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Ta v. much Hitch. Here, have a strepsil for your throat 
*ahem* why thank you... that was a rather sudden attack was it not? 
lol it was...
Just found out that JK Rowling gave Harry Potter the same birthday as herself
yep. i found that out this year. i only ever remember harry's because it's the day after neville's. (neville is the-boy that-could-have-been, the prophecy could refer to either, but voldy chose harry 'and the dark lord shall mark him...'. i loves neville. *nods* )
On Who Do You Think You Are, she was amazed to find out that the main ( French ) ancestor she was tracing had that birthday too. It was also sad to learn that her mother died shortly before she embarked on the Harry Potter books.
that's interesting... weird sort of coincidence.
shame about her mother. i knew about that part. 
Sad isn't it . Though, maybe it spurred her on.
Any more news from Pottermore?
still no mail.
Sorry about that
they have let about 40,000 people in so far... they have just over a month to let in the other 960,000... at this rate they'll never do it.
Oh no thats worrying However, I'm sure they'll re-arrange things? They wouldn't lock out fans who want to join 
Wouldn't be in the spirit of Harry Potter.
put it this way...
most of us have pottermore set to text alerts on twitter so we know when to check our emails. last night one went off. they tried to start a pottermoreart hashtag. you can imagine how well that went down, only 3/10 of people are in, how can we fan art the site?
it also just makes it look more like they just aren't listening to us.
Not good, not good.
the released a blog today to answer some questions. was no use.
plus, they seem to have missed the main 'whatever happened to first come first serve?' question.
Unfair and a bit of a shambles, sounds like.
ah well... i'll get in early still. just, taking it's time... *is patient*
Yes, guess patience is required. When its eventually up + running, wIll there be forums on the Pottermore site? That would be be interesting.
there are common rooms... and a great hall.. i think they are chatrooms rather than forums. would rather forums.
what is your avatar? 
Its Paddy from CBB made into a romany gypsie... erm... don't ask !
I haven't watched a second of CBB, but still like to join in the fun.
is he not an irish traveller? rather than a gypsy? all that big fat gypsy wedding lot weren't gypsies.
cbb confused me there... got into pointless and as such see the end of cbbc shows in the run up to it... have decided i like steve buckshall and hate dick and dom... and horrible histories rocks.
You're right about Paddy being an Irish traveller.... its just a bit if silly fun 
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The title Big Fat Gypsy Wedding was a play on the film My Big Fat Greek Wedding wasn't it?. Maybe "Gypsy" fitted better than "Traveller"?
Horrible Histories, I heard its good. Dammit I keep missing it!
yeah, i thought that.
i got into pottermore... my sorting was nerve racking... i chewed down my nails... but i got through it and... i'm officially hufflepuff! my wand is english oak and unicorn hair... and.. i have a pet tawny owl!
*faints with excitement*
Hey well done. It sounds really good too.
it's very pretty... i'm trying not to melt my cauldron and actually gain some house points.
hours of fun ahead no doubt.
not doing very well with my potions. mistletoe berries are very tricksie things.
but at least a failed potion is +1 points. unlike a melted cauldron which is -5. (never done that)
how have you been... i've been a little potter crazy lately.
Exercise was going well, I even bought a treadmill ( manual, not one of the pricey electric ones ) Got down to 10 stone 8, BUT I can't exercise for a while as I've badly pulled a muscle in my thigh. Ice packs help but its still sooooooooore.
Pottermore sounds absolutely brill.
ooh 10 stone 8... well done! haven't been there for a few years myself. sorry to hear about the injury.
it is! it is!
What can I say, Atkins works 
I can survive it because I'm a carnivore anyway... and don't have much of a sweet tooth. At least I didn't. Ever since they've been banned... I've started daydreaming about chocs + cakes
i like my carbs, never been a big meat eater... meat needs to be placed lovingly between two slices of well buttered brown saucy bread.
that the power of a ban... *nods*
I've cracked . I just ordered no-carb sweeties and low carb chocs online.
They're a fortune too, but I don't care... Arghhhh!
no carb sweeties? you'll have to let me know if they are alright.
Yep, ordered 3 types of zero carb toffees and some very low carb chocs. The prices are flippin ridiculous - nearly ÂĢ2 for a 100g choccy bar or ÂĢ8 for a box of chocs
They're due for delivery tomorrow... i hope... DPD couriers are apparently awful.
*fingers crossed for you*
toffees should be good no matter what... wish i'd bought some treacle out of thorntons when i was passing the other day.
my latest amazon orders are dispatching... but they aren't coming from amazon or indigo starfish, s gods know how long they'll actually take. (hufflepuff patch and a replica of neville's wand by the way)
Our recent purchases say so much about us...
Is that official HP merchandise, or is there any such thing?
Doctor Who sells tonnes of stuff, I got my brother Owen a Dr Who cake for his birthday, in the shape of a tardis
they do indeed. i didn't go so far to pay the extra two pound for the ollivander's style box, just a normal box saying 'neville longbottom' on. and yes, i shall be running about shouting 'accio crisps!', 'rictus sempre!' and such like. 
the wand is official... check out noble collections. the badge probably isn't, but the close up picture looks good, authentic looking.
tardis cake... wow... standy up or flat? i saw a disworld cake once... had great a'tuin and the elephants... cori celeste in the middle... extremely well done... i wouldn't have been able to slice into it myself though. lol
It was laying flat and an had an icing pic of Matt Smith looking out of the tardis door. The rest was blue icing, obviously, and sponge with buttercream and jam filling inside.
Looked at the Noble collection - good quality stuff
Goodies came! Toffees taste like normal toffees, but its zero net carbs which is an Atkins thing. ÂĢ1.96 for a bag of 14 toffees is quite pricey - but they will be rationed. One of the boxes of chocs is Thorntons NAS diabetic chocs. Have put them away out of temptation for now. To be opened only in an emergency
i also got zero carb syrup for pancakes, low carb pancake mix and a load of other stuff. Its lowcarbmegastore by the way...
ooh nice... *feels like toffee* i can never keep emergency sweetie rations for long. there's always an emergency! *Ahem*
still waiting on my wand and patch *points at door saying "accio!" a lot*