Thanks to a combination of clementines, snow days (finally!), sleeping late and Harry Potter, I seem to have finally kicked the persistent cold with a side of feverish delirium that has been plaguing me for the past week and a half. But not before I (1) went for a haircut and ended up with side-bangs, and (2) joined Twitter.
So, yes. Twitter. You may have previously heard me saying that I just don't get it. Who needs to know when you're going to the grocery store and when you're at the gym? No one, that's who! Right? Right!
But then I read a comment on Janet's site referencing something she'd twittered about, and I wanted to see that particular post (or "tweet," if you will), damnit! But Twitter wouldn't show it to me until I created a username. So, fine, I created Twitter username. (This was a particularly slow evening, in case you couldn't tell.) And then the next thing I knew I suddenly I had a Twitter "account" and was following 20 people. And now I am addicted; the end.
Let's talk a bit about everyone's favorite boy wizard. I have had Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone sitting on my shelf ever since I bought it at a garage sale several years ago, but I never felt compelled to read it. I finally picked it up in December, hoping it could save me from a particularly rough patch of post-Twilight depression... and I have to tell you, I was not that impressed. It was a cute kid's book and a quick read, but it was no Twilight; THAT's for sure. I felt the same way about Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, however, I really really liked. Really, really, really. I panicked a bit when I realized on Thursday -- just as I was leaving for a 2-hour train ride to New Jersey -- that the collection of Potter books I'd borrowed from my friend was missing Book #4, but I've now procured my brother's copy and I daresay I'm close to being completely hooked. I really didn't think it was possible to get any nerdier than being a 28-year-old Twilight fangirl with three cats and a blog, but it turns out I was wrong! You can also be a 28-year-old vampire nerd who texts in Twitter updates about Harry Potter! Five years after liking Harry Potter was cool!
Oh man, I LOVED the 3rd book. I really thought that's where it crossed over from a cute and fun series to a really gripping saga.
Posted by: Janssen | Sunday, February 01, 2009 at 09:34 PM
Oh how I love this post. You are a very funny cat-loving fantasy-fiction computer geek.
Posted by: -R- | Sunday, February 01, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Totally agree with Janssen--everything changes with book 3! I've been wanting to reread HP (for the third time...) for a while now, but just have too many other books lying around the house waiting to be read, so maybe I will just live vicariously through you!! To me, Twilight pales in comparison to HP, but I don't know if you'll feel the same way since Twilight was your first love between the two ;)
Posted by: Wickedly Scarlett | Sunday, February 01, 2009 at 10:17 PM
The third book really hooked me too!! The fourth book is good, the fifth book can probably be skipped, the sixth book is pretty good, and then you have to read the ending!! I'm so jealous that you are reading them for the first time...that was an exciting time in my life.
Posted by: NGS | Sunday, February 01, 2009 at 10:21 PM
I'm a Twitter addict. I just started following you (missliz27).
Posted by: Liz | Sunday, February 01, 2009 at 10:48 PM
Harry Potter is amazing. I love Potter so much, I was a little afraid to tell my roommate freshman year of college that I loved the books. I breathed a sigh of relief when she said, "It's ok, I do too." Potter brings people together!
Posted by: Mary | Sunday, February 01, 2009 at 11:57 PM
I just added you on Twitter.... now I will know when you go to the grocery store. Ha!
Posted by: Chris | Monday, February 02, 2009 at 01:31 AM
Harry Potter- my first septuplet YA love!
Posted by: nancypearlwannabe | Monday, February 02, 2009 at 09:01 AM
Haha, the Boy Wizard is always cool.
:o)
xox
Posted by: heidikins | Monday, February 02, 2009 at 01:57 PM
The Harry Potter books are pretty fun. I'm far from obsessed, but I enjoy them and I watch the movies when I can watch them at someone else's house and not have to pay for them. 'Cause I'm cheap like that.
Posted by: Courtney | Monday, February 02, 2009 at 05:54 PM
I too am twitter-addicted. And there are so many puns you can make w/ it! Twitter me this, twitter-pated, all a-twitter...
P.S. I think you're safe from true nerd status until you finish the books, decide you want more HP, and start poking around the virtual labyrinth that is the HP fandom.
Posted by: Daria | Tuesday, February 03, 2009 at 03:27 PM
I think the Harry Potter books get better as you go - and more adult, less kiddy. Keep going! :)
And OMG, randomness - I went to the hairdresser today and have side bangs of doom. How can I hate them after eight hours of having them? And what the heck am I going to do with them tomorrow morning when I actually have to style them myself? Am concerned. And want to see pictures of yours!
Posted by: alyndabear | Thursday, February 05, 2009 at 05:54 AM
You know... I made fun of my mom for liking Harry Potter and then I picked it up... And well I read all 4 books that were out at the time...
It just sucks you in!
Posted by: Julie | Thursday, February 05, 2009 at 12:01 PM
I didn't read them until the 3rd was out, and I was hooked. I cried at some point in the last two.
Posted by: Annemarie | Thursday, February 05, 2009 at 03:54 PM
Oooh, OOoh, and try Garth Nix. Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen.
Posted by: Annemarie | Thursday, February 05, 2009 at 03:55 PM