Pottermore

By the way, I made it into Pottermore...

Oh Harry

I am a major fan of Harry Potter, I mean who isn't??? It took me two weeks to make my way through the entire series!!! And it took me a month to go throught the movies. I first entered the fanworld of HP when Deathly Hallows Part One was about a year away. I had finished reading all of the books, I had seen all the movies to date, and I was SOOOO sad that I had to wait for awhile for the next installment. I was experiencing Post Potter Depression for the first time.

I had also recently discovered the world of the iPod and I was eagerly searching iTunes for things to put on my iPod. And then I saw it. On the Podcast homepage, a glorious heading read, "The Most Listenned To Harry Potter Podcast" I was already in love. I started listenning to MuggleCast on that day, and to be frank, I am addicted. It has amused me through many hours of boredom.

When DH part 1 came out, I was at the theatre openning weekend with my Dad, and within the month I had seen it twice. I had the trailer on my iPod, and every waking moment was spent watching it, analysing it, rereading the book, speculating, oh it was marvelous.

And then it was over and Part Two was looming. I was getting more and more upset as the 13th of July crept closer. I don't know if I was more excited about the movie or my birthday, which was a week later. I had my grandmother collecting the newspaper advertising merchendise, I spent every hour on Mugglenet.com it was a bit stupid. I was whiling away hours on twitter one day when I saw a word: Pottermore, and I screamed. What was Pottermore? Who was Pottermore? Was there more Potter???? Like any good fangirl, I went on a hunt...POTTERMORE. I watched Jo's message the day it was released, and I marked on the calendar to check Pottermore.com when it was July 31st. And then I watched the movie.

Oh it was beautiful! So amazing! A really brilliant way to end what has been a life changing journey for many of us Potter fans. I don't know what I'd do without Harry Potter. I've wasted so much time on him, but at the same time, I wonder, is it really a waste???

The Beginnings

To start with, I should point out that I cannot spell for the life of me.

And now that I've gotten that out of the way, I can start. This is basically a blog for me, really. Yes, people can read it, if you are reading it now, then I rest my case, but I honestly just want an outlet into the world. A portal to chuck all of my mad fangirlness into, and let it swirl around in crazy clouds and to just get it out of my head.

So really, this is who I am: I am a fangirl. One of my favourite definitions comes from the Urban Dictionary:

A rabid breed of human female who is obesessed with either a fictional character or an actor. Similar to the breed of fanboy. Fangirls congregate at anime conventions and livejournal. Have been known to glomp, grope, and tackle when encountering said obesessions.

Hugh Jackman: 'ello.
Fangirl: SQUEEEEEE! *immediately attaches to Jackman's leg*
Jackman: Security!

 

Another definition on the same site says:

A female fan with an obession over anime and video game characters, or over real people like the Orlando Bloom or the guys in simple plan. Some may go as far to create cults, fanlistings, and shrines. Contrary to popular belief, not all fangirls are unatractive. Many, especially those who cosplay, actually look semi-normal or even pretty in normal settings. There are some fat and ugly ones, but not every fangirl is. They also enjoy writing fanfiction or drawing fanart. Anime and video fangirls have a habit of glomping.

 

I like all sorts of things, which will become apparent as I start to ramble, but I spend most of my time knowing stuff. Yes, I am a knower. If I don't know something, I learn it. I like to share all of my known stuff too, unfortunately for those who watch films and TV with me. And I am an anglophile. Which means I really enjoy listenning to British people speak, watch British people parade around on my telly and looking up British things in my world atlas. I am a missionary kid, which means that I did spend most of my childhood elsewhere in the world, now I live in another country sometimes dubbed as "home" or as I call it, the place my mummy came from. This does affect the way I see the world, and I spend A LOT of time listenning to BBC World News podcasts.

 

The way I see it, the saying goes, "It's a small world," but in actual fact it is so big! There is so much to see and to explore, and I love being a part of that world. I like to think that I can reach out my hand and help the world in a small way, and we all do this, we can change it. I find it so sad when I hear about all of the bad bad things that go on in the world, and that we are doing nothing to stop it all.

 

This blog is about my ramblings, and so you asked for it!!!

 

I read a great book once called "The World's Greatest Blogger" or something, and it was about this kid who started a blog and then people read it, and he got himself into all sorts of trouble and described it on his blog and in the end life turned out fine. In reality, I doubt this blog will ever get read...but I can always dream.

 

 

And finally, (this is the part where you read this and never come back) I sometimes listen to Justin Bieber...

 

 

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