THE HAPPIEST HARRY POTTER FAN


Who's that behind that Potter book? IT'S CILE! IT'S CILE!

Movie and music enthusiasts often look forward to Tuesdays for the latest releases. Others look to Wednesdays or weeekends for a chance to catch the premier of a new movie at their local theater. Today, July 16th, at exactly 12:00 am, wizards, witches and muggles alike gathered at their nearest bookstores for the latest piece to J.K. Rowling's 7-piece puzzle: HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE.

Picture the Barnes & Noble at the Grove, a gargantuan, 3-tiered cake of knowledge, filled on every aisle with Harry Potter fanatics; many were dressed in Hogwarts uniforms, displaying the pride reflected in their house's colors - Slytherin's green and black, and of course Gryffindor's burgandy and gold; a pair of red-headed twins resembled the Weasley brothers, while a girl with some uncontrollable hair, according to Iya, looked like Hermione from the first movie or...HAGRID! Wizards attire was a popular sight, with characters donning tall hats decorated in stars, and who could forget the classic witch's hat? Store attendants sifted through the crowded super bookstore patiently, distributing round, plastic giveaways, a rightful imitation of the spectacles worn by our hero, Harry.

We muggles busied ourselves for an hour and a half, awaiting the moment of truth; Leia searched high and low for a book which helps people indicate their proper individual "season" in fashion, Joe took a quick affinity to magazines upon our entrance, James wandered the aisles hunting for a book he'd be interested enough in to read all the way through, I walked aimlessly about, encountering at every corner a source of inspiration for a new story (like the guy who carried around a stuffed Dobby or the guy dressed in the Phantom Menace costume. Dude, wrong party); Iya & Chris joined in the excitement of the night right before the countdown and then we have Cile, who paged through artbooks, angst in her veins and a mystical childlike gleam in her eyes.

With the book in her hand at 12:25 am, we quickly parted ways. "Let's go!" she said. "I wanna read now!!!" I ordered mine online and can't wait to sit down and start. And so it begins, another read-a-thon that will not only engage our imaginations in the book's hundreds of pages, but will invite further anticipation for Book 7. Cile says we should head to the UK for the release of the final book. With that I'll say, "CHEERIO!"

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