It's Been a While

I haven't posted here in about a billion years because I've had so many other outlets online through Harry Potter role play (which I have since given up but was quite active in during my time), fan fiction (which I've also given up because I was never really that great at it), my other blogs, and my forthcoming Pagan website. It seemed time, though, to attempt to revive this blog because of one *major* development...

WE ARE GOING TO LEAKYCON!

Last year, my roommate and I went to Infinitus. Though it was one of the most amazing experiences of our lives, there were some problems (the least of which was NOT money; it cost us over a grand each to go and enjoy ourselves but I don't remember the final totals). We also got into some arguments about how each of us was handling the experience. The main stress was not knowing anyone. I'd read extensively from other Potterheads about conventions being full of friendly people who just go out their way to talk to you and all that. This was the case...to an extent. People talked to us while waiting in line, and everyone was very nice. It just seemed, though, that we didn't get included in any circles. We ate alone, weren't invited to any parties, etc. We were included, but not enough to feel like we got the most out of the experience. (Some of this could have been due to the fact that I'm somewhat shy when I first meet people as well.)

I'm not complaining; I'm merely providing background to the resurgence of this blog.

You see, we decided after that experience that another HP con wasn't a good option for us. However, yesterday my roommate came home and announced he'd like to go to LeakyCon this summer after all and that he could swing it financially. So, I agreed after a long talk about what we can do differently. A few months ago when we were talking about going to LeakyCon, I posted about blogging to get to know people before we went. Time is getting shorter with only about 130ish days left before LeakyCon (*squee!*), but I hope this will help a bit.

So, I believe it's time for an introduction:

My name is Kat. I'm 23 (I'll be 24 by the time of the conference), and I've been a die-hard Potterhead since the age of 12 when I fist picked up Sorcerer's Stone. All through middle school I watched my friends become obsessed with HP, and I decided if the crowd was all for it, I had no choice but to be against it. Lol! So, I scoffed at the name of Potter for about a year and a half until my great aunt died and left us her house. There I was, twelve and alone in a house in a state far from home with my mother all summer. I think she got tired of me complaining and bought me the first book which I devoured in a day, forcing her to run out and buy CoS the next morning. The rest is pretty much history. I started a few fansites that I'm sure no one remembers from the now extinct MSN Groups (Hogwarts4u and Harry's Magical World RPG and all it's subsequent sub-groups). Once those bit the dust, I turned to Mugglenet Interactive for a while for my RP needs to continue my group called Pureblood Club which was led by my characters Mehren Blair and Tavis Burke. I discuss a lot of it in these videos: here and here (there are also several HP-related videos on my channel there on youtube). Eventually after the creation of yet another RP site (Out of the Ashes RP), the world of role play lost its appeal for me and I kind of left the fandom until Infinitus. There's oh so much more to share about my experience in this fandom, but I shall save some for future posts!

Now, on to my roommate...

His name is Brae. He's 24 (on March 3), and he's been a fan of the series since he was in high school. He started with PoA and moved backwards to catch up with SS and CoS because he enjoyed it so much (probably due to his intense love of werewolves).

Thats what she thinks...Yeah, so my name is Brae, I'm 24 (on March 3), and I have been a fan of the series since high school, she wasn't lying about all that, however my love of the third book wasn't because of werewolves, well at least not in majority. Prisoner of Azkaban is one of my favorite books in general much less just in HP. It has all that amazing feeling of being on the cusp of a much darker tale, but still all the bright feeling of the character's youth and the realization that they are evolving into the people they are meant to be. My favorite characters are featured in the book with main parts: Remus and Sirius. Their relationship, and the kind of feeling that gives to Harry that he can share with Sirius is another great part of the book. All in all, I just love it!

Let me just say it again: WE ARE GOING TO LEAKYCON!

I mean thats for real yo, the signs are everywhere that we have to go, and there isn't a better time to have the greatest Harry Potter adventure of our lives. Since I first read PoA and then continued back and forward with the others, I've known that this series would be a big part in my life. Waiting for each of the new books to arrive, for each movie to premiere, and now we've come to this. When we come back from this, if you don't hear: "We laughed, we cried, we loved, and we'll never forget..." then either we didn't make it back because we died, or we decided to live in the Wizarding World and forsake all muggleness to never return to this world. Either way, Please Stay Tuned!