What it is to have a "Potterholic Moment"?

Picture it, you see a sign on the road, a store front, a flash of something on television, anything that reminds you of Harry Potter and you become elated. You have a dream of playing Quidditch and tromping through the Forbidden Forrest looking for Grawp; Maybe you name your dog Arnold and you think about Ginny's Pigmy Puff everytime you call his name; You go to HP events or wrock shows. Those are all Potterholic Moments. Have you had one?
We'd love for you to share your stories with us and your fellow Potterholics. Tell us your stories in the Potterholic Moment thread of Magykal forum or as a comment or message on the Official PA MySpace page! Your moment or story will be posted in The Living Room of The Burrow to share with everyone.

There are so many great memories recorded here. We hope you enjoy all of them. Read on!

*Note - Previous notable moments can be found right here in the Potterholic Moment Archive. Click on any month
in the calendars above to apparate straight there. Strike-through months contain no moments or stories.






Experienced by Cless:
"They hired a new People Greeter (the people that stand at the door) and on his nametag he only has his initials, which are R.A.B."

Experienced by Christinabelle & marauder1031:
"christinabelle was talking about frustrations with wedding stuff to marauder1031 on an AIM conversation. The dialogue is as follows...
christinabelle: These people are incompetent! How am I to get anything done?
marauder1031: Want me to hex them for you?
christinabelle: Yes, please do.
marauder1031: ::sends a vicious bat bogey curse in the way of the 'incompetent people'::
christinabelle: thank you, they're cooperating now :)"

Experienced by Redwolf:
"I have a grey tabby named Ginny, and there's a black dog down the street that I call Padfoot... He does answer to it. When I pass by the house and call 'Padfoot', he comes to me to be petted. He doesn't have any human-like qualitites, as far as I can tell.
I forgot to mention that I named one of Ginny's kittens James."

Experienced by likeluna:
"We drove through POTTER COUNTY, Texas! I think I scared my family with my overwhelming excitement. Just one of my many talents :D We also went through Luna County, New Mexico, which was cool because that's kinda my name in PA... Ergh, I should have taken pictures of the signs! Although it wasn't the prettiest county in the world, but it still would have been cool. I think part of the reason I got so excited was the fact that I had been sitting in a car all day."

Experienced by zituckaja:
"We held a birthday party for a best friend of mine and, among others, she got a pair of hairsticks (or whatever it is called in English - sticks that you put in to your bun, never mind) :D And, yes, I did it. I grabbed one of the sticks and I was constantly waving and pointing with it and chanting all day, 'Sunshine, daisies, butter mellow; Turn this stupid, fat rat yellow.'"





Experienced by Snapegirl:
"Ok, I saw Jo on Tuesday at the reading in NYC. It was the coolest thing ever. I'm glad to report that there were many many other Potterholics there too. The best things I saw were a S.P.E.W. badge and a girl dressed like Luna, complete with a Lion topped hat! I guess that's my Potterholic experience of the last few days. I really wanted to wear my Slytherin robes, but it was 100 degrees in the city... She answered questions about wand cores and Draco and the internet. The whole thing seems so surreal to me. Then I'll have these moments when it hits me that I was actually there."

Experienced by Cless:
"Well, I had my potterholic moment today: They hired a new woman to work in sporting goods today at work (Wal-Mart). I can't say what I think of her because this is a PG site and there are younguns on here, but the lady's name is Dolores. Anyone care to venture a guess at who she made me think of and reminded me of?"

Experienced by zituckaja:
"My Potterholic moment today: During the holiday, I kept my cell turned off. When I turned it on on the railway station, my mom phoned me and my cell rings with the HP theme (or however you say it in English). So, after a few minutes, one of my friends started humming it and me and the others joined her. It was awesome! People were staring us!"

Experienced by zituckaja:
"This one is not so funny or happy. August 20th is a national holiday here. We are celebrating the foundation of the Hungarian State and our first king, St. Stephen I, with fireworks and beer, but this year, there was a huge storm and wind in the capital. It was really frightening; the wind blew parts of the roofs and turned over the fireworks which shot in the crowd. Some people died and a lot were injured; it was like the mayhem at the Quiddich World Cup! Or the big storm Fudge describes to the Prime Minister in HBP."

Experienced by zituckaja:
"I have a potterholic moment. In the show Dark Oracle, they were talking about a dangerous book called How to Summon a Familiar. Sage, a character, asks, 'It's just a book, right?' Doyle, another character, answers, 'Harry Potter is just a book. This is not just a book.' I was happy that they used Harry Potter as the example, but I was also a little annoyed. Harry Potter is not just a book!"






Experienced by Wolf_Princess:
"Couple of potterholic moments. On Monday, we went to a stalactite cave. Some of the stalactites looked like things. The Potterholic ones were a lion, two witches, and a mermaid with her back to you. And today, we were at an exibit called 'Dialog in the Darkness'. It was pitch dark and I thought, 'This is like a Dementor attack.'"

Experienced by Logan:
"Well, all of the inudating Logan with PA stuff is finally wearing off. Yesterday, after I got home from school, Logan was all excited and told me that he had a 'Potterholic Moment' and he totally used those words, aww, I was so proud ;D Anyway, he said that there was a new kid in his class and the teacher, who could barely pronounce the name, introduced him, 'Luis Salazar'. Logan of course said he looked right over there and said to himself, 'Slytherin'."

Experienced by Sam Viverito Jr.:
"Sam is a hunting, fishing, outdoorsy kind of guy... not a reader at all, but he has seen the movies and is quite used to me. His girlfriend is just like him, but she was asking me this morning what a 'Potterholic Moment' is and I explained it to her. Well, when they came back later, Sam came in my room and asked, 'What is that school that Harry goes to?' I told him Hogwarts and he said that a truck passed him on the way home and it had a bumper sticker in the window that said, 'Graduate of Hogwarts'. Then he said, 'And there was this big burly guy, with a mustache and beard and all, driving it... He looked like that guy, what's his name, Hagrid.' I laughed so hard and said, 'So Hagrid drives a truck?' And he laughed too and said, 'Yeah, I guess Hagrid drives a truck!'"

Experienced by marauder1031/the_original_fan:
(marauder1031)"I musn't forget about the dementors breeding. When we were leaving early in the morning there was a lot of fog rising up off of our lake. It was really strange, but looked really cool too. The dementors must've been breeding to make such fog"
(the_original_fan)"I thought the same thing about the dementors breeding because it is all of a sudden chilly, gloomy and cloudy here and there was mist rising off the lake in the middle of my development as well."

Experienced by zituckaja:
"One of my potterholic moments today: I was on the bus, in a traffic jam, and I was listening to the radio, when suddenly they started to play Right Said Fred's I'm Too Sexy. I could hardly suppress my hysterical laughter because the pictures of the 'sexy Snape animation' apparated in front of my inner eyes... and Snape was dancing in front of me during English Literature too :D So, I had a really pleasant day today!"






Experienced by the_original_fan:
"I was watching season 8 of Friends (I have all ten seasons on DVD) and when Rachel has her baby, Monica tells her the names she has picked out for her kids are DANIEL and EMMA. Come on, if you can't figure out exactly where my mind went then you're not really Potterholics LOL."

Experienced by marauder1031:
"On Dancing With the Stars, Joey's costume was this all dark green outfit and he even had a silver tie pin and ring. Looked very very PoA Slytherin. As soon as he came out to dance, I pointed and said, 'He's a Slytherin!' Then, on last night's results show, the Death Eaters made an appearance, or so it looked like when the choir came out on stage with long dark robes. Lastly, one of the Survivor tribe members is named Parvati. Wow, a lot of HP moments on reality TV this season LOL"

Experienced by the_original_fan:
"I had to go to a funeral today... and there was a headstone with T.M. Riddle on it. It wasn't big or anything, but still really creepy."

Experienced by marauder1031:
"You have to have knowledge of the movie The Green Mile to understand this, otherwise, I don't know how much sense it'll make. None of us had seen it before, so dad, Logan and myself were watching it out in the living room. When Dell was in "the chair", John was reacting and the lights were blowing, all of a sudden all the lights in the house got really bright, then I saw a huge ball of light out of the window in the distance and heard a buzzing sound rise and ebb, then everything, lights, tv, everything went out then suddenly came back on. I just looked at my dad and asked, 'How weird was that?' He said, 'Yeah, that was really weird!' Then, of course, Logan looked right at me and had to add, 'It was Priori Incantatem.' That just made me laugh and I didn't feel so spooked anymore."

Experienced by marauder 1031:
"Last night we went to the House of Shock. Funny enough, it was the 13th year of the House of Shock and yesterday was Friday the 13th. Cool. Of course, after watching the outside show and this one room inside that had this mock meeting and everyone in robes, it looked like a Death Eater meeting haha"

Experienced by marauder 1031:
"Well, last night we had the most insane storm. It was horrendously windy, knocking everything down. The wind wreaked havok on my outdoor Halloween decorations... my poor death eater on the lawn was mangled and Tom Riddle's gravestone was almost lying flat on the ground. The pounding rain and brilliant flashes of lightning that lit up my room woke me up it was so bad. Well, after all that last night, tonight while driving home from acting school, fog was rolling in. It was becoming quite thick. Hmmm, I think there is definite Death Eater and dementor activity going on around here!"






Experienced by elfmadewine:
"We were studying The Hero's Quest in english class and my teacher was making examples of it out of Star Wars, but since I don't do Star Wars, I wrote the examples out from SS and he liked it... I've made a couple of HP references to him so far and overall, I think he likes Harry Potter! Last year's teacher kept forgetting the names of the characters... She wasn't a fan :("

Experienced by Zit:
"My brother's best friend asked me if I wanted to be his girlfriend. I said yes, because we've know each other for a long time and I really like him and he feels the same, but we dare not to tell it to my bro, lol. It is a kind of Harry-Ginny-Ron thing lol! We have to tell him... hehe"

Experienced by marauder1031:
"Yesterday, I was watching Jeopardy and this week is the celebrity edition which is really fun because the questions are easier. Anyway, one of the categories was 'Neil! Patrick! Harris!' and each question had to be either a Neil, a Patrick or a Harris and one of the answers was who played Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter films. I was so excited I jumped off the sofa and screamed out 'Richard Harris'. I was so happy that HP made it onto Jeopardy!"

Experienced by Zit:
"In my psychology seminar, a fellow student made a complaint about the syllabus and the teacher said that if he wanted to read childrens' minds he should go to a Harry Potter seminar, where he can learn mind reading!"






Experienced by katnorris:
"The Potterholic Moment of my year! Yesterday was my last day at my job, before transferring to another department, and the girls gave me a going away party. Usually these affairs are basicly pot luck, with no big fuss, but my party was a Harry Potter party! The room was decorated with candles hanging from the ceiling, black tablecloth and a sign on the door announcing 'Katherine's party, Warning: Sorting Ceremony'. There were all kinds of HP foods, like rock cakes, stoat sandwiches (ham&cheese), butter (root)beer, pumpkin juice (orange soda), pumpkin pasties and cauldron cakes. There were also potions like Draught of Living Death (onion soup), Veritaserum (Mountain dew) and, for any poisoning mishaps, Bezoars (rolls)! I was given my own wizard hat and ordered to wear it all day (I did until it kept falling off and people who were not in the know kept giving me odd looks). The party was put together by Karen and Sam (my potterholic best friend) and I was totally surprised!"

Experienced by katnorris:
"Yesterday at work, there were two patients named Dan and they were referring to them as 'big Dan' and 'little Dan', which they did not like, so the other kids were suggesting other nicknames and 'big Dan' said how about 'Big D' and 'Little D'? I could hardly hold in the snickering (which would have been VERY inappropriate) thinking about Harry's aweful cousin!"

Experienced by Zit:
"My boyfriend was waiting for me at home and he suggested watching the GoF DVD because he had never seen it before. I agreed of course!!!! At the scene when the ball is almost over and Hermione is crying and shouting at the boys, he asked me what her problem was. (Mind you since people have gotten to know we are a couple, we keep hearing, 'Oh, I knew it all along,' to which we always answer, 'Oh, how good, you are so clever! why didn't you just tell us then?') I answered him that she and the red-haired boy are in love, but everybody knows it except them. He answered, 'Oh poor things, it is cruel, we should tell them to open up their eyes' and he smiled at me. I knew immediately what he was thinking of. He notices this resemblance between them and us, that nobody told them and they didn't even notice it themselves!"

Experienced by Zit:
"As a Christmas present, I got a hand made broom from my boyfriend! He wrote 'Nimbus 2006 WRC' on it! Oh, I also got a pillow in case the broom would be uncomfortable. Honestly, I was shocked! Anyway, it was a great idea, a big surprise and a really nice thing for him to do!"

Experienced by katnorris:
"I was aware of John of Gaunt from my genealogy research. I hesitate to mention the link because I am descended from John of Gaunt and I fear that makes me a possible relative of Tom Riddle *shudders and winces*. I hope not."

Experienced by Zit:
"Yesterday evening, and earlier today before dawn, I was studying for my English Literature exam and I found something I might have missed for half a year now! Geoffrey Chaucer wrote a dream allegory titled The Book of the Duchess and it was written about the death of John of Gaunt. You know: Gaunt --> Lady Gaunt --> Duchess --> aristocrat --> pureblood --> Merope I know, it is not a big deal, but I liked it ;D"

Experienced by marauder1031:
"Tonight, for family movie night, we watched Little Shop of Horrors, which I hadn't seen in a very long time. When the dentist's assistant turned around, I instantly recognized her and laughed. How appropriate for an appearance in a movie about bizarre plant life to be Professor Sprout (Miriam Margoyles)!"








Experienced by Sarafina:
"I watched Winning London. In one scene the twins, Chloe and Riley, sneak in a men's club, dressed as boys, in order to meet Chloe's boyfriend, James. When James's father asks the girls who their father is, Chloe replies, "Lord... Voldemort". When I heard that I thought, OMG, James is going out with Voldemort's daughter."

Experienced by marauder1031:
"LSU (my alma mater) played Notre Dame (Emerson's school) in the Sugar Bowl last night and LSU annihilated ND winning 41-14! So, the PA beat Mugglenet in football LOL"

Experienced by marauder1031:
"As my family was sitting down eating dinner, my brother came in and deposited an invitation on the piano in the living room. He announced that we had mail, but since it was in the other room, I looked at my parents, then towards the living room and said, 'Accio'. Nothing happened, so I said, 'Accio' again. Still nothing, so I looked at my parents and laughed and said that I guess it didn't work. At that moment, my brother walked into the living room, picked up the invitation, came back to the kitchen door and threw it at me. I caught it and proclaimed, 'Look, it worked!' Everyone laughed."

Experienced by the_original_fan:
"One of the girls I babysit for (the 8 year old) has starting reading HP. I'm always telling her about how I love it and I got them the movies to watch since the other girl is only 6 and a bit too young to read the books just yet. Well, all of my influence worked because yesterday the 8 year old came home with SS, which she took out from the library and she told me she's really excited to start reading it!"

Experienced by Logan:
"Tonight, as we were eating dinner, we were having a conversation about schools and how they don't allow certain things, yet allow others that are completely contrary to what they said in the first place. Logan looks right at me and very seriously says, 'I know, they are so Hippogriff-ical!' He continued looking at me seriously and asked, 'What?' I just busted out laughing and noted his Potterholic Moment. Logan laughed and said, 'Yeah, that was... but that is it, right?' So, I had to explain that the word is 'hypocritical', someone who contradicts themself is a hypocrit and Buckbeak is a Hippogriff and then Logan laughed really hard."






Experienced by Logan:
"I was reheating a chicken pot-pie in the microwave. To avoid burning my hands cause the bowl got real hot, I put on my grandma's oven mitts. When I put the bowl on the table, I looked at mom and said, 'With these big oven mitts on I feel like Hagrid.' And then I went around the kitchen wearing them acting like Hagrid hehe"

Experienced by Faye Viverito: (submitted by Marauder)
"Sitting at the dinner table eating dinner we always watch the news. Congressman Henry Waxman was on the news talking about something, I don't know, we really weren't listening because we always laugh. I'm sorry, but he does look like a human cartoon. Well, my mom just busts out and says, 'Waxman looks like the Gringotts goblin bank teller.' We all started laughing out loud and, you know, she is so right. If you're not sure, see for yourself..."



Experienced by Jer:
"While at work yesterday, a little girl was running around the store with a little plastic princess wand yelling out 'Avada Kedavra, you're dead Voldemort!'"







Experienced by Logan:
"First, you have to know that mom made me a black PoA Sirius Black wall clock... The other night, mom called out, 'Ready for bed?' and I said it's not time yet, 10 more minutes. She said my clock says only 2 more minutes and I said, 'It's Sirius Black, wha' dya want.' We stopped for a second and laughed"

Experienced by Marauder:
"I ate breakfast at Cracker Barrell this morning and, while walking through the gift shop, I saw bronze statues of a flying pig for sale. I got the idea and said to myself, 'Wouldn't that be the cutest thing - buy 2 of them, build 2 brick columns and place a pig on top of each one. Columns with winged pigs on either side of the drive at the entrance would be like Hogwarts' front gates... and I bet no one would get it except a Potterholic.'"






Experienced by Jer:
"While watching Fairly Odd Parents, Elmer had a boil on his face that talked to him and it wanted to take over the world. I was reminded of Voldemort and Quirrell."

Experienced by Marauder:
"One of the many things I used to fill the eggs for our annual Easter egg hunt was little grey gummy rats. When Logan opened one of his eggs that had a rat inside, he said, 'I got Scabbers.'"

Experienced by Logan:
"Yesterday, I told mom that I had a pimple on my forehead. Well, today in the car while bringing me to school, I asked, 'Do you remember about my forehead 'cause now I have this big red mark.' Mom asked 'Where?' and I lifted the hair off my forehead to show the mark. She said it reminded her of Harry showing his scar to Ron for the first time on the train to Hogwarts."






Experienced by Marauder:
"Last night, we were watching Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, which of course has Alan Rickman as the best ever Sheriff of Nottingham and Jimmy Gardner as a farmer. During the beginning of the film, Robin's father gets called out of the castle, he exits and is surrounded by a bunch of horsemen in hooded white robes. Okay, so the robes were white instead of black, but the camera gets closer and they are all wearing these masks. I said, 'Ha, look, he's surrounded by the Death Eaters.' Then, the leader of the group removes his mask to reveal the Sheriff of Nottingham underneath, to which I reply, 'Led by Snape. See, Snape IS a Death Eater.'"

Experienced by Mark "HootHoot" Viverito:
"Mark was playing his Pokemon Pearl game on the Nintendo DS and he caught a Onix, which is a rather large rock snake looking thing. He named it Salazar, thinking of Slytherin."

Experienced by Marauder:
"I began reading Vampire Plagues: London, 1850 and the main character is this little dock urchin, orphaned, skinny and mussed up hair. After he befriends a boy from society and then meets the other boy's sister and the three become friends, I realized that they really reminded me of Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Then, after thinking how this trio was like the Potter trio, I read that they translated an ancient ritual (like the prophecy) which told of the way to banish the evil nefarious Camazotz (Lord Voldemort) who the inscription referred to as 'He who walks by Darkness'."

Experienced by KatNorris:
"My sister, her family, and I took advantage of the beautiful weather here today and went for a walk in the woods. We came to a creek and my nephew spotted a water snake in the water which reminded me of a baby Nagini. It was about 18 inches long with a kind of diamond pattern on the back."


Experienced by Marauder:
"I went to the Jambalaya Festival in town this weekend and while listening to the Chee-Weez play (the most awesome local band around), I turned around and saw this guy who look exactly like Gary Oldman as Sirius Black, only taller. It was so freaky, yet really cool, and I immediately said to myself 'Sirius Black is here.' I so wish I had a camera there to get a picture of him."






Experienced by KatNorris:
"I was enjoying the sunny weather today, sitting on my back patio, watching the birds come to our feeder. My favorites are the goldfinches, a vivid yellow with black head cap and wings, and as I watched, I thought, 'Hufflepuff birds!'"

Experienced by Chantiel:
"I run out of any room or squeak very high if I here Hedwig's theme on tv in the living room."

Experienced by Jer:
"I just got to work and my patient listed for tomorrow night has the last name of 'Lockhart'. (The next day) I was supposed to have a patient with the last name of Lockhart tonight, but he did not show up due to insurance complications, but I know better, he forgot due to the memory charm that he put on himself."

Experienced by Marauder:
"Yesterday, my son's camp put on a mini-show of Wicked (his camp made the sets for the show). Well, when I first spotted the set pieces, the first thing I noticed was the "graffiti" painted on the wall which said "Beat the Gryffindors". Wicked is set at a witch school in Emerald City and the school colors are green and gold which looked very Slytherin, so Cody, the teacher, came up with the idea and told Logan to paint "Beat the Gryffindors" as part of the graffiti on the set. It was an in joke for the techs, but of course it was the first thing I noticed. It was so cute!"





Experienced by Marauder:
"I just watched Doctor Who season 3 episode 3 titled "The Shakespeare Code" and it was so very Potterholic. It was about witches (okay, they're not really witches, they're Carrionites, but it's medival England so everyone thinks they're witches). During the show Martha says that the recent goings-on are 'a little Harry Potter' and the Doctor replied, 'Wait 'til you read book 7. Oh, I cried.' Then, at the end of the episode, Shakespeare has to recite brilliant words to banish the witches. He's almost done it, but then can't come up with the last word, so he looks to the Doctor. Martha and The Doctor yell out 'Expelliarmus'. Shakespeare repeats 'Expelliarmus', the evil witches are banished and The Doctor triumphantly says, 'Way to go J.K.' It was great!"

Experienced by harryxlives:
"At a place I worked, most of the employees were allowed to wear portable music devices, such as walkmans and mp3 players, as long as we wore headphones with them. I worked in the part of the building that was furthest away from the entrace and frequently broke out into song. Since I'm a singer, I couldn't help it! So when I would be really concentrating on my work, with the music cranked really high to drown all else out, I would get REALLY into my music and most of the time, I wasn't even aware I was singing along with it. So one day, I was focusing very hard whilst listening to certain pieces of the GoF and PoA soundtracks. I was sort of enjoying myself, moving in time to the music, and I sang aloud, quite clearly, 'SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES!' Suddenly, I get this feeling I'm being watched and looked up to see the vice-president of our company staring straight at me! I froze on the spot and stopped breathing as he sauntered by with a VERY odd look on his face. I don't know which was worse, the fact that I was mortified about him overhearing my personal concert or the fact that he thought I was calling him "wicked"! I was fighting fright and laughter at the same time! Thankfully, he said absolutely nothing and we went on our merry way doing whatever it is we did. With one exception... I had to take a break to go outside and laugh my butt off!"

Experienced by Regina:
"Last weekend, my husband and our two sons, ages 6 and 3, were in a local bookstore. At the front of the store was a huge Harry Potter display and next to the books was a bunch of toy wands for sale. Well, I bought one for my 3 year old who loves Harry Potter too and, as we walked through the mall, he kept waving his wand at people saying, 'Expelliarmus!' After about 15 minutes of this, my husband said, 'Will you please teach him a new spell!' That's my boy!"

Experienced by isabellacrinklepot:
"Last year, when we had my daughter's birthday party, it was of course Harry Potter themed. I went all out and had invitations made to look as though the children were being accepted to Hogwarts, rented a old 2 story pavillion that I decorated as Hogwarts, served all HP related foods, and did a hunt for the Sorcerer's Stone. Anyway, I was overwhelmed by the response, and told by many parents I should go into business, so I am now in the process of forming Wizard World Parties. If this venture is a success, I will owe it all to Harry Potter, so I guess my future will be one big Potterholic Moment."

Experienced by KatNorris:
"I attended the Deathly Hallows book release at my local Waldenbooks. The theme was 'The Grand Hallows Ball' and there was to be a King and Queen of the Grand Ball chosen by their costumes. The best costumes for male and female were to be King and Queen. I entered as Madame Pomfrey and WON! I received a crown, a wand, and a $40 gift card for Waldenbooks (I LURVE books!). It was so fun to walk around the mall as Mme. P and have everyone asking to take my picture. I am not usually an outgoing person, but when I am 'in character' as a fictional person, I am truly that person and Kat doesn't exist. I love my crown since I am a Ravenclaw."

Experienced by isabellacrinklepot:
"A few co-workers and myself were discussing Book 7 yesterday. Another co-worker, who is going into her junior year at a local high school, commented on how she just could not get into reading those books. I asked where she attends and, it just so happens, I had been talking with the lady who will be her English teacher this year at Friday night's release party and she was telling me how the HP books have become required reading in her class. I informed the co-worker of this conversation, she looked at me and said, 'Well, you can just tell me about the books, you know more about HP than anyone I know.' I replied, 'Professor Dumbledore would not want me to help you cheat, but I will be glad to discuss the books with you after you finish.' With a confused look on her face, she said, 'I thought my teacher's name was Mrs. Keeton.'"






Experienced by Mark "HootHoot" Viverito:
"I was thinking about how he all of a sudden started saying how happy he was to have gotten himself re-sorted into Slytherin and how great it was. Then I thought about all that just recently happened and the first thing to come into my mind was, 'There's not a single witch or wizard who went bad who wasn't in Slytherin!"

Experienced by Marauder:
"My brother came into my room and handed me a letter that came in the mail, then went "Hooo, Hooo" and started to walk away. I asked, "Why are you hooting like an owl?" He just turned around, looked at me, pointed to the letter and gave me a look as if to say, "Get it?" Then it dawned on me that he was playing Owl Post and I started laughing and couldn't believe I didn't recognize that at once!"

Experienced by Marauder:
"I was talking to my mom about something that recently happened and I realized that twice in my life now I've been really treated very badly by a member of the opposite sex and afterwards I refuse to use their name and come up with horrible nicknames to use instead so that I don't have to say it (it really does help because it makes them like a non-person). While doing that today I realized it's quite like how everyone avoids using Voldemort's name."

Experienced by Taylor: (submitted by isabellacrinklepot)
"Another day, another wonderful way to express being totally addicted to being a Potterholic! Yesterday, I had a message to read, it turned out to be from Emma Watson's official MySpace page. Miss Watson (or her staff) sent a belated birthday wish to my daughter. I called her in and read the message to her. I thought she was going to cry. She went running out of the house and yelled to her father who was outside, 'Emma Watson wished me a happy birthday!' Her father came in and said, 'Who is Emma Watson?' I just looked at him and laughed and replied, 'Muggles.'"

Experienced by isabellacrinklepot:
"Another day, another Potterholic Moment! Without going into details, right now my life has become extremely busy, busier than usual. With each day, it seems I must be at about 10 places all at one time. Anyway, I sat down last night before bed, exhausted, and thought, I just wish I could apparate and that would cut down on car time and maybe I could have just a few more minutes to myself."






Experienced by missweasley83:
"My whole life I was told magic was evil, that imagination was a gateway to let the 'baddies' get you. At one point when I was 6 years old, I had to throw away all of my movies that had witches or any kind of magic in them. But then, Harry Potter came out. I was 17 when I read the 1st book. I was on vacation with my cousins and my cousin's mom was reading the 1st book while we were on the road. She finished and handed the book to me, with a huge smile on her face. It opened up a whole new world to me with the 1st chapter. J.K. has given me back that part of my childhood that every child should have - to dream and make believe! The Harry Potter books are an escape for me; I can go to Hogwarts and go on adventures with Harry! This is why I love Harry Potter, for putting the MAGIC back into my life. Thank you J.K.!"

Experienced by harryxlives:
"Back in July, I was at a pizza parlour celebrating the birthday of one of the children I nanny. It was also a gaming/activity plaza for all types of things for young children - including a massive big toy that included climbing nets, suspension bridges, bouncing seats, a ball pit, slides, and just about anything a kid could get lost in. About 40 children between the ages of 3 and 12 were occupying the play center when we were there. Perhaps ironically, I was wearing my Harry shirt at the time. Suddenly, one child playfully pushed another off a bouncey seat which prompted me to stand up, point at him and say, "No shoving! 10 points from Gryffindor!" He giggled insanely with the rest of the surrounding children. Ah, the frolicking of youth!"

Experienced by Stupefy!:
"LOL I had a Potterholic moment. My 3 year old daughter walked up to me with a stick that she found and shouted, 'Expecto Petronum'. Then she just walked away. We also named our new cat Crookshanks LOL"

And introducing out littlest Potterholic... Emily Henderson

Experienced by isabellacrinklepot:
"A couple of weeks ago, there was a post in this board by missweasley83 about how she discovered Harry Potter. It was very touching and I even responded with my own story. Nothing unusual, but here is where it gets actually ironic - As I was looking for an email address to send a pm, I notice missweasley83's email address. It turns out to be my baby sister! You see, I am afraid the reason our parents did her the way they did about things is because I was so wild as a child, they did everything they could to keep her from becoming like me. I am 13 years older than her and they were very strict with her out of what we both believe was fear that she would do the same things I did. I just had to let everyone know."

Experienced by Harry:
"I've always had a very rough relationship with my father. At one point, when I was living with him, I lost my job through no fault of my own. Yet I kept it from my dad because I knew he'd flip out. At the time, I began to channel all my fear and aggression into my first Potter e-novel Harry Gets Even. My father and most of my step-family mocked me for writing fan-fiction and loving the Potter mystique as much as I did. In fact, I overheard 2 of my step-sisters gossiping about how I must've been freako-weird simply because Dan Radcliffe was my favourite actor. I left my dad's house under horrible circumstances, all the while still writing my novel. I remained estranged from my father for nearly a year, and the time would've lasted longer had he not sent me a very, very meaningful email. Though I'd never told him my pen name, the name of my novel or anything about it, he found me on fanfiction.net. He looked up and read my entire story, and here's part of what he wrote: 'I have been reading Harry Potter Vol. 6 by Rowling. I know, I'm slow. But I started your work first and wanted to finish it before returning to Rowling. However, now I'm spoiled for your writing. I must admit, I think you do a better job than Rowling. You did such an excellent job weaving your story around what we already know from previous books and then setting out on your own. I find myself trying to forget the unforgettable writing you did so that I can get on with the story that Rowling wrote, they are so intertwined in my mind. Keep up the good work!' It was simply astounding to me - a novel I had written purely as an escape from my dad (and he WAS my Voldemort) had led me straight back to him. Because of this email, I felt inclined to reply to dad. We have since been mending our relationship (it's still very rocky, but loads better than it was) and amongst my step-family, they now call me 'the author' and I have a new found respect from them. So I have Harry Potter to thank for bringing me back to (most of) my family."

Experienced by Marauder:
"My brother picked up the box set of season one of Heroes at Dragon*Con and we just watched all the episodes before the new season starts on Monday. Watching them reminded me that Claire's mom's beloved show dog's name was Mr. Muggles. It reminds me of the Potterverse every time I hear it"






Experienced by isabellacrinklepot:
"We have had to move in the last two weeks and as we were packing, I placed all of our Harry Potter books in a box that I got from the Deathly Hallows release party. My daughter saw the box and said, 'No need to label that one, there should not be anything but Harry Potter in that box mom.'"

Experienced by Marauder:
"During Swim Team practice Logan does this exercise called the "lung buster" in which they have to swim as far across the pool as they can on one single breath. Watching them do this I thought to myself that that would be a perfect time for him to have some gillyweed."

Experienced by harryxlives:
"I was watching BBC when I see one of those station promo adverts and up pops Jason Isaacs... 'BBC America. A little Brit different.' I've gotten so accustomed to him with his being a wizarding aristocrat I immediately thought, 'Lucius, what happened to your HAIR?!?' Oh, oh yeah. In the real world, Snape's a blonde and Daddy Malfoy's got dark hair. LOL"

Experienced by Marauder:
"I bought a new pair of shoes that I absolutely love. They are black low-top converse type shoes - just like the ones David Tennant wears as the Doctor... but David Tennant was also Barty Crouch Jr. so that also make them Potterholic too :)"

Experienced by The Purebloods:
"Yeah, [Halloween] was fun! We didn't know what to do (cause we're old and we don't have kids, lol) so we just dressed up and went to eat at Copeland's, hee hee. I was Bellatrix and Rachael was the Wicked Witch of the West. At least we were both wicked witches!"






Experienced by Marauder:
"This past weekend I attended the Louisiana Renaissance Festival and it was so Potter-ish just to be there. It was great. And not only that, but there was this giant swing ride that was a Hippogriff (I will post pics of it)... and the worker who was pushing it had a claw earring hanging from his ear. I noticed that and told my family, 'Look, Bill Weasley runs the Hippogriff!' Also while there, we watched the jousting. Our knight was Sir William Dudley, note the 'Dudley' part, and he wore the colours Red and Yellow. Sir Dudley was so Gryffindor... and he won too!"






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Experienced by Marauder:
"When it came out, the family all went to see Sweeney Todd (which was fabulous). In one of the trailers before the film, we saw 4 children walk onto a train station platform, wearing Gryffindor uniforms! It only took mere seconds to realize who they were and that it was the trailer for Prince Caspian. The sweaters they were wearing looked exactly like the ones from Whimsic Alley. Logan and I laughed saying, 'The Pevensie's apparently go to Hogwarts and are in Gryffindor house... taking the train from Platform 9 3/4!'"

Experienced by ♥Ashley:
"I am definitely a Potterholic! I talk about Harry Potter and think about it and even DREAM about it!!!"






Experienced by isabellacrinklepot :
"It is wonderful to finally be back home! That is what my moment is about. I had been a member here for a few months and was here everyday, when some events beyond my control took place and I ended up having to move out of my rental home, before my home was ready, and spent 2 months in a hotel. Finally, I have gotten settled and I am back! I couldn't help thinking as I logged in today that I know how Harry felt when getting to return to Hogwarts, he was finally home! It is a wonderful feeling. I am finally home! I hope everyone has a truly magical day!"

Marauder resonded:
"Well, I guess I know how Ron feels then... to be in a magical family and always live in this world and have a friend who went back to the muggle world, but has now returned. Yeah, I think it's kinda like that."

Experienced by isabellacrinklepot :
"It does feel great to be back home! "Wizard World Parties" is getting closer to becoming a reality. I have had to put it on hold due to staying in a hotel for 3 months. For those who don't know, I am working on starting a party planning business, and it has come about due to my giving my daughter a "magical" Harry Potter birthday party. So, my new career in life is due to our families love for the magical world of Harry Potter. I have already had mothers who attended the party asking if they can book their child's next party with me as soon as I get going!" "Now for my moment, my husband who is constantly the butt of Taylor and my HP jokes, has began watching the movies on his own in the evenings, he has even began using HP terms, although still not in the right context. I asked why the sudden interest, he replied, "It is as though you two speak a foriegn language and I don't have time to read."







Experienced and shared by Rai Aren , co-author of Secret of the Sands:
"The Harry Potter stories are so special to me, the characters so alive, the worlds so rich - as a writer, that is exactly my goal, to have my stories be a place people want to spend time in, that gives them enjoyment, that means something to them, sparks their imagination, and is a place they want to come back to... J.K. is obviously a huge inspiration. What I think is so magical about the whole process is that, as I like to put it, 'something comes from nothing' - that from one person's mind, their creative imagination can spring a whole universe of entertainment (books, movies, games, theme parks, etc.), community groups (such as yours!), jobs for actors, extras, crew, costume & set designers, musicians, etc, etc. So many great, life-changing things can spring from the pages of a book, which was once only thought energy. That to me, is magic!"






Experienced and shared by ♥ Jinny Potter ♥:
"I just got it yesterday! I love it! Now, Harry Potter is on me forever, LOL It took like six hours and it was done all in one session. I love the design! It was the best thing I ever did!"






Experienced and shared by Blackfoot :
"Leaving swimming practice today, I saw a swingset swinging by itself. It was really just the wind, but I turned to mom and said, 'Look, ghost swings... from Harry Potter 3... Oooo'"

Experienced and shared by Marauder :
"I've been watching this REALLY stupid, yet somehow entertaining, show Celebracadabra and when the D-list celebrities had to dress up as a character to perform their magic at a children's school, Hal Sparks dressed up as Harry Potter."






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Experienced and shared by Rai Aren , co-author of Secret of the Sands :
"I am so excited, I just saw new pix from the set of the Half-Blood Prince on a Canadian entertainment show (eTalk). OMG - I can't wait to see this movie!!! Half-Blood Prince is my favorite book of the Harry Potter series. I may go insane waiting for this movie! HARRY POTTER FOREVER!"






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Experienced and shared by Rai Aren, co-author of Secret of the Sands :
"I am still trying to deal with the fact that the next HP movie has been delayed so long, why, oh, why?! Sigh. Well, now, I am trying to keep going by watching the movies over again, inluding every single minute of extras. My stepson & I watched The Philosopher's Stone again. What an awesome movie! It was so fun seeing those sweet, little innocent faces again, such warm memories... great times!"

Experienced and shared by ♥Jinny Potter♥ :
"GUESS WHAT? I'M GOING TO SEE EQUUS! ROW A SEATS! YIPPEE!"





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