Making time for the Boy Who Lived

[matrixrefugee]

In between work, trying to type up a story, and run missions on EvE, I was tempted to cancel the EvE missioning and do some mining instead, since that would give me a chance to read while I mine and my drones keep the space pirates off me, but I got to work on raising my faction rep points... Ahhh, the troubles of a geek. :: laughs::

I *did* manage to get up to chapter Six: I cried a little when Hedwig died; I like birds, as you know, and I know how it feels to lose a feathered companion suddenly. And I cried a little when Mad-Eye Moody disappeared... I have a feeling I'll be crying a little a lot through this book. n0ke, one of my MxO/EvE buddies warned me it's the darkest book yet, and I believe him.

But there are some moments that have made me smile: not in the least, the decoy plan to get Harry out of the Dursleys' house... and especially when Dudley spoke up for Harry for the first time in his life. Wow!

Comments

[poelaramont.livejournal.com]

Who's that little Grim Reaper fellow? I like him.

[matrixrefugee.livejournal.com]

Hee, that little fellow is part of one of the fairly recent new LJ layouts from PixiMix. I'm fond of psychopomps -- in a hopefully non-morbid way -- so when I saw this layout around Hallowe'en last year, I realized I'd found just the layout for me.

[poelaramont.livejournal.com]

Psychopomps. I like that word. I like the entities themselves, as well. Discworld Death would be one of my favorites.