We got to the theater at around 10:45 p.m., got our tickets (thankfully I'd bought them in advance) and proceeded to the end of a line that was so long we walked for five minutes to reach it, then waited about five to ten more for it to start moving, and by the time we got to the door it was twenty minutes later. They were showing it in five theaters. I don't need to say (but will anyway) there were a LOT of people there.
Long story short, it was worth the effort. Really well done film - and of course, who else would go to see this thing at midnight but the die-hard HP fans (with a few notable exceptions, like the boyfriend of a girl we were standing in line with, who'd not read a single book but was there because of the girl)? So there were moments of laughter at some of the funnier lines in the film, moments of cheering when something really "awesome" happened, and a few "awwww ..." moments as well. And applause at the end, even though I'm pretty sure the actors couldn't hear us.
Overall, it was very enjoyable, but you pay the price when you screw up your sleep patterns like that. At least I did. We got home about 3:30 a.m., I finally got to sleep sometime after four, and the phone rang at 8:39. Grrrr. Needless to say, yesterday was not at all productive for me as far as getting any writing done.
Today is a different story. Since JT is off at ThrillerFest, I have from now until Monday to get this draft done, and I'm hitting it hard and heavy this morning.
I'll leave you with this quote from Henry David Thoreau, US writer (1817-1862):
A perfectly healthy sentence, it is true, is extremely rare. For the most part we miss the hue and fragrance of the thought; as if we could be satisfied with the dews of the morning or evening without their colors, or the heavens without their azure.
Fuel for thought, writers.Read a book. It's good for you.
=) JB
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