jenepel

I have a half-written post with reactions from all 6 Harry Potter movies (yeah...I know) that I will hopefully post tonight. (In general I was happy with HP6 but it had some ~very serious~ plot/canon issues.) But for now, grabbed from several people on my flist, MEME!

Which American accent do you have? Neutral You're not Northern, Southern, or Western, you`re just plain -American-. Your national identity is more important than your local identity, because you don`t really have a local identity. You might be from the region in that map, which is defined by this kind of accent, but you could easily not be. Or maybe you just moved around a lot growing up.

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I think that's interesting, although not surprising. It just underscores my belief that I have the most neutral normal US accent you could have - worn down from growing up over here and meeting people from all over the US. I am now tempted to mail it to my bro and see if he gets the same result.

Also, I am having dinner tonight with my best friend from MIDDLE SCHOOL and her husband, who are visiting London this week. I have not seen this girl in over ten years, although we have kept vaguely in touch. We shall see.

Whoo-hoo! Packed and ready to go! We leave for Serbia in one hour. I'm completely exhausted but oh so excited! :)

I get back on Monday night, just in time to watch lots of lots of Harry Potter movies in readiness for the opening on Wed.

See you on the other side...

I don't have the time (or the inclination I think) to write a real response to it now.  But I just have to say that I can't believe it's actually over.  I have read every bit of the Harry Potter story - I know what happens, who dies, who survives, who was good and who was evil and who was a little in between.  I just...can't believe it.  I'm happy with it, but it's such a weird feeling.  And I'm sad.  Of course I can reread, and I plan to, but it's never going to be quite the same as when I opened the last book yesterday and started.  I had the busiest, craziest weekend, and every little spare moment was filled with me sandwiching in a little more HP.  I was so determined not to be spoiled at all that I had to  finish it by Monday when I would go to work, see newspapers, be on the internet, etc.  I was too scared that something would be out.  And I am looking forward to rereading it at my leisure and really taking it in.  I'm going to do HBP Mon/Tues and then take DH on the plane Wed.  And I'm going to try and stay away from any fanfic for at least a month.  Past experience has taught me that reading fanfic right after I finished the book (which is the compulsion since you need MORE MORE) means that canon and fanfic get confused in my mind, which is unacceptable.  ANYWAY, that's it.  Harry's story is over - unless, I guess, JKR relents on that front.  But I kind of hope she won't.  I would be interested to read something else from her.

Oliver's party was really fun too.  Good weekend.  :)