What do you "assign" to the Shire?

[Mithalwen]

I assign still getting lettuce from your garden after Thanksgiving. Sadly, I don't think that will last long.

I would assign getting lettuce at any time of the year - any attempt to grow salad leaves or hostas results simply in providing a soup kitchen for slugs (since I try to garden organically and am rather fond of hedgepigs slug pellets are a no no.. and the eco friendly alternatives require a degree of vigilance I am not always able to maintain). I do have some roses still in the front garden which is rather fab - and I hope due to the sheltered south facing site rather than global warming.

[Orominuialwen]

The solution for slugs is to put out a saucer of beer! No joke! The slugs end up drinking themselves to death and don't bother your plants nearly as much. :p :D

[Thinlómien]

I assign horrible weather, singing when no one's listening and filming silly scenes in a church.

:D

[Oddwen]

I assign bowls of free beer!! :D:D:D

j/k.

I assign stripes - I love stripes. Striped clothes, striped cars, striped carpet, striped graphix...plaid...they're just so cool. And they go places.

[McCaber]

I assign hard packed snow you can slide on without a sled. It rocks.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Adoption and happy families. :)

Doing work you love.

Oil paint.

Naps.

[Kath]

Getting your last piece of coursework for the term in.

Spending an evening watching films with friends.

Planning Christmas activities.

[Brinniel]

I assign snowstorms that cancel all classes after 2pm on a day you really don't feel like going to class.

Finally, a snow day (err...rather, a half-day). :)

[Rikae]

I assign winter vacation, and the things that follow from it:
-Taking long, hot baths in the middle of the day, while reading a book of one's own choice.
- Resting one's feet on the radiator and watching the spruce outside the window gradually droop under the weight of the snow.
- Banishing all textbooks, notebooks, etc. to a dark corner, out of sight, out of mind.

[Kath]

Somebody thinking enough to offer you a lift on what is really a freezing cold night. Restores your faith. :D

[THE Ka]

Going up farther north than north, even though it's amazingly windy out and the sea breeze is freezing you beyond recognition... Then to turn up in an obscure little coffee house (ex-boiler room), with many complete strangers.
Only to end up consuming large quantities of warm coffee, accordion and many more sounds and dancing with those complete strangers as if they are your kif and kin.

In short, having a bloody good time with Jason Webley and complete strangers. :)
It made the otherwise annoying trip through such weather all the more better.

~ Zima Ka

[Kath]

Getting back home after a very long term and decorating the house ready for Christmas! It's all so sparkly now. Also, rediscovering that houses are supposed to be warm! And of course, having food cooked for you completely free of charge (unless it be setting the table or washing up :D).

[Lalwendë]

I assign having a nipper in the house at Christmas - it can only get better when I can start telling him about Father Christmas and how he much prefers a can of Guinness to a glass of sherry, how he won't leave any presents unless you keep your eyes closed tight shut all night and how the reindeer are powered by the magic of good girls and boys, so you need to be good to make sure the reindeers (sic) can get here...

...though I'm not looking forwards to being woken up at dawn and not being able to have a bacon sandwich before we open what Father Christmas has left...

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

I assign the Great Alaska Pizza Co. because it's wonderful pizza, almost no crust(we hates the crusssst). And sledding down a nice huge hill, steep and long, not tiny hills, sledding down the deck is pretty boring!

Going on the downs all day with the parents at work and no one to boss you around!

[littlemanpoet]

Fondu after the Chrismas Eve service with 80 proof Armangac (whew!) and Chardonnay .... and Pinot Noir (14%) :D on Christmas Day. Makes the cold feel not so ughy. :p

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

What I got for Christmas!

[Aganzir]

Ubuntu Linux.

Every problem I've ever had with Windows - all gone.

[Kath]

Having a family willing to do bizarre things such as sit round a table and ring bells when your number is called out. Where my mother finds these things I will never know but it was fun. :D

[Nogrod]

Not caring for any Christmas preparations but only sitting in tables already made... :)

Sitting down with people you don't sit down with everyday and eating well, drinking well, chatting well... feeling the belonging together of us, the generations together.

That's something I really love and honour.

The next year I have promised to hold the feast as my mom and her "boyfriend" (79 years) are getting a bit too old to organize these things (she refused my offer this year).

So the next Christmas I'm assigning to Shire making up the party for all others to enjoy.

[Lalaith]

My cousin, who lent me her pretty green dress to wear on Christmas Day (for reason why, see Mordor thread)

My bag, which finally turned up this evening after (probably) many adventures. We all sat round looking at it, wishing it could talk to tell us all the places it had been, and how it had spent Christmas...

[Volo]

The coming back to life -feeling you get after having been sick and hopeless.

[Mithalwen]

I heartily second Volo's .

And add finding something pretty and frivolous you coveted full price while Christmas shopping and absolute snip in the sales.:D

[Lalwendë]

Immodium.

[Thinlómien]

My almost-ready and very pretty green ball gown... :D

[Lhunardawen]

Lysol 99% disinfectant. Beats the Mordor out of nauseating formalin...a bit.

[McCaber]

Watching two of my very good friends finally get married yesterday.

[Thinlómien]

Friends who bring you flowers when you're ill.

[Thinlómien]

Realising that a huge work you've left to the last moment and you don't feel like doing at all isn't huge at all.

:D

[Nogrod]

Realising that a huge work you've left to the last moment and you don't feel like doing at all isn't huge at all.Realising or deciding? :rolleyes:

[Groin Redbeard]

A bunch of peeping tom neighbors who won't leave me alone!

[littlemanpoet]

Er, Groin, maybe a Dwarf wants to banish things he doesn't like to the Shire, but most folks around here generally assign things they like. Things they don't like tend to get assigned to Mordor. ;)

[Mithalwen]

Er, Groin, maybe a Dwarf wants to banish things he doesn't like to the Shire, but most folks around here generally assign things they like. Things they don't like tend to get assigned to Mordor. ;)

Maybe he likes it ;)

And Nogrod it is not fair to go parental on the Downs :D

I assign (for only about the third time in my life) having a hairstyle rather than just hair..

[Thinlómien]

All the four posters above me really amuse me. :D

Anyway, I'd like to assign friends who send you snail mail (and if it features a penguin article, even better :D).

[Groin Redbeard]

Er, Groin, maybe a Dwarf wants to banish things he doesn't like to the Shire, but most folks around here generally assign things they like. Things they don't like tend to get assigned to Mordor. ;)

I don't think my neighbors are as bad as all that. I'd just like them anywhere but next to my home!

Maybe they could move in with the Sacksville-Baggins!:p

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

I assign Laurinque!(she is my friend from school) and a boy I nicknamed Beautiful!

[Kath]

Things just ... working. Getting work in in plenty of time, having a bus that drops you off at just exactly the right time, wandering around campus for a couple of hours doing everything you needed to get done and having friends who will do that with you and then agree to go to a new exercise class with you so you don't have to go on your own for the first time. :D

I like second year!

[Aganzir]

My little brothers (I have three of them), who have been unusually nice today.

One went to buy me some lemonade when I asked him. Another made me ice cream when I asked him. And the youngest took my dog for a walk when I complained it's too cold and dark and damp outside.

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

My little brothers (I have three of them), who have been unusually nice today.

One went to buy me some lemonade when I asked him. Another made me ice cream when I asked him. And the youngest took my dog for a walk when I complained it's too cold and dark and damp outside.Whoa! That must be strange, I have a six year old little brother and he is a little terrorist! I can't believe what he does! I should assign him to Mordor!

[Finduilas]

Running water! How I miss it. :(

please thaw pipes, please thaw pipes, please thaw....

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

Well I suppose you could pray about it!!!!!!!! (that usually works for me!)

But on the subject! My director for the last play I was in! He is so awesome!

[Groin Redbeard]

Cowboys and horses!

[littlemanpoet]

Cowboys and horses!
I wonder what Hobbits would think of that? :p

[Rikae]

Hmm...
shutters, big, fluffy square pillows, salami and cheese for breakfast, mineral water, dim streetlights that let you see the stars, brick pedestrian streets, magpies, 500 year old houses, real castles and my future in-laws get assigned to the Shire.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

According to your description, Rikae, I'm already there! ;)

[Mithalwen]

Being appreciated - always nice but even better when it comes from an unexpected source.

[Groin Redbeard]

I wonder what Hobbits would think of that? :p

They'd love it. The hobbits could teach the cowboys to play golf, and the cowboys can teach the hobbits how to ride horses. Then they can play their first game of Polo!:D

[Kath]

Succeeding in learning a ridiculous amount of choreography in a tiny amount of time, especially considering my (lack of) dancing skills. :D

[Nogrod]

The simple option of sleeping late tomrrow.

That's a bliss after a few weeks of rushed scheduals...

[Volo]

The simple option of sleeping late tomrrow.

That's a bliss after a few weeks of rushed scheduals...

:) I couldn't agree more!

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

Oh yes! After going to bed at twelve O'clock midnight and waknig up at 5:30 in the morning for three weeks, I'm pretty content with waking up late!

[Groin Redbeard]

The simple option of sleeping late tomrrow.

That's a bliss after a few weeks of rushed scheduals...

Another reputation point to Nogrod. I do love my bed, although why you would assign it to the Shire instead of your room I'll never know.:D

[Thinlómien]

So, I assign:

- Acting. Those rare moments you feel you're doing it well are just awesome.
- Finding you have skills you didn't think you have. Like, for example, being able to change clothes very quickly.
- Contact lenses. They make life easier.
- Not being hungry even though you probably should be. Simply because being hungry is unpleasant.
- Laughing. Because it's just fun. :D

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

So, I assign:

- Acting. Those rare moments you feel you're doing it well are just awesome.
- Finding you have skills you didn't think you have. Like, for example, being able to change clothes very quickly.
- Contact lenses. They make life easier.
- Not being hungry even though you probably should be. Simply because being hungry is unpleasant.
- Laughing. Because it's just fun. :D
Laughing should be counted as a life skill, in fact someone could probably teach a class on how to laugh! I laugh and giggle a lot.

[Volo]

My first friend ever, with whom I thought I had lost contacts, suddenly sending me an e-mail - what could be greater than that?

[Groin Redbeard]

Peaceful evenings and my favorite Oak tree.

[McCaber]

Clear winter nights when the world is dark and the stars are shining bright. Cold it may be, but beautiful.

[Mithalwen]

I will second that without going into a "Campaign for dark skies" rant...

I assign finally getting a problem resolved and the hope of a little lie in tomorrow..... or at least a hour with coffee and the paper before having to be more productive

[Kath]

I assign the very fun day I've just had and the brilliance that is Stomp! I saw it years ago but forgot just how enjoyable it really was.

[Mithalwen]

Brown paper packages tied up with string...

but cardboard and sellotape work nicely too :D

[Lalwendë]

I assign seeing the International Space Centre with the Atlantis Space Shuttle docked on it whizz above my head this evening. Twice! That was just...amazing! :cool:

I recommend the NASA website!

[Mithalwen]

Discovering how to stop Amazon recommending books on the basis of admissions to owning various children's classics proffered becasue I ordered the Children of Hurin (and so they offered the Hobbit). I am not embarrassed about owning The House at Pooh Corner, The Wind in the Willows and so forth but had thought telling them that I owned a book would shut them up but no they seemed to think I wanted every wretched edition.... Ok so a small person never received "No matter what" because it was too beautiful for me to part with but that was an exception....

[Volo]

Dances! I hope I'll have the enthusiasm I have now for next year's ball.

[Finduilas]

Dances! I hope I'll have the enthusiasm I have now for next year's ball.

Hmm. What kind of dances? Because, I would assign English Country Dances.

[Rikae]

Excessive compliments. :D

[Kath]

Seeing something you've worked so hard on finally coming to fruition (and feeling it!). So, so looking forward to tomorrow, I don't care if we lose, it's been great!

[Azaelia of Willowbottom]

So, I assign:

- Acting. Those rare moments you feel you're doing it well are just awesome.
- Finding you have skills you didn't think you have. Like, for example, being able to change clothes very quickly.
- Contact lenses. They make life easier.
- Not being hungry even though you probably should be. Simply because being hungry is unpleasant.
- Laughing. Because it's just fun. :D


All very definitely seconded!! :D

I also assign accidental discoveries. I found something really awesome last night that I hope I get to do with my summer, completely accidentally, while trying to find a school to transfer to next year. :D YAY!

[MatthewM]

Revenge!

[Rikae]

Victory!

[Kath]

Finishing an essay! Who says pressure is bad for you? :rolleyes:

[Thinlómien]

Holidays. Sleeping. Chocolate. Writing. The Sims. Good company.

[Rikae]

Finishing an essay! Who says pressure is bad for you? :rolleyes:
Seconded (times three - finished three essays today!)

[Thinlómien]

Talking with silly friends very late and for a long time. :D

[McCaber]

Finishing a five-page essay 3 (count 'em, 3) minutes before I need to leave for class.

[Rikae]

Birthday presents. :)

[Groin Redbeard]

There is nothing more satisfying in life (besides a Crispy Cream Dougnut) :D than sitting down after three months of studying for a test and knowing that you are fully prepared.

[Volo]

Nogrod's lessons. I am filling my schoolbag for tomorrow and encountered the notebook I use on his lessons. To check whether I need it, I looked at the curriculum and saw that no, I don't need it. It felt so bad to take it out of the bag that I had to smile.

:rolleyes:

[Volo]

Fresh new snow. It makes nature look so small and familiar. I went for a walk yesterday about midnight and was surprised to see snow everywhere, a nice surprise.
It was quite an amusing walk, since I hadn't walked in "the dark forest" (which wasn't that dark yesterday) for about a year. Even encountered several new buildings in two places... :S

[Thinlómien]

Snow and sunshine.

[Mithalwen]

Thinlomien for sharing her portkey to the downs - and many other reasons ...

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Yes, three cheers for Lommy's secret door! May her thrushes ever thrive, and may the sun shine on the keyholes, even if it's not Durin's Day...

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Snow and sunshine.

Thinlomien for sharing her portkey to the downs - and many other reasons ...

I second both!!! http://fellowship.forumup.cz/images/smiles/slider_thankyou.gif

[Thinlómien]

I assign being assigned to Shire. :D It sure makes the morning better.

[Thinlómien]

I assign the Helsinki metropolitan area library service.

I have had the French Fellowship of the Ring loaned since September or October and this far, I've renewed the loan five times, which is the maximum. So on Monday, I went to a library, rather sad, for I hadn't managed to finish the book and I had to return it. Besides, I had just picked it up again and I had the feeling I would finish it soon if I could just keep it for a week or two. I went to the desk and paid some old debts *mumbles something about returning books a bit late*. Then I asked the librarian about the FotR. She said I can't renew the loan anymore, because the book has to return to the library after five renewals. However, as I had the book with me (as I had intended to return it), she just looked that it was ok, apparently made some marking on the library database and I was allowed to loan the book again right then. :D I love flexible systems and user-friendly service, especially as they are quite rare these days.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

That's nice. :) I just today had a very similar experience with returning books whose loan time I extended for the maximum, and still didn't finish one of them. But I must point out something in reaction to you:
I went to the desk and paid some old debts *mumbles something about returning books a bit late*.

Because I also noticed in the library a cut-out article from the newspaper with the title provocatively aiming on all visitors of the library, saying: "A woman arrested for not returning books." So Lommy, watch out :)

[Mithalwen]

However, as I had the book with me (as I had intended to return it), she just looked that it was ok, apparently made some marking on the library database and I was allowed to loan the book again right then. :D I love flexible systems and user-friendly service, especially as they are quite rare these days.

We have the same system here - it is ok for you to renew the book more if it isn't reserved, they just have to see it to know you aren't returning it because it is lost or damaged...

I have 2 books I need to find quickly because otherwise it will cost me a fortune :( .

I assign singing in a choir. I went to a "come and sing" performance of The Crucifixion last night and it was wonderful. I was a bit rusty though.....

[Bêthberry]

Soapboxes, on luxuriously lazy and leisureful holidays. :)

And now that spring is finally sprung, I embrace its hope and hope that someday soon our mountains of snow will melt.

Happy Easter/Equinox to all the Downers. This too belongs in The Shire.

[Mithalwen]

And a very happy what ever is culturally appropriate to you too, most Shire-worthy Bethberry...

[Kath]

Meeting up with a friend and managing to completely avoid being rained/sleeted/snowed on.

Also, the appearance of some snow! It's been a while ... since Finland probably.

[Groin Redbeard]

Good company and good food!:D

[THE Ka]

Finding out the Rhododendron bush that your mom has had since she was nine is named, 'Mr. Frodo'. :D

What makes it even more interesting is that she's never read the lotr trilogy. Hmmm.

~ Ka

[Azaelia of Willowbottom]

I assign wonderful roommates who give you decongestant on Easter Sunday when every store is closed. It certainly made my day worlds better. :D

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Girl scout cookies! Made with fresh girl scout! And coconut!

[Thinlómien]

Being childishly delighted of small things.

Such as having a bus splash mud water on you, making a snowman, and getting your clothes wet and snow into your boots. :D

And I feel like re-assigning snow and sunshine, although it's already dark and the snow is probably melting...

[Mithalwen]

Yesterday was the first day I could:

turn off the central heating during the day,

wear my "new" (bought in January - it seems I might be an optimist after all)summer slingbacks for the first time even if just for a party. Ok this meant attacking my hobbity feet with something you might use on horses' teeth and mucking around with fake tan but so what .. I am so bored of my winter clothes.

think of planting stuff out.

I also assign really nice meals (Beef Wellington and Raspberry Roulade ... bliss) and good company.

[A Little Green]

First glimmers of spring... Seconded.

I assign sunshine and warmth and the fact that I (almost) don't have anything I have to do.

Freedom!

If I could fly, I would.

:D

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

I assign meeting old friends discovering you still can talk to them rightaway and more fluently than to other "newer" people you know. Also I assign meeting hedgehogs who live among the blocks; and last of all I assign good things you can't get out of your head.

I would assign Roger Waters, but not sure how they'd cope with him in the Shire... or maybe actually how he would cope with them. Although, looking at it, there are lots of other things which would also look strange in there...

[Thinlómien]

Having time to take a nap and read a book... what a luxury. :D

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

I shall assign fellow students who calls you on the phone to check if youre allright, when you have missed a few lectures.

[Aganzir]

Waking up by the gulls' cries.

Little birds jumping on the street.

The mist that rose from the sea last evening and makes the whole world so beautiful and grey.

The scent of early spring.

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Waking up by the gulls' cries.

Normally I would not mind the gulls, but I have experienced the gulls of Helsinki and they are something special. . .not in a good way.

I guess their cries could still be nice, but they would just remind me how they tried to steal me and my familys food and kind of succeded. . .they are most cunning!

[Aganzir]

Normally I would not mind the gulls, but I have experienced the gulls of Helsinki and they are something special. . .not in a good way.

I guess their cries could still be nice, but they would just remind me how they tried to steal me and my familys food and kind of succeded. . .they are most cunning!
:D Well they're usually not that bad outside the centre of Helsinki - I admit there they are a nuisance and their constant crying annoys me. But it's rather wonderful to wake up so that the first thing I hear when still lying half asleep is the gulls.

[Thinlómien]

The gulls of Helsinki are nice just as long as they don't poo on you - that actually once happened to a friend of Nogrod's... ;)

I assign sunshine and warmth and the fact that I (almost) don't have anything I have to do.
and last of all I assign good things you can't get out of your head.
The mist that rose from the sea last evening and makes the whole world so beautiful and grey.

The scent of early spring.
Oh, I could second all of those. :D

Lastly, I would like to assign being amused by silly things: such as something crazy we did today and the fact that I'm reputedly a psycho... ;)

[Kath]

Going up north for 3 days and getting all of England's winter weather at once! Hail, sleet, snow and truly biting winds - yet managing to avoid getting caught outside in any of them by careful use of a car. Also, the fact that the snow actually settled so we got to see the world covered in white again. It was fun. :D Reminded me a lot of Iceland when you looked up and saw the hills all frosty.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

The REAL spring. The shining (and warm!) sun. Leaves, grass, flowers and blossoms. And stemming from that, the possibility to spend your afternoon by sitting outside the house and reading a book.

[Mithalwen]

I am prone to Seasonal affective disorder so it is utter bliss to be (I hope) in spring and say good bye to the winter blues ..I even feel I might be able to write again at some point.


But Winter's broken and earth has woken,
And the small birds cry again;
And the hawthorn hedge puts forth its buds,
And my heart puts forth its pain.

Rupert Brooke

[Thinlómien]

I assign finding the time time and inspiration to sit down (or, rather, to lay down on your bed :D) and write a short story for your creative writing lesson and being surprised how little time and effort it took.

[THE Ka]

Walking outside and finally seeing the sun in the sky other than a shade of grey, and having flowers pop out of the ground.

Also, finally having some proof that there are more seasons than winter and autumn... :rolleyes:
(Don't get me wrong, I love autumn tremendously, but it becomes a bit tedious having everything dead and grey out).


~ Ka

[Volo]

Yesterday my first lesson was music, starting at 8:10. The teacher likes to remind us that he's tolerant of everything except us coming late. So the night before... I went to sleep at about 11. Then I suddenly woke up nervously, wandering what the time was and cursing that I was late for school. I looked at my mobile phone. The time was 00:00. I began cursing out loud, I was deffinitely late for school. I covered myself in deodorant wandering why I was so tired even though I slept late. I checked my phone again, 00:01. Yes, I am late... but, but, something's not right. I tried to find what the date was, maybe it was the wrong day or something and I wasn't actually supposed to wake up that day. I checked the date, it was 25th of April. Yeees... Ok, but what date was yesterday?? I went into "sent messages" and checked when I had sent the last text message. 24th of April. So, so, ? I was late? For music. Drat. I started putting on my clothes...

It was interesting.

After I had went to sleep again I still woke up once or twice to check that my alarm clock was on. (The preveous night I had actually forgotten to turn on my alarm and it was luck (or no luck) that I woke in the middle of the night and realised that.)

[Thinlómien]

I assign sitting down on the sofa with a novel and only getting up after having read it from cover to cover. It was absolutely fantastic. (For once I had very pleasant schoolwork to do...:rolleyes::D)

[Kath]

One exam to go ... one to go and then freedom!

Ooh also getting to watch St Trinian's at last. I wanted to when it came out but never got the chance.

[Groin Redbeard]

Still spring evenings.:) When the setting Sun lights up the sky and the Mockingbirds give their last few chirpings before going to bed. The crickets start their music and there is a gentle breeze blowing through the grass.

[Brinniel]

Walking past three Uruk-hai on their cigarette break. It made my day. :smokin:

[Kath]

Giving up on passing an exam and (stupidly) revising only two questions because your head simply can't take anymore, only to sit down at your exam paper and find those exact questions are right there in front of you! Luck is an understatement but I'm glad for it.

Going to see a show you've been looking forward to for weeks and having it absolutely live up to your expectations. :D

[Volo]

Haha, Kath, I'd rep you if I could! So, the exams are over now?

[Thinlómien]

The poor little summer who got lost and wandered to Helsinki. I love it.

[Kath]

Haha, Kath, I'd rep you if I could! So, the exams are over now?
Why can't you, Volo? Right clicking on the little button usually works. :p Yes! Completely over! I am so insanely happy. :D I can now say thanks for your LJ comment too, it's been 4 days!

[Volo]

Why can't you, Volo? Right clicking on the little button usually works. :p Yes! Completely over! I am so insanely happy. :D I can now say thanks for your LJ comment too, it's been 4 days!
I actually noticed you LJ entry soon after I commented here, but it's good that you express your happiness here too.

Well, I haven't been repping a lot recently... So... You know the rules. :(

[Mithalwen]

Glorious spring days which remind you not only how good it is to be alive but how lucky you are to live in a beautiful part of a beautiful country. Tolkien was wrong in every wood, in every spring there are about fifty different greens....

Clearly to much that these days should have occured during the long weekend just past ;) But at least I have just about got over the bug that affected my hearing over the weekend. Four days feeling that you are in an ascending aircraft isn't fun....

[Eönwë]

The sun! Finally it sheds its bright rays on us here in England!

[Mithalwen]

And for more than one day in succession!!! i wore a new skirt for the first time to celebrate.. must be spring since I have cast of my customary black and shall be all the colours of the rainbow (though not similtaneously). As for the second half of the Fiona resolution, who knows..... anything is possible. ;)

[Eönwë]

shall be all the colours of the rainbow (though not similtaneously).

I was going to say. For a second there I thought you would reveal your secret identity (Mitharuman of many colours!)

[Mithalwen]

But then I would no longer be Mith-anything.... I know this is treasonable but I do occasionally allow non-tolkien cultural references to permeate my mind.

The Fiona resolution is from the film "Four Weddings and a Funeral"

[Volo]

Slightly drunken middle-aged men (the nicer ones) one meets in the metro. When they're nice they deffinitely are quite amusing - and depressing, of course, but I've gotten over that.

How about this, yesterday:You all know the tale in which there's a frog that turns into a price when a princess kisses it? Well the frog was found in that duckpool in which a duck swam. But actually there's no duckpool in that tale. No! Oh, and I'm that duck. I'm a duck!I really had to switch off my mp3-player and sit beside him for a chat after he said that.

[Thinlómien]

Rain.

[Lhunardawen]

Rain.
Seconded.

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

I assign being done with the musical you've been working on for months and a week after closing night, you are in a ballroom dancing class! I now know how to mambo, tango, one step, and merengue! How exciting!

[Mithalwen]

Waking up and being able to hear properly again in both ears... the head in a bucket effect was driving me nuts....

Allergies are clearly natures way of stopping you enjoying spring too much... :rolleyes:

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Rain.

Seconded.

Thirded, although I wanted to post something like that already a week ago... (and going along these lines, could have posted that years ago...)

[THE Ka]

Thirded, although I wanted to post something like that already a week ago... (and going along these lines, could have posted that years ago...)

If you'd all enjoy, I could lend you a few terentual downpours (http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/rainprotest-thumb.jpg).


For this week, going to work and recieving dog kisses instead of claws in the face. :)

~ Ka

[McCaber]

I'll assign the sultry tones of Streetlight Manifesto. If it weren't for their music I might not make it through this finals week...

[Lhunardawen]

I assign very bright lightnings, accidentally looking directly at one, and the momentary blindness that follows.

[The Elf-warrior]

I'd like to assign unlocking my old email account long after I had given up.

[Thinlómien]

My mother.

The day before yesterday, we were talking about global warming and she said: "If we ever inherit the forests my parents own, they will not be cut down, not as long as I live."

I love her.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

I assign the (overall rather feared) teachers who, unexpectedly, decide to finish the lecture by an illustration, reading you a beautiful piece of literature, and even invite the whole class for a drink. (I am horrified by the idea that I actually assigned Professor Š. to the Shire. But he really deserved it. However I am sure all my classmates would be horrified. As am I. Poor hobbits. If they have never heard of Karl Barth, they will now have more than enough of him.)

Consequently, I should assign all good teachers.

[Groin Redbeard]

I know what you mean Legate , good teachers are what you call a diamond in the rough.:)


I assign all good friends to the Shire. The people who surprise you with little things that mean so much to you, and they just want to make you lose all self control and hug them forever and just say "I love you" over and over again without stopping. God bless them!:)

[kementari]

I'd like to assign Bekah (friend) to the Shire. As she has been working really hard at Uni this semester and deserves a well earnt break. Just imagining sitting down under the trees, blue skies, what a holiday.

Think I'd like to go with her.

[Aganzir]

I assign sunlight that shines through the leaves and turns everything golden and green, and the scent of blooming trees.

But most of all I want to assign luminous nights. It's lovely not to have to turn on the light if I go to get something to eat, even if it was 1 am - and it's only May.

[Volo]

But most of all I want to assign luminous nights. It's lovely not to have to turn on the light if I go to get something to eat, even if it was 1 am - and it's only May.
Hah! I could send that to Mordor. How about waking up at 5AM and not being able to fall asleep again because the curtains don't manage to keep the nasty bad light out of the house. (I did change rooms after that.) Then again, I could be called an optimist in some way, because I have equally a lot to complain about each season.

[Aganzir]

Hah! I could send that to Mordor. How about waking up at 5AM and not being able to fall asleep again because the curtains don't manage to keep the nasty bad light out of the house. (I did change rooms after that.) Then again, I could be called an optimist in some way, because I have equally a lot to complain about each season.
I also assign waking up more refreshed than usually because of the nice light. And apparently I should be glad for my ability to sleep despite the curtains being drawn.

[Thinlómien]

I kind of side with Agan here. Luminous evening are certainly Shire-worthy: it's just lovely to lay on your bed and read a book in the twilight about 11pm... surely much better than it being dark outside and you having to turn the ugly electric light on.

[Volo]

I kind of side with Agan here. Luminous evening are certainly Shire-worthy: it's just lovely to lay on your bed and read a book in the twilight about 11pm... surely much better than it being dark outside and you having to turn the ugly electric light on.

Hmm... You're right, but I myself read in the storeroom in a heap of soft stuff, surrounded by electric light and music. Unfortunately, no fresh air, so I fall asleep when reading. Then again, I equally fall asleep in the warmth of the sun while reading outside. :/

[Thinlómien]

Walking barefoot, silly RPGs and summer holiday.

[Kath]

The very funny guard on my train from Victoria. When he got on he had absolutely no idea where we were going so we had to wait for the announcement while he found his bit of paper that told him what train he was on, and every time we got to a station after that he made some little comment about it. Definitely made the journey more enjoyable! My favourite part was where he listed all the stations and the fact that the train would divide, and then when the voiceover woman then repeated it all he popped back on to the intercom and said 'told you so!' Whole carriage just cracked up laughing. :D

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

I assign succesfully passed exams and tests, especially those when they end up to your (best) expectations; and the index quickly filling itself...

[Mithalwen]

Getting back to work to find your battered but beloved long black cardigan (Monsoon darlings and one of the few garments I have ever liked enough not to wait for the sale for), safely in the cloakroom lobby.

[Kath]

Going to see the Lord of the Rings musical for the third (and, most likely, final time ... though if anyone wants to see it before it closes and fancies a companion ... :D) time and enjoying as much if not more than the previous two times.

Also, the luck that got us into the very front standing section at the Springsteen concert and seats only six rows back at the theatre.

[Mithalwen]

ooh I want to go again - I got sent an offer but prob too late now ... Sat Matinee probably best? :D :D

I assign the AA and the Dunkirk spirit - I got marooned in a flood this morning.

Also my employers at both the agency and the assignment who in teh former case phoned and cheered me up when the Dunkirk spirit failed (waiting for the AA man to arrive on a little patch of high ground and hoping I hadn't trashed the engine), the assignment people who offered to send out a rescue party and gave me a lift to reclaim my little car (seems ok so far, touch wood).

[Kath]

ooh I want to go again - I got sent an offer but prob too late now ... Sat Matinee probably best?
If it was the 2 for 1 or the 4 for £99 offer I think they're both still going actually. I think they go right up to the last day. Haha, Saturday matinee most expensive! :D

In a more on topic manner, I assign finally getting a full lie in!

[Lhunardawen]

I assign finishing a paper (in this case a thesis proposal) just in time, when I had every plan of asking my adviser for an extension. I started working on it a couple of weeks ago, but summer-induced laziness and online distractions (yes, Barrow-downs, I'm looking at you) kept me from finishing it as early as I wanted. Still, at least I was somehow able to prove that I can actually resist procrastination! Well, sort of. But in a war such as this every battle won counts. :D

And maybe now I can start writing something that really matters - like RPG posts. ;)

[Thinlómien]

As for last night, I could assign aunts with great ideas for birthday presents, ex tempore ideas, excellent live music and kind old men who pop out from nowhere and offer to change places with you so that you get from the second to last row to the third row.

As for today, I would like to assign sunshine and spending a Swedish lesson by reading a very good but oh-so-overly-dramatic book. :D

[Kath]

Finally getting my transcript after days of waiting and worrying and finding out I did really rather well in my exams! Opposite order than I thought of course (did better in the ones I thought I nearly failed) but who cares? I'm happy!

Ooh, also, finally getting round to sorting out my CRB stuff for my placement. That was weighing on me.

[Thinlómien]

I assign swimming in the sea. Because it's just great.

Although, on second thought, the hobbits might not approve. Maybe I'll just keep it to myself, then, or assign in to the Grey Havens or something... ;)

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

I assign Slow Waltzing with the best dancer in my class, then after school is done for the summer, remembering it fondly.

[ArathornJax]

I'll assign holding one of your children (or a grandchild) as a baby in a rocking chair in the nursery as they fall asleep and looking into the depth of those innocent and beautiful eyes before they close to enter the never-realm of dreams.

[Aganzir]

I assign Freudian slips. I am sure they would go well with the hobbits' sense of humour.

[Thinlómien]

Swimming in a cold foggy lake at 5am. With your clothes on, preferably.

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

I assign finally seeing the sunlight after three weeks of not even sky, just gray.

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

After last night I should probably assign my work.

I work at a music venue/bar/nightclub and besides the "usual" benifits as cheap beer when going out, free conserts, free drinks while working and a very good pay (for unskilled labour), there is also some mornings that are just amazing.

Last night (6am) when we had closed down "our" part of the venue we went out back to have some beers with our co-workers as we usually do, but this time was special. As it was more of a "morning party" than "after work beer".

When we entered the room there was a few cases of beer and soda standing there and 2 bottles of vodka or gin, which is a bit out of the ordinary (normaly only beer) and after a while this guy came in with a massive champagne cooler which where filled with 1 bottle of Stolichnaya, 2 bottles of 7 year Havana Club and 5 bottles of champagne. . .now I don't know what the market price is for these bottles, but we charge over $100 for them.

Of course there is downsides to this job as well, but I shal save that for Mordor and a day where I am annoyed with my job.

[Lalaith]

Watching LotR on our new telly. It is a 38" flat screen thingy, all digital and LCD and what have you. And I swear its like a whole new world. I mean our old telly wasn't bad at all, it was quite big and did its job, but this...well, wow.....
*gazes at moving pictures flicker across screen in the manner of member of recently-exposed to-technology Amazon tribe*

[Brinniel]

Hey Rune, I would totally assign your workplace too. I remember those drinks and they were amazing. And I still can't believe I missed a Panic at the Disco! concert there only by a couple days. Lucky you who gets to work at such a cool place. :cool:

[Volo]

Like (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showpost.php?p=560031&postcount=133) I said, not getting a summer job belongs to the Shire. I was ordered to try and get one so I applied for one somewhat against my will. So did 1019 other teenagers. And there were places for 5. Yes, I'm quite good, but luckily not that good. Never had a job so far and ain't hurrying for one. Parents pay for a roof, parents pay for food. That's all I need (I do get much more than I need though, no worry of that.). But free time, that they can't give - how could they, when they'd do anything to get some for themselves. I guess that covers it. Happy summer!

[Oddwen]

I assign finding the following books:

Book of Lost Tales vol. I
Book of Lost Tales vol. 2
The Children of Hurin (All three brand new!)
A Guide to Middle-Earth by Robert Foster
Master of Middle-Earth by Paul H. Kocher
Tolkien: A Biography by Humphrey Carpenter
Tolkien: A Look Behind "The Lord of the Rings" by Lin Carter
Plus a Robert Aspirin book

At my fantabulously awesome job at a secondhand store, all for a total of two dollars and fifty five cents after discounts.

:smokin:

[Aganzir]

Walking barefoot on wet grass, either in the night or early in the morning when the sun is about to rise and it isn't totally dark anymore and mist is floating all around.

The scent of a forest after days of more or less rain.

Midnights that are lighter than 5pm on my birthday in the midwinter.

Swimming in the night alone (hmm, hobbits might not approve of this, though).

Sunshine.

Good food.

I am feeling more and more hobbit-like.

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

Walking barefoot on wet grass, either in the night or early in the morning when the sun is about to rise and it isn't totally dark anymore and mist is floating all around.

The scent of a forest after days of more or less rain.

Midnights that are lighter than 5pm on my birthday in the midwinter.

Swimming in the night alone (hmm, hobbits might not approve of this, though).

Sunshine.

Good food.

I am feeling more and more hobbit-like.Quite lovely! The things Aganzir has assigned are wonderful!

I assign being outside when the warm sun is overhead, but you are covered by the trees while swinging!

I also assign pictures, not drawings, but genuine photographs!

[Thinlómien]

Although I'm quite sure I assigned it already, I must assign walking barefoot. How can such a simple thing make one so happy?

Also, good music (and bad too, actually :D), ice-cream, swimming, good company, reading and sleeping. And I could echo Agan about the light - it's wonderful!

[Nogrod]

And I could echo Agan about the light - it's wonderful!You should all experience the summer in the north. It's 3.30 AM and it is light outside! The sun is about to come back making it even lighter having not been completely away as to allow the darkness to set...

It sure is something one could assign to Shire!

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

You should all experience the summer in the north. It's 3.30 AM and it is light outside! The sun is about to come back making it even lighter having not been completely away as to allow the darkness to set...

It sure is something one could assign to Shire!It does that where I live to, The Land of the Midnight sun... In the middle of the summer at midnight it is light outside! It's nice to live so far north!

[Formendacil]

You should all experience the summer in the north. It's 3.30 AM and it is light outside! The sun is about to come back making it even lighter having not been completely away as to allow the darkness to set...

It sure is something one could assign to Shire!

Well, it's not QUITE that far north in Edmonton... but Dad wants to return to Canada's north country some day, so I might get to go up there and experience it with him, if he wants company.

Though it does get light early enough that I had light in the sky for every hour of my drive down to Brinniel's, despite the very early hour (5:00 am, just north of Calgary) of departure.

On the subject of meeting Downers, though, if experiencing it in Finland is a prerequisite to a full life, I'll be glad to tag along on some future summer. :p

[Nogrod]

On the subject of meeting Downers, though, if experiencing it in Finland is a prerequisite to a full life, I'll be glad to tag along on some future summer. :pIt must be... :) and even if there could be other places to experience it you're more than warmly welcome here Form!

[Thinlómien]

I assign...

...laughing at a Chinese actor who looks like David Bowie, shocking your friends, staying up all night long talking, almost falling asleep on soft grass, walking a couple of kilometers barefoot (and wading through all the dirty puddles) and various tricks to stay awake (energy drink, coffee, swimming in the sea - which is absolutely best of those, btw). :D

[Nerwen]

I assign– getting my mid-year results back and finding I did pretty well... which I more-or-less expected, and yet I'd been nervous because some of the exam questions were just weird.:rolleyes:

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

I assign painting, Lauri had a birthday party two days ago and it was wonderfully fun, not only the card that I made for her which had numerous Downs references in it, but we got to PAINT!!!! I painted a rather bad looking tree and she painted the Plains of Rohan... with cucumbers? Anyway, I would like to paint today, after my brother and I clean the house, which he doesn't like to do, but that may have something to do with the fact that he's seven...

[Eönwë]

Summer Holidays, finally.
And what comes with it- free time.

edit: And getting back your test (SATs) results and finding out you did well in the ones that you got your results back for. As for the others, a trip to Mordor (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?p=563423#postcount=2121)should suffice.

[Kath]

Getting a scary number of inches cut from my hair, but finding that I really quite like the results.

Knowing that the next two days will be spent doing fun things with friends, hopefully in the sunshine, just before going to Greece on Friday. 'Tis shaping up to be a good week. :)

[Mithalwen]

I assign my car ... a day of public transport in the sticks is enough. Sorry planet - I'll try to make it up to you in other ways. Also living in the kind of area where idiot me can leave her carkeys in the boot lock and discover the fact by them still being there in the morning - rather than the car being absent.

[Groin Redbeard]

Reputation points and kind comments to go along with them! :D

[Aganzir]

I assign Leonard Cohen and small things that make you feel even a bit better when you're annoyed and tired. Like, finally deciding to book a ticket for a gig and the fact that my mother will pay it.

[Mithalwen]

Being given flowers (as long as they are not orange).

[Mithalwen]

Getting a new assignment but not for a week so I can catch up with all the things and people I didn't this week because I was having meetings and interviews and was inexplicably addicted to obscure Olympic sports.

The assignment being in my home town so I'll have about a five minute commute.

The sun actually shining.

Going out to lunch to somewhere I really like but haven't been for ages.

Scones and jumbleberry jam.

A fab chocolate mousse recipe that is simple and show stopping (thank you James Martin).

[Lindale]

walks around the Academic Oval of my school during very early mornings or late afternoons (when the noisy students and honking cars are gone)

walks around Baguio City

walks around a tree-studded place.

lying down all morning in a bench near the fishpond.

oh and old Spanish churches, Tyndall effect and dust, and no mass or anything going on. I love going to church when nobody else is around.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

I wonder whether anyone didn't yet assign the Downs' reputation system... the fact that it exists, that is.

(Did anyone assign the Downs as whole? But I think that goes without saying. :) )

[Lalwendë]

History in all forms. From reading (and watching ;)) lurid tales about kings and their machinations to exploring how everyday people used to survive. Over the past months I feel like I've been on hundreds of journeys absorbing information and stories on Chinese Emperors, Tudor mistresses, European dynasties, crime and punishment, even Victorian underwear :D

I also love going back to trace a person's ancestry - I could trace a family friend's wife all the way back, via a simple net search, to John of Gaunt (you are lucky if you belong to the peerage, it's much harder if you do not!) and love finding a record of an old family member. I can see why Hobbits love genealogy.

Plus the unashamed pleasures of reading historical novels must also go to The Shire.

[Thinlómien]

If we are assigning different forum functions, may I assign private messages?

I could also assign music that brings back memories, rain, and creative ways of studying (such as watching a Disney movie in Swedish to develop your listening comprehension skills...).

[Lalwendë]

I assign when babies get all excited and giggle when they see other babies. People tell me they have no concept of friendship until they're actually children, but I'm not convinced.

I also assign nice front gardens. I feel depressed when I see front gardens that aren't cared for, so when you see rows of them full of flowers it's as they ought to be ;)

[Groin Redbeard]

I assign labor day weekend parades. I just came back from one this morning and I'm telling you there's nothing to compare with it. Old glory proudly flying off the back of every float, everyone's smiling and having a good time, great food, and foot stomping music that you can line dance to. It's one of those rare days that our town gets to come together as Americans and celebrate all that God has given us! :D

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I assign using school as an excuse to buy books you want.

But mostly? I assign the very nice philosophy professor who is letting me write analytical aesthetics papers on graphic novels instead of modern art so that I can relabel the course as advanced English instead of advance Philosophy and count it toward graduation. :D

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

I love that I have to buy history books for my education. . .before I never could get my self to use that kind of money on books.

[Nogrod]

If you chose your careers well - and are lucky enough to succeed - you can continue that in your work! I've bought a host of books with the pretext "this might be useful in my work". :)

[Mithalwen]

I assign when babies get all excited and giggle when they see other babies. People tell me they have no concept of friendship until they're actually children, but I'm not convinced.




I don't suppose they have the concept per se but they certainly recognise other babies as their own type (in a world populated as giants) - it is the reason the Teletubbies has been so successful with the baby in the sun and they are (apart from the antennae) the shape of a nappied toddler . I remember my godson as a toddler flirting outrageously with the pretty blonde moppet in the highchair at the next table. No language skills required.. :)

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

If you chose your careers well - and are lucky enough to succeed - you can continue that in your work! I've bought a host of books with the pretext "this might be useful in my work". :)

With twenty-three books currently sitting on my bookshelf, ten in the mail, one still in the process of being acquired by the school bookstore (it's out of print and hard to find), and three still to be determined, I'd say it's a record setting semester for book acquisitions.

[THE Ka]

I assign the very nice philosophy professor who is letting me write analytical aesthetics papers on graphic novels instead of modern art

That is amazing!

I know, I'm shooting myself in the foot, but most modern art past Dada is really, really original (I know, mut point, but original in that it is like a restrictive pattern of ideals and goals, and by literally doing so. Something dada did, etc.). I guess it isn't a good sign coming from someone who spent a year on art history, but it's a truth. :rolleyes:

I suggest taking a look at the wonderful work of Mr. Clowes. He's lovely and aesthetic in a kooky way.


I assign all my wonderful aunties at work, who without I'd probably still be a bumbling fool. Mabuhay aunties! :)

~ Ka

[Lalwendë]

I don't suppose they have the concept per se but they certainly recognise other babies as their own type (in a world populated as giants) - it is the reason the Teletubbies has been so successful with the baby in the sun and they are (apart from the antennae) the shape of a nappied toddler . I remember my godson as a toddler flirting outrageously with the pretty blonde moppet in the highchair at the next table. No language skills required.. :)

Well the little Enting is in love with the little baby girl in the Sun on Teletubbies! He grins at her and then looks at you (which is interesting - why?). He especially likes girls, but I don't know if it's the bright colours they wear or not, however he was sat by another boy yesterday and while he peered at him, he didn't grin and get excited like he does when he sees a girl!

[Mithalwen]

He is going to be like my friend's lad - another redhead with a winning smile. At the first short session of reception class he sat next to the prettiest little blonde girl in the class and told his mother to go away for a coffee and come back later.... one of those vision of the future moments...

[Aganzir]

I assign autumn, though I still have to wait till the leaves turn from green/yellow to red and the nights become frosty.

But really, I had already started missing the rain and grey skies and darkness and coldness and the slightly rotten smell.

[Ashbranch]

Home.

[Aganzir]

Crows.

Funny as it might sound, they never fail to make me happy - they are just so darn cute hopping around. And I like the way they look back at me quizzically when I walk and keep smiling at them like an idiot.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Crows.

Funny as it might sound, they never fail to make me happy - they are just so darn cute hopping around. And I like the way they look back at me quizzically when I walk and keep smiling at them like an idiot.

Personally, I like ravens more. Sometimes, it happens that I indeed "meet" some - meaning, not that I see them, but that I indeed "meet" a raven. I may as well assign them here - in a few months maybe, as soon as the flocks start to arrive here for the winter. I am awaiting the "real" autumn to come first, though. It's still summer around here.

As I am here now already however, I would like to assign beautiful evenings (or nights) and also old music that doesn't fail to make you happy. And meeting old friends after a long time. I wonder if I should assign our faculty here... but I think I as well may. Why not? It's brilliant to come there after a long time (although still not for studying yet...)

[Lalwendë]

I assign sinister stories about downed UFOs and the RAF and Army swarming all over a quarry nearby, together with plenty of sightings of strange lights and a low flying craft. I think it's a load of rubbish, but I admit it still gives me a bit of a sci-fi thrill! :cool:

[Thinlómien]

I assign staying up all too late because of talking serious (and less serious) issues with a friend for 2,5 hours. I could also assign taking naps and reading a book in a language you thought you didn't know well and understanding almost all of it. (Someday I even might start liking Swedish, who knows... ;))

[Mithalwen]

Having read the Mordor thread, I assign being born in a time and place that meant that I could get five years of University level education basically for free without being exceptionally gifted or exceptionally poor.

Accursed be those in power who pulled the ladder up behind them.

[Groin Redbeard]

I assign cooler weather to the shire. It is finally getting down into the lower 80's here in Texas so that we can actually go outside and do some rigorous sports without sweating to death. We can actually open the windows in our house! :D

[Mithalwen]

Contrarily I will assign a lovely September weekend after a dire summer - and being able to open windows for the reverse reason!

And Springer spaniels. I took the ancient parent to his favourite pub for lunch and there are some regulars who have a lovely but venerable Springer who has now been joined by an adorable 14 week old pup. Gorgeous ... even though I am really a cat person, I'd be tempted if I weren't out at work all day...

[Lindale]

I assign meeting a very dear friend who lives far away and having spent two blessed days with him. :D

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

The perfect shade of dark red lipstick. Not scarlet, not crimson... just deep, dark wine red.

[Lindale]

The perfect shade of dark red lipstick. Not scarlet, not crimson... just deep, dark wine red.

Aww. But I prefer the pinkish one. Not fuchsia or bright (gay) pink, but not too pale either. :D

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Aww. But I prefer the pinkish one. Not fuchsia or bright (gay) pink, but not too pale either. :D

I don't think I'm social enough to handle the pinker tones... Either I go without and rely on Burt's Bees chapstick (mmm) or I'll stain my lips lovely raspberry or plum tones. But there's something about a confidence boosting shade of lipstick that takes you from a minor meltdown on your bedroom floor to ready to go Out.

[Lindale]

I don't think I'm social enough to handle the pinker tones... Either I go without and rely on Burt's Bees chapstick (mmm) or I'll stain my lips lovely raspberry or plum tones. But there's something about a confidence boosting shade of lipstick that takes you from a minor meltdown on your bedroom floor to ready to go Out.

My age makes it unsuitable for me to use the darker ones. Either that, or my age and the social space wherein I move, where teenagers and young adults with red lipsticks are equated to mga babaeng mababa ang lipad. Oftentimes though I go out with only some magnolia scented talcum powder. :D

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

My age makes it unsuitable for me to use the darker ones.

Fair enough. Mine is certainly a shade for night time, when shadows deepen. And until recently, going out at night didn't seem all together like something I ought to be doing. Now I've come to realize that I simply don't care. Quite the revelation... In fact, one I suspect deserves its own assignation:

I assign the realization that it really doesn't matter. That if something makes it past my conscience, and if my integrity gives it the go-ahead, that's all I need.

[Aganzir]

I assign cooler weather to the shire.
Me too, though I suppose my idea of cooler weather at this time of year differs a bit from yours. ;) We've had it like 7-10 C (about 43-50 F, I think) for the last week, which was awesome. This week is going to be a bit warmer, though - today I could go to school in a T-shirt.

And red trees. Amazing.

[Nerwen]

I assign... going to sleep with a tiny (large-mouse-sized) baby possum curled up against my neck.:)

[Macalaure]

You adopted the one your cat brought home? Cute. :)

[Kath]

Defeating the evils of modern technology! I have fought the effects of Firefox and all but won, only one thing flashes up now and that's a computer thing not an internet one. Mwhaha Firefox, you have been beaten.

Ooh, also, small children who randomly hug and kiss you throughout the day.

[Lindale]

I assign that I properly learned the akkusativ in my German class today! Yay! :D

[Nerwen]

You adopted the one your cat brought home? Cute. :)

Not permanently– the other cat's a hunter, and clearly had designs on it. We took it to a wildlife shelter.

[Lindale]

I assign to the Shire the University of the Philippines Writers Club's eighty-first anniversary today! Long live the Writers Club! (Even though fifty or so years of that was spent on hiatus. :rolleyes:)

[Aganzir]

Movies that really succeed in capturing the atmosphere of the book they're based on. They are rare these days and therefore belong to the Shire.

I'm not sure, though, if hobbits had enjoyed The Hours or Blindness, but I don't care. They belong to my personal Shire.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Saving the environment by recruiting the rabid members of a national student business organization. Boy do I know how to delegate. :cool:

No, seriously, though... it feels really good to know that I picked the right person for the job. Major problem, and rather than me going off on some crusade by myself that I wasn't likely to win, I talked to one person, she talked to one person, there was a cabinet meeting, and now it's being fixed. It took 24 hours. W00t.

Yes. I said w00t.

[Thinlómien]

Being done with the first set of final exams. Now I can - like my lovely creative writing teacher said :rolleyes: :D - stop reading and start writing. :D

[Rikae]

I assign cooler weather to the shire. It is finally getting down into the lower 80's here in Texas so that we can actually go outside and do some rigorous sports without sweating to death. We can actually open the windows in our house! :D

Seconded - and I also assign not being in Texas. :D
It's getting down into the lower 60's here in NY, so we can actually *close* the windows and start drinking hot coffee again.
Hmm, I assign coffee, too.

[Rikae]

I assign that I properly learned the akkusativ in my German class today! Yay! :D

German grammar belongs to Mordor, not the Shire. :p

[Thinlómien]

My creative writing teacher. Not only is she probably the funniest teacher I've ever had, she's also very nice and very lenient with timetables. Oh, she's great. :D

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

It's getting down into the lower 60's here in NY, so we can actually *close* the windows and start drinking hot coffee again.
Hmm, I assign coffee, too.

I have a fire place in my apartment that I've been itching to light up...

*drinks hot tea*

Oh yes... autumn in NY is my favorite.

[Groin Redbeard]

Seconded - and I also assign not being in Texas.

Hey! Those are fighting words!;) Which reminds me, I need to change my sig.

I second Feanor's assignments, fireplaces and autumn. :smokin: I aslo assign staying up late just to talk with my younger brother about his life. :)

[Volo]

My creative writing teacher. Not only is she probably the funniest teacher I've ever had, she's also very nice and very lenient with timetables. Oh, she's great. :D

Seconded. :)

[Formendacil]

Oh yes... autumn in NY is my favourite.

Autumn in general is the awesomest season, though I agree it's generally prettier down east than here on the prairies. Still the best season all around, though. Not only is it easily the nicest weather wise, avoiding the extremes, it's also got all the best sights and smells (harvest time), as well as epitomising the whole sense of "bittersweet." It's no coincidence, after all, that Frodo sailed from the Grey Havens in autumn.

Definitely assigned to the Shire.

[Lindale]

German grammar belongs to Mordor, not the Shire. :p

Well, not the whole thing. I may pretend to be able to write in German at times, but I can never pronounce it to save my life. But the fact that I learned properly the basics, that I assign to the Shire!

I assign too the very successful anniversary stuff of UPWC. And the free dinner that came after it.

I also assign the fact that today, it did not rain! :D

[Thinlómien]

I assign intriguing small languages. I was studying Swedish yesterday and came across some words in the language of the sámi people (the indigenous people of Lapland, in case someone doesn't know) and it was just very intriguing, it has a distinct sound and power (I love a certain sámi language singer, Mari Boine Persen, her songs demonstrate this power vey well) and besides I realised I can pronounce it correctly even though it's supposed to be difficult (at least for Swedes :D). Also, for example the so-called "click-languages" of small African tribes are very fascinating, I'd love to learn one of them (I just love those click-sounds, they sound so cool :D).

[Aganzir]

German grammar belongs to Mordor, not the Shire. :p
I have to disagree with you on this one. German grammar is about the loveliest thing there is, second only to German pronunciation.

*sends German to the Shire*

[THE Ka]

I was studying Swedish yesterday and came across some words in the language of the sámi people (the indigenous people of Lapland, in case someone doesn't know) and it was just very intriguing, it has a distinct sound and power (I love a certain sámi language singer, Mari Boine Persen, her songs demonstrate this power vey well) and besides I realised I can pronounce it correctly even though it's supposed to be difficult (at least for Swedes


There are one or two sami speakers in my community and when there was a cultural fair/get together they were teaching and sharing a bit of it. It reminds me in a way of Tingit or Aleut. It definately belongs in the shire. :)

Another thing that needs to belong in the shire is after some nine odd years, hearing the same Inuit song my teacher taught my second year class on the radio. Then proceeding to cry for no apparent reason.

So, good memories and my favourite teacher I assign to the shire. :)

~ Ka

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

I assign cooler weather to the shire. It is finally getting down into the lower 80's here in Texas so that we can actually go outside and do some rigorous sports without sweating to death. We can actually open the windows in our house! :D
HOW DO YOU SURVIVE 80 DEGREE WEATHER?!?!?!?! I can barely stand 74. Really...

I will also assign not being in Texas, they have this ego thing, thinking they are the greatest thing ever, well Alaska totally is better! We're bigger, we're better! Plus, it doesn't get too bloody freakin' hot here!:D

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

Me too, though I suppose my idea of cooler weather at this time of year differs a bit from yours. ;) We've had it like 7-10 C (about 43-50 F, I think) for the last week, which was awesome. This week is going to be a bit warmer, though - today I could go to school in a T-shirt.

And red trees. Amazing.Speaking of weather, it's been about the same temperature wise here. I like being up north!

I also assign mountains to the Shire! Yesterday after church, my family drove up the mountains! It really is nice living in a city surrounded by mountains! It was quite high though, and it doesn't help that I don't like heights...

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I assign babies. I know, grouchy Fea who doesn't want kids? Assigning babies and wee ones to the Shire?

Okay, so I spent the weekend at home, and my cousins' spawn are downright adorable. Filthy. I don't want to know what got on me when I picked up maternal second cousin #8, but he's a year old and he cuddles...

[Groin Redbeard]

I assign babies.

I could second that!:D

Mountains! Yes, right on Lady Great! I live in the hill country in Texas and it is absolutely beautiful, the bigger those hills get the better it becomes.

I assign Autumn colors to the Shire. We don't get much change in the leaves where I live, but just seeing pictures from Vermont and Michigan, with their orange, yellow and brown maple trees, makes me smile.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

HOW DO YOU SURVIVE 80 DEGREE WEATHER?!?!?!?! I can barely stand 74. Really...

Indeed, how can you survive 80 degree weather? I am used to let's say 20 degree weather... ;) :D

Anyway, I would second what several people already did, and that's the autumn weather/colours/well, the whole season. At least this far I like it, let's see whether in the future I won't desire for warm summer or something...

And I also assign the start of a new school year, at last, it is great to be back at the faculty (again, at least this far... :D )

[Oddwen]

I third mountain views and fall colors -

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v58/Oddwen/092808_12442.jpg

- though I do miss the red maples of Michigan.

I also would like to assign road trips where you eat no food that day save what you buy at gas stations, see views you've never seen before, and dare to walk to the edges where you'd never dare be before.

The realization that there truly is no water clearer than a mountain lake.

Gorges, canyons and an overabundance of pine trees.

Listening to a river you can barely see.

The ability to release the pressure in my own ears without the aid of gum.

The color green.

Oh, and pizza.

[Groin Redbeard]

Beautiful picture, Oddwen, what a perfect combination of colors.

I will also assign not being in Texas, they have this ego thing, thinking they are the greatest thing ever, well Alaska totally is better! We're bigger, we're better! Plus, it doesn't get too bloody freakin' hot here! Hold one there. I have no argument with our country brothers in Alaska, but saying that Alaska is better than Texas is going way too far! :eek: Texas: sunshine all year round; Alaska: thirty days of darkness! Texas: Cowboys, guns, and rodeos; Alaska: Eskimo's and ice fishing! Texas: pleasant warm weather all year round; Alaska: cold weather all year round and flies in the Summer!

As for that ego thing I don't know what your talking about. :rolleyes: Texas can survive without America, but America can't survive without Texas! :D Nope we don't have an ego problem!

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Boys in eyeliner. Mmm.

[Groin Redbeard]

Clear night skies! Just one of those nights where you can sit on the back porch with your family and try and find constellations.

[A Little Green]

Autumn: the scent of rotting leaves, the fresh brisk winds, the way fallen leaves always make me feel like a five-year-old... One evening I was walking in the park and suddenly felt a strong urge to start throwing leaves all over myself, or even better, at someone else. Then I started wondering why autumn always makes me feel so childish, then realised that actually winter - and spring - and summer have the precisely same effect on me... :rolleyes:

[Lindale]

Boys in eyeliner. Mmm.

I'm assuring you aren't referring to emo teenaged boys with those extra-fashionable slashes and scars and cigarette burns on their arms and wrists and who bang their heads to MCR all day long.... :rolleyes:

I assign to the Shire my professor of Greek and Roman literature, who gave us a really lenient deadline and a very flexible choice of the topic for our term paper. :D

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I'm assuring you aren't referring to emo teenaged boys with those extra-fashionable slashes and scars and cigarette burns on their arms and wrists and who bang their heads to MCR all day long....

Nah...

Goblin kings (http://onlyforever.com/l_jjareth8.jpeg) and pirates (http://icommunity.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/capt-jack-sparrow.jpg). :smokin:

[Lindale]

Oh Gawd! Why do I always associate emo-ness and MCR and Evanescence with males in eyeliner? :(

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Oh Gawd! Why do I always associate emo-ness and MCR and Evanescence with males in eyeliner? :(

Guyliner, if you will...

[Aganzir]

Finally managing to do something I had been planning to do since June. Yeah, I have bad self-discipline, like anyone who has chatted with me late in the evening might know.

[Volo]

I'm assuring you aren't referring to emo teenaged boys with those extra-fashionable slashes and scars and cigarette burns on their arms and wrists and who bang their heads to MCR all day long.... :rolleyes:

Hey! I'm a teenaged boy, I borrowed a disk of MCR from the library today and I've used eyeliner and thought of using it tomorrow. :D

Shire: My new love, Alan Moore's comics.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Shire: My new love, Alan Moore's comics.

I'm currently having a torrid love affair with Neil Gaiman's. Really, I'm so hopeless about it...

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

I have been following this Guyliner talk and I am torn, because as so many things it can look brilliant, but also be really horrible.

My friend Benjamin used to use it all the time and it looked great on him, I only think he got beaten up once for wearing it. . .

I thought a lot about wearing it my self a few years back, but decided that it would not look great on me and I still belive that. I would probably say it belongs to Orthanc.

One thing that definitly belongs to the Shire is Jareth the Gobling King! On the few other internet forums I use, I always use him as my avy. Actually I should just assign Labyrinth to the Shire, it is such a wonderful film and whenever I see it I get filled with childhood memories.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

One thing that definitly belongs to the Shire is Jareth the Gobling King! On the few other internet forums I use, I always use him as my avy. Actually I should just assign Labyrinth to the Shire, it is such a wonderful film and whenever I see it I get filled with childhood memories.

Yes, I have to third that. I haven't seen it for more than a year, but still, it is one of the movies I would certainly list among my favourites... and Jareth is one of the best characters I know...

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

I assign Midol! It's wonderful!

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

That point that comes after three glasses of champagne when you finally figure how how to walk in stilettos. :cool: