It's a job that's never started that takes the longest to finish.

Good news, my Minions!

My most darling sister is going to borrow both books one and two from the library so I will be able to get started! Huzzah!

That is all.

P.S. Actually, that is not all. Where are my minions? My last post (re: the quizzy thing) has two replies. Two! For shame!

P.P.S. Now, that is all.

Short cuts make long delays.

Plan: Read Harry Potter.
Reality: Only HP book in the house is book seven.

Plan: Borrow from library.
Reality: Owe hefty fine, and am broke.

Plan: Borrow book one from fellow knitter.
Reality: She's missing book one.

Plan: Borrow book one from other fellow knitter.
Reality: She forgot to bring me the book.

Plan: Wait one more week and hope other fellow knitter remembers.
Reality: To be continued...

Part of me is sad in the way I always am when my plans fail, but it's a sadness I'm used to. Part of me, however, is not so bummed because now I'll have more time to finish the knitting project that I'm working on. Always a silver lining, folks.

So to make this a somewhat Harry Potterish post (and interactive!), let me just share that in my excitement over this project (yes, I'm considering reading these books a Project) I have been taking oodles of online quizzes. Most notably, a 'Which HP girl are you?' quiz. Now I want to know if the quiz was totally off, so post your opinion on which HP Girl (TM?) I am and why and I'll post the actual quiz results next week...hopefully with my first installment of thoughts, notes, and reviews of book one!

And so it begins...

For the past ten years, I have publically denounced the Harry Potter series as mediocre, overhyped, and just generally undeserving of the fanfare. It was born mostly out of a sense of booksnobbery, but also partly because of my loyalty to Lord of the Rings and all things Tolkien. But something has changed...

That something is Twilight.

And in light of the recent suckage of popular "literature", I've realized that...well, maybe Harry Potter deserves a chance. I mean, surely overhyped barely-developed wizards are better than sparkly, bipolar vampires?

So starting next Tuesday, I will begin to read Harry Potter, starting with Book One (because a certain singing nanny told me the beginning is a very good place to start) and because I am narcisstic and needy, I will blog my thoughts and experiences which will hopefully give all of you (whom I am sure have read these books long, long ago) feelings of nostalgia of how it was to read them with fresh eyes.

Sound good?

We'll see.