Harry Potter Magic

Ever since I picked up "Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets" at a pirated-book pile in good ol' Chennai, it's been Hogwarts-ly for the past 4+ years.. What started as a puerile curiosity about the buzz surrounding Ms. Rowling's creation and her, literally, rags-to-riches story, transformed into a near craving for her subsequently spun episodes, filled with wizardry & the magic of being riveted to the few hundred pages of endless imagination.

The tinsel world, which is usually the first fan of such success stories & successful stories, churned out three magical episodes of Harry, till date, adding its own magic to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. "The Goblet of Fire" being my favorite as yet, I just can't wait for the fourth Harry Potter production to hit the screens. More than who plays Cho Chang or what she looks like, it's the Quidditch World Cup, the Yule Ball, the TriWizard Tournament and the eventual Duel with Voldemort ( don't cringe.. only wizards can't call him Voldemort.. we, Muggles, can.. ) that heightens my expectations. And to all those "grown-ups", Harry Potter ISN'T a kids' series.

Every character has been well-detailed and when you probe into the names & phrases & jinxes, you'll feel the extent of Rowling's creativity. Erised, the mirror of desire, for instance, is the word "Desire" spelled backwards. Tom Marvolo Riddle anagramises to I'm Lord Voldemort. Avada Kedavra is Abracadabra. Chocolate Frogs, Patronus, Demetors, Hippogriffs, Phoenix, Dragons, Goblins.. It's endless magic..

If I rant for a few more minutes, I'll be going like "A for Animagus, B for Beauxbatons, C for Charms, D for Dumbledore...".. So, let me subject myself to the "Finite Incantatem" spell..

-- H, as in HarryPotter's fan..

Google Whack again !

An "arachnophobic coelacanth" earned me another hit on the WhackStack.. Did the African species become extinct because of arachnophobia ? Maybe the spiders then, were not potamophobic.. Anyways, another hit on the GoogleStack makes it 4 in as many weeks..

Does that make me an arachnophobio-phile..

23 down.. more to go..

The world was made lucky 23 years ago on March 6... Mere thanks wouldn't sum up the gratitude I felt with every wish.. but still, Thanks ... Thanks to everyone who remembered the day amidst the tumult of time, and to every others who caught up with the wishing spree a day later ( it wasn't belated, folks ! it was 364 days in advance.. with the hope that you would say that when I miss your b'days :) ) and to the few others whose wishes did not reach me, but still were earnest greets..

Belated blog,
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