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a_t_rainSo I've decided to go to the Borders release party in costume, and after much searching, I finally found my McGonagall glasses -- tucked away in a cabinet with a bunch of old newspaper clippings and, mysteriously, an audiocassette entitled Dead Doctors Don't Lie, which according to the label "Contains Life-Saving Information You Definitely Want to Hear!" I have no idea when or why I acquired such an object. As A. A. Milne said, one of the advantages of being Disorderly is that one is constantly making Exciting Discoveries.
Other random items uncovered during the search include a Pocahontas sticker, a can of tennis balls (I have not played tennis since my utterly disastrous attempt to fulfill the phys. ed. requirement in college), a combination Dutch dictionary and fan, and a large quantity of what I think was supposed to be spider webbing for Halloween, but which now looks like the insides of a pillow.
And yay, people are finishing fics! A couple of recs:
A Lack of Imagination by Daphne23. (I thought this had been abandoned, but it's come back from the grave.) Luna decides to write the first piece of wizarding fiction. Quirky, endearing, and wise, like our favorite Ravenclaw.
Elsha's Theodore Nott / Anne Fairleigh stories (start at the bottom of the page and work up). The last one, Disavowals, is newly finished and probably the best of the lot, a novel-length seventh-year fic with plenty of action and some wicked cliffhangers. I have to confess that I'm unreasonably attached to the mysterious Mr. Nott, and will be gravely disappointed if he doesn't show up in HBP and turn out to be a decent person; but at least I'll always have this excellent series to console myself with.
Other random items uncovered during the search include a Pocahontas sticker, a can of tennis balls (I have not played tennis since my utterly disastrous attempt to fulfill the phys. ed. requirement in college), a combination Dutch dictionary and fan, and a large quantity of what I think was supposed to be spider webbing for Halloween, but which now looks like the insides of a pillow.
And yay, people are finishing fics! A couple of recs:
A Lack of Imagination by Daphne23. (I thought this had been abandoned, but it's come back from the grave.) Luna decides to write the first piece of wizarding fiction. Quirky, endearing, and wise, like our favorite Ravenclaw.
Elsha's Theodore Nott / Anne Fairleigh stories (start at the bottom of the page and work up). The last one, Disavowals, is newly finished and probably the best of the lot, a novel-length seventh-year fic with plenty of action and some wicked cliffhangers. I have to confess that I'm unreasonably attached to the mysterious Mr. Nott, and will be gravely disappointed if he doesn't show up in HBP and turn out to be a decent person; but at least I'll always have this excellent series to console myself with.
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Date: 2005-07-09 03:55 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2005-07-09 10:31 am (UTC)And most satisfyingly surreal inventory.
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Date: 2005-07-09 02:27 pm (UTC)What a fantastic quote - I can completely relate to that! On a random note, I was at Uni with AA Milne's granddaughter :) Have you listened to the cassette yet?
Thanks for the recs, too
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Date: 2005-07-10 01:31 am (UTC)I've listened to part of the tape, but it sounded like standard-issue nutritional quackery, and boring to boot. (I'm pretty sure I know where it came from, now -- it must have been inside of my grandparents' old cassette player, which they gave me some years ago.)