What do you "assign" to the Shire? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lalwendë · 12-01-2005, 03:37 PM

Esty - you've got lovely decorations, and your candle arch is identical to mine! I hang star shaped lights above it in the window (or attempt to, as they invariably fall down), and my tree decorations are all silver and gold, with a lot of stars - I buy just one or two new ones each year and love getting the old trinkets out.

Well now I don't feel like I've begun too early now - though the full 'bedecking' will not begin til the 10th (when a certain someone is out of the house and unable to complain if I get into tinsel frenzy...

).

Lhunardawen · 12-02-2005, 01:07 AM

Oh, definitely Christmas. Its commercialization goes to that place far away to the East, though.

And the sudden enlightenment that came when my Calculus instructor taught us infinite limits a while ago. When we were taught that in high school last year I was totally lost (no offense to my teacher then, and may he rest in peace), but this time I began to get it. It's amazing.

Kath · 12-02-2005, 12:41 PM

I assign getting offers at universities after you've been nervously biting your nails for nearly 2 weeks and have just been wondering if no one wants you! Also, getting the offer from the one place you really want to go to!

I love the postman!

Phervasaion · 12-02-2005, 02:20 PM

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I assign getting offers at universities after you've been nervously biting your nails for nearly 2 weeks and have just been wondering if no one wants you! Also, getting the offer from the one place you really want to go to!

*gulp* I am still waiting for mine... It isnt a good feeling, I know

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Perhaps I would assign something simple, yet brilliant... Like taking part in sports(and winning)....

Feanor of the Peredhil · 12-02-2005, 02:59 PM

I assign the simple de-stressors of college life: knowing that you've got at least one less thing to do on your monumentally huge list of all the assignments that have to be completed within the next week.

Francis Bacon was Shakespeare? Who cares. But is my class going to think so by the time I'm done with them? Heck yes. If I can get you lot to trust me when I'm a werewolf, just think of what I can do to a bunch of exhausted 18-year-olds at 8:30 on a Saturday morning.

My strawberry smoothie being thawed enough to drink.

Not doing so well on a psych test... but being able to counter it by having gotten a 90 on the last "homework" (homeworks in this class are huge project assignments given a fraudulently simplistic name to make them sound less scary).

Getting a half dozen encouraging messages before you truge off to take that scary psych test.

Watching snow fall past softly illuminating streetlights on a calm night.

Finishing a tough art project and knowing that the look on your friend's face when she receives it the last day before Christmas break is going to be priceless.

Knowing that you've only got 15 days before you'll be home again.

Estelyn Telcontar · 12-03-2005, 11:46 AM

"Real" mail is definitely Shire-ish, even in these days of instant phone and internet communication. There's nothing like getting unexpected mail, and when that is a package, and when that package unwraps to reveal a "Shrek" advent calendar - well, that just made my day!

Dimturiel · 12-03-2005, 11:46 AM

Going out in the morning while it is still dark and finding out that you are the first person to leave footprints in last night's snow. It feels as if you are in a new world and you are the first person to see it.

Lathriel · 12-03-2005, 02:54 PM

The days when you have no homework. I can't wait for thos days to begin. One week, then exams and then...NO HOMEWORK!!!!!!FREEDOM!!!!

the guy who be short · 12-27-2005, 02:13 PM

Snow.

I don't know why either. There's just something about semi-frozen water precipitating that just makes me oddly happy. Everything looks so pristine and fresh.

Of course, I am warm, indoors, and not desirous of travelling.

Orominuialwen · 12-27-2005, 06:30 PM

Christmas lights. Whether you're driving by houses that are all lit up at night, or you turn off all the other lights in the room to look at your Christmas tree, they're just so beautiful.

Homemade eggnog. It's delicious!

Going back to a piece of music that you previously couldn't play at all and finding that it's easy for you now because you've become so much better at the instrument.

Gigantic icicles.

Scarves.

Christmas carols.

The feeling you get when you've just pulled off a really difficult piece of music and you know your choir did a good job.

12-01-2005, 03:37 PM	#1
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	Esty - you've got lovely decorations, and your candle arch is identical to mine! I hang star shaped lights above it in the window (or attempt to, as they invariably fall down), and my tree decorations are all silver and gold, with a lot of stars - I buy just one or two new ones each year and love getting the old trinkets out. Well now I don't feel like I've begun too early now - though the full 'bedecking' will not begin til the 10th (when a certain someone is out of the house and unable to complain if I get into tinsel frenzy... ). __________________ Gordon's alive!

12-02-2005, 12:41 PM	#3
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	I assign getting offers at universities after you've been nervously biting your nails for nearly 2 weeks and have just been wondering if no one wants you! Also, getting the offer from the one place you really want to go to! I love the postman! __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

12-02-2005, 02:59 PM	#5
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	I assign the simple de-stressors of college life: knowing that you've got at least one less thing to do on your monumentally huge list of all the assignments that have to be completed within the next week. Francis Bacon was Shakespeare? Who cares. But is my class going to think so by the time I'm done with them? Heck yes. If I can get you lot to trust me when I'm a werewolf, just think of what I can do to a bunch of exhausted 18-year-olds at 8:30 on a Saturday morning. My strawberry smoothie being thawed enough to drink. Not doing so well on a psych test... but being able to counter it by having gotten a 90 on the last "homework" (homeworks in this class are huge project assignments given a fraudulently simplistic name to make them sound less scary). Getting a half dozen encouraging messages before you truge off to take that scary psych test. Watching snow fall past softly illuminating streetlights on a calm night. Finishing a tough art project and knowing that the look on your friend's face when she receives it the last day before Christmas break is going to be priceless. Knowing that you've only got 15 days before you'll be home again. __________________ peace

12-03-2005, 11:46 AM	#6
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	"Real" mail is definitely Shire-ish, even in these days of instant phone and internet communication. There's nothing like getting unexpected mail, and when that is a package, and when that package unwraps to reveal a "Shrek" advent calendar - well, that just made my day! __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

12-03-2005, 11:46 AM	#7
Dimturiel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2005 Location: the road less travelled by Posts: 910	Going out in the morning while it is still dark and finding out that you are the first person to leave footprints in last night's snow. It feels as if you are in a new world and you are the first person to see it. __________________ Is this the end? No more the hunt, the journey and the goal? That terrifies me most: no more the goal! -Ray Bradbury, Leviathan '99

12-02-2005, 01:07 AM	#2
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	Oh, definitely Christmas. Its commercialization goes to that place far away to the East, though. And the sudden enlightenment that came when my Calculus instructor taught us infinite limits a while ago. When we were taught that in high school last year I was totally lost (no offense to my teacher then, and may he rest in peace), but this time I began to get it. It's amazing.

12-03-2005, 02:54 PM	#8
Lathriel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering through Middle-Earth (Sadly in Alberta and not ME) Posts: 612	The days when you have no homework. I can't wait for thos days to begin. One week, then exams and then...NO HOMEWORK!!!!!!FREEDOM!!!! __________________ Back again

12-27-2005, 02:13 PM	#9
the guy who be short Shadowed Prince Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Thulcandra Posts: 2,343	Snow. I don't know why either. There's just something about semi-frozen water precipitating that just makes me oddly happy. Everything looks so pristine and fresh. Of course, I am warm, indoors, and not desirous of travelling.

12-27-2005, 06:30 PM	#10
Orominuialwen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: Umbar, but before the corsairs took over. (Ave Maria University, FL, USA) Posts: 632	Christmas lights. Whether you're driving by houses that are all lit up at night, or you turn off all the other lights in the room to look at your Christmas tree, they're just so beautiful. Homemade eggnog. It's delicious! Going back to a piece of music that you previously couldn't play at all and finding that it's easy for you now because you've become so much better at the instrument. Gigantic icicles. Scarves. Christmas carols. The feeling you get when you've just pulled off a really difficult piece of music and you know your choir did a good job. __________________ Gone for lentSeeyou at Easter! (And on Sundays too, maybe.)