So some of my friends coerced me into going to the Borders release party–the “Grand Hallows Ball”, as they called it–for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (I ordered mine on Amazon precisely so that I could avoid this kind of chaos). I usually avoid trying to be “that guy”… you know, the guy who goes to the midnight release party for a Harry Potter book dressed as Dobby the House Elf.

The handsome Dementor fellow to my right is my buddy, Ben. We got a lot of attention from the kids, which was fun. We posed for a ton of photos with people of all ages.