leakycon day one part two - or, why i'm never having girls

leakycon officially started with the opening festivities (though it being an olympic year, people were calling them the opening ceremonies, and yes there was a torch). basically it was a harry potter (and some hunger games) talent show, with cameos by evanna lynch (and the boys [more later]) and potter puppet pals. and of course there were the starkids - apparently a big deal in harry potter fandom on youtube; apparently a big deal if you're a 12-16-year-old girl. did you know that 12-16-year-old girls scream? they do. loudly. so that the ears of sane people hurt. so that normal people lose hearing in the higher frequencies. so that all your years of not listening to blaring music are for naught. i'm not having girls. ever. if i accidentally get pregnant sometime, i'll keep a boy. but not a girl. sorry, sweetie. you can go to your auntie hobbitsister.

moving on...

the grand finale of the opening ceremonies was this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8R2oXlb1_E&feature=watch_response, which i, as a proud hufflepuff, enjoyed, and then had stuck in my head for the rest of the weekend. (i'm not, however, linking to the actual music video of it, because, while it's well done and looks very professional, it also looks lady gaga-y. the song is fun, though.)

after that, we finally got to break away from the screamers and go to a meet-up where people were discussing books vs movies. at one point chelleybutton leaned over to me and said, 'look at how nerdy everyone in here is. i love it!' the girl in front of us turned around and whispered, 'me, too!' because it was. the depth of insight in that room was astounding. i could've spent hours with those people (with whom we broke bread, except actually it was red vines that were shared by all), but sadly we had less than one.

as the discussion wore on, it got more and more heated. at first people were saying what they liked better in the books, by the end it was what people hated about the movies because the books are so much better. and i didn't even get a chance to start on how they totally screwed over my neville, because the rants were going so long and heated. one girl finally went up to the front and was pacing and waving her arms in frustration. it was great. :)

eventually, though, it was time to go (the group was still going strong) and tell auto everything. and it was at this point that auto's poor boyfriend got to meet me and chelleybutton. we may have been a bit overwhelming. he did say, though, that it's not often that he's not the nerdiest person in the room, and that it was an interesting feeling. so that was nice. :)

and that was day one.