My body will lie in the theater forever

Post by Isabella-

I should probably start this off by saying that I'm sorry it has taken us so long to update the blog. Things got busy when it started getting close to today's date. As many of you know, today is the day Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2 comes out. The roommate and I have been freaking out about that since July started--actually it was probably before then. So, again I apologize for our absence.

The plan for today is that I'll be getting to the theater around five this afternoon. I'm sure people are going to get there way before me, but I'm also kind of nervous that I'll be the first one there. That would be so awkward for me. Then one of the roommate's summer roommates is going to get there in between 6 and 8 or so. The roommate won't actually get there until after she gets off work at 10. Then there's the usual line games. Movie at 12.

I'm not prepared. I am so not prepared. It feels like this, the end, has been sneaking up on me from day one. I also sort of feel like a doofus for being so emotional. I've loved this series for so long and everything is coming to an end. It feels less like the end of something and more like the death of a really close friend. I know that the series doesn't mean as much to some people as it does to others. For some people it's just a book series, just a movie franchise. They don't understand the connection that I, and about a milion other people, have made with the series. They may feel that I'm pathetic or weak or stupid or sad or other ridiculous things, but I feel sorry for them. They don't understand the joy of truly geeking out about something. Of being a nerd and absolutely LOVING something. That it what seems truly sad to me.

I know that it's not truly the end, but this feels like the end of something big.

Rupert Grint: "After being in Harry Potter, I believe a bit more in magic than I did before."
Daniel Radcliffe: "Harry Potter is rather like the mafia, I guess. Once you're in, you never get out."
Emma Watson: "It's got be 'magical,' hasn't it?"