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» Saturday, November 19, 2005
Get Togethers, Goblets, and Gobsmacked
Today was our monthly "Hair Day." We have some friends who know a woman who is a hairdresser. Once a month she comes over to our friends' home and we get together, someone brings lunch fixings, the rest of us bring sides or snacks or breakfast things, and we have a good time and all—or whomever wants to, anyway—get our hair cut. Today we had a bit of concern because one of our hosts is not well and the doctors have not yet figured out why.

This afternoon we went to see Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Of course, it's the "Reader's Digest condensed version" of the story and one big subplot is left out, but they have hit all the important parts of the story and it's excellent, albeit very dark. James did comment on the "industrial look" of things like the Quidditch Cup stadium and the scaffolding during the Triwizard events; he and I had both imagined it as being more wood-y and old fashioned. I guess the director wanted to put his personal "look" to the story. I did wonder about the scene where Harry found Barty Crouch lying unconscious in the forest—they just sort of dropped the rest of that story.

The big event of the day was going by the house, but you can read all about that here. Wow.