Living life without a job has meant that I can pursue some things in ways I couldn't before. I can track down the name of the bird at my feeder in the winter. I can explore blogs and read postings back a few years to see when they had the baby. And I can obsess about topics like I'm a toddler in a splash pool...happily hitting the water over and over again. Two weeks ago it was the iPhone. I read everything there was and am still laughing over David Pogue's videos. (He reminds me that you can bring some fun and creativity to any topic.) But I come out of those long fugues on the Internet a little groggy and like I might have lost a few interpersonal skills.
So I'm very wary of the Harry Potter dangers coming up this week. I love HP and I will be shut down on Saturday to read Book 7. I love the story of JK Rowlings and all of the kids who love the books. But it is mid-July and the media (thankfully) has not much else to write about except this phenomenon and how it will end. And I'm just the kind of person to delight in reading every single word. (I should tell you that my high-speed connection is out until Tuesday. Last night found me on the deck poaching a neighbor's wireless to see the NYT's video comparisons of the HP story.)
But after the iPhone episode, I've decided that I'm not a better person for, um, "over-indulging" in this media bath. So I only hope to read one HP story a day until Saturday morning when I'll shut down the computer and phone and spend a long, wonderful day on the porch reading the conclusion to this amazing story of a boy and his true friends.
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So this is IT? Is this is the last book? (I know, I know, I've been living in a cave). You'll need to tell me if she kills anyone off, which is what the excitement has been about in what I HAVE read.
There's a lot to be said for excited anticipation, so enjoy it thoroughly while you're building up to pleasure of reading the book itself.
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