User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4154489-20110716071026

Harry Potter has embedded itself within our generation. Before us, there was Star Wars, but now we live in what I currently like to call the Harry Potter Era. Ever since its birth, I personally have been a strong supporter. It’s because of Harry Potter that I became the bibliophile that I have. Ever since I was enchanted by J.K. Rowling's works, I have found myself more and more attached to books. I now have my own bookshelf, hovering at the head of my bed, full to the brim with up to 200 books. Reading is now my life, with Harry Potter at its center. I cannot fully describe in words how much Harry Potter means to me, but upon my bookshelf lies my Harry Potter collection. I have my own broom, 10 wands, Rita Skeeter's quill, 10 actual leather-bound books, official chocolate frog boxes, a honeyduke jar, my ravenclaw uniform, and other knick-knacks of that sort. I LOVE Harry Potter and I just cannot see how I could make it any clearer. As to what Harry Potter specifically means to me: it’s an endless world designed by a genius that offers the children of today and tomorrow infinite imagination and joy. It’s the world everyone wants to live in, but furthermore, it’s a school that everyone wants to be taught in. I remember how devastated I was when I turned eleven and found no extraordinary envelope with my name on it from Hogwarts. Oh how badly I wanted to receive that letter, and how badly I continually want it now. In fact, to this day I still stand by the “I should have gone to Hogwarts, but my letter was sadly lost in the mail” rebuke. I know that it’s silly to desire such things, but what is a fanatic to do. The world of Harry Potter is too appealing, and my desire to walk within it is forever growing. This is one of the many reasons why I personally love Universal Studios. They do what others cannot; they can take words from a book and make it happen. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is an amazing spectacle, and I am just dying to see it in real life. Along with everyone else who lives in the Harry Potter Era, I want to be a part of The Book (not: the book, but: The Book). And by going to Universal Studios, and entering the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, I know I can.