Mischief Managed!

[kleenexwoman]

So I missed the Salman Rushdie Q&A on Monday. But this is going on at my school. It is "a scholarly and performative conference on Harry Potter" and it costs $35 for student attendance.

drworm and I are considering going. But it's $35. ($50 for non-students.)

(Prof. Ari "The Learned" Berk is going to be in attendance and may have been asked to speak, despite the fact that he despises the series and everything it stands for. No, I'm not entirely sure why.)

Should we go? Would you go? Does a "Model Wizarding World Caucus," addressing such issues as "Should Azkaban prison should be shut down?" and "What should be the rights of house elves?" and "How do muggle fishing practices affect merpeople?" seem worth it? How about performances by "The Whomping Willows" and "The Fred and George Band"? Or a visit to "Professor Umbridge Tattoos and Body Piercing"? (Oh my god, how fucking awesome is that? Come on.)

Comments

[josephwaldman.livejournal.com]

If you've got the dough, sure, why not. Nothing wrong with a little mid-autumnal dorkage. (I have yet to dip into a single one of those books, but I will someday. My geekitude has its own radar.)

[kleenexwoman.livejournal.com]

If I had a lot of extra money I'd do it on a moment (I have spent more on having Chinese food delivered when I've been flush, trufax) but I'm not sure that I do.

[josephwaldman.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Can you sneak in? Sell blood? Ova? A kidney?

[chiosayshi.livejournal.com]

haaaaaaa

[kleenexwoman.livejournal.com]

inorite?

[elendraug.livejournal.com]

I would so be there, and I haven't even finished reading the books. Granted, if $35 isn't going to be easy to swing for it, yeah, I guess not, but I would personally love to attend that kind of thing. :3

[elendraug.livejournal.com]

also I'll totally get another Tarot reading to chip in for this purpose!

[kleenexwoman.livejournal.com]

\o/ Awesome! I will send the reading as soon as I can.

I think I can manage the $35 out of the budget; whether I will go or not will probably depend on who I can get to come with me. These things are always at least 2x more fun with friends.

[foxywriter.livejournal.com]

I know people who would kill to go to this, LOL!

[kleenexwoman.livejournal.com]

oh, totally :D There are a ton of hardcore Harry Potter fans at my school, so I think they're going to be psyched. I kind of wonder if people from all over the region are going to come.

[josephwaldman.livejournal.com]

What exactly was the Rushdie thing? The man himself? Or just a video linkup?

[kleenexwoman.livejournal.com]

I don't know, I didn't go.

[josephwaldman.livejournal.com]

I had something like that with Gene Wilder a coupla years ago . . .

[anivad.livejournal.com]

Umbridge + Tattoos and Body Piercing = o.O

[kleenexwoman.livejournal.com]

YES :DDDDDD

[terrie.livejournal.com]

The "Model Wizarding World Caucus" sounds like the most amazing thing I have ever heard.

[kleenexwoman.livejournal.com]

I'm still a little stunned that it's being performed and participated in by...like, real professional people. For college students. It's going to be awesome.

[vicfitz82.livejournal.com]

no

[kleenexwoman.livejournal.com]

I CHECKED MY MESSAGES JUST YESTERDAY, OKAY, IT'S NOT MY FAULT THAT I OCCASIONALLY HAVE TO GO TO CLASS AND OUT OF THE APARTMENT TO DO THINGS AND CAN'T CALL EVERYONE BACK WITHIN FIVE SECONDS