Nixon: Now More Than Ever

Very rarely does this happen. I mean, VERY rarely. This is about the equivalent of seeing Lindsay Lohan without a drink in hand. However, today is a special day so sit back and enjoy. Invite your friends and get ready to be amazed!

Here goes…I WAS WRONG. Yes, occasionally it happens, even to the best of us. I know, it’s difficult to accept but please don’t be disillusioned…I’m still practically flawless.

So…today I am choosing to eat my words (I decided on this because eating crow is pretty disgusting and is probably an open invitation for the CDC to stop by my house). I’ve also found that in this case my words are tasting pretty good. If it was this great to be wrong all the time I’d welcome the challenge; and it would be a challenge. However, that’s neither here nor there…

So…for years, and I do mean YEARS I have held tightly to a certain belief. I guess I have been prejudice towards this subject and now I’m here to apologize. Harry Potter, please accept these humble words from your newest fan.

What? you ask…WHO doesn’t like Harry Potter? WHO hasn’t read Harry Potter? WHO hasn’t seen Harry Potter on the big screen? Well, before last week I could have answered “ME!” to those questions. You see, I’ve never really enjoyed fantasy fiction and had no desire what-so-ever to branch out and read about a little wizard boy. However, after my trip to Arkansas last week and through the prodding (again) of my dear sister I decided to give Mr. Potter a try. Perhaps it was that I had finished my book that I took on the trip and had nothing else to read. Perhaps it was so that I wouldn’t have to listen to my sister telling me how fabulous the books were anymore. Perhaps…perhaps I was a TAD curious.

Now I must tell you that it seems curiosity has served this cat quite well. And I need to clarify something else as well. Though I may have been wrong about the enjoyment level of these books, my stubbornness has also served me in a rather good manner. You see, for all of you who have loved Harry from the start you have had to wait patiently for each new book and spend time back in the real world, often forgetting key plots and such. I have done this with so many series and it is pure torture waiting for the next book. Television is also that way. Those suits in Hollywood think it’s funny to leave us hanging on after the season finale and all we’ve left to do is spend our summers watching reruns and the like. However, if one has the willpower (or stubbornness as the case may be) one can wait until the entire series (books or television) is complete and then enjoy it all at once. This is hedonism at it’s finest (and probably healthiest but that’s a different blog all together).

So, I’ve one thing to ask of you, my faithful readers…please, don’t spoil anything for me…at this point, I only ask for your congratulations. Once I’ve gone out and bought my books and read them we can go into the discussion of details. However, this will take some time as I’m going to be very busy this next week.

And now, let me sum up this entire blog by giving you my official press statement: I am now (along with so so many of you other muggles), officially and openly, a Harry Potter fanatic.