Harry Potter Mania!
Sunday, July 17, 2005 @ 12:17 pm by -DS-So, this past Friday I went with Czar to pick the new HP book at Borders and man, that was total CHAOS!
I hate crowds, I hate that people bumps on me and I HATE to be saying “excuse me please let me through” to people that won’t move, there where, and I am not exaggerating, like 1500 people inside the store. We went to the Borders of Plaza las Américas, which is a two story store, the first floor was like always, with some people looking at the racks or chatting in the cafeteria, then we moved to the stairs and right there I noticed that this would take longer than expected. When I start walking down the stairs and the first floor begins to unravel I saw a line and said, “fine, its not that long”, but at a second look I notice that the line was circling all the floor with serpent like lines between the rack. At that moment I look at my partner with the look of “Lets get the fuck out of here NOW, this is IN-FUCKING-SANE!!!”, but since it was MY idea to go there I swallowed it and moved on. He went to pick a number and made #852, so we knew this would take long so we parked in a rack and started to criticize people.
Are all geeks gay or most gay are geeks?
That place was full packed with gays, from the flamboyant stereotype to the manly looking ones like Czar and me (hehehe). Czar and I notice that and start making fun of it when suddenly he gets all joyful and say “wait here, I have to greet someone” I said “cool” and followed him with my eyes. The person was a small skinny guy in mid 20’s, or at least looked like it. At first I thought he was a friend from college or high school because he seemed so happy to see him, they start talking about something but I cant hear what it was because they were a few meters from me and the noise all around was too loud, but then I heard Czar telling him “Hey come over here, I want you to meet my partner” and the face of the guy went to being the happiest guy on the store to that of a serial killer, I could notice he was bothered by it and at that moment I knew they had something. They keep talking for a while about Harry Potter with my usual “insights” as intermission, like “I wish Harry dies on this book”, or, “I hope Hermione gets gang raped”…, anyway…, they keep talking until they run out of things to talk to and then Czar starts acting a little weird, he was right next to me but I felt him in some far away place, I felt him distant. At that moment they call in a range of numbers to form a line in a place of the store, and our number was in that range, so we went our way leaving the guy there.
Once on the line I try cheer up Czar but his comments felt dry, I asked him if he was ok and he said yes, but there was something wrong with him, or so I sensed it, but since that was not the place to talk about it and seemed that he didn’t wanted to talk at all I moved from the line until he bought the book, with the excuse of going to the bathroom…, well, I needed to go or else my bladder would explode. Several minutes later we are on our way to my apartment and I took advantage that we were alone to ask him what was happening, and who was that guy, and my “suspicions” were real, he used to date him. Then I asked him why he was “acting weird” but he denied it, was it me?
He has told me that he “hates” all of his Ex’s because at some point they did something to him, or the way that the relationship ended was not very satisfactory, so, I cannot understand how if you hate someone you can be all joyful when you see him…, Or was it me?, maybe at the moment I knew they had something I got retroactive jealousy (???), does that term even exists?
Anyway, he was weirded out, no big deal, I’ve had my own share of weirdness, for example, yesterday we were having sex, well, we were in the “foreplay” stage when suddenly my mom knocks on the window of my room…, WTF, my mother a feet away from me and I was naked with a guy in my bed!, at that moment my HUGE dick became a pussie…, oh the drama!. Thank good for the Miami style windows and the Master locks. I need to tell her to call before she comes to visit me, that was annoying.
Well, going back to Harry Potter, at first I though that the event was miserably organized, but they managed to clear up 1000 people from the store in an hour and a half and I think that was pretty fast so kudos for Borders. Another thing I noticed is that for an event of geeks there were almost no one in the crowd dressed like characters of the novel even though I Think dressing up is for morons, its funny to see it.
Ugh…, my longest post in a while, I have things to do so bye…



July 17th, 2005 at 4:20 pm
Don’t think he was joyful just to see him, maybe he was joyful because of having you and showing him “hey, I survived you and I’m with someone better”.
Cheer up!
July 18th, 2005 at 9:16 am
Darkie:
Next time: go to Sam’s … o pidele a alguien que tenga membresia q vaya por ti. La Vicky y yo conseguimos el libro de Harry Potter el sabado 16 sin problemas y sin filas (y creeme, quedaban MONTONES) por $16 en Sam’s, cerca de las 5 de la tarde. Soooo … el q hizo fila en Borders el viernes a la medianoche es un jodío freak (pq te aseguro q muy poca gente de la q consiguio ese libro a esa hora empezo a leerlo de inmediato) …
Ya sabes pal proximo libro
July 18th, 2005 at 10:52 am
Hehe, I did the exact same thing on Friday night at the Barnes and Noble in Atlanta. It was packed. I was number 869 in line, but they managed to get us through the line in under an two hours. Good times.
July 18th, 2005 at 12:52 pm
Yo lo compré sin hacer fila,,,,el libro ese estaba en cualquier sitio que vende libros Por esa comemierderia de ir a comprarlo a Border’s o Barnes and Noble es que la gente se jode.
July 18th, 2005 at 8:06 pm
Ok Polly Pissy Pants, let’s get some facts straight:
1) I DO hate my exes. The reason why I didn’t act repelled by him is because of a little tiny fact that you oh so thoughtfully decided to withhold:
WE WERE NEVER A COUPLE.
Ok so we went out a couple of times, we made out and whatnot, but we NEVER went past couples territory. Why? Can you say the words FUCKING LOSER? I bet you can.
2) After we stopped going out (or at least trying to, since he always had an excuse to see me only for a couple of hours) we kept seeing each other as friends (hey, the fucker lended me some games). We both adknowledged we weren’t boyfriend material for each other. Hell, we had a lot in common, we’re both geeks after all. As a matter of fact, one of my friends started dating him a few months later and I was actually happy for them both. We even went to the movies together a couple of times.
3) A little fact I forgot to mention: It is because of that geek that I am now a full-fledged Potter-o-phyle, since it was him who lended me the spanish versions of the book, prompting me to start my own collection.
4) I WAS freaked out, weirded out and/or acting funny, because the guy practically fell off the face of the earth and I thought he had died or something. Not that I actually cared, but yeah, it was freaky.
5) My comments felt dry and I was annoyed because i was ANXIOUS AS FUCK to get the book and I also was sleepy and tired. I even told you how weird it was that I was the one acting desperate and you were all ’shits & giggles’, when it usually is the OTHER way around.
6) Why am I still beating this old dead horse of a topic? I dunno. I guess I’m a huge drama queen as well. Damnit.
*Relaxovision, relaxovision…*
July 19th, 2005 at 6:51 am
The impossible just happened, you just made me hate Harry Potter even more!!!, and dont yell at me because I am gonna slap your face mofo! >:(