Buffy ,'Showtime'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Even though it was annoying I also thought it was exactly something a young teen like Hermione would do.
I actually loves the SPEW stuff, because I had a dear friend in high school who was an honors student and who took up causes with an almost irrational zeal. Hermione much reminds me of her.
What I think is really interesting is the way she shows how social norms are maintained -- she represents it as a thing that no one except Hermione cares about, and everyone thinks she's silly for caring about it, including Harry. Harry has no reason to think it's an okay thing except that everyone else does, and everyone brushes her off, so he does too.
But Harry has more reason to try to "fit in" than Hermione does -- he's been trying to fade into the background his entire life while Hermione comes from a very different place and I think that's why Harry accepts what's "normal" in this case.
Oh, Amazon says that the post office is holding my book awaiting customer orders. What does that mean?
If it's like the last book release, it most likely means that the post office has your book--whether that means in IL or at the Amazon distribution side, I don't know. But, you'll be getting it tomorrow, for sure!
Possibly it just means that they're taunting you with the fact that IT'S THERE BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE IT MUWAH-HA-HA!
I doublechecked - it's UPS not USPS -- but same thing, right? And I can't have it delivered before tomorrow anyway, right?
I don't know, sumi. Here's what mine says (it's coming UPS though and not USPS):
July 20, 2007 07:50:00 AM FRANKLIN PARK IL US Departure Scan
July 20, 2007 04:44:00 AM FRANKLIN PARK IL US Held by carrier - customer to arrange delivery
I didn't arrange anything, but it left the facility 3 hours later.
Ah.
Okay, mine is being held in DeKalb -- I guess that means that tomorrow the will deliver.
Okay, mine LIES and says that the receiver requested a hold and the service is basic -- does that mean I won't get it 'til Monday?
Here's what it says:
DEKALB,IL, US 07/20/2007 8:02 A.M.
THE RECEIVER REQUESTED A HOLD FOR A FUTURE DELIVERY DATE. UPS WILL ATTEMPT DELIVERY ON DATE REQUESTED / DELIVERY RESCHEDULED