When has Plan A ever worked?

( Spoilerific answer to a question raised by fandom: )

I am currently packing for a trip to Sheffield. I'll be gone a week, with no internets!!! So if anything interesting happens or if there's any fics you reeeeeally think I should know about, then drop me a comment and let me know :D Cos I expect I will be declaring flist bankruptcy like I did the last time I left my flist untouched for a week!

Also, I should really cut my nails. I keep hitting capslock at the same time as the shift key.

( I've just finished reading Deathly Hallows and... ) I think I need to go and find some food now. It's a long way past dinner time.

So, I have one week to read OotP before the film comes out, and another week to read HBP before book 7 comes out. Given that I read HBP in 6 hours the day it arrived, I can't see that being a problem.

I just thought I'd check in and say "Hi!" to people, especially folks who I've recently friended and are friending me back. I am reading fics at the mo, and I have this long list in my bookmarks of things I need to rec... but I never seem to find the time to comment or actually make the posts. I'm a bad person, I know. I keep waiting for that lottery ticket to come good so I can devote my life to fun things instead of boring work. *le sigh*

One thing I did want to post before we get to book 7 is Secrets by Vorabiza. This story is a whopping 62 chapters and nearly 42,000 words long, but it's worth the effort. I decided when I read it about a year ago (yes, I suck that much with my reccing) that, if I didn't like how JKR ended book 7, I'd choose this story as my alternative.

Also, I've been thinking about posting a song-fic challenge for a while, but I'm going to wait to see what comes out of book 7 first. Although if DH ends with Harry going off into the sunset with the Weaselette, I may have to execute a full denial "la-la-la I'm not listening" act and revert to believing in aforementioned fanfic...

I'm almost afraid to read DH now.