Dear lijahlover, as always, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!I love the fact that we have the same birth date (because obviously Virgos are the best). I wish you a fun, relaxing and happy Sunday for your birthday celebration this year. As you always provide good cheer to me, I hope there will be lots and lots of people to put plenty of smile on your face. All of the hugs and ( Read more... )

I'm saddened to hear the news of Christopher Lee's passing ( Read more... )

This morning I was woken up by Howard Shore's music on my alarm clock (in my mobile phone). Naturally, I'd chosen the most epic sounding composition in the third The Hobbit soundtrack, "Sons of Durin". Because it wouldn't do to have something mellow like "I See Fire" or "The Last Goodbye ( Read more... )

It's January 3rd and did anyone do a birthday toast for Professor J.R.R. Tolkien? Unfortunately, I'm all out of ale (and I'm practically cutting down on the number of alcohol I consume--look at me, I would make a very bad Dwarf or Hobbit at parties!) so I toasted the professor with iced green tea ( Read more... )

Remember how I said last year that I had a very slim list of favorite albums? ...yeah, it just went even slimmer this year. *laughs*

Finding new music has never been my priority and I've stuck with soundtracks again this year as I always have in previous years. But then, if your year consists of writing about, interviewing and watching Marvel's ( Read more... )

This year's Favorites Of The Year list starts with my favorite Books of 2014.

I read just enough books to have a Top 10. Between The Strain TV series and rebranding the magazine, I spent more time re-reading GdT and Chuck Hogan's novels and checking out new magazines for design inspiration than I did reading books. But since I was also doing the ( Read more... )

Oh sweet Valar ( Read more... )

I just learned that Billy Boyd will be singing (and writing!) the end credits song for The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five ArmiesSo Pippin's song used on the film's first and only trailer (so far) was a bit of a foreshadowing ( Read more... )

I have been waiting for a week (even more, it seems!) to watch The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition DVD, which I'd bought from Amazon.com through my friend. (He insisted that I should've gotten the Blu-ray instead but I simply don't have a Blu-ray player and I'm not willing to wait until I do have on to watch the discs on that player ( Read more... )

After being delayed for 4 days, my family and I got to celebrate my birthday. We had lunch outside and it was a very nice lunch of steak, Mexican food and Guinness. I didn't bring any camera with me because I wanted this celebration to be private but trust me when I say that it was really nice to just go out, eat and not think about taking pics. :P ( Read more... )