Potter Week Part 9: The Deathly Hallows Part 2 Wherein the author applauds and cheers previews, applauds and cheers heroics, and spends a half hour with her tear ducts threatening to spill over 11:53pm Just a few more minutes until the midnight premiere. All around me are happy, chatty, excited people. I am still fighting [...]
Archive for the ‘media madness’ Category
15 Jul
PW Part 8: Deathly Hallows Part 1
Potter Week Part 8: The Deathly Hallows Part 1 Wherein the author discovers she’s not really a Potter freak after all 7:47pm They’ve let in the rest of the people who signed up only for the Deathly Hallows Double Feature. There are a lot of people. To my left is an older man and some [...]
14 Jul
PW Part 7: Half-Blood Prince
Potter Week Part 7: The Half-Blood Prince Wherein the author is forced to admit she may be a Potter freak after all 1:12pm I am in the queue for the 4:00 showing of HBP. My aim to be here around 1ish has been successful, apparently, since it looks like I will easily be in the [...]
14 Jul
PW Part 6: Order of the Phoenix
Potter Week Part 6: The Order of the Phoenix Wherein the author in unapologetic in her good love for Luna, spends two rapt hours snuggled in a blanket, and turns another year older 12:47am It is officially my birthday. I start off the celebration by brewing myself a cup of ginger & mint tea. These [...]
14 Jul
PW Part 5: Goblet of Fire
Potter Week Part 5: The Goblet of Fire Wherein the author is mobile yet broke, drinks deeply of the Butterbeer, and is surprised by a visit from the Doctor 1:39pm It was the starter. I was right. Everything else still works, but the starter wasn’t, ah, starting. So it has to be replaced. That ain’t [...]
13 Jul
PW Part 4: Prisoner of Azkaban
Potter Week Part 4: The Prisoner of Azkaban Wherein the author discovers that the boonies are closer than she thinks, that it’s not easy being green, and cars are fickle beasts 6:03pm For some reason I keep thinking that this theater is wayyyyy out East. Like, airport East. Like, Kansas East. But no. It only [...]
12 Jul
PW Part 3: The Chamber of Secrets
Potter Week Part 3: The Chamber Of Secrets Wherein the author discovers the annoyance of squeaky popcorn, the joys of savoring jellied babies, and the comedy of magic Unlike the previous film, I seem to have utterly forgotten this one. Which is rather odd, if you think about it, since I’ve seen the films the [...]
12 Jul
PW Part 2: Philosopher’s Stone
Potter Week Part 2: The Philosopher’s (Sorcerer’s) Stone Wherein the author braves the rain, sits with her feet on the bar, and thinks perhaps these are her people after all 6:15pm I’m in the theater. The film doesn’t start for another 45 minutes but I wasn’t sure what sort of traffic I would be facing. [...]
10 Jul
PW Part 1: Previews
Potter Week Part 1: Previews Wherein the author wonders what she’s getting herself into and if midnight has always seemed so impossibly late A shiny pass on a bright red lanyard sits on the steps leading to the door of my apartment. “Whatever you do,” he had warned me on at least four separate occasions, [...]
