDKCMD,S,GJPDDJH4SLHJC;!!

And how do I find out that HP Book VII has not only got a title now, but it’s finished and will be released July 21, 2007????? I sit down and check my email whilst waiting for a very, very late cab to work! And I’m still sitting. And I’m still waiting. But, man am I ever smiling!

In case you didn’t quite catch that, HP VII has not only got a title now, but it’s going to be released 21 July, 2007!! And it’s done now!

And B and I were just saying we needed to reread all six books together before it comes out. LOL! Now we’ve just about got enough time.

Oh … and SLSGSBTOXLGH.D,HHSPSPDCIDEKWLTHDDGDGDGDGDGDGDGDGDGDGDGDGDDDGDGDG–OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP!!!!!

Really good Wand Quiz

I’m slightly staggered to realize that really, I do have more in common with Cho than with Harry, Hermione, or even Neville. Ish. But this is a good test on a very sleezy sight for mature audiences. You’ve been warned.

 

10″, Willow, Veela You scored 42 wisdom, 27 bravery, 31 emotional, and 11 martyrdom!

A willow wand signifies that you care deeply about emotions, art, and intuition, and that you have a particular knack for charms. The veela hair as a wand core means that you are slightly unpredictable but very powerful.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 41% on wisdom You scored higher than 33% on bravery You scored higher than 77% on emotional You scored higher than 11% on martyrdom

Link: The Harry Potter Wand Test written by sputnik845 on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

Hey there, Jo! My, You’re Looking …

After reading this article recently posted in J.K. Rowling’s online diary, I am struck by several thoughts simultaneously.

1: YAY! She updated!

2: Wow, I love her when she’s on a roll …

3: Umm … OK … Thanks Jo, for cuing us in on exactly which is your time of the month.

Really. That’s what I got from it. Beyond the goodness and virtue of what she’s saying, there’s the slightest bit of unnecessary female tude. Consider the following excerpt:

I went to the British Book Awards that evening. After the award ceremony I bumped into a woman I hadn’t seen for nearly three years. The first thing she
said to me? ‘You’ve lost a lot of weight since the last time I saw you!’

‘Well,’ I said, slightly nonplussed, ‘the last time you saw me I’d just had a baby.’

What I felt like saying was, ‘I’ve produced my third child and my sixth novel since I last saw you. Aren’t either of those things more important, more interesting,
than my size?’ But no – my waist looked smaller! Forget the kid and the book: finally, something to celebrate!

So, lemme get this straight. The conversation should have gone:

“Bridget! How nice to run into you after … what … 3 years?”

“Hello, Jo, you darling! Brilliant what you did with Half-Blood Prince, and I’m sure I’d say the same of your newest little girl if I’d actually seen her myself.”

Yeah. We all say stupid things when we run into people for the first time in a while. And I, for one, am fully aware of my intelligence and humor and the like: I would happily accept an off-hand observation like, “Looks like you’ve lost some weight.” Call me shallow. Call me self-serving: I would assume I’d been complimented and leave it at that. What it lacks in tact, it makes up for in openness.

Other than that, this entry is worth a read. And it’s like MelissaTLC points out in her blog, at least we’ve got further evidence to wield against the people believing that fat = evil and/or selfish in the Harry Potter books.