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Friday, September 04, 2009

Harry Potter Exhibition! 



We went to "Harry Potter: The Exhibition" at the Museum of Science and Industry this morning. What a cool exhibit - it had displays of sets, props, and costumes from all of the movies so far in the Harry Potter Franchise.

We weren't allowed to take photos inside the exhibit at all, but we did take this one photo in the lobby of the museum.

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Monday, June 01, 2009

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 

...i am such a geek...

So, yes, I play Xbox 360, I like first person shoot-em-up games like Ghost Recon, Halo and Gears of War.

But I have to admit, that I think my favorite game over the past 8 or so years of playing Xbox, may have to be LEGO: Star Wars.

I know... it's a kid's game, but it amuses me so. It's clever, funny, and a pretty fun game to play.

So, I'm pretty exited to see that the folks at Lego are releasing a Lego Harry Potter game next year! It's going to cover years 1-4.

I like this idea a lot. I'm playing the Lego Batman game right now, and although I haven't gotten too far yet, it's just okay. There's no specific story line, like in Star Wars, Indiana Jones, or now, Harry Potter, so I don't think it's quite as intriguing.

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Monday, May 18, 2009

New Harry Potter Trailer 

My Mom had just mentioned to me last week that she hadn't seen a new trailer for the new movie in a while. :)

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Monday, November 17, 2008

New Harry Potter Trailer 

I'm a couple of days late, but here's the newest trailer for Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

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Monday, May 19, 2008

Where Harry Potter buys jewelry? 

Am I the only person who thinks that this should be the name of a
store in the Harry Potter Universe?

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Saturday, October 20, 2007

Dumbledore is Gay? 

am I completely clueless?
Did anyone else get this?
It all makes sense now, but.....

I’ve GOT to go get my Gaydar fixed.

(read the story here)

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Thursday, August 02, 2007

Bedtime Story 

I just walked into the bedroom and found Dick and Marcel reading a book together. Couldn't resist taking a picture. :)

Dick just started reading Harry Potter Book 4. It's one of Marcel's favorites.

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Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Harry Potter and the Midnight Hairball 

Ever since I've been on my latest Harry Potter kick, Dick has been coming up with new Harry Potter titles based on our everyday life.

I thought this one was especially funny.
(Noe coughed up a hairball sometime during the middle of the night last night.)

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Monday, July 23, 2007

Done. 

Wow.

That was really good.

sidenote: Dick and I went out to see a movie (HP:5) and had dinner after I wrote the last post.

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Sunday, July 22, 2007

Cat Nap 



Dick snapped this picture of me taking a cat nap with Noe yesterday. I had been reading the book for about 8 hours at this point, and I guess I really needed a break. (and yes, I was still wearing my pajamas!)

I read a little more today and still have about 150 pages to go!

On a related note, my Mom got her book at 1:00pm yesterday afternoon, and finished at 3:00am last night.

I'm feeling a little slow :)

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Saturday, July 21, 2007

Reading update 

I just got a call from my sister-in-law, Meg, in North Carolina. She and her 9 year old son, Peter, have both already finished reading the last Harry Potter book! Wow! I knew they were both quick readers, but, WOW.

I'm exactly 1/3 of the way through - 250 pages into a 749 page book.

I was up last night 'til 3:00, and woke up this morning at 8:30. I thought I was doing well!

My Mom and my sister are still waiting to have their books delivered via UPS today. How frustrating.

I think this all fairly amusing, and think it's great that all this worldwide excitement and anticipation is over a book!

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I can't believe I'm blogging instead of reading right now... 

but I had to share my funny experience...


countdown! T minus 1 hour

Check the time. (12:29am)
I just returned from picking up my copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

My sister and I met at the Borders Books in Union Square around 11:00pm. Unfortunately, we must have missed all of the planned events (costume contest, trivia, etc.,) and were only in time for a raffle, and to watch hundreds of people hang around a 4-story book store. Not terribly exciting, to tell you the truth. We decided to leave around 11:40pm, when they started saying that people should line up by the escalators by the order of their ticket number. My sister had pre-ordered her book online, and I was planning on buying mine at my local Safeway on the way back from the Borders event. We figured that it wouldn't be all that interesting to watch a bunch of people line up and wait.


a small part of the crowd at Borders


The boxed books at Borders

so we left.

I arrived at the Safeway on Market @ Duboce at 12:05am. It was the usual midnight grocery shopping folks - no noticeable mention of the new Harry Potter book anywhere. I inquired where the books were, and I was directed to aisle 4. I waited in line in aisle 4 behind two other customers - one who was buying vegetables, and another buying some booze. I thought this was hysterical because it was so entirely different from what I had just left at Borders.


my checkout line at Safeway

I bought my copy of the book for 40% off retail, and was out the door by 12:15am.

I'm feeling very smug at the moment.

So, I just had to jot these thoughts down before I start reading my book.

I expect I'll be a hermit for the next two days.

See you on the other side!

...and now I must read...



success!

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Friday, July 20, 2007

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 



This is it: Tonight/tomorrow morning at midnight will be the release of the 7th and final installment of the Harry Potter series.

I'm such a dork, but I am VERY excited. It's been such a neat experience to be a part of this whole craze and phenomenon. I think it'll be a very long time before another book/series has this much of an impact on so many people of all ages.

My sister and I are planning to attend a book release party late tonight before the midnight countdown. My parents will be attending one in Milpitas. My sister-in-law, Meg, in Chapel Hill (who is a HUGE fan herself) is taking her two kids (Peter & Grace), and (coincidentally) my niece, Evelyn, who just happens to be in North Carolina on vacation. I looking forward to getting the report on everyone's evenings.

I'll most likely start reading the book tonight. (Meg will probably be finished with it by the morning)

I don't have any plans for the weekend - I intend to spend it reading. :)

You've gotta love the excitement and anticipation of reading a great book for the first time.

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Thursday, May 31, 2007

Harry Potter Theme Park! 

My sister-in-law just sent me this story:

Potter buffs may soon be able to visit Hogwarts

How exciting!

Here's another article:


Harry Potter theme park set to open
Wizarding World of Harry Potter will open in Orlando in 2009

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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

New Harry Potter Movie Trailer 



In case you missed it yesterday (like I did)...

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Movie Trailer.

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Wednesday, March 28, 2007

New Harry Potter book cover 



In case you haven't seen this yet.

Here's the complete story.

The 7th and final installment of the series is due to be released on July 12th!

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