Frodo and Bilbo are the bachelor scholars and priests Tolkien grew up around. And the female characters are his mother and wife.
That sounds pretty spot-on.
I didn't create the troll. I didn't date the troll. In fact I hate the troll. I helped deflate the troll-- All done.
Willow ,'Potential'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Gudanov - Jun 06, 2011 3:36:39 am PDT #11524 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Gudanov - Jun 06, 2011 3:39:42 am PDT #11525 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
I've never seen SatC, but then that's true for a lot of TV shows. Aside from Mythbusters and sporting events, TV has pretty much lost my interest.
lisah - Jun 06, 2011 4:39:42 am PDT #11526 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
We had about 300 fans at the bout and they were standing and cheering us until the bitter end.
That's awesome!
My complaints for the day are that the music from the gym downstairs is too loud! Usually we can't hear them at all up here but, today, thumpa thumpa thumpa argh!
And my new glasses don't really work. I went back to talk to them on Saturday about them and, turns out, I really do actually need progressive lenses. So, I sucked it up and ordered them but am wearing the new, non-progressives in the meantime and they are making my head hurt. Wah!
amyth - Jun 06, 2011 4:39:46 am PDT #11527 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Re: my SIL, though I realize a lot of nattering has happened since I posted last night, she won't get any retirement from her company. She'll have access to my brother's pension in 2 1/2 years. It really sucks to be 57 and to have to look for a job for the first time...ever, really. She worked her way up in this company (a small printing company) to the point where she was essentially running it, so she has skills, she knows how to run a business, but she doesn't have a college degree, and finding a job in the current climate at 57 is going to be hard. She needs health insurance, she has two mortgages, etc. She's trying to sell the condo in NH (where my brother would go mountain climbing) but it's not selling.
The upside is that she has her whole family around her on Long Island, so she's not alone. She has some insurance money from my brother, but she doesn't want to touch that if she doesn't have to, yet.
Jesse - Jun 06, 2011 4:44:18 am PDT #11528 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Wow, amyth, that is so incredibly shitty for her.
Strix - Jun 06, 2011 5:01:04 am PDT #11529 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Holy crap, amyth. I wish her loads of -ma.
Theodosia - Jun 06, 2011 5:15:57 am PDT #11530 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Gah for her. (Tell me she doesn't vote Republican currently, please. Although if she did, I would still be sympathetic, I swear.)
Tom Scola - Jun 06, 2011 5:22:55 am PDT #11531 of 30001
They pay me in WOIMS
smonster - Jun 06, 2011 5:32:23 am PDT #11532 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Oh, amyth. I so hate to hear that W is in that situation. I'm glad she has people to support her, and I hope the condo sells soon. Life! Why so shitty sometimes?
amyth - Jun 06, 2011 5:54:56 am PDT #11533 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Yeah, it's totally shitty, and scary, the whole deal. She tried to look on the bright side: "At least this is distracting me from wallowing in grief!" But seriously, it's not fair.
Tell me she doesn't vote Republican currently, please. Although if she did, I would still be sympathetic, I swear.
Ha! She (and her whole family) are totally Republicans. Long Island, all the way. Hardcore Irish Catholic, pro-life, more than a little bit racist, the stuff of extremely cringeworthy family dinners, to say the least. Going to visit reminds me why I ran away (to North Carolina, of all places) 22 years ago. But she's had the Worst Year Ever.
Ugh, Breitbart.