Top Ten Signs You're Addicted to the Barrow-Downs

[Gorwingel]

I don't have the PM problem because no one ever sends them to me [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] , I have only got a few during my entire time here (coming up to three months now [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] yeah!) Oh well.

Sorry you missed the Oscars Amanaduial, it was a really great one. But I don't think you were the only one who missed it because it was very low rated (I also know a whole bunch of people who tuned in at the wrong time).

The Barrow-Downs is the best place to be addicted to
I actually spend a lot of time daydreaming during school trying to figure out new topics for the Forum.

[Amanaduial the archer]

Haha! Ive got it! The highlights were on last night! Haha! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

[Niluial]

I am new on Barrow Downs a couple of days old actually [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]. And I have already felt all ten signs (that’s bad!). Here are some of my signs.

1. You are sitting doing your homework, or studying for a test. But your mind is no where ells but at Barrow Downs thinking, I wonder if someone replied yet, oh I hope there are some of those funny stories on. And the next day you get to school and you get low marks for the test and your mom asks why? You look at your mom with that sweet innocent smile “Well [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]….. ummm I was on the net all night … he he”.
2. You wake up sometimes in the mornings with huge sleeping bags under your eyes. Why? Because you spent all night on Barrow Downs!
3. You sit at break with your friends and all you talk about to them is about what this one person said on Barrow Downs and how interesting it was or how you disagree with that person, while all your friends are rolling their eyes at you!
4. Your mom tells you that the night before you were revising lines from the Lord Of The Rings in your sleep.
5. You start seeing things such as elves run by and it suddenly disappears.

Well those are some of my symptoms! He he [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

[Niluial]

Wait …. I thought of it. We are all failing exams and tests and not doing the things we need to do because of two people! And do you know who those two people are? JRR Tolkien and Barrow-Wight. If JRR Tolkien never wrote the books we would not be failing exams etc. And if Barrow-Wight never built this site then we would all be sitting in our bedrooms doing our homework, finishing our projects, studying for the exam we should be doing etc. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] lol. But then again think about it if JRR Tolkien didn’t write the wonderful books and Barrow-Wight didn’t build this amazing site we would all be boring people with no fun in life, no dreams, we would be nothing. What would be the reason of living …… [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img].

[VanimaEdhel]

Well, I am getting straight A's in school, so I'm not failing, but I have stayed up nights worrying that I may have misspelled something in one of my posts. Then, next time I'm on, I run in and check my wording.

And: Gorwingel: check your PM's! Think of it as...either an Easter present or a Passover favor of sorts (either way).

[Arvedui III]

:Uncontroled laughter: :Crash: :Thud: All this is really funny, I've got some:

1.In a random conversation you find yourself subconiously quoteing something funny someone on the Barrow-Downs said.

2. When you reilize you just said that funny thing you were thinking of out loud, and your friends either: look at you like the sad mental you are, hail you as being incredibly witty even though it was Lush or Meela who said it, or say "Thank you Captin Obivilious" as is thier wont.

3. You find yourself up in the wee hours of the morning, NOT finishing the grammar homework you were suposted to be doing, oh, 7 hours ago, but recheaking your newest RPG post.

4. When your family knows why the phone line always tied up, and why a strange black and green light keeps coming from your room at all hours.

Unfortunatly all of these apply to me. I'm just one sad little puppy, I guess. Oh well, back to books forum! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

[ March 25, 2003: Message edited by: Arvedui III ]

[Carlas]

Heres another way to tell if your addicted:

You have bad dreams about a brother or sister sneaking onto your BD account and getting your posting priviledges taken away.

Hmmm, you just can't trust siblings

[Gorwingel]

You wake up screaming in the middle of the night after you have had a nightmare where the Barrow Wight deletes one of your topics. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

[Amanaduial the archer]

You have bad dreams about a brother or sister sneaking onto your BD account and getting your posting priviledges taken away.

I must admit, it has more than crossed my mind! She once came on but didnt understand the layout and contented herself with going on a different website, one where I am a mod, and managing to close 3 topics and delete a few posts! And those are only the ones Ive found!

EDIT: (oh joy! My 1500th post! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] )

[ March 26, 2003: Message edited by: Amanaduial the archer ]

[Brinniel]

You wake up screaming in the middle of the night after you have had a nightmare where the Barrow Wight deletes one of your topics.

I had a dream similar to that. Except it was worse. I dreamt that the BW deleted my account. [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] Strange enough, the next day I found out that inactive accounts were being deleted. Luckily, my nightmare did not follow through because my account is way too active to be deleted. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[VanimaEdhel]

Here's a sad, sad, oh-so-pathetic one that applies to me:

You have had dreams about marrying a Barrow-Downer that you don't know in real life and down know what they look like.

Then there's:

Your parents know as much about the site as you do, via your discussions at dinner.

You come on here more than...oh...say five times a week (I'm an every-dayer most of the time, myself).

Whenever you go to type in a site, you have to remind yourself not to type the Barrow-Downs site address, as your fingers seem strangely trained to type that in.

You've improved your skill typing just to keep up with the Chat (I can now type almost faster than my father, who designs computer programs for a living).

You have the Barrow-Downer's voices in your head so, when you go on vacation, you keep coming up with Lush-like or red-like comments, and keep cracking yourself up with them.

[vanwalossien]

I recite The Lord's Prayer in Quenya at church.

Yes, that would be a sign of obsession...

You have the Barrow-Downer's voices in your head so, when you go on vacation, you keep coming up with Lush-like or red-like comments, and keep cracking yourself up with them.

I did something of the kind myself.. I went on vacation, and found myself laying on my bed in a hotel room in Paris, wondering what was going on here at home. One should've thought Paris could take my mind off the Downs for a while, right?
Oh, and when you start refering to the Barrowdowns as 'home', I'd say you were addicted...

[VanimaEdhel]

"To err is human, but to foul things up completely requires a computer."

Great signature, by the way.

Back on topic: I think of this as home as well! We argue like any other family, but we are all united in the end by a common love. Boy, I sound like a fortune cookie, don't I?

How about that you've told people on here things that you've never told anyone else? That's happened with me.

[Amanaduial the archer]

I recite The Lord's Prayer in Quenya at church.

Oooh no, well I can say I havent gone that far anyway; we have a german curate already, and one of the apocalytes is french- quite enough languages without a created one as well!

"You have the barrowdowners voices in your head." Sign of obsession: you can pretty much imagine the people you talk to- what they look like and sound like. Ive got quite a few of the downers voices fine tuned, Im afraid, and the RPers tend to come out as one of their characters. Other people sometimes come as a name-thought or as the image of an avatar.

[Ithaeliel]

Yep, I have different voices for the downers I see most commonly, and even those I don't see around a lot. Even the people I know in person have different voices here.

Another sign of obsession: You have developed a sort of split personality disorder: you act completely different on the Barrow-Downs than you do in real life (I know I do!) or even anywhere else on the internet! I definitely apply to this one: I am so much quieter and more reasonable in real life.

Yet one more (and the penultimate) sign of utter obsession: You annoy other barrow-downers by talking about Tolkien/the BD too much in real life!!! How sad is that?

[ March 27, 2003: Message edited by: Ithaeliel ]

[Brinniel]

the RPers tend to come out as one of their characters

*briefly thinks of Raye* Uh oh! [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] Though when I think about it, I can see the similarities... [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]

You have developed a sort of split personality disorder: you act completely different on the Barrow-Downs than you do in real life (I know I do!) or even anywhere else on the internet! I definitely apply to this one: I am so much quieter and more reasonable in real life.

I think a lot of people can relate to this one. In real life, I'm a VERY shy person. I don't talk too much (though my family can say otherwise). But here, I don't feel shy at all. Perhaps that's because I am much more able to express myself through writing, but I think it might also have do with the fact that the BD feels like my second home.

You annoy other barrow-downers by talking about Tolkien/the BD too much in real life!!!

Oh no! I'm too afraid to ask who you're talking about...

[Eressië Ailin]

You have had dreams about marrying a Barrow-Downer that you don't know in real life and down know what they look like.

I have to admit that was one of my stranger dreams... I'm glad I'm not alone!

3. You find yourself up in the wee hours of the morning, NOT finishing the grammar homework you were suposted to be doing, oh, 7 hours ago, but recheaking your newest RPG post.

That was what happened this morning. Fortunately, I finished in choir, the period before it was due. Ever since I joined the Barrow-Downs, my grades have been falling. Rapidly. I always either do my homework after or while I'm on the Downs. As I'm typing this I'm doing my cheerleading stretches.

How about that you've told people on here things that you've never told anyone else?

Yeah, that applies to me. I generally don't advertise the fact that I'm a cheerleader. [img]smilies/redface.gif[/img]

[Hirilaelin]

Whenever you go to type in a site, you have to remind yourself not to type the Barrow-Downs site address, as your fingers seem strangely trained to type that in.

Sad, but true. Even typing "msn" takes concentration!

You've improved your skill typing just to keep up with the Chat.

Exactly! Glad I'm not the only one... I visited once, then decided that I needed to learn to type with more than one finger and .5 words per second. I'm quite fast now, almost able to keep up with my computer consultant father! And he types
fast.

[Eressië Ailin]

Whenever you go to type in a site, you have to remind yourself not to type the Barrow-Downs site address, as your fingers seem strangely trained to type that in.

I don't have much trouble with that one. I don't have to type in barrowdowns.com a lot because it's my home page. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

[VanimaEdhel]

the RPers tend to come out as one of their characters

I think of the RPers tend to put themselves into the characters a lot as well. That's one problem that I tend to have: I don't really act, I just put myself into my writing. I'm trying to stop. But yes, I do come across as some of my characters, as many are a lot like me!

[Amarinth]

been out of commission (as usual) for the longest time, and the first thing that catches my attention is this--- lush, you are irrepressible, i'm falling off my chair laughing...

here's just 5 from me, and well this applies back in the good old days when i had to be literally dragged away from the pc--

(1) you are single, over 30, and instead of spending friday night on a date you'd rather read away the innumerable green letters on your monitor. then when your friends try to pull you out of it, you insist vehemently that you are fine AND normal and they are missing half of their miserable lives(=

(2) your friends at work know you are amarinth just like they know smeagol's alter ego is gollum.

(3) your supervisor has taken to the less bareface habit of checking out if you are doing the "bd thingy" again by staring at your monitor's reflection off the glass pane approximately 10 feet in front of it.

(4) you are more worried about having too long the unchanging status "wight" than "single". the former makes you really blue.

(5) you associate the word "lush" with "mad" and curse the fact that you were born without a tinge of russian blood [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

[Beruthiel]

You watch Shrek and when you see Princess Fiona you immedietly think of Estelyn Telcontar!

Happened to me about half an hour ago [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

[Amanaduial the archer]

What, am I the only one not to do that?!

[Ithaeliel]

5) you associate the word "lush" with "mad" and curse the fact that you were born without a tinge of russian blood

Yes... Lush has made me jealous of Russians. And when my friend told me she wanted to go to Duke, I laughed for the thought of her and Lush bumping into each other.

Another thing: I cannot hear the song "Lush Life" without thinking, "that does sound a lot like Lush's life." Lol, sorry Lush! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

[VanimaEdhel]

(5) you associate the word "lush" with "mad" and curse the fact that you were born without a tinge of russian blood

Or, in my case, you keep saying to yourself, "I'm very Russian! Just like Lush!" Sometimes you say that out loud...in inappropriate places, which draws some interesting looks.

Or you have posted more than thrice on this board, come to think of it.

If you have posted less than thrice, if you not only agree with most of what was said here, you have made at least five contributions.

The way people use words in here has changed your speech pattern in real life (I never used to say "thrice" before, for example).

[dragoneyes]

I've ALWAYS used thrice, and what a good word it is too! Here's another one:

You are being very unsocial and sitting at the computer while you aunt and uncle whom you only see five times a year or so are sitting at the dinner table at the other end of the room chatting amiably with the rest of the family.

[Lush]

I would prefer the nickname of "Lush" to be associated with something other than "mad," though then again, 'tis better than "bad" or "sad."

My dream of becoming a BD commodity has been achieved in some circles, I believe. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Per the forum, you know you are addicted when you tell your friends: "I can quit whenever I want to!" A statement that made my roommate laugh.

[ March 29, 2003: Message edited by: Lush ]

[Eressië Ailin]

I can quit whenever I want to!!!

See, I'm actually gonna eat at a table tonight instead of my computer!

BTW, I love the word thrice.

[Eressië Ailin]

I told you I could do it! I told you so! I can quit anytime, anywhere! *innocently tries to hid a half-eaten plate of food behind her back* [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

[Gorwingel]

You watch Shrek and when you see Princess Fiona you immedietly think of Estelyn Telcontar!

This happens to me, but in a different way. There is this one person on my track team who has a customized sweatshirt, and since her name is Rachel *I think* or something like that. On the back she has "RAE" on it, so everytime I see it, I always think of Raefindel, because everyone calls her Rae for short. It actually makes me think of putting Gorwingel on the back of my sweatshirt, or getting a Barrow-Downs T-shirt and wearing it while I work out. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

[Brinniel]

I have "Brinn" on the back of my Honor Society sweatshirt. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

I've heard people at my school laugh at my sweatshirt, which I find funny because they don't know me at all. For all they know, it could be my real name (considering they called me, "the girl with the sweatshirt that says 'Brinn'")! Anyways, I don't think there's anything weird about putting my screen name on a sweatshirt, considering that my friends put Star Wars names on the back of theirs. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[steve]

(10) You know all the members' rank as well as their sig and avitar

(9)have a quick icon on aol for each of the forums on the downs u post on

(8) watching your dad get up from beg at 8 am becauase u frogot to go to sleep because u were up all night reading a 4 page long top 10 list (this list for those of you that are thick out there)

(7) you spend hours on bree under bree hill on the downs member pic page trying to figgure out what burra is (i dont know if this is the case for anyone else but i dont know, please help em wit this one, and burra, plz dont hurt me...)((i say this not to be rude but because my girlfriend says your a girl and she insists that and its driving me nuts not knowing, im sry if i was rude...))

(6) You get other people hooked on this site by talking about it insesiantly

(5) you start thinking that little "thing" that barrow-wight has as his pic is cute

(4) you are going to use a replica One Ring as your wedding band

(3)you froget that its "just a book" (actuially once i started asking my history teacher about the battle of pelennor fields because i frogot it wasnt real)

(2)you bought another sam action figgure because the hair color was slightly tinted more brown then the other was

(1) the number one sign ur addicted to the downs is ---Drum roll please--- the number one sign is... when you put in your will that u want to be burried in your downs Tshirt

[ March 30, 2003: Message edited by: steve ]

[Amanaduial the archer]

Gorwingel, I get the same thing; theres someone in my class called Irena (said Ir-AY-na), or Rae for short. It always makes me think of Raefindel!

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

Unluckily, all the people I know have boring names, not LotR-ish at all. If I get older and have kids, I might make their first names be LotR, probably, but definitely their middle names. Now there's a sign of addiction! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

[Amanaduial the archer]

There is a thread about that...somewhere...about What LotR names would you give you kids?. Something like that...I cant remember. Anyone remember?

[Scott]

Just today I found myself pronouncing words in my head like celebrate and adhere "kelebrate" and "athere."
Anyone else follow the dogma of the Appendices as crazily?

[Arwen Imladris]

There is a thread about that...somewhere...about What LotR names would you give you kids?. Something like that...I cant remember. Anyone remember?

Here is one!

Here is another!

Another One

Another one

That is all for now, but there are probebly more. No, there are no repeated topics here!


[img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[vanwalossien]

You watch Shrek and when you see Princess Fiona you immedietly think of Estelyn Telcontar!

I never did that until now. Now I even see Estelyn in the Matrix, thanks to the Matrix-style fight Fiona has with Robin Hood's men in Shrek... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

Or, in my case, you keep saying to yourself, "I'm very Russian! Just like Lush!"

Yay! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
You are addicted if when you are looking through the AIM profiles of everybody who's on for no particular reason, and one them has "Lush is a cool word" (people like to put random stuff in their profiles...) you friek out and dance around the room. Happened to me. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

[Amanaduial the archer]

Now I even see Estelyn in the Matrix

Ive done that before, but with different people. You know, like inserting members into different film characters, or finding what book characters theyd be?

Oh dear...