Speaking of Magic – HP – OoTP

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I am dying to see the movie. I know that it will start in 15 minutes. I missed the one o’clock door opening to buy the midnight showing tickets. They sold out in minutes. I’ve been able to think of nearly nothing except Harry Potter these last few days. I asked a friend to borrow the first 3 movies so I can catch up. I have the Goblet of Fire, so I didn’t need to borrow that one. I am now caught up and ready to watch the fifth movie. However…book seven (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) is coming out soon. I’ve read all the books thusfar. I think Dubledore will come back, Snape is good and Harry will not die. Ron will kick the bucket and Voldemort will of course be destroyed. Those are my predictions. I know that I’m 30-something and I shouldn’t focus so much on such frivolity – but one of me gifts (and sometimes weaknesses) is that I can get completely lost and involved in a story, book or movie. My mind drips of the imaginary and unimaginable. THings that we don’t naturally see come to life in my mind. I like it.

Caleb has this gift – but it’s uniquely his own (as most things are for him). He devoured The Sorcerers Stone and didn’t finish HP and the Chamber of Secrets. THe deal we made is that he reads the books, then he watches the movies. He’s seen the first, but as of yesterday morning he hasn’t seen the second. Well, I let him watch what he read from the second book and now he’s finishing it. He wants to see what happens. When he picked the book back up, he remembered that he was in chapter eleven…half-way through it. Oh my…he remembered that without a bookmark. Ok that’s not sooooo strange (even after 6 months or so). No problem. However, He knew each part in the movie and described the upcoming parts of the movie with great anticipation. He remembered EVERYTHING from the book when he was only lightly interested. EVERY little detail was precisely recalled…he even pointed out descrepencies from the movie and the book! It was so long since he last picked it up. Tonight, he read from chapter 11 until mid-chapter 16. He will finish the book tomorrow…and the movie. We will have to find the last 4 books so he can plow through those too. Caleb’s so amazing!