'Is it morning already?' said Frodo yawning.
'Not yet, but night is drawing to an end, and the full moon is setting. Will you come and see it? Also there is a matter on which I desire your counsel. I am sorry to rouse you from sleep, but will you come?'
(P. 683, Tolkien, The Two Towers)

#samissojealous

I really like Faramir.

Impending apocalypse or not, the days of 2012 are numbered. I personally am hoping global catastrophe holds off until at least after I get a chance to see Les Misérables, but I'll try not to be greedy. The truth is that I spent much of this year enraptured, and as such I am here to pay tribute to everything that made my favourites list in these ( Read more... )

This is going to be one of those rapid-fire posts where I say a lot of different stuff but nothing at all, isn't it ( Read more... )

Um. Hm. You... you told me once that you weren't a hero. Um. There were times that I didn't even think you were human. But let me tell you this, you were the best man, the most human.... human being that I have ever known, and no one will ever convince me that you told me a lie. And so, there. I was so alone, and I owe you so much. Please, there's ( Read more... )

I have just watched the first episode of Sherlock and am wrecked to discover what I have been missing all this time.

"Not now! I'm in shock. Look, I've got a blanket!"

Other things I have been loving recently include but are not limited to the following:

• The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey. It's a modern inspired-by Jane Eyre sort of ( Read more... )

After finally seeing Inception last night, I have decided it is probably time to abandon my previous policy of immediately rejecting any film based on the amount of hype it receives. I mean, really, any movie in which Tom Hardy calls Joseph Gordon-Levitt "darling" is all right by me ( Read more... )

Ruutu enjoyed showing 'Canes sauna experience

I don't think I need to elaborate.

Also, after vowing to be a better fan this season, I missed Toronto's opener last night against the Canadiens. Was it a good one? The photo in this morning's Globe & Mail suggests to me that it was, though for the life of me I can't figure out who Tim Brent is. ( Read more... )

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I have just seen this and loved it maybe more than was appropriate. In short, it was a perfect blend of dark circumstances, wry humour, puzzle games, bowler hats-pipes-waistcoats, and homoeroticism. Please to be pointing me in the direction of any and all applicable fic, tout suite! Much obliged. God save the Queen.

I want to write a story about two terribly incompetent 16th century rival explorers who are actually just secretly in love with each other.

I am wearing Eiffel Tower earrings today. I don't usually wear earrings, but these are so Emma Pillsbury I couldn't even stand it and snatched them up without more than a second thought.