Personal Log: Adrian Rodd

A few weeks ago, my father surprised me by saying he wanted to watch a Harry Potter film.

That is absolutely not like my father, which goes to show, I suppose, that anyone can still surprise you.

My mother and sister have seen all the films (and I think my mum has read the books), but I had not read or seen any of them. So I settled down to watch the first four with my dad (not in one go, of course). I was unimpressed at the very beginning. Harry's foster family are one-dimensional, flat stereotypes who are simply impossible to accept, no matter how much suspension of disbelief you try to conjure up (no pun intended).

But then it gets better. A lot better. And I've had to admit that it's actually very good. (With one caveat nonetheless: Why on Earth did Draco Malfoy suddenly turn in a wimp in the third film?)

Anyway, for some obscure reason, I decided to try the sorting hat on myself. I saw myself as being closest to the Ravenclaw House, and three seperate online "quizzes" all confirmed it. Not only that, but they put me in the order I expected: Ravenclaw first, Hufflepuff a close second, Gryffindoor third, and Slytherin last.

So what are YOU?

In an endeavour to get more work done per day, I've been trying to cut down on time-wasters. I've left NationStates (almost completely), and all FF dutystations other than the Cal. I also stay away from Facebook. And Second Life. I've succeeded in staying off that. Now I also need to avoid editing Wikipedia too much. Hopefully putting this in writing will help accomplish that: NO MORE EDITING WIKIPEDIA for at least a week.

There. We'll see what happens.