Wow, just found this thread...
Name (that you go by): Lynn, Lynnie, Lynnard, Mom, Grandma...
Age: let's just say that if I were Frodo, I'd be leaving for Valinor next year with Gandalf.
Occupation: customer service rep for major insurance carrier
Future Aspirations: to retire and still afford my current lifestyle
Goal in life: to be a reflection of Christ's love
Short term goals: make it to Rivendell before the release of TTT
Passion: Christ, my Redeemer
Hobbies: reading, hiking, camping, watching movies, reading and posting on the Barrow Downs and other LotR sites
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): homemade salsa (hey, I'm from Texas!)
Fave book: LotR & anything else by Tolkien, anything by **** (system edit--just think diminutive for Richard) Francis, the Thomas Covenant double-trilogy by Donaldson, the Left Behind series by Jenkins/LaHaye, Maeve Binchey, early Robert Ludlum, Star Trek:TNG, DS9 & Voyager, and too many others to mention...
Fave movie: FotR, TTT, the 4 Star Trek:TNG movies, On Golden Pond, Shrek, and the HBO movie version of Greater Tuna.
Fave sport: soccer, equestrian events
Fave store: Half-Price Books, Barnes & Noble, Elf-Mart (or Wal-Mart to non-Tolkien people)
Fave music: Michael W. Smith, Third Day, Chris Rice, Hillsongs Praise, Steven Curtis Chapman, The Chieftains, John Denver, Bob Dylan, Bob Seger...
What you can't stand: rush-hour traffic
What you plain dislike: Jerry Springer & others of his ilk; & mindless reality-TV shows
Who you admire: ordinary people who perform extraordinary deeds when required by circumstances
What you most love to do: spend time with family and friends (both IRL friends & cyber-friends), read
Your self-confessed flaws: impatience & procrastination
What intrigues/fascinates you: all aspects of Middle-Earth and its inhabitants
What scares you: snakes, spiders, scorpions, and other such critters...
Quotation to live by: "Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world"
Additional comments: Even after 37 years of reading LotR & The Hobbit, the world of Middle-Earth is still as wondrous as it was the first time I visited. Only now, I'm not visiting...I'm going home & spending time with close family & treasured friends.
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"It's impossible to have Frodo without Sam, or Sam without Frodo. They're like two halves of one heart..."
"If your hurts grieve you still and the memory of your burden is heavy, then you may pass into the West..."
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