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Rosa Underhill · 02-23-2002, 10:55 AM

Well, the truth is, Maril, I can't spell your name. I highlighted it, cut it and pasted it into my post! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

I'm a bit too close to Middle-earth to be able to take such humor very lightly. Sometimes I can, though. Also, I have foul memories of dirty and immature middle-school jokes concerning the subject, so it's a sore spot for me still. If I were closer to the person I used to be, I have no doubt that I'd find the whole situation endlessly funny.

As a writer, I find myself being inspired by Middle-earth more than anything has inspired me. So it's close to my heart in that way also. But I've always tended to feel that reading and writing was more essential to me than just exercising imagination; it's very much a deep part of my existence in an almost spiritual way. (Yeah, I know it sounds odd, but it's true.)

02-23-2002, 10:55 AM	#44
Rosa Underhill Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Waymeet, the Shire Posts: 297	Well, the truth is, Maril, I can't spell your name. I highlighted it, cut it and pasted it into my post! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] I'm a bit too close to Middle-earth to be able to take such humor very lightly. Sometimes I can, though. Also, I have foul memories of dirty and immature middle-school jokes concerning the subject, so it's a sore spot for me still. If I were closer to the person I used to be, I have no doubt that I'd find the whole situation endlessly funny. As a writer, I find myself being inspired by Middle-earth more than anything has inspired me. So it's close to my heart in that way also. But I've always tended to feel that reading and writing was more essential to me than just exercising imagination; it's very much a deep part of my existence in an almost spiritual way. (Yeah, I know it sounds odd, but it's true.) __________________ WWAHD? (What would a Hobbit do?)