Life in Points

[dawn_felagund]

Because I've spent the day dividing my attention between catching up on beta-work and watching football, I lack the coherence to string together, like, actual paragraphs....

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[tarion_anarore]

Hey, we got (even more) snow today too! I heard the wind start rattling the windows around 1 AM and thought, "Here comes another bout of snow!"

Aww, poor fishie. Your fishtank escapades are almost creepier than the actual Silmarillion! ;P

Fun, calculus! I was just wondering what classes you were taking this semester. Maybe you'll be on YIM occasionally, yeah? *hopes*

Is it really sad that I would sooner read my textbooks rather than HoME??

[dawn_felagund]

Your fishtank escapades are almost creepier than the actual Silmarillion!

Fish are definitely creepy little critters. They eat each other alive or nibble fins; they're such pretty little things that it's hard to believe that they can be so mercilessly mean!

I'm glad I'm not a fish. :)

Maybe you'll be on YIM occasionally, yeah? *hopes*

I hope! Once or twice, at least. ;)

Is it really sad that I would sooner read my textbooks rather than HoME??

Yes! I enjoy the HoMe...but then putting together obscure details into some kind of sense is fun for me. o.O

[tarion_anarore]

...you mean humans don't nibble on each other? *grins and ducks*

I hope! Once or twice, at least. ;)

I'll hold you to that, you know! ;)

Yes! I enjoy the HoMe...but then putting together obscure details into some kind of sense is fun for me. o.O

Ouch. That really lowers my self-esteem. Guess I should shut off the comp then and read The Foundations of Management then. ;P I've never been able to "get into" the HoME. I've tried to get through both I and X, but to no avail. Actually, it's almost exactly like a textbook sometimes. I start reading a bit, then say, "screw it!" Even doing summaries/discussion hasn't gotten me into gear (yet), and BoLT is even sitting on my shelf! *sigh* I don't know what it is about them that bothers me.

[dawn_felagund]

I didn't mean to hurt your self-esteem! You don't want to be an OCD nerd like Dawn! Trust me! *looks to Bobby for verification* ;^D

Finrod says that you can nibble on him any time. ;)

[tarion_anarore]

Lol, I was kidding! Though admittedly, I was not expecting you to say "yes"!!! :P Someday I will find the good parts of the HoME and read them. And I've read LaCE. Go me.

Finrod says that you can nibble on him any time. ;)

*giggle* Reeeeeally? ;)

...Wait, I'm not supposed to be flirting with Finrod! He's supposed to be...not flirting...with Nelyo!

[heartofoshun]

Join a wide group of people who have never read HoMe from start to finish. "I look things up"--then sometimes I get intrigued, forget what I came for and keep reading for a while. It just is not the same level of reading pleasure as reading the Quenta Silmarillion, for example, and never can be! Ok--if we are really being honest here, I pretty much go to HoMe to try to ferret out obscure canon details that better suit my plot point of the moment. Maybe this will be my chance to read the whole thing.

[tarion_anarore]

I'm glad I'm not the only one! I also find the QS to be much more pleasing to read. The first time I read The Silmarillion, I had trouble keeping track of the names, etc. but I ended up re-reading it multiple times. Reading any of the HoME doesn't have enough to make me come back to it. I'm also hoping that this will help get me through HoME, or at least give me an overview so I know which parts might make a good read or a source of inspiration for later.

[dawn_felagund]

That was one of my hopes too. :) So many people ask, "Which HoMe should I buy or read first?" So many people can't--or don't want to--afford to buy all twelve, and who has time to read all of that? And some of the essays are nearly inscrutable from title alone, like "The Cottage of Lost Play." My first thought: does that even take place in Arda? (It does!)

[elf_muses]

I definitely don't have the $$. And - go figure! - the ones that I know have stuff that pertains to the Silmarillion are the most expensive ones! Gah!

[dawn_felagund]

I could never read the HoMe either except for essays that really, really interested me, like "The Shibboleth of Feanor." That's part of the reason that I was eager to jump into this project with both feet because picking apart the book and taking meticulous notes and reading the chapters three times each might be what it takes to finally understand--and enjoy--the thing. It's more right-brain satisfaction than left-brain, as in the creative energy that I get from reading The Silm.