Below are the 20 most recent journal entries recorded in Lexicon Steve's LiveJournal:

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Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
11:10 am	Update: possible change of schedule  The video shoot might be moved to Tuesday now. More when I hear back. Sorry about the confusion ... (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
3:23 pm	Something fun on a Friday morning Calling West Michigan Potter fans and friends of fans! Can you help out on a video shoot this Friday at 10am? Even if you can't be there, please pass the word to the Potter fans you know who might want to be part of this fun project. Have them email me at steve.lexicon@gmail.com for details. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, April 9th, 2009
4:52 pm	Steve's Britain tour schedule Here's where I'll be and when. Please come on out, say hello, celebrate Harry Potter with me! Oxford 18 April Saturday 3.30 pm Borders  9 Magdalen Street London 19 April Sunday 3.00 pm Book Release Party Cochrane Theatre Southampton Row Bristol 21 April Tuesday 5.30 pm Borders Clifton Promenade 48-56 Queens Road Birmingham 22 April Wednesday 6.00 pm Borders Bullring Shipping Centre Cambridge 23 April Thursday 6.00 pm Borders 12-13 Market Street Edinburgh 24 April Friday 6.00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop 52-63 South Bridge Edinburgh 25 April Satruday 1.00 pm Borders Fort Kinnaird Retail Park Newcraighall Road (15 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
3:13 pm	PLEASE COME to the Book Release Party in London! PARTY PARTY (just to get your attention) I would love to see everyone at the Lexicon Book Release Party on the 19th of April. The event starts at 3 pm at the Cochrane Theatre, Southampton Row WC1B 4AP, London. This will be a great chance to see you all, so please be there! I'll only be in Britain for two weeks this time around, and a good portion of that time will be touring around the country for book signings (Bristol, Cambridge, Oxford, Edinburgh, London/Islington, Birmingham). So please be at the party if you possibly can, and let people know, will you? Pass the word!! Steve Current Mood: excited Current Music: smooth jazz (11 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, December 25th, 2008
12:32 pm	Merry Christmas Happy holidays, everyone! I hope you have plenty of celebrating and good times with friends and family, and an exciting and blessed 2009. I'm looking forward to a lot of travelling to promote the Lexicon book over the next few months, so I'm hoping to see a lot of you along the way. Steve (13 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
1:09 pm	foolishness  T-Mobile just spent 42 cents to send me a bill for 37 cents. I expect I should write them a check and send it right away. Wouldn't want a late fee on that. Yeah. Steve (excitedly busy today) Current Music: cool jazz (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, November 24th, 2008
1:16 pm	In Search of Harry Potter I am very excited to let you all know that my book In Search of Harry Potter is finally published after some delays with page layouts and finalising the cover with Rowling's lawyers. I've been told that it's turning up in shops in London, and so some of you owe me some photos (you know who you are). From what I’ve been told, it could be in the stores in the US in just a few weeks. In the meantime, it’s available from Amazon. I’ve had quite a few questions about the book, so I’ve put together a page about it which I hope will be helpful. I've tried to give some idea of what the book is about. I'm looking into publishing an excerpt as well, but I have to clear that with the publicity people at Methuen.  The book is hardcover and illustrated with colour photographs and maps (photos by me, cover and maps by Camilla Engelby). It's a first-person account of my exploration of Britain looking for places which would evoke the magic and excitement of places in the Harry Potter books. How close could I come to the Wizarding world? Surprisingly close. Along the way, I discovered some wonderful local lore, ghost stories, legends, unusual customs and the like, and I've included a lot of that in the book as well. Current Mood: working Current Music: 'Stardust', stuck in my head (29 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, September 21st, 2008
11:31 am	Contacting me Recently, some of my friends have been receiving unwanted and annoying phone calls from members of the press, trying to get in contact with me. This is definitely not appreciated. One friend has had to change her phone number several times to avoid these kinds of calls, but is still receiving them. To avoid this kind of harassment, I’ve created an email account which can be used to contact me directly. The address is steve.lexicon@googlemail.com. Please use this method of reaching me and do not call my friends and family, as they will not be willing to talk to you and will not put you in touch with me. Steve (Comment on this)
Sunday, August 31st, 2008
8:28 am	Still waiting ... The Lexicon is still in transition. I am so sorry for the inconvenience. We're working on getting the problem fixed. In the meantime, the site is still there. Here are two ways to access the Lexicon during this extremely frustrating down time: Replace the domain (www.hp-lexicon.info) with the IP, which is 69.61.53.28 Search Google and add the word Lexicon to your search (e.g. rictusempra lexicon) and then go to their cached version of the page. I hope that we'll have this problem sorted out soon, and I really apologise to everyone. Steve (Comment on this)
Friday, August 29th, 2008
11:52 am	Lexicon outage Many people have contacted me about the Lexicon being down. I'm sorry about that. We're in the process of transferring the domain and the DNS hasn't changed yet. Hopefully we'll be back up soon. Steve (13 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
11:33 am	two requests Does anyone have Queen's 'Sheer Heart Attack'? I have every other Queen album except that one, inexplicably. And it's my favourite. I have the CD and the LP (and possibly even the 8-track) back in the States, but that doesn't do me much good here. (N.B. Not the SONG 'Sheer Heart Attack', which is actually on the album 'News of the World' and several of the live albums). There are times when a song like 'Dear Friends' is exactly what is needed... I'll be in London on Tuesday for meetings with the publishers, probably in the morning. I'm going to the meetup in the evening. Anyone care to get together for lunch/tea/drinks/coffee at some point during the afternoon? Current Mood: moody Current Music: 'Love of my Life' (Queen) (17 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
11:07 am	earthquake We had an earthquake in London last night. I was just finishing up my work on the Lexicon for the night, about 1 am, when everything started to shake very gently. Funny, I knew almost immediately what it was. I'm not sure how I knew, since the shaking wasn't all that strong -- just enough to make little ripples in my coffee cup and make me glance down at my chair (not sure why I looked at my chair...what did I expect to see?). My first impression was that it was the neighbours, but right after that realized what it really was. What is it about an earthquake that feels different from, say, a truck rumbling by? The lack of the sound of a truck, maybe. An earthquake does feel different, though. At any rate, it lasted about ten seconds and it was pretty cool. They say that London is a city that has everything. I guess they're right. Current Mood: bouncy Current Music: Moulin Rouge soundtrack (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, January 28th, 2008
11:29 pm	Seriously cool toy Check out this cool new technology: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid713271701?bclid=713073346&bctid=709364416 I want one. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
2:17 am	Well, I'm off and running with another show. This time it's "Seussical: The Musical" and I've spent the better part of the last two days designing the show with the music director and choreographer. Now it's way too late at night (again) and I still have to work out the details of one more production number and assign actors to be part of the Circus McGurkus scene. Remind me why I do this... Of course, the set will include two mini-trampolines, rope ladders dangling from the balcony, and a hydrolic lift to raise the Cat in the Hat out of a trapdoor in the stage, so how cool is that. Steve in theatre director mode Current Mood: creative Current Music: Seussical soundtrack (9 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, November 25th, 2006
7:34 pm	Set Report...sort of! Okay, you all know that I visited the sets of the Order of the Phoenix film some weeks back. I and all the other press members who were along signed a media embargo at that time which forbade us from talking about it until next July. One exception was that we could publish a teaser report when the first trailer came out. Well, the trailer is out...and so is my teaser report. I have so much more I wish I could tell you, but that will have to wait. If you'd like to read what I can tell you so far, check it out here: http://www.hp-lexicon.org/about/films/lex-op-set-teaser.html Steve ps Thanks to Elanor for editing... Current Mood: bemused Current Music: none...gotta find something to listen to (11 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, November 20th, 2006
1:47 am	I joke about that fact that I shouldn't be allowed to use power tools. I proved that fact Saturday morning. Apparently, if you hold a hedge trimmer in just the wrong place, then plug it in and accidentally press the little button, it rips some rather nasty holes in your fingers. Now you know. On a vaguely related note, did you know that duct tape makes a very servicable bandage? Steve always useful as a negative example Current Mood: loved Current Music: "I'd Really Love To See You Tonight" (11 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, September 17th, 2006
12:09 am	In a few days I'll be in London, visiting the sets of the Order of the Phoenix. I've heard that it's possible that I will be given the opportunity to interview some of the cast members. I would love to have some really good questions to ask them, something that they haven't been asked a thousand times before. Any suggestions? I hope I get rid of this cold before then. Figures... Steve Current Mood: sick Current Music: "Have You Really Ever Loved A Woman" - Bryan Adams (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, September 5th, 2006
9:17 pm	Well, it's been ages since I've posted. For a teacher, this time of year is really crazy. I know, I know, you all are saying "Don't complain, you get summers off!" And that's true. But even so, getting back into the swing of school is just plain exhausting. I have to get up so early and everything. And do work and stuff. It's hard. Okay, fine, you don't feel the least bit sorry for me. And you REALLY won't feel sorry for me when I tell you that I'm going to London in a few weeks to visit the Order of the Phoenix sets. Warner contacted me a week ago and invited me, out of the blue. Can you imagine? I am so excited, I can't even tell you. And yes, they're paying for it, the whole trip. Amazing. I will be writing a set visit report, of course, and we'll post it on the Lexicon as soon as Warner gives the green light to publish. *happy dance* Current Mood: busy Current Music: "Kiss The Girl" - Little Mermaid soundtrack (12 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, August 15th, 2006
9:19 am	I get email quite often from people who wonder why we don't work harder on the Lexicon. Sometimes they've sent an email to us pointing out an error that we still haven't fixed or maybe they have been wondering why the new maps of Britain aren't complete when we've been working on them for months. What they don't realize is that a lot of the work we've been doing lately hasn't been visible. We've been working on a number of projects which are all part of a long-term upgrade to the whole site. These projects have required a lot of planning and organization in order to make sure they're going to fit together as the whole site changes. One of these new projects is the Remembrall search tool which Clint created. If you haven't had a chance to try it, go to the Lexicon and click on search. It's really very cool. Another of these projects is the new timeline which some of you had a chance to see in Copenhagen and which I described in one of my talks at Lumos. I would love to put out a beta version for you all to play with, but we're still working on a few things. Watch for this soon. Yet another new feature is the new What's New page, which went live yesterday. Since it's blogged, you can add comments and subscribe to the RSS feed. I've asked my staff to post often, even if "what's new" isn't some huge earth-shattering new thing. I think it will be interesting for all of you to get a glimpse of the work that they do as they edit and change and add and consider new information for the Lexicon. It also gives users a chance to share their insights and expertise. I just read some of the comments about St Mungos. They add so much depth and additional information. That's the kind of interaction that is a natural fit with the Lexicon. Steve Current Mood: antsy Current Music: Rhapsody on a Theme by Pagnini (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, August 11th, 2006
10:54 am	Is it really August 11 already? Seems like my summer just got started, what with doing Pride and Prejudice in June and traveling all over the world in July. I really should be working on school things, getting ready to start my year and all that. Instead I'm just working in the yarrd and managing the Lexicon team and sleeping in later than I should. And I'm okay with that. What I'm NOT okay with is the British press. I've been burned twice. Never again. So if you're a reporter for a British newspaper, bite me. Steve Current Mood: intending to get going... Current Music: "Solace" - Scott Joplin (10 Comments |Comment on this)