IRI and Harry Potter - What A Combination

[Jeremiah Johnson]

Oy vey... That's pretty much all I have to say... oy vey. I guess this makes sense. "You can still attend IRI and NOT miss getting your copy of Harry Potter!" Truely nerdy.

[mizscience]

Haha, its really funny actually: we were having a meeting today and I asked my mentor if we'd be able to attend a midnight HP party. I mean hey, we have a 5 hour plane ride back, might as well have Harry Potter 7 for it

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by mizscience

Haha, its really funny actually: we were having a meeting today and I asked my mentor if we'd be able to attend a midnight HP party. I mean hey, we have a 5 hour plane ride back, might as well have Harry Potter 7 for it

I wouldn't mind picking up a copy in Indianapolis as a souvenir.
It would be a great read after a great competition and a lot of fun. Nerdy is when you've read each book 3 times cover to cover. I've done that.

[Herodotus]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

I wouldn't mind picking up a copy in Indianapolis as a souvenir.
It would be a great read after a great competition and a lot of fun. Nerdy is when you've read each book 3 times cover to cover. I've done that.

Only three times?

Yeah, I'll hopefully be picking up a copy, if not I'll be getting it right when we get back.

[Greg Needel]

Is it sad that this was part of the consideration of if I should go to IRI this year?

[Mike Ross]

Let it be known that if anyone should ruin the ending for me, (the way the 6th book was) public beatings will ensue. I am sure I'm not alone in this feeling.

Don't ruin what remains of my childhood.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

[Greg Needel]

Originally Posted by Mike Ross

Let it be known that if anyone should ruin the ending for me, (the way the 6th book was) public beatings will ensue. I am sure I'm not alone in this feeling.

Don't ruin what remains of my childhood.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

exactly my thoughts and more of a reason to get it at midnight.

[cooker52]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

I wouldn't mind picking up a copy in Indianapolis as a souvenir.
It would be a great read after a great competition and a lot of fun. Nerdy is when you've read each book 3 times cover to cover. I've done that.

I would do that, but my family is going to pre-order it soon anyways.

[jacob07]

Originally Posted by cooker52

I would do that, but my family is going to pre-order it soon anyways.

Pre-Oder it soon!!! Some Harry Potter fan you are! I've had it pre-order since the release date was announced.

[Andy Baker]

Originally Posted by Greg Needel

exactly my thoughts and more of a reason to get it at midnight.

I think you need a button for Saturday, that says "If you tell me a Harry Potter spoiler, I'll go Avada Kedavra on your forehead".

... like someone on a FIRST team at IRI is gonna read 700 pages within one day, while only one of the best groupings of FIRST teams has ever been assembled.

Is Evelyn Wood coming to IRI?



Yeah, yeah... someone can skip ahead. You need the button.

AB

[Jeremiah Johnson]

Because I don't like Harry Potter, I'll wear a button that says "Ask me for the ending." Then I'll randomly pick an ending from a deck of cards, with only one being the real one... then you must guess if it's true or false... Evil laugh ensues and I'll gladly take any beating by a FIRST student/mentor.

Haha... JK! I'm taking Lacey to see the movie on Sunday, against my will. Her birthday present...

[Pavan Dave]

Originally Posted by Mike Ross

Let it be known that if anyone should ruin the ending for me, (the way the 6th book was) public beatings will ensue. I am sure I'm not alone in this feeling.

Don't ruin what remains of my childhood.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

Apparently people were yelling the ending of the new movie out at the theaters across America and it made a lot of people mad. I thought it was funny, because the book has the "secret" ending in it as well so if you read the book nothing would have been new.

People get too hyped up on the smallest things these days...

On another note, is there an AMC Theater in Indianapolis? They are the only ones (at least in my area) that have shows starting up to midnight. Maybe there is a good movie out that Friday or Saturday?!?

[raymaniac]

Originally Posted by Pavan

Apparently people were yelling the ending of the new movie out at the theaters across America and it made a lot of people mad. I thought it was funny, because the book has the "secret" ending in it as well so if you read the book nothing would have been new.

People get too hyped up on the smallest things these days...

It's probably because some people just watch the movies without reading the books. I'll never understand them.

[cooker52]

They'll never understand if they don't read the books. I refuse to go see some movies because the previews tear up the book so much. Truthfully, the Harry Potter series has stayed relatively close to the book line.

[Ben Martin]

I've been reading Harry Potter since I was in fourth grade. Truly, to have both HP 7, movie 5, and the IRI within the same span of two weeks will be a summer to remember. With book 7 coming out right in the middle of the IRI, I'll be getting very little sleep that night.