another yearly tradition

So, I'm doing my annual marathon watching of the Lord of the Rings movies. Actually a good quarter of the way thru of Return of the King right now. I did my Beatles puzzle while I "watched" Two Towers.

You know what scene gets me choked up every time? When they gather up all the "men" to go defend Helm's Deep. The taps on the shoulders as the men stop embracing their wives, the looks of confusion on the boys faces as they are led away - perhaps they always dreamed of being a warrior and not a farm boy, but suddenly it's all too real. Ugh, I had to just sit for a moment as those scenes went by. Two Towers is probably my favorite of the 3, if only for the battle at Helm's Deep. Lots of good badass moments for Aragorn too. (Dear Viggo Mortensen, can you please do some movies in 2008 where you don't play a creepy freak? kthxbye)

If they really truly do make The Hobbit, I hope that it is at least half as good as these movies. I've watched the old cartoon Hobbit before, I remember enjoying it well enough. I've attempted to read the book but Tolkien and I don't mix.

End of the year memes

You know the drill - copy/paste the first sentence of each month for the whole year:

we went over to a friend's place last night and there was absolutely no parking in the designated parking areas.
What are five books that changed your life?
Weird Al announced tour dates for his 'straight outta lynwood' tour!!
Okay, must remember to do double takes on everything today.
I enjoyed 'Heroes' last night - even though my DVR quit about 5 minutes before the end!
Some poor, unsuspecting soul came to the information desk today.
It's very quiet here at the library. So, meme time!!
Electric Tiki finally finished one of the "Tooned Up" Buffy statues!
My mom was asking about this sketch (because my brother is currently obsessed with Shakespeare).
I have returned!
JOSS IS COMING BACK TO TV! (eventually)
LOL -- Jamie Barber to give away 3 towels!

( more 2007 memes under here )