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Pitchwife · 11-06-2010, 04:30 PM

No? What have you been doing all evening?

Again, sorry, but I've been running low on sleep this week (one, two - "Aw, poor Pitch!")... and I'm not really fond of mate

. Still, enjoy yourselves!

Aganzir · 11-06-2010, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Pitchwife

No? What have you been doing all evening?

Again, sorry, but I've been running low on sleep this week (one, two - "Aw, poor Pitch!")... and I'm not really fond of mate. Still, enjoy yourselves!

Aww, poor Pitch.

I bought a gourd yesterday.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 11-07-2010, 05:52 AM

A pity I couldn't have joined you yesterDay (err... again...), but I ended up being busy for the evening... another time then. It seems though that you have spent some time there, so I guess you managed...

The Might · 11-07-2010, 03:32 PM

Meh, missed it again.

Btw, do you record the sessions? I would really like to hear some of them.

Aganzir · 11-07-2010, 04:10 PM

Actually, we failed at reading anything (first there were too few people and then we just got nothing done) - we only had a Skype chat. We could try reading the Ent thing some time later?

Pitchwife · 11-07-2010, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by The Might

Meh, missed it again.

Btw, do you record the sessions? I would really like to hear some of them.

Eönwë recorded one of the earlier sessions and posted links to it somewhere upthread, but we haven't managed to record any others yet.

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Originally Posted by Aganzir

Actually, we failed at reading anything (first there were too few people and then we just got nothing done) - we only had a Skype chat. We could try reading the Ent thing some time later?

We could, and we should!

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 11-18-2010, 11:37 PM

We need to figure out when the next one of these is going to happen. We still need to read about Ents!

Loslote · 11-19-2010, 07:35 PM

If we do this tomorrow, I can be there (with a deeper, non-ridiculous Cold!voice, too!). If we do this the Saturday after Thanksgiving, not so much. The Saturday after that, not a clue.

The Might · 11-19-2010, 07:39 PM

Can't we rather choose Sundays?

Saturday evenings are not the that ideal in my opinion.

Loslote · 11-19-2010, 07:44 PM

You guys could, if you liked, but I'm always busy on Sunday mornings - for obvious reasons.

Eönwë · 12-02-2010, 10:17 AM

Ok, well I'm better now...
So when are we doing this thing?

The Might · 01-05-2011, 05:05 PM

Did the thread died?

Would be nice to have a read soon, starting with February I have my exam-period again, and I doubt I'll be able to make it on Skype then.

Aganzir · 01-06-2011, 09:27 AM

Yeah we should! We still haven't done the Ent chapter... This weekend won't work for me, but next week is still holiday.

Pitchwife · 01-07-2011, 12:25 PM

Yeah, it's been an awfully long time since the last reading (due to Christmas intervening, I suppose), the tradition is in some need of reviving. This weekend won't work for me either, but the one after that should be fine, and finally reading the Ent chapter would be awesome!

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 01-07-2011, 04:26 PM

The weekend after this sounds good for me. And, yes, we MUST read about the ents finally!

Eönwë · 01-08-2011, 05:44 PM

So, next weekend. Are we decided?

Hookbill the Goomba · 01-08-2011, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Eönwë

So, next weekend. Are we decided?

I can live with that.

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 01-09-2011, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Eönwë

So, next weekend. Are we decided?

Next week, it will be brilliant!

The ENTS!!!

Thinlómien · 01-10-2011, 08:25 AM

I might be in too.

Pitchwife · 01-14-2011, 05:00 PM

Just realized that next weekend has already become this weekend. So how about tomorrow? Would that work?
Roles for the Treebeard chapter (including Entmoot):
-Narrator
-Merry
-Pippin
-Treebeard
-Quickbeam
So we could do this with five people. If there's more, they could take turns as the narrator, and all join the chorus once we're marching on Isengard. What do you say?

Aganzir · 01-14-2011, 05:38 PM

Tomorrow works fine. I can be around the whole evening but given how last time turned out, we should probably agree on a time. How does for example 7 PM GMT sound to you?

Pitchwife · 01-14-2011, 05:47 PM

We should definitely fix a time. 7pm GMT would be fine for me, but I don't know about our friends beyond the Great Pond?

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 01-14-2011, 10:16 PM

Firstly, I want to be Pippin, even though we'll probably decide our roles during the call, like we usually do.
Secondly, I thought that "next weekend" meant the weekend after this.
Thirdly, 7 pm GMT would work fine for me on a weekend. This or next.
Fourthly, ... well, I have nothing else to say. I think.

Oddwen · 01-14-2011, 10:54 PM

Oo! Ooo! I can make it tomorrow! Yay!

Loslote · 01-15-2011, 02:24 AM

I'll try to make it, and I should be able to... but Saturday mornings have had a bad habit of being interrupted by a sudden, unexpected obligation lately.

Really, though, should be around. Looking forward to it.

Pitchwife · 01-15-2011, 01:05 PM

Agan, Eönwë and me are online now, if anyone wants to join...

Aganzir · 01-15-2011, 02:51 PM

Okay there are 7 people online at the moment and we're probably going to start soon so if you'd still like to join, let us know!

Eönwë · 03-03-2011, 05:18 PM

*Cough*

The Might · 03-27-2011, 02:51 PM

I talked about this with Pitch on Friday, and I realised it's about time to get things organized in here, especially since I never made it to one of the readings!

So, who can make it next week on Sunday at 9pm GMT? Should be a friendly time for both the old and the new world.

Pitchwife · 03-27-2011, 03:25 PM

I guess I would be available, but I'd prefer closer to 8pm, as I'll probably working an early shift on Monday. Reckon with an hour to gather all the participants online, and another to pick a text and distribute the parts (we've tried to organize all that beforehand a few times, but so far that's never worked).

And can we please agree to postpone the Gandalf-uncloaks-jokes, gratuitous Doctor Who references and other general mayhem until after the reading proper this time? It's not like they're not fun, but taking hours and having people drop out again before we've even started reading like last time sort of defeats the original purpose.

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 03-28-2011, 09:19 PM

I almost plum forgot about these readings.

Any time on the second half of Saturday would be good for me.

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Originally Posted by Pitchwife

And can we please agree to postpone the Gandalf-uncloaks-jokes, gratuitous Doctor Who references and other general mayhem until after the reading proper this time? It's not like they're not fun, but taking hours and having people drop out again before we've even started reading like last time sort of defeats the original purpose.

Hmm, yes. We do love to delay our readings until the last half hour of our four hour calls, don't we? We probably want to fix that. We are, after all, a community of Tolkien nerds, not Whovians.

The Might · 03-29-2011, 07:34 AM

Sunday not working TGEW?

I ask because the Tolkien section's meeting in Karlsruhe is scheduled on Saturday, so I wouldn't be able to make it then.

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 03-30-2011, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by The Might

Sunday not working TGEW?

I ask because the Tolkien section's meeting in Karlsruhe is scheduled on Saturday, so I wouldn't be able to make it then.

Sunday would be fine, I'm sure. It's not like I actually do anything.

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 04-03-2011, 07:56 PM

Uh, that call wasn't supposed to be today, was it? Because, if it was, I forgot.

Aganzir · 08-15-2011, 05:05 PM

Guess what kids? We should carry on with the readings. This might be a silly time of me to post this because I can't really take part in anything till September but let's not forget about this, okay.

The Might · 08-17-2011, 02:48 PM

I feel quite ashamed for having started this thread and having forgotten about it until I saw your post just now.
Definitely agree with you, I think it should be doable to find a proper date.
Any suggestions? Again on a Sunday at say 9PM CET?

The Might · 08-31-2011, 03:07 AM

Noone? I can't haz reading?

Legate of Amon Lanc · 08-31-2011, 05:19 AM

Well, in any case, if not earlier, then I think we could try thinking about something for the 22th September, which is Thursday, if I am not mistaken - we can try to find out if that date would work for enough people or if, in case it didn't, we should move it, say, to the weekend after that, but still keeping it in the spirit of "it's Bilbo's and Frodo's birthday".

Estelyn Telcontar · 08-31-2011, 06:44 AM

If the time works for me, I'd love to finally have an opportunity to join in! I love reading and hearing others read aloud - and I do have Skype now, though I'm not yet very proficient at using it.

Bilbo and Frodo's birthday (or shortly thereafter) sounds like a good date to me - that would make up for not being able to go to Oxonmoot this year.

Aganzir · 08-31-2011, 07:42 AM

I'm up for a reading on the 22nd - evening, preferably. Does that exclude our American friends though?

11-06-2010, 04:30 PM	#321
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	No? What have you been doing all evening? Again, sorry, but I've been running low on sleep this week (one, two - "Aw, poor Pitch!")... and I'm not really fond of mate. Still, enjoy yourselves! __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

11-07-2010, 05:52 AM	#323
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	A pity I couldn't have joined you yesterDay (err... again...), but I ended up being busy for the evening... another time then. It seems though that you have spent some time there, so I guess you managed... __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

11-07-2010, 03:32 PM	#324
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Meh, missed it again. Btw, do you record the sessions? I would really like to hear some of them. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

11-07-2010, 04:10 PM	#325
Aganzir Woman of Secret Shadow Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells Posts: 4,511	Actually, we failed at reading anything (first there were too few people and then we just got nothing done) - we only had a Skype chat. We could try reading the Ent thing some time later? __________________ He bit me, and I was not gentle.

11-18-2010, 11:37 PM	#327
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	We need to figure out when the next one of these is going to happen. We still need to read about Ents! __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

11-19-2010, 07:35 PM	#328
Loslote The Werewolf's Companion Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Moon Posts: 3,021	If we do this tomorrow, I can be there (with a deeper, non-ridiculous Cold!voice, too!). If we do this the Saturday after Thanksgiving, not so much. The Saturday after that, not a clue. __________________ I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. Double Fenris

11-19-2010, 07:39 PM	#329
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Can't we rather choose Sundays? Saturday evenings are not the that ideal in my opinion. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

11-19-2010, 07:44 PM	#330
Loslote The Werewolf's Companion Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Moon Posts: 3,021	You guys could, if you liked, but I'm always busy on Sunday mornings - for obvious reasons. __________________ I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. Double Fenris

12-02-2010, 10:17 AM	#331
Eönwë Flame Imperishable Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Right here Posts: 3,928	Ok, well I'm better now... So when are we doing this thing? __________________ Welcome to the Barrow Do-owns Forum / Such a lovely place

01-05-2011, 05:05 PM	#332
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Did the thread died? Would be nice to have a read soon, starting with February I have my exam-period again, and I doubt I'll be able to make it on Skype then. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

01-06-2011, 09:27 AM	#333
Aganzir Woman of Secret Shadow Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells Posts: 4,511	Yeah we should! We still haven't done the Ent chapter... This weekend won't work for me, but next week is still holiday. __________________ He bit me, and I was not gentle.

01-07-2011, 12:25 PM	#334
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	Yeah, it's been an awfully long time since the last reading (due to Christmas intervening, I suppose), the tradition is in some need of reviving. This weekend won't work for me either, but the one after that should be fine, and finally reading the Ent chapter would be awesome! __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

01-07-2011, 04:26 PM	#335
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	The weekend after this sounds good for me. And, yes, we MUST read about the ents finally! __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

01-08-2011, 05:44 PM	#336
Eönwë Flame Imperishable Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Right here Posts: 3,928	So, next weekend. Are we decided? __________________ Welcome to the Barrow Do-owns Forum / Such a lovely place

01-10-2011, 08:25 AM	#339
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	<- tree I might be in too. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

01-14-2011, 05:00 PM	#340
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	Just realized that next weekend has already become this weekend. So how about tomorrow? Would that work? Roles for the Treebeard chapter (including Entmoot): -Narrator -Merry -Pippin -Treebeard -Quickbeam So we could do this with five people. If there's more, they could take turns as the narrator, and all join the chorus once we're marching on Isengard. What do you say? __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

01-14-2011, 05:38 PM	#341
Aganzir Woman of Secret Shadow Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells Posts: 4,511	Tomorrow works fine. I can be around the whole evening but given how last time turned out, we should probably agree on a time. How does for example 7 PM GMT sound to you? __________________ He bit me, and I was not gentle.

01-14-2011, 05:47 PM	#342
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	We should definitely fix a time. 7pm GMT would be fine for me, but I don't know about our friends beyond the Great Pond? __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

01-14-2011, 10:16 PM	#343
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	Firstly, I want to be Pippin, even though we'll probably decide our roles during the call, like we usually do. Secondly, I thought that "next weekend" meant the weekend after this. Thirdly, 7 pm GMT would work fine for me on a weekend. This or next. Fourthly, ... well, I have nothing else to say. I think. __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

01-14-2011, 10:54 PM	#344
Oddwen Drummer in the Deep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Next Sunday A.D. Posts: 2,145	Oo! Ooo! I can make it tomorrow! Yay! __________________ But all the while I sit and think of times there were before I listen for returning feet and voices at the door

01-15-2011, 02:24 AM	#345
Loslote The Werewolf's Companion Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Moon Posts: 3,021	I'll try to make it, and I should be able to... but Saturday mornings have had a bad habit of being interrupted by a sudden, unexpected obligation lately. Really, though, should be around. Looking forward to it. __________________ I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. Double Fenris

01-15-2011, 01:05 PM	#346
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	Agan, Eönwë and me are online now, if anyone wants to join... __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

01-15-2011, 02:51 PM	#347
Aganzir Woman of Secret Shadow Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells Posts: 4,511	Okay there are 7 people online at the moment and we're probably going to start soon so if you'd still like to join, let us know! __________________ He bit me, and I was not gentle.

03-03-2011, 05:18 PM	#348
Eönwë Flame Imperishable Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Right here Posts: 3,928	Cough __________________ Welcome to the Barrow Do-owns Forum / Such a lovely place

03-27-2011, 02:51 PM	#349
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	I talked about this with Pitch on Friday, and I realised it's about time to get things organized in here, especially since I never made it to one of the readings! So, who can make it next week on Sunday at 9pm GMT? Should be a friendly time for both the old and the new world. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

03-27-2011, 03:25 PM	#350
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	I guess I would be available, but I'd prefer closer to 8pm, as I'll probably working an early shift on Monday. Reckon with an hour to gather all the participants online, and another to pick a text and distribute the parts (we've tried to organize all that beforehand a few times, but so far that's never worked). And can we please agree to postpone the Gandalf-uncloaks-jokes, gratuitous Doctor Who references and other general mayhem until after the reading proper this time? It's not like they're not fun, but taking hours and having people drop out again before we've even started reading like last time sort of defeats the original purpose. __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

03-29-2011, 07:34 AM	#352
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Sunday not working TGEW? I ask because the Tolkien section's meeting in Karlsruhe is scheduled on Saturday, so I wouldn't be able to make it then. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

04-03-2011, 07:56 PM	#354
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	Uh, that call wasn't supposed to be today, was it? Because, if it was, I forgot. __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

08-15-2011, 05:05 PM	#355
Aganzir Woman of Secret Shadow Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells Posts: 4,511	Guess what kids? We should carry on with the readings. This might be a silly time of me to post this because I can't really take part in anything till September but let's not forget about this, okay. __________________ He bit me, and I was not gentle.

08-17-2011, 02:48 PM	#356
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	I feel quite ashamed for having started this thread and having forgotten about it until I saw your post just now. Definitely agree with you, I think it should be doable to find a proper date. Any suggestions? Again on a Sunday at say 9PM CET? __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

08-31-2011, 03:07 AM	#357
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Noone? I can't haz reading? __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

08-31-2011, 05:19 AM	#358
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Well, in any case, if not earlier, then I think we could try thinking about something for the 22th September, which is Thursday, if I am not mistaken - we can try to find out if that date would work for enough people or if, in case it didn't, we should move it, say, to the weekend after that, but still keeping it in the spirit of "it's Bilbo's and Frodo's birthday". __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

08-31-2011, 06:44 AM	#359
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	If the time works for me, I'd love to finally have an opportunity to join in! I love reading and hearing others read aloud - and I do have Skype now, though I'm not yet very proficient at using it. Bilbo and Frodo's birthday (or shortly thereafter) sounds like a good date to me - that would make up for not being able to go to Oxonmoot this year. __________________ '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...'

08-31-2011, 07:42 AM	#360
Aganzir Woman of Secret Shadow Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells Posts: 4,511	I'm up for a reading on the 22nd - evening, preferably. Does that exclude our American friends though? __________________ He bit me, and I was not gentle.