How Are You Passing The Time Until June 21st?!?

[KrazzyKid]

I am re-reading all of the books, looking for clues. I also talk to my friends about theories that I've thought of..

I remember when i was younger, I used to make paper chains and rip off one piece of paper for every day that passed, and I'd watch the chain get shorter as the day I was waiting for came closer. I'm also doing that now..

What are you all doing while you wait?

[DogStar87]

:welcome: KrazzyKid! I think this might belong in the Common Room but I'll let the mods decide that one.

I am keeping a countdown in my AIM profile, talking about Book 5 with my friends constantly and keeping it as a mental reward in my head. I like your paper chain idea though and might think about doing that.

[harp230]

paper chain.... I will start soon....hehe I'm rereading COS. i will strat the whole series again right before the book comes out. Rack may brains for new ideas. Try not to got insane. TRY being the key word.

[majo]

I'm not doing anything in particular, but my mom is reading the first four books for the first time, so I've been talking with her about them. She likes them.

oh, and my sister preordered the book for me today. She's getting it for me for my birthday.

[Silk E Smooth]

Well from now till then I will reread PoA and GoF. I've also been getting into the LOTR series so I will read that too if time permits.

I'm currently in the middle of taking finals. Then I'm on break from school for 2 weeks. In that time I will no doubt be playing with kids at the park everyday (nieces and nephews). Then I will be right back in school. So I don't have too much time to sit around. But I'm going crazy none the less.

[Picko]

I'll be studying and doing exams. Luckily my exams finish on the 17th June just in time for the book. I'll probably read GoF during that four day window.

[FoolOnTheHill]

I am re-reading the books (I'm on CoS right now), spending way too much time on the forums, and finishing school for the year. My last final is on June 12, then I have a day or two to move back home for the summer, and a week to do more reading and impatient waiting. I'm just crossing my fingers that my parents will have gotten the internet by the time I move back. I can't imagine not spending any of that week on here. There's always the library I suppose...

[Charmed]

I will start re-reading the series from about 12 of June. And at the moment just by being on CoS has been satisfying my need for Harry Potter.

[Justin Etre]

My exams finish on June 5th. I only have 5 different days of exams, but that means that I have a lot crammed into a day. On the 19th of May I have my first exams - maths at 9, then three psych in a row, 1:30-4:30

Back on topic - I have drawn 42 HP smilies on my whiteboard, and I wipe one off each day. So then the night before there will be one left, woohoo

[Mad Macca]

I have started a countdown on the family whiteboard, and a cross one day off at a time. I am constantly letting my un-Harry Potterites know how many days there is to go, to try and get them to read it.
And I have a dreamy look on my face whenever someone mentions the number 21, June or Harry Potter :)

[dumbleedore]

I made a countdown chart which is above my bed and every night before I go to bed I cross off another day.

Other than that, I'm taking it one day at a time and thinking about it non stop. Hell, I heard a guy mention HP in the crowd at the footy on Sunday. And this was in a crowd of 17 000 people in the middle of the main game!

[Mad Macca]

Lol! Dumblee! I defenately have Harry Potter ears, or for anything that sounds remotley like it! (Panthers are going down! :rasp: )

[Pyro Stanford]

I can now pre-order the 5th book. It's going cost me about 40 bucks but who cares.

Right now, I'm just looking and browsing through old books.

[Manyasha]

Well, my last exam is on June, 17th, so before that I'll be studying. Another set of exams starts on June 21st (yeah, I'm lucky ;)), and before it I'll also be studying. So HP is not my priority in June.. probably later. Oh well, I won't get the book in June at any rate.:sigh:

Moderator note: I moved this thread to Common Room.:)

[Justin Etre]

My last exam is June 5th, so I am okay.
I keep seeing HP references that AREN'T REALLY THERE.
Like at work, I stack the fridge foods, and there is this butter called Carpelli, and a last week I noticed that under the main name it says Firenze. I should really take a picture of this and post it on here. But what will my boss say if he catches me photographing the stock?

[Charmed]

I also have alarms set on my phone. They start on the 21st May-1 month to go, then down by weeks and finally days, hours, minutes....

[Katze]

At the moment, I have so much other stuff going on that I haven't had a chance to even re-read the other books.

But - once my schedule calms down, I'll be spending my time reading some of the numerous books on my shelves, and doing some artsy fartsy type things. :D

[The Next Weasley]

I'm re-reading all the books as many times as possible and planning my all night party that I'm going to have with some of my friends that night. DOES ANYONE WANT TO COME?

[Justin Etre]

I would, but the dang lake is in the way.

Nobody I know in the scary RW likes HP. *sigh*

[Crystal]

I'm doing exams so right now I'm twitchy and stressed!

[Virtuousdream]

One word...

Exams.

Luckily they finish Friday the 13th of June *coughs*

Then it's read, party, drink, read, party, drink, and did I mention PARTY!
All through my leaving book my friends mention Harry potter and how boring I am for thinking about missing a party because of it...I'm not though!

[jedily]

Staring at the walls with a nervous tick in my eye...

I'll probably reread the books a couple more times. Then read the new one a few times in a row...then reread the whole series again.

[Potter_fan]

45 days 12hours 45 minutes 15 seconds till the fifth book.
45 days 12hours 45 minutes 14 seconds till the fifth book.
45 days 12hours 45 minutes 13 seconds till the fifth book.
45 days 12hours 45 minutes 12 seconds till the fifth book.

[Virtuousdream]

45 days?!

It's actually 40!

[KrazzyKid]

Potter_fan, that's exactly what I'm doing when I'm not re-reading the books!! Lucky for us, it's right on the leaky cauldron's website, so we don't actually have to count for ourselves:D

For those of you with finals right now, you're lucky, mine start right after OotP comes out, so I won't have a chance to read it right away...

[FoolOnTheHill]

Originally posted by Charmed (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/a/showthread.php?postid=316499#post316499))
I also have alarms set on my phone. They start on the 21st May-1 month to go, then down by weeks and finally days, hours, minutes....


:rotfl::rotfl: Oh my god, I'm not the only one! The week I found out the date, I put reminder alarms on my phone for every 21st of the month "4/3/2/1 months to go" and on June 20st it's going to go off at 11 pm and say "Are you there yet you Potterhead?" Then I have it going off on June 21st saying "I fantasize about this moment" :lol: We are so cool.

[Hermione]

I'm passing the time by planning exactly when I'm getting to the bookstore and learning how to be more patient so I don't hall off and hit some little kid because they're in my way. Plus my finals are in two weeks so after that I'm re-reading all the books.

[Filius Flitwick]

Hehe, I'm probably a lot more patient than most of the posters on the boards. I'm going about my day to day business and trying not to dwell on it too much. I think I was more anxious back in 2001 when I thought it was supposed to be coming out instead of now, when I know it's going to be coming out.

So, yeah, just the normal stuff going on. Remember people, patience is a virtue.

[-Fabian Bishop-]

Since you asked... going mental trying to study for final exams and get all my Uni acceptances in order! This is very stressful times for me and HP is gonna be a well deserved treat at the end for sure. That and the endless nights of partying and (UGH) headaches the morning after! ;)

-FB-

[Goldie]

Working. How boring, but bills have to be paid.

Re-reading the books. Looking for anything I might have missed. Reviewing the evidence to see if my theories still make sense.

39 DAYS AND COUNTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AvidSkyRise]

I am reading Patricia Cornwell and Stephen King books!

Of course there was a long period when I read each HP book like...five times each because I was so bored!!!

COME ON JK!!!

Lets get this bowl rowling

[SnapesWoman]

I am re-reading all of the books and I also read lots and lots of fanfiction.

[GrintSistah]

Im up in my armpits in fanfiction. it satisfies my hunger till then. i also want to wait till the last week before June 21st and read book 4 so everything will be fresh in my mind.

[tizzy weasley]

I'm studying like mad at home, but at school...I stare at my assignment notebook and count and recount the days just to make sure I have my countdown right. I get out the 6th so I'll porbably start rereading the books once again. :)

[Justin Etre]

Originally posted by Filius Flitwick (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/a/showthread.php?postid=317510#post317510))
Remember people, patience is a virtue.


So's chastity, and I've blown that one, lol ;)

My fanfic preferences are so farfecthed, not just slash, but I like the humour and AU, that my fanfic could never even attempt to quench my OotP thirst!

[Prof.Aze]

I'm doing what Harry doe when he is counting the days when he goes back to Hogwarts. I'm alo doing that but not September first but June 21st. I'm also rereading Books 1-4. I just finihed PS/SS. Will soon be starting CoS. ;)

[JenBluffheid]

By reading the new Artemis Fowl book, watching comedy, going on holiday, and revising for multiple tests! It's the only way!

[Earendil]

How am I passing the time? By slo-o-o-o-o-wly losing my mind......:elaugh:

Seriously though, I started re-reading the series for the mumble mumblieth time a few days ago in early preparation, and am now on GoF. I plan to start it over in about the second week of June (when school will be *almost* over--yay!), and hopefully finish it up just in time for the Big Day. Until then, I'll be working on a picture that I've started drawing for my sister, of the Marauders (she's a huge Lupin and Sirius fan). Hopefully, that will slow the process of insanity...HOPEfully...

[flibbertigibbet]

I've been out of school for two weeks now and am seriously considering borrowing some of your ideas :lol:. I like your phone idea, FoolOnTheHill, that could take up some valuable time...

But seriously, I've just been doing what I usually do when I procrastinate, except it's not procrastinating anymore since I have nothing to do!

Basically, that's browsing through CoS Forums, rereading random Harry Potter books (currently GoF), reading other books I've been meaning to read forever, staring at my countdown (it's also on the home page of my browser), and being excited every time the tens digit goes down. Oh, and planning what I'll do at the midnight release party, even though I don't know if any bookstores here are having one..

...maybe I need to get out more.

[rotsiepots]

I'm actually surprised at how quickly the time has gone. It seems like only yesterday that I was complaining about the 100+ days there were to go. Now we're down to 37.

I think these 37 days are just going to fly past -- I doubt I'll have to do anything to keep me busy. I'm currently reading The Secret History and plan on re-starting the HP series soon.

We're almost there. :D

[pixieclover]

i am unfortunately doing exams :rasp: but i am reading book 4 again to refresh my memory.

[HPviolinist85]

I'm a senior in high school. I have events like prom, graduation and partying coming up...plus numbers of recitals. This is so exciting!!!! I'm accually really sad that my senior year is over and I'm going to have to say goodbye to everyone. I'm going to savor the last days and then after all the graduation parties, I'll start counting down the days to HP....

[Starseyer]

I've been rereading all the HP books. And I've been reading Isaac Asimov robot novels so I won't get burnt out on HP. I especially love the novels about Elijah Baley and R. Daneel Olivaw, but this is getting off the topic . . . If you want to talk about Issac Asimov send me an owl ;)

[Weatherby]

I've reread SS and CoS. After I finish Dear Mr. Capote I'll start on PoA and GoF.
I suppose I'm living my life normally but half my mind is thinking about June 21st. As the date approaches I'll start ignoring what people say to me. "Hmm... Yes I adore Snape too." - Me
"I asked if you wanted to get a bite to eat.." - Person
"Norbert bit Ron not Harry!" - Me

[Fleur]

Wacthing the Beatles anthology over . . .and over. I'm also calculated the number of hours until HP (and in my time zone, it's less than 900 now, which does not seem like in incredible amount of time). I'm planning on reading books 1-4 about 10 days before OotP so everything will be fresh. I suppose I pass most of my time by coming here and posting.

[Mike21]

My last exam in on the 5th June-Stats 1, which is a deadly boring section of Maths. :yawn: . Ill be doing a lot of reviseing for 6 exams:'(
I hate the exam system in England...:devil:

Ill prrl skim read the book for the main points and then reread looking for clues for book 6. I cant wait for it, ill even not go to college until ive read it.

[dobbygirl]

Mostly driving everyone around me crazy with countdowns. I've got the date circled on my small HP calender. I'm trying to avoid looking at spoilers....but my resistance is slowly fading. I don't think I'll make it another 37 or so days without finding out something.

[MagpieOnaga]

I feel like I should be doing more...but basically I'm just starting to get back into the swing of fandom. I'm learning to be a fan again. :)

School gets out on June 7th for me, though we don't really have to come to school that day. My last exam is on the 6th -- Chinese History. I'm so happy that's the last class I'll be in before summer, because I absolutely adore my teacher, and all my friends are in that class! Anyway, exams are every day that week, so I'm afraid I'll be WAY too stressed to concentrate on HP at all.

I'm turning in applications for summer jobs tomorrow, so I'll probably be starting my first summer job soon. I'm scared! That's also taking up valuable Harry-thinking-time.

Anyway, I'm listening to the books-on-tape at night until school gets finished, at which point I'll start actually reading the books, starting at whatever point I left off on in the audio version.

[Moonlight]

I too have Potterears.

I was in the canteen, in the middle of a food fight, and somenody whsipered Harry Potter.

I also saw this complete stranger reading GoF and I had to fight the impulse of asking him how he thought it was os far.

Other than looking out for anything potter related I'm trying to persuade (or force) as many people as possible to read HP.

[Artichoke]

I'm planning on reading GoF again , but i haven't found the time so far because I have few books to read for school. But I'm not really doing anything special like a countdown or something. Oh and as the CoS dvd is released on 5th of june here, it'll help waiting.

[Lupin Loopy]

I have exams until the 17th June, so that only leaves me 2 whole days to read the 4 books - I'm not gonna be able to do it. Stupid exams

[Chickadee]

As someone said earlier, I'm keeping it as a mental reward in my head. If I get depressed about the exams I have coming up in a few weeks, I just remind myself that in about a month I'll HAVE BOOK 5!!!! Even typing it makes me excited!!!!! I CAN'T WAIT!!! So you see, my depression just disappears. :D

EDIT: Moonlight...I also love Evanescence!! :smooch: They are pure brilliance

[Aoife Diggle]

I am eating sleeping and studying. They are the only 3 things I've time for at the minute. My exams finish on the 12th of June so I've got 9 days to re-read all the books before OotP comes out.

[Lady~Slytherin]

I'm going mad. Seriously. I'm also spending alot of money on other books (Stephen King and Artemis Fowl)

[*Stacy*]

I've been re-reading the entire series again and again! Also watching the movies a couple more times and surfing the web and stumbling upon great message boards like this to keep myself occupied!

(wow, i had no idea i was so obsessed!)

[sierra_sand]

How am I passing the time? By trying really hard not to think about it.
But that of course doesn't work. So I'm just trying to stay sane:)
I've decided not to read the books again till the week b4 the 21st.
Since I havent read them since Dec. I think it will make them even more fun to read. Of course its also been pretty hard to go so long without reading them but oh well.

[Justin Etre]

Originally posted by Mike21 (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/a/showthread.php?postid=322912#post322912))
My last exam in on the 5th June-Stats 1, which is a deadly boring section of Maths. :yawn: . Ill be doing a lot of reviseing for 6 exams:'(
I hate the exam system in England...:devil:

Ill prrl skim read the book for the main points and then reread looking for clues for book 6. I cant wait for it, ill even not go to college until ive read it.


[insert scary music] Mike21, my last exam is Stats1 too?! How freakish is that. We were doing revision today, I keep getting combinations and permutuation mixed a little, but then I remember ALITERATION
Combinations = Coose, therefore
Permutations = Arrange.
How is your revision giong?
And did you do Applied Maths, the same as me, where you do D1, P1, and S1?

[Imperio! (Crucio!)]

Im reading the books and just trying not to think about it (which is hard) it passes the time really quickly. school aslo helps in passing the time which is good :tu:

im just so exited.

Its a month tomorrow!!!

[Alohamora]

i hate the exam system in england!

i hear you loud and clear...why oh why does the exams have to be the week after the book comes out????

well any way i am passin gthe time making up stupid theories of how the book will start/end and practically what is gonna happen.

it really does work but then it makes you wanna read the real thing more and anticipated the smell of the new book, and just the way it looks and that all your answers will be answered as soon as you start.

also knowign that all the answers to your questions will be answered. oh heck!! makes me even more determined to get my hands on it!!

:grumble: :no: :stuckin: :eyebrows: :sorry: :sigh:

[I heart Sirius]

Gee am I the only one here that doesn't have finals to keep me busy? Since I'm at home all day, I have to work extra hard not to go insane waiting for OotP!! Yep I just cross the days off my calendar one by one and remind my mom everyday how many days we have left. Come June I'll reread 1-4. My brain somehow thinks that'll make things go faster...

[FRED ASTAIRE]

29 days, 8 hours, 2 minutes, and 36 seconds

[Virtuousdream]

Bad luck to all the people in England who's GCSE's don't finish until after the 21st, I sympathise...

As for me, my last GCSE is History...on the 13th of June....I'm so happy!

Under a month now, not long!

[Chickadee]

:D My last exam is way before the 21st. Yayness!!! Only 26 days to go!

[aragog]

I've set myself a schedule of re-reading Lord of the Rings, then starting the Harry Potter series in a few days so that when I finish Goblet of Fire it should be pretty close to the 21st. Other than that, lots of waiting. Patiently waiting.

[Benzo]

Waiting now is easier that when I didn't know when it would be released. After all we waited for more than two years. I already read book 4 for the Xth time, now I am on the first one for the Xth time and so on.

I am also very busy with the end of the school year.

[Girl]

I'm now working so that takes up most of my time. Otherwise I'm reading Ann Rice's Vampire Chronicles.
If I don't think to much about how much longer it will be till 21th June the time seems to go much faster.

[DarlingChild]

Reading pretty much anything I can get my hands on...:D

[Tory]

I count down the days on my calender, spend half my day on the computer, part of it watching tv or playing the PS2 and will reread the HP books the week before the 21st.

[Heathe]

Writing fanfics and re reading and studying for exams

[HPviolinist85]

my mother is making my graduation party June 21st or June 20th. A few days after, I have to take placement tests for courses in college so I have to study, clean my house for my party and go to other parties...... I think I'll survive the next 26 days

[Chickadee]

Under a month to go...:clappy: :clappy: :clappy:

There's a huuuge OotP display in the window of my nearest Waterstone's and I have to stop and stare at it whenever I walk past. :D And I always go in to chat to the people who are ordering it about HP. Fun fun!

[weloveharrypotter]

reading the 4th book oveer

[Auri DeMeer]

I hardly think about it when I'm at work... But that's only 7 hrs a day!

The rest of the day I try to study (I have an exam on the 23rd June :D ), I read the books, I visit the CoS forums...

I've written down my theories too - I have around 40. And a sort of self-made Christmas calendar from which I take away a piece a day till 21st June.

I also HOPE some library has enough sense to begin to sell the books as soon as possible here where I live. I can't order it: they would take too many days to reach here.

Book 5 is around the corner!!! Yay!!! :clappy:

[Benzo]

I try not to think about, every HP book annoys me. I want book 5, period, so I better not to think about it! I know days will go fast.

[Aivlis]

I actually can't believe how fast time has passed. When I pre- ordered the book there were over 3 months to go and now there are 3 weeks :wow: I got a little excited when I realized that :p