Barrow Confessional

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

Name: I have many names. My current favourite is Hansel.

Quest: To find the Queen of Elves.

Favourite colour: Either black or white.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Treebeard.

Least beloved Tolkien character: If I were in the story it would be Saruman; as a reader it's probably Aldarion or Erendis for forcing me to read about their boring lives.

Worst habit: I don't have bad habits.

Best habit: Proofreading? Or generally taking some care and pride in what I do.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Rachel Weisz. No-one ever talks about her, despite the fact that she's lovely. Plus, we share the same birthday. Not that that makes her lovelier; I just thought I'd mention it. Oh, and every member of The Strokes. Didn't expect that, did you?

Weirdest hobby: Daydreaming about what I'd do if I were omnipotent. Not particularly weird in itself, but I do it a lot.

Best place in Middle-earth: Rivendell.

Best place outside of Middle-earth: Anywhere in which I'm completely alone.

Most embarrassing moment: When I foolishly volunteer to contribute in class discussion despite my not being prepared. It happens often, and the entire room thinks I'm very unintelligent. Not particularly embarrassing I'll grant, but then I generally don't care what other people think of me.

Most daring moment: I don't think I've ever done anything really daring.

Favourite 'LotR' actor: Viggo or Sir Ian.

Least favourite 'LotR' actor: Maybe David Wenham: he was inappropriate for the role, in my view.

Theme song: Hoppípolla by Sigur Rós. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever heard.

Style guru: Tim Burton, apparently.

Most crucial accessory: Tissues. They are probably the most useful things ever. Never leave the house without them.

Greatest weakness: It has to be love. Don't get me wrong, it's brought me great joy; but nothing else clouds my logical faculties in such a way. You know those villains who are mesmerized by the hot secret agent, but before they execute her they instead try it on with her, despite the fact that she's an enemy, and she exploits this lapse in judgment and manages to slay them? Yea.

Greatest strength: An open mind.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: My PM box.

Best Downer buddy: SamwiseGamgee. And I'll throw in the obligatory I love so many of you.

Parting shot: Biff wants some attention.

[Lhunardawen]

Name: Lhunardawen, Lhuna, the Lhunatic. Abby would be good. My real name means "the father's delight," or so I was told.

Quest: To enter my dearest heavenly Dad's embrace and stay there for a few thousand years, then afterwards get to meet various people I have always wanted to see (like BDers!).

Favourite colour: Blue, purple, and white. I'm beginning to like yellow a lot, too.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Eowyn. Luthien. Faramir. Aragorn deserves a citation for swoon-worthiness. Huan for most beloved Tolkien non-biped.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Melkor, of course! (But where would the books be without him, huh?)

Worst habit: Chewing on the inside lining of my cheek, biting on dry skin around my nails, pulling hair strands off my scalp, slouching, and of course procrastination.

Best habit: Pen twirling - it's mind-stimulating. And smiling, when I remember to.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: I'm beyond this now.

Weirdest hobby: The Downs to non-Downers, especially Werewolf and analyzing LotR for CbC (when I still did). I wouldn't call solving the Rubik's cube weird, but maybe some people will. What can I do? It's addictive! Oh, and talking to myself. Aloud.

Best place in Middle Earth: I guess Dol Amroth would be nice...as well as Rivendell

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Alqualonde, any place with a beautiful view of the sky and/or the sea

Most embarrassing moment: It's either something so negligible that I forgot about it, or something so embarrassing that I paid someone to whack me on the head and make me forget it.

Most daring moment: Applying for just one university, the one that's arguably most difficult to get into (here in this country, of course). Despite statistical encouragement it was a gamble, but I'm studying there right now!

Favourite "LotR" actor: Bernard Hill, Miranda Otto, and Sean Bean

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Orlando Bloom and Liv Tyler, although I don't think I can blame them.

Theme song: hum, hum, hum...

Style guru: What's sstyle, preciouss?

Most crucial accessory: A necklace I call my Silmaril, pen and paper because you never know when you'll need them, my glasses.

Greatest weakness: Cats, especially stray ones, mathematics, sweet stuff.

Greatest strength: Determination, ability to cram, knowing what I want...most of the time. And, of course, my faith.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: PM box and User CP. It feels good to read funny, touching, and encouraging things once in a while.

Best Downer Buddy:

Before edit, it was this: I chat/PM with Formendacil more than a little- and share some similar worldviews. Put him down as the answer of the month.

Six months later, the answer remains the same. And this time for more reasons than the above.

Parting shot: Hey, wake up!

[Ordimor]

Name: Ordimor

Quest: To be true to myself .... oh, and of course - To Find The Holy Grail!

Favourite colour: Red

Most beloved Tolkien character: Glorfindel and Theoden

Least beloved Tolkien character: Mouth of Sauron .... I know, why? This is one place where I think the version in Jackson's film got it right. The beloved master's character is way too pretentious.

Worst habit: Not listening to everything someone says

Best habit: Filtering out the BS

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Moe - from the Simpson's not Stooges!

Weirdest hobby: hmm.. drawing a blank here.

Best place in Middle Earth: Rohan

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Around my friends

Most embarrassing moment: Jeez, I wouldn't want to try to narrow such adventures down to just a few.

Most daring moment: ^^^see above^^^

Favourite "LotR" actor: Bernard Hill and Miranda Otto

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Orlando Bloom

Theme song: ... I dunno, Gilligan's Island?

Style guru: I got no style

Most crucial accessory: Pocketknife

Greatest weakness: Feeling sorry for those who might not really deserve it.

Greatest strength: Loving those who do.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: I'm new here

Best Downer Buddy: ^^^ c uh buhv ^^^

Parting shot: Well, I'm not sure, but it would appear after re-reading this that my "weirdest hobby" must be drawing blanks!

[Folwren]

Name: Folwren. . .and a few others. I've been called Sam and Jack and Captain (and even Captain Jack), but those are all nick-names.

Quest: I really want to get married and have kids. All in a few years, of course.

Favourite colour: Super dark red. The color of blood that you get when you cut yourself while cutting lettuce, or get ripped up on barbed wire.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Samwise Gamgee!

Least beloved Tolkien character: Bilbo No, not really. . .Feanor, probably.

Worst habit: Tending to think people are unsophisticated if their not quite as smart as me.

Best habit: Sticking to a job until it's done.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: I don't like admitting things like this.

Weirdest hobby: Dressing up and going out into the woods when it's dark and windy. I've torn so much clothing that way it's not even humorous.

Best place in Middle Earth: The Shire.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Home.

Most embarrassing moment: Hard to say. I always forget. I'll come back sometime when I remember and edit this post.

Most daring moment: Jumping up onto my unbroke horse without saddle or bridle. It was probably also my dumbest moment.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Astin.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Viggo Mortensen. Sorry Kath.

Theme song: "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything." That or "In Dreams"

Style guru: My older sister.

Most crucial accessory: Glasses. *sigh*

Greatest weakness: Wanting to do everything just perfectly.

Greatest strength: Striving to do everything perfectly.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: The Shire Rollplaying

Best Downer Buddy: Pio and Arry, probably. But everything here is so great!

Parting shot: I have nothing to say.

[Nuranar]

Name: Incognita.

Quest: To hear "Well done, good and faithful servant!"

Favourite colour: White.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Beren Erchamion. I think perhaps he's overshadowed by Luthien; but my word, he's a hero.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Denethor.

Worst habit: Speaking too softly.

Best habit: Moving with grace.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: James Garner - the young James Garner.

Weirdest hobby: Reenacting the American Civil War, and researching and recreating the fashions of the same. OR, listening to Old Time Radio shows. I have 1400-1500 shows or serial installments now.

Best place in Middle Earth: The wide-open spaces of Rohan.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: North Texas - and not just because it's home.

Most embarrassing moment: So bad that my subconscious mind has destroyed the memory.

Most daring moment: Going on an overnight first-person scenario at a Civil War reenactment, twelve hours from home, with people I'd never met.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sir Ian McKellen. For me, his Gandalf is Gandalf.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Viggo Mortensen. He played a good character, but it's not Aragorn.

Theme song: "Worthy is the Lamb," Handel's Messiah.

Style guru: Grace Kelly.

Most crucial accessory: Promise ring and Aggie ring.

Greatest weakness: Pride. I think too highly of myself in some areas. In areas I know I'm weak, I don't act even when it's important because I'm afraid of revealing imperfection. (See how few Books topics I've even posted on.)

Greatest strength: A logical, intelligent mind. (I hope I haven't justified my Greatest Weakness with that assessment.)

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: The Books; The Shire.

Best Downer Buddy: These days I'm not around enough to have one. For two out of three Shire games, Aman; currently through blogs, Imladris.

Parting shot: "In the world it is called Tolerance, but in hell it is called Despair, the sin that believes in nothing, cares for nothing, seeks to know nothing, interferes with nothing, enjoys nothing, hates nothing, finds purpose in nothing, lives for nothing, and remains alive because there is nothing for which it will die."
-- Dorothy L. Sayers

[Farael]

Name: I'm known by many... in here you will call me Farael (hopefully at least) but for others I may be Matias (Matt-ee-us... and it IS a guys name).

Quest: Hmmm..... to change at least one person's life for the better

Favourite colour: Red

Most beloved Tolkien character: Gandalf... he inspires me

Least beloved Tolkien character: Denethor.... he frustrates me

Worst habit: Being too passionate when arguing

Best habit: Being passionate about life

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: You will not believe it, but I don't look at celebrities too much... I mean, they are just WAY OUT THERE.... I rather have a real girl than a celeb.

Weirdest hobby: Hmmm.... well, I don't think any of my hobbies are Weird.... after all, they are MY hobbies! Oh wait... is wicked sense of humour a hobby?

Best place in Middle Earth: I'll go with Rivendell

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Canada... and of the whole of Canada, Winnipeg!! you've got to love 3 feet of snow in less than 48 hours (happened last december)

Most embarrassing moment: Playing volleyball, I'm backpedalling to get a ball but it goes over my head so I turn around to run for it and I trip myself and fall flat on my ***.... Never seen so many people laugh at me.

Most daring moment: Singlehandedly defeating Morgoth. No? well, at least I tried... I don't know

Favourite "LotR" actor: I have to go with the guy who plays Aragorn

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Galadriel... just wasn't the way I thought she'd be

Theme song: So many... but I guess "Wish You Were Here" (by Pink Floyd)

Style guru: What's that? I mean, style...

Most crucial accessory: Is hair an accessory?

Greatest weakness: I can be a bit of a procastinator (is that a word? a guy who procastinates... and I'm not joking this time, I'm asking a sincere question)

Greatest strength: When I'm motivated, I ALWAYS achieve my goals.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: I just got here and I love it all!!

Best Downer Buddy: Well... I'm too new, I haven't met anyone yet =(

Parting shot: Chemical Humour..... "If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the precipitate" If you found that funny, PM me

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Name: Rune, Rasputin and Fingolfin (well not the last two I just put them there not to seem dull)

Quest: To study history at the Universty of Copenhagen after that world socialism

Favourite colour: Red

Most beloved Tolkien character: 1) Fingolfin 2) Galadriel 3) Gandalf

Least beloved Tolkien character: Eol and Maeglin

Worst habit: Mumbling and starting endless or meaningless political conversatons. (mostley when I am drunk though)

Best habit: Sleeping or somthing

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: ? ? ? (I will add one later)

Weirdest hobby: collecting coins and the downs

Best place in Middle Earth: 1) Hithlum 2) Rohan and Gondolin 3) Lothlorien

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Amager

Most embarrassing moment: Walking in to the public swimming facility with out my swimming trunks

Most daring moment: I am not the daring type

Favourite "LotR" actor: Cate blanchett

Least favourite "LotR" actor: 1) Liv Tyler 2) Sean Astin

Theme song: Everybody Knows (Leonard Cohen)

Style guru: no partucular style

Most crucial accessory: LOTR poems/songs (I often bring them with me)

Greatest weakness: Cola (not coke) I drink way to much of that stuff.

Greatest strength: Don't think I have any. Maybe remembering historical facts. . .

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: The Quiz Room

Best Downer Buddy: oh ehh. What a stupid question! I like all of you who post on a regular basis and makes the downs an encredibel place. There are loads of you I would like to know better and a lot I have not even talked to, allthough I really want to. The one I talk to the most must be Sleepy Ranger, then there is all the people in the Nordic Revolution, I must not forget Valesse who I often bother with meaningless questions, last and maybe least, TGWBS (Together we will take over Iceland)

Parting shot: Rød Front

[Nerindel]

Name: Nerindel (AKA Jules)

Quest: To find time to finish my book

Favourite colour: Lilac

Most beloved Tolkien character: Fingolfin, Beren, Sam, Faramir and Aragorn

Least beloved Tolkien character: Eöl

Worst habit: biting my nails and being easily distracted

Best habit :hmm don’t know?

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Johnny Depp

Weirdest hobby: My main hobby is Writing, nothing weird about that!

Best place in Middle Earth: Rivendell or Gondolin

Best place outside of Middle Earth : The beach yards from my house as the sun is setting over the sea. (Never up early enough to see it rising but I am sure it is just as beautiful)

Most embarrassing moment: Being forced by my Music teacher to enter a solo singing competition and missing my first intro as nerves and the hundreds of people watching got the better of me, Like I warned her they would.

Most daring moment: Picking it up on the second intro and singing despite the quivering fear in my voice. (and remarkably not taking last place)

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Astin, Sean Bean and Sir Ian McKellen (Excellent casting in my opinion)

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Hugo weaving, simply because no matter how many times I watch FOTR I can’t get passed the whole agent Elrond thing going on in my head!

Theme song: hmm I’ll have to think about that one…

Style guru: I am my own Guru

Most crucial accessory: oh has to be my Celtic ring and silver cross

Greatest weakness: Crying uncontrollably at soppy movies, Chocolate!!!! And the famed Taurean stubborness

Greatest strengths: patience and understanding

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: The rpg forums

Best Downer Buddy: I haven’t met a downer yet that I haven’t liked, but I don’t know most of you as well as I should like.

Parting shot: Hold to hope it is the light in even the darkest of times!

[Azaelia of Willowbottom]

Name: Azaelia, Zali, sometimes I am PrairieDog.

Quest: To get accepted into a college other than my "safety school" and to survive until graduation from high school.

Favourite colour: Pink, and blue. I know, so typically high school girl. Orange is nice too.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Sam and Pippin.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Uhhhh.... Melkor?

Worst habit: Nailbiting, lack of confidence in myself.

Best habit: Being cheerful, having a good sense of humor, and being easy to get along with.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Johnny Depp...wait, *is* that unlikely?

Weirdest hobby: I collect Snapple caps.

Best place in Middle Earth: The Shire. And Rohan is amazing, too.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Onstage, acting.

Most embarrassing moment: I have been lucky enough to never have had a horribly embarrassing moment, on the scale that other people have them. I was pretty embarrassed when I gave my ski instructor (who happened to be a cute guy about my age) my phone number...and he never called. He must've thought I was a little kid. There is no way I am going back to the same ski place. *hides in shame*

Most daring moment: Gathering up the courage to ask the guy I like to dance with me...and hearing him say yes!

Favourite "LotR" actor: Elijah Wood, Sean Bean.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Orlando Bloom. He's pretty hopeless.

Theme song: "Here Comes the Sun" by the Beatles. I love it because it's optimistic, cute, and not too loud.

Style guru: I don't really follow any one person's style. I pick and choose from fashions that come along, and wear whatever I want.

Most crucial accessory: Earrings, glasses.

Greatest weakness: I can be impossibly shy. And I hate being that way.

Greatest strength: I can overcome the shyness, when the mood takes me. I'm a peacekeeper among my group of friends. I'm the one who never gets into a fight with anyone (not because I let people walk all over me, but because I just get along well with everyone). I'm not afraid to speak up for what I believe in.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: The werewolf threads.

Best Downer Buddy: Just had a shock because I've been here four years and don't really have a buddy here....I dunno.

Parting shot: "Childhood is short, maturity is forever."~Calvin and Hobbes.

[Amanaduial the archer]

but for others I may be Matias (Matt-ee-us... and it IS a guys name)

Lol, I know. I really like the name, although I’ve only seen it spelt Matthias or Mattius before, neither spellings of which the computer likes. Bleh.

Anguirel...your name...Really?! Are you applying for Oxford this year? If so, I guess you’ll probably already know if you’re in, but hey, good luck anyway!

Name: Amy. Please spell correctly or I’ll…consequence you.

Quest: Pwwf. In the short term, to do well enough in my AS levels to fulfil the slightly longer term aim of getting a choral scholarship into Oxford. Again, pwwf.

Favourite colour: Why, gold, green and black, of course No, I generally wear and work in blacks and blues.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Not sure, Pippin is lovely, he presents a slightly cheerier side to the general gloom, as does Treebeard, but I do have a weak spot for Glorfindel.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Least beloved? Movie-gandalph! No, in the books, Theoden, or Saruman. Generally quite dull as bad guys go – all that potential and he just spends his time brooding about Gandalph.

Worst habit: Procrastination. Or maybe that should be down as best habit – certainly I am very good at it.

Best habit: Music. Not in a strange, obsessive, look-at-me-I-walk-around-singing-all-the-time kinda way, more just…well, the amount of it I do and the amount I think about music means that it has pretty much passed from the realms of hobby into habit.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Takuro Kubo. Or Kubo Takuro. Probably the latter, but I’m not honestly entirely sure how Japanese names work. The composer and guitarist/keyboardist from Glay, a Japanese rock band who I rather like despite the use of really random English words scattered throughout their songs for no apparent reason…

Weirdest hobby: Brownies, probably. Believe me, it may not be weird, but the Brownies really are Or making paper cranes with any spare piece of paper, whatever size, although maybe that’s more a weird habit.

Best place in Middle Earth: I would love to stay in Imladris for a few days, but it would probably get somewhat dull after a while. Rohan then – call me a shieldmaiden, but the idea of being able to work with horses all the time and train with weapons to use as well…well, it appeals.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: I have found a tree about five or ten minutes run from my house which is excellent for getting away. It’s in a field which may well, actually, be private property (oops) and is beside and above a rather unused road, and is fallen – it must have been easily twenty feet tall when it was standing. But it has been fallen so long that some of the upper branches seem to have taken root, and because it was very broad right from like the middle, you can climb right up and just perch there with phone, diary, music, book… Very peaceful.

Most embarrassing moment: What, a pinnacle? Lordy, there are hundreds, each more painful than the last, and I refuse to dwell on them publicly!

Most daring moment: Daring? Wish I was more bloody daring…*grumbles* See, what is daring for me, you may not consider daring. It’s more little everyday daredoms.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Dominic Monoghan or Viggo Mortensen.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Sir Ian McKellan.

Theme song: Goodbye, My Lover by James Blunt (“I am here for you, if you’d only care”); I Miss You by Blink182 (“where are you? And I am so sorry, I cannot sleep, I cannot dream tonight…don’t waste your time on me, you’re already the voice inside my head”, plus it has references to Nightmare Before Christmas, qui j’adore.

Style guru: Haha.

Most crucial accessory: Hmm…my phone (partly because I currently do not have a watch), music (iPod), a book of some description, gold heart necklace one of my friends gave me. Scrap paper and a pen when I’m in school – have to do something in lessons, doodling generally fills up the long hours. Oh, and my glasses or contacts – very blind.

Greatest weakness: Long-windedness. Hmm, a two word answer, how ironi- all, that’s better My temper as well. Paranoia. Self esteem the size of a gnat’s poker cue.

Greatest strength: Being able to placate people; debating skills; voice.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: RPG forums, although I have had more of a tendency to quietly float recently.

Best Downer Buddy: Ah, I’m with Anguirel: I have a fear that if I name anyone, they shall instantly reject me! Bethberry has proved to be a great friend, as did Mithadan at a time; Aylwen Dreamsong and Imladris; Fordim, Firefoot and Anguirel finish off my RPGing dream team. I apologise if I’ve missed anyone glaringly obvious.

Parting shot: Thanks for taking the time to read it.
Christ, ‘snappy’ party shot. Yeesh.
Silence, you.
Cliché.
Figment of imagination.
…alright, touché.

[Valier]

Name: Galore.....Miss Kitty Galore, is my name. Or Valier if you prefer

Quest: To grow up big and strong! Ok well to do something I love for a living.

Favorite colour: ORANGE!!

Most beloved Tolkein character: Gollum...mmmmm..Fishies

Least beloved character: Frodo..I know,I know

Worst habit: I talk WAY too much!

Best habit:hmmmmmmmmm..Sleeping in late.

Unlikely celeb crush: I think Mr Tumnus from Narnia was too cute!

Weird hobby: I don't think I have any weird ones!

Best Middleearth place: Lothlorien

Best outside Middle earth place:Canada of course EH?

Most embarrassing moment: Getting my head stuck in one of those wooden toboggans with the curved front after my brother jerked the sled across the yard. Then after it happened he just stood there and laughed (what are bro's for? )

Most daring moment: Would be here for days......

Favorite LOTR actor:Umm I like Sir Ian McKlellan (sp?)

Least favorite LOTR actor:Hugo weaving, I can only see agent Smith..

Theme song: that's kinda weird

Style guru: I wear what I like.

Most crucial accessory: My glasses!My promise ring from my Snoo

Greatest weakness:I'm such a blabber mouth sometimes

Greatest strength: I hate to be vain...

Favorite place on the Downs:My user cp (laughs)

Best buddy on the downs: I like lots of you! well especially Runey... L.O.L
all you WW players rock!!!

Parting Shot: Shooting is not nice!!!

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Name: Louis Allen Zablan-Ortal, although I also answer to 'Uchiha Itachi.'

Quest: To have the mina entrusted to me gain more.

Favourite colour: Any light shade of blue.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Finrod Felagund.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Finrod's killer. Oh, and he became the main enemy during the Third Age too, right?

Worst habit: Procrastination, for one.

Best habit: Bringing a pen and paper everywhere. Capturing ephemeral thoughts is well worth the hassle.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Anna Tomppo.

(Oh, vzv, that is 'unlikeliest celebrity' crush, not unlikeliest 'celebrity crush.' I hope everyone gets the distinction.)

Weirdest hobby: That would have to be doing Lego battles, making war-machines out of Lego then having them fight. With matching sound effects.

Best place in Middle Earth: Harlindon!

Best place outside of Middle Earth: So far, home. Although Powerbooks, the local bookstore that lets you read without having to buy the book, is quite a nice place, too.

Most embarrassing moment: Aside from early posts? The worst one would have to be the 'Don't worry, he's stupid' incident of 1994.

Most daring moment: Answering His knock. (Revelation 3:20)

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Bean.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Orlando Bloom.

Theme song: Who am I by Casting Crowns.

Style guru: Now that I think of it, I don't really have style, per se. I just put on what fits and is most accessible to me. I don't care what I look like, so long as I'm properly clothed.

Most crucial accessory: Eyeglasses. Without it we can't see, precious.

Greatest weakness: The paradoxical combination of laziness and perfectionism. I mean, I can't satisfy both sides!

Greatest strength: Not mine, actually. (Philippians 4.13)

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: PM Inbox.

Best Downer Buddy: spawn and Kath.

Parting shot: I love the rain!

[dancing spawn of ungoliant]

Name: Most of you know me as spawn, some of you know me as Anna and to Anguirel I seem to be Spawnowen.

Quest: Downs: Post more in The Books and reply to PMs sooner. RL: To find out what my quest is and then fulfill it.

Favourite colour: I wish it was red, but I think it's blue. I enjoy all colours in general, though.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Gandalf or Aragorn, perhaps.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Eöl and Ted Sandyman. Eww, what creeps!

Worst habit: Taking it easy when it's obvious you shouldn't.

Best habit: Taking it easy when it's obvious you shouldn't.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: I haven't had a proper celebrity crush for years now, but here's something unlikely for you: I think Hatake Kakashi is rather good-looking... you know, for a cartoon character.

Weirdest hobby: The weirdest real hobby that I have (meaning, I take lessons in it) is undoubtedly composing polyphonic vocal fugues in "Palestrina style". It's pretty tricky with all the do's and don'ts of the style to make it sound like real 16th century's music.

Best place in Middle Earth: Rivendell or Dol Amroth because it's on the coast.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: I became quite attached to the yard of a small hostel in Moshi last October. I could have stayed there lying on the lawn and staring at the unbelievably bright stars for ever (there wasn't too many street lamps spoiling the view), but the odds are that I will never get there again, so I'll settle for my own room which is a rather wonderful place as well.

Most embarrassing moment: If not the most embarrassing (which it might very well be, though), this is the most recent one and it's related to the Downs. I was having a Sweeping Party which means that I scrolled through a lot of posts from my newbie days. It might have been cute unless the posts hadn't been that horrible. If I were a mod, I probably would have banned myself back then. The only good thing in this self-caused humiliation was to discover that during these years, my posting may have improved, after all.

Most daring moment: Downs: Promising to mod a WW game and hitting 'Submit Reply' when posting in The Books. RL: Hmm, I don't know. I guess I have done some daring things, but they just don't feel that daring to me.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sir Ian McKellen.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Bruce Spence or Marton Csokas.

Theme song: There are so many good songs I know, but I don't think any of them could be named as my "Theme song". My Downs self would probably choose Advertising Space, though.

Style guru: Me.

Most crucial accessory: A hair tie or anything that helps me to keep my long hair out of my face.

Greatest weakness: Using my time insufficiently. I believe you could also call that procrastinating.

Greatest strength: Stick-with-it-ness (I love that word). Getting excited about things easily.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: PM box. And Mirth.

Best Downer Buddy: Nilp and Farael.

Parting shot: *bang* ( )

[Elu Ancalime]

Name: Ross, to some Fardifer Knotwise of Michel Delving, on BD Elu Ancalime.

Quest: To achieve power as President of the USA and reform the republic into a benevolent despot, but mainly to be a great trumpet player. (lol that was probably a bit odd)

Favourite colour: Green

Most beloved Tolkien character: All the Hobbits

Least beloved Tolkien character: Grima arrgh

Worst habit: a little bit OCD

Best habit: I always remember to eat

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Scarlet Johanson

Weirdest hobby: I AM A BAND NERD!!! BUCHHOLZ SAY WHAAAATTTTT!!!!

Best place in Middle Earth: Minas Anor

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Colorado Rockies

Most embarrassing moment: nuking an ally with 151 hydras in Starcraft

Most daring moment: [besides the above] Going with a Senior to Prom (im a freshie wewt)

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sir Ian McKellen (sp?) and Christopher Lee

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Sauron. He's not an Eye.

Theme song: String of Pearls, Glenn Miller

Style guru: A little preppy, sporty

Most crucial accessory: silver/gold One Ring

Greatest weakness: Passion

Greatest strength: Passion

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Mirth

Best Downer Buddy: um.....heh heh

Parting shot: you just got.....POONED!!!!!
________
HAWAII DISPENSARIES

[gralin musicteeth]

Name: gralin, but by friends call me anne

Quest: to survive memorial university, where I am currently struggling to stay alive

Favourite colour: blue

Most beloved Tolkien character: Boromir

Least beloved Tolkien character: Arwen

Worst habit: being lazy and procrastinating

Best habit: reading a lot

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: I'm not sure what this means...

Weirdest hobby: hahaha reciting random quotes from Tolkien

Best place in Middle Earth: Dale

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Montreal

Most embarrassing moment: I have too many to count

Most daring moment: deciding to be a physics major (what a daredevil!)

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Bean

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Elijah Wood

Theme song: Save Me, by Queen

Style guru: I am not

Most crucial accessory: a book

Greatest weakness: cheesecake

Greatest strength: my stunning intelligence, of course!

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Middle Earth Mirth

Best Downer Buddy: HerenIstarion and Eonwe, because they added to my happy little reputation

Parting shot: Listen to what the man said

[Durelin]

Name: Rachel/Dury/Dur/Rakein/Rakey

Quest: Being

Favourite colour: Red

Most beloved Tolkien character: Faramir or Boromir

Least beloved Tolkien character: Arwen

Worst habit: Procrastination, laziness, perfectionism, this weird semi-obsessive-compulsive thing that makes me pick at my fingernails...

Best habit: Perfectionism

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: I have too many fictional ones to leave room for any celebrities... Though Eric Bana has uh...things to be admired about him....

Weirdest hobby: Err...arguing with myself and losing...because RPing is completely normal...

Best place in Middle Earth: The Undying Lands

Best place outside of Middle Earth: The Badlands, SD

Most embarrassing moment: Being born.

Most daring moment: Lip-synching to "Ninja of the Night" dressed as a ninja. On stage.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Bean

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Hugo Weaving

Theme song: "I'm a _____, I'm a lover; I'm a child, I'm a mother
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint; I do not feel ashamed..."

Style guru: I'm going to steal from Meela - Tim Burton and Johnny Cash

Most crucial accessory: Sarcasm

Greatest weakness: Tantalizing RPGs, my fear of failure

Greatest strength: Lack of sanity

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: The RPG forums

Best Downer Buddy: CaptainofDespair; Pio, Bethberry, and Child have always been very nice mod buddies helping me with my RPGs; everyone I have ever RPed with - seriously, I love you all and stalk you daily...on these forums...yeah, that's all....

Parting shot: "'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.'"

[bilbo_baggins]

Name: Many names beyond count including: Fred, James, Will, Ski bum, bilbo, Dingo-dog... ( you get the picture)

Quest: To be understood and respected by at least one person before I die.

Favourite colour: Rohan's emblems, green and white.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Olorin, of course. Tharkun if you prefer that or maybe Gandalf to those who don't know.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Thorin. The stupidest dwarf I have ever known. Sets a bad example...

Worst habit: Leaving the Downs for a fortnight at a time

Best habit: Posting my hardest once I get back

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Viggo Mortensen, who must be the best action movie actor I know

Weirdest hobby: Coming up with haikus in my head while washing dishes to the music of Pink Floyd.

Best place in Middle Earth: The Ice bay of Forochel

Best place outside of Middle Earth: In the hills of my homeland

Most embarrassing moment: Trying to sound like I know what I'm talking about on a Books thread when I first got here.

Most daring moment: Telling a girl I liked her to her face.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Viggo Mortensen (see favorite celebrity crush)

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Gandalf, Ian. I don't think he was the right man for it.

Theme song: "And I cry for you as I die for you, this pain in my heart is for you"

Style guru: Slightly cheerful Gothic

Most crucial accessory: glasses. I couldn't surf the down's without them.

Greatest weakness: chasing the female persuasion

Greatest strength: my mind. I'm not bragging when I say that I hold myself back in most face-to-face conversations.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: The Books

Best Downer Buddy: Bethberry. I don't want to be too verbose, but she has always helped me, and took me under her wing like so many others.

Parting shot: "I came not to abolish the law, but to fulfill it." "anyone that does not love, knows not God." "Shall we continue in sin that grace might increase? May it never be!"

That's a look at me. I suppose you can like it or not. The truth is in it, and nothing in it is false.

bilbo

[littlemanpoet]

I'll put something up here so that the system doesn't think this post has absolutely no characters and shoot me with an error and make me do the whole thing over a THIRD time! Grrrrr.

Name: littlemanpoet

Quest: To do God's will.

Favourite colour: green - for living things

Most beloved Tolkien character: Smith of Wootton Major

Least beloved Tolkien character: Denethor

Worst habit: clamping my jaw with stress - makes for a painfully tight jaw.

Best habit: coming to the Barrowdowns almost every day.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Reneé Zellweger

Weirdest hobby: making my own Risk games that nobody plays because they're too complicated

Best place in Middle Earth: Tom Bomadil's house

Best place outside of Middle Earth: the North in Michigan

Most embarrassing moment: getting duped into being the most misbehaving "follower type" by an insidious plan devised by my 4th grade teacher and the two most popular students in 4th grade.

Most daring moment: being on the other side of a policeman's gun as he said, "Freeze! Drop it!" ... it was my billfold, the wee hours, after I had just come out of the school where I taught, grading papers late into the night. Or maybe that was just stupid instead of daring

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Bean

Least favourite "LotR" actor: the guy who plays Denethor - made him way too uncivilized, biting into tomatoes? yeesh.

Theme song: Genesis, Trick of the Tail:
'they got no horns and they got no tails,/they don't even b'lieve in our existence,/ am I wrong to believe in the city of gold/that lies in the deep distance...'

Style guru: none - I don't do style

Most crucial accessory: cap to keep my bald head warm

Greatest weakness: laziness

Greatest strength: creativity

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Rohan The White Horse Inn/Eorling Mead Hall

Best Downer Buddy: tie: the guy who be short & Feanor of the Peredhil

Parting shot: I assign Lush to the Shire for creating this great thread, and to Mordor because she'd be a great cameo in ATM.

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

In case some stalkers (for example) should be interested, I've edited my post above up to date.

[Lhunardawen]

In the most unlikely case that anyone is interested, I've mimicked my brother above.

[Ithaeliel]

Name: Ithaeliel, or in the real world, Catherine

Quest: To meet God.

Favourite colour: Dark royal blue

Most beloved Tolkien character: Luthien

Least beloved Tolkien character: Grima Wormtongue

Worst habit: Having my train of thought wander off my current focus

Best habit: Being kind to people

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Tom Cruise (he just gives me the willies...)

Weirdest hobby: Gaming with the aim of getting 100% on everything. I have yet to do it.

Best place in Middle Earth: The Grey Havens

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Hawai'i

Most embarrassing moment: Having my bow fly out of my hand during a performance...

Most daring moment: Back-flopping off the high-dive (also embarrassing, and **** it HURT! But so worth it...)

Favourite "LotR" actor: Cate Blanchett

Least favourite "LotR" actor:

Theme song: Vivaldi's "Winter" (the one remixed by Bond)

Style guru: yes, I am

Most crucial accessory: engagement ring! *flashes you with her bling*

Greatest weakness: Baby animals. Oh, you meant that... well, I am often needy.

Greatest strength: I care about most everyone.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Rohan!

Best Downer Buddy: Was Brinniel, but I don't know if she's around anymore. *sigh*

Parting shot: I love you all! Keep it real!

[Thinlómien]

I joined the philippine (sp?) movement...

[Sleepy Ranger]

Name: Karan, KD, Kuh-run to Roa_Aoife. Sleepy Ranger and you don't need to know what Ka calls me...

Quest: To take over the world but first I've a book to get published.

Favourite colour: Green

Most beloved Tolkien character: Aragorn, Turin

Least beloved Tolkien character: Quite possibly Beren.

Worst habit: This tendency of mine to trail into archaic English while speaking.

Best habit: Keeping close track of time

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Going back a few years, Amanda Bynes.

Weirdest hobby: Randomly singing at the worst possible moments.

Best place in Middle Earth: Pre-war Arnor

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Baskin-Robins

Most embarrassing moment: I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you.

Most daring moment: I've had quite a few actually... as my mom would say, "Too many video-games makes you think you're in one."

Favourite "LotR" actor: Agent Elrond

Least favourite "LotR" actor: The Eye

Theme song: I've got a few-
Wonderwall by Oasis
Unwell by Matchbox Twenty
Learning To Fly by Pink Floyd

Style guru: Philosiphic writer rocker gamer or something...

Most crucial accessory: The hair, eyes and smirk.

Greatest weakness: Thundaga...

Greatest strength: The golden tongue, the smooth talking and o'course the charisma.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Middle-Earth Mirth

Best Downer Buddy: Ka... however I suspect she'd kill me if I called her 'buddy' so I'll say Roa_Aoife, Glirdan, Valesse, Rune, The Only Real Estel, Thinlomien, Nogrod and a lot of others.

Parting shot: How dare you get a happy ending! How DARE you! - Hades; Kingdom Hearts II

[Lhunardawen]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

I joined the philippine (sp?) movement...

Tee-hee. And you got the spelling right.

Name: Mudshark, but my real name is Fallon

Quest: To do as much as possible with as little effort

Favourite colour: Blue

Most beloved Tolkien character: Boromir

Least beloved Tolkien character: Arwen

Worst habit: singing in the halls

Best habit: doing laundry

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: David Bowie

Weirdest hobby: skeet shooting

Best place in Middle Earth: Rohan

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Montreal

Most embarrassing moment: When I was caught on tape dancing with my physics prof at a bar.

Most daring moment: skank racing on the highway in a rented car

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Bean

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Elijiah Wood

Theme song: I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor

Style guru: David Bowie

Most crucial accessory: a watch

Greatest weakness: I have a major weakness for guys who can sing

Greatest strength: People think me reponsible, but I have no idea why

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: here

Best Downer Buddy: I don't have any yet

Parting shot: CATCH!

[Parmawen]

Name: Parmawen, or Allie

Quest: To marry the Prince of Belgium

Favourite colour: Gray

Most beloved Tolkien character: Sam

Least beloved Tolkien character: Grima Wormtongue

Worst habit: Slipping into "Valley girl" speech when with my friends. "Lyke OMG!"

Best habit: Helping anybody who has a problem, whether I really want to or not.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Alan Rickman. He is my soulmate, just 40-something years older than me.

Weirdest hobby: Collecting staples!

Best place in Middle Earth: Lothlorien.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: New York.

Most embarrassing moment: While discussing an unfortunate incident at a beach, in which my swimsuit came off, my English teacher overheard and gave me the strangest look...it was so awkward.

Most daring moment: Trying to pick up my friend's chihuaha, aka spawn of satan. I nearly lost a finger!

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Astin

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Oh dear...I really love them all.

Theme song: FRIENDS!

Style guru: Erm...Spencer from "Ed vs. Spencer" mayhaps...

Most crucial accessory: The necklace I found in my treasure soap!

Greatest weakness: Worrying myself sick...literally.

Greatest strength: Motivation.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Middle Earth Mirth...I'm addicted to Unfortunately/Fortunately.

Best Downer Buddy: Oh...I'm not all that close with many people on here. Dial up internet connection = not much time online.

Parting shot: "Excuse me, are you the imprint of a departed soul?"

[Formendacil]

Okay, rather that follow the boring popular trend of saying "see my post for changes, if you're interested", I'll repost here- with as many new answers as possible, for maximum humour and current accuracy.

Name: Michael A. Joosten in writing, Michael or Mike to my friends, Form/Formie in colloquial 'Downsian, and Formendacil on the Memberslist.

Quest: To get into college. There are a few Balrogs along the way, it seems.

Favourite colour: Blue- as in Alberta skies blue. Or green. Lots of lovely green.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Was Gandalf/Túrin, is probably Pengolod at the moment...

Least beloved Tolkien character: Saeros -the once and future least favourite.

Worst habit: Finger-biting. Not nail-biting, but biting off bits of dry skin around the nails... - but allow me to add myself the procrastinator's club. That and staying up late and getting up late. (Though that's you guys'es fault )

Best habit: On the 'Downs, every day. *Has No Life Smiley*

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Can't say that I have one... but I might have a 'Downsian crush or two. No! I'm not telling.

Weirdest hobby: Editing the Silmarillion. Yes, you read that aright.

Best place in Middle Earth: The ruins of Gondolin. Pity it drowned.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Roma, Italia. Loved it there- but to add to that old answer, I'm currently in love with Edmonton. And not because the Oilers are winning- hopes of school and easy-to-follow streets sit very well with me.

Most embarrassing moment: Getting on the wrong school bus in Grade 1. Still upsets my stomach thinking about it- but more recently... showing up in Edmonton at 9:00 in the morning after a 2.5 hour drive only to learn that the event was cancelled... Oops! Guess I didn't get hte memo...

Most daring moment: Still not sure... I'm not really the daring sort. Tell you in a few months' time, let's say.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Ian McKellan and Sean Bean. They both played the roles exactly as I imagined- the answer of of is unchanged.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Huge Weaving. Great actor, but 100% un-Elrond.- but I have to change this now. Hugo may not LOOK like Elrond, but i'm liking his performance more... Arwen gets the "worst" title now, by default.

Theme song: Pachebel's Canon- but I'm currently really liking the soundtrack from Narnia... That battle theme makes great driving music, for some reason.

Style guru: Winston Churchill.

Most crucial accessory: Glasses. Especially when driving.

Greatest weakness: Food. I'd pillage for a chocolate bar.

Greatest strength: Again... I'm not all that concerned about money. And I manage it well. I don't know if it's a strength, but I'm also incapable of holding a grudge, it seems.... (not that I haven't tried).

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Was CbC... was Mirth... looks like it's the RPG forums these days... and my PM box- always something good there.

Best Downer Buddy:

Originally Posted by Me, months ago,

But I chat/PM with Lhuna more than a little- and share some similar worldviews. Put her down as the answer of the month.

Answer of the month? That's changed... In case you the reader has not noticed, Lhuna is now affectionately referred to by me as my little sister. So she's definitely my best 'Downer buddy. Other people I seem to talk a lot with include: Fea (on all matters philosophical), Diamond (random Werewolf opinions), Abercrombie (all matters nonsensical), and TGWBS (all matters of Popular and Historical Culture).

There are others... but these are the ones who talk to me the most (aka: they have the least Lives).

Parting shot: Long Live Minas Taxi!

[Diamond18]

Ok, yeah, I'm self-absorbed, so I like these things. But apparently I'm not alone.

Name: Sarah Rose

Quest: To finish my novels, get better at short stories, and conquer the world through writing

Favourite colours: Blue and yellow

Most beloved Tolkien character: Peregrin Took *le sigh*

Least beloved Tolkien character: I hated Eowyn the first time I read the book, actually. I liked her in the movie better, frankly, she seemed more human and less of a stupid twat.

Worst habits: Speeding, not wearing my seatbelt, staying up too late, oversleeping, eating sparodically, spending too much money on non-necessities, spending too much time on the computer, watchng too much TV, sitting around doing nothing when I have lots of things I could be doing, not getting enough exercise or fresh air, not socializing enough in RL, being vain and self-absorbed, hyper-critical of myself and others, and losing my temper. I have a violent streak.

Best habit: Reading, writing, being intellectual. I guess.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Long time ago, Anthony Perkins after I saw him in "Psycho." He was already dead at the time but it didn't stop me.

Weirdest hobby: Werewolf. Prior to picking that up... obsessively downloading anything I could find on the net that had anything to do with Matchbox Twenty. Which I still do, but I think that Werewolf is weirder.

Best place in Middle Earth: Shelob's Lair. Or Cirith Ungol.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: The Library, or any place where there's a good rock concert goin' on.

Most embarrassing moment: Pouring water onto someone else's sandcastle at the beach which I was little more than a toddler.

Most daring moment: Riding my bike past a house where a gigantic black German Shepherd was loose. I road past it three seperate times on the same day, and it chased me down the road every time.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, David Wenham (so what Faramir was butchered by the writers, David is fiiiine) Sean Astin, Elijah Wood, Karl Urban. Or, in short, all the cute guys. Ok, and I'll add Orlando just because he never gets any respect.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Craig Parker and the guy who played Denethor. Unintenionally creepy and annoyingly oafish.

Theme song: My permanent theme song is "Unwell" by Matchbox Twenty. At the moment, my flavor of the week song is "Perhaps Vampires Is a Bit Strong, But..." by Arctic Monkeys. It's been causing me to exclaim "All you people are vampires!" at odd times.

Style guru: Uh. I pick out my own clothes.

Most crucial accessory: Sunglasses.

Greatest weakness: Hanging out on the Internet too much -- buying CDs, clothes, and jewelry impulsively -- and cute guys with curly hair. *le sigh*

Greatest strength: Creativity, sense of humor, IQ of 138

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Mirth

Best Downer Buddy: Well... if I may presume....

The people I IM with are Formy, Kath, Sleepy, Oddwen, Lhuna, and Nilp.
People I've got on MySpace are Eomer, tgwbs, Lush, Tigerlily, tp, Fea, and Valesse.
Other notable mentions are LMP, Kuru, SpM, Esty, Squatter, and all the rest of you lovely wights.

Parting shot: All you people are vampires!

[ninja91]

Name: KEVIN

Quest: TO HUNT DOWN AND DESTROY THE ANTICHRIST ON EARTH

Favourite colour: GREEN AND BLACK (DONT WORRY I AM NOT A GOTH)

Most beloved Tolkien character: SAM

Least beloved Tolkien character: DENETHOR

Worst habit: PLAYING VIDEOGAMES

Best habit: MAKING FRIENDS ( HAHA I HAVE SOME!)

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: NOT MANY CELEBRITIES ARE REALLY CLEAN.

Weirdest hobby: COLLECTING HOCKEY CARDS AND MOMORABILIA (SORRY, NOT THAT WEIRD)

Best place in Middle Earth: MORDOR (BECAUSE OF ALL THE SMELLY ORCS)

Best place outside of Middle Earth: THE TREE IN MY BACKYARD

Most embarrassing moment: BOOFING IN CHURCH

Most daring moment: MAKING A MOVE DURING THE CITY MEET 1600METER RACE

Favourite "LotR" actor: ELIJAH WOOD (HE WAS PERFECT FOR THE ROLE)

Least favourite "LotR" actor: THE DUDE WHO PLAYED DENETHOR. WEAK CHARACTER, PETE J. !

Theme song: CALIFORNIA (EVEN THOUGH I HATE LAGUNA BEACH)

Style guru: WHAT?

Most crucial accessory: MY GLASSES. I AM BASICALLY BLIND WITHOUT THEM.

Greatest weakness: TICKLING (I CANT STAND IT)

Greatest strength: I AM REALLY FAST

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: BOOKS, MOVIES, NOVICES&NEWCOMERS

Best Downer Buddy: THINLOMIEN, EOMER OF THE ROHIRRIM, SAUCEPAN MAN (THESE ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO I HAVE CONVERSED WITH HERE!!!)

Parting shot: IF SOMEONE IS GOING TO BEAT ME, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BLEED TO DO IT.

[mark12_30]

Name: "Thou shalt love the Lord Thy God with all thy heart, all thy soul, all thy mind and all thy strength." And maybe someday I'll pull it off.

Quest: Uh Oh---- if I don't say "see above", that would be pretty sad, eh?

Favourite colour: Dewdrop sparkle or hoarfrost gleam.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Somewhere between Eomer and Frodo.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Grima.

Worst habit: Procrastination.

Best habit: Prayer? I wish! Please, God.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: **squirm** Pavel Chekhov from the Starship Enterprise (original series.) I know, I know.

Weirdest hobby: National Review Online.

Best place in Middle Earth: Rohan. No, Lothlorien. No, Rivendell.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Home.

Most embarrassing moment: Having my archery thread rebutted by none other than my beloved Lush. The Wight closed it, too.

Most daring moment: Jumping off of Frye's leap (44 feet) into Sebago Lake.

Favourite "LotR" actor: On even days, Sean Bean. On odd days, Elijah Wood. And on alternate Tuesdays, Viggo Mortenson.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Ian Mackellan.

Theme song: Any handful of current worship songs.

Style guru: Oscillates between Movie Frodo Baggins and Movie Legolas. And believe it or not NO-ONE AT WORK HAS NOTICED OR REMARKED ON THIS. Blind they are, yes precioussss, blind.

Most crucial accessory: PDA. What would I do without my checklists?? Forget half of what I'm supposed to do, that's what.

Greatest weakness: Forgetfulness or laziness? Flip a coin.

Greatest strength: I've learned how to listen and I practice it often.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Gondor.

Best Downer Buddy: Raefindel. I MISS YOU, RAE!!!

Parting shot: Swoosh-tok. Longbow, thank you.

[Nogrod]

Name: Nogrod. Taken in haste to just log in. I went to my copy of the Silm and took the first nicely sounding name that wasn't too obvious.

Quest: To find the question the answer of which is 42... So beads, flowers, freedom and happiness! Really, the world-peace (so juvenile as it sounds)

Favourite colour: Black and red. They are beautiful and match together. The only problem is that they are frequently used by all those fool-nationalistic-chimps in the northern Europe. They are still the colours of my father's and mother's home area before the WW II.

Most beloved Tolkien character: When I was young, it was surely Gandalf, Galadriel being the second. Lately I have started to approve more and more Sam. Elladan and Elrohir (even though they remain quite shabby characters in the narration) have been my favourites, and Prince Imrahil has kind of caught my imagination too.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Saruman is too easily turned to the dark side, he's not a believable character... The mouth of Sauron could have been a great character, but I think Tolkien missed some opportunities there. Merry and Pip are a bit shady, but that's no problem...

Worst habit: Smoking, drinking, idling, sleeping late and eating unhealthily (but well!).

Best habit: Thinking, caring about people, looking at everything with a keen eye, wishing to see all possible sides of the coin (not just the two!).

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: I have never idolized people. But surely there are great and creative human beings around you can admire. Happily I haven't got a crush on anyone I should have to be ashamed of now...

Weirdest hobby: Middle-Earth Olympics. Just ask Lommy or her little sister for details.

Best place in Middle Earth: If one should have to live in there, then Minas Tirith with all its cultural diversity and life. If just being lured by the place, then Imladris or Lorien.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Rome, London, Helsinki. Our summer cottage in the middle of nowhere in central Finland is nice too.

Most embarrassing moment: Too many of those...

Most daring moment: In the former DDR (the East-Germany), I was with an official delegation, representing the peace-movement of Finland (that was in -84). I was in a debate where some of the East-German delegates (professors and pioneers) were talking how important it is to join the army of peace (the Warsaw Pact armies). I took the floor and made a pacifist declaration, defying the hosts openly. They tried to put me down but I didn't exactly lose that one. I was 16 then.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Bean and the shakespeare actors (McKellen, Holm). No question about that! Andy Serkis was great and so was Brad Dourif.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Orlando and Liv, John Noble and of course Viggo! (How could anyone pick him as the Strider?)

Theme song: Eric Satie's Gymnopedies.

Style guru: What style? I'm the most styleless person on earth, well maybe...

Most crucial accessory: My earring, probably. Then the mobile phone.

Greatest weakness: Being overkind and too peaceful (believe this or not, but that's RL stuff).

Greatest strength: Loving other people, openness, some brains.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: RPGs and ww-games.

Best Downer Buddy: Lommy Of you others I can't claim many of you as my friends, which is sad (but we have time), but surely my sympathy and good will go to at least: Diamond, Naria, Cailín, Mith, Firefoot, Folwren, Valier, Spm, Celuien, Davem, lmp, Roa... Too many of you to name everyone!

Parting shot: Ceterum censeo, Carthaginem esse delendam.

[Macalaure]

Name:
Macalaure, Mac, Cáno. For a reason I don't know some mortals like to call me Christian.

Quest:
Leading a happy life and finding a woman to spend the rest of this happy life with.

Favourite colour:
Black, dark green, brownish colours.

Most beloved Tolkien character:
Maedhros, Maglor, Maeglin, Daeron. All the nice guys who at some point of their lives took a wrong turn. (or everybody who starts with 'm' or has an 'ae' in its name)

Least beloved Tolkien character:
I have to admit it: Túrin.

Worst habit:
Misantropy, biting the inside of my cheeks, running around when thinking, getting too many speeding tickets (in Germany!), eating unhealthy, spending too much time on the computer, procrastination, inability to be on time... I'll edit this when I have thought of more, oh wait, forgetfulness.

Best habit:
Not taking things that seriously (sometimes a bad habit, though)

Unlikeliest celebrity crush:
Nelly Furtado (though that's not really unlikely. I have a lot of celebrity crushes, none of them being unlikely, I think)

Weirdest hobby:
Tolkien, Barrowdowns. I don't have any weirder ones to offer.

Best place in Middle Earth:
Anything near a nice river. Gates of Sirion?

Best place outside of Middle Earth:
Anything near a nice, unpolluted river

Most embarrassing moment:
None! (ah! the power of repression!)

Most daring moment:
?

Favourite "LotR" actor:
Cate Blanchett

Least favourite "LotR" actor:
Craig Parker

Theme song:
Garbage - Only happy when it rains

Style guru:
Style? Me?? no

Most crucial accessory:
Little piece of paper with my phone number on it (see next point). Does being asked for your phone number and not being able to tell it count as an embarrassing moment?

Greatest weakness:
Very, very, very bad memory (for everything not Tolkien-related ), lack of spontaneity, being afraid of people, purposelessness.

Greatest strength:
Patience, being a 'nice guy', generating sparks of humour from times to times, helpfulness, humility.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs:
Books and Movies discussions. Werewolf games (you could say I licked blood )

Best Downer Buddy:
Since I'm not here for that long yet, none for now. Though I could make a long list like Nogrod's containing at least everybody who gave me reputation.

Parting shot:
[insert witty phrase of your liking]

[JennyHallu]

Name:
Jennifer, Jenny, Jen, Hallu, and for some reason the guys at work (enough of them to be annoying, anywho) call me Bunny

Quest:
World dominati--I mean Peace. World peace. And getting out of debt, not to mention being a good wife (and someday, mother).

Favourite colour:
I haven't a favorite color. Or a favourite colour either. My husband likes blue, though, so I end up with a lot of presents in that color. My wedding ring has sapphires in it, actually.

Most beloved Tolkien character:
For some reason I fail to understand, Prince Imrahil and his House have always captured my imagination in a way no others have. I wish Tolkien had told us more of the story of Mithrellas...

Least beloved Tolkien character:
Mac's right. Turin sucks. And he whines a lot.

Worst habit:
Gritting my teeth, leaving the kitchen in a horrible mess, poking Neal for attention...holding grudges. That one's pretty bad too.

Best habit:
Not biting my nails? Can I define this negatively?

Unlikeliest celebrity crush:
I'm married. I am soooo far above mere crushes. Johnny Depp! And Ewan Macgregor! And Paul Bellamy! Especially Paul Bell---Shush!

Weirdest hobby:
I haven't any weird hobbies...just a bunch of old-fashioned crafty ones like crochet and needlepoint. Oh, and I'm a quite decent soprano, as well as an artist (pencil sketches, mostly) My husband wants to make wine from scratch, though, and that will probably quickly turn into as much my hobby as his.

Best place in Middle Earth:
Dol Amroth by the Sea

Best place outside of Middle Earth:
My parents' house in Indiana. Whereever that may be. (They're thinking of moving)

Most embarrassing moment:
See that's the beauty of this medium. I don't have to tell you. Calling her parents an hour's drive from home to say she smashed Mum's car--*smacks evil twin* Shush!

Most daring moment:
I proposed to Neal. Was that daring?

Favourite "LotR" actor:
Viggo Mortenson

Least favourite "LotR" actor:
PJ

Theme song:
My evil twin wants me to say "It's Raining Men" by the Weather Girls. But while that is, of course, an excellent example of musical virtuousity, my favorite song would probably be the more mundane hymns "How Great Thou Art" and "I'll Fly Away". If I have a favorite at all.

Style guru:
Oh yes they called him the Streak! Boogeydad boogeyda*WHACK!*

Most crucial accessory:
A pen. It always seems I find reason to regret not carrying a ballpoint pen on my person everywhere I go.

Greatest weakness:
I have a rather nasty temper, and I am a sucker for this website's dubious charms. I really ought to be working harder.

Greatest strength:
Omniscience. That helps. No really, I am very good hearted, and I always mean well. And I also communicate well.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs:
RPs and WW.

Best Downer Buddy:
Celuien and Feanor of the Peredhil.

Parting shot:
Don't eat bugs.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Name:
Hookbill the Goomba, Hookbill, Hook, You there.

Quest:
To have posted over 10,000,000 Crazy Captions!

Favourite colour:
Green. On the Barrow Downs, its the colour of your skin!

Most beloved Tolkien character:
Ohhh... I don't know... Gandalf (with his cloak ON)

Least beloved Tolkien character:
Gandalf (with his cloak OFF)

Worst habit:
Merry... ... Oh, Habit! Erm... I don't know... Shootin' ducks.

Best habit:
Crazy Captions!

Unlikeliest celebrity crush:
Fred Dibnah (can't fit him in a crusher machine)

Weirdest hobby:
You don't want to know. I'm not even sure if I know...

Best place in Middle Earth:
Mount Zoom!

Best place outside of Middle Earth:
Hmm... Snowdonia, probably.

Most embarrassing moment:
Forgetting my own name during a job interview.

Most daring moment:
I don’t know... I don’t think I’ve ever done anything daring.

Favourite "LotR" actor:
hmm... Peter Jackson.

Least favourite "LotR" actor:
Orlando Bloom (ooh, controversial)

Theme song:
My theme song? Probably...The super Mario Brothers overture theme.

Style guru:
Tolkien. Tweed = cool

Most crucial accessory:
Pencil and paper

Greatest weakness:
Lack of knowledge of... well... anything really.

Greatest strength:
Lack of social life. (I think its a strength, anyway).

Favourite place to visit on the Downs:
Who can say?

Best Downer Buddy:
I'd rather not say. They might resent me.

Parting shot:
I win your skin.

[Elennar Starfire]

Name: Kat, 'Leny, just about any variation on one of those

Quest: Comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable. Yes, I stole it from Oddwen.

Favourite colour: To wear, black. To see, most any non-electric shade between blue and green.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Pippin!

Least beloved Tolkien character: Shelob. I'm a bit arachnophobic.

Worst habit: Sudoku puzzles. My sister got me addicted. Also swearing and using far too many ... when I type.

Best habit: Regular showers, gardening.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: David Thewlis. Also I find myself agreeing with many of the crushes others have admitted...

Weirdest hobby: My weird look collection.

Best place in Middle Earth: Grey Havens

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Nowhere I've been

Most embarrassing moment: Hitting on my gay friend while somewhat drunk

Most daring moment: Waiting by the backstage door to get Lord of the Dance autographs.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Hard one... I'll go with Miranda Otto

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Craig Parker.

Theme song: Wish I Had An Angel by Nightwish. From VP class two years ago.

Style guru: Goblins

Most crucial accessory: Jewellry. I feel naked without it.

Greatest weakness: Jewellry again...I'm always buying more...

Greatest strength: Memory

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Mirth, the Musical Thread in the Quizroom

Best Downer Buddy: Evisse the Blue, THE Ka, all the people from GRM

Parting shot: Hey Roach! Come back here! I wanna smoke you! Hmm, where's my lighter? Oh, it's all melted...how ironic.

[Rikae]

Name:
Rikae, several others I won't mention here. I don't want my alter-egos to find out about each other, you know how it is...

Quest:
I'm looking for the center of time. So far, I've figured out it's sorta...that way *waves vaguely eastwards*

Favourite colour:
Turquoise or indigo.

Most beloved Tolkien character:
Two that seem not to go together: Aragorn and Smeagol.

Least beloved Tolkien character:
Arwen.

Worst habit:
Procrastination.

Best habit:
You can have good habits?

Unlikeliest celebrity crush:
Edgar Allan Poe

Weirdest hobby:
Doing the "Time Warp" while I cook dinner. It's just a jump to the left...

Best place in Middle Earth:
Probably Lothlorian...?

Best place outside of Middle Earth:
England (or is that inside Middle Earth?)

Most embarrassing moment:
I'm incapable of feeling embarrassment - if you hadn't figured that out already.

Most daring moment:
That might have been the barefoot moshing...

Favourite "LotR" actor:
Andy Serkis

Least favourite "LotR" actor:
Orlando Bloom

Theme song:
Garbage - Only happy when it rains (Mac beat me to it, but it really is!)

Style guru:
Gollum. The less, the better. (My birthday is 311, & you know what that means...)

Most crucial accessory:
Music. I don't have an iPod yet, so that means a CD player.

Greatest weakness:
I basically live in my own little world, cut off from reality.

Greatest strength:
I live in my own little world, cut off from reality.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs:
Mirth!

Best Downer Buddy:
They know who they are.

Parting shot:
Sorry, I drank it all. If I knew you were coming, I would have bought another bottle...

[Brinniel]

Oh my...I can't believe I haven't done this one yet...

Name: Brinniel, Brinn, Rin, Erin...

Quest: to travel the world, to work post-production (or actually any part) in a blockbuster film

Favourite colour: green, blue, black

Most beloved Tolkien character: Sam

Least beloved Tolkien character: Legolas

Worst habit: procrastination, perfectionist, laziness, obssessive, the list goes on...

Best habit: creative, thoughtful, I tendency to be the group leader on school projects (even when I don't want to be...)

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: umm... *thinks* okay, Clint Eastwood...

Weirdest hobby: alphabetizing my stuff, make random lists

Best place in Middle Earth: Shire

Best place outside of Middle Earth: New Zealand...haha. Or does it have to be somewhere we have actually been? Well, no where in the US, so I'll let you know if I find a place when I visit Europe next year.

Most embarrassing moment: I'm sure I have plenty, but I can't think of one now...

Most daring moment: Hmm...I'm not very daring. I guess when I competed my dance solo in front of hundreds of people...that was pretty nerveracking.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Dominic Monaghan, Sean Astin

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Orlando Bloom

Theme song: I don't have one individually, but my entire suite does. The Donny Osmond song from the Disney movie Mulan. "Mister, I'll make a man out of you..." Yeah, that gets sung here just about every day.

Style guru: umm....me? I like to follow my own style...

Most crucial accessory: my jewelry (class ring, watch, earrings...I feel naked without them)

Greatest weakness: I'm pretty quiet

Greatest strength: again...creativity

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Mirth, BD discussions, Rohan

Best Downer Buddy: Rune, Amanaduial (I miss RPGing with her), Ithaeliel when she was around, and all the Downers on LJ whose blogs I love to read (Encai, Kath, Diamond, Lommy, Mac, Lhuna, Volo, Oddwen...I know there's more...)

Anyways, I want to make lots of BD friends, perhaps even in RL when I (hopefully) meet some of you in person.

Parting shot: Screwdriver...but only because so far it's the only alcoholic drink I actually love...

*cheers*

[Damrod]

Name: Damrod, Cow-Man, etc.

Quest:to finish this survey.

Favourite colour:green.

Most beloved Tolkien character:Faramir

Least beloved Tolkien character:Gollum

Worst habit:Posting on Tolkien forums at 3:30 in the morning.

Best habit:wearing cool sunglasses.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush:Keira Knightley

Weirdest hobby:Randomly going to the Barrow-Downs photo page and drawing caricatures of members.

Best place in Middle Earth:The 'downs

Best place outside of Middle Earth:The 'downs

Most embarrassing moment:falling off my chair during class.

Most daring moment: I'm a total coward.

Favourite "LotR" actor:Sean Bean

Least favourite "LotR" actor:Orlando Bloom

Theme song:"The Big Rock Candy Mountain"

Style guru:Whoever invented black t-shirts.

Most crucial accessory: pen, sketchbook

Greatest weakness:homework

Greatest strength:quoting Monty Python bits.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs:Mirth

Best Downer Buddy:Those who do not loathe me.

Parting shot:I like potatoes and I approve this message.

[Roa_Aoife]

Name: I have far too many names to list them here. (But now they all have Mrs. in fron of them.)

Quest: To become a middle school counselor or a child psychologist. To help as many children as I can. And to grow my hair to hip length.

Favourite colour: Deep Green

Most beloved Tolkien character: Sam, followed up by Faramir… (Book versions of both of them, though the movie Sam wasn't Bad either.)

Least beloved Tolkien character: Feanor and Eowyn (strong female character my foot- all she does is whine, get suicidal, and decide that she just can’t handle being a girl…)

Worst habit: Chewing my fingernails or sub-vocalizing (talking to myself)

Best habit: Singing to any source of music available

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: I don’t have any, as I think it’s a rather silly idea.

Weirdest hobby: Sudoku! (And D&D and Anime and....)

Best place in Middle Earth: Rohan, for the simple pleasures of the wide open plains.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Ireland, and so help I will get there someday.

Most embarrassing moment: I plead the 5th

Most daring moment: Eloping with the man my parents didn't want me to marry.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Andy Serkis

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Elijah Wood or Craig Parker

Theme song: Life is like a Boat by Rie Fu.

Style guru: Me

Most crucial accessory: My wedding ring, and a hair tie (I love my hair being long, but I can't stand it being down and in the way of everything)

Greatest weakness: Pepsi- I would drink it all day long if I could. Also kryptonite.

Greatest strength: My ability to read people and predict their behavioral patterns (hence why I want to go into psychology.)

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Werewolf anything

Best Downer Buddy: Nogrod, Valier, Mith, Sleepy to name a few, though there are others

Parting shot: “Someday we'll look back on this, laugh nervously and change the subject.”

[The Might]

Name: The Might (coming from He who arises in might, a name for Melkor), also called TM or Miggy (Legate's invention)

Quest: On the Downs, to enjoy the time spent here, meet some fellow fans, and find out more about Tolkien's creations. In RL to finish highschool and have a succesful Abitur at the time, later study.

Favourite colour: Orange

Most beloved Tolkien character: Fingolfin/Hurin

Least beloved Tolkien character: Saruman

Worst habit: Waisting time on useless things, maybe also giving too much money away for things that aren't that important.

Best habit: Am serious about learning and homework. Also cleaning my room...though I think it's slowly becoming obsessive

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: The red haired girl from American Pie, not sure of her name

Weirdest hobby: Dunno, maybe collecting small bottles of alcohol (about 5 cl), I've got 140 at the moment

Best place in Middle Earth: Minas Tirith

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Taniquetil

Most embarrassing moment: Probably being too drunk to say bye to my friends at my good-bye party in Romania...though I wasn't that embarassed at that time

Most daring moment: Not sure...

Favourite "LotR" actor: Ian Holm

Least favourite "LotR" actor: The guy who played Celeborn

Theme song: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Otherside

Style guru: Not sure

Most crucial accessory: My swiss pocket knife, came handy many times

Greatest weakness: Good food, sweets

Greatest strength: Leader ability maybe

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Quiz Room and the Mirth threads

Best Downer Buddy: I'll go with Legate on this one, great quizzer and a funny guy too, plus he lives in Prague , nice to have him around

Parting shot: I are serious about what I just said...seriously.