article from MSNBC

[strata]

Hello, I'm new and have been lurking here for a while now. I can't seem to stop checking into this community every second to check for any news, whatsoever. Or the other reason may be that I really dig the layout. Props to the designer! Anyway, I've just got a call from Borders letting me know that my copy was in (I JUMPED FOR JOY) only to be

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[harryhermione73]

you're from hawaii? what island?
oh i feel so bad that you are 6 hrs behind the east coast! but really, it'll be worth the wait!

[strata]

i'm from Maui :D and Oh! i've got a little Crookshanks too kind of

[harryhermione73]

awwwww... cutie kitty
:D
i used to live in honolulu... meh. despite it being probably the most industrialized, urbanized, island ever, i still miss it. :(

[harryhermione73]

i meant oahu the island...not honolulu the island...hehe.
you know what's funny, people from the mainland always get it confused! and some even think that waikiki is an island...
o_O

[_tealeaves_]

hey, someone else from hawaii too! howzit?! i miss hawaii so much! (i'm from oahu)

i think it's hillarious that JKR chuckles at the thought of r/hr. i mean, can she get anymore obvious than that?! (i mean obvious in a way that it won't happen) no it cannot!

only a few more hours! yey! o, sorry bout the whole 6 hours thing. makes me kinda glad im on the east coast. ummm...kinda

[ksgerber59]

Well, we on the East Coast have to wait a few hours after those in the UK get it.... So we all have to suffer if we live in the US, really. Heh, I think I might go buy myself a ticket to fly to the UK, those few hours are gonna bug me.

[strata]

for real!? haha so where are you now? i go to school in seattle, but home for the summer

and no it shouldn't happen. GRR. me and one of my best friends are rooting for H/HR :)