September 17, 2007
The Latin translations of the Harry Potter books (Sorcerer’s Stone and Chamber of Secrets) Harrius Potter Et Philosophi Lapis and Harrius Potter Et Camera Secretorum do indeed exist. Brian actually gave me both of them as a gift for my Adoption Day and for my company launch this weekend. I will be adding both books to my current bedside reading pile which is about three feet tall right now. I also happen to know that I will be getting the authoritative Viking history book I have been waiting for since July when Brian bought it for the other part of my Adoption Day gift. I am quite excited about reading that…
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July 22, 2007
Brian and I attended the Harry Potter Party at our local Border’s store. It was interesting. We waited from 8 PM until about 1:30 AM to get our book. We had fun seeing all the little kids play the games - they had a Harry Potter spelling bee, the Great Snape Debate (Friend or Foe), a costume contest, and some other stuff… We sat down in the foreign language section and read our books and walked around. Then we went through a monstrous queue of people that did not make sense but in the end we got our book, some glow sticks, and a poster. We also picked up an interesting Chinese book and a Vegetarian Sushi book for me.
We really did not try to read the book until yesterday - and even then we were trying to share. Being an only child, I am not very good at sharing (Brian is not either but he claims to be good at sharing) - basically, it ended up being that neither of us got much time with the book. So, last night I read the book from 12:30 - 3 AM and finished it. It was a quick and easy read but I found it somewhat disappointing, really. I knew I needed to read it anyway and get it out of my system because it would have been too distracting otherwise. At any rate, now I am finished with Harry Potter & Sherlock Holmes - the latter of which saddens me. However, I have since moved on to more scholarly works such as D.H. Lawrence’s The Rainbow. I am enjoying it already.
If anyone comes across any scholarly works pertaining to Sherlock Holmes or at least something more than fan fiction (I detest fan fiction.) please let me know.
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July 11, 2007
Brian and I went to the first showing of the latest Harry Potter movie and we really enjoyed it. It was definitely a darker movie with less *fun* magic and more defensive magic… Brian said he liked this movie the best compared to the previous movies. It was definitely shorter and more condensed but also more to the point about Voldemort’s return. The end of the movie was a big “duh” as Cornelius Fudge essentially realizes Voldemort is back - you know, when he is standing right in front of his face.
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