Didn’t understand the plot of TTT? Too long, too convoluted, too many weird names? Just read this and all will be well 🙂
Author: etoiline
This or That
1. Kleenex or tissue? tissue. usually Puffs, occasionally random brand, sometimes kimwipes from the lab.
2. Soda or pop (or tonic or whatever)? Soda, if I drink carbonated. I’m usually a milk or water drinker though.
3. A sandwich on a long roll: sub or hero (or hoagie or grinder, etc)? Depends. Sometimes I’m in a sub mood, but I usually have sandwiches cause that’s what’s around. Although I’d rather have pasta than any kind of sandwich.
4. Glasses or spectacles? Glasses.
5. TV or television (or boob-tube, or telly, for our friends across the pond)? TV.
6. Movie or film? movie. or show.
7. Sofa or couch? couch.
8. Stove or range? stove.
9. Remote control or clicker? just remote.
10. Supermarket or grocery store? grocery.
losing the farm
StandardChildren: don’t stop dancing…
Believe…
you can fly….away
–Creed, Don’t Stop Dancing
A couple of weeks ago I learned that my grandparents were being bought out of their farm down in Richland Missouri. This is really saddening and disheartening, as I wanted to be able to take my kids there. Course, it’s probably better for my grandparents, health-wise, but this means that most likely they’ll move down to Corning Arkansas where the rest of their relatives live. Farther away from us and no more near the Gasconade river. There’s so much there that I’m going to miss. All the memories, all the places. I’m not sure how much longer they have down there, but it’s not long enough. I love my grandparents.
Nothing I can do about it, though. Life sucks. I still need a job, and this is my last week at the Nolta lab. Ah well. Anyone knowing of job openings, let me know. I should just apply to Borders and school myself to temperance.
PromoGuy’s Monday Mission 3.04
1. Do you care for poetry? Do you have a favorite poem? Care to share some of it? Probably my favorite poem is “The Road Less Travelled” by Robert Frost. I’m sure you know it.Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference.
2. What does it take to “rock your world?” A good book, a good song, making someone smile, winning something.
3. Have you ever done anything that landed you in financial trouble? Has somebody else’s action ever caused you financial ruin? What happened? Can’t think of anything but the fact that I have massive student loan debt…and I’m workin’ on it.
4. Take a stroll down memory lane. There is a song, that every time you hear it, you think of this one person. What’s the song, who is the person, and what memories does it conjure up? Hmm. Spoonman by Soundgarden will always remind me of Chris. As will Let’s make a night to remember by Bryan Adams. Spoonman cause he had a thing for spoons, and the Bryan Adams song cause he didn’t end up taking me to the prom. yeah. Not so great. A song that doesn’t remind me of a person but an…action, I guess: Where the streets have no name by U2. It always makes me think of running, of track, of being first. I still get butterflies when I think of track. God I miss it.
5. I’ve never cared for football, it was never on in the house growing up and I never developed a “taste” for it. But I’ve always felt like I “should”
enjoy it, that I was deficient in some way because I never get excited about things like the Super Bowl (except for the commercials). Are there any occasions when you feel like you are missing out on something that everyone else seems to enjoy? Well, the Super Bowl, unless the Rams are in it, ditto for the World Series and the Cardinals. Even when the Blues are playing though, I could never get into hockey. Don’t know why. Youth Groups. I feel like I should be in one, I feel like it would be good for me, but I just can’t get my mind into that have-fun-while-being-religious mode.
6. A few of the phrases that get under my skin are “take it to the next level” (which was used when I was told why I was being replaced at Fox by
someone who could do that) and “you just don’t get it” (always popular in relationship fights). What phrases “push your buttons” and why? I get called ‘munchkin’ by my mom. Don’t know why, but that just bugs me. I’m sure there’s something more concrete that I’m just not thinking about, but obviously I can’t remember it now. Catch me later.
7. Do you believe in life after death? What do you believe happens when our time is up? We go to Heaven. We hope.
BONUS: Everybody’s talking all this stuff about me why don’t they just let me live? Wouldn’t that be nice? I need an apartment.
Which BIG movie are you?
Thank you, Sara 🙂
heheh. a Legolas smiley.
Rings Thing…a little late
Standard**Of the characters who continued from FOTR, who did you think came off the best as a character, not necessarily as a performance) in TTT?
Did you think anyone got really short-changed?
Did you favorite character(s) change from FOTR to TTT?**
(see the rest of the Ringers… beware of popups)
Well, I do think they developed Aragorn’s character more. And they gave Legolas more lines so I’m happy. He’s no longer just the elf with the bow, he’s got Skilz! I think Faramir did get (short)changed. Probably for the good, we’ll have to wait till we see RotK. I don’t like how he was portrayed but I understand the reasons that PJ and Co made the reversal in character. Legolas changed, of course…he got more screen-time! And he got that nice looking armor and the sword…man I can’t wait till the extended version of TTT, where hopefully we’ll see more of Ginsu Elf and perhaps more orc-killing action? lol.
So I’m working on this blend for the new layout of this site. I guess it looks pretty good. Trying out colorizing and things. But you’ll have to wait for a while till I can get it online, as cleaning my room currently takes up all my time.
For any of you wanting to join the AATE clique: rest assured I got your submission, it’s just gonna be a while cause I’m gonna make a new layout for that site as well. Yay, layout ideas! There’s gotta be someone out there who wants to give me a web design job…maybe once I learn PHP…or not…
The Friday Five
1. What is one thing you don’t like about your body? My stomach pooch.
2. What are two things you love about your body? my strong legs and long fingers.
3. What are three things you want to change about your home? Bigger. More shelves. A greenhouse.
4. What are four books you want to read this year? Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Kushiel’s Avatar, the new Elizabeth Haydon book, and my own 🙂
5. What are five promises you have kept to yourself? graduate. run faster. learn more. get a job (even if it didn’t work out). be good at something. Even if it’s just web design.