I have been out of academia for so long that I have forgotten how to do citations ;_; Send help.

Then again, I don't think I've ever felt the need to quote a song in an essay for academia. I once did quote Monty Python's killer rabbit scene for the Shibboleth of Elizabeth I essay*, but quoting Meat Loaf in an essay (or is it just a shipping ( Read more... )

SOOO for the purpose of this month's SWG challenge I am re-reading Humphrey Carpenter's Tolkien biography. (The topic of the challenge is love stories. The muses insist on an essay. Don't ask.) I know I keep saying that, but maybe I haven't yet said it here, so let me put it out here: I really really wish that Tolkien's biography could be turned ( Read more... )

and the Advent season is upon us and soon the year will be over. Felix keeps asking why the year went so fast. I don't think I ever felt that years were going by too fast when I was that young. Birthdays were over too fast, yes. Vacations were over too fast. But years were endless things, and I would not for the life of me have dreamt of feeling in ( Read more... )

(or maybe not?) FRIENDSLIST, I AM DISAPPOINTED IN YOU!

There's a new Star Wars (prequel sequel) teaser out, and I have to learn about it from OUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER rather than my fellow fannish contacts? For shame! I'm living under a rock, but what's everyone else doing? Where aaare you ( Read more... )

It's almost 9 pm on January 3rd*. I have a glass of cider, and I have completed Chapter 18 of Golden Days². I have even managed to put two footnotes into a really short LJ post. That fully qualifies me for taking part in the birthday toast!

So, To the Professor, and to a good fannish year.

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*CET, Gregorian calendar.

²It's ridiculous. When ( Read more... )

In less accomplished news, this comic here is giving me such horrible fandom crack ideas. I mean, it totally works for Alqualondë/Losgar, too. ("Fry the chips." - "..." - "THE CHIPS! DAMN YOU! NOT THE SHIPS!")

(Oh dear. It's like a mash-up of "Verdammte Brandstifter!" and the Potato thing, isn't it.)

Today's XKCD wins my heart for various reasons.
I might consider adopting this approach whenever I hear someone else propagate the "medievals believed the world was flat" myth in the future...

Speaking of The Silmarillion, there's a Silmarillion Fandom Opinion SurveyIt's quite useless, to be honest, as it is extremely limited and only addressing ( Read more... )

You know, it's funny. Whenever the "Are Elves (biologically/genetically) human" question comes up in discussion somewhere (As far as I am concerned, yes, they are, Tolkien pretty much explicitly said so, much of the textual "evidence" suggests it, too, why are we still discussing this), someone will pipe up and say "So Elves don't have pointy ears ( Read more... )

TWO THINGS ( Read more... )

Random fannish squee moment of the day, via ladyelleth.

Escrick sapphire ring's mystery history sparks meeting

LOOK AT THAT RING. THAT IS CLEARLY A STAR OF FËANOR. Well, very nearly. Very very nearly. 7th to 11th century? WELL MAYBE MAGLOR LOST IT.

Say, mirien, would you say you can replicate something like that? I mean, it's a genuine historical find, so it ( Read more... )