Deathly Hallows

No spoilers here - but I did love the book. I started at about 3am GMT on Saturday and finished around 11pm that same day. I DID stop to sleep (for a few hours), eat, and wash myself, lest you think I'm obsessed or something.

I had a uniquely English experience when I got it on Friday night. It was nothing like the previous release parties I've been to in the US. No, this was even billed as a 'Line Party', which really didn't mean much to me - They talked about actors and activities and I assumed, wrongly, that this would be going on in some sort of dis-organised carnival style event. Oh no. We stood in line. 4 blocks from the store, and on a couple of occassions folks in costumes or toting bag pipes strolled by, but that was about it. It seems I had forgotten how much the English LOVE TO QUEUE! Apparently, the standing in line WAS the fun. Riiiiight.

Mostly we chatted like normal, froze our rears off (Yes, July though it may be, this is England) I knitted, and we tried to tune out the incredibly annoying woman in line in front of us. Now, as a person that frequently plays the role of 'incredibly annoying stranger' I wasn't too bothered by her, but she was about 21 and a really bossy sort of know-it-all type and it did get old. Lisa and Virginia and I were playing that game where you say a movie, then an actor from that movie, then a different movie with that actor etc...and whenever one of us would get stuck she would butt in! 5 hours with her was a long damn time.


I did not dress up for this event. I DID however spend about an hour sketching a Dark Mark on my left arm.

7.7.07

So, details...I had tickets to Live Earth (big concert, you may have
heard) and I offered the second one to my friend Betsy, who it turns out
is related to the bass player for Foo Fighters (months I've known
her and she didn't bring this up!) Anyway, Nate (her cousin, the bass
player) gave us VIP "Artist Guest" Passes. They wouldn't get us
back stage or even better seats, but they DID get us into the VIP
lounge where all the famous people in the secured boxes got to eat and
drink for free.



I met Eddie Izzard, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ioan Gruffuld, Kyle Mclaughlin,
and my personal favourite, Dave Grohl and his 18 month old daughter. I
met a BUNCH of British stars that I didn't know from Adam (Kasabian
and one of the guys from Bloc Party are two I remember NOT recognizing)
Of course I played it too cool to actually get a photo with any of
them...I didn't want to be the annoying groupie...not sure if I regret that
or not.

Anyway, it was really cool. The sneaky candids may get posted later,
they didn't turn out well b/c it was kind of dark, and I was trying to
be sneaky!