User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-64.138.239.138-20110711043754

When the first movie came out I was 11 and I looked exactly like Harry. Glasses, hair and all. I remember being the coolest kid on the playground when I could balance on the monkeybars and do his one handed snitch grab; from here Harry became my life. I would wait excited for each book to come out, running to Walmart the day, usually at midnight, it came out and being first in line to grab it. Being a little spoiler bugger, when I got the seventh one I looked immediately to the back, much to my mom's displeasure. But Harry Potter has been my inspiration and I feel any kid around my age realizes that just how the cast in the movies grew up, so did we. Even more so, I took my passion for it further and found the books and from there my world transformed. I almost cried when I got rid of my round glasses, trading them for contacts, as they were the one thing that made me look so similar to Harry. I don't think many realize how much this decade of books and movies has impacted some people. Don't think I can even begin to write how much I love Harry Potter and even describe it in words. How each separate character has impacted my life, from brave Harry to devious Malfoy or even how J.K Rowling has inspired me to write my own stories. How I wrote to her in 5th grade and received a signed letter and photo back from her (of which I still have, of course) and how my heart clenched as I realized on July 15th 2011... Harry Potter is complete; at least from her point of view. This story will carry on to be a favorite and a legend in many hearts, most of all mine.