You’ll like Asian pears. They’re very sweet and crisp. 🙂
Year: 2002
Rings Thing
StandardThe Council of Elrond: Could it have gone differently? Is there another choice that could have been made?
Well, the elves might have tried to keep a closer eye on Gollum 
lol. But then lovely Lego wouldn’t be there! Haha. I wonder if the Ring could have passed to someone else, I wonder what would have happened if they hadn’t argued. If an Elf carried the ring, would there have been such turmoil? You can tell where my loyalties lie.
I guess I think that with the way Tolkien wrote the story there really wasn’t another option. I mean, the Ring couldn’t be destroyed by conventional means, so it would have to get to Mordor, and it appears that the only ones who could resist it (partially anyway) were the hobbits. So as much as I’d rather not like the hobbits, I think it worked out rather well.
Only one little kid recognized my carving of Legolas in my pumpkin last night. Ah well 
I thought it was cool. I’ll post a pic, eventually
Friday Five (.org)
1. Were you raised in a particular religious faith? Evangelical Presbyterian.
2. Do you still practice that faith? Why or why not? Sort of. I still go to church, the same church I’ve been going to for 22 years, but I couldn’t tell you what the main precepts of Presbytery are.
3. What do you think happens after death? Heaven.
4. What is your favorite religious ritual (participating in or just observing)? The candlelight service on Christmas Eve, and singing the Hallelujah Chorus at Easter.
5. Do you believe people are basically good? I’d like to think that. Life would be worse, I think, if people didn’t have a base of goodness inside them.
Happy Halloween!
StandardHere’s your treat: Boo!
and to make you laugh:
A man was walking home alone one night when he heard a BUMP…BUMP…BUMP… behind him. Walking faster, he looked back, making out an image of an upright coffin banging its way down the middle of the street towards him…BUMP…BUMP…BUMP…
The man began to run towards his home, and the coffin bounced quickly after him, faster…faster…BUMP …BUMP …BUMP. He ran up to his door, fumbled with his keys, opened the door, rushed in, and locked the door behind him. However, the coffin crashed through his door, with the lid of the coffin flapping…BUMP…BUMP…BUMP… on the heels of the terrified man.
Rushing upstairs to the bathroom, the man locked himself inside. His heart was pounding. With a CRASH, the coffin broke down the door and came slowly towards him. The man screamed and reached for something, anything…All he could find was a box of cough drops!
Desperate, he threw the cough drops at the coffin ……and…of…course,…the coffin stopped!
1. Apples or pears? Apples. I really don’t like pears. Too mushy.
2. Oranges or grapefruit? Oranges. But ruby red grapefruits aren’t bad.
3. Broccoli or cauliflower? Broccoli. It’s almost the only green stuff I’ll eat 🙂
4. Green beans or lima beans? Green beans, of course. Ugh. lima beans=bad.
5. Winter or summer squash? ummm, I try to avoid squash. B ut I like pumpkin pie, so I guess I’ll go with winter.
6. Blueberries or strawberries? Strawberries. Or strawbehries, for those of you know know what I’m talking about…
7. Tomatoes or potatoes? Potatoes. I only like tomatoes when they’re in sauce.
8. Peaches or plums? Peaches. Juicy ones.
9. Peas or carrots? Carrots. Although peas aren’t as horrendous as they used to be.
10. Asparagus or corn? Corn, definitely. I don’t like the squishiness of asparagus.
Innocent – Our Lady Peace
Title: Innocent
Album: Gravity
Oh, Johnny wishes he was famous
Spends his time alone in the basement
With Lennon and Cobain and
A guitar and a stereo
And while he wishes he could escape this
But it all seems so contagious
Not to be yourself and faceless
And a song that has no soul
I remember feeling low
I remember losing hope
And I remember all the feelings and the day they stopped
We are, we are all innocent
We are all innocent
We are, we are…
We are, we are all innocent
We are all innocent
We are, we are…
tina’s losing faith in what she knows
hates her music, hates all of her clothes
thinks of surgery and a new nose
every calorie’s a war
while she wishes she was a dancer
and that she’d never heard of cancer
she wishes god would give her some answers
and make her feel beautiful
I remember feeling low
I remember losing hope
I remember all the feelings and the day they stopped
We are, we are all innocent
We are all innocent
We are, we are…
We are, we are all innocent
We are all innocent
We are, we are…
One day, you’ll have to let it go
You?ll have to let it go
No…
One day, you’ll stand up on your own
You’ll stand up on your own
Remember losing hope
Remember feeling low
Remember all the feelings and the day they stopped
We are, we are all innocent
We are all innocent
We are, we are…
We are, we are all innocent
We are all innocent
We are, we are…
We are (one day), we are all innocent
We are all innocent (you’ll have to let it go)
We are, we are (you’ll have to let it go, no..)
We are (one day), we are all innocent
We are, we are (you’ll stand up on your own)
We are, we are all innocent (you?ll stand up on your own..)
We are, we are all innocent
He is soo good looking. I want an elf. I’ll have to settle for writing Faldor. PS: there’s more of Decadence, if you hunger for more…
Rings Thing from a few weeks ago…
StandardDo you think Aragorn would have tried to reclaim the throne of Gondor had the Ring not come along?
Probably not. I mean, he was all happy to be in exile, he chose it, and he could have had Arwen with fewer problems, I’m thinking. Course, if he was destined to become king, then I think something else would have pushed him towards kingship. Some other evil, some other conflict would come up. That’s the way of the world, any world. Even Middle Earth.
I had one of those wonderful connection moments with TMC last night in the shower. You know the times when bits and pieces of the story come together to make something whole. I had to finish showering quickly and keep repeating the story to myself so I wouldn’t forget. Then I sat in the bathroom with a pad of paper and wrote it down. Man it’s messy, cause I was writing so quickly. Part of the problem was that I see things in images…and it’s a bit difficult to write down images. esp when you just have this glimpse. Ah well. I think I managed enough. One day TMC is gonna be really cool.
And I just lost a paragraph of Decadence. I hate it when the comp freezes… sigh. It’ll come back to me. Be sure to check here for periodic updates to Decadence. I’m trying to write at least a paragraph a day. Eventually I’ll get to do that for TMC too. Someday, grasshopper…
It bugs me that I can’t share it with all of you. It would majorly spoil some plotlines.
