Which house do you belong to?

OK, maybe the third attempt will be the charm. I am starting to feel that writing a post about young Mr. Potter is tempting the fates or something. First I had the IE issue that wiped the original out, now I had Firefox crash and burn my second attempt. Nothing will stop me from finishing this time though.

So, DW and I purchased the sixth installment in the Harry Potter series (of which she is about a quarter of the way through already, bloody woman). Unless you have been under a rock for the last several years, the only following for a series as large as for Potter had either orcs or droids in the films. Yes, it is that big a phenomenon. And if you thought there were losers in line for Revenge of the Sith, you should peruse the papers and news shows for glimpses of a really sad corner of society where grown people lined up past midnight, in costumes, to buy a book DW and I walked into Kennedy Commons Chapters on Saturday afternoon and picked up off a huge pile of copies.

Anyhow, the series of books follows a young, inexperienced but powerful wizard as he grows and mature and battles the forces that left him an orphan and are still trying to kill him off. The books are well written and have translated well into the three films so far. The fourth film should be out in November of this year and should prove to be the darkest of the movies yet, following the progression of the series as told in the books.

Speaking of darkness, there are some strange fronts backlashing against the series as they say it is promoting dark arts, cults, the occult arts, and straying kids away from organized religion. These, er, concerned groups are calling for a boycott against everything Harry Potter. Of course, they are not the only ones trying to boycott the boy wizard as it seems some fans are pissed off at WB for sending legal letters to kids who have fan sites set up". Tsk tsk corporate dweebs.

Now, the only bad thing I have to say about the Potter series, and its author Ms. J. K. Rowling, is that it has a penchant to truly pick on one thing: fat people. As it is 2005, I truly hope that she has gotten a clue and laid off of the cruel comments and snide remarks made against overweight characters; it is unnecessary and diminishes the series overall.

Anyhow, below you should see a link to see which of the four houses you would belong too. Let's just say that you don't want to be in the house of Slytherin. :)

CIAO!




I'm a Ravenclaw!