(252) Getting real

Circa 2:30 a.m. on June 24th 2009 I was seriously thinking about putting something on Facebook about the cute, minor coincidences of my names being Harold James and Harry Potter´s names being Harry James with us sharing the same surname initial, too.
Also, due to a fall down the stairs on May 18th 2009 I had acquired a similar zigzag mark on the right forehead, the same place as his!

I had already posted a small reference to those on Twitter on June 15th 2009 -

Last dressing off... got a true Harry James Potter scar now.. and in the same place. Just as well my name´s Harold James Plaskett...!?¿10:06 AM Jun 15th

A few minutes later my wife, who had recently returned home from a concert, shouted out that she had just noticed that amongst those who had begun to follow her on Twitter during her three hour evening out was none other than the actor who plays the boy wizard: Daniel Radcliffe! (... or someone masquerading as him!?)

And this without her having herself followed him first... Also, just shortly before I had been looking at an article in which Harry´s future wife says she is thinking about quitting acting -
Acting? I think I've had enough, says Harry Potter star, Emma Watson Mail Online
The 19-year-old said that she does not have a 'burning passion' for acting and that might give up her film career once she finishes playing Harry's school chum, Hermione.´
As Fiona had reciprocated and begun to follow ´Mr Radcliffe´ on Twitter, I did too. I even sent him some direct messages about the coincidences -

@danielradcliffe Just as I am about to put something on Facebook/here re my name being Harold James P. and having acquired the Harry Potter2:41 AM Jun 24th

scar re falling downstairs 5 wks ago, my wife pittkethley , shouts that Daniel Radcliffe himself has become a follower of hers at Twitter!!2:44 AM Jun 24th

@danielradcliffe It´s all in the stars, I tell you http://bit.ly/tEBzH2:47 AM Jun 24th

Then, at 3:20 a.m, as I copied the Daily Mail piece on Ms Watson ready to paste at Facebook, something I had never seen before quite unexpectedly popped up on my computer screen -

http://www.temperaturadelamor.com/
(The site now appears defunct.) The Love Thermometer says "Discover your love"... "Test your love". That prompted me to post further on Twitter -, about how I had just updated details about myself at either Twitter, Facebook or the Internet Chess Club, 

Just after I´d finished this update of personal details 

...and as I went to post that link at Facebook re this coincidence nexus, this crops up on my screen - http://www.temperaturadelamor.com/?3:35 AM Jun 24th

All of it on the theme of GETTING REAL...3:35 AM Jun 24th

The next day I noticed that this ´Daniel Radcliffe´ was now following me on Twitter.
Later on I checked my Statcounter figures and saw that, at 3:33 a.m. on June 24th 2009, i.e. almost contemporaneously with my posting on Twitter about the pulsing Love Thermometer appearing on my screen, someone had entered -

love same part of brain religious experience cat scan

into a search engine and had thus been led to this blog. I looked at the details and saw -

VISITOR ANALYSIS
Country
United States
Region
New York
City
Flushing
... ... ...

It was somebody in Flushing.
...   ...   ...
Lastly, in the early hours of June 26th 2009 I found myself looking at/for stuff about Joan Collins on the net, having just been moved to consult her Wikipedia entry. One was an American TV interview, posted November 2008, with a reference from the interviewer to his looking like what Harry Potter would be in the future.
My wife and I had shared some jokes about, after the scarring, my now being suited to play a mature Harry Potter. And then the interviewer, Harry Smith, mentions that Daniel Radcliffe will be on the show next week!

On August 14th 2009 fellow Harry Potter actor Tom Felton posted on Twitter that, although he was urging Dan Radcliffe to "tweet" he had not yet begun to do so.

i.e. the tweeting Daniel Radcliffe was not the real thing.

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