T12 Things to do while Waiting for Deathly Hallows

Top Twelve Things to do while Waiting for Deathly Hallows

12  Reread books one through six.

11  Try on your release-night party costume. Paint on the scar, muss the hair, and make minor adjustments in front of the mirror.

10  Re-reread books one through six.

9   Try on your backup costume in case someone else comes as Harry. Tangle the hair into a big, bushy mess, put in the buck teeth, and practice your "bossy" voice.

8   Close your eyes and recite books one through six by rote.

7   Check your watch. Hope its wrong. Check the clock. Hope its wrong.

6   Frantically browse the Internet for any scrap of news, leaving no link unclicked.

5   Complain about stumbling across a spoiler.

4   Buy earplugs for the trip to the bookstore, coffee and snacks for the all-night read, a kerosene lantern as a contingency for power failure, and a big box of tissue.

3   Check the time online at time.gov. Hope they're wrong. Telephone the Naval Observatory. Get a recorded message addressed to "irritatingly impatient Harry Potter fans."

2   Write out another 'Top Twelve List.'

1   Upgrade your time zone by moving to England.

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