leakycon day two part one

day two started with waiting in line for auto's pass. we ended up next to a girl about our age who's a jr. high librarian, who was there alone. another fine example of getting to talk with random people about something you love. i enjoyed it.
after that auto and i headed to the first of john granger's lectures, while chelleybutton went to a lecture called 'male bonding in harry potter.' it was one of those times when we had to make a choice between lectures. we didn't like when they did that to us. but chelley was able to go to that one and then share knowledge with me and auto, as well as share the chocolate frog she got but wouldn't eat.
meanwhile, auto and i were busy being astounded by the wonder that is short, scrawny, bow-tied, mustached john granger. he's knowledgable and humorous, with nerdy wit and shades of gilderoy lockhart.
well, except for the time he snaped me.

so he starts talking about the ring cycle in which the series is written (how book one mirrors book seven, two mirrors six, etc.). i'm sitting there frantically taking notes, my hand and brain not able to keep up with all he was saying, when suddenly he says, 'girl in the trevor shirt.' he was calling on me. i had no idea what the question was, but someone piped up immediately, 'neville.' i was crushed. not only did it look like i wasn't paying attention (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs7FliqVPJo), but again i didn't get to talk about my neville. so sad.

after the morning lecture, we went shopping. actually, that's what we did during any down time. chelley and i had hit the vendor room the day before, and i don't remember, but this may have been the second time we hit it that day. i bought some fun things over the course of the weekend, but sadly, there was nothing really neville-y, so i was a bit disappointed and didn't buy as much as i would've liked. they did have this poster, but i'm really too old for a poster like this. had it been a magnet or key chain, though... ;)