Dumbledore Brings Us Indian Food: My Adventure at the Midnight HP7 Premiere

On Thursday, July 14, at 6:15 pm, along with thousands of other nerds around the world, I lined up at a movie theatre to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2 at midnight.  Yes, that's right, 6:15 pm.  I was in line for over four hours, waiting in the theatre for two, and actually watching the movie for another two hours and ten minutes.  And I must say those were some of the best eight hours of my life :)

Originally my friend (we dressed up as characters and she was Snape, so I will refer to her as such for the remainder of this post.) and I had planned on arriving around eight, but Snape heard on the radio that people had been lining up outside theaters already all day, so we decided to just head over there around six.  We were the second people in line, right behind a couple of twenty year old guys who weren't in costume.  You would think if you were going to wait in line to see Harry Potter for more than six hours you would at least put on some kind of outfit...

So after we got there we sat down and, well, waited.  I brought a bag full of things to keep us entertained, such as chocolate, a wand, The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a hat, my camera, ipod, and more chocolate.  Unfortunately, we forgot to eat the chocolate.

After waiting in line for a while, a guy who probably worked at the movie theatre (he was wearing a Slytherin t-shirt and shorts) came around and asked if anyone wanted some butter beer.  Snape was waiting outside for Dumbledore to arrive, so I got her one.  A few minutes later butter beer man came back with the butter beer.  Apparently it was ginger ale mixed with butterscotch.  It wasn't amazing, but not half bad.

Our plan was, once Dumbledore arrived, for two people go get chipotle down the street while one person held our spot in line.  We were kind of worried about this plan, because you aren't supposed to bring food from the outside world into the movie theatre.  But thankfully, Dumbledore brought us some delicious Indian food.

A few hours later, they finally let us into the theatre after they cleaned up after the 8:10 showing of Bad Teacher.  (Curse you, Cameron Diaz, for making us wait!) We had an excellent spot in line, so we weren't too worried about getting good seats.  But our situation got even better when the people in front of us got to go in early, because one of them had a broken leg or something, (probably Brackium Emendo gone wrong.)  So we got to head the stampede into the theatre!  After a meek request of "no running?" from a particularly timid movie theatre employee who should never go into law enforcement, we were off.

We got great seats, right in the middle of a middle row and not behind any particularly tall people.  During the previews and once in the first scene there were a few scary moments when the movie screen stopped working, but they got it all fixed.

Around two thirty in the morning my dad, Xenophelius Lovegood, came and picked up Dumbledore and I.  We had to try and refrain from talking too much about the movie because poor Xenophilious was still somewhat bitter that I got to go and he didn't.

All in all, I liked the movie.  There were one or two parts I felt they left out, but nothing that ruined it for me.  I'm sad the series is over, but happy that the ending was so much fun.

If you have any awesome Harry Potter midnight premiere stories I'd love to hear them!

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Sometimes in your life, you read an amazing book that really touches your heart.  You can relate to the characters almost too well, and you find yourself thinking about it in your free time, wondering what will happen next and how it will end.  And once it does end, you just want to flip to page one and start reading it over again.  Have you ever read one of those books?

A few minutes ago I finished one of those books, and I wanted to write about it while it was still fresh in my mind.  It's called The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky.  It's about a boy named Charlie, and it's written in the format of letters he writes to an anonymous person.  The person isn't really important to the story, it's just so the author can write in first person and letter format at the same time.  The book is the letters Charlie writes to the anonymous person during his freshman year of high school.  He talks about the books he reads, the music he likes, and his friends.  I feel like going into much more detail might ruin the book for you.

This is what the book looks like:

One of my friends had recommended this book to be a while ago, but I forgot about it.  Then, a couple weeks ago, I was in a book store.  I like going to bookstores sometimes because they're a lot bigger and nicer than libraries.  Also, they organize the books differently.  All the classic literature is on one display.  And they have all the vampire books on one section so you know not to go over there.  And some bookstores have books on tables that are all kind of similar.  I would love to work in a bookstore because  I've always wanted to make one of those displays.  Anyway, I was just wandering through the aisles, picking up things that looked interesting and steering clear of the vampire shelves, when I saw this book on the table.  The cover was really interesting and so bright that it caught my eye, so I picked it up.  And I remembered my friend telling me to read it a while back, so I bought it.  And I read it.  

And it was amazing.  That's really the only way to describe it.  It was beautiful, thoughtful, simple, deep, and amazing.  

Also, I when I googled it to find the picture of the cover, I found out that they're making it into a movie that comes out in 2012.  And that Emma Watson is playing one of the lead characters.  So now I feel like the movie is in good hands.  

Anyway, I really recommend reading this book.  <3