What does it maen to be a tolkien Fan?

I would say that being a Tolkien fan is....
wishing more then anything that it was real. You live more in Middle Earth then in the real world. You dream of being there, you think of being there. Its when you would rather read The Fellowship for the tenth time then go out with your friends. It is when you know what Frodo would say if he was talking to you. Its when you love every aspect of the work, the good and the evil. Its when you yearn for more and when you are never content with all you know but strive to know more. Its when you labor over maps, painings, sculptures, short stories and sketches just trying to make the image in your head real. You hope that someday you can have a garden like Sam's, A little piece of Lorien, your own little middle earth. Not too much to ask for is it?