Nap time

[erilyn]

Early to bed tonight for me. Spent the last two nights putting in some long hours for mum. She got landed the job of doing a presentation to the year 10 students on biology and why they should do it for the HSC. Happy to say that in the end, the powerpoint presentation turned out quite nicely, and her presentation got a good reaction. Physics teachers were muttering afterwards that they need to figure out how to incorporate pictures of cute fluffy animals into their talks too. But we also had a cute animated gif of a Pacman type cartoon, to illustrate immune system stuff, and nice layout, tasteful use of animated text, and two pieces of music. Circle of Life for ecosystem topic, and Stayin' Alive for Maintaining Body Balances. Nsync version, natch *g*. Well, partially because I thought the lyrics were actually clearer. Not just cause I can hear Chris so clearly ;)

I was originally only going to be working Tuesday and Thursday this week, but that turned into 4 days (yay!). Someone is finishing up tomorrow, and they're still trying to make up their minds if this person is even going to be replaced, let alone if they want me in over the next few weeks to do some of her work. Stupid management.

Here's a question for y'all - if applicable, when did you first read the Harry Potter books, and why?

I was re-reading Philosopher's Stone the other day, and the receipt is still tucked in the back. January 2000 - I'd heard a bit about these books, just vague stuff, it was before the hype got quite so...[insert superlatives of choice here], and one of the girls I babysat was reading them. She said they were really good, and dad and I won't not read fun fantasy books just because they're being marketed at kids *g*, so dad bought the first one and read it. Passed it on to me, and immediately bought the next two (PoA was still only in HB at this stage). We both thought they were good stories, and enormous fun. Plus, Sirius and Lupin were the first slashy couple I ever saw that I hadn't been primed to see :)

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[alasen.livejournal.com]

When book 3 came out, I was working in the junior library, saw it on the reservation shelf. Picked it up to read while I was on the desk. I think then meelie had borrowed Philosopher's Stone, I read it on the way to phantasia at penrith (and this must have been long ago as phantasia has been gone awhile, sadly). They had a box set of the 3 in hardcover, which I bought. So, 1999. And from what I can remember of working during this period, it was only then that they began to be really popular. Before Azkabhan came out, I hadn't even heard of them.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Ah, advantage to working in a library, I see.

[luthien.livejournal.com]

I first read the books in October/November of 2001. My friend Fiona - who was also, in a roundabout way, responsible for me using the name Luthien - had been at me for about two years to read them, but I hadn't succumbed. I'd even bought the first two and left them on the bookshelf for a year or so, unread. Finally, with the first movie about to come out, I got them off the shelf one day and read them. The next day I made a special trip to buy books 3 and 4. Fiona was ecstatic. Then, I went looking for the slash fandom, which I knew was out there, and found Snape slash. Before very long, I found Telanu's Snape/Harry stories, and I got all inspired and started writing again after a year of writer's block. While happy that I was writing again, Fiona was also aghast. She didn't like sexualising that universe, she's not a particular slash fan (though she will read it upon occasion) and she really, REALLY doesn't like Snape! She's since come around to the idea of HP adult fanfic, and she reads my stories, but she'd really rather I didn't write about Snape. Pity about that archive I maintain... ;-)

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Bwahahahaha! Poor Fiona :)

[out-there.livejournal.com]

Here's a question for y'all - if applicable, when did you first read the Harry Potter books, and why?

A few weeks after the first film was released. Liked the film, wanted to read the book.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Interesting - people have come in at all different times :)

[out-there.livejournal.com]

And that's the only HP book I've read. I've even got the others on file, but just couldn't be bothered to read them at the moment... *g*