What a wonderful weekend.

I had spent the past week watching the parents’ house. The family had went down to Florida, and I was left all alone by myself. Heh, it was fine. At least I got to relax on the back porch when I got home from work, catching up on A Storm of Swords. But the week ended with some great company.

Friday was probably the best night of the weekend. The whole evening was spent in the company of a very special and wonderful friend: we walked a little bit in Ellicott City; bought some toys for a friend who’s away; had a terrific dinner; saw her dad’s band play at another bar; and topped it off with a trip to White Marsh to get her copy of HP 7. It was a midnight release, and we had met some other friends who were waiting in line for her. The line was a bit long, but it started to move once we got there. There were, of course, some people who tried to drive by and shout some lame spoilers, but they did a poor job of it, ending up sounding like crazy maniacs than anything else. lol, the line from the title is from me after trying to come up with a silly spoiler to yell out. And it kind of makes sense… Dementors being made out of marshmallows and rainbows… lol… And there’s just something about being in the company of so many people who share the same interest and passions as you do… it was a nice crowd and getting her book went off without a hitch.

I got my copy in the mail the next day. I couldn’t start reading it right away, even though I really wanted to. I had to install a new mailbox and post at my parents’ house. Spent a good 3 hours going to Home Depot two times, putting the post together (which ended up being put in the wrong way), and giving up entirely in frustration of learning that the mailbox and post that I bought were incompatible. >:( But that was a minor setback to the day. I spent the rest of the afternoon starting in on my copy of Deathly Hallows. I didn’t want to stop until I finished, but I had made plans with some friends to go out for the evening. I drove them to D.C., Georgetown, specifically, and ate at a really nice Italian restaurant. We walked around a bit and ended up at a bar, getting a couple beers, then called it a night. I had wanted to take them to the lounge I took my other friends the last time I went, but, unfortunately, one of them had shorts and flip flops which were against the dress code. Oh well, next time.

By Sunday, my family had come back from their trip. But I spent the whole day by myself to dedicate to Deathly Hallows. I isolated myself from any distractions and avoided any contact from anyone who was trying to spoil the book for me. I finished it late into the evening. And Oh. My. God. What an AWESOME book. Rowling really knew how to finish this one. I want to post my reactions and favorite parts, but I’ll save that for a little later. I want to savor the moments from the book. If you’re a fan of Harry Potter, you won’t be disappointed. If you’re not, then you are really missing out.

And as a side note, I’ve made some little updates on the site. I’ve put the Pics page back up, but I password protected it. Don’t ask me why, I just did it. To be able to get in, you’ll either need to register or get in with the account I set up: The username is guest and the password is… lol, well I can’t just give that away, right? Well, if you know me and I know you, you’ll know the password by now: it’s my current AIM screenname. I also made some small updates on the links page and added more songs to the music page.