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Yay, that was fun. OK, back to serious.


You all remember how some time ago I had said that I would welcome any new adaptation of LOTR? Because, like, I just love the idea of seeing/hearing different interpretations of all that lovely stuff.

Well, I misspoke.

The last month or so, I've been on an LOTR binge. Going back to the original books and exploring them is such a cleansing thing for me. Been reading books on it, etc. ANYWAY. I've gotten copies of the BBC CDs, the Rob Inglis readings, and...the NPR adaptation.

( Oh please god MAKE IT STOP MAKEITSTOPMAKEITSTOP!!!... )

More updates to come. Stay tuned.

A little FYI

Over the last three weeks or so, I've been going through a bit of a renaissance with LOTR. It started with listening to the Rob Inglis readings during a very boring data entry job. My, those readings are gorgeous. As is the full-length reading of The Silmarillion. So that got me into reading Tom Shippey, and that led me to order a number of books about LOTR from Half.com. I'm currently having great fun rediscovering my love for the books, and all the beauty that I originally found there. Fandom/slash had really veered me way off course from what I had originally loved about Tolkien, and it's lovely finding it all again.

The CD adaptations have helped a great deal in that regard. Hearing a number of different voices interpreting these characters has helped to minimize the effect, however beloved, of the films on me. Even the American voices in the NPR adaptation are useful to me; it's an interesting experiment.

So, to get to the why of this post.

All of this has gotten me thinking about things. And the last couple of days have pointed out some stuff, too. To wit: once again, I find myself re-examining my LJ activity. I've looked at my friends-list, and noticed once again that there are quite a number of people on it with whom I seem to share little or nothing as far as interests. In the last few months, a very sizable number of posts on my f-list have gotten little to no reaction from me at all. There are at least a couple of people who post only related to fandoms I don't share. And so on.

So I'm going to do a trim. I don't think there's anybody on the list at this moment that I dislike or have tiffs with. (I don't think so, anyway.) So if any of you find yourselves off my list, realize that it's not a "Go away, you annoy me" kind of thing, more a drifting-apart kind of thing. If any one finds herself off and wants back on, feel free to email me or leave a comment on one of my open posts. And of course, if nobody gives a fuck, then whatever.

Once I do that, I'll see what's what.

Okay, I'm putting this to a vote.

I've got all three volumes of the NPR adaptation of LOTR. Having gotten through the first volume (ow), I'm at a crossroads, and so I want y'all's opinion here.

I'm having fun listening to this thing, partly because I get to pass on my assessment of the damage (The horror, the horror!...), and partly because I really can't believe how bizarre it is. Really, it's like having a big car accident happen right in front of your house - you can just sit in your window and watch all the goings-on. *shudder*


So I'd like to know if you all are enjoying the running comments I've been making in my last post. Should I continue? Or do you not give a fuck? I figure there are still unguessed-at joys in the next two volumes. After all, we've yet to meet a single orc, or Treebeard, or the Mouth of Sauron, for that matter. And I'm actually curious as to what the Battle with Shelob is gonna sound like. (Something like Billy Barty in a duel with one of those $50 aliens on Star Trek TOS, I imagine. Ta-ta TA-TA-TA-TA tata-TATA...)

Votes? Opinions?

Interesting...

Gacked from mews1945:

Your Brain's Pattern

You have a dreamy mind, full of fancy and fantasy. You have the ability to stay forever entertained with your thoughts. People may say you're hard to read, but that's because you're so internally focused. But when you do share what you're thinking, people are impressed with your imagination.

What Pattern Is Your Brain?