Barrow Confessional

[Lush]

I'm not around as much as I should be, and I was thinking this morning that it might be a good idea to open a new questionnaire thread, just to be able to get to know more people here on the Downs. I promise that this one is totally original, and even Tolkien related in places.

Name:

Quest:

Favourite colour:

Most beloved Tolkien character:

Least beloved Tolkien character:

Worst habit:

Best habit:

Unlikeliest celebrity crush:

Weirdest hobby:

Best place in Middle Earth:

Best place outside of Middle Earth:

Most embarrassing moment:

Most daring moment:

Favourite "LotR" actor:

Least favourite "LotR" actor:

Theme song:

Style guru:

Most crucial accessory:

Greatest weakness:

Greatest strength:

Favourite place to visit on the Downs:

Best Downer Buddy:

Parting shot:

Please fill out to your liking. I'm looking forward to everyone's responses, and promise to include mine when I've got time to think about it.

Oh, and for the love of all that is holy, do not chat. Love you. :D

[wilwarin538]

Name: wilwarin538, or Wilwa(most popular), but in the "real world" it would be Vanessa

Quest: to become a butterfly ;)

Favourite colour: blue(but I think that might be a little obvious)

Most beloved Tolkien character: Nessa

Least beloved Tolkien character: Bill Ferny

Worst habit: accidently ignoring people I don't want to ignore

Best habit: accidentely ignoring people I do want to ignore

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Alan Rickman(yes I have old man crushes to)

Weirdest hobby: I like to learn alphabets, not the actual language, just the alphabet (ie. greek, hebrew, arabic) it amuses me

Best place in Middle Earth: Lothlorien(cause of all the pretty trees)

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Canada

Most embarrassing moment: the time I didn't know what "Tell the Mormegil that Wilwarin is here." was refering to, that was very embarassing (it was in one of the WW games)

Most daring moment: when I modded WWX, which turned out ok

Favourite "LotR" actor: Dominic Monaghan

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Liv Tyler

Theme song: Veggie Tales!!!!!!

Style guru: :confused: (<---confused smilie)

Most crucial accessory: my blue butterfly necklace

Greatest weakness: I'm very shy, though that can be a good thing, depends

Greatest strength: my music

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Middle-Earth Mirth

Best Downer Buddy: all of you!!!! :D Actually that would be Glirdan

Parting shot: Vote for Pedro! (first thing that popped into my head)

[Son of Númenor]

Name: In Adunaic it is Tûbilrânbâ, according to the BD Name Generator (http://www.barrowdowns.com/middleearthname.php).

Quest: The same as everyone else's

Favourite colour: Sea blue

Most beloved Tolkien character: Gandalf and Saruman

Least beloved Tolkien character: Manwe

Worst habit: Smoking

Best habit: Flossing, I suppose

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Chloe Sevigny

Weirdest hobby: All things herbal and shamanic, and Central African literature

Best place in Middle Earth: Nargothrond, and all of the main settings of The Fellowship of the Ring besides Bree

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Hawai'i -- my current home!

Most embarrassing moment: On the Downs? I suppose any time I read a post that is 2+ weeks old. (That's about how long it takes me to despise my writing.)

Most daring moment: Jumping off a fifty-foot cliff took a lot of chutzpah, and waterfall-jumping even moreso. I don't think I've ever been particularly daring here on the Downs.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Bean

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Miranda Otto. (She was fine, but nowhere near the Eowyn of my mind's eye.)

Theme song: All of Sublime's "40 Oz. to Freedom" LP

Style guru: Rick Santorum

Most crucial accessory: As long as I'm physically intact, I'm good to go.

Greatest weakness: Jagermeister. (Also, see Worst Habit.)

Greatest strength: Ability to laugh at myself

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: The Books (although you wouldn't really know looking over my posts)

Best Downer Buddy: Bethberry, Lush, Esty, Underhillo. I don't generally like name-dropping, and I'm sure a few of these BDers wouldn't have my name near the top of a similar list, but these are the few I've enjoyed conversing with the most and feel I've learned the most from.

Parting shot: Aha! This whole time you thought my answers were thought-out and serious, but I took this whole survey blind-folded!

[Glirdan]

Name: Glirdan

Quest: To find the Holy Grail!! (I couldn't resist!!) Actually, to become a professional musician as well as to become a teacher in either music, english or math

Favourite colour: Red and black

Most beloved Tolkien character: Galadriel

Least beloved Tolkien character: Feanor (he HAD to go and keep the Silmarils instead of giving them to Yavanna to save the trees)

Worst habit: Bitting my nails

Best habit: Playing my sax and clarinet

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Emma Watson ( :o )

Weirdest hobby: Ummm...cleaning

Best place in Middle Earth: Lothlorien

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Toronto, Canada

Most embarrassing moment: Going to dances and actually dancing...

Most daring moment: Stepping up for what I believe in

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sir Ian McKellen

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Liv Tyler (she HAD to go and knock out Glorfindel and steal his horse)

Theme song: Hedley - Trip

Style guru: :confused:

Most crucial accessory: My chain necklace , which is out of commission

Greatest weakness: My fears

Greatest strength: My friends

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Middle-Earth Mirth

Best Downer Buddy: Hmmm...Still Wilwa of course, but Sleepy and Valesse have been added because I talk to them over MSN and we all do the ME Idol soo... Firefoot and Nurumaiel for the Green Dragon and Folwren and Boro for the first Survivor game.

Parting shot: Listen to your heart because your brain doesn't know what it's saying. And if you can't listend to either, than you need to see a psychiatrist!! :p

[Eonwe]

Name: Eonwe

Quest: hmmm. to snowboard caradras. oh yeah.

Favourite colour: same. blue.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Tulkas or Finarfin. Or Gandalf. Or Sam. Or The Gaffer.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Uflang the Accursed. grrr!

Worst habit: biting my fingernails

Best habit: sleeping

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: i don't like celebs.

Weirdest hobby: i dunno. maybe downing? ;)

Best place in Middle Earth: Imladris

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Grandparent's house

Most embarrassing moment: i dunno. i pm'd BW about public groups and he didn't answer. i still don't know hwat they are.

Most daring moment: i dunno...

Favourite "LotR" actor: whoever played sam. they were amazing!

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Liv Tyler, for stealing glorfindel's role! grrr.

Theme song: Last Dance, Ozma.

Style guru: me :D

Most crucial accessory: hair? i love my hair...

Greatest weakness: prolly pride.

Greatest strength: my arms?

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Middle-Earth Mirth

Best Downer Buddy: Perky is awesome!

Parting shot: Maybe it should have been a rule of wrist. (i didn't say that! oh crap :cool: )

[VanimaEdhel]

Name: Rachel Ayn

Quest: to find the Holy Grail...or on a non-Monty Python related note, a lovely girl to settle down with (in a long time...nowhere in the immediate future)

Favourite colour: purple

Most beloved Tolkien character: Emeldir

Least beloved Tolkien character: Oh, hmm...yeah, Bill Ferny...good one.

Worst habit: I'd say caffeine, but I stopped drinking it over a month ago...that was my worst, though

Best habit: Sticking to schedules

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: (I think everyone loves Alan Rickman) for me probably Dominic Monaghan because...well mostly because he's male...

Weirdest hobby: writing my secret Harry Potter fanfics (though not so secret anymore)

Best place in Middle Earth: The Shire

Best place outside of Middle Earth: San Ibel, Florida

Most embarrassing moment: when I said something painful to a friend of mine without realizing it.

Most daring moment: coming out to my parents

Favourite "LotR" actor: Dominic Monaghan

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Orlando Bloom

Theme song: "Viva Forever" by the Spice Girls - I know, I know, but it's definitely my theme song

Style guru: Kate Moennig (well, Shane, her character on The L Word)

Most crucial accessory: dangly earrings

Greatest weakness: narcissism to some extent

Greatest strength: honesty, comfort with myself

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Rohan Gaming Forum, but I don't have time to go there much anymore.

Best Downer Buddy: Valesse, probably. I don't come here enough anymore to be really close to anyone.

Parting shot: (Language cleaned up for your reading pleasure) Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair. Or beatin's. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you've got some more punishment in store. Stand it like a man and give some back. -- Al Swearengen "Deadwood"

[Kitanna]

Name: Kitanna

Quest: Take over the world through the use of one of my rants

Favourite colour: red and black

Most beloved Tolkien character: Theoden and a very close second of Eowyn

Least beloved Tolkien character: Lotho

Worst habit: Biting my nails and chewing my hair

Best habit: I'm pretty organized

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Liam Neeson

Weirdest hobby: I tend to walk in circles around my house or in my basement for no good reasons when I'm bored and listening to music

Best place in Middle Earth: Rohan

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Niagra Falls

Most embarrassing moment: So many, not sure I could ever pick one

Most daring moment: Moving ten hours away from my parents and all I've ever known to go to college where I would know no one

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Bean

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Orlando Bloom and Liv Tyler must be mentioned

Theme song: Whistling in the Dark by They Might be Giants

Style guru: er...?

Most crucial accessory: My medical alert bracelet. Can't leave home without it.

Greatest weakness: Food, I am easily bribed with food by my friends.

Greatest strength: Always making people laugh, even when I don't mean too

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Middle-Earth Mirth

Best Downer Buddy: I don't think I have one

Parting shot: I'd rather be whistling in the dark...

[Valesse]

Name: Valesse

Quest: To Sock the Hockey Pocky.

Favourite colour: Peacock Green/Teal

Most beloved Tolkien character: Faramir (or on a silly note: Fatty Lumpkin.)

Least beloved Tolkien character: Melkor (I picture him as great and powerful, yes, like I should... but he just comes across as so whiney and egocentric... bleh.)

Worst habit: finger nail function: Destruction

Best habit: I make at least ONE someone smile or laugh everyday! :D

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Zero Mostel. Obviously not for looks, but for sheer talent.

Weirdest hobby: Collecting UGLY clothing... Someone has to give them a home!

Best place in Middle Earth: Forbidden Pool, Ithillen

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Taniquetil... and Muldoon, TX.

Most embarrassing moment: Swimming pool + Public chaging stalls = problem

Most daring moment: Taking my driver's test 14 hours after being the major witness (and near victum) of a roll over accident.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Brad Dourif

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Liv Tyler :mad:

Theme song: Saftey Dance by Men Without Hats

Style guru: Wallus Martus

Most crucial accessory: My High School class ring

Greatest weakness: Kryptonite / My cannibalistic self esteem.

Greatest strength: Ablity to laugh at almost anything, even (if not always) myself.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Middle-Earth Mirth!

Best Downer Buddy: Gosh... There are so many here that I just couldn't say a name without feeling like I short-ended everyone else. You're all the best, as corny as that sounds.

Parting shot: "Exercise caution in your daily affairs, especially with those persons closest to you... that lemon on your left, for instance."

[Anguirel]

Quest: To finish my Gawain novel and get into Oxford, not in that order

Favourite colour: Yellow and pink. But I like to wear grey and green.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Maglor

Least beloved Tolkien character: Probably Gollum

Worst habit: Procrastination

Best habit: Ah...contemplation

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Monica Bellucci, it must be admitted. Or Claudia Cardinale...or Audrey Hepburn...

Weirdest hobby: Werewolf, to be sure...

Best place in Middle Earth: Himring!

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Venice

Most embarrassing moment: It's probably too embarassing and involving nudity.

Most daring moment: I'm not especially daring. Wish I was, really...

Favourite "LotR" actor: Miranda Otto, doubtless

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Astin, I suppose

Theme song: Jaguar by Flanders and Swann, for better or worse...

Style guru: Boden and the eighteenth century

Most crucial accessory: My silver leopard-skin dressing gown.

Greatest weakness: Vertigo

Greatest strength: Prose style

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: The Shire, Books or Mirth if Werewolf is in progress

Best Downer Buddy: Can't reveal this, lest they deny knowing me! It would be a disaster...

Parting shot: Still there is keening in empty Glenstrae

[Gothmog]

Name: Gothmog. But what other names have I been called here? Let's see, villainous Balrog, that crazy Balrog, that very Crazy Balrog, Balrog guy...No I prefer the nick Gothmog-Cruise.:smokin: (first time I used that smiley)

Quest: Take over the downs and make the Nordic languages law here MWAHAHAHA (insane look)

Favourite colour: Blue I guess...

Most beloved Tolkien character: There's too many! Echtelion, Glorfindel, Fingolfin and Hurin to mention some.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Curufin and Celegorm

Worst habit: Staying up too late, making the day after a nightmare

Best habit: Trying to be honest

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: hmmm... I'd say Elisha Cuthbert or Thandie Newton

Weirdest hobby: Standing in a cold river among mosquitos whipping the surface with a line ending in a bunch of feathers and hair

Best place in Middle Earth: Ithilien

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Somewhere warmer than here...

Most embarrassing moment: I think I have suppressed it

Most daring moment: On BD? Everytime I press the "submit message" button.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Ian McKellen

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Liv Tyler I think. Or whoever played the elf following Arwen to the sea, you know the "milady, we can not dwell"-guy.

Theme song: They're taking the hobbits to Isengard

Style guru: No, other style

Most crucial accessory: Nothing. But I always wear a silver necklace, but it's not like I couldn't manage without it.

Greatest weakness: Sweets, my laziness and possibly that I'm boring

Greatest strength: My intellect ;) And believe it or not, my modesty...

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: That would be Mirth

Best Downer Buddy: I haven't been here long enough to create any strong bonds, but I'd say Rune, the one to share my striving (see Quest)

Parting shot: Partying shorts? I don't have any! :p

[Morsul the Dark]

Name:Andrew, or Morsul

Quest:To rule childen TV Show worlds

Favourite colour:black

Most beloved Tolkien character:Sam...or Treebeard

Least beloved Tolkien character:legolas(sorry folks)

Worst habit:nail biting

Best habit:being overly observant

Unlikeliest celebrity crush:do i put my actual crush? if so Kathy Najimy

Weirdest hobby:Over analyzing everything

Best place in Middle Earth:Shire

Best place outside of Middle Earth:Rhode Island(specificly my couch with tv in front of me

Most embarrassing moment:so many to choose from...bus, cheerleadser, broken hand....if you want extra info on any of these three pm me

Most daring moment:I dont dare do anything for a dark lord im spineless

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Astin...or Ian Mckellin

Least favourite "LotR" actor:Peter Jackson... :p

Theme song:Bill Engvall's shoulda shut up

Style guru:old people, and once i can afford a few suits Mr. Bean

Most crucial accessory:glasses

Greatest weakness:a beautiful smile

Greatest strength:logic

Favourite place to visit on the Downs:middle earth mirth(which is a clever name in its own right)

Best Downer Buddy:I suppose that would have to be Enca or Glirdan

Parting shot:If you and I should ever meet someday...well lets hope not im bad with confrontation and will probably ignore you anyway :p

[mormegil]

Name:Mormegil, Morm, annoying guy acting tough...whatever works

Quest: Eternal life and happiness with my family.

Favorite color:Blue

Most beloved Tolkien character:Turin/Hurin in the Silm and Sam and Gimli in LotR

Least beloved Tolkien character:Fatty Bulger in LotR and Curufin and Celegorm in Silm but while I like the character I stongly dislike Feanor himself.

Worst habit:Procrastination

Best habit: Always being on time

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: I don't think I have any.

Weirdest hobby: Like Ang Werewolf.

Best place in Middle Earth: Rivendell

Best place outside of Middle Earth:I would like to vistit New Zeland and return to Rio de Janeiro for a visit.

Most embarrassing BD moment: My first attempt at RPG was on the Unforbidden thread, and after writing meticulously checking everything and typing it in word I did a copy/paste job and some how I had a problem with it and didn't realize it for days. What happened is there was a huge chunk of the text that was repeated. I'm already self-concious about my writing skills amongst such word smythes and needless to say I thought I did okay but then was devasted to find out how awful it was to read. (notice I put BD moment)

Most daring moment: Propsing to my wife or bungee jumping and skydiving. Another funny anecdote is my during my first year of college in a large psychology class, we had a packet of things we needed to do in the year and do a report on how they made us feel at the end of the year. One item was "do something you wouldn't normally do and report on how it made you feel" so during the middle of my professors lecture I rolled up that packet and walked up to the front of the class and hit him on the head with the packet and sat back down in my seat. The whole class stopped and wanted to know why. I was very quiet and shy in this class so it was a pretty big deal.

Favorite "LotR" actor: Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett and Sir Ian with Viggo as and honorable mention.

Least favorite "LotR" actor: Hugo Weaving I don't think he was great in his role. I think he's a good actor though.

Theme song: "I'm a loser" by Beck...I really don't know.

Style guru: My wife

Most crucial accessory: I don't wear any so by default my name badge for work.

Greatest weakness: Obsessiveness

Greatest strength: Integrity

Favorite place to visit on the Downs:Mirth and books with Palantir on quotes as a favorite thread.

Best Downer Buddy: They know who they are!

Parting shot: Notice spelling has been corrected to the proper American spelling :p

[Formendacil]

Name: Press 1 for my real name (Michael A. Joosten), Press 2 for my 'Downer name (Formendacil), Press 3 for my nickname of the Month (Weredacil)

Quest: To get to Heaven, preferably taking the route of a long and happy life. And to write a book.

Favourite colour: Green. Beautiful, spring green. Or Black. Black is awesome.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Gandalf and/or Turin Turambar

Least beloved Tolkien character: Saeros

Worst habit: Finger-biting. Not nail-biting, but biting off bits of dry skin around the nails...

Best habit: Showering. :p

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Don't have one. But if you want me to pick an actor of the opposite gender who's work I generally admire, then I pick... Dame Maggie Smith.

Weirdest hobby: Playing with LEGO. That's right, not just building with it, but playing with it.

Best place in Middle Earth: Minas Tirith

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Roma, Italia. Loved it there.

Most embarrassing moment: Getting on the wrong school bus in Grade 1. Still upsets my stomach thinking about it.

Most daring moment: Good question... I'm not really that daring. I'll have to plead the Fifth here (ashamed though I am of using a phrase based on the American Constitution. :p )

Favourite "LotR" actor: Ian McKellan and Sean Bean. They both played the roles exactly as I imagined.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Huge Weaving. Great actor, but 100% un-Elrond.

Theme song: Pachebel's Canon.

Style guru: Any well-dressed, older-fashioned man from the 1930s. :p

Most crucial accessory: Watch. I like to know the time.

Greatest weakness: Self-indulgent.

Greatest strength: I could not care less about money. (Yes, I know that doesn't quite seem to jive with my last answer. But it does work. Somehow.)

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: CbC. Don't always think of anything to post, but I find the discussions there to be the most intelligent and Tolkien-related ones on the site.

Best Downer Buddy: Now that would be telling.... Can't say that I have a specific 'Downer buddy who beats them all. But I chat/PM with Lhuna more than a little- and share some similar worldviews. Put her down as the answer of the month.

Parting shot: Veni, vidi, vici.

[Laitoste]

Name: Laitoste, Lauren, Loraine

Quest: to get an A on at least ONE of my papers this semester--just one! That's all I ask! And to survive Beginning Chinese...

Favourite colour: green

Most beloved Tolkien character: Tuor, Elwing

Least beloved Tolkien character: Eol

Worst habit: procrastination, not posting/participating enough

Best habit: Vacuuming my room every so often

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Jon Stewart...or Steven Colbert!

Weirdest hobby: drawing stars when working at the front desk (instead of homework)

Best place in Middle Earth: Rivendell (to meet all the travellers!)

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Sawtooth Mountains in Idaho

Most embarrassing moment: saying "more better" while explaining the benefits of good grammar in a poetry workshop.

Most daring moment: moving-in day! I actually came and TALKED to people (gasp)

Favourite "LotR" actor: Ian McKellen, Sean Bean

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Elijah Wood

Theme song: "Thinkin' Again"~Clint Black, or "Joseph's Coat"~"I look handsome, I look smart, I am a walking work of art..."

Style guru: Moria orc #13... :D

Most crucial accessory: my jean jacket and scarves

Greatest weakness: sweets, FreeCell

Greatest strength: concise writing

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Books

Best Downer Buddy: Dunno

Parting shot: Penguins are very helpful in explaining Aristotle vs. Plato to people who have had 15 hours of sleep in 3 days. And you thought I was smart...

[malkatoj]

Name: Malkatoj...or Pirate

Quest: Get in to college!

Favourite colour: Green

Most beloved Tolkien character: Sam

Least beloved Tolkien character: Frodo, actually

Worst habit: Procrastinating (hey, guess what I'm doing now)

Best habit: Reading, I guess. I don't usually think of good things as habits. Or maybe correcting grammar.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: I'm pretty sure I don't have one right now.

Weirdest hobby: Does 'using Barrow-Downs' count? If not, photoshop-ing pictures to be very strange things.

Best place in Middle Earth: The Shire

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Bed...for sleeping.

Most embarrassing moment: I've made some really stupid math mistakes...like 5*5=10 and whatnot. I don't really get embarrased because I don't care what people think of me, but it would probably be something along those lines.

Most daring moment: On BD, sending the first PM as a wolf in WWJ I. I was scared that the wrong people would get it and I would lose forever.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Astin...duh

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Orlando Bloom. He doesn't seem anywhere near real.

Theme song: American Pie by Don McLean

Style guru: Me. I don't care about fashion.

Most crucial accessory: I have this ring that spins. It's nice for fidgety people.

Greatest weakness: Short attention span? I get distracted. For example, I just accidentally typed 'spam' and am now thinking about Monty Python.

Greatest strength: Determination? Even though it goes against my short attention spa(m) and procrastinating, I work for what I want.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Mirth

Best Downer Buddy: Shelob and/or Abercrombie

Parting shot: Glad I finished, because I have to go teach people to stab each other correctly now.

[Kath]

Name: Kath(erine)

Quest: To make it through the school year without killing my psychology teacher.

Favourite colour: Frequently changes but usually red.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Merry I think.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Sauron of course!

Worst habit: Biting my nails and biting the skin off my lip.

Best habit: Being willing and able to talk to anyone.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Umm, no idea! Not sure I have crushes as such.

Weirdest hobby: Making any piece of paper, no matter how small, into a boat.

Best place in Middle Earth: The Shire

Best place outside of Middle Earth: My town during the Hop Festival or when we do the carols in the market place.

Most embarrassing moment: Just one? I live my life doing embarassing things! But probably the time I ran down a hill and fell over a hidden wall at the bottom and fell flat on my face!

Most daring moment: Arguing with a teacher over something they had said that I knew to be wrong but that involved some serious stuff to explain. Of course I kept panicking that what I was saying didn't make sense so I'd be disregarded because I coudln't explain what I meant.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Viggo Mortensen - how can you not love a man that puts that much into a role.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Orlando Bloom!

Theme song: Always look on the bright side of life :D (She says even with all her complaints on the Mordor thread :rolleyes: )

Style guru: My brain, which is bad as it dresses me very early in the morning when it is not yet awake and capable of making decisions.

Most crucial accessory: A hairband, gotta get that mane out of the way quickly sometimes.

Greatest weakness: Procrastination without a doubt.

Greatest strength: That I work better under stressful conditions so my procrastinating ways actually work out for me :D

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: My PM box often, or the werewolf thread so long as I'm not about to be lynched.

Best Downer Buddy: But I like you all! I would have to say probably Nilp or TGWBS, with Fea coming a close runner up when we are PMing.

Parting shot: Smile!

[Orominuialwen]

Name:Orominuialwen, but it tends to get shortened to Oromin, Oro, Oromy, Ormy, and Orom. I am also sometimes called Hobbit or Rosie.

Quest: To achieve happiness and goodness.

Favourite colour: Purple and silver.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Imrahil, Faramir, and Sam.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Bill Ferny and Morgoth.

Worst habit: Major procrastination.

Best habit: I don't think any of my habits are good. :p

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: I don't have any crushes, but I am fond of Paul McCartney, Jeremy Northam, and Alan Rickman.

Weirdest hobby: Playing the penny whistle and dressing up in LotR costumes.

Best place in Middle Earth: The Shire.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Devil's Lake State Park in Wisconsin, Paris (although not with the current riots), and Vernazza (little seaside town in Northwestern Italy).

Most embarrassing moment: There've been too many to list. :o

Most daring moment: I'm not particularly daring, actually.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Astin, Ian McKellen, Christopher Lee, Ian Holm

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Orlando Bloom. If I hear one more teenaged girl who knows nothing about LotR swoon about how hot he was as Legolas, I'm going to become violent.

Theme song: Dragostea Din Tei, by O-Zone; Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, by Ralph Vaughan Williams; The Sunday River Waltz, by
Pete Sutherland; and Let It Be, by The Beatles

Style guru: Uh, me?

Most crucial accessory: Some sort of earrings, a necklace, and my watch. I can't leave the house without jewelry.

Greatest weakness: Shyness, laziness, a very bad temper, stubbornness, and pride.

Greatest strength: Creativity and intelligence.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Middle-Earth Mirth

Best Downer Buddy: I love you all, but I am especially fond of my brother, High King Fingolfin, and all the people who read my blog and put up with my rants.

Parting shot: My robotics team, which was founded in 2004, was the champion of the 1969 FIRST Robotics competition. FIRST was founded in the early 1990's. You tell me how this works, 'cause we sure as heck don't know.

[the phantom]

Name: Master Phantom

Quest: to find enough time for everything I have going on

Favourite colour: red and black

Most beloved Tolkien character: without a doubt- FEANOR! after that Turin and Elrond

Least beloved Tolkien character: I dunno, maybe Thingol, or Saeros, or Galadriel

Worst habit: I'll give the standard nail-biting and procrastination answers

Best habit: being nice to people

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: don't know if I have a "crush" on any celeb seeing as I don't know them, the most I can really say is who I think is hot- but I don't think any of my picks would be unlikely, like J L Hewitt, Monica Bellucci- everyone agrees that they're hot

Weirdest hobby: definitely playing Werewolf games, people I know in RL look at me like I'm nuts when I rave about the most recent happenings in a game of Werewolf

Best place in Middle Earth: Rivendell

Best place outside of Middle Earth: ooh, that's a tough one, I'm partial to this little spot in the Wind River Mountains not too far from Lander, Wyoming, lovely trees, lovely rapids and cascades, lovely rocks, what more could you want?

Most embarrassing moment: I dunno, in RL I can get embarrassed about stupid little tiny things, like when my friends and I try to race across the frozen lagoon in downtown Omaha while wearing super slick dress shoes- I get embarrassed if I stumble or slip just a tiny bit, which is stupid because everyone else is stumbling and slipping, if not falling down completely, but I just hate looking the least bit out of sorts no matter what the situation, if I was shot in both legs and then asked to run ten miles I would be embarrassed if I couldn't finish, I'm dumb like that

Most daring moment: I don't know, I usually don't do something unless the benefits far outweigh the risks, and situations like that don't require much daring, I suppose most people would see some of the no-ropes-and-all-by-myself cliff climbs I've done as daring, but really I'm extremely confident about it so it's not much of a risk in my mind and therefore not daring from my point of view

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Bean or Ian McKellen

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Cate Blanchett or Liv Tyler

Theme song: well, my theme song is without a doubt "The Weasels Will Slack" because my friend and I wrote it to be our theme song, but that doesn't mean anything to you because you've never heard it- so, hmm... I'll just pick a song that I like- how 'bout "Until the Day I Die" by Story of the Year

Style guru: usually me, sometimes I'll let one of my female friends choose between two shirts that I like just because I know it makes them feel really good

Most crucial accessory: baseball cap, phone

Greatest weakness: I can barely bring myself to do anything I don't feel like doing, and as you know there are a lot of unenjoyable things you have to do in life if you want to survive

Greatest strength: my charm/bs/glibness, I can do almost nothing at work but when a boss asks for a report I know just what things to say and how to twist words around that makes whichever boss it is think I'm the best employee they've ever had, I also use this ability when someone asks me about something I don't want to talk about- I'll say a whole lot of words without giving any real information and whoever it is that asked will leave with a big smile and not really realize until later that I didn't answer the question, so when they come back I do it again, they never learn- this gift has also been helpful over the years when talking to parents of a girl, after I've spent a while with them they pratically beg me to date their daughter, the dad usually takes a while, but I can usually win over the girl's mom pretty darn quick

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: really, it depends on what threads are going, it changes

Best Downer Buddy: must I name names? I just know I'd leave some deserving folks out, but Fea would be angry if I didn't say her, Mithalwen is delightful, I'd love to chill in RL with TORE, Boro, morm, Eomer, and Kuru, I swear I'm going to go to England and see the great SP someday... that's enough for now

Parting shot: the phantom has posted. This thread is now important.

[Lalwendë]

Name: Lalwende

Quest: To live by the sea. Better keep burning those fossil fuels then.

Favourite colour: The strange hues of refracted light. That colour which you sense is there but you cannot quite see.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Bilbo.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Turgon.

Worst habit: Smoking, second breakfast, swearing and sarcasm. Ssssss.....

Best habit: Please and thank you. Knowing the uses of apostrophes.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: I crushed Tom Shippey's toe once. Oh, I'm being pedantic, aren't I? Well, I have a peculiar fascination with Lucius Malfoy's walking cane and swishing cloak...

Weirdest hobby: I made a sixty foot long, six stitch wide piece of knitting out of wool oddments. It began when I was a child, because I could not cast off, but then I thought I might as well carry on with it. It remains unfinished as I never did learn to cast off properly.

Best place in Middle Earth: The Shire.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Alqualonde. Or, if I'm not going to be pedantic, anywhere by the sea, e.g. Whitby, St.Michael's Mount and Galloway.

Most embarrassing moment: I could write a book about this kind of thing. My personal favourite is falling head first into a dustbin, getting stuck and then falling over and rolling around on the floor whilst remaining firmly stuck inside the bin. This was highly amusing for all.

Less amusing perhaps was the time I had to run from an event as I felt sick. This event was being held by several very prominent public figures. At least I will be one of the 'masses' who they will not forget.

Most daring moment: 'Dealing with' the worst bully in my school who was picking on my friend. I got a round of applause and warm thanks from the teacher.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Bean, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Ian McKellen, Bernard Hill...

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Craig Parker for "camping up" Haldir.

Theme song: It changes from one day to the next, as I am fond of my music (some may disagree that it is all 'music'), and it's far easier to say what I don't like than what I do. But if you listen to The Fall or The Pixies, you may think of me.

Style guru: Marc Bolan and a mad tramp.

Most crucial accessory: Ciggies, money, shades, phone, mp3 player, in that order.

Greatest weakness: Tobacco. Kittens. Ebay. The snooze button.

Greatest strength: My Jedi powers.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Anywhere that debate rages or anarchy reigns.

Best Downer Buddy: Duh! :rolleyes:

Parting shot: You're sorry? You b****y will be.

[Meela]

Name: Meela

Quest: To actually read Lord of the Rings

Favourite colour: Gondorian black. It's more granite than goth.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Denethor :) With a special mention for Faramir

Least beloved Tolkien character: The lesser Hobbit community doesn't entirely concern me. And don't get me started on Tom Bombadil.

Worst habit: Leaving the Downs for long periods of time

Best habit: Coming back to the Downs!

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Does Denethor count as a celebrity...

Weirdest hobby: Re-enacting scenes from Lord of the Rings using my collection of action figures.

Best place in Middle Earth: Minas Tirith

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Alagaesia

Most embarrassing moment: I got a cd stuck on my finger whilst I was on the 'Downs chat room once.

Most daring moment: Joining the Barrowdowns forum. I stalked the site for nearly a year before actually signing up.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Viggo Mortensen

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Liv Tyler

Theme song: Time To Pretend

Style guru: Legolas. Those swishy braids, those tight tunics, those... tights.

Most crucial accessory: A black cardigan and a book

Greatest weakness: Expensive, faded, fusty books

Greatest strength: I have a killer imagination.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: The house of Mirth

Best Downer Buddy:

Parting shot:

[Cailín]

Name: here it is Cailín, but I use various names. Even in daily life.

Quest: to save the world, one day.

Favourite colour: anything red, pink or purplish.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Bilbo and Faramir

Least beloved Tolkien character: I can’t stand Tom Bombadil for some reason.

Worst habit: Falling in and out of love in a matter of seconds. Also, consuming alcohol whenever bored.

Best habit: Always sitting and walking up straight. That’s what ballet does to you.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Mr. Darcy!

Weirdest hobby: Werewolves, but on the Downs that’s not really a strange hobby at all. So it’s probably shocking other people.

Best place in Middle Earth: Gondor. Though with all the interesting things the Downers sent there, Mordor might be nice as well.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: I have too many places I love. Dublin, Dingle (also Ireland), London, Barcelona, New York, Athens, Rome, the Blue Ridge Mountains (VA) in fall, Vienna in winter, the Vondelpark (Amsterdam) in summer, Snowdonia (Wales) in spring. And home, of course.

Most embarrassing moment: I repress such memories. I’m easily embarrassed.

Most daring moment: Running through the snow naked? Swimming in the North Sea in March? And since I’m rather shy, every time I start a conversation with someone I have never met before, I feel very daring.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Miranda Otto, Viggo Mortensen, Lawrence Makoare (he's a very kind person, really ^^)

Least favourite "LotR" actor: hard to say.

Theme song: Though I have no idea why, it has always been Lucky by Bif Naked

Style guru: Most of the time myself.

Most crucial accessory: the two rings I always wear.. I need something to twirl around when nervous.

Greatest weakness: having an IQ of merely 63, according to latest test results.

Greatest strength: being top of my year, doing two full-time studies simultaneously, being able to read most Indo European languages and accidentally getting into Berkeley, California despite having an IQ of 63.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Middle Earth Mirth

Best Downer Buddy: I have no buddies. Nobody likes me *wails*

Parting shot: You shouldn’t shoot things. It’s bad manners.

[Thinlómien]

Name: In death I'm known as Thinlómien. Also known here as Thin, Thinlo and Lommy (of which I prefer Lommy, by the way). In life I'm known as Hanni.

Quest: To find a shrubbery. To overflood Roa in ww. To write a book.

Favourite colour: dark, bluish turqoise and olive green

Most beloved Tolkien character: Galadriel, Gandalf, Boromir, Maedhros, Finrod, Haleth, Théoden and Beorn.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Saeros; Androg holds the second place.

Worst habit: Tearing scabs. Or being lazy. Or bossing my little sister around. Or babbling all the time.

Best habit: Having weird and funny dreams.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: I'm too wise to have one... ;)

Weirdest hobby: Probably "Middle-Earth olympics" which I play with my dad and sister.

Best place in Middle Earth: North-East ME; Anduin Vales, Mirkwood, Esgaroth, Dale and the Lonely Mountain. The places over there have real magic in them. (Or then you might want to blame my dad from a well-made RPG...)

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Rome, Venice and London, but I'm content to live in Helsinki.

Most embarrassing moment: The first I can think of was when I was a newbie, I had a thread "About dwarf women" and Sauce said that actually three of Thorin's companions were female and I almost jumped off my chair and PMed asking which ones? and how do you know? "It was a joke. ;) = joke" -answer made me feel really, really stupid...

Most daring moment: Again a difficult question. I'm not so daring, or then I'm so daring that I don't even notice that I'm doing something daring.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Ian McKellen and Sean Bean. The guy who played Háma was good. Andy Serkis and Ian Holm did amazing work as well.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Viggo Mortensen (he's not that bad actor, but he is nothing like Aragorn), David Wenham (in TT), John Noble (he ruins Denethor), Liv Tyler or Craig Parker.

Theme song: Kate Bush's Jig of Life and Anouar Brahem's Conte de l'incroyable amour (most elvish music I've ever heard) at the moment.

Style guru: Myself. I don't know whether it is a good or a bad thing... It suits me well, though.

Most crucial accessory: My Prometheus-necklace which I actually wear around my wrist

Greatest weakness: I'm stubborn and curious.

Greatest strength: I'm stubborn and curious.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Books. After it N&N, The Shire (and soon maybe Rohan too :eek: ), Middle-Earth Mirth (especially ww) and Downs (this forum). I also like my PM inbox, and my reputation page when I've got new positive reps...

Best Downer Buddy: Kath and Sleepy. Nogrod as well but I shouldn't maybe name him, as I know him from RL. If I was to write all other hilarious 'downers' names I like very much, it'd take me a week, so I just say: nearly all of you are just awesome.

Parting shot: Long live the 'Downs!

[Boromir88]

Well my applause to Lush for creating such another interesting thread. Here we go...

Anyone faint of heart may not want to read past this point, delving into my mind may make you go insane:












Name: Boromir (aka John)

Quest: To battle the vicious monster of Auggghhhh...or have a job where I'm the boss. :p

Favourite colour: I'll say purple

Most beloved Tolkien character: Should be pretty obvious that it's Elrond :p

Least beloved Tolkien character: Aragorn

Worst habit: The fear that I'm not making any sense.

Best habit: Good public speaker

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Drew Barrymore

Weirdest hobby: Watch Spongebob Squarepants

Best place in Middle Earth: Ithilien

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Czech Republic

Most embarrassing moment: Accidently sitting on a seat with water on it then purposefully letting someone else poor water on the front of my pants.

Most daring moment: Going as a Cheerleader for Halloween

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Bean, Chris Lee, and Ian Holm

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Martin Csoskas

Theme song: "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/ What a Wonderful world" by Israel Kalakawiwo'ole

Style guru: Just kind of go with whatever I feel like.

Most crucial accessory: My Grill, can't live without it.

Greatest weakness: I really have no idea what I'm talking about sometimes.

Greatest strength: Umm, good Public Speaker again.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Werewolf Games

Best Downer Buddy: There's so many of them...

ummm For the philisophical books/movies...Fordim, davem, Thinlomien, Mr. Underhill Lalwende, Essex and Estelyn

For funny kicks...mormegil, Eomer, Perky, Gil-galad, and Hookbill

For Werewolf...Kuru, Sauce, lmp, wilwarin, Spawn, Lhuna, tgwbs, and Fea

For Survivor...Glirdan who bailed me out many times, and Anguirel.

For RPGs...piosenniel, Bethberry, Child of the 7th Age, Firefoot, and Amanduial.

And for an all around... phantom, Sauce, and Mithalwen


Parting shot: Laughter is the biggest easer of stress! So, stay funny!

[Lush]

I've been so excited to read up on everyone! It's really nice to be able to connect someone's particularly witty post with a slice of their personality, their favourite colour, celebrity crush (or lack thereof), etc. I'd love to read more.

As for my own answers, they're as follows

Name: You can call me Al. Ok, no. Lush or Natalia will do.

Quest: To not screw up beyond all measure.

Favourite colour: I realize now that this is a somewhat vague question. My favourite colour to wear is pink. Meanwhile, I've painted my bedroom a cool blue. In nature, I prefer the light, fragile greens of early spring.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Gandalf. Eowyn. Luthien.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Turin Turambar and his kin really freak me out.

Worst habit: Unregulated chocolate consumption, unhealthy desire to constantly compare myself to all and sundry, procrastination taken to new heights.

Best habit: Making fun CD mixes for people I like, regular exercise.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: I find it perfectly natural, but people still get surprised when I tell them I'm partial to Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the Starship Enterprise.

Weirdest hobby: Naughty fanfiction.

Best place in Middle Earth: Minas Tirith. I like white buildings and good libraries.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Covent Garden & South Kensington in London, Gorkii Street in Kiev, Durham's 9th Street, and Charlotte, NC, where I spent half my childhood staring out my window and waiting for my life to begin.

Most embarrassing moment: I've thought long and hard about this one. I think drunkenly kissing our very surprised university President during the gala opening of the new university museum probably qualifies.

Most daring moment: It would have to be breaking into a Kievan polling station during the much heated final election following Ukraine's Orange Revolution. I argued my way in, waving my university ID around, pointing to my swollen cheek (wisdom tooth removal, ahhhh) and claiming it was the reason I never registered with the local press corps, and took a ton of technically unauthorized pictures. Looking back on it, the polling station people could have easily taken me out back and beaten the *bleep* out of me.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sir Ian for the gravitas and Mr. Bloom for the gratification.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Craig Parker & Co. The background Lorien Elves just look coked-up and in serious need of a proper hair stylist. Haldira Queen of the Forest, anyone?

Theme song: "Under Pressure" by David Bowie & Queen. And the "Ruff Ryders' Anthem" by DMX. Stop. Drop. Roll.

Style guru: Kate Moss.

Most crucial accessory: Phone, perfume, iPod, and a little blue and yellow gold ring (because my heart belongs to Daddy).

Greatest weakness: Pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty boys.

Greatest strength: Um.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Everywhere. I adore this place.

Best Downer Buddy: They know who they are.

Parting shot: "Swing down, sweet chariot, the flesh will fall and the bones will rot, but from my sorrow you carry me not, my heart is bound, my soul is chained to the rock, rock of ages cleft for me, I swung down my hammer out in Joshua Tree, It rang from the mountain and rolled to the sea, and it will ring from the rock." I'm listening to Emmylou Harris right now. She's amazing.

[Mithalwen]

Name: Mithalwen (Alexandra officially but rarely)

Quest: the perfect handbag.....

Favourite colour:green no blue arggggggggggggh

Most beloved Tolkien character: Eowyn and Elrond

Least beloved Tolkien character: Luthien and Bomabadil

Worst habit: More or less given up biting my nails thanks to calcium supplements, procrastination, unrequited love, running on Oxford time

Best habit: Listening, remebering details

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Bill Nighy, no that is likely *covers face* Jeremy Clarkson

Weirdest hobby: To most people in my life it would be the Downs. Sorry :D


Best place in Middle Earth: Rivendell/Lorien

Best place outside of Middle Earth: UK: Oxford & home, Europe: Florence Elsewhere Otago Peninsula/ Gippsland

Most embarrassing moment: Running myself over with my car.

Most daring moment: Can't think - A coward's soul is mine

Favourite "LotR" actor: Hugo Weaving

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Excusing those such as Liv Tyler, Sean Astin and Elijah Wood who I feel were victims of script, direction and casting, Ian McKellen because of a lazy, mannered performance and his bleating about that gorgeous hat.

Theme song: Elgar Cello Conceto

Style guru: Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen

Most crucial accessory: I have a weakness for hats.......

Greatest weakness: anxiety, thoughtlessness, flippancy, bloody-mindedness

Greatest strength: tenacity, loyalty, honesty

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: wherever I have been posting most recently

Best Downer Buddy: Oh this is so primary school to make a hierachy of friendship - there are so many I like talking to - the nominations would be lengthy but the Oscar goes to .... Boromir88. (Sorry I cannot reciprocate TP but it surely isn't possible to be your buddy surely it is more of a Pythia / deity thing :p )

Parting shot: You can't always get what you want but sometimes, if you try, you get what you need.

[Firefoot]

Name: Firefoot

Quest: Right now I'm driving towards Christmas vacation... Longer term than that, I'd love to travel to New Zealand and Australia. And if you want to go really long term, going to Heaven.

Favourite colour: Blue - either indigo or the beautiful blue of a clear sky.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Probably Frodo - but Merry, Feanor, Turin, Maedhros, and Eomer are all cool too.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Tom Bombadil.

Worst habit: chewing the skin around my nails.

Best habit: Not really sure. I don't notice the good habits so much since they're just, you know, habits.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Can't say that I have any.

Weirdest hobby: Probably Werewolf. (When people find out how much I like LotR, that gets strange looks... I don't usually even get to the Downs, much less Werewolf...) Outside of the Downs, though, I used to have a chain of Starburst wrappers.

Best place in Middle Earth: Either Rohan or the Shire.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Either the Black Hills, SD, or somewhere out in the Rockies.

Most embarrassing moment: Maybe not the most, but one time when I went to the water park around here I was coming back to find my mom who was sitting on one of the lounge chairs and I walked up to this completely random lady who I thought was my mom and started telling her about what I had just done. Then she pulled her book away from her face and I realized it wasn't my mom.

Most daring moment: Physically, when I went rock climbing (nothing official - more like "here's a big rock; let's climb it")with my cousins in the Black Hills a couple years ago, that had a couple of daring moments. Otherwise, probably something along the lines of doing something really random in public.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Bean, Bernard Hill, Ian McKellan, Viggo Mortensen...

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Craig Parker, and I did not like Hugo Weaving as Elrond.

Theme song: "The Riders of Rohan" - track 5 on the TTT soundtrack

Style guru: None, really.

Most crucial accessory: probably my watch or a hair tie - nothing spiffy.

Greatest weakness: I'm not a very good conversationalist.

Greatest strength: Being smart, I guess.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: That's a toughy. Probably the Shire.

Best Downer Buddy: I like all of you! (Yes, that's a cop-out...)

Parting shot: The answer is 42.

[the guy who be short]

Name: TGWBS, the guy, guy, Shorty, Short guy, Jay. I prefer TGWBS.

Quest: To be remembered after I'm dead. To write a book to help me achieve that. In the short term, I want to find time to do some charity work.

Favourite colour: Purple and Blue, depending on the shades.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Feanor. Who can't love that pinache?

Least beloved Tolkien character: I'll go with old Tom.

Worst habit: I'm socially hopeless. When faces by crying people, the best I can do is pat them and say "there there."

Best habit: I guess the fact that I'm gifted with intelligence (apparently) and still manage to be conscious of society as opposed to just myself.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: People have crushes on celebs after the age of 12? I can't fall in love with somebody I've only ever seen 2D and pretending to be somebody else.

Weirdest hobby: I vibrate my legs when I sit, but that's not that weird I guess. So, excluding the Barrow Downs and Tolkien, I'd say my cheese obsession. And I like raw onion.

Best place in Middle Earth: Gondolin.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Home with my mummy. :)

Most embarrassing moment: Most? I think I've probably blocked it out. Possibly trying to engage my friend in a staring contest for five minutes, then giving up to realise that the whole room was looking at me, which explained why my friend was looking fixedly away...

Most daring moment: I'm not a daring person in general. Coming out at school, or any time I'm forced to make a presentation.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Whoever played Sam, and Viggo.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: They all did well. They can't help the scripts they're given.

Theme song: The theme tune of Inuyasha - I Want to Change the World. The rest of the song descends into unintelligible Japanese, but hey, it suits me.

Style guru: My sister or myself.

Most crucial accessory: Perhaps my French dictionary.

Greatest weakness: Shyness.

Greatest strength: Always happy.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Mirth!

Best Downer Buddy: FeaKath.

Parting shot: Too many wise quotes addle the brain.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Name: Estelyn Telcontar (in the Common Tongue, 'Hope Strider')

Quest: To create a lasting work of art, to find the perfect red lipstick

Favourite colour: shocking pink

Most beloved Tolkien character: Aragorn

Least beloved Tolkien character: Gríma Wormtongue

Worst habit: procrastinating, chocolates

Best habit: making an effort to meet fellow Downers when travelling

Inevitable celebrity crush: Spock

Weirdest hobby: The Barrow-Downs! ...and Nordic walking (looks strange, feels good!)

Best place in Middle Earth: Rivendell

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Ein Gedi Kibbutz, Israel – the world’s only live-in botanical garden!

Most embarrassing moment: Won’t tell…

Most daring moment: RL: Walking onto the stage and presenting my Arwen-style dress in front of hundreds of people at 'Tolkien 2005' in Birmingham - that was scary! Downs: Joining a Werewolf game

Favourite "LotR" actor: Ian McKellan

Least favourite "LotR" actor: the guy who plays Gothmog – or maybe his make-up artist!

Theme song: “I Am What I Am”

Style guru: myself

Most crucial accessory: red lipstick, my silver and opal ring

Greatest weakness: moodiness, lack of self-discipline

Greatest strength: communication, curiosity about all that there is to learn

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Books forum, esp. CbC, and ‘Entish Bow’ thread

Best Downer Buddy: Bêthberry; also the ‘Entish Bow’ writing crew, fellow mods/admins

Parting shot: Don’t take ‘Hogan’s Heroes’ at face value when forming an opinion about Germans and Germany!

[AbercrombieOfRohan]

Name: AbercrombieofRohan, Abercrombie, Aber, Crombie, AoR and Abe (:D)

Quest: To seek the grail, of course... Learn Aramaic.

Favourite colour: blue/purple

Most beloved Tolkien character: You expect me to choose just one? Well, Elwing I suppose.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Turin and family, I usually just skip this chapter in the Silmarillion.

Worst habit: Laziness/procrastination and ambiguity

Best habit: Being a Tolkien fanatic.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: So many to choose from... Salizhan Sharipov (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salizhan_Sharipov), and Kenneth Branagh (http://imdb.com/name/nm0000110/) among them.

Weirdest hobby: Playing 6 degrees of separation on Wikipedia (You have two things, say "Tolkien" and "Celery" and try to see who can get there using the least amount of links.)

Best place in Middle Earth: Doriath

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Kew Royal Gardens in London (though England is awesome in general)

Most embarrassing moment: Forgetting my lines in the last play I was in. (I made a quick recovery though :o)

Most daring moment: Jumping off a 25 ft. bridge into a river (though perhaps that should go under "stupidest moment"...)

Favourite "LotR" actor: Ian Holm is the master.

Least favourite "LotR" actor:

Theme song: "Felicia" by Jeremy Cohen, "Always Look onthe Bright Side of Life" by Monty Python

Style guru: Anyone wearing Derek Lam. And of course, the man himself, Tolkien.

Most crucial accessory: Anyone of my seven copies of the Lord of the Rings (I even carried The Book of Lost Tales 1 around Piccadilly Circus for three hours in a vain attempt to meet someone from BD, or at the very least to engage in a conversation who recognised the book.)

Greatest weakness: On-line shopping

Greatest strength: Being able to recite all of Romeo and Juliet Act 2.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Werewolf

Best Downer Buddy: Shelob, Malkatoj

Parting shot: Vad ko, ko rukies? (What the curtains?)

[Celuien]

Name: Celuien, aka The Dancing Huorn according to the generator (when I enter my screen name with my RL name).

Quest: To find the question answered by 42.

Favourite colour: Blue

Most beloved Tolkien character: Elrond, Frodo, Galadriel, Sam

Least beloved Tolkien character: Those singing Elves in Rivendell

Worst habit: Is there room for another member in the procrastinator's club? :D

Best habit: Making up for my procrastination by finishing things I'm not delaying far enough in advance to get the work I put off done in those last minute rush sessions. Then again, maybe this is a bad habit since it lets me keep procrastinating...

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Vincent Price. Really.

Weirdest hobby: I don't think it's weird, but most of my friends think I'm nuts for being a part of the Werewolf craze.

Best place in Middle Earth: Rivendell

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Home is where the heart is.

Most embarrassing moment: Remember America's Funniest Home Videos back when Bob Saget was the host? That's all I'm going to say.

Most daring moment: Not really sure.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Ian McKellen, Ian Holm

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Cate Blanchett. It's probably not her fault, but I can't stand that whole Mirror scene.

Theme song: Varies with my mood. Right now it's the last movement of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, or maybe The 59th Street Bridge Song.

Style guru: What is this style of which you speak? :p Really, as long as it's clean, comfortable and doesn't look too sloppy, it's fine with me.

Most crucial accessory: I like my knee-high blue boots.

Greatest weakness: Chocolate.

Greatest strength: I guess sticking with a task.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: The Books and Mirth.

Best Downer Buddy: LMP and JennyHallu. Everyone else is, of course, wonderful too. :)

Parting shot: Beware the Jabberwock!

[luthien-elvenprincess]

Name: luthien-elvenprincess (really wished I'd taken the time to pick a better name, but...oh well.)

Quest: To someday...somewhere...stand under a waterfall with little or nothing on (with the assurance of no one else around to see me!) On a more serious note...to do my very best at the things that I do, never giving less than all of which I am capable.

Favourite colour: Black, white

Most beloved Tolkien character: Sam, Gandalf

Least beloved Tolkien character: Denethor (how could he do that to such a great son as Faramir???)

Worst habit: It's amazing how many of us bite our fingernails! I also tend to seek perfection from others while excusing myself from that same standard. Much better than I used to be about this, though!

Best habit: To have gotten myself used to going above and beyond what is expected of me...to do more than just the minimum requirements.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Johnny Depp (What a hottie...but his philosophy and mine are pretty far apart! We would probably argue about a lot of issues!)

Weirdest hobby: LOTR...my family and co-workers just sigh heavily, raise their eyebrows and roll their eyes whenever I begin to talk about LOTR. I have found a way to put up them though...I just keep talking until I'm done! I did find a pathologist with a healthy fondness of Tolkien! It made my day!

Best place in Middle Earth: Rivendell or the Shire

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Iowa

Most embarrassing moment: Whenever I have to admit that I have four cats. That's right...four...1, 2, 3, 4! And my daughter just brought home a 4-week old abandoned kitten! Anyone looking for a great pet???

Most daring moment: filling out this survey!

Favourite "LotR" actor: Viggo & Ian

Least favourite "LotR" actor: I'm gonna give Liv a rest and say the girl who played Rosie...I don't know...she just didn't look like what I thought Rosie should look like!

Theme song: And Your Praise Goes On. By Chris Rice

Style guru: I am my own style guru...I wear what I like and what I think looks good on me. I guess that I am moderately conservative in my style.

Most crucial accessory: I like the marquise-cut diamond earrings that my beloved gave to me...I would never want to lose them.

Greatest weakness: Chocolate. Homeless kittens.

Greatest strength: Common sense.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Crazy Captions and Palantir threads.

Best Downer Buddy: I don't really have one special buddy.

Parting shot: Build a bridge...and get over it.

[Aiwendil]

Name: Depending on the crowd, it might be Steve, Aiwendil, Harry Potter, Romulox, or Death.

Quest: To achieve immortality, attain enlightenment, and maybe even - someday - learn to whistle.

Favourite Colour: Somewhere in the far infrared to microwave range.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Turin, with Radagast a close second

Least beloved Tolkien character: Tinfang Warble

Worst habit: Is laziness a habit?

Best habit: Hmm . . . well, I always rewind tapes when I'm done with them. That's got to count for something. (Yes, I still use VHS).

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: I'm going to lie and say I'm above that.

Weirdest hobby: Finding large palindromic prime numbers.

Best place in Middle Earth: Gondolin.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: The house at the shore we went to every year when I was little.

Most embarrassing moment: I've put in too much time trying to repress these to throw all that work away by putting them in print.

Most daring moment: Well . . . I seem to have repressed these too. It's not that I haven't undertaken any feats of tremendous daring, you understand. It's not that I'm a meek nerd who can barely survive the mundane hurdles of every day life. It's just that for some mysterious reason all my bold exploits escape me at the moment.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Brad Dourif

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Liv Tyler

Theme song: The "Harry Potter" main title (not my favourite piece of music, you see, but the fact is that it's my theme).

Style guru: What's style? You mean like the needle on a record player?

Most crucial accessory: Used to be my graphing calculator, but I'd say it's lost that position to my relatively new laptop.

Greatest weakness: Probably the underbelly, just like a dragon.

Greatest strength: I can name the first 50 elements in order - in one breath.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: The Revised Silmarillion project

Best Downer Buddy: Aside from the small Revised silmarillion group, I'd have to say Mister Underhill, a fellow defender of the Star Wars prequels, and The Saucepan Man, with whom I seem to agree in every debate (save, sometimes, the quality of the movies).

Parting shot: Espresso, though I usually order a double shot.

[Fordim Hedgethistle]

Name: Fordim Hedgethistle. Other known aliases: Fordie, Fordhim, Professor Hedgehthistle, That Guy Who Starts All the Polls.

Quest: To live a meaningful, happy life and then die well.

Favourite colour: The green of a living, healthy forest.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Aragorn.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Thranduil (what a jerk; making war on the Dwarves and Men of Dale for dragon's gold -- an Elf should know better).

Worst habit: Lying.

Best habit: Daily walk in the woods with my son.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: It's a tie:

Johnny Depp -- the man is more beautiful than anyone has a right to be.

Vin Diesel -- the man is cooller than anyone has a right to be.

Weirdest hobby: The Downs.

Best place in Middle Earth: Bag-End.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: The Caribbean.

Most embarrassing moment: The very first time I called a girl I liked to ask her to a movie.

Most daring moment: The very first time I called a girl I liked to ask her to a movie.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sir Ian McKellan: his Macbeth is legendary, his Iago is epic, his Richard III is breath-taking.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Brad Dourif...I mean, really, other than the creepy voice and the weird eyes, does this guy have anything going for him?

Theme song: "Like a Rolling Stone"...Dylan, Baby!

Style guru: Indianna Jones.

Most crucial accessory: My book satchel.

Greatest weakness: Pretty girls.

Greatest strength: My ability to think outside the box. That, and my modesty.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: The Green Dragon Inn.

Best Downer Buddy: Aman and Bethberry.

Parting shot: If you want anymore, you can sing it yourself, Uh-huh.

[tar-ancalime]

Name: tar-ancalime

Quest: the perfect Cabernet

Favourite colour: green

Most beloved Tolkien character: Goldberry

Least beloved Tolkien character: Gollum

Worst habit: sneaking 'Downs breaks while at work

Best habit: not getting caught (see above)

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: John Cusack

Weirdest hobby: hunting werewolves

Best place in Middle Earth: Bree

Best place outside of Middle Earth: heading away from shore in a sailboat

Most embarrassing moment: oh, there are so many...and they all seem to involve me on the floor, having tripped over nothing.

Most daring moment: i'll let you know when i have one.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Viggo Mortensen (sigh)

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Astin

Theme song: The House of the Rising Sun

Style guru: the sale rack at Sears

Most crucial accessory: glasses. definitely necessary.

Greatest weakness: see above re: Cabernet

Greatest strength: patience

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: The Books

Best Downer Buddy: hmmm....no one, I guess

Parting shot: Never mind manoeuvres: just go straight at 'em!

[Alphaelin]

Name: Alphaelin, Ann

Quest: To find out what I'm doing here. Or to find Middle Earth, whichever comes first.

Favourite colour: Lavender

Most beloved Tolkien character: Faramir

Least beloved Tolkien character: Eol. What a sourpuss.

Worst habit: Procrastination, swearing in traffic

Best habit: One date a week with my husband & each daughter

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Faramir (the character, not David Wenham), 'Luscious' Malfoy (the actor, not the character)

Weirdest hobby: Ballet lessons. When you're older than the instructors, people look at you funny.

Best place in Middle Earth: Rivendell

Best place outside of Middle Earth: southeast coast of Lake Michigan, Rocky Mtn. National Park

Most embarrassing moment: Too many to count, most involving Weirdest Hobby.

Most daring moment: When I hit the "Submit" button for this post.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Bean

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Craig Parker

Theme song: Unprintable on a 'G-rated' website

Style guru: Goodwill

Most crucial accessory: Corrective lenses

Greatest weakness: Extreme shyness

Greatest strength: A surprising ability to meet deadlines

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: It varies; right now CbC, Middle Earth Mirth and the Barrow Downs

Best Downer Buddy: I love you all!

Parting shot: A splash of whiskey in my Coke will do nicely, thanks!

[Lalaith]

Name: Lalaith.

Quest: To pluck till time and times are done, the silver apples of the moon, the
golden apples of the sun

Favourite colour: midnight blue, rose pink and silver.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Hurin

Least beloved Tolkien character: Of the ones we are supposed to like, Tom Bombadil. Or Turgon.

Worst habit: Cistercian

Best habit: Dominican (well this is a confessional isn’t it?)

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: last time I revealed this, I was accused of being a pervert, so I’m not going to tell anyone again.

Weirdest hobby: Lalaith’s-friends-and-relations unanimously agree, Werewolf.

Best place in Middle Earth: Third Age – Rivendell or Rohan. First Age – Eglarest sounds rather fine. I would have liked to have seen Gondolin, but not lived there.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Burgh Island, Rome, the British Library, my bedroom.

Most embarrassing moment: My life has been so strewn with these that I’ve long since ceased to care.

Most daring Barrowdowner moment: Offering myself up for a multiple lynching in WWIV because I was so sure LMP was a wolf.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Why, ahem, the great Sir Ian McKellen, of course. Wonderfully textured piece of acting craft. (*tiny venal whisper* Orlando)

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Elijah Wood because he was cheesy, and didn’t read the book. Bernard Hill - he is a good actor and the script wasn’t his fault but the character he played was not Theoden.

Theme song: Past-time with Good Company

Style guru: Anna Karenina. The description of her at the ball in Book One is the definition of a well-dressed woman.

Most crucial accessory: hairbrush, mobile

Greatest weakness: Judging myself against what I read in these Confessionals, I fear it is personal vanity about appearance.

Greatest strength: Again in relative Downer terms, eyesight.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Oh, how I wish I could still be virtuous and say Books. But Mirth it is.

Best Downer Buddy: Don’t have one. There are several people whose online company I enjoy, but to assume the feeling is mutual seems rather presumptuous.

Parting shot: Gaudeamus Igitur

[Tigerlily Gamgee]

Name: Tigerlily or "Tig" known elsewhere as "psyknife" or Mel

Quest: To get out of debt and have money to travel... also, to get paid for doing what I love!

Favourite colour: Purple

Most beloved Tolkien character: Eowyn, but I do enjoy Samwise as well

Least beloved Tolkien character: Gollum

Worst habit: Spending money, feeling sorry for myself (though I'm not so bad at that anymore) and procrastinating

Best habit: well, lately, its been exercising regularly, eating good foods, and I'm almost always ontime and I rarely let people down

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Uh, hmmm... Stephen Lynch, I guess. I also once mentioned to someone that I found the character of Austin Power strangly attractive (gross, right!?)

Weirdest hobby: collecting My Little Ponies (there! I said it!)

Best place in Middle Earth: I love Rohan, but Hobbiton would be much more peaceful and full of wonderful smells

Best place outside of Middle Earth: my bed, and I love Ren Faires and movie theatres too

Most embarrassing moment: Probably in 2nd grade where my skirt got ripped off while going down a slide... it was on St. Patrick's day and I was in a lovely green dress with (I think) white tights (which everyone in the school yard saw)

Most daring moment: I don't know... making a huge move w/no money and no job? Isn't getting out of bed every day daring enough?

Favourite "LotR" actor: Miranda Otto (for LOTR, and for other movies I've seen her in)

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Orlando Bloom (sorry, but he's too pretty and not that great of an actor)

Theme song: "Robert Holiday" by Cornmo (I really have no clue on this one)

Style guru: myself (though many have claimed that it's Stevie Nicks)

Most crucial accessory: clothing (otherwise I'd be naked)

Greatest weakness: cute things, chai tea, sleep

Greatest strength: helping people out, and things of that nature

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: no place in particular

Best Downer Buddy: EVERYONE!

Parting shot: Today is a lucky day for those who remain cheerful and optimistic

[Hilde Bracegirdle]

Name: Hilde Bracegirdle

Quest: To do those things I intend to do, but not those things I do not intend to do. For me this is surprisingly difficult.

Favourite colour: Green - A friendly color, not as aloof as black or reserved as blue.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Gads, what a nightmare of a puzzle figuring out that would be! I will settle for several from LotR: Gandalf, Sam, Aragorn, Faramir and Denethor, Theoden and Hama too.

Least beloved Tolkien character: How does Melkor sound?

Worst habit: Heaping my plate with things to do and then feeling overwhelmed by strong desire to crawl under a table…or desk.

Best habit: Listening to and treating people as well as I am able.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Grommet (But Viggo does have cute feet :D ).

Weirdest hobby: Polishing apricot pits.

Best place in Middle Earth: Ithilien sounds nice.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Any high rocky outcropping that overlooks trees and water.

Most embarrassing moment: On the Barrow-downs it was in an RPG. MS Word further misspelled a blunder of mine, changing what was to be countenance to continence. Unfortunately it worked too well in the context. And thankfully, a friend brought it to my attention. See BD Buddy ;) .

Most daring moment: Chasing a purse-snatcher so far up the street that the getaway car peeled out leaving the snatcher to endure my strongly worded disapproval as I tried to catch up with him.

Favourite "LotR" actor: All did well given the script they were given.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Craig Parker and Hugo Weaving I belive were horribly miscast. And Parker was also a victim of bad editing. (Haldir did seem markedly effeminate in the theater version of FotR.)

Theme song: ‘Awaken’ by Yes (http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAND.asp?band_id=105)

Style guru: Trees (Stand tall, reach for the sun and wear something until it becomes ragged. Then compost it.)

Most crucial accessory: Hrumph, I believe these days that would have to be accessories of the optical nature balanced on one's nose.

Greatest weakness: Picture a grammatically challenged, oblivious and scatter-brained slug.

Greatest strength: Now think of the aforementioned slug being kind, reliable, steadfast and surprisingly good at drawing (for a slug).

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: The odd topics the spiders lead me to, also RPG’s, books and CbC.

Best Downer Buddy: Too easy for me. Ealasaide, without a doubt. We have been friends for 27 years or so. But I am also very fond of quite a few others, and have not yet had the pleasure of getting to know many of the 'regulars'.

Parting shot: KA-BOOM!

[Holbytlass]

"Barrow confessional" I thought that would be "Father, forgive me for I have sinned...'

Name:Like Gandalf, many names...Holbytlass, Holby, Rebecca, Becky, Beck, Beckela etc.

Quest:to do the birthday wishes for a year (4 months now) and get onto Survivor

Favourite colour:red

Most beloved Tolkien character:Frodo and Sam

Least beloved Tolkien character:Goldberry

Worst habit:nail biting

Best habit:smiling, enjoying people

Unlikeliest celebrity crush:Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) for 28 years. I would divorce Mr. Holby if he ever came to my door! ;)

Weirdest hobby:doing the birthday wishes

Best place in Middle Earth:The Shire

Best place outside of Middle Earth:Blue Ridge Mtns, Virginia

Most embarrassing moment: Photographing football game for highschool yearbook, I tripped and fell, the commentator announcing that the judges award me a 9 for my "pavement diving"!

Most daring moment:Having to honestly answer "yes, she did" when a friend of my sister's asked, "where's Rachael, I haven't seen her in awhile, what did she do, go and die on me?" (Trust me, I felt bad for the friend, not me)

Theme song:Good Riddance -Green Day

Style guru:Style? Eh, precious, what's style?

Most crucial accessory:wedding band, watch

Greatest weakness:chocolate

Greatest strength:family

Favourite place to visit on the Downs:Middle-earth Mirth

Best Downer Buddy:Mormegil, Mithalwen, Shelob, Lily Bombadil

Parting shot:Be careful what you ask for!!

[Encaitare]

Name: There are some who call me... Tim. But I don't know why that is, since my name is clearly Enca(i).

Quest: to learn Quenya, finish my novel... and get into college. That'd be nice.

Favourite color: I like all shades of blue. But the colors I wear most are black, and increasingly green.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Grima, Maglor, Gandalf.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Hmm. There are really no characters that I hate, exactly. The heroes are awesome and the villains are deliciously villainous.

Worst habit: taking the Barrow-Downs intravenously.

Best habit: being anal about spelling and grammar. I think it's a good thing, at least. Others may disagree. :rolleyes:

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: well, you all know. Brad Dourif, Alan Rickman. And the beautiful Johnny Depp, though that's a likely one by all means. *chants* Forty-plus is a must!

Weirdest hobby: oh, this is it, alright. Barrow sweet barrow.

Best place in Middle Earth: the Shire or Rivendell.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: the band room!

Most embarrassing moment: I cannot bring anything immediately to mind. I don't get embarrassed very easily, although crying in school is something I'd rather not do.

Most daring moment: I live right on the edge, baby. All day, every day. :cool:

Favourite "LotR" actor: Dourif. And Hugo Weaving. And Ian McKellen.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Orlando Bloom.

Theme song: Right now it's Sæglópur by Sigur Rós. I have no idea what the lyrics mean, or if they mean anything at all, but it's a gorgeous song.

Style guru: myself. And I refuse to be anyone else's style guru, either. Don't dress like me. Because then I'll be dressing like you, in a sense, and we wouldn't want that.

Most crucial accessory: the huge watch, and the leather wristband. Both have given me tan lines.

Greatest weakness: I'm easily bribed with promises of candy.

Greatest strength: I think I can beat most people in a battle of wits. Maybe not davem, but most people. :p

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Mirth and the Shire.

Best Downer Buddy: I suppose Fea and the Ka. But I love you all.

Parting shot: I don't believe in shooting. Shooting is too good for them....

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

Name: I have many names. My current favourite is Hansel.

Quest: To find the Queen of Elves.

Favourite colour: Either black or white.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Treebeard.

Least beloved Tolkien character: If I were in the story it would be Saruman; as a reader it's probably Aldarion or Erendis for forcing me to read about their boring lives.

Worst habit: I don't have bad habits.

Best habit: Proofreading? Or generally taking some care and pride in what I do.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Rachel Weisz. No-one ever talks about her, despite the fact that she's lovely. Plus, we share the same birthday. Not that that makes her lovelier; I just thought I'd mention it. Oh, and every member of The Strokes. Didn't expect that, did you?

Weirdest hobby: Daydreaming about what I'd do if I were omnipotent. Not particularly weird in itself, but I do it a lot.

Best place in Middle-earth: Rivendell.

Best place outside of Middle-earth: Anywhere in which I'm completely alone.

Most embarrassing moment: When I foolishly volunteer to contribute in class discussion despite my not being prepared. It happens often, and the entire room thinks I'm very unintelligent. Not particularly embarrassing I'll grant, but then I generally don't care what other people think of me.

Most daring moment: I don't think I've ever done anything really daring.

Favourite 'LotR' actor: Viggo or Sir Ian.

Least favourite 'LotR' actor: Maybe David Wenham: he was inappropriate for the role, in my view.

Theme song: Hoppípolla by Sigur Rós. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever heard.

Style guru: Tim Burton, apparently. :p

Most crucial accessory: Tissues. They are probably the most useful things ever. Never leave the house without them.

Greatest weakness: It has to be love. Don't get me wrong, it's brought me great joy; but nothing else clouds my logical faculties in such a way. You know those villains who are mesmerized by the hot secret agent, but before they execute her they instead try it on with her, despite the fact that she's an enemy, and she exploits this lapse in judgment and manages to slay them? Yea.

Greatest strength: An open mind.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: My PM box.

Best Downer buddy: SamwiseGamgee. And I'll throw in the obligatory I love so many of you. ;)

Parting shot: Biff wants some attention.

[Lhunardawen]

Name: Lhunardawen, Lhuna, the Lhunatic. Abby would be good. My real name means "the father's delight," or so I was told.

Quest: To enter my dearest heavenly Dad's embrace and stay there for a few thousand years, then afterwards get to meet various people I have always wanted to see (like BDers!).

Favourite colour: Blue, purple, and white. I'm beginning to like yellow a lot, too.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Eowyn. Luthien. Faramir. Aragorn deserves a citation for swoon-worthiness. Huan for most beloved Tolkien non-biped.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Melkor, of course! (But where would the books be without him, huh?)

Worst habit: Chewing on the inside lining of my cheek, biting on dry skin around my nails, pulling hair strands off my scalp, slouching, and of course procrastination.

Best habit: Pen twirling - it's mind-stimulating. And smiling, when I remember to.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: I'm beyond this now. :p

Weirdest hobby: The Downs to non-Downers, especially Werewolf and analyzing LotR for CbC (when I still did). I wouldn't call solving the Rubik's cube weird, but maybe some people will. What can I do? It's addictive! Oh, and talking to myself. Aloud.

Best place in Middle Earth: I guess Dol Amroth would be nice...as well as Rivendell

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Alqualonde, any place with a beautiful view of the sky and/or the sea

Most embarrassing moment: It's either something so negligible that I forgot about it, or something so embarrassing that I paid someone to whack me on the head and make me forget it.

Most daring moment: Applying for just one university, the one that's arguably most difficult to get into (here in this country, of course). Despite statistical encouragement it was a gamble, but I'm studying there right now!

Favourite "LotR" actor: Bernard Hill, Miranda Otto, and Sean Bean

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Orlando Bloom and Liv Tyler, although I don't think I can blame them.

Theme song: hum, hum, hum...

Style guru: What's sstyle, preciouss?

Most crucial accessory: A necklace I call my Silmaril, pen and paper because you never know when you'll need them, my glasses.

Greatest weakness: Cats, especially stray ones, mathematics, sweet stuff.

Greatest strength: Determination, ability to cram, knowing what I want...most of the time. And, of course, my faith.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: PM box and User CP. It feels good to read funny, touching, and encouraging things once in a while.

Best Downer Buddy:

Before edit, it was this: I chat/PM with Formendacil more than a little- and share some similar worldviews. Put him down as the answer of the month. ;)

Six months later, the answer remains the same. And this time for more reasons than the above.

Parting shot: Hey, wake up!

[Ordimor]

Name: Ordimor

Quest: To be true to myself .... oh, and of course - To Find The Holy Grail!

Favourite colour: Red

Most beloved Tolkien character: Glorfindel and Theoden

Least beloved Tolkien character: Mouth of Sauron .... I know, why? This is one place where I think the version in Jackson's film got it right. The beloved master's character is way too pretentious.

Worst habit: Not listening to everything someone says

Best habit: Filtering out the BS

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Moe - from the Simpson's not Stooges!

Weirdest hobby: hmm.. drawing a blank here.

Best place in Middle Earth: Rohan

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Around my friends

Most embarrassing moment: Jeez, I wouldn't want to try to narrow such adventures down to just a few.

Most daring moment: ^^^see above^^^

Favourite "LotR" actor: Bernard Hill and Miranda Otto

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Orlando Bloom

Theme song: ... I dunno, Gilligan's Island?

Style guru: I got no style

Most crucial accessory: Pocketknife

Greatest weakness: Feeling sorry for those who might not really deserve it.

Greatest strength: Loving those who do.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: I'm new here

Best Downer Buddy: ^^^ c uh buhv ^^^

Parting shot: Well, I'm not sure, but it would appear after re-reading this that my "weirdest hobby" must be drawing blanks!

[Folwren]

Name: Folwren. . .and a few others. I've been called Sam and Jack and Captain (and even Captain Jack), but those are all nick-names.

Quest: I really want to get married and have kids. All in a few years, of course.

Favourite colour: Super dark red. The color of blood that you get when you cut yourself while cutting lettuce, or get ripped up on barbed wire.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Samwise Gamgee!

Least beloved Tolkien character: Bilbo :p No, not really. . .Feanor, probably.

Worst habit: Tending to think people are unsophisticated if their not quite as smart as me.

Best habit: Sticking to a job until it's done.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: I don't like admitting things like this.

Weirdest hobby: Dressing up and going out into the woods when it's dark and windy. I've torn so much clothing that way it's not even humorous.

Best place in Middle Earth: The Shire.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Home.

Most embarrassing moment: Hard to say. I always forget. I'll come back sometime when I remember and edit this post.

Most daring moment: Jumping up onto my unbroke horse without saddle or bridle. It was probably also my dumbest moment.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Astin.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Viggo Mortensen. Sorry Kath.

Theme song: "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything." :rolleyes: That or "In Dreams"

Style guru: My older sister.

Most crucial accessory: Glasses. *sigh*

Greatest weakness: Wanting to do everything just perfectly.

Greatest strength: Striving to do everything perfectly.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: The Shire Rollplaying

Best Downer Buddy: Pio and Arry, probably. But everything here is so great!

Parting shot: I have nothing to say.

[Nuranar]

Name: Incognita.

Quest: To hear "Well done, good and faithful servant!"

Favourite colour: White.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Beren Erchamion. I think perhaps he's overshadowed by Luthien; but my word, he's a hero.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Denethor.

Worst habit: Speaking too softly.

Best habit: Moving with grace.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: James Garner - the young James Garner.

Weirdest hobby: Reenacting the American Civil War, and researching and recreating the fashions of the same. OR, listening to Old Time Radio shows. I have 1400-1500 shows or serial installments now.

Best place in Middle Earth: The wide-open spaces of Rohan.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: North Texas - and not just because it's home.

Most embarrassing moment: So bad that my subconscious mind has destroyed the memory.

Most daring moment: Going on an overnight first-person scenario at a Civil War reenactment, twelve hours from home, with people I'd never met.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sir Ian McKellen. For me, his Gandalf is Gandalf.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Viggo Mortensen. He played a good character, but it's not Aragorn.

Theme song: "Worthy is the Lamb," Handel's Messiah.

Style guru: Grace Kelly.

Most crucial accessory: Promise ring and Aggie ring. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v213/Nuranar/untitled.bmp)

Greatest weakness: Pride. I think too highly of myself in some areas. In areas I know I'm weak, I don't act even when it's important because I'm afraid of revealing imperfection. (See how few Books topics I've even posted on.)

Greatest strength: A logical, intelligent mind. (I hope I haven't justified my Greatest Weakness with that assessment.)

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: The Books; The Shire.

Best Downer Buddy: These days I'm not around enough to have one. For two out of three Shire games, Aman; currently through blogs, Imladris. :)

Parting shot: "In the world it is called Tolerance, but in hell it is called Despair, the sin that believes in nothing, cares for nothing, seeks to know nothing, interferes with nothing, enjoys nothing, hates nothing, finds purpose in nothing, lives for nothing, and remains alive because there is nothing for which it will die."
-- Dorothy L. Sayers

[Farael]

Name: I'm known by many... in here you will call me Farael (hopefully at least) but for others I may be Matias (Matt-ee-us... and it IS a guys name).

Quest: Hmmm..... to change at least one person's life for the better

Favourite colour: Red

Most beloved Tolkien character: Gandalf... he inspires me

Least beloved Tolkien character: Denethor.... he frustrates me

Worst habit: Being too passionate when arguing

Best habit: Being passionate about life

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: You will not believe it, but I don't look at celebrities too much... I mean, they are just WAY OUT THERE.... I rather have a real girl than a celeb.

Weirdest hobby: Hmmm.... well, I don't think any of my hobbies are Weird.... after all, they are MY hobbies! Oh wait... is wicked sense of humour a hobby?

Best place in Middle Earth: I'll go with Rivendell

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Canada... and of the whole of Canada, Winnipeg!! you've got to love 3 feet of snow in less than 48 hours (happened last december)

Most embarrassing moment: Playing volleyball, I'm backpedalling to get a ball but it goes over my head so I turn around to run for it and I trip myself and fall flat on my ***.... Never seen so many people laugh at me.

Most daring moment: Singlehandedly defeating Morgoth. No? well, at least I tried... I don't know

Favourite "LotR" actor: I have to go with the guy who plays Aragorn

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Galadriel... just wasn't the way I thought she'd be

Theme song: So many... but I guess "Wish You Were Here" (by Pink Floyd)

Style guru: What's that? I mean, style...

Most crucial accessory: Is hair an accessory?

Greatest weakness: I can be a bit of a procastinator (is that a word? a guy who procastinates... and I'm not joking this time, I'm asking a sincere question)

Greatest strength: When I'm motivated, I ALWAYS achieve my goals.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: I just got here and I love it all!!

Best Downer Buddy: Well... I'm too new, I haven't met anyone yet =(

Parting shot: Chemical Humour..... "If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the precipitate" If you found that funny, PM me :p

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Name: Rune, Rasputin and Fingolfin (well not the last two I just put them there not to seem dull)

Quest: To study history at the Universty of Copenhagen after that world socialism

Favourite colour: Red

Most beloved Tolkien character: 1) Fingolfin 2) Galadriel 3) Gandalf

Least beloved Tolkien character: Eol and Maeglin

Worst habit: Mumbling and starting endless or meaningless political conversatons. (mostley when I am drunk though)

Best habit: Sleeping or somthing

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: ? ? ? (I will add one later)

Weirdest hobby: collecting coins and the downs

Best place in Middle Earth: 1) Hithlum 2) Rohan and Gondolin 3) Lothlorien

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Amager

Most embarrassing moment: Walking in to the public swimming facility with out my swimming trunks

Most daring moment: I am not the daring type

Favourite "LotR" actor: Cate blanchett

Least favourite "LotR" actor: 1) Liv Tyler 2) Sean Astin

Theme song: Everybody Knows (Leonard Cohen)

Style guru: no partucular style

Most crucial accessory: LOTR poems/songs (I often bring them with me)

Greatest weakness: Cola (not coke) I drink way to much of that stuff.

Greatest strength: Don't think I have any. Maybe remembering historical facts. . .

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: The Quiz Room

Best Downer Buddy: oh ehh. What a stupid question! I like all of you who post on a regular basis and makes the downs an encredibel place. There are loads of you I would like to know better and a lot I have not even talked to, allthough I really want to. The one I talk to the most must be Sleepy Ranger, then there is all the people in the Nordic Revolution, I must not forget Valesse who I often bother with meaningless questions, last and maybe least, TGWBS (Together we will take over Iceland)

Parting shot: Rød Front

[Nerindel]

Name: Nerindel (AKA Jules)

Quest: To find time to finish my book

Favourite colour: Lilac

Most beloved Tolkien character: Fingolfin, Beren, Sam, Faramir and Aragorn

Least beloved Tolkien character: Eöl

Worst habit: biting my nails and being easily distracted

Best habit :hmm don’t know?

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Johnny Depp

Weirdest hobby: My main hobby is Writing, nothing weird about that! ;)

Best place in Middle Earth: Rivendell or Gondolin

Best place outside of Middle Earth : The beach yards from my house as the sun is setting over the sea. (Never up early enough to see it rising but I am sure it is just as beautiful)

Most embarrassing moment: Being forced by my Music teacher to enter a solo singing competition and missing my first intro as nerves and the hundreds of people watching got the better of me, Like I warned her they would.

Most daring moment: Picking it up on the second intro and singing despite the quivering fear in my voice. (and remarkably not taking last place)

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Astin, Sean Bean and Sir Ian McKellen (Excellent casting in my opinion)

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Hugo weaving, simply because no matter how many times I watch FOTR I can’t get passed the whole agent Elrond thing going on in my head!

Theme song: hmm I’ll have to think about that one…

Style guru: I am my own Guru ;)

Most crucial accessory: oh has to be my Celtic ring and silver cross

Greatest weakness: Crying uncontrollably at soppy movies, Chocolate!!!! And the famed Taurean stubborness

Greatest strengths: patience and understanding

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: The rpg forums

Best Downer Buddy: I haven’t met a downer yet that I haven’t liked, but I don’t know most of you as well as I should like.

Parting shot: Hold to hope it is the light in even the darkest of times!

[Azaelia of Willowbottom]

Name: Azaelia, Zali, sometimes I am PrairieDog.

Quest: To get accepted into a college other than my "safety school" and to survive until graduation from high school.

Favourite colour: Pink, and blue. I know, so typically high school girl. :p Orange is nice too.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Sam and Pippin.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Uhhhh.... Melkor?

Worst habit: Nailbiting, lack of confidence in myself.

Best habit: Being cheerful, having a good sense of humor, and being easy to get along with.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Johnny Depp...wait, *is* that unlikely? :rolleyes:

Weirdest hobby: I collect Snapple caps.

Best place in Middle Earth: The Shire. And Rohan is amazing, too.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Onstage, acting.

Most embarrassing moment: I have been lucky enough to never have had a horribly embarrassing moment, on the scale that other people have them. I was pretty embarrassed when I gave my ski instructor (who happened to be a cute guy about my age) my phone number...and he never called. He must've thought I was a little kid. There is no way I am going back to the same ski place. *hides in shame*

Most daring moment: Gathering up the courage to ask the guy I like to dance with me...and hearing him say yes! :D

Favourite "LotR" actor: Elijah Wood, Sean Bean.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Orlando Bloom. He's pretty hopeless.

Theme song: "Here Comes the Sun" by the Beatles. I love it because it's optimistic, cute, and not too loud.

Style guru: I don't really follow any one person's style. I pick and choose from fashions that come along, and wear whatever I want.

Most crucial accessory: Earrings, glasses.

Greatest weakness: I can be impossibly shy. And I hate being that way.

Greatest strength: I can overcome the shyness, when the mood takes me. I'm a peacekeeper among my group of friends. I'm the one who never gets into a fight with anyone (not because I let people walk all over me, but because I just get along well with everyone). I'm not afraid to speak up for what I believe in.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: The werewolf threads.

Best Downer Buddy: Just had a shock because I've been here four years and don't really have a buddy here....I dunno.

Parting shot: "Childhood is short, maturity is forever."~Calvin and Hobbes.

[Amanaduial the archer]

but for others I may be Matias (Matt-ee-us... and it IS a guys name) Lol, I know. I really like the name, although I’ve only seen it spelt Matthias or Mattius before, neither spellings of which the computer likes. Bleh.

Anguirel...your name...Really?! Are you applying for Oxford this year? If so, I guess you’ll probably already know if you’re in, but hey, good luck anyway!

Name: Amy. Please spell correctly or I’ll…consequence you.

Quest: Pwwf. In the short term, to do well enough in my AS levels to fulfil the slightly longer term aim of getting a choral scholarship into Oxford. Again, pwwf.

Favourite colour: Why, gold, green and black, of course ;) No, I generally wear and work in blacks and blues.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Not sure, Pippin is lovely, he presents a slightly cheerier side to the general gloom, as does Treebeard, but I do have a weak spot for Glorfindel.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Least beloved? Movie-gandalph! No, in the books, Theoden, or Saruman. Generally quite dull as bad guys go – all that potential and he just spends his time brooding about Gandalph.

Worst habit: Procrastination. Or maybe that should be down as best habit – certainly I am very good at it.

Best habit: Music. Not in a strange, obsessive, look-at-me-I-walk-around-singing-all-the-time kinda way, more just…well, the amount of it I do and the amount I think about music means that it has pretty much passed from the realms of hobby into habit.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Takuro Kubo. Or Kubo Takuro. Probably the latter, but I’m not honestly entirely sure how Japanese names work. The composer and guitarist/keyboardist from Glay, a Japanese rock band who I rather like despite the use of really random English words scattered throughout their songs for no apparent reason…

Weirdest hobby: Brownies, probably. Believe me, it may not be weird, but the Brownies really are ;) Or making paper cranes with any spare piece of paper, whatever size, although maybe that’s more a weird habit.

Best place in Middle Earth: I would love to stay in Imladris for a few days, but it would probably get somewhat dull after a while. Rohan then – call me a shieldmaiden, but the idea of being able to work with horses all the time and train with weapons to use as well…well, it appeals.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: I have found a tree about five or ten minutes run from my house which is excellent for getting away. It’s in a field which may well, actually, be private property (oops) and is beside and above a rather unused road, and is fallen – it must have been easily twenty feet tall when it was standing. But it has been fallen so long that some of the upper branches seem to have taken root, and because it was very broad right from like the middle, you can climb right up and just perch there with phone, diary, music, book… Very peaceful.

Most embarrassing moment: What, a pinnacle? Lordy, there are hundreds, each more painful than the last, and I refuse to dwell on them publicly!

Most daring moment: Daring? Wish I was more bloody daring…*grumbles* See, what is daring for me, you may not consider daring. It’s more little everyday daredoms.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Dominic Monoghan or Viggo Mortensen.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Sir Ian McKellan.

Theme song: Goodbye, My Lover by James Blunt (“I am here for you, if you’d only care”); I Miss You by Blink182 (“where are you? And I am so sorry, I cannot sleep, I cannot dream tonight…don’t waste your time on me, you’re already the voice inside my head”, plus it has references to Nightmare Before Christmas, qui j’adore.

Style guru: Haha.

Most crucial accessory: Hmm…my phone (partly because I currently do not have a watch), music (iPod), a book of some description, gold heart necklace one of my friends gave me. Scrap paper and a pen when I’m in school – have to do something in lessons, doodling generally fills up the long hours. Oh, and my glasses or contacts – very blind.

Greatest weakness: Long-windedness. Hmm, a two word answer, how ironi- all, that’s better ;) My temper as well. Paranoia. Self esteem the size of a gnat’s poker cue.

Greatest strength: Being able to placate people; debating skills; voice.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: RPG forums, although I have had more of a tendency to quietly float recently.

Best Downer Buddy: Ah, I’m with Anguirel: I have a fear that if I name anyone, they shall instantly reject me! Bethberry has proved to be a great friend, as did Mithadan at a time; Aylwen Dreamsong and Imladris; Fordim, Firefoot and Anguirel finish off my RPGing dream team. I apologise if I’ve missed anyone glaringly obvious.

Parting shot: Thanks for taking the time to read it.
Christ, ‘snappy’ party shot. Yeesh.
Silence, you.
Cliché.
Figment of imagination.
…alright, touché.

[Valier]

Name: Galore.....Miss Kitty Galore, is my name. Or Valier if you prefer

Quest: To grow up big and strong! Ok well to do something I love for a living.

Favorite colour: ORANGE!!

Most beloved Tolkein character: Gollum...mmmmm..Fishies

Least beloved character: Frodo..I know,I know

Worst habit: I talk WAY too much!

Best habit:hmmmmmmmmm..Sleeping in late.

Unlikely celeb crush: I think Mr Tumnus from Narnia was too cute!

Weird hobby: I don't think I have any weird ones!

Best Middleearth place: Lothlorien

Best outside Middle earth place:Canada of course EH?

Most embarrassing moment: Getting my head stuck in one of those wooden toboggans with the curved front after my brother jerked the sled across the yard. Then after it happened he just stood there and laughed (what are bro's for?:rolleyes: )

Most daring moment: Would be here for days......

Favorite LOTR actor:Umm I like Sir Ian McKlellan (sp?)

Least favorite LOTR actor:Hugo weaving, I can only see agent Smith..

Theme song: that's kinda weird

Style guru: I wear what I like.

Most crucial accessory: My glasses!My promise ring from my Snoo

Greatest weakness:I'm such a blabber mouth sometimes

Greatest strength: I hate to be vain...

Favorite place on the Downs:My user cp (laughs)

Best buddy on the downs: I like lots of you! well especially Runey...;) L.O.L
all you WW players rock!!!

Parting Shot: Shooting is not nice!!!

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Name: Louis Allen Zablan-Ortal, although I also answer to 'Uchiha Itachi.'

Quest: To have the mina entrusted to me gain more.

Favourite colour: Any light shade of blue.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Finrod Felagund.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Finrod's killer. Oh, and he became the main enemy during the Third Age too, right?

Worst habit: Procrastination, for one.

Best habit: Bringing a pen and paper everywhere. Capturing ephemeral thoughts is well worth the hassle.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Anna Tomppo. :o ;)

(Oh, vzv, that is 'unlikeliest celebrity' crush, not unlikeliest 'celebrity crush.' I hope everyone gets the distinction.)

Weirdest hobby: That would have to be doing Lego battles, making war-machines out of Lego then having them fight. With matching sound effects.

Best place in Middle Earth: Harlindon!

Best place outside of Middle Earth: So far, home. Although Powerbooks, the local bookstore that lets you read without having to buy the book, is quite a nice place, too.

Most embarrassing moment: Aside from early posts? The worst one would have to be the 'Don't worry, he's stupid' incident of 1994.

Most daring moment: Answering His knock. (Revelation 3:20)

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Bean.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Orlando Bloom.

Theme song: Who am I by Casting Crowns.

Style guru: Now that I think of it, I don't really have style, per se. I just put on what fits and is most accessible to me. I don't care what I look like, so long as I'm properly clothed.

Most crucial accessory: Eyeglasses. Without it we can't see, precious.

Greatest weakness: The paradoxical combination of laziness and perfectionism. I mean, I can't satisfy both sides!

Greatest strength: Not mine, actually. (Philippians 4.13)

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: PM Inbox.

Best Downer Buddy: spawn and Kath.

Parting shot: I love the rain! :D

[dancing spawn of ungoliant]

Name: Most of you know me as spawn, some of you know me as Anna and to Anguirel I seem to be Spawnowen.

Quest: Downs: Post more in The Books and reply to PMs sooner. RL: To find out what my quest is and then fulfill it.

Favourite colour: I wish it was red, but I think it's blue. I enjoy all colours in general, though.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Gandalf or Aragorn, perhaps.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Eöl and Ted Sandyman. Eww, what creeps!

Worst habit: Taking it easy when it's obvious you shouldn't.

Best habit: Taking it easy when it's obvious you shouldn't.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: I haven't had a proper celebrity crush for years now, but here's something unlikely for you: I think Hatake Kakashi is rather good-looking... you know, for a cartoon character. :D

Weirdest hobby: The weirdest real hobby that I have (meaning, I take lessons in it) is undoubtedly composing polyphonic vocal fugues in "Palestrina style". It's pretty tricky with all the do's and don'ts of the style to make it sound like real 16th century's music.

Best place in Middle Earth: Rivendell or Dol Amroth because it's on the coast.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: I became quite attached to the yard of a small hostel in Moshi last October. I could have stayed there lying on the lawn and staring at the unbelievably bright stars for ever (there wasn't too many street lamps spoiling the view), but the odds are that I will never get there again, so I'll settle for my own room which is a rather wonderful place as well.

Most embarrassing moment: If not the most embarrassing (which it might very well be, though), this is the most recent one and it's related to the Downs. I was having a Sweeping Party (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=11386&) which means that I scrolled through a lot of posts from my newbie days. It might have been cute unless the posts hadn't been that horrible. If I were a mod, I probably would have banned myself back then. The only good thing in this self-caused humiliation was to discover that during these years, my posting may have improved, after all.

Most daring moment: Downs: Promising to mod a WW game and hitting 'Submit Reply' when posting in The Books. RL: Hmm, I don't know. I guess I have done some daring things, but they just don't feel that daring to me.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sir Ian McKellen.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Bruce Spence or Marton Csokas.

Theme song: There are so many good songs I know, but I don't think any of them could be named as my "Theme song". My Downs self would probably choose Advertising Space, though.

Style guru: Me.

Most crucial accessory: A hair tie or anything that helps me to keep my long hair out of my face.

Greatest weakness: Using my time insufficiently. I believe you could also call that procrastinating.

Greatest strength: Stick-with-it-ness (I love that word). Getting excited about things easily.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: PM box. And Mirth.

Best Downer Buddy: Nilp and Farael.

Parting shot: *bang* ( :rolleyes: )

[Elu Ancalime]

Name: Ross, to some Fardifer Knotwise of Michel Delving, on BD Elu Ancalime.

Quest: To achieve power as President of the USA and reform the republic into a benevolent despot, but mainly to be a great trumpet player. (lol that was probably a bit odd)

Favourite colour: Green

Most beloved Tolkien character: All the Hobbits

Least beloved Tolkien character: Grima arrgh

Worst habit: a little bit OCD

Best habit: I always remember to eat :D

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Scarlet Johanson

Weirdest hobby: I AM A BAND NERD!!! BUCHHOLZ SAY WHAAAATTTTT!!!!

Best place in Middle Earth: Minas Anor

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Colorado Rockies

Most embarrassing moment: nuking an ally with 151 hydras in Starcraft

Most daring moment: [besides the above] Going with a Senior to Prom (im a freshie wewt)

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sir Ian McKellen (sp?) and Christopher Lee

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Sauron. He's not an Eye.

Theme song: String of Pearls, Glenn Miller

Style guru: A little preppy, sporty

Most crucial accessory: silver/gold One Ring

Greatest weakness: Passion

Greatest strength: Passion

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Mirth

Best Downer Buddy: um.....heh heh

Parting shot: you just got.....POONED!!!!!
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[gralin musicteeth]

Name: gralin, but by friends call me anne

Quest: to survive memorial university, where I am currently struggling to stay alive

Favourite colour: blue

Most beloved Tolkien character: Boromir

Least beloved Tolkien character: Arwen

Worst habit: being lazy and procrastinating

Best habit: reading a lot

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: I'm not sure what this means...

Weirdest hobby: hahaha reciting random quotes from Tolkien

Best place in Middle Earth: Dale

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Montreal

Most embarrassing moment: I have too many to count

Most daring moment: deciding to be a physics major (what a daredevil!)

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Bean

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Elijah Wood

Theme song: Save Me, by Queen

Style guru: I am not

Most crucial accessory: a book

Greatest weakness: cheesecake

Greatest strength: my stunning intelligence, of course!

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Middle Earth Mirth

Best Downer Buddy: HerenIstarion and Eonwe, because they added to my happy little reputation

Parting shot: Listen to what the man said

[Durelin]

Name: Rachel/Dury/Dur/Rakein/Rakey

Quest: Being

Favourite colour: Red

Most beloved Tolkien character: Faramir or Boromir

Least beloved Tolkien character: Arwen

Worst habit: Procrastination, laziness, perfectionism, this weird semi-obsessive-compulsive thing that makes me pick at my fingernails...

Best habit: Perfectionism

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: I have too many fictional ones to leave room for any celebrities... Though Eric Bana has uh...things to be admired about him....

Weirdest hobby: Err...arguing with myself and losing...because RPing is completely normal...

Best place in Middle Earth: The Undying Lands

Best place outside of Middle Earth: The Badlands, SD

Most embarrassing moment: Being born.

Most daring moment: Lip-synching to "Ninja of the Night" dressed as a ninja. On stage.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Bean

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Hugo Weaving

Theme song: "I'm a _____, I'm a lover; I'm a child, I'm a mother
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint; I do not feel ashamed..."

Style guru: I'm going to steal from Meela - Tim Burton and Johnny Cash

Most crucial accessory: Sarcasm

Greatest weakness: Tantalizing RPGs, my fear of failure

Greatest strength: Lack of sanity

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: The RPG forums

Best Downer Buddy: CaptainofDespair; Pio, Bethberry, and Child have always been very nice mod buddies helping me with my RPGs; everyone I have ever RPed with - seriously, I love you all and stalk you daily...on these forums...yeah, that's all....

Parting shot: "'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.'"

[bilbo_baggins]

Name: Many names beyond count including: Fred, James, Will, Ski bum, bilbo, Dingo-dog... ( you get the picture)

Quest: To be understood and respected by at least one person before I die.

Favourite colour: Rohan's emblems, green and white.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Olorin, of course. Tharkun if you prefer that or maybe Gandalf to those who don't know.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Thorin. The stupidest dwarf I have ever known. Sets a bad example...

Worst habit: Leaving the Downs for a fortnight at a time

Best habit: Posting my hardest once I get back

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Viggo Mortensen, who must be the best action movie actor I know

Weirdest hobby: Coming up with haikus in my head while washing dishes to the music of Pink Floyd.

Best place in Middle Earth: The Ice bay of Forochel

Best place outside of Middle Earth: In the hills of my homeland

Most embarrassing moment: Trying to sound like I know what I'm talking about on a Books thread when I first got here.

Most daring moment: Telling a girl I liked her to her face.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Viggo Mortensen (see favorite celebrity crush)

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Gandalf, Ian. I don't think he was the right man for it.

Theme song: "And I cry for you as I die for you, this pain in my heart is for you"

Style guru: Slightly cheerful Gothic

Most crucial accessory: glasses. I couldn't surf the down's without them.

Greatest weakness: chasing the female persuasion

Greatest strength: my mind. I'm not bragging when I say that I hold myself back in most face-to-face conversations.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: The Books

Best Downer Buddy: Bethberry. I don't want to be too verbose, but she has always helped me, and took me under her wing like so many others.

Parting shot: "I came not to abolish the law, but to fulfill it." "anyone that does not love, knows not God." "Shall we continue in sin that grace might increase? May it never be!"

That's a look at me. I suppose you can like it or not. The truth is in it, and nothing in it is false.

bilbo

[littlemanpoet]

I'll put something up here so that the system doesn't think this post has absolutely no characters and shoot me with an error and make me do the whole thing over a THIRD time! Grrrrr.

Name: littlemanpoet

Quest: To do God's will.

Favourite colour: green - for living things

Most beloved Tolkien character: Smith of Wootton Major

Least beloved Tolkien character: Denethor

Worst habit: clamping my jaw with stress - makes for a painfully tight jaw.

Best habit: coming to the Barrowdowns almost every day.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Reneé Zellweger

Weirdest hobby: making my own Risk games that nobody plays because they're too complicated

Best place in Middle Earth: Tom Bomadil's house

Best place outside of Middle Earth: the North in Michigan

Most embarrassing moment: getting duped into being the most misbehaving "follower type" by an insidious plan devised by my 4th grade teacher and the two most popular students in 4th grade.

Most daring moment: being on the other side of a policeman's gun as he said, "Freeze! Drop it!" ... it was my billfold, the wee hours, after I had just come out of the school where I taught, grading papers late into the night. Or maybe that was just stupid instead of daring :rolleyes:

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Bean

Least favourite "LotR" actor: the guy who plays Denethor - made him way too uncivilized, biting into tomatoes? yeesh.

Theme song: Genesis, Trick of the Tail:
'they got no horns and they got no tails,/they don't even b'lieve in our existence,/ am I wrong to believe in the city of gold/that lies in the deep distance...'

Style guru: none - I don't do style

Most crucial accessory: cap to keep my bald head warm

Greatest weakness: laziness

Greatest strength: creativity

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Rohan The White Horse Inn/Eorling Mead Hall

Best Downer Buddy: tie: the guy who be short & Feanor of the Peredhil

Parting shot: I assign Lush to the Shire for creating this great thread, and to Mordor because she'd be a great cameo in ATM. :p

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

In case some stalkers (for example) should be interested, I've edited my post above up to date. ;)

[Lhunardawen]

In the most unlikely case that anyone is interested, I've mimicked my brother above. :)

[Ithaeliel]

Name: Ithaeliel, or in the real world, Catherine

Quest: To meet God.

Favourite colour: Dark royal blue

Most beloved Tolkien character: Luthien

Least beloved Tolkien character: Grima Wormtongue

Worst habit: Having my train of thought wander off my current focus

Best habit: Being kind to people

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Tom Cruise (he just gives me the willies...)

Weirdest hobby: Gaming with the aim of getting 100% on everything. I have yet to do it.

Best place in Middle Earth: The Grey Havens

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Hawai'i

Most embarrassing moment: Having my bow fly out of my hand during a performance...

Most daring moment: Back-flopping off the high-dive (also embarrassing, and **** it HURT! But so worth it...)

Favourite "LotR" actor: Cate Blanchett

Least favourite "LotR" actor:

Theme song: Vivaldi's "Winter" (the one remixed by Bond)

Style guru: yes, I am :cool:

Most crucial accessory: engagement ring! *flashes you with her bling*

Greatest weakness: Baby animals. Oh, you meant that... well, I am often needy.

Greatest strength: I care about most everyone.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Rohan!

Best Downer Buddy: Was Brinniel, but I don't know if she's around anymore. *sigh*

Parting shot: I love you all! Keep it real!

[Thinlómien]

I joined the philippine (sp?) movement...

[Sleepy Ranger]

Name: Karan, KD, Kuh-run to Roa_Aoife. Sleepy Ranger and you don't need to know what Ka calls me...

Quest: To take over the world but first I've a book to get published.

Favourite colour: Green

Most beloved Tolkien character: Aragorn, Turin

Least beloved Tolkien character: Quite possibly Beren.

Worst habit: This tendency of mine to trail into archaic English while speaking.

Best habit: Keeping close track of time

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Going back a few years, Amanda Bynes.

Weirdest hobby: Randomly singing at the worst possible moments.

Best place in Middle Earth: Pre-war Arnor

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Baskin-Robins

Most embarrassing moment: I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you.

Most daring moment: I've had quite a few actually... as my mom would say, "Too many video-games makes you think you're in one."

Favourite "LotR" actor: Agent Elrond

Least favourite "LotR" actor: The Eye

Theme song: I've got a few-
Wonderwall by Oasis
Unwell by Matchbox Twenty
Learning To Fly by Pink Floyd

Style guru: Philosiphic writer rocker gamer or something...

Most crucial accessory: The hair, eyes and smirk.

Greatest weakness: Thundaga...

Greatest strength: The golden tongue, the smooth talking and o'course the charisma.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Middle-Earth Mirth

Best Downer Buddy: Ka... however I suspect she'd kill me if I called her 'buddy' so I'll say Roa_Aoife, Glirdan, Valesse, Rune, The Only Real Estel, Thinlomien, Nogrod and a lot of others.

Parting shot: How dare you get a happy ending! How DARE you! - Hades; Kingdom Hearts II

[Lhunardawen]

I joined the philippine (sp?) movement...
Tee-hee. And you got the spelling right. ;)

[Mudshark]

Name: Mudshark, but my real name is Fallon

Quest: To do as much as possible with as little effort

Favourite colour: Blue

Most beloved Tolkien character: Boromir

Least beloved Tolkien character: Arwen

Worst habit: singing in the halls

Best habit: doing laundry

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: David Bowie

Weirdest hobby: skeet shooting

Best place in Middle Earth: Rohan

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Montreal

Most embarrassing moment: When I was caught on tape dancing with my physics prof at a bar.

Most daring moment: skank racing on the highway in a rented car

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Bean

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Elijiah Wood

Theme song: I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor

Style guru: David Bowie

Most crucial accessory: a watch

Greatest weakness: I have a major weakness for guys who can sing

Greatest strength: People think me reponsible, but I have no idea why

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: here

Best Downer Buddy: I don't have any yet

Parting shot: CATCH!

[Parmawen]

Name: Parmawen, or Allie

Quest: To marry the Prince of Belgium

Favourite colour: Gray

Most beloved Tolkien character: Sam

Least beloved Tolkien character: Grima Wormtongue

Worst habit: Slipping into "Valley girl" speech when with my friends. "Lyke OMG!"

Best habit: Helping anybody who has a problem, whether I really want to or not.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Alan Rickman. He is my soulmate, just 40-something years older than me.

Weirdest hobby: Collecting staples!

Best place in Middle Earth: Lothlorien.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: New York.

Most embarrassing moment: While discussing an unfortunate incident at a beach, in which my swimsuit came off, my English teacher overheard and gave me the strangest look...it was so awkward.

Most daring moment: Trying to pick up my friend's chihuaha, aka spawn of satan. I nearly lost a finger!

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Astin

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Oh dear...I really love them all.

Theme song: FRIENDS!

Style guru: Erm...Spencer from "Ed vs. Spencer" mayhaps...

Most crucial accessory: The necklace I found in my treasure soap!

Greatest weakness: Worrying myself sick...literally.

Greatest strength: Motivation.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Middle Earth Mirth...I'm addicted to Unfortunately/Fortunately.

Best Downer Buddy: Oh...I'm not all that close with many people on here. Dial up internet connection = not much time online.

Parting shot: "Excuse me, are you the imprint of a departed soul?"

[Formendacil]

Okay, rather that follow the boring popular trend of saying "see my post for changes, if you're interested", I'll repost here- with as many new answers as possible, for maximum humour and current accuracy.

Name: Michael A. Joosten in writing, Michael or Mike to my friends, Form/Formie in colloquial 'Downsian, and Formendacil on the Memberslist.

Quest: To get into college. There are a few Balrogs along the way, it seems.

Favourite colour: Blue- as in Alberta skies blue. Or green. Lots of lovely green.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Was Gandalf/Túrin, is probably Pengolod at the moment...

Least beloved Tolkien character: Saeros -the once and future least favourite.

Worst habit: Finger-biting. Not nail-biting, but biting off bits of dry skin around the nails... - but allow me to add myself the procrastinator's club. That and staying up late and getting up late. (Though that's you guys'es fault :p )

Best habit: On the 'Downs, every day. *Has No Life Smiley*

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Can't say that I have one... but I might have a 'Downsian crush or two. No! I'm not telling.

Weirdest hobby: Editing the Silmarillion. Yes, you read that aright.

Best place in Middle Earth: The ruins of Gondolin. Pity it drowned.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Roma, Italia. Loved it there- but to add to that old answer, I'm currently in love with Edmonton. And not because the Oilers are winning- hopes of school and easy-to-follow streets sit very well with me.

Most embarrassing moment: Getting on the wrong school bus in Grade 1. Still upsets my stomach thinking about it- but more recently... showing up in Edmonton at 9:00 in the morning after a 2.5 hour drive only to learn that the event was cancelled... Oops! Guess I didn't get hte memo...

Most daring moment: Still not sure... I'm not really the daring sort. Tell you in a few months' time, let's say.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Ian McKellan and Sean Bean. They both played the roles exactly as I imagined- the answer of of is unchanged.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Huge Weaving. Great actor, but 100% un-Elrond.- but I have to change this now. Hugo may not LOOK like Elrond, but i'm liking his performance more... Arwen gets the "worst" title now, by default.

Theme song: Pachebel's Canon- but I'm currently really liking the soundtrack from Narnia... That battle theme makes great driving music, for some reason.

Style guru: Winston Churchill.

Most crucial accessory: Glasses. Especially when driving.

Greatest weakness: Food. I'd pillage for a chocolate bar.

Greatest strength: Again... I'm not all that concerned about money. And I manage it well. I don't know if it's a strength, but I'm also incapable of holding a grudge, it seems.... (not that I haven't tried).

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Was CbC... was Mirth... looks like it's the RPG forums these days... and my PM box- always something good there.

Best Downer Buddy: But I chat/PM with Lhuna more than a little- and share some similar worldviews. Put her down as the answer of the month.

Answer of the month? That's changed... In case you the reader has not noticed, Lhuna is now affectionately referred to by me as my little sister. So she's definitely my best 'Downer buddy. Other people I seem to talk a lot with include: Fea (on all matters philosophical), Diamond (random Werewolf opinions), Abercrombie (all matters nonsensical), and TGWBS (all matters of Popular and Historical Culture).

There are others... but these are the ones who talk to me the most (aka: they have the least Lives).

Parting shot: Long Live Minas Taxi!

[Diamond18]

Ok, yeah, I'm self-absorbed, so I like these things. But apparently I'm not alone. :p

Name: Sarah Rose

Quest: To finish my novels, get better at short stories, and conquer the world through writing

Favourite colours: Blue and yellow

Most beloved Tolkien character: Peregrin Took *le sigh*

Least beloved Tolkien character: I hated Eowyn the first time I read the book, actually. I liked her in the movie better, frankly, she seemed more human and less of a stupid twat.

Worst habits: Speeding, not wearing my seatbelt, staying up too late, oversleeping, eating sparodically, spending too much money on non-necessities, spending too much time on the computer, watchng too much TV, sitting around doing nothing when I have lots of things I could be doing, not getting enough exercise or fresh air, not socializing enough in RL, being vain and self-absorbed, hyper-critical of myself and others, and losing my temper. I have a violent streak.

Best habit: Reading, writing, being intellectual. I guess.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Long time ago, Anthony Perkins after I saw him in "Psycho." He was already dead at the time but it didn't stop me.

Weirdest hobby: Werewolf. Prior to picking that up... obsessively downloading anything I could find on the net that had anything to do with Matchbox Twenty. Which I still do, but I think that Werewolf is weirder.

Best place in Middle Earth: Shelob's Lair. Or Cirith Ungol.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: The Library, or any place where there's a good rock concert goin' on.

Most embarrassing moment: Pouring water onto someone else's sandcastle at the beach which I was little more than a toddler.

Most daring moment: Riding my bike past a house where a gigantic black German Shepherd was loose. I road past it three seperate times on the same day, and it chased me down the road every time.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, David Wenham (so what Faramir was butchered by the writers, David is fiiiine) Sean Astin, Elijah Wood, Karl Urban. Or, in short, all the cute guys. Ok, and I'll add Orlando just because he never gets any respect.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Craig Parker and the guy who played Denethor. Unintenionally creepy and annoyingly oafish.

Theme song: My permanent theme song is "Unwell" by Matchbox Twenty. At the moment, my flavor of the week song is "Perhaps Vampires Is a Bit Strong, But..." by Arctic Monkeys. It's been causing me to exclaim "All you people are vampires!" at odd times.

Style guru: Uh. I pick out my own clothes.

Most crucial accessory: Sunglasses.

Greatest weakness: Hanging out on the Internet too much -- buying CDs, clothes, and jewelry impulsively -- and cute guys with curly hair. *le sigh*

Greatest strength: Creativity, sense of humor, IQ of 138

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Mirth

Best Downer Buddy: Well... if I may presume....

The people I IM with are Formy, Kath, Sleepy, Oddwen, Lhuna, and Nilp.
People I've got on MySpace are Eomer, tgwbs, Lush, Tigerlily, tp, Fea, and Valesse.
Other notable mentions are LMP, Kuru, SpM, Esty, Squatter, and all the rest of you lovely wights.

Parting shot: All you people are vampires!

[ninja91]

Name: KEVIN

Quest: TO HUNT DOWN AND DESTROY THE ANTICHRIST ON EARTH

Favourite colour: GREEN AND BLACK (DONT WORRY I AM NOT A GOTH)

Most beloved Tolkien character: SAM

Least beloved Tolkien character: DENETHOR

Worst habit: PLAYING VIDEOGAMES

Best habit: MAKING FRIENDS ( HAHA I HAVE SOME!)

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: NOT MANY CELEBRITIES ARE REALLY CLEAN.

Weirdest hobby: COLLECTING HOCKEY CARDS AND MOMORABILIA (SORRY, NOT THAT WEIRD)

Best place in Middle Earth: MORDOR (BECAUSE OF ALL THE SMELLY ORCS)

Best place outside of Middle Earth: THE TREE IN MY BACKYARD

Most embarrassing moment: BOOFING IN CHURCH

Most daring moment: MAKING A MOVE DURING THE CITY MEET 1600METER RACE

Favourite "LotR" actor: ELIJAH WOOD (HE WAS PERFECT FOR THE ROLE)

Least favourite "LotR" actor: THE DUDE WHO PLAYED DENETHOR. WEAK CHARACTER, PETE J. !

Theme song: CALIFORNIA (EVEN THOUGH I HATE LAGUNA BEACH)

Style guru: WHAT?

Most crucial accessory: MY GLASSES. I AM BASICALLY BLIND WITHOUT THEM.

Greatest weakness: TICKLING (I CANT STAND IT)

Greatest strength: I AM REALLY FAST

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: BOOKS, MOVIES, NOVICES&NEWCOMERS

Best Downer Buddy: THINLOMIEN, EOMER OF THE ROHIRRIM, SAUCEPAN MAN (THESE ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO I HAVE CONVERSED WITH HERE!!!)

Parting shot: IF SOMEONE IS GOING TO BEAT ME, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BLEED TO DO IT.

[mark12_30]

Name: "Thou shalt love the Lord Thy God with all thy heart, all thy soul, all thy mind and all thy strength." And maybe someday I'll pull it off.

Quest: Uh Oh---- if I don't say "see above", that would be pretty sad, eh?

Favourite colour: Dewdrop sparkle or hoarfrost gleam.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Somewhere between Eomer and Frodo.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Grima.

Worst habit: Procrastination.

Best habit: Prayer? I wish! Please, God.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: **squirm** Pavel Chekhov from the Starship Enterprise (original series.) I know, I know.

Weirdest hobby: National Review Online. (http://www.nationalreview.com/)

Best place in Middle Earth: Rohan. No, Lothlorien. No, Rivendell.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Home.

Most embarrassing moment: Having my archery thread rebutted by none other than my beloved Lush. The Wight closed it, too.

Most daring moment: Jumping off of Frye's leap (44 feet) into Sebago Lake.

Favourite "LotR" actor: On even days, Sean Bean. On odd days, Elijah Wood. And on alternate Tuesdays, Viggo Mortenson.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Ian Mackellan.

Theme song: Any handful of current worship songs.

Style guru: Oscillates between Movie Frodo Baggins and Movie Legolas. And believe it or not NO-ONE AT WORK HAS NOTICED OR REMARKED ON THIS. Blind they are, yes precioussss, blind.

Most crucial accessory: PDA. What would I do without my checklists?? Forget half of what I'm supposed to do, that's what.

Greatest weakness: Forgetfulness or laziness? Flip a coin.

Greatest strength: I've learned how to listen and I practice it often.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Gondor.

Best Downer Buddy: Raefindel. I MISS YOU, RAE!!!

Parting shot: Swoosh-tok. Longbow, thank you.

[Nogrod]

Name: Nogrod. Taken in haste to just log in. I went to my copy of the Silm and took the first nicely sounding name that wasn't too obvious.

Quest: To find the question the answer of which is 42... So beads, flowers, freedom and happiness! Really, the world-peace (so juvenile as it sounds)

Favourite colour: Black and red. They are beautiful and match together. The only problem is that they are frequently used by all those fool-nationalistic-chimps in the northern Europe. They are still the colours of my father's and mother's home area before the WW II.

Most beloved Tolkien character: When I was young, it was surely Gandalf, Galadriel being the second. Lately I have started to approve more and more Sam. Elladan and Elrohir (even though they remain quite shabby characters in the narration) have been my favourites, and Prince Imrahil has kind of caught my imagination too.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Saruman is too easily turned to the dark side, he's not a believable character... The mouth of Sauron could have been a great character, but I think Tolkien missed some opportunities there. Merry and Pip are a bit shady, but that's no problem...

Worst habit: Smoking, drinking, idling, sleeping late and eating unhealthily (but well!).

Best habit: Thinking, caring about people, looking at everything with a keen eye, wishing to see all possible sides of the coin (not just the two!).

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: I have never idolized people. But surely there are great and creative human beings around you can admire. Happily I haven't got a crush on anyone I should have to be ashamed of now...

Weirdest hobby: Middle-Earth Olympics. Just ask Lommy or her little sister for details. :D

Best place in Middle Earth: If one should have to live in there, then Minas Tirith with all its cultural diversity and life. If just being lured by the place, then Imladris or Lorien.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Rome, London, Helsinki. Our summer cottage in the middle of nowhere in central Finland is nice too.

Most embarrassing moment: Too many of those...

Most daring moment: In the former DDR (the East-Germany), I was with an official delegation, representing the peace-movement of Finland (that was in -84). I was in a debate where some of the East-German delegates (professors and pioneers) were talking how important it is to join the army of peace (the Warsaw Pact armies). I took the floor and made a pacifist declaration, defying the hosts openly. They tried to put me down but I didn't exactly lose that one. I was 16 then.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Bean and the shakespeare actors (McKellen, Holm). No question about that! Andy Serkis was great and so was Brad Dourif.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Orlando and Liv, John Noble and of course Viggo! (How could anyone pick him as the Strider?)

Theme song: Eric Satie's Gymnopedies.

Style guru: What style? I'm the most styleless person on earth, well maybe...

Most crucial accessory: My earring, probably. Then the mobile phone.

Greatest weakness: Being overkind and too peaceful (believe this or not, but that's RL stuff).

Greatest strength: Loving other people, openness, some brains.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: RPGs and ww-games.

Best Downer Buddy: Lommy :p Of you others I can't claim many of you as my friends, which is sad (but we have time), but surely my sympathy and good will go to at least: Diamond, Naria, Cailín, Mith, Firefoot, Folwren, Valier, Spm, Celuien, Davem, lmp, Roa... Too many of you to name everyone!

Parting shot: Ceterum censeo, Carthaginem esse delendam. :cool:

[Macalaure]

Name:
Macalaure, Mac, Cáno. For a reason I don't know some mortals like to call me Christian.

Quest:
Leading a happy life and finding a woman to spend the rest of this happy life with.

Favourite colour:
Black, dark green, brownish colours.

Most beloved Tolkien character:
Maedhros, Maglor, Maeglin, Daeron. All the nice guys who at some point of their lives took a wrong turn. (or everybody who starts with 'm' or has an 'ae' in its name)

Least beloved Tolkien character:
I have to admit it: Túrin.

Worst habit:
Misantropy, biting the inside of my cheeks, running around when thinking, getting too many speeding tickets (in Germany!), eating unhealthy, spending too much time on the computer, procrastination, inability to be on time... I'll edit this when I have thought of more, oh wait, forgetfulness.

Best habit:
Not taking things that seriously (sometimes a bad habit, though)

Unlikeliest celebrity crush:
Nelly Furtado (though that's not really unlikely. I have a lot of celebrity crushes, none of them being unlikely, I think)

Weirdest hobby:
Tolkien, Barrowdowns. I don't have any weirder ones to offer.

Best place in Middle Earth:
Anything near a nice river. Gates of Sirion?

Best place outside of Middle Earth:
Anything near a nice, unpolluted river

Most embarrassing moment:
None! :p (ah! the power of repression!)

Most daring moment:
?

Favourite "LotR" actor:
Cate Blanchett

Least favourite "LotR" actor:
Craig Parker

Theme song:
Garbage - Only happy when it rains

Style guru:
Style? Me?? no

Most crucial accessory:
Little piece of paper with my phone number on it (see next point). Does being asked for your phone number and not being able to tell it count as an embarrassing moment?

Greatest weakness:
Very, very, very bad memory (for everything not Tolkien-related ;) ), lack of spontaneity, being afraid of people, purposelessness.

Greatest strength:
Patience, being a 'nice guy', generating sparks of humour from times to times, helpfulness, humility.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs:
Books and Movies discussions. Werewolf games (you could say I licked blood :D )

Best Downer Buddy:
Since I'm not here for that long yet, none for now. Though I could make a long list like Nogrod's containing at least everybody who gave me reputation.

Parting shot:
[insert witty phrase of your liking]

[JennyHallu]

Name:
Jennifer, Jenny, Jen, Hallu, and for some reason the guys at work (enough of them to be annoying, anywho) call me Bunny

Quest:
World dominati--I mean Peace. World peace. And getting out of debt, not to mention being a good wife (and someday, mother).

Favourite colour:
I haven't a favorite color. Or a favourite colour either. My husband likes blue, though, so I end up with a lot of presents in that color. My wedding ring has sapphires in it, actually.

Most beloved Tolkien character:
For some reason I fail to understand, Prince Imrahil and his House have always captured my imagination in a way no others have. I wish Tolkien had told us more of the story of Mithrellas...

Least beloved Tolkien character:
Mac's right. Turin sucks. And he whines a lot.

Worst habit:
Gritting my teeth, leaving the kitchen in a horrible mess, poking Neal for attention...holding grudges. That one's pretty bad too.

Best habit:
Not biting my nails? Can I define this negatively?

Unlikeliest celebrity crush:
I'm married. I am soooo far above mere crushes. Johnny Depp! And Ewan Macgregor! And Paul Bellamy! Especially Paul Bell---Shush!

Weirdest hobby:
I haven't any weird hobbies...just a bunch of old-fashioned crafty ones like crochet and needlepoint. Oh, and I'm a quite decent soprano, as well as an artist (pencil sketches, mostly) My husband wants to make wine from scratch, though, and that will probably quickly turn into as much my hobby as his.

Best place in Middle Earth:
Dol Amroth by the Sea

Best place outside of Middle Earth:
My parents' house in Indiana. Whereever that may be. (They're thinking of moving)

Most embarrassing moment:
See that's the beauty of this medium. I don't have to tell you. Calling her parents an hour's drive from home to say she smashed Mum's car--*smacks evil twin* Shush!

Most daring moment:
I proposed to Neal. Was that daring?

Favourite "LotR" actor:
Viggo Mortenson

Least favourite "LotR" actor:
PJ

Theme song:
My evil twin wants me to say "It's Raining Men" by the Weather Girls. But while that is, of course, an excellent example of musical virtuousity, my favorite song would probably be the more mundane hymns "How Great Thou Art" and "I'll Fly Away". If I have a favorite at all.

Style guru:
Oh yes they called him the Streak! Boogeydad boogeyda*WHACK!*

Most crucial accessory:
A pen. It always seems I find reason to regret not carrying a ballpoint pen on my person everywhere I go.

Greatest weakness:
I have a rather nasty temper, and I am a sucker for this website's dubious charms. I really ought to be working harder.

Greatest strength:
Omniscience. That helps. No really, I am very good hearted, and I always mean well. And I also communicate well.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs:
RPs and WW.

Best Downer Buddy:
Celuien and Feanor of the Peredhil.

Parting shot:
Don't eat bugs.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Name:
Hookbill the Goomba, Hookbill, Hook, You there.

Quest:
To have posted over 10,000,000 Crazy Captions! :D

Favourite colour:
Green. On the Barrow Downs, its the colour of your skin!

Most beloved Tolkien character:
Ohhh... I don't know... Gandalf (with his cloak ON)

Least beloved Tolkien character:
Gandalf (with his cloak OFF)

Worst habit:
Merry... ... Oh, Habit! Erm... I don't know... Shootin' ducks.

Best habit:
Crazy Captions!

Unlikeliest celebrity crush:
Fred Dibnah (can't fit him in a crusher machine)

Weirdest hobby:
You don't want to know. I'm not even sure if I know...

Best place in Middle Earth:
Mount Zoom!

Best place outside of Middle Earth:
Hmm... Snowdonia, probably.

Most embarrassing moment:
Forgetting my own name during a job interview.

Most daring moment:
I don’t know... I don’t think I’ve ever done anything daring.

Favourite "LotR" actor:
hmm... Peter Jackson.

Least favourite "LotR" actor:
Orlando Bloom (ooh, controversial)

Theme song:
My theme song? Probably...The super Mario Brothers overture theme.

Style guru:
Tolkien. :D Tweed = cool

Most crucial accessory:
Pencil and paper

Greatest weakness:
Lack of knowledge of... well... anything really.

Greatest strength:
Lack of social life. (I think its a strength, anyway).

Favourite place to visit on the Downs:
Who can say? :p

Best Downer Buddy:
I'd rather not say. They might resent me.

Parting shot:
I win your skin.

[Elennar Starfire]

Name: Kat, 'Leny, just about any variation on one of those

Quest: Comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable. Yes, I stole it from Oddwen.

Favourite colour: To wear, black. To see, most any non-electric shade between blue and green.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Pippin!

Least beloved Tolkien character: Shelob. I'm a bit arachnophobic.

Worst habit: Sudoku puzzles. My sister got me addicted. Also swearing and using far too many ... when I type.

Best habit: Regular showers, gardening.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: David Thewlis. Also I find myself agreeing with many of the crushes others have admitted...

Weirdest hobby: My weird look collection.

Best place in Middle Earth: Grey Havens

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Nowhere I've been

Most embarrassing moment: Hitting on my gay friend while somewhat drunk

Most daring moment: Waiting by the backstage door to get Lord of the Dance autographs.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Hard one... I'll go with Miranda Otto

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Craig Parker.

Theme song: Wish I Had An Angel by Nightwish. From VP class two years ago.

Style guru: Goblins

Most crucial accessory: Jewellry. I feel naked without it.

Greatest weakness: Jewellry again...I'm always buying more...

Greatest strength: Memory

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Mirth, the Musical Thread in the Quizroom

Best Downer Buddy: Evisse the Blue, THE Ka, all the people from GRM

Parting shot: Hey Roach! Come back here! I wanna smoke you! Hmm, where's my lighter? Oh, it's all melted...how ironic.

[Rikae]

Name:
Rikae, several others I won't mention here. I don't want my alter-egos to find out about each other, you know how it is...

Quest:
I'm looking for the center of time. So far, I've figured out it's sorta...that way *waves vaguely eastwards*

Favourite colour:
Turquoise or indigo.

Most beloved Tolkien character:
Two that seem not to go together: Aragorn and Smeagol.

Least beloved Tolkien character:
Arwen.

Worst habit:
Procrastination.

Best habit:
You can have good habits? :eek:

Unlikeliest celebrity crush:
Edgar Allan Poe

Weirdest hobby:
Doing the "Time Warp" while I cook dinner. It's just a jump to the left...:D

Best place in Middle Earth:
Probably Lothlorian...?

Best place outside of Middle Earth:
England (or is that inside Middle Earth?)

Most embarrassing moment:
I'm incapable of feeling embarrassment - if you hadn't figured that out already.

Most daring moment:
That might have been the barefoot moshing...

Favourite "LotR" actor:
Andy Serkis

Least favourite "LotR" actor:
Orlando Bloom

Theme song:
Garbage - Only happy when it rains (Mac beat me to it, but it really is!)

Style guru:
Gollum. The less, the better. (My birthday is 311, & you know what that means...)

Most crucial accessory:
Music. I don't have an iPod yet, so that means a CD player.

Greatest weakness:
I basically live in my own little world, cut off from reality.

Greatest strength:
I live in my own little world, cut off from reality.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs:
Mirth!

Best Downer Buddy:
They know who they are. ;)

Parting shot:
Sorry, I drank it all. If I knew you were coming, I would have bought another bottle...

[Brinniel]

Oh my...I can't believe I haven't done this one yet...

Name: Brinniel, Brinn, Rin, Erin...

Quest: to travel the world, to work post-production (or actually any part) in a blockbuster film

Favourite colour: green, blue, black

Most beloved Tolkien character: Sam

Least beloved Tolkien character: Legolas

Worst habit: procrastination, perfectionist, laziness, obssessive, the list goes on...

Best habit: creative, thoughtful, I tendency to be the group leader on school projects (even when I don't want to be...)

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: umm... *thinks* okay, Clint Eastwood...

Weirdest hobby: alphabetizing my stuff, make random lists

Best place in Middle Earth: Shire

Best place outside of Middle Earth: New Zealand...haha. :p Or does it have to be somewhere we have actually been? Well, no where in the US, so I'll let you know if I find a place when I visit Europe next year.

Most embarrassing moment: I'm sure I have plenty, but I can't think of one now...

Most daring moment: Hmm...I'm not very daring. I guess when I competed my dance solo in front of hundreds of people...that was pretty nerveracking.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Dominic Monaghan, Sean Astin

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Orlando Bloom

Theme song: I don't have one individually, but my entire suite does. The Donny Osmond song from the Disney movie Mulan. "Mister, I'll make a man out of you..." Yeah, that gets sung here just about every day. :D

Style guru: umm....me? I like to follow my own style...

Most crucial accessory: my jewelry (class ring, watch, earrings...I feel naked without them)

Greatest weakness: I'm pretty quiet

Greatest strength: again...creativity

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Mirth, BD discussions, Rohan

Best Downer Buddy: Rune, Amanaduial (I miss RPGing with her), Ithaeliel when she was around, and all the Downers on LJ whose blogs I love to read (Encai, Kath, Diamond, Lommy, Mac, Lhuna, Volo, Oddwen...I know there's more...)

Anyways, I want to make lots of BD friends, perhaps even in RL when I (hopefully) meet some of you in person.

Parting shot: Screwdriver...but only because so far it's the only alcoholic drink I actually love...

*cheers*

[Damrod]

Name: Damrod, Cow-Man, etc.

Quest:to finish this survey.

Favourite colour:green.

Most beloved Tolkien character:Faramir

Least beloved Tolkien character:Gollum

Worst habit:Posting on Tolkien forums at 3:30 in the morning.

Best habit:wearing cool sunglasses. :cool:

Unlikeliest celebrity crush:Keira Knightley

Weirdest hobby:Randomly going to the Barrow-Downs photo page and drawing caricatures of members.

Best place in Middle Earth:The 'downs

Best place outside of Middle Earth:The 'downs

Most embarrassing moment:falling off my chair during class.

Most daring moment: I'm a total coward.

Favourite "LotR" actor:Sean Bean

Least favourite "LotR" actor:Orlando Bloom

Theme song:"The Big Rock Candy Mountain"

Style guru:Whoever invented black t-shirts.

Most crucial accessory: pen, sketchbook

Greatest weakness:homework

Greatest strength:quoting Monty Python bits.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs:Mirth

Best Downer Buddy:Those who do not loathe me.

Parting shot:I like potatoes and I approve this message.

[Roa_Aoife]

Name: I have far too many names to list them here. (But now they all have Mrs. in fron of them.)

Quest: To become a middle school counselor or a child psychologist. To help as many children as I can. And to grow my hair to hip length.

Favourite colour: Deep Green

Most beloved Tolkien character: Sam, followed up by Faramir… (Book versions of both of them, though the movie Sam wasn't Bad either.)

Least beloved Tolkien character: Feanor and Eowyn (strong female character my foot- all she does is whine, get suicidal, and decide that she just can’t handle being a girl…)

Worst habit: Chewing my fingernails or sub-vocalizing (talking to myself)

Best habit: Singing to any source of music available

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: I don’t have any, as I think it’s a rather silly idea.

Weirdest hobby: Sudoku! (And D&D and Anime and....)

Best place in Middle Earth: Rohan, for the simple pleasures of the wide open plains.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Ireland, and so help I will get there someday.

Most embarrassing moment: I plead the 5th

Most daring moment: Eloping with the man my parents didn't want me to marry.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Andy Serkis

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Elijah Wood or Craig Parker

Theme song: Life is like a Boat by Rie Fu.

Style guru: Me

Most crucial accessory: My wedding ring, and a hair tie (I love my hair being long, but I can't stand it being down and in the way of everything)

Greatest weakness: Pepsi- I would drink it all day long if I could. Also kryptonite.

Greatest strength: My ability to read people and predict their behavioral patterns (hence why I want to go into psychology.)

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Werewolf anything

Best Downer Buddy: Nogrod, Valier, Mith, Sleepy to name a few, though there are others

Parting shot: “Someday we'll look back on this, laugh nervously and change the subject.”

[The Might]

Name: The Might (coming from He who arises in might, a name for Melkor), also called TM or Miggy (Legate's invention)

Quest: On the Downs, to enjoy the time spent here, meet some fellow fans, and find out more about Tolkien's creations. In RL to finish highschool and have a succesful Abitur at the time, later study.

Favourite colour: Orange

Most beloved Tolkien character: Fingolfin/Hurin

Least beloved Tolkien character: Saruman

Worst habit: Waisting time on useless things, maybe also giving too much money away for things that aren't that important.

Best habit: Am serious about learning and homework. Also cleaning my room...though I think it's slowly becoming obsessive

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: The red haired girl from American Pie, not sure of her name

Weirdest hobby: Dunno, maybe collecting small bottles of alcohol (about 5 cl), I've got 140 at the moment

Best place in Middle Earth: Minas Tirith

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Taniquetil

Most embarrassing moment: Probably being too drunk to say bye to my friends at my good-bye party in Romania...though I wasn't that embarassed at that time

Most daring moment: Not sure...

Favourite "LotR" actor: Ian Holm

Least favourite "LotR" actor: The guy who played Celeborn

Theme song: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Otherside

Style guru: Not sure

Most crucial accessory: My swiss pocket knife, came handy many times

Greatest weakness: Good food, sweets

Greatest strength: Leader ability maybe

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Quiz Room and the Mirth threads

Best Downer Buddy: I'll go with Legate on this one, great quizzer and a funny guy too, plus he lives in Prague :eek:, nice to have him around

Parting shot: I are serious about what I just said...seriously. :D

[CaptainofDespair]

Oh how I love to fill these out...

Name: CoDzilla. Because if anyone can beat Godzilla, it's me. Sometimes I respond to Apocalyptic Voodoo Monkey...you know, when I'm getting my Voodoo on.

Quest: To find a sandwich that is 3 years old and still tastes good. Because I've yet to find one...

Favourite colour: Black, for it is the color of awesome.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Sean Be...I mean, Boromir.

Least beloved Tolkien character: All of the Hobbits.

Worst habit: I love all of my habits equally (in theory)...except for fingernail biting. That one is what you might call my "red-headed step-child".

Best habit: Writing. Or Sleeping.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: I am not sure I have any?

Weirdest hobby: Singing at random. Or doing impressions at random. I do a mean Sean Connery.

Best place in Middle Earth: Angmar.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: I'll take 'My Mind' for $300, Alex. Oh, that sounds like I'm talking to myself again...or is I?

Most embarrassing moment: I cannot recall anything really bad recently, so I'll choose the time I was sitting in my chair and it fell out from under me rather quickly. Laughs ensued all around.

Most daring moment: I do not recall ever being very daring...stupid, yes...but not daring.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Bean.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Orlando Bloom.

Theme song: Fighting Dreamers.

Style guru: That I cannot say, as I have no style.

Most crucial accessory:

Greatest weakness: Tickling.

Greatest strength: My mind.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: The Shire.

Best Downer Buddy: Durelin.

Parting shot: Game over!

[Elmo]

Name:He Who Arises In Might sans spaces

Quest: Laser

Favourite colour:Reds, As in 'Come on you...'

Most beloved Tolkien character: The drunken wood elf

Least beloved Tolkien character: Tom Bombadil

Worst habit: My Irishness

Best habit: My Irishness

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Kirsty Wark :eek: I think I'm going to put her in Orthanc

Weirdest hobby: Lord of the Rings messageboards

Best place in Middle Earth: Any inn

Best place outside of Middle Earth:Any inn

Most embarrassing moment: Happens when I'm drunk, can't remember :)

Most daring moment: Sitting in the home end in Ibrox when I couldn't buy away, :eek:

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Bean

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Whoever played Merry

Theme song: Loser by Beck

Style guru: Myself...

Most crucial accessory: Myself...

Greatest weakness: Hilarious anecdotes

Greatest strength: I can't think of one, it's probably due to my Scottish cringe

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: It's all good

Best Downer Buddy: I quite like The Might, he gave me my first ever good rep

Parting shot: BANG!

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Name: Legate of Amon Lanc, Legate; even Amon (by (c)Gil-Galad) or Leggy (by (c)Elempi).

Quest: To learn, and to pass on what I have learned. (no, this does not concern only the Downs or only Tolkien!)

Favourite colour: Probably blue or orange.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Hard to choose. I came to adopt all of them as parts of one great family (read: work). But if I had to name someone... well, no, I cannot. Radagast, Ulmo. Galadriel? Tuor. Mr. Baggins. Saruman and possibly Gorbag for the bad guys. That's the narrowest choice. You can make a picture out of it.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Saeros. Eventually, Daeron.

Worst habit: From certain time, checking the Downs only to see if I haven't missed anything important frequently at the time I should be doing something else.

Best habit: Uh - do I have any? Besides, it would be quite immodest. Hey, there you go - being modest. So forget I said it.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Jennie Garth.

Weirdest hobby: The Downs. Sorry, but it is weird. ;)

Best place in Middle Earth: Hey, what about CIRITH NINNIACH!

Best place outside of Middle Earth: probably Českomoravská vysočina, the village of Polom and nearby.

Most embarrassing moment: Momentarily I can't think of any but one where I misspelled something, but the "joke" :rolleyes: is untranslateable.

Most daring moment: Oh, hmm, I don't know.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Christopher Lee or Ian Holm.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Probably... hmm... Viggo Mortensen *runs for cover from fan girls* EDIT: How could I forget Legolas? *runs for even more cover and starts to dig a hole* No, but actually Legolas is only for that all the fair-haired elves look terrible. *starts changing the hole into atom bunker* Don't shoot, don't shoot... nothing against Orlando in other films, but this is just... *BOOM*

Theme song: "Breakthrough" sung by Richard Wright. Omnia mutatur, though.

Style guru: hey, what's that? (yes, that pretty much sums my opinion)

Most crucial accessory: *scratches head* The Bible?

Greatest weakness: though I am constantly trying to break it, sometimes I can be just terribly lazy.

Greatest strength: God is my strength. Sorry, but if I posted anything else, I'll be high and la-di-da.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Quiz Room, Mirth, or Books... you cannot choose one, obviously.

Best Downer Buddy: as one would guess, The Might. Not only for his constant contribution in the Quiz Room, but also other thoughtful, or funny, comments.

Parting shot: Shine on!

[Ataralasse]

Name: Ataralasse

Quest: To beat through my thick skull a certain equation (God + 0 = enough)

Favourite colour: I have several. Black, indigo, dark blue, spring green

Most beloved Tolkien character: Hmm ... I have several of these as well. Boromir, Faramir, Legolas, Gandalf ...

Least beloved Tolkien character: ... Um. Tom Bombadil.

Worst habit: Probably forgetting things, procrastination, cowardice, forgetting lots of things (ha. Ha.) ...

Best habit: Well, I try to utilize good English and spelling ... ?

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: I don't really get crushes. I get minor obsessions. (Hard to explain, but minor obsessions are actually less severe than crushes.)

Weirdest hobby: I start something (like writing a certain kind of story, or water-colors), then it sort of trails off into something else.

Best place in Middle Earth: Mirkwood!

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Rock River (I think it's called that) in N.C., also Chimney Rock, N.C.; anywhere else really scenic.

Most embarrassing moment: I'm not telling. I suppress them. Too many.

Most daring moment: Probably sand surfing in Brazil. Or talking to strangers about God.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Er ... argh ... um ... don't have one.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: I don't like the views of some of them (on the TTT commentary I wished the actors would just SHUT UP about the war in Iraq. ARGH. ::strangle:: ::deep breath:: I'm okay now.)

Theme song: Don't have one.

Style guru: ?

Most crucial accessory: Well, it isn't strictly-speaking 'crucial', but I always seem to wear my 'Battleship North Carolina' baseball cap.

Greatest weakness: Hm. Probably smarter people. I'm rather gullible. EDIT: How could I forget computers?! Give me a computer, I'm gone. I'm also easily amused.

Greatest strength: God

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: I haven't been here long enough to know.

Best Downer Buddy: I don't seem to make many friends on forums. :(

Parting shot: This was the way the voices told me to write it.

[Galadriel55]

Name: Galadriel55, Galadriel, G55

Quest: Trying to make people believe that Tolkien is great (yeah, I'm that fanatical)

Favourite colour: I'd say blue

Most beloved Tolkien character: I have like 50 favourites

Least beloved Tolkien character: they all have their charm. Maybe Daeron

Worst habit: Trying to make sense

Best habit: Making sense

Really: worst - exagerating
best - doing things on time (mostly)

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: I hardly know who the celebrities today are, much less have a crush on any.

Weirdest hobby: Checking the Downs every minute that I have access to a computer... well, almost every minute.

Best place in Middle Earth: Rivendell

Best place outside of Middle Earth: My room. No, wait, that's the worst. The best would be in the middle of nowhere near lake Huron.

Most embarrassing moment: every time I talk about something without understanding what I' saying. Also, I made a typo in the name of my first thread - instead of "Gandalf - great or a joke of a wizard" I wrote "Gandalf - geat or a joke of a wizard".

Most daring moment: ummm... how about posting all this?:p

Favourite "LotR" actor: probably Cate Blanchett

Least favourite "LotR" actor: the guy who played Denethor (I forgot his name :o)

Theme song: none

Style guru: ?

Most crucial accessory: hmmm... nothing that's really crucial

Greatest weakness: chocolate. or reading in class. or both.

Greatest strength: Not bragging right now

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Mirth

Best Downer Buddy: all of you guys!

Parting shot: I'm awesome! Aren't I?:Merisu:

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Name: Fea

Quest: to loophole my way into getting every single thing my heart desires while still helping out the world (still valid)

Favourite colour: yellowish-blue (still valid)

Most beloved Tolkien character: I'm torn between Fingolfin and Eomer (still valid)

Least beloved Tolkien character: Ioreth (no longer valid): I don't really like most of the Dwarves in the Hobbit.

Worst habit: getting people to agree to something without actually asking them to do it (note that I'm in the clear if I didn't start it :)) (still accurate, but I have worse habits): messing around on the internet instead of buckling down to get work done.

Best habit: see my worst habit. (there is validity in the internet play, but...): assuming nothing is ever 'good enough' and always working harder.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Hugh Laurie (a wee bit old for me, I'll admit, but who can resist a drug-addicted jerk that so cleverly saves so many lives?). (no longer valid): Giles from Buffy.

Weirdest hobby: define weirdest. (still fairly appropriate): hunting megafauna with no desire to kill it.

Best place in Middle Earth: Rivendell (still good)

Best place outside of Middle Earth: home (addendum needed): home is a state of mind, not a location.

Most embarrassing moment: walking into a random soda machine (of course there's more to the story, but that's quite enough to go on) (no longer valid): walking into a critique situation, knowing my work was not the best or even my best, and knowing I could have prevented that.

Most daring moment: raising my hand and sharing my opinion in front of a couple dozen distinguished professors and a world-renowned expert at a bio-terrorism lecture, all old enough to be my parents or even grandparents (no longer valid): falling in love.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Bean (yes)

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Craig Parker (grumble... yes)

Theme song: Defying Gravity from the Wicked soundtrack (not even close): unwilling to chose, because the songs I feel most strongly drawn to, regarding my life and motives, would suggest I'm fiendishly depressed, and I'm not.

Style guru: I've not got one (wrong): E&S of academichic.com

Most crucial accessory: my green and orange arcade bracelets. They don't leave my right wrist. (they died my freshman year of college): my wristwatch.

Greatest weakness: white chocolate mocha lattes. I can't make it through a Wednesday without grabbing one before I head off to my first engagement of the day. I mean... I can... but I really hate doing it. (life changes and I no longer have access to white chocolate mocha lattes on a daily basis, ergo...): tea.

Greatest strength: my confidence (addendum): my ability to ignore my own lack of confidence and get things done really well

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: my PM inbox. Thanks to you (by 'you' I mean 'you guys know who you are'), my day is often brightened with random chat about religion, hair color, art, politics, psychology, Aldous Huxley, high school phys. ed. teachers, education systems, and writing, as well as whatever else crops up. It's such an education. (no longer true): I lurk on the Downs, but my favorite place to visit For the Downers is Facebook.

Best Downer Buddy: I flatly refuse to choose. I'm too fond of too many people, and for too many different reasons. (slight alteration): Since writing this, I met and adopted Mira, and she became a member. I have to love my sister best. :)

Parting shot: Live long and prosper.

[Inziladun]

Name: Inziladun, Zil.

Quest: I seek the grail! But in my spare time I try to guide my family in the right direction, and raise my daughter to be an exceptional person.

Favourite colour: Grey or blue tends to be what I prefer.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Faramir. Which is one reason I so despise what PJ did to him.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Radagast, for leaving off fighting Sauron in favour of becoming a Disney Princess who hangs out in the woods and talks to animals. :rolleyes:

Worst habit: My attention span tends to be rather short, unless I'm doing something I really enjoy.

Best habit: Hmm. Perhaps my constant desire to learn new things and expand my horizons.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Kate Winslet. The best-looking and most talented actress alive.

Weirdest hobby: I watch Youtube videos of people playing video games that I've played (and beaten) myself.

Best place in Middle Earth: Lindon, after the Fall of Númenor.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: The Gulf of Mexico beaches.

Most embarrassing moment: Ramming another car from behind because I'd assumed he was going to go and took my eyes off the road to check for cross-traffic. No one was hurt, thankfully.

Most daring moment: Not sure. Maybe the time I made beep beep backing-up noises when my boss (who'd just announced he was going on a diet) came into the room.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Ian Holm. I liked him in Aliens and Time Bandits.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Orlando Bloom.

Theme song: Chemical World by Blur

Style guru: What's that?

Most crucial accessory: Well...there are some people here who know. Think about it, Finns. ;)

Greatest weakness: Impatience

Greatest strength: My eclectic store of knowledge.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: The Books has to be # 1.

Best Downer Buddy: Impossible to say!

Parting shot: A herd mentality just leads everyone into the river where the crocodiles wait. :p

[xMellrynxMaidenx]

Name: MellrynxMaiden, Mellryn or MM

Quest: To be considered as an honorary Ranger! No seriously, I do "rangering" in my spare time; ;) So my quest is to become a most exceptional Ranger.

Favourite colour: Earthen colors and the color blue :)

Most beloved Tolkien character: Halbarad (does it have to be JUST one? *whines* cause there's Lord Elrond and Glorfindel and the Twin Sons of Elrond and...).

Least beloved Tolkien character: I don't know if I HAVE one...maybe Eowyn, or atleast Movie!Eowyn. This truly is a difficult question for me...

Worst habit: Speaking before thinking, most times.

Best habit: My ability to make others smile :)

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Marton Csokas *whistles*

Weirdest hobby: Most people tend to think my Ranger reenactments are weird.

Best place in Middle Earth: Lothlorien, Imladris or Mithlond (I could go on to say the Angle because it's a Dunedain settlement).

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Wyoming

Most embarrassing moment: Haha, let's just say when you ask a stupid question, you get an equally stupid answer (I can't post said stupid question on here, haha!).

Most daring moment: I'm a very self assured, daring person; I have these moments everyday!

Favourite "LotR" actor: Marton Csokas *grins*, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Bean, Ian McKellen...oh, just one, you say?

Least favourite "LotR" actor: I don't know if I have one, really. Elijah Wood can be obnoxious, but I don't dislike him.

Theme song: Well, my mother say Highway to Hell by AC/DC...but I say If Today Was Your Last Day by Nickelback (atleast this is my outlook on life). Honestly, I can't choose. You Can't Take Me or Here I Am by Brian Adams OR Get Off of My Back from the Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron soundtrack fit me too.

Style guru: Joan Jett

Most crucial accessory: Does a bow and a quiver of arrows count? How about a hunting knife?

Greatest weakness: Impatience

Greatest strength: I have a way with animals, mainly horses.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: The RP section or quotes section.

Best Downer Buddy: I quite enjoy conversations with all the Downers!

Parting shot: Aurë Entuluva!

[Urwen]

Name: Urwen/Lalaith

Quest: Rendering CoH alive once more

Favourite colour: yellow

Most beloved Tolkien character: Lalaith, Turin, Nienor, Beren, Luthien, Tar-Miriel, Aredhel, Idril, Turin, Nienor, Eowyn, Hurin and Maeglin

Least beloved Tolkien character: Eol, Feanor, Mim, and all Feanorains (except Maglor)

Worst habit: I'm not good at communication

Best habit: Honesty

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: (none)

Weirdest hobby: Laughing...

Best place in Middle Earth: Gondolin

Best place outside of Middle Earth:

Most embarrassing moment:
Most daring moment:

Favourite "LotR" actor:

Least favourite "LotR"

Theme song: Harvest of Sorrow (fits me and my family)

Style guru:

Most crucial accessory: glasses

Greatest weakness:

Greatest strength: patience

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: The Quiz room

Best Downer Buddy:

Parting shot: Laughter is the best medicine
__________________

[Aganzir]

Most crucial accessory: Well...there are some people here who know. Think about it, Finns.
Your coffee? Your donut? Your police badge? :p

**

Name: Maria. Because my BD name is obvious anyway.

Quest: Travel round the world, then move into a cabin in the middle of a forest and live there with a dog, cats, goats and a horse, growing herbs and painting.

Favourite colour: Prussian blue.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Lobelia Sackville-Baggins, Boromir & Frodo.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Thingol.

Worst habit: I am mean and egotistical.

Best habit: I am sweet and affectionate.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Jean-Pierre Barda.

Weirdest hobby: Reading obituaries and counting the age difference between the oldest and the youngest deceased.

Best place in Middle Earth: Faelivrin & the Old Forest.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Hungary, Washington, and Clan Nogrod's summer cottage.

Most embarrassing moment: It's no use being embarrassed about things you can't change.

Most daring moment: Growing up.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Bean & Christopher Lee.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Liv Tyler.

Theme song: Lycanthropy by Patrick Wolf. And of course Maria from The Sound of Music. ;)

Style guru: Benito Mussolini.

Most crucial accessory: Pocketknife.

Greatest weakness: It's no secret that sweet girls make me purr.

Greatest strength: Ability to say no.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Mirth. I'm usually too impatient to read properly anything on The Books.

Best Downer Buddy: The one I live with (ie Lommy). There are so many people I freaking adore, though - and who I would never have met without the Downs.

Parting shot: I'm better than Mufasa was.

[Morthoron]

Worst habit: I am mean and egotistical.

Best habit: I am sweet and affectionate.



Not to mention a bit schizophrenic. ;)

[Galadriel55]

Most daring moment: Growing up.

Oh, definitely! I'm not sure I wanna dare that one for another few years...:D:Merisu:

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Greatest weakness: It's no secret that sweet girls make me purr.

Mrow? :Merisu:

[Inziladun]

Your coffee? Your donut? Your police badge? :p

Pick one. ;)

[wilwarin538]

Oh wow, I was the first to ever fill this out (like 5 years ago)! I'm going to sorta copy Fea and put my old answers in italics, see how accurate they still are:

Name: wilwarin538, or Wilwa(most popular), but in the "real world" it would be Vanessa.....those are indeed still my names

Quest: to become a butterfly.....aww, wasn't I adorable, my new quest is to finish University

Favourite colour: blue(but I think that might be a little obvious)...now my favourite colour is pink

Most beloved Tolkien character: Nessa.....haha, no, it's Pippin

Least beloved Tolkien character: Bill Ferny....sure

Worst habit: accidently ignoring people I don't want to ignore
Best habit: accidentely ignoring people I do want to ignore
.....both of those are amazing answers, and still very true

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Alan Rickman(yes I have old man crushes too)......yes!

Weirdest hobby: I like to learn alphabets, not the actual language, just the alphabet (ie. greek, hebrew, arabic) it amuses me ....don't do that anymore, I'm not really sure what my new weirdest hobby is.

Best place in Middle Earth: Lothlorien(cause of all the pretty trees)......yes!

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Canada......yes! Though there are many places other than Canada that I love, but it's certainly number 1

Most embarrassing moment: the time I didn't know what "Tell the Mormegil that Wilwarin is here." was refering to, that was very embarassing (it was in one of the WW games)......I have no memory of that, my current one is recently when I went through a Tim Hortons drive thru (it's a coffee place, super popular up here), and after paying I started driving away without getting my coffee, and I had to back up, then when I started to go to leave I was still in reverse (luckily no one was behind me)

Most daring moment: when I modded WWX, which turned out ok....haha, not so much anymore, I think going on a 13 hour bus ride to Geneva (by myself) and letting the bus driver drop me off at a sketchy truck stop on the side of the highway until Mac could pick me up, was probably pretty daring

Favourite "LotR" actor: Dominic Monaghan....hmm, John Noble has taken over

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Liv Tyler....no, I like her now, the guy who played Elrond bugs me (so much so that I can't recall his name)

Theme song: Veggie Tales!!!!!! ......no, I think Steer by Missy Higgins just about sums up my life right now

Style guru: (<---confused smile)....aww, I was cute. I make my own style! :P

Most crucial accessory: my blue butterfly necklace.....now a silver butterfly necklace!

Greatest weakness: I'm very shy, though that can be a good thing, depends......not as shy anymore, now my biggest weakness is caring what other's think of me too much

Greatest strength: my music.....still relevant, and I'm not afraid to ask questions

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Middle-Earth Mirth....yes!

Best Downer Buddy: all of you!!!! Actually that would be Glirdan.....yes, still my Glirdy, and now an even greater emphasis on the "all of you"

Parting shot: Vote for Pedro! (first thing that popped into my head).....ha, I was such a dork :P let's go with: "avoid holding onto ideas just because you are used to them"

[Oddwen]

Name: Oddwen Floddball. For some reason, all my friends end up calling me Malice.

Quest: I am looking no farther than going to England next year.

Favourite colour: All of them except orange and yellow. I can stand some peaches and corals, but orange is hideous and yellow is an unfriendly and ugly color. I like the blue/purple/grey ranges a lot right now.

Most beloved Tolkien character: Denethor is pretty cool. Uhhhh, Samwise and Pippin. Faramir. Gandalf in "The Hobbit". Smaug. Maeglin, Eol and Maedhros, perhaps, it's been a while since I've read the Silm.

Least beloved Tolkien character: You know, I think it might be Aragorn. Strider is ok, but Aragorn can't make a decision without Gandy by his side. Bergil is kind of annoying.

Worst habit: I talk too much about myself when I think I'm being paid attention to. I talk too much. I encourage too much silliness.

Best habit: I smile, like, all the time. It's creepy.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Lee Pace is kind of cute. I wouldn't say "crush", though.

Weirdest hobby: Staring.

Best place in Middle Earth: Rivendell.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Woodsy places.

Most embarrassing moment: I'm sure it's one of the times I've talked too much.

Most daring moment: Getting on a plane and visiting strangers in...Wisconsin. Haha! :p After that, going to Finland was easy.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Sean Bean, Billy Boyd and Ian Holm are the only ones I can endure.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Everyone else.

Theme song: "No Rain" by Blind Melon, "Tall Tales Taste Like Sour Grapes" by Fair to Midland.

Style guru: The mood I'm in.

Most crucial accessory: Glasses, alas, cool socks if the weather is right. Sparklies to wear in my skin.

Greatest weakness: Narcissism, antisocialism, deviousness, lack of willpower. Going out of my way to ignore things I don't understand or want to understand. Being afraid to begin things. Giving up too easily.

Greatest strength: Patience with other people, general upbeatness, the lack of personal drama.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: Mirth, Mirth, oh, and Mirth.

Best Downer Buddy: Eamane Aldarion (she hasn't posted yet, but I will have her on here before Britmoot!), Oliphaunts_Rule (she only lasted about a month here, sisters, pfft), and everyone I've met or chatted with.

Parting shot: MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!

[Lotrelf]

Name: Jigyasa
Quest: To become an astronaut
Favourite colour: VIBGYOR
Most beloved Tolkien character: Frodo, obviously. Also Gandalf, Sam, and everyone else of LOTR & TH. It's very hard to choose a second favorite. So all are my one favorite.
Least beloved Tolkien character: None. They're all great for their different reasons
Worst habit: Getting angry.
Best habit[B]: Being curious.
[B]Unlikeliest celebrity crush: An actor who I saw in a youth show in India. My friends still tease me saying he's my "Mr. Perfect". That's crazy.
Weirdest hobby: Not talking to the people very much in real life.
Best place in Middle Earth[B]: The Shire.
[B]Best place outside of Middle Earth: My home. This place is like the Shire.
Most embarrassing moment: I think most of the time I act like an idiot, so there are many.
Most daring moment: don't know. I panic on many things and after finishing the task I think it was very daring!
Favourite "LotR" actor: Ian Mckellen.
Least favourite "LotR" actor: None. They're all good.
Theme song: No idea.
Style guru: No one.
Most crucial accessory: I think my Phone.
Greatest weakness: Being too sensitive.
Greatest strength: Being able to move on.
Favourite place to visit on the Downs: The Books
Best Downer Buddy: Wonder if there are.

[Corsair_Caruso]

Name: Corsair_Caruso, or "Balgand," according to Realelvish

Quest: to become a world famous opera singer, voice teacher, and fiction writer

Favourite colour: Hmmm... bluish green?

Most beloved Tolkien character: I really like Finrod. I think I'm going to have to call him my favorite, with Ecthelion and Glorfindel coming close behind him.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Hmm... I mean, there are plenty of characters to hate, but you usually love to hate them. I think... maybe Eol? Although Caranthir, Curufin and Celegorm were pretty awful. I think I'll say even worse than Eol.

Worst habit: procrastinating

Best habit: when I get into it, working out and eating healthily

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: um... hmmm... unlikeliest... probably Jamie from Sorted Foods.

Weirdest hobby: spending untold hours on AlternateHistory.com...

Best place in Middle Earth: Probably Ost-in-Edhil before Annatar showed up. That would be my favorite place to visit, anyway.

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Ooh... hmm, that's hard. I don't think I can come up with a definitive answer, but the south-west of France was gorgeous.

Most embarrassing moment: Um... I actually don't think I can share that; it was literally shameful, as in, I am truly, deeply ashamed of that. So... my mom changing my bandages on wound where the cyst used to be right above my butt.

Most daring moment: Um... hmm... when I was a kid I jumped into a pool to save a little girl who I thought was drowning. I think I was right, but I was too small to be doing that, so the lifeguard had to pull us both out.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Probably Sir Ian McKellen.

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Um... hmm... I thought Elijah Wood was kind of lacklustre, compared to the rest of the pretty stellar cast. Hmmm... oh, wait! I thought Karl Urban was kind of awful as Eomer.

Theme song: My theme song? I would spend way too much time overthinking what song would actually symbolize me and know way too much about music history to give a good answer in a reasonable amount of time. Pass!

Style guru: If I had to pick one... Jason Statham from the transporter. He looks great in a suit, balding with a buzz-cut. That's how I'd like to look all the time.

Most crucial accessory: probably my iPhone.

Greatest weakness: being selfish and procrastinating; they get me into equal amounts of trouble.

Greatest strength: intelligence!

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: I'm very new, so I don't really have a favorite place yet.

Best Downer Buddy: I don't really have any yet. I've only been here for a few days, so while I've met some nice people, I can't really claim to have any buddies yet.

Parting shot: See you, space cowboy!

[FerniesApple]

Name: FerniesApple

Quest: coffee every morning. without which I make The Mouth of Sauron look like a sweet bunny flumpykin.

Favourite colour: Any shade of Grey

Most beloved Tolkien character: Tom Bombadil

Least beloved Tolkien character: Gollum, annoying little moaner

Worst habit: sarcasm has led to getting punched a lot, or being banned from TORn.

Best habit: Not giving a hoot

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Alan Rickman

Weirdest hobby: scratching my bum in public, it only gets itchy in public places. :mad:

Best place in Middle Earth: Ithilien

Best place outside of Middle Earth: finding the door to get in Middle Earth

Most embarrassing moment: Having a badly needed weewee in front of some of that mirror glass/one sided police window stuff thinking the building was empty but in fact housed a busy call centre office full of outraged middle aged telephonists, gawd. :rolleyes:

Most daring moment: walking away with head held high, toilet paper trailing from one shoe

Favourite "LotR" actor: Love em all to bits :D but Sam is my favorite

Least favourite "LotR" actor: those annoying escaping kids

Theme song: Always look on the bright side of life.

Style guru: Severus Snape

Most crucial accessory: silent but deadly farts

Greatest weakness: kittens make me go gagagoogooweee. kittens Rule!

Greatest strength: Bloody minded obstinacy in the face of, well, everything.

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: dunno yet, anywhere the natives are friendly.

Best Downer Buddy: anyone with a warped mind will do.

Parting shot: Thongs are over-rated.

[Aganzir]

Anyone who gets banned from TORN is my friend, I was going to say, but then all the rest of your post was even better. Anyone who dresses like Severus Snape is also my friend.

[Mithalwen]

Splendid, love opera and getting banned from the site where the PJ cultus makes Kim Jong-il jealous is practically a badge of honour. Thongs as in flipflops or..?:cool:

[FerniesApple]

Anyone who gets banned from TORN is my friend, I was going to say, but then all the rest of your post was even better. Anyone who dresses like Severus Snape is also my friend.

Thanks and I actually got banned twice. ;)

[FerniesApple]

Splendid, love opera and getting banned from the site where the PJ cultus makes Kim Jong-il jealous is practically a badge of honour. Thongs as in flipflops or..?:cool:

er the underwear that makes one :eek: when its too tight.

[Smug the Fabulous]

Name: Smug the Fabulous

Quest: To become a filmmaker and writer

Favourite colour: Black

Most beloved Tolkien character: Sam, because I've had many friends like him and sometimes I've been that kind of friend.

Least beloved Tolkien character: Sauron

Worst habit: Procrastination

Best habit: Acting out scenes from stories I have in my head...it's all improvised and it gives me ideas on how a scene will turn out. Though I always do it when no one's in the house.

Unlikeliest celebrity crush: Christopher Lee (when he was younger, of course)

Weirdest hobby: Picking the bark off sticks

Best place in Middle Earth: The Shire, specifically somewhere near the borders of Buckland

Best place outside of Middle Earth: Tenby in Pembrokeshire

Most embarrassing moment: Oh God, we'll be here all day...

Most daring moment: Acting in a school production of "A Christmas Carol", playing a small part and deciding to go over-the-top in my last performance, making the audience laugh...in a way, it was an act of revenge for not getting the part of Scrooge.

Favourite "LotR" actor: Ian Holm

Least favourite "LotR" actor: Liv Tyler

Theme song: "Give Me Chocolate" by Babymetal, 'cause I like metal and I like J-Pop

Style guru: Blondie from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Most crucial accessory: My digital camera

Greatest weakness: Social anxiety

Greatest strength: Creativity

Favourite place to visit on the Downs: At the moment, The Movies

Best Downer Buddy: I've only started posting recently, so I've yet to get to know you guys :)

Parting shot: ORANGE SPACE MONKEY!!!