So last night I was driving home and my brother told me that he was at Barnz and Nobbel waiting for the Hairy Pawter book to come out. Since it was on the way home, I decided to stop by and see what the fuss was about. Now, it was already 11pm, which is when the store closes, so I was really curious just to see the place open so late (there’s only like 3 BN’s that I know of that are open to midnight and that’s only on the weekends, 1 in Santa Monica and 2 in NY). Anyway, as I was walking toward the entrance, there weren’t that many people outside, but when I walked in…wow. It was so difficult to get anywhere. I was surrounded by people dressed up as witches, students, monsters, and HP’s. It was nerd fest 2007. Anyway, my brother wasn’t dressed up or anything and he was just there with his friends hanging out (He was embarrassed to be an HP fan). It was so crazy in there that I had to walk around the entire store twice before I finally found him. I had to avoid stepping on people sitting on the floor, photo shoots with HP, trivia contests, costume contests, and crafts stations. Kids were debating with each other about who the greatest character is, blah blah blah… It was so surreal in there. The sad thing was that it wasn’t just kids, there were plenty of adults in on the action, dressed up. Well, I was pretty much done with the freak show spectating, so I decided to go home. But, I had to stop by Ralf’s Market first. On my way in, I saw a few people with a HP book in their hand! I called my brother up and asked him if he wanted a copy and he of course said yes. It was cheaper and he wouldn’t have had to wait more than an hour. I got it without any wait, dropped it off with him and left. By this time, there was a decent line outside the store. Too bad for them, I thought. They missed out on the HP Party.