For the Potterhead
Let me impersonate Captain Obvious for just a minute and say having kids changes you. It turns you into a person who sits in their car alone, enjoying pure silence. It makes you think of things like hiding a candy bar inside the bag of frozen vegetables. Being a parent is treasuring going to the bathroom alone because ALONE. YOU GOT TO GO TO THE BATHROOM ALONE. ENJOY IT.
Kids make you glamorous. It's true.
They also warp your mind.
I started today with a few hours to do anything. Anything at all. I had to get to Heathrow Airport, but that was my only set-in-stone task. So I worked for a few hours because OBVIOUSLY and then headed out into the big wide world.
All of London was at my fingertips. I could have waved to the Queen. I had the chance to visit a museum. Big Ben. Anything. ANYTHING AT ALL.
I went to Platform 9 3/4. Like, THE Platform 9 3/4. Honestly, it means nothing to me because I haven't managed to watch a single Harry Potter movie and I read all of 20 pages of the first book because ::yawn::.
Don't come at me. Remember that I have the worst of attention spans. The list of movies I haven't seen is longer than War and Peace.
The real Platform 9 3/4 is nothing more than a tourist trap/store. You can stand in a very long line to get your picture taken with the wall and then you can give them all of your money for a wand, t-shirt, or whatever. I knew that, and yet I went. Because Alexis. I gained nothing from going but I knew Alexis would think it was the bestest thing in the world if I took a few photos there, so I did. By the way, she messaged me about every photo I posted to Instagram with things like, "MOM" and "NO WAY!" and "OMG!!!!!!"
I think maybe she was impressed.
Man, having kids changes you.
Thursday, January 30, 2020
Reader Comments (1)
Count me as in with Alexis. I think that's cool as hell!
One of the things Sweetpea got me for Christmas was a Harry Potter wand. When you buy this version, you don't know whose it's going to be until you open it. Mine was a Cho Chang. (A mostly minor character. Ask your daughter). Nevertheless, it was the thing I was most excited about all week, and I'm a 58-year-old man. I've always wanted one, even though I have no idea what to actually do with it.
When the books and movies first came out, I completely ignored them as just another kiddie fad. But then when my nephew was young, he had the movies and watched them frequently. I happened to be visiting one time, and got sucked right in. Next thing you know, I'm seeing them in the theater, by myself.
Try watching the first movie w/ Mila in a year or two. Granted, it takes a bit to really get rolling, but as a first installment, they have to set everything up first, which is a bit of a drag. But after that, once the focus moves to Hogwarts (the school) the whole series just takes off! And I bet Mila will love it. (There are dragons in the 4th and 8th movies.)