The End is near!!

Don't worry, it's not another rapture, however it is far worse. In just under a months time, on the 15th of July the last film in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, premiers in the UK. With the release of the official trailers last week, its left Harry Potter fans everywhere eager to watch the last installment, and find out how the story ends.

For those of us who bought the last book and finished reading the story ages ago, the last film is still eagerly anticipated. This is because the films have always had scenes that differ from the books, and so I can't wait to see the producers take on how they finish off the story.

Its really hard to believe that when the first film came out, all those years ago, I'd never heard of Harry Potter or read any of the books, and now on the eve of the last film, I find that I've read the series several times over, and seen the films more times then I can count. Being so interested in Harry Potter, led me to discover that the fans of the films and books, aren't your normal run of the mill fans you find with other series. Due to the awesomeness of these fans, since the series began there have been many new Harry Potter fan creations, ranging from Harry Potter gatherings, the largest I know of being Leaky Con in America, to wizard rock bands, who write songs solely based in Harry Potter.

I think I'm now at that stage where I would actually say I am quite a big Harry Potter nerd, and I do own songs created by wizard rock bands and have watched numerous harry potter related fan videos, but that is in no way a bad or weird thing. There are loads of people out there that have been changed because of these films, they've meet new friends at gatherings, on fan sites, have found a new love for reading, and many more things. I'm sure that when J K Rowling first sat down to write the first book, she'd never have imagined how much of an impact they would have.

I've no doubt that even after the last film comes out, and it is the end of all new things Harry Potter, the fans who have entered into this world and made it more them just pictures on a screen and words on a page, will continue to quote their favourite characters, fantasize about playing quidditch, and sing along to Wock bands.

Really can and can't wait for this last film. There is one silver lining that appeared yesterday though, that came from J K Rowling. She announced that in August a website will be opened called 'Pottermore', which will be an online unique reading experience that will provide people with even more in depth knowledge into the world of Harry Potter. Until then though, enjoy the final film.
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One of those days...

Everyone has them, and today its my turn. **Caution - Rant** After waking up this morning and seeing the rain outside bucketing it down, I already felt as though today wasn't going to go well. Due to the rain I decided it'd be best to stay in and use my last day off as a chill out, relaxing day.

For most of the morning I caught up on watching some more of the t.v show 'Bones', as I'd not seen it in ages and lost track. Towards the end of lunch, there was a break in the rain, so I decided to take my chance and quickly head into town to run a few errands, and get some stuff for a friends birthday present.

After only being inside one of the shops for a few minutes, the heavens opened up again, and the rain began falling harder then before. To get out of the rain I ran over to the shop that I work in, and had a chat with people I work with called Polly and Tom, until some other people I know appeared at the doorway.

Now I'm not sure if I've said so far, but a few months ago, I went through quite a bad break-up, after being with her for more then 3 years, and although were still I think, kind of friends, we've only seen each other twice since then. It was this person and another of my friends that turned up today. I will say it was quite a surprise to see her there, and did throw me. None of us hung around too long after the rain stopped as we all had to head off. To end the day, on my way home, it began to rain, again.

It really has been one of those days, everyone goes through them, and they always suck, tomorrows another day though. I thought that by writing this blog it would help, and in a way I think it has. Thankyou for those of you who've managed to read this far, I'm sorry about the rambling though. Will hopefully have a few more blogs up in the next couple to days. Till then...
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