Memoirs of a Fat Girl

I know I said that today would be all about decor, but I've decided to push just one more business day, and wait for Monday.

Today isn't about boring you with a meme (which incidentally, will happen below), but it is about goodbyes. Harry Potter, boy wizard and one of my biggest literary vices, makes his most awaited and final appearance tonight. I first fell in love with this series right after the publication of book 4 (which was tremendously stupid since J.K.R. made us wait three years until the next one), and am tremendously sorry to see the journey come to an end.

I'd drown my sorrows in firewhiskey if I could but until then, I'll take comfort in the fact that millions of my brother and sister geeks all over the world tomorrow will be doing the same thing as me: neglecting all duties and chores to bury their noses in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Aaaaaand here's the meme:

1. Butterbeer or Pumpkin Juice? Butterbeer, definitely. It has a very nice ring to it, sounds warm and inviting. Pumpkin juice sounds great too, but in the back of my head I'll always think of drinking pies.

2. What's your wand? Almond, 14 1/8, Phoenix Feather. (I did not make this up for myself either, go to www.alivans.com, then click on Virtual Tour for the wand game. It's actually pretty fun)

3. What would be your Hogwarts house? Scary enough I actually took a very detailed test on this pre book 6, and the person who'd devised the test made me take it an extra time, then answer all kinds of other questions, since apparently I'd scored dead centre between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw. In the end I got the Gryffindor badge.

4. If you were an animagus, which animal would you be? How about a slug? Just kidding. Not that the choice would be mine anyway.... horse? Wolf? Falcon?

5. Which character do you resemble best? Easy. Hermione, to the point where I actually dressed up like her for a kids Halloween birthday party years back. The party was last minute and I needed a quickie getup, decided that since the screwed up hair was natural (also Hermione's trademark), all I'd need was a cape (purchased at drugstore), a school uniform (my old private school uniform), and a magic wand (thank you, tree outside my building). The minute I walked in a 6-year old dracula yelled, "It's Hermione!" And, to this day, even James calls me Hermione and he never saw the outfit...

6. What position would you play at Quidditch? Either Seeker or Chaser, I suppose. I associate beaters with big, strapping boys, and I've been a shitty goalie my entire life.

7. Pet? Pigwidgeon. Imagine having an owl the size of a tennis ball deliver mail packages 50 times his size....

8. Which teacher is your favourite? Professor Flitwick. C'mon, he's a charm-casting midget!

9. What would your patronus be? Killer goldfish?

10. Which disgusting Bertie Bott's every flavoured bean would you be willing to try? Probably the puke flavoured one, only because I can't see how puke ever would taste the same. You're hurling different foods out all the time, right? I mean, would that bean taste like MY puke? Of course right after eating it I'd have to really puke...

11. Which Hogwarts room would you love to visit? Definitely the Room of Requirement. Or that awesome bathroom with the singing mermaid.

12. Favourite Harry Potter moment? I always get a kick out of the scene in book 4 where Harry and Ron are coasting through their Divination homework, and making up all this bad stuff that's going to happen.

Dedicated and tagged to all Harry Potter fans, in and out of the closet!