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No Spoilers…

July 21st, 2007. Published under General. 5 Comments.

I don’t have the last Harry Potter book yet.  I (stupidly) ordered the book from Amazon.com the day after the cut off of having it delivered today and not realizing it until it was too late to cancel the order.  Since I recalled Book 6 had shortage issues (from what I remembered) the last time, I thought “well, Wednesday is OK.”

Yeah right.

Tim and I went to Target today to pick up some laundry soap and other things and there were stacks and stacks of Book 7 lying around.  I couldn’t even comfort myself at getting the book for $17.99 on Amazon.com because that’s the same goddamn price Target was selling it for.

Now people either 1) have the book and have read it or are damn close to finishing, 2) don’t give a shit or 3) don’t give a shit who they ruin the book for.  I’ve been hearing stories about people posting comments in Digg stories - unrelated to HP - spoiling the book.  Now over on other community sites that I frequent, there’s spoilers being posted left and right.  Thankfully on the sites that allow it, they are being hidden behind cuts.

But seriously.  What the hell?

The last time, when Book 6 came out and “________” died … I was spoiled on that.  However, that didn’t change my enjoyment nor did it affect the suspense I felt reading the book.  Yeah, I knew what was in store, but that didn’t change the journey of reading the book.  I enjoy the story…not the tidbits of information.

I’m sure that in the next few days, before I get the chance to read the book in its entirety, that someone, somewhere will find a way to “inform” me of what happens.  Unless I turn off all internet communications until I read the book, I’m pretty sure it’s going to happen.  However, I’m avoiding Digg - and I may have to avoid a lot of the other communities that I frequent.  I really hope I don’t have to abandon Pownce during this time - it’s turned into a fun arena for meeting new people.  But that doesn’t change the fact that some people are dickheads.

So as I sit here next to Tim playing … Capcom vs. SNK (blastar wolf!) … I’ll just be happy that I was productive today rather than wasting this beautiful weekend with my nose stuck in a book.   Seriously, v.2.0.0 of the Pink Ninja site is looking sick.  SICK!

Have a great rest of the weekend.