Tivo took care of Galactica, which I watched when I got home after placing second twice (dammit, I want first!). Cool opening for the new season.
By Saturday night, I'd bought and finished the Half-Blood Prince.
Not a small feat, since I'd had to reread half of Order and part of Goblet, to get reacquainted with the minutae of the plotlines.
Spoilers (as oblique as I can make them): Less angsty than the prior book. Not a bad read, the characters are becoming more complex and less obvious on the good/evil split. I don't buy the betrayal at the end, I think he's a double-double agent. Minor gripe: What is up with the gratuitous cross-dressing reference - couldn't you have done something funny with that if you're going to throw it into the plot? It's got tons of possibilities, but it's just mentioned and dropped. Oh well.
Of course, the copy of "Becoming Justice Blackmun" that had just been given to me sat neglected on the kitchen counter all weekend. . .
Priorities, I tell you.
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Great. Now Matt knows we are on to his little secret...
I just finished it Sunday night. Harry Potter, I mean. (busy with a show, ya know)
Really sad at first. Now I'm going back to read the last few chapters to get a better "read" on them, if you know what I mean. Good Book!
It's not so much cross-dressing as it is becoming a totally different person.
Polly Juice Potion causes the drinker to look "exactly" like the person whos hair you placed in it.
It's not so much guys dressed as girls, but girls that end up having really deep guys voices.
Not sure Rowling wants to delve into the lives of cross dressers being so close to the end of the series. ;-)
I'm sure Crab and Goyle were not thrilled to have to look like girls, but at least they didn't have to shave there legs a put on training bras to pass as girls. Though I'm sure there are some guys out there who would love to do the Polly Juice trick just so they could spend the day feeling themselve up. Oh, that is such a sicko twist on this story. I'm sure some twisted porno person will be writing some horable script to go along with that thought.
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