Friday at 9:00 PM my Lady and I arrived at the Westwood Mall to get in line for the release of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." We were near the head of the line, to my suprise. The line got lots, lots longer as we waited, though.

Here's from where we sat to the front door:


And the people we sat with, one of Cassie's friends from work and her sister. One of the girls in the group sitting next to us asked why more men don't wear kilts. Told her I didn't know.


Sat and played cards and ate pizza till the doors opened. Oh yeah, and our car got hit. Some carfull of teenaged girls backed into our car, then when we started towards them sped off. Another girl that was there said she knew them, and then they circled around the back and got in line. We were ticked, more because they hit and ran, but since there wasn't any damage to our car (incredibly) I didn't press it any farther.

I was #27 in line, out of a couple hundred. There were a few other places in Marquette to get the book, too, so this wasn't everyone. Here's in the mall just after the doors opened at 11. There were lots of activities until 12:01.


Me waiting in line:


Walking out of B. Daltons:


And my Lady and I triumphant outside the mall:


I got a couple comments on the kilt, and lots of odd looks, both for that and the monocle. I normally only wear it when I'm reading, not all the time, but I decided to wear it all night. Two of the characters in the books wear them, you see... Okay, I'm not as bad as some people, but I've read the books lots.

And to close, the line about a half hour before the doors opened:


Cheers,
Nick