LOTR madness!

What NOT to do at the next LOTR:
1. Stand up halfway through the movie and yell loudly, "Wait... where the hell is Harry Potter?"
2. Block the entrance to the theater while screaming: "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!" - After the movie, say "Lucas could have done it better."
3. At some point during the movie, stand up and shout: "I must go! Middle Earth needs me!" and run and try to jump into the screen. After bouncing off, return quietly to your seat.
4. Play a drinking game where you have to take a sip every time someone says: "The Ring."
5. Point and laugh whenever someone dies.
6. Ask the nearest ring-nut if he thinks Gandalf went to Hogwarts
7. Finish off every one of Elrond's lines with "Mr. Anderson."
8. When Aragorn is crowned king, stand up and at the top of your lungs sing, "And I did it.... MY way...!"
9. At the end, complain that Gollum was offensive to Ethiopians
10. Talk like Gollum all through the movie. At the end, bite off someone's finger and fall down the stairs.
11. When Shelob appears, pinch the guy in front of you on the back of the neck.
12. Dress up as old ladies and reenact "The Battle of Helms Deep" Monty Python style.
13. When Denethor lights the fire, shout "Barbecue!"
14. Ask people around you who they think is the next "Terminator" sent from the Middle Earth of the future to assassinate Frodo Baggins
15. In TTT when the Ents decide to march to war, stand up and shout "RUN FOREST, RUN!"
16. Every time someone kills an Orc, yell: "That's what I'm Tolkien about!" See how long it takes before you get kicked out of the theatre.
17. During a wide shot of a battle, inquire, "Where's Waldo?"
18. Talk loudly about how you heard that there is a single frame of a nude Elf hidden somewhere in the movie.
19. Start an Orc sing-a-long.
20. Come to the premiere dressed as Frankenfurter and wander around looking terribly confused.

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And, now. The weekend. YAY!

Ye olde Friday Five. Courtesy of fridayfive.org

1. List five things you'd like to accomplish by the end of the year.
-Find a new job. I need the change.
-Pay off my fragging Visa card (I think I might be able to wipe it out w/ this payment)
-Add two more items to this list. ;-)

2. List five people you've lost contact with that you'd like to hear from again.
-Laura. A friend that I used to work with. We still have some email/IM contact, but it is VERY infrequent.

That's about it. All the people I want to talk to, I do.

3. List five things you'd like to learn how to do.
-Knit
-Speak Hawaiian
-Dance (swing, ballroom, hula)
-Sing (ON key)
-Be a professional-quality masseuse

4. List five things you'd do if you won the lottery (no limit).
Well, after I fainted... :-)
-Get two really nice houses in BC. One in the lower mainland, and one off away from civilization as a getaway home
-Buy some nice cars. Don't know which ones, but I'd get a few different ones
-Go on a round-the-world trip
-Make sure that my friends have enough money to lead a VERY comfortable life
-Invest some money so that I always have some. Just in case

5. List five things you do that help you relax.
-Go for a drive to nowhere specific
-Cuddle with T
-Read
-Play games on the computer or XBox
-Drink tea

We interrupt your regularly scheduled blog...

Normally, I would be posting my horoscope in this space.
However, it is so fragging stupid that it isn't worth it. Hell, I'm not even going to link to it!
If you want to read it, find it yourself. :-)

Anyways, tomorrow (most likely) I'll update about the past weekend.

In Flanders Fields - A reply

I found out today that somebody wrote a poem called 'Reply to Flanders Fields'.
It is an excellent response to the words of John McCrae. I urge you to read it.

Reply to Flanders Fields

by John Mitchell

Oh! sleep in peace where poppies grow;
The torch your falling hands let go
Was caught by us, again held high,
A beacon light in Flanders sky
That dims the stars to those below.
Your are our dead, you held the foe,
And ere the poppies cease to blow,
We'll prove our faith in you who lie
In Flanders Fields.

Oh! rest in peace, we quickly go
To you who bravely died, and know
In other fields was heard the cry,
For freedom's cause, of you who lie,
So still asleep where poppies grow,
In Flanders Fields.

As in rumbling sound, to and fro,
The lightning flashes, sky aglow,
The mighty hosts appear, and high
Above the din of battle cry,
Scarce heard amidst the guns below,
Are fearless hearts who fight the foe,
And guard the place where poppies grow.
Oh! sleep in peace, all you who lie
In Flanders Fields.

And still the poppies gently blow,
Between the crosses, row on row.
The larks, still bravely soaring high,
Are singing now their lullaby
To you who sleep where poppies grow
In Flanders Fields.

Lest we forget.

Flander's Fields

In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe;
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch, be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

John McCrae 1872 - 1918

Wha? An update with more than a horoscope?

Who woulda' thunk it? Not I...

Let's start off with the usual horoscope stuff.
Capricorn:With fiery planets giving you extra spunk, you're cockier than the Florida Marlins. You know you rule, and you're not shy about advertising that fact. Your ego has gone from "Kid's Meal" to "Biggie Size," practically overnight. But if you're not careful, jealous types will have their revenge on you. Beware the cell phone user who has upgraded to picture phone. That unsightly view of you scratching yourself in the coffee line could make its way across the Internet in sixty seconds. Will you end up starring in your own Itchy and Scratchy Show?

Ego problems? I'm WAY too perfect for something like that to happen to me. ;-)

Now, for more of an update!

Yesterday: Hung out with 'T' for a couple of hours. We met for tea, then wandered around the farmer's market and Whyte Ave. I got an absolutely WONDERFUL sweater from this little clothing shop. It's comfy, and looks fabulous! 'T' likes it. *g* The Kid said it looks good on me, too.
Went to a co-worker's going away party. We went out for an evening of dinner theatre. The play was 'Indiana Bones and the *something that I forget*'. The dinner was great (especially the cheesecake for dessert!). The play was outstanding! The actors were so much fun! I definitely want to go to something like this again.

Today: Spent the afternoon and evening with 'T'. I had a WONDERFUL time with him. We went and saw Matrix: Revolutions. If you have not seen it, GO. NOW. If you have seen it, GO. AGAIN. NOW. After the movie, we hung out watching some tv. It made for a great day. :-)

G'nite!

Horoscope time has arrived again.

Capricorn: This week, if someone asks you what you think, you'll respond "I'm not sure." It's the last year of Friends. Do you think the spinoff will suck? "I'm not sure." Is General Wesley Clark a good guy or a representative from The Dark Side of the Force? "I'm not sure." With "conservative" pinhead Rush Limbaugh admitting he's a drug addict, is irony not alive and well? "I'm not sure." It's rare for you to be this annoying. Fortunately, it won't last long.

Me? Annoying? Never! ;-)