My gloat. Let me show you it.
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resonantEvery year the park district has a Harry Potter-themed carnival plus DVD showing, which always draws a huge crowd. I never went before, but this year the kidlet has newly discovered that they're a HP maniac, so of course we had to be there.
The kidlet was sorted (into Hufflepuff) and endured something called Wand Evaluation (12 1/2 inches, beechwood, dragon heartstring, actually a stick they picked up out of the yard). There was a guy making balloon-animal wands for kids who hadn't brought their own; unfortunately, they bore a really horrible resemblance to balloon penises complete with testicles, resulting in lots of conversations up and down the line that went, "Mom, what are you laughing at? Mom? Mom, tell me!" Community theater was out in force, as were local fans with hand-knitted house scarves and hand-carved wands.
Half of me was looking around the place more or less with the eyes of my nine-year-old. The other half was thinking: You adults who came in costume? At least two-thirds of you have read Transfigurations. I so win.
The kidlet was sorted (into Hufflepuff) and endured something called Wand Evaluation (12 1/2 inches, beechwood, dragon heartstring, actually a stick they picked up out of the yard). There was a guy making balloon-animal wands for kids who hadn't brought their own; unfortunately, they bore a really horrible resemblance to balloon penises complete with testicles, resulting in lots of conversations up and down the line that went, "Mom, what are you laughing at? Mom? Mom, tell me!" Community theater was out in force, as were local fans with hand-knitted house scarves and hand-carved wands.
Half of me was looking around the place more or less with the eyes of my nine-year-old. The other half was thinking: You adults who came in costume? At least two-thirds of you have read Transfigurations. I so win.
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Date: 9/28/08 03:44 am (UTC)(am betaing as we speak! ish.)
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Date: 9/28/08 03:53 am (UTC)Laughed out loud. Awesome.
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Date: 9/28/08 04:02 am (UTC)And we need to have a bit of a chat about Duke Special. I will email you.
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From:Hee!
Date: 9/28/08 04:29 am (UTC)*Goes to comfort read again*
Mmm, Sunday afternoon: cup of tea and porn!
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Date: 9/28/08 05:05 am (UTC)FOR SHAME!
*stomps off for the shear torture that's ahead!*
p.s. for clarity's sake AND the fact that I have had things like this blow up in my face, I am kidding.
http://trickster.org/res/transfig.html
p.p.s. I find fan fics of this sort to be kind of like fight club in that First rule: no talking about etc etc etc
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Date: 9/28/08 12:24 pm (UTC)I am planning to reprise my Professor Snape Halloween costume for, like, the fifth year in a row, and this story will make me extra happy. ::g::
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Date: 9/28/08 01:39 pm (UTC)*laughs very, very much*
Yeah, I was the third from the right.
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Date: 9/28/08 02:23 pm (UTC)You so totally do.
\o/
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Date: 9/28/08 03:01 pm (UTC)*\0/*
glee, and yes, exactly.
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Date: 9/28/08 04:41 pm (UTC)You totally win the internets, and a cookie, and a puppy.
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Date: 9/30/08 02:06 am (UTC)\o/
Date: 9/28/08 07:24 pm (UTC)Re: \o/
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