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I am done with work for the week because I'm going to Nineworlds. Super exciting! But before I do, I have a post I wanted to make, just like it's 2005, about Harry Potter.

People, last weekend I got to see Cursed Child in the theatre and it was AWESOME.

( only very minorly spoilery thoughts on this, and basically not at all if you've read the script )

Anyone else want to AHHHHHH with me?!

Also also, if any of you want invites to Imzy, please yell. I have codes!

Linkage! Wow, I have a truly wrong amount of tabs open for this. Okay.

Harry Potter ones: Post-Conflict Potter is a brilliant post-conflict analysis of the state of the wizarding world after the civil war.

Also, did you know Snape did an It Gets Better video? If you didn't, you should watch it, and if you did I rather suspect you'll watch it again because BWAHAHAH.

Some silly ones:

Sarcastic Responses to Completely Well-Meaning Signs made me laugh far too much.

What happens when two chatbots start talking to each other: they start discussing god and whether they want physical bodies! Even funnier than that should be. HEE.

These may in fact be, as advertised, the Best Wedding Pictures Ever.

Sciencey ones:

Ben Goldacre on the statistics of 'people of subgroup x have enlarged area y in their brains' reports.

A fascinating article on a report that seems to indicate gender differences in performing spacial-awareness tasks are culturally created.

Political ones:

I've been meaning to link this article on breaking down the top 1% of earners for a while.

I don't have anything to say about Jack Layton's death - and certainly nothing to say that wouldn't seem ridiculous or trite compared to the stuff written by people who were closely involved with him and his campaigns for years - but I would like to pass on the letter he wrote on his deathbed as being a wonderful illustration of just what makes people say the guy was special.

I read more than I thought I did in June! I am quite pleased about this. I do love books.

( The Battle of Little Big Science - Pamela Rentz )

( Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling )

( Anu-Anulan and Yir's Daughter - Emily Carroll )

( A Portrait of Jane Austen - David Cecil )

Oh and I also read the spoiler chapters from A Dance With Dragons by George RR Martin.

( SPOILERS NO REALLY )

I am ridiculously overexcited and anticipatory for this book!


I also read a load of Vorkosigan books! I checked which I hadn't read, and was surprised... they're so good at catching you up on events without being exposition-y that I hadn't noticed whole bits where I hadn't read the actual story with [whatever] in. I think I am now all caught up on everything except Cryoburn, which, well.

( Brothers In Arms, Borders of Infinity, The Vor Game, and Memory - Lois McMaster Bujold )


Oh, and people who like Lewis but have not been reading catwalksalone's awesome fanfic? She's written the fourth installment, Neither/Nor, and it is epically long and totally wonderful and just yes, if you like the slightly queer overthinky coppers as much as I do you should go and read her stuff.

I also very much like this annotation of the first few paragraphs of Great Expectations for showing things in a different light.

I saw the new Harry Potter movie on...er... Sunday, and still haven't posted about it. So:

( HP7 part 1 spoilers for anyone who cares about that sort of thing )

( Psych )

Aaand the latest NCIS:

( NCIS - Enemies Domestic )

And I am getting kind of excited about my Yuletide but sliiightly freaking over how to get the joy that is my canon down in fic form. OMG.

Dear North East,

You are very pretty and have awesome milkshakes and also Cat and TB-the-person-not-the-hideous-wasting-disease and their very, very cute kitten. These are all very good things.

Keep up the good work,
Katie

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Dear self,

You, on the other hand, are all tired and weirdly dizzy today. That had better just be sleepiness and not getting sick. Just so you know. You have stuff to do and a Harry Potter movie to see and generally no time to even consider such a thing until *checks calender*... two weeks on Monday. Possibly. This also applies to accidents caused by things like accidentally hitting yourself in the head with your phone. TWICE.

warningly,
yourself, you dumbass

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Dear Torchwood,

Okay, that wasn't anything like any other series or episode of Torchwood at ALL, but I still think it was excellent. Wow. I completely never thought I would say this, but I am still sort of mulling on it, and that was really good. Goddamn.

Impressed, and also in the "you have the imprint of a brick in your head" way,
Katie

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Dear technology,

I would appreciate if you stopped makin me want to buy you so much, but oooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOhshiny.

covetously,
Katie