My first lol of the day

[cleolinda]

Okay, this is hilarious in its brilliance: The Leaky Cauldron now has its own social network, MyLeaky. If you've ever had any kind of account to leave comments on the news articles or the Leaky Lounge message boards, all you have to do is log in and you're good to go. Then you can go to your profile page and choose your Hogwarts house (you only get to choose once, and then it's permanent) and your patronus (you can change this. After a moment of perplexity, I realized that it was my destiny to have an omgwtfpolarbear). And stuff you do on the site then earns your house points. They're also letting wizard rock bands upload music, the way bands can on MySpace, so that'll be fun. And of course there's groups for just about everything, or there will be--it's like, everyone's got Harry Potter in common to start with, but I also just found a Neil Gaiman fans group, and there's writers in general, I saw an Avatar: The Last Airbender group, all kinds of stuff. And I set up a Movies in Fifteen Minutes group--I felt horribly presumptuous doing it, but Melissa's got one for her book, and it might be fun to post a (future, hypothetical) Order of the Phoenix in Fifteen Minutes there first. If I ever get around to it. You know.

(You also get to answer profile questions like which HP book is your favorite and which HP movie and which HP ship, and... I'm still trying to figure that last one out, although I'm so vanilla that whatever I put will probably enrage people. LUPIN/TONKS OMG HOW COULD YOU?? This is not even to speak of Harry/Ginny.)

By the way, if you don't already have some kind of account at the Leaky Cauldron, and you don't mind Ravenclaw getting 20 points for it, direct-message me here with your name and email (I mean, I don't need your real name, just what you want me to put on the invitation) and I'll send you a referral. You can join without one and you can join whichever house you want whether I refer you or not. And I'll friend everyone back regardless.

ETA: Wait, I tell you what--I'll screen comments on this entry and you can leave your email here, and I'll unscreen any comment that doesn't have an email in it if you want to just comment normally.

Comments

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Sure thing--I'll screen this comment.

[sneaky-minx.livejournal.com]

Oh that is just adorable!

Also, RAVENCLAW 4EVA! (Also, Heather Nova 4eva, too!)

[r-a-black.livejournal.com]

Did they just start that? I know Mugglenet has something very similar, though Leaky's sounds a bit cooler what with the points system and what not.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, apparently they're just debuting it this week.

[hopeandmemory.livejournal.com]

i saw this yesterday and joined, actually. not sure how much i'll actually use it, but it'll be nice to get new wizard rock downloads, if the opportunity ever arises. (i kind of love draco and the malfoys.) and hey, there's nothing wrong with a little self-promotion. if melissa can do it, so can you.

(also, go ravenclaw! :D)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't tend to spend a lot of time on social network sites per se, but I'll try anything out once.

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

OK, I totally have to go do this later today. FUN.

Now, if only I wasn't conflicted re: what house to choose. Ravenclaw or Gryffindor...

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I KNOW! So much fun.

[hercurvestofear.livejournal.com]

I never had a leaky account before, but I have to admit I opened Leaky for my daily news check and I got stupid excited about this. I've already joined up and can't wait to start exploring. My profile is already flying the Hufflepuff flag. lol

[bleakwinters.livejournal.com]

Oh man! My one chance to jump up and go SLYTHERIN and I now I'm actually pondering Ravenclaw. Damn. When did all this change?

Also, why does it tempt me to join? What the hell would I use it for? D: Decisions, decisions!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Hey, don't let me sway you, you can choose any house you want whether I refer you or not. I feel like both Slytherin and Hufflepuff get a bad rap.

Re: God, I feel like such a dork

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I don't think it'll actually force you to use the name I send--it's more of a "Hi, Jane, would you like to join?" I mean, I don't know, but that's my guess. Can you tell from the invite I already sent?

[rundancefreak.livejournal.com]

and it might be fun to post a (future, hypothetical) Order of the Phoenix in Fifteen Minutes there first.



THIS!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Hee, yeah. I would post it on the m15m comm, of course. But I might let MyLeaky people have it a day early or something.

[scornedsaint.livejournal.com]

omg I really want to but at the same time I need to not be more distracted than I already am considering I have a 30 page paper to present by April.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Hi hi!

[inksplotched.livejournal.com]

Melissa joined the m15m group, nice!

[mollywobbles867.livejournal.com]

You don't have to register all over again? That's good. I'll just login like I do on the lounge, then. *hides fit she had over it yesterday*

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Joined! Both the MyLeaky and the m15m group! I just need to pick my avatar now...

[lunylucy.livejournal.com]

Sent you a friending request. I'm lunylucy :)

[lilyofshalott]

Can't.Resist. Even though I probably should, hee!

WHICH HOUSE TO CHOOSE?? I think of myself as sort of a Gryffinpuff, really.

[sherrilina.livejournal.com]

Lol, though I am not a Leaky fan that is kind of a funny idea--and woot, go Ravenclaw indeed! :D I think I already have an account for comments and stuff, otherwise I would totally try to contribute to Ravenclaw (the house I would join too if I joined this!) by receiving a referral...;)

And LUPIN/TONKS OMG HOW COULD YOU?? :p (Seriously though, what HP ships do NOT cause controversy? ;) I can't think of a single one....)

[huehau.livejournal.com]

Arthur/Molly? I've seen people discuss the dynamics of their marriage but I don't think I've ever seen anyone suggest that either one should have married someone else, at least not seriously.

[gwynnywonk.livejournal.com]

Woo, thanks! This is going to be seriously entertaining.

I made a James Bond fan group, and an Etsy Addict group. I feel bad for group-spamming but they HAD to be made.

But they wouldn't let me set my "ship" preference to Whomping Willow/Giant Squid! WHAT IS UP WITH THAT.

[roseredhoofbeat.livejournal.com]

AWESOMESAUCE.

[ailaes.livejournal.com]

Oh dear.

My friend and I are shaking our heads at the Mugglenet one. I'm almost tempted to do this, but I'm already a myspacewhore who has too many apps as it is.

It's so tempting though...

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Theoretically it was on sale in Australian shops, but the hardback edition may have sold out by now. The paperback on Amazon may be the best bet now:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cut-Movies-Fifteen-Minutes-Gollancz/dp/0575079894/

[maggie-qow.livejournal.com]

I was wary of HarryPotter!Facebook at first, but it's sort of neat. As soon as I found the Growing Up Cullen group, I was sold. I don't know quite how useful it is yet, though I really like the potential for wizard rock bands. We'll see how all of it turns out. At the very least, it's a genius way to promote the Leaky brand (because that's really what it is).

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Oh, of course. But like I always say, I'll try anything once, and it's a great way for Leaky to tie together all the stuff they do, to give each user a home page destination with links to everything, essentially.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

You might want to hold off on choosing for now--I hear they're working on a sorting quiz/FAQ to help people.

[cosmob.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've got an account over there, though I don't know if I would have joined if I hadn't already had a a Lounge account. It seems sort of pointless, but at the same time weirdly fun. I went through in the wee sma's and joined a handful of groups. And I had to join your group, too, though now my groups do not make even columns, onoz!

So, yay for silliness. And yay for random shots of Professor Sprout and grainy Ernie MacMillan and... a dog? in the Hufflepuff layout.

[maramala.livejournal.com]

Just use my LJ name for the invite. ;)

...I wonder what your Dollen roomies would think about this.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm gonna need a Luna Lovegood doll, that's for sure.