Globalisation

I guess its a sign of changing times: apart from the occaisional work permitting attendance at the GSFWC I don't seem to know anyone British anymore. Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, German etc

Consequently there are some evenings when I feel my head has been hacksawed open and exposed to so much 'otherness' that the brain will dry up and crack. Now to Google Zizek, apparently something to do with Marxist psychoanalyis or something.

Blimey!

Finished the last Harry Potter book a lot quicker than I had intended. Thought it was a damn fine read as a reader and a writer. I would love to be able to tie up a story so well, give everyone a bow and do it all while filling out the background mythos.

I was still struck with one image afterwards, which almost seemed to sum up the whole book (I don't think it could be a spoiler): Papa Lazarou sqwarking "You're my wand now!"