Monday, July 25, 2005 - 11:17 PM PST
The Saturday before last, I was one of the 1.5 million people who received the latest Harry Potter novel in the mail from Amazon (see Amazon's special box, right). I happened to be leaving the building at the moment the mail lady arrived (okay, I was hiding in the bushes out front) and got my copy before anyone else. She had at least 15 other boxes for our building alone.
So, box in hand, I rushed upstairs back to my apartment. Barely able to hide my anticipation, I opened the box, took the book out, and...stowed it away safely on the shelf. You see, I foolishly decided a few weeks back that I would re-read the fifth book before reading the sixth, and the pace at work kept me from finishing it in time.
Man, did I ever look stupid on the bus last week! While everyone else was busy reading the sixth book, I was sitting there like a chump reading the fifth book! I was mortified, and did my best to hide the cover from anyone who looked my way.
Now, I'm finally on the sixth book, and can show my face again.
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Haha that's so funny Brian. I put my shoes on to go and see where my copy was and as I opened the front door the Mail women was pulling up in her truck. It's like Magic!
Your box seems a different shape then mine. Did you get the American scholastic version or the Canadian one?
Maybe it's just the angle of the picture.
Happy Reading.
That's funny about the mail delivery. There were so many delivered by mail that I'm surprised they didn't make the mail people dress up like owls.
I got the American Scholastic version. I completely forgot about there being a difference. I remembered it while reading the book and became afraid that Ron's "brilliant!" was going to be transformed into "excellent!", but they seem to have kept the original language intact (with the exception of "Philosopher's Stone" -> "Sorcerer's Stone").
# Posted by: Brian at July 31, 2005 10:08 PM