Kiss me, I'm Hobbity!

[neverwhere]

I am still in shock that my little piece of fanfic pie was so well received. (You liked it, you really liked it! *Oscar speech squee*) And no, that's not false modesty, I truly am surprised and more than a little amazed. Or perhaps you're all just flattering me obsequiously, and I'm too blind to notice. ;-)
I suppose this means I have to write more now, doesn't it. Oh dear. *meep*

I have new icons! After months of the same old pictures staring at me all damn day, I finally have something new to show. Well, okay, they're mostly old icons, but I had lost them and only just found the CD they were on, so it's kinda like having new ones. This may not seem like interesting news, but *I'm* rather pleased about it. *grins*

And speaking of interesting news...I had a threesome with two extremely hot musicians last night.
HA! You almost believed that, didn't you. *smirk* (Yeah yeah I know, you didn't really believe such an outrageous lie, as we all know that Nevvie has the sex life of a toaster.)
Alas, I can not claim such felicity, but my nympho kleptomaniac alter ego Fritzie can. It's so depressing when your fictional creations get more action than you know you ever will. *laughs*

There's a forest fire raging in the mountains, and even where I am, 150 miles away by the beach, it is quite literally raining ash, the air smells of smoke and the sun has been blocked out for days. I sometimes feel like a character in 1602, as these would seem to be portents that the End is Nigh. Yeesh.

Yesterday I was actually quite social and attended a mini-meet with a few people from hp_california, which was fun. We talked and squeed, ate scrumptious food and theorized wildly about Potter goodness. I was just happy to have an excuse to leave my flat for once. *giggles* Thankfully, it was worth it, and I am definitely looking forward to our next get together at Disneyland in two weeks. Does anyone want me to buy them some mouse ears? :)

Oh, before I forget, please welcome new friend kayselkiemoon, who likes all the same things as me and is therefore exceedingly cool. *grins impishly* And you all must join ask_trashheap, it's just so Fragglicious! :D

Comments

Kiss me, I'm gollum

[tivadar.livejournal.com]

Grin, impressive title. I haven't decided how to feel about the third movie yet. I'm sure I should feel some way before I go to see it, seeing as I took a class on Tolkien in college and it would just not be right for me not to be prejudiced for or against it. Can anyone else really say they wrote a paper entitled "Death and Deathlessness in the Lord of the Rings"?

Anyways, have you read Wheel of Time? Robert Jordan is amazing, and if you're looking for a cult following, that's the place to find it. The last few books in the series (currently at 10 if I remember correctly) do get SOMEWHAT slow, but they're by no stretch bad. The only problem is that when the author is getting old, and each book is 700 or so pages, you want to be damn sure he finishes before he dies...

Aes Sedai suck
Matrim is a great name

Tiv

Re: Kiss me, I'm gollum

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

Why hello there, strange and interesting random person who showed up on my journal. *grins impishly*

I would certainly like to read your 'Death and Deathlessness' paper. Sounds intriguing. :)
I tried to teach a comparative mythology class based mostly on The Simarillion, but although I did looooads of research, I'm a terrible teacher and got next to nothing done. Wheee. *giggles*

I have not read the Wheel of Time, although I do believe it's one of the things my dear friend ashfae was always trying to get me to read. Shall investigate further.

What brings you to my humble abode, O Tiv? :)

Re: Kiss me, I'm gollum

[tivadar.livejournal.com]

Yes, well, one of my SN's isn't RandomFractal for nothing...

It was a fun paper to write. I got pressed for time, but I really enjoyed the start of it. I write in general, not saying it's good, but the beginning of the paper, or my motivation behind the topic, just felt right to me. I get that sometimes when I write other things, and normally it's a good hunch.

Funny that you tried to teach a class on that. I want to teach, am now actually, and love it. Our professor was great for the Tolkien course, he'd suggest something which was entirely not what he thought, and wait for one of us to challenge him.

Wheel of time is EXTREMELY good. If your friend is a true fan, and she's female, and you tell her Aes Sedai suck, you'll probably bring her wrath down upon you... I think a lot of online communities have formed and are almost becoming solidified as actual organized groups around those books.

Hmm, what brought me here, good question. I think I figured it out, believe it was through etoilepb. I wander on friends lists. The commentary seemed interesting, and anyone who's a potter and lotr fan has to be good people :-P

And besides, your top 10 list in your info was winning. Smoke and Mirrors is a great book. Put mathematically, interesting + random = message.

Tiv