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Cherielabombe
16:20 / 16.07.05
I guess he had a thousand more to deliver this morning.

I know - I did imagine the poor guy running up about a million stairs lugging those books around, and I felt kinda sorry for him. I hope he's getting time and a half!
 
 
fuckbaked
06:38 / 17.07.05
Ok, so I'm at work right now, and there's a guy here who has the new Harry Potter book, and he's asleep, but he won't let anyone else read his book while he sleeps. WTF? So I'm sitting here, 20 feet away from the new Harry Potter book, not reading it.
 
 
Mistoffelees
07:02 / 17.07.05

People at your place of work are allowed to sleep and read Harry Potter? Cool.
 
 
fuckbaked
09:25 / 17.07.05
It's not what you think. I'm trying not to say too much about where I work, but I guess that what I've said on Barbelith so far just makes it sound wacky, so I'll say this: the guy who's sleeping lives here. He doesn't work here, he lives here. I work here. I'm not allowed to sleep, although I am allowed to read Harry Potter at work. And I'm allowed to watch tv, and eat the food in the fridge (which I didn't buy), and um...I don't know. I was thinking of bringing my paints tonight so that I could paint a picture at work, but I'm a bit embarrassed of painting in front of other people. I don't mind showing my paintings to other people, or giving them to them, but I don't want other people to see me painting. I guess I should just bring my paints here sometime, since there's never anyone awake out here except me, and even if someone wakes up, they're not allowed to hang out in the living room at this time of night. Yeah, so I basically get paid to hang out while a bunch of people sleep.

Dammit I say way too much about my life on Barbelith, and on the rest of the internet.
 
 
paranoidwriter waves hello
23:07 / 17.07.05
Just realised my earlier posts may have read as though I was having a dig at Ms Rowling and Magick in general. I assure you this wasn't the case.

Interestingly, earlier today I overheard a TV interview with the author, conducted by a child interviewer who had won a competition for the honour. I was vacuuming my room so I missed the beginning of the question, but I believe she was asked what subject she would most like to teach / study at Hogwarts. Her answer:

"I used to be interested in 'Transfiguration'. Now I think 'Defence Against the Dark Arts" would be a better subject."

Interesting...

She also said that her editor won't let her swear which was especially difficult with Ron "because he's the type of boy who would swear", and she therefore had to keep finding ways of getting round it, i.e. someone interrupting him.

So maybe she isn't so bad afterall? Maybe, if she is manipulating loads of children's and adults' minds, she's on the right side of the Force. Also, I should admit, I've always thought she was a sexy (i.e. intelligent, attractive, talented, etc) and powerful woman, so this may have influenced my earlier... erm...hypothesis. Plus, I though the idea of slipping a sygil into the most sought after book of the decades was interesting and mildly entertaining. I was obviously wrong.
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
23:16 / 17.07.05
Just for you, p.w.
 
 
paranoidwriter waves hello
00:08 / 18.07.05
Cheers Mordant. I wish that article were true; the world would be a lot more interesting, son't you think?

Oh and if anyone happens to know Ms Rowling, please feel free to pass on my E-mail address....
 
 
--
02:29 / 18.07.05
So I'm not the only perv who thinks Rowling is a total babe?
 
 
Hieronymus
03:14 / 18.07.05
While I'm not a fan of the Potter books (I'm with you astrojax), I thought this was incredibly sweet on Rowling's part.

Miss Rowling insisted that this novel should be the first book to be published in large print and Braille simultaneously with the standard edition.
 
 
fuckbaked
15:12 / 18.07.05
Yippeeee! Someone got me the book! (I had to do something I didn't want to do to get it, but it's worth it). So far, it rules, as I expected.
 
 
paranoidwriter waves hello
15:13 / 18.07.05
Hands off Syph: she's mine, all mine! Together we will conquer the muliverse! Mwuah-ah-AHHH!
 
  

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