The Witching Well

Well, maybe 15 seconds, since that’s how long it’ll take you to read my quote at the tail end of this Boston Globe article about Salem at Halloween. (My RL name is Robin Whelton, in case you didn’t know.)

Mood: amused

I fell asleep sometime in the sixth inning. Maybe the seventh. I was a little fried after all the walking I did yesterday. But it looks like the Sox didn’t need me to pull it off.

Good job, guys.

Mood: happy

The grrls are here — most of them, anyway; one was too busy with real life (stupid real life) to come and play — and though it was raining yesterday, the sewing has been sewed and silly card games have been played. Today the Hogwarts faculty takes to the streets of Salem.

So if you happen to be in the neighborhood and spot Snape, Sinestra, McGonnigle, Sprout, and Umbridge strolling along the Essex Street Mall or wandering around Pickering Wharf, come and say hello, hmmm? (I’m the Scottish one.)

Mood: bouncy

J.K. Rowling has come out and said, in no uncertain terms, that Albus Dumbledore is gay.

Which is marvelous, IMHO. Why wouldn’t there be gay characters in the HP universe? And why not the headmaster of Hogwarts himself?

What bothers me is that the statement seems to have been made as an implied negative answer to the question of whether or not he ever finds true love. Is that a subconscious bias showing, Jo, dearie?

Mood: contemplative

My husband and I have 2 nephews visiting us this weekend, and I’ve come to the conclusion that:

1. Kids make you feel much younger than you are.

2. Kids also make you feel much older than you are.

This may seem like a contradiction, but it’s not.

Mood: exhausted

One of the best parts of writing — perhaps THE best part — is suddenly discovering something new about a character that you thought you knew everything about. You’re typing along and it just sort of happens. He does something or says something that you never would have predicted. You look at the page and you say, “Where the hell did that come from?” And you realize that not only is it completely right for him to have done that, it is, in fact, his only real option, considering who he is.

Mood: giddy

Yes, I’ve joined Facebook. A few of my coworkers joined recently, and it’s been a topic in some of the admissions meetings I go to, so I broke down and joined.

You know what? I like the fact that you can’t put a horrid, loud background on your profile page and thereby render it completely illegible. Because that is probably my biggest peeve when it comes to MySpace. I like the little modules that you can rearrange as you please. And I really love the quirky little apps that you can add to your profile.

I’m starting to hear from people I knew in high school, too. Which is always cool.

Mood: amused