OMG HP

Yes, I am going to be that girl and gush about Harry Potter. It's not just about the latest installment of the movie versions (I saw it yesterday and seriously cannot stop thinking about it), but just the whole package of Harry Potter (which you don't see in the movie, so don't let people fool you).

My lovely aunt gifted me Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone for my 13th (I think) birthday. She said it was the first book in a new series that was getting rave reviews. Honestly, I wasn't that interested in reading it. Little did I know......

I think Jes read it first, and then I read it after her recommendation. That's when it all began, the Harry Potter floodgates had been opened (like unto the Chamber of Secrets).

I love Harry Potter. I love how the story has always picked me right up and carried me through all of the adventures. I love that the books have created an entire other world that has become this fantasy-reality (I'm not talking about the LARP-ing folk who actually live in this reality, I'm talking about people like me that love the idea that there really is a place called Diagon Alley, and Hogwarts, and the Ministry of Magic). I love that it got millions of kids to love reading, including myself. HP was my gateway drug. I love that when a new book came out I would even read while I walked because I was so enthralled (and because it was too dangerous to read while driving). I love that through the books and the movies, we have watched Harry, Ron, and Hermione grow up, literally. I love how emotionally invested I am in the lives and stories of all the characters. I love how I got goosebumps every time I saw a preview for the newest movie in the series. I have loved waiting at midnight in huge lines to be the first to get the books and see the movies. I love everything about Harry Potter, except that we are only a mere 2.5 hour movie away from it all being over, which breaks my heart.

To end my Ode to Harry Potter, I will jump on the Thanksgiving bandwagon and express my gratitude to Ms. Rowling for giving us the wonderful gift of HP and everything else that has come with it.

I know..... I'm already well aware of how nerdy this post is, but I don't even care. That's how deep my love is.

Halloweeners

It was pretty uneventful, so there was no urgency to post, however......

Look what I made:

Cake eyeballs!

Aren't they cute? I'm pretty proud.

The crew:

Popeye, Darth Lacey, NOT Pocahontas, Chinese something, Dorothy, Toto

Us with our carved pumpkins.

There you are. Happy Halloween.

Preview

Johnson Family Pictures circa Oct 2010:






Doesn't it seem like we are always getting family pictures taken? I think so, but guess what? I'm happy to do it for the singular reason of having evidence of how long my hair is getting. Take that short hair!

I Voted

You may think that this is going to be a post about me and my gratitude for the opportunity to vote, to live in a country where democracy is the practiced form of government, and to have a say in the way things are run and by whom. And most especially for the women who fought so hard for that right. And possibly to bash on those in my generation who think that voting isn't important, or aren't even registered to vote, maybe to tell them how I think it's selfish and irresponsible and just plain lame of them.

But you'd be mistaken, it isn't.

I just wanted to say that I voted today, and that I did not vote for that one guy. :)