A meme from vega_ofthe_lyre, in which I have never, ever been so long-winded before (well, okay, that is probably a lie; I am frequently long-winded).

part i.
Respond to this and i'll pick seven of your lj interests for you to explain in a new post.

( cut for loquaciousness. )

All right, universe: I still dislike winter. It's cold and claustrophobic and forces trousers upon me. And this massive snowstorm that is turning the entire nation into a replica of Caradhras is causing all sorts of trouble, not least making it nearly impossible for me to open my front door.

(What is that, NPR? Libraries are closed?! ALL RIGHT, THIS ( Read more... )

It's a tired, quiet sort of night. I managed to recapture a little of the magic of early this morning -- sitting outside on a fallen stone bench beneath the apple tree recording harmonies for "Lullay Lullay" while the sun set and mist crept across the moon was beautiful, and also! my hardcover copy of Sunshine came this morning, exactly in time, ( Read more... )

you guys, YOU GUYS. I cannot believe I haven't watched The Lord of the Rings in years (YEARS! REALLY TRULY YEARS!) because it is beautiful beyond all reckoning. Also I apologise to everyone who follows me on Twitter for how I tweeted ten straight hours of movie and near the end of Return of the King my capslock button got stuck.

Look. Once upon a ( Read more... )

OH PLAGUES AND PLAGUES I MISSED REMUS' BIRTHDAY.

I AM A ROTTEN FANGIRL.

(Actually, there are ninety minutes left, but that hardly amounts to anything. I missed Aragorn's birthday, too, but the fic I was contemplating turned out to have even less plot than my fics usually do, so I gave up on it. Seriously, it was about Aragorn and Halbarad in the ( Read more... )

I happened to skip over to the Fellowship of the Ring soundtrack on iTunes, which hasn't got a proper listen out of me for--a year, likely, and suddenly I am twelve years old again and, inexplicably, feel a little bit like crying. I remember the exploding wonder of Tolkien, and reading the books thirteen times in a year, and counting down, and ( Read more... )