Harry Potter in China

Years ago I spent a year working in China. While I was there I was lucky enough to find a one-night showing of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in English. That particular print had Chinese sub-titles. The usual showing was dubbed in Chinese.

While I was working on a project for a course I got out my big scrapbook of memories from China and was delighted by this page. You can see my theatre ticket in the upper right, a promo card I got at the theatre, the theatre's business card and a blurb in the local English weekly newspaper.

I recall it being a very nice place with a good sound system and stadium seating. There were very few people present for the English showing. I was so happy to not miss seeing this film in the theatre.

Now, my trip to Hong Kong to see Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is another story for another time...

Geeky Bridesmaid....Librarian Style?

It's Fishnet Friday and today I am featuring my bridesmaid ensemble from last weekend! The wedding was a lot of fun.


I will do another post featuring some of the fun elements of the wedding, such as the favors. You guys will love them!

So I am wearing green fishnets, sweet lolita shoes from Bodyline Japan, and a Time Turner necklace as one of my accessories.

Yes, a time turner. The bride and I both really love Harry Potter and I don't own very much gold or brass colored jewelry, so I went for it.



After I got everything put together I realized that I looked, in my mind, like a librarian bridesmaid!

Always Looking Ahead

Yesterday I reserved a copy of Lego Harry Potter for the Wii and bought advance tickets for a friend of mine (Master Justice) to see the midnight showing of Iron Man 2 with me.

Today aside from picking up a few titles I set up a subscription at Castle Perilous (the ultimate geektastic store) for Birds of Prey and Zatanna.

I live very much in the moment and I'm glad that the things I enjoy give me something to look forward to and help me to look to the future every once in awhile. I might end up just playing games or drawing all day instead of thinking ahead! (It doesn't hurt that a lot of this stuff costs money, which reminds me to budget).

There is something inherent to geek culture that encourages anticipating the future. We are always waiting in lines for something to open or to get an autograph. The things that we adore invariably get some kind of pre-order hype and that's part of the fun.

Some of my best memories are the conversations that happen or the things I get to observe when waiting in line for stuff like WoW expansions or even going back to the past, the time I camped out all day to see Jurassic Park. Speculating on the content of upcoming title releases makes for good discussions and often leads to analyzing past stories. For instance today at Castle Perilous I talked to the guy working there about Marvel's Girl Comics versus Her-oes What we were engaging in is the same kind of intelligent analysis that goes into literature critique in college classrooms, but it was right there in the midst of the culture.

To infinity and beyond!