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AbercrombieOfRohan · 02-03-2006, 07:55 PM

Let's see. I took the test on nerdparadise.com and scored approx. 97%. But aside from that, I saw Fellowship 6 times and Two Towers and Return of the King 8 times apiece in theatres (including the midnight showings of TT and ROTK.) I've watched the DVD's countless thousands of times at home and Shelob and I watched a marathon of all the EE's on Tolkien's birthday last year. I've bought all 6 of the DVD's on the day they were released.

I once stood in line for 6 hours and 33 minutes to get to meet Sean Astin. And when I got to meet him, I was so excited that I couldn't even say anything and he told me, "Breathe, just breathe."

That took place at the Lord of the Rings Exhibit at the Museum of Science in Boston. I saw the exhibit three times while it was there and bought an exhorbitant amount of LotR paraphenalia.

I've consistently dressed up as Eowyn for the past 3 years (well, except for this year when I dressed up as Virgil from the Aeneid/ The Inferno.)

Every year over Christmas break I read all of Tolkien's works in chronological order according to their publication date. Hobbit, Silmarillion, HoME, Roverandom. All of them, and I finish on Tolkien's birthday with a special celebration and re-read my favourite passages to anyone foolish enough to listen. Generally that means me, as my family has long since given up hope. I've been doing this since I was 11.

I own 8 copies of the Lord of the Rings, including the shiny new 50th anniversary edition and my dad's really old, really beat up copy from the 70's, but excluding the audio version and the Spanish copy that I got in Spain.

My room is plastered in Tolkien pictures, of him and his wife, and also pictures from the movies and of the various actors (and I may or may not have an Orlando Bloom card-board cutout...

.) I think at last count I was up to around 600 pictures on my walls, which basically guarantees that my room is impervious to the nagging mother, because she's terrified to step foot in it. It's a great defense mechanism I tell you.

I also speak Elvish. I studied it for an entire summer between 9th and 10th grade and was fluent for a time, but my tongue has withered from disuse and I now would probably be able to get around M-E, but it would be trying.

My life =

on general principle.

02-03-2006, 07:55 PM	#32
AbercrombieOfRohan Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 311	Let's see. I took the test on nerdparadise.com and scored approx. 97%. But aside from that, I saw Fellowship 6 times and Two Towers and Return of the King 8 times apiece in theatres (including the midnight showings of TT and ROTK.) I've watched the DVD's countless thousands of times at home and Shelob and I watched a marathon of all the EE's on Tolkien's birthday last year. I've bought all 6 of the DVD's on the day they were released. I once stood in line for 6 hours and 33 minutes to get to meet Sean Astin. And when I got to meet him, I was so excited that I couldn't even say anything and he told me, "Breathe, just breathe." That took place at the Lord of the Rings Exhibit at the Museum of Science in Boston. I saw the exhibit three times while it was there and bought an exhorbitant amount of LotR paraphenalia. I've consistently dressed up as Eowyn for the past 3 years (well, except for this year when I dressed up as Virgil from the Aeneid/ The Inferno.) Every year over Christmas break I read all of Tolkien's works in chronological order according to their publication date. Hobbit, Silmarillion, HoME, Roverandom. All of them, and I finish on Tolkien's birthday with a special celebration and re-read my favourite passages to anyone foolish enough to listen. Generally that means me, as my family has long since given up hope. I've been doing this since I was 11. I own 8 copies of the Lord of the Rings, including the shiny new 50th anniversary edition and my dad's really old, really beat up copy from the 70's, but excluding the audio version and the Spanish copy that I got in Spain. My room is plastered in Tolkien pictures, of him and his wife, and also pictures from the movies and of the various actors (and I may or may not have an Orlando Bloom card-board cutout... .) I think at last count I was up to around 600 pictures on my walls, which basically guarantees that my room is impervious to the nagging mother, because she's terrified to step foot in it. It's a great defense mechanism I tell you. I also speak Elvish. I studied it for an entire summer between 9th and 10th grade and was fluent for a time, but my tongue has withered from disuse and I now would probably be able to get around M-E, but it would be trying. My life = on general principle.