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“What are you doing this weekend?” one of my co-workers asked at lunch. “Probably…reading,” I heard someone else reply. I looked up in recognition, “I’m getting mine tonight.”

It was funny to learn who at the office were also Harry Potter fans and it was fun to end the work day off, down in a conference room finishing up some free food and beer talking about the books. Kinda like getting on the bus today and seeing three people with Book 6 out on their lap reading, and later on the ferry overhearing talk about Chapter 1 by a group of teenagers and walking by a mom reading it aloud to her little girl. The 6th book is out and I seem to be seeing it everywhere. But I’m getting ahead of myself.

After work yesterday, Paul picked me up and we met up with Angie, Taylor, and Casey at Barnes & Noble. It was 6PM. We had bracelets to pick up. We had all pre-ordered our copies of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, but all pre-orders had to come to the store and pick up a numbered bracelet which would then be called sequentially at midnight. I figured coming 6 hours early would suffice and was surprised to see a such long line wrapped around the inside of the B&N. I should’ve known better. The wait wasn’t long though and it was kinda fun nerding out along my friends. While we waited in line, a reporter from The Daily approached us trying to get a quote, despite our many attempts to dissuade her. It was a very Rita Skeeter-like event, if you know what I mean.

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It was really gorgeous out today. Hooray for summers in Seattle. Today during the usual lunch hour, I went out with my co-workers to Chinoise to celebrate a birthday. I was excited because I’ve always wanted to try the place because it looked so nice but I was promptly disappointed. The service was pretty terrible. And it was in the upsetting/irritating-kind of way. As opposed to the “Sweet, now I don’t have to tip”-sort of way. Plus nothing about the food seemed special, you could get the same stuff at the Uwajimaya food court for far less.

So after I had some spider rolls, which were quite possibly the worst I’ve ever had, a couple of us went back to Uwajimaya for some ice cream before heading back to the office. While sitting at my desk, I discovered that it’s surprisingly difficult to eat an ice cream cone and simulatneously use a computer. I had taro. It really made up for lunch.

Got home and took a longer than intended power nap, promptly got up, ate some rice and went off to Capoeira. Class was good. Didn’t even look at the clock once. Came home at 10 with head buried in Harry Potter. I don’t even know why I’m still reading Book 5 when I know I won’t be able to reread it all in time for Friday’s release, but I have simply just gotten into it. (Am on page 424 of 870.) I’ve even started reading it on the bus. Which is curious, I usually refuse to read in moving vehicles because it makes me dizzy. Oh, exceptions.