I Never Finished Harry Potter

So I decided to make a blog. Upon making this momentous decision, I asked myself “How the heck do you introduce yourself on your first blog?”

Well, self, you decide on a big statement. Here it is.

I NEVER FINISHED THE HARRY POTTER SERIES.

Whew! It feels good to get that off my chest.

What’s so huge about this statement? Nothing really, except I just thought of it. But it does tell a few things about me.

1. I LOVE to read.

2. I’m a bit of a nerd.

3. I get sidetracked now and then. Sidetracked? From Harry Potter? How does this happen?
I was going along in my happy little world, reading Harry Potter, watching the movies, when suddenly there was an interruption. What was it, you ask? Hmmm… well I wish I could tell you exactly, but that’s just not going to happen. The copyright date is 2007 so probably something like buying a house, starting a new teaching job, and having kids. You know, that old chestnut.
Either that or it was that time when aliens invaded the city and I had to use my super powers to fight them off and save the world! (It could happen. The job is in a junior high so you know I got some crazy skills.)

4. I’m stubborn. You want me to explain again? Fine, I guess.
I’ve picked up the last book several times. I really enjoyed the others. I cried when Dumbledore died. I think Harry is very likeable. I love the idea of a whole magic world, even if that means I’m nothing more than a muggle. But I’ve gone back to this book after a lapse and its soooo dark. (Here is where I remind myself of my mother, who seemed to only watch happy-go-lucky romantic comedies and still thrives on Disney channel programming.) Anyway, its like page two and there’s someone is dangling upside down over a table? What???

5. I’m very curious.
Someday this is going to win out over the stubbornness and the desire for everything to be chipper. Seriously, what is the deal with Snape and how the heck does Harry win the whole thing? (Yeah, I peeked enough to see that he won.) This is how it goes with me, though. I will get sidetracked and/or stubborn but I’m usually curious enough that I will go back to it.

6. I have to have things ranked, if only for myself.
I easily get sucked into series of books. Since I teach at a junior high, all the girls were reading Twilight and were like “OMG, you have to read this it is so great.” And then, just so I couldn't pretend to put it on my list and ignore it forever, one of them lent the whole series to me. So now I have read the whole Twilight series and not the whole Harry Potter series. I disappoint myself. Harry is so much cooler than Edward!

See the useful personality assessment in that simple statement that started us off? And now you learned that I like geeky things, I like books, crafting (OK that one wasn‘t in there, but now you know), have kids, work at a junior high, own a home, and go on rants about things like not reading Harry Potter. You didn’t think you were going to get anything useful from it, did you?