So with the distraction of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and one of my betas in the midst of moving prep, my next chapter of If I Can’t Dance will be delayed – but just till tomorrow!! It’s just awaiting the final beta so will definitely be posted asap tomorrow! :D

So, since I mentioned HP that may have tipped you off that I have also been sucked into the HP void. Before I put my thoughts (which are spoilery) behind a cut, I must note – in a completely non-spoilery way - that I had a lovely reading experience! The buying of the book was not as easy as I had thought – I’d planned to pop over to the supermarket right near my apartment and pick it up, but no luck. I ended up taking the subway up to Yonge-Eglinton (only 2 stops from my place so no big deal) and getting it from the Indigo there. The store was nice and quiet at 9:30am and then I dashed home to shower and do some errands before my friend came over. He and I had agreed to read HP7 together so we could react and discuss.

Well, he called me and admitted that he’d gotten drunk the night before and read the first three chapters so I should start while he picked up some food. Of course that just gave me more time for non-HP activities, so I’d barely started (I opened the book at 11am exactly) when he arrived. And, omg, he brought all this amazing and yummy freshly made food: Spanakopita and Tyropita (spinach and cheese pies respectively), Loukoumades (Greek style donuts), mango coucous AND chilled mango cucumber soup. My taste buds were delighted and I know the delicious food inspired my reading. Of course, I’m still a slow reader so I didn’t finish till 1:30am – my friend finished about an hour earlier and he’d taken breaks to pick up our pizza and to watch “Once More with Feeling” while I kept reading. I basically only took breaks for the washroom, getting beverage/food from the kitchen and IMing with my girlfriend – it was an intense reading experience.


( SPOILERS FOR HP & the DEATHLY HALLOWS: My probably random thoughts )