What do you assign to Orthanc?

[Lhunardawen]

Plants. *groan*

[Thinlómien]

I assign the latest HP book because it was both very rewarding&intriguing and at times dull and disappointing (the loose ends etc).

[Lhunardawen]

Film adaptations of well-loved (by me) books. I can imagine what happens all by myself, yes, but one just can't help wondering how some scenes would look like on-screen.

The sad part here is that most of the time I end up being disappointed. Sometimes I even find the 'film' I create using my own imagination better.

The worse part is when I'm re-watching that film, and I wonder 'Where's that scene?' and I wait until the end of the film, which is just when I remember that it was something I just made up in my mind after all.

[Mithalwen]

I suppose I should be more observant, but I assign people who don't put the photocopier setting back to 1 after printing some vast number of copies ......such a waste of paper when you find you are getting about fifty copies of an invoice ( yes I use it as scrap then recycle...but it still seems a waste)

[Lalaith]

The food of Italy. So very delicious, so very fattening.
Luckily we were only there for five days - the amount of calories consumed was terrifying. Mr Lalaith put on a kilo for each day we were there. I haven't even dared step on the scales but the skirt I'm wearing feels a lot more snug than it did when I last put it on.

Actually maybe the food of Italy should go to the Shire and my lack of self-control should go to Mordor.

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

I don't think that Italian food is particular fattening at least not if you are divers enough in your selection. . .unfortunately we turist does not know all there is to know about Italian dishes.

In fact I think I will assign our knowledge to foreign cooking, each regions cooking was pretty balanced so you got what you needed, but now we mix the whole lot and thus increasing the chances of lacking something in our diet.

But I would hate to live with out Italian and Spanish food. . .

[Lalaith]

unfortunately we turist does not know all there is to know about Italian dishes.

Unfortunately I do know. I think I ate most of them while we were there.
In fact, I don't think the Naples region has much left now in the way of edibles...they'll probably be asking for food parcels soon.

[Lhunardawen]

Writing something completely fictional but, you realise along the way, is actually art disturbingly imitating life.

Upside: You're inspired to write. Sort of.
Downside: Writing it depresses you, because it forces you to think about your own situation.

[Thinlómien]

Procrastination. Ouch.

[Mithalwen]

I assign forgetting to pick up your cellphone on the day you really need it... ie a day on which your ancient parent is consigned to hospital in an ambulance by a pharmacist because he kept dozing off while the pharmacist was trying to talk to him about his prescription (" I was just tired" ) )and because your maternal aunt is his quack's receptionist and your cousin another pharmacist and your paternal aunt an ex-nurse witha hospital obsession, and because you work through an agency and none of them know where you actually are, you are finally alerted by email and IM and get back to discover a million messages which you have to listen to in chronological order in order to get the latest and most important news - that the old buzzard is ok. Which of course is why this is an orthanc not a mordor designation.

Believe me I am going to be careful next Tuesday ... last Tuesday my sister breaks her elbow, this Tuesday Dad went on the blink again..... of course I may just be a nervous wreck....