I paved the road to hell a little more this weekend. Today was the day I was going to reveal a review of a brand new band that has really made quite an impression on me: The Foreign Films. In the meantime, the interview that I’ve been trying to get for three weeks finally called me the day before the article was due so I spent most of my Saturday night and Sunday afternoon putting that together. It will be posted as soon as it hits the streets.

So today I’ll share a conversation with Mateo. He and I talk almost every morning on our way to work. We should really tape some of them as they are usually hilarious — to us anyway. This morning’s topic: Dumbledore being gay.

Excerpts

Mateo: Does that make Professor McGonagall his fag hag?

Howard: When it was first announced all I could think of was NAMBLA.
Mateo: Well, it wasn’t like Dumbledore was trying to get into Harry’s robes.
Howard: No, just trying to get him to whip his wand out.

Mateo: What was the first thing Dumbledore is seen with in the books? A light dimmer. Hello! Gay!

Mateo: Does that make the Weasleys the breeders?
Howard: And how!
Mateo: I wonder if there is a magical way to undo a pregnancy? “ABORTIOSA!”

We then started to conjecture about the state of abortion rights within the world of Harry Potter and the politics involved. Yeah, that’s how we roll.

Humor-blogs.com: A Safe Place To Come Out… As A Wizard

Listening to: “They Follow You” - Siouxsie

J.K. Rowling announced to a crowd of people last night that there is indeed a gay character in the universe of Harry Potter: Albus Dumbledore. I have two problems with that:

1. She should have announced it on October 11.
2. My literary gaydar is broken.

Otherwise, I couldn’t be gayer happier about the news that one of my favorite characters likes the menzesss.

(Hey! I’m allowed to queen out with the best of them on occasion.)

Thanks to Mateo & Larry of the Monkeys for the heads up.

Listening to: “You Never Done It Like That” - Captain & Tennille

One Sentence Review: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

The darkest and best-paced film in the series thus making it highly enjoyable.

One Sentence Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Shades of Orwell with a heavy dose of Alan Moore’s fascist vision, this book — intentional or not — sharply mirrors the events of today’s political environment thus making it a truly satisfying end to an entertaining series.

In the immortal words of Carls, Jr.

Don’t bother me.

I’m reading.

UPDATE (July 22, 12:40pm MDT): …aaaaand scene.