the end of an era

the beginning of the end.

it's here. part 1 of harry potter and the deathly hallows is a mere 4 1/2 months away

and it leaves me surprisingly (or not so much) emotional

[please note: the warner bros release of the new deathly hallows trailer today warrants this sort of emotion and this sort of blogpost--ya hear that? it's justified, people.]

i don't know what to do.

obviously i am thrilled to see the films and expect they'll be just as spectacular as the rest have been, but, but....

what can be said about the end of characters (& a cast) i was raised on???

[oh hayy cuties. nice chest hair, daniel. emma, i forgive you for your six-head. rupert you're a ginger but i love you anyway--you should consider yourself very lucky.]

[side note: emma watson is presently a rising sophomore at brown university. the thrilling part of this is that she walked onto the rowing team at brown as a freshman & actually began training as a coxswain. unfortunately she quit early on but, I WAS SO CLOSE TO POTENTIALLY COXING NEXT TO EMMA WATSON IN AN NCAA RACE]

from age 7 to 16 (MY CHILDHOOD) the harry potter books were my world. a new one was released every few summers for me to guzzle down in a day (& sometimes late night) of fervent reading, and from age 10-20 the films will continue that thrilling saga for me.

but what happens when that saga comes to an end? when there is no more sense of comfort & anticipation for the next book or movie or even movie trailer??

all i can glean from this is that....come july 2011....i think i'll finally have to grow up. the end of harry potter = the end of an era.