Harry Potter Death Count #3

Finsihed the book Saturday afternoon. Three more of the good guys died--bringing my unofficial count of the death of those I care about to 7. Very surprising who died and who didn't.

More on the book later this week. But it was a great read and a fitting conclusion!

Harry Potter Death Count #2

I'm not at page 637 in the new Harry Potter book. Two more heroes have died. Alas...all does not look good.

Harry Potter Death Count

I am just beginning chapter 13 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (page 243), and I can tell you that already two doers of good have bitten the dust. The first was very very unexpected. The second, not so much.

But so far the book is great.

Harry Potter vs. Buffy Summers

The headline is a little misleading, I'll admit. But tonight does mark the convergence of two pop culture icons in my life. The wizard hero and the vampire slayer are both playing prominent roles in my Friday night, and I've realized I may be the nerdiest 36 year-0ld in Washington D.C.

I'm going with a group of friends to the restored Avalon Theater at 11:30 p.m. tonight to watch a sing-along screening of "Once More with Feeling," the musical episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer from season 6. And just after Buffy ends, I'm rocketing to my friend Lars' place where he'll have my brand new copy of the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Initially I was going to stand in line with Lars at the bookstore at midnight to get the book and feel the frenzy of all the little kids who are excited about Harry. But, knowing Lars would pick up my book for me, Buffy won. I decided to forego standing in line and to sing instead, but I still know tonight is going to be a busy night for me when it comes to magic and mayhem.