Domestic Geek

I'm beginning the official ten day countdown to the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I'm excited to see what kind of new things show up (if anything) on J.K. Rowling's site in the next few days. I'm wishing I could go to one of those big gala release parties, but I'll probably just pop into the Tattered Cover to see if anything interesting is going on and then have my book delivered from Amazon.

I shall re-read the previous five books in the next week and a half in eager anticipation (and to clean out any fan fiction residual that still clutters my brain).

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I visited this Harry Potter Playwitch link I found over at So Very Posh. Very interesting Playgirl parody. I have one question: What is up with all the fan art and fan fiction that portrays all the male HP characters as gay? Especially Snape and Harry. It's disturbing, I tell you. I remember reading a fanfic over at Mugglenet once that had Harry and Draco as gay lovers. Too bizarre.

Speaking of Mugglenet, they had quite the humorous April Fool's Day prank. I clicked my bookmark and was greeted by this picture:


I was shocked because I thought Mugglenet did everything with Warner Bros. and J.K. Rowling's blessings. I didn't even make the connection about an April Fool's prank since it is still March 31st here. LOL

I'm going through serious Harry Potter withdrawl. I wish that July 16th would hurry and get here (four months as of tomorrow)! I'm watching Sorcerer's Stone right now, but I need a book 6 fix!

The other day Marcus and I were out and a car passed us with a "My Other Car Is A Nimbus 2000" bumper sticker. I said that it couldn't be. "Why not?" he asked. "Because a Nimbus 2000 is a broom. If you read Harry Potter, you'd know that!"

Current mood: excited
I totally forgot to mention two days ago that J.K. Rowling opened the door on her site again and announced that the publication date for book six, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," would be announced within the next 24 hours. Readers of her site were speculating at Mugglenet.com that perhaps the announcement would come on Christmas (coinciding with the advent calendar on the extras page). Yay for early surprises!

I had heard the announcement on the radio yesterday morning about the book being release on July 16th. It was made official when I received this in my email today:



Guess I know what I'll be reading mid-July! I can't wait!!!!!