I am sitting here with Harry Potter book five beside me on the sofa, tightly wrapped in twine like a Monster Book of Monsters. Although actually it is far more like Riddle's diary: I know that if I open it, I will be sucked in, my mind devoured, yet still I am compelled to . . . I am trying to see how long my willpower will last before I give in and read it. I suspect not very long. I admire Ginny greatly.

I bought it shortly after midnight at the UND University Bookstore, where I also picked up a coloring sheet of Dumbledore, which I have colored to resemble Spock. We stopped by after a late showing of the Matrix, which was not nearly as confusing as I expected, given that I haven't yet seen the first movie. Actually it was Neo who we were comparing to Spock. The Dumbledore comparison was to the Oracle-- now we know why he always offers people candy.

So, since I'm too hyper to sleep, and I'm in an anvanced cyberpotter state of conciousness, and it's been quite a while since I've posted any fic at all, and everyone who would actually be interested is safely consumed by their new books, I give you a severely unedited version of the first part of that previously-mentioned HP!Cyberpunk story. ( Black Ice ). No canon characters at all! (yet) Although quite a few are referred to more or less obscurely. The next part is an actual run, which I haven't quite worked out yet.

This is the last time I'll be online until at least Thursday. And I shan't read my friendslist till I've read my new book.