I'm only going to college because I'm still waiting for my Hogwarts letter, In Which we share our juvenile desires to defy the laws of nature. |
 Jan 31 2007, 10:54 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall  Posts: 8 Joined: 9:37pm January 31, 2007 Location: Underneath the spreading chestnut tree  |
I was ten, and it was 2000. The first three Harry Potter books had just come to my attention, and I ate them up in a matter of a few days. I knew the difference between fiction and nonfiction books, but that didn't stop me from poking brick walls with my umbrella, whittling sticks and calling them "wands" and playing Harry Potter with my friends at school (I always got stuck as Hermione. My friend Molly had glasses and taped them up for the occasion, and my other friend, Erin, was part Irish and had this crazy red hair and freckles. Actually, it was pretty fun being able to boss people around and not have to participate in "Quidditch matches"--basically a few of our mates prancing around the playground riding sticks and kicking a painted footbal around). When my eleventh birthday came around on the 23rd of March that year, I stayed up all night, secretly set out cat treats for the owls (though I think any owl would prefer my tiny cat to a dry fish cracker), and even opened up the flue to my fireplace and unlocked the front door in case of an ambush. Needless to say, I fell asleep around 11:50 and woke up the next morning to find the cat treats eaten by their rightful owner, the flue closed as it brought in a draft and a few leaves without a fire going, and no letters for me. I still had a great birthday, and I kept waiting to get any notification of my certain status as a Special Person, but after about six months I figured it was time to stop dreaming and get on with life. that little experience brought me firmly back to reality as we know it, and I've been here ever since.
DISCUSS! -Anybody else get their  delusions crushed at an early age?-Did you ever believe there might be something to this whole "magic" thing? -How have you dealt with the complete lack of support groups for this sort of thing? (Me: many, many pills...just kidding!) I sincerely hope nobody thinks that last comment was made seriously. Oh my... --------------------  What happens when you try to download an HP E-Book. BELIEVE IT. |
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Feb 1 2007, 06:39 AM
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Monster Book Stacker Posts: 398 Joined: 6:34am January 28, 2005 Location: At home in Norway, with a book in front of the fire.  |
It's important to have dreams as a child! There may not be wizards and flying broomsticks around in reality, but some people can do things which seem like magic, but the reason they can do it is because they respect the powers of nature and have a huge knowledge about energies in us and around us. I'm talking about Chinese Shaolin Kungfu munks, for example. For them, the training isn't about showtime, it's about developing themselves and to show people what is really possible! I have seen a munk holding a thin needle, consentrating, throwing the needle right through a pane of solid glass and punkturing a balloon on the other side. It left a big hole in the glass, the size of a bullet. I have family in Shanghai because my husband is Chinese and I've seen it with my own eyes. So not everything is fairytales; it is truly amazing what humans can do if they hold on to the knowledge!
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Feb 1 2007, 06:49 AM
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Flesh-Eating-Slug Catcher Posts: 186 Joined: 1:51am December 14, 2005 |
well, it's never too late to keep dreaming! =) although I know that I'm probably a real Muggle, lol, but it's kind of fun to sometimes imagine that there are really wizards in the world. I did used to wish that I could be a wizard, but I realised that I'm way too clumsy and I would be a danger to everyone within a 5-meter radius. =|
-------------------- # opaline.
'What a year it has been! Hopefully your heads are all a little fuller than they were... you have the whole summer ahead to get them nice and empty before next year starts...' |
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Feb 6 2007, 03:09 AM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 8 Joined: 6:25pm February 1, 2007 |
QUOTE _opaline Posted Feb 1 2007, 03:49 AM well, it's never too late to keep dreaming! =) although I know that I'm probably a real Muggle, lol, but it's kind of fun to sometimes imagine that there are really wizards in the world. I did used to wish that I could be a wizard, but I realised that I'm way too clumsy and I would be a danger to everyone within a 5-meter radius. =| You could still be magical! Just similar to Tonks  I admit when I was younger I secretly hoped it could all come true and I would also get my letter...And although I'm 21 now and too old to get my letter, wouldn't it be cool?...
-------------------- "Give her hell from us, Peeves."
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Feb 7 2007, 12:09 AM
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Daily Prophet Photographer Posts: 894 Joined: 9:44pm May 9, 2006 |
haha I wasn't into Harry Potter when I would have gotten my letter (so I am sure I would have been super surprised if one showed up
) and of course it is too late now, I am 19 lol  So I continue to finish up my second year of college wishing that my letter is being delivered by a very, very slow, confused and lost owl  *sigh*
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Feb 7 2007, 12:27 AM
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Perusing the Magical Menagerie Posts: 86 Joined: 6:34pm March 29, 2006 Location: SW Missouri, USA |
What a fun post!
 I wish I could have had books like these when I was young. I would have totally obsessed over all of them. Still, I'm an adult and I'm still obsessing over them. LOL! I guess you could say that I'm only working my current job because Hogwarts hasn't yet called me to teach. ;) -------------------- vicki
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Feb 7 2007, 12:55 AM
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Professional Diagon Alley Window Shopper Posts: 61 Joined: 7:21pm January 28, 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia |
Ah i always looked forward to my 11th birthday. now that its passed im sure my letter got lost in the mail
we can all sympathise with squibs, cant we. its really weird but i had this deep-down fear that my brother or sister would get a letter. how awful would that be! still, we pass this time on the lounge until our letter gets found and finally arrives! and thats fun too lol.-------------------- xx Danni
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Feb 8 2007, 11:12 AM
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Kibble Boy/Girl at the Magical Menagerie Posts: 257 Joined: 5:08pm September 16, 2006 Location: finally back in the fandom after a looong absence |
LOL!
I thought I was the only one. I was about 8/9 when I read the first book (so about 1998/9), and I always wondered what it would be like if I got a letter from Hogwarts. I remember when i was about to turn eleven, and daydreaming 'anytime soon, my letter will be coming' and picturing a Hagrid-type figure telling me, and me replying 'but I'm not a, a witch' or something to that effect lol. Of course, my birthday came and went, and I sadly remained a muggle (although I did once try muttering Lumos with a stick to see if it lit up ).
-------------------- A proud Huffinclaw!
*S.Q.U.E.E* *M.A.F.I.A* I support Wizard Rock- Voldemort can't stop the rock! |
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Feb 8 2007, 11:15 AM
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Cauldron Bottom Measurer Posts: 130 Joined: 7:43pm March 22, 2006 Location: At a very cold home in the middle of nowhere |
I was the same way, me and my sisters all wanted to go, I got hooked first then my two sisters, and we were crushed when our wands didn't work! LOL We thought that there was a chance but yeah, it didn't work....
*sigh* -------------------- "An unhealthy lifestyle is like a homing pigeon, yes it's fun at the time, but one day it's going to track you down and kill you!"
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Feb 8 2007, 06:02 PM
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Monster Book Stacker Posts: 349 Joined: 5:10pm October 13, 2006 Location: currently rereading and listening (audio) to DH because I can't let go. |
I don't know if I might sound insane admitting this but to this day I wish that the wizarding wold that JKR created was real so that I could be a part of it .
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