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Month: September 2011

NYC DADA Trip: Day 3

September 15, 2011
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| Harry Potter, NYC

I woke up early on Sunday morning and ate breakfast while watching motorcycles drive past on the street outside. On the bus on the way to NYC, I overheard someone mention something about thousands of motorcycles and I finally figured out what she’d meant. My plan for the day was to visit Ground Zero. I’d…

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NYC DADA Trip: Day 2

September 15, 2011
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| Harry Potter, LEGO, NYC

I woke up early Saturday morning to go snarfing. Well equipped with Eeyore, Stu, and a snarf map melydia made for me, I ventured into early morning NYC. It took me about half an hour to properly get my bearings (I kept going the wrong directions along the long blocks, heading toward the river instead…

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NYC DADA Trip: Day 1

September 2, 2011
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Friends in DADA and I headed to New York City for what became a weekend of awesome. I woke up at bloody early o’clock on Friday morning, rushed around, and drove to Delma’s house, where I waited until we were all assembled to leave for the bus “station” in Washington, D.C. We ended up getting…

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Terms Explained:

AWP-I worked at the Association of Writers & Writing Programs
BookCrossing-the act of registering books and leaving them in public places for people to find
BCinDC- my local BookCrossing meetup group
DADA-my local Harry Potter meetup group, Defense Against Dumb 'A's (who don't get Harry Potter)
Gillian-The name of my current GPS unit (old GPS was named Jill)
HPA-The Harry Potter Alliance. My local chapter was Carpe Futurum
Love-The name of my dark red Honda Element
Markeroni-finding & photographing historical markers (usually with a mascot; mine is Eeyore)
OBCZ- Official BookCrossing Zone (a shelf where it's okay to leave books)
Snarfari-at Markeroni, a historical marker is a snarf. So a snarfari is a safari/trip to find markers
WRock-Wizard Rock is Harry Potter music

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