Happy Harry Potter Day!

I have our bracelet.

There were about 125-150 people there before me, and it took two people 48 minutes to process the line and get to me. Assuming they run all the cash registers tonight, that's about 8 registers, so it should be pretty quick to get to us. We are in group 6. I went early. When I left the line was the same length as when I arrived, so I'd say they were up to 300-400 people either done or waiting by the time I left at 9:49.

I hope this will turn out to be fun, and not a nightmare. We haven't done a midnight purchase since Charlottesville, when AG33 was 2 - Goblet of Fire. He waited in his stroller. Hopefully, Little Sister will sleep in her car seat, and I can sit in the car and scribble or read while the boys play and get the book.

Husband is gonna read it this weekend, then hand it off to AG33. I expect a shot at it by next weekend. I'm pretty mellow. I'm not looking for spoilers, but I'm not spazzing over the possibilities, either. Husband can be TERRIBLE about keeping secrets, so I figure rather than torment him, I'll let him spill whatever beans he feels the need to spill. AG33, however, is adamant that he does not want to be spoiled. Luckily, he is coming to work with me next week instead of going to camp, so he can bring the book with him and hole up in Boss' office and read undisturbed and un spoiled.

Hahaha!

I made an icon! Thanks so much to surrealphantast for the use of the screencap. Which is totally hilarious, btw. Check out rda_daily today.

Joke

I've seen a couple of versions of this joke, and in some ways I find it incredibly objectionable. It is misogynistic, because it homogenizes and objectifies women. Also, it has us slotted in as useless at age 41, which is ageist, misogyinist, and also suggests that the person who wrote it is blind as a bat, since healthy adults usually remain plenty sexually attractive well into their forties or even their fifties. Think of all the well aged men you know, and the almost disturbingly sexy older women.

All that said, this stupid thing has stuck with me, in a way that internet jokes usually do not. I feel very much like India these days. And I hope to make the India and France stages last right up to age 60 or so, followed by a short England stage, carrying me through to an early Tibet. *snickers*

(I would like to note that the version I originally saw DID NOT include the ages of man, which kind of equalizes the joke and makes it less bad. *smirks* However, I should also note I am posting the sanitized version I originally saw, not the EVEN WORSE version I found on askmen.com. Cretins.)

So, posting it here, for your amusement or annoyance.

( The Ages of Woman and the Geography of Man )