The Sound of Middle-earth -> reading from LotR

[Pitchwife]

Present.

[Aganzir]

The three of us Finns + the Swede are online as well as TGEW, Pitchwife, Eönwë and Loslote. Hookbill & Lauri should join us shortly. Haven't started yet so if somebody is still interested, post here or add me to your contacts on Skype.

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

Today's call went well. :) We read a good bit of The Ring Goes South and didn't spend most of our time talking about Doctor Who, which is an improvement from last time. :p We also talked a fair deal about Phantom and Alien. I think that it was generally agreed upon that we liked Volo's Gimli. He sounded quite rough. Also, LEGOS!

Nobody recorded it this time. We'll try harder next.

EDIT: That PT that we did, were we going to post it on the 'Downs, you people who were involved?

[Loslote]

Actually, the reading aloud of the Book was one of the best readings I've done so far. The roles were as follows: Agan - Frodo; Greenie - Legolas; Volo - Gimli; Skip - Aragorn; Hookbill - Boromir; Pitchie - Gandalf; Lauri - Merry; TGEW - Pippin; Steve - Sam; and me - narrator. Everyone was amazing! :D We (well, some of us) wanted to do a quick game of live-action WW, but couldn't figure out the logistics, and we ended up doing a quick game of Paper Telephone, which was rather epic. We were joined at the beginning by TGWBS, and it was pretty awesome to meet such a legendary Downer! [/shameless fawning] :p

[Eönwë]

"So where is that Paper Telephone?" I hear you cry.

Well, look no further:


I started us off with this sentence:

Trouble at the house of Tom Bombadil

Which Lottie thought would be best represented by:
http://i36.tinypic.com/2ponqyf.gif

Lauri, on the other hand, thought that:
The floating rock of insanity scares stick-man.

Which Pitch interpreted as:
http://i36.tinypic.com/2wnxlc0.png

This was all too much for TGEW, who thought that:
The strange flying head chases the man whose head is disappearing.

Which Hookbill thought meant:
http://i34.tinypic.com/dnixow.png

To be continued...

[Eönwë]

While Lottie thought that this would be more appropriate:
A ghostly head chases its body around a park.

Lauri thought that this was closer to the truth:
http://i36.tinypic.com/t987s0.jpg

While Pitch, on the other hand, thought that this was going on:
Lisbeth Salander lost her head trying to run away from a rabid Huorn

Which TGEW could only explain through this picture:
http://i34.tinypic.com/24v1buc.jpg

Our Paper Telephone of super-speed drew to a close when it was left to Hookbill sum up the insanity with this fateful sentence:
Exploded tree syndrome appeared to be contagious, much to the annoyance of red haired stickman.

(Note: Photobucket wasn't working, so I had to upload the pictures through tinypic. I'll re-upload them through photobucket later.)


Anyway, as usual, great discussion and reading from everyone involved!

[Aganzir]

Hahaha you people are crazy. I'm sorry we missed the Paper Telephone but it was quite late and Volo had to catch his last bus home.

I think I've only taken part twice before, but this was one of the best readings - not only because it was one of the longest. I love the combination of Greenie & Volo as Legolas and Gimli (they've done it before back when Brinn was in Finland) - Volo's exaggerated Russian accent and Greenie's smug elvishness. And I'm sorry the hobbits got so few lines because Lauri & TGEW made a great Merry and Pippin.

Interestingly enough, skip heard Hookbill's voice for the first time when only we, he and TGEW were present, and he asked how come TGEW sounds more British than Hook. :p

Looking forward to the next reading.

[Eönwë]

Er... are we still doing this?

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

This is great, we have to continue. Just have to set a date. Would you like to do that, Eönwë?:p

[Aganzir]

I don't have time this Saturday & Sunday, but everything else should work fine.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

I think, if nothing else, we should prepare beforehand for the 22nd September. I mean, if there has ever been a date worth making a reading, it would be this, just like the celebration of the end of the War was, where it all started - is it possible that we have first read such a long time ago? So if nothing else, I say that I would like to participate in something on that day. The only downside for some might be that it is Wednesday, but well... what do ye people say?

[Hookbill the Goomba]

I had a thought about perhaps doing something on one of the Oxonmoot days, if I can drag anyone around a computer on, say, the Friday night?

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Ooh, our own Telerin Circle, Hookbill?! That would be fun!

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

Oxonmoot doesn't have any days actually on the 22nd, does it? Then we could do both ideas at the same time. Alternatively, if we want to have a call on the 22nd and with all of the Oxonmooters we could always do two calls...

[Loslote]

Sadly, I'd be very much not available on a Wednesday. :( Probably not Friday, either...if we do something on a weekend, I'll hopefully be able to make it, though.

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

Sadly, I'd be very much not available on a Wednesday. :( Probably not Friday, either...if we do something on a weekend, I'll hopefully be able to make it, though.
There are five other days in the week, you know. :p;)

[Loslote]

There are five other days in the week, you know. :p;)

I know...and I won't be able to make it to any of them. School beckons. :rolleyes:

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

I know...and I won't be able to make it to any of them. School beckons. :rolleyes:
Oh, well that sucks. School takes time and energy. How silly of it.

[Oddwen]

Would anyone be available this weekend? Somewhere in there, the weekends got switched to my full-time-job-time.

[Laurinquë]

I'm ready for the usual madness and anarchy, so long that is isn't during between 9.00-15.00 (GMT -7) during the work week. I would prefer a weekend really, but I could probably do anything in the evening on the other days of the week.

[Pitchwife]

If there are still enough people interested in doing something tonight, I'd be available around the usual time.

On the other hand (or independently), I have to agree with Legate that the 22nd is an absolute must-date - although it'd be highly awkward for me in the middle of the work week. But if that's not feasible, what about the weekend after the 22nd?

[Loslote]

I'm around now, and probably will be for a while.

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

If we did do something tonight I wouldn't be able to be involved. I'm engaged. It will take a couple of hours.

[Thinlómien]

Poke me when you're doing something and I'll try to be around. :)

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

We should set a date in stone then. We've got a couple dates, let's Skype on one of them!

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

The weekend after the 22nd is off-limits for me :( But 22nd itself would be great, I mean really, just for a little while, shouldn't be a problem... Or are there other ideas?

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

I'm fine with the 22nd. The only problem for those who actually have obligations is that it is in the middle of the week.

This time we need to actually record the call. Whoever has the technical know how/programme to do it should look into it, please. :)

[Pitchwife]

So it's two days to the Bagginses' Birthday, and it would really be a disgrace to let a date like this pass Skypeless. I definitely won't be able to stick around for the usual nocturnal madness this time, but I should be able to participate in the reading itself, if we don't start too late (and if we can find me a role that allows for occasional coughing, as I've got a cold at the moment that doesn't behave like it's going to leave me anytime soon).

As for choice of text, I think A Long-expected Party would obviously be ideal for this day, if we can get enough people together (I'm not sure how much roles there are in it, but my gut says lots). Or alternatively, with a smaller cast, Three is Company (we haven't done that yet, have we?)? What do you all think?

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Sounds great. I think definitely something should be done, and I mean, an hour can be spent for that in any case, and it should be worth it. I don't know when the US Downers can participate, what time is good for that; but myself, I don't want to stay up TOO late. About the time when I am posting this, for example, would be still fine: I think it's about 9 PM GMT. An hour here or there is okay...

So, who would be interested?

And as for the text, I am not sure if the Long Expected Party is "readable", but perhaps there are some good parts with more characters. Three Is A Company sounds also good, if we couldn't find anything - good idea, Pitch!

[Gwathagor]

I'm probably available.

[Eönwë]

I definitely won't be able to stick around for the usual nocturnal madness this time, but I should be able to participate in the reading itself, if we don't start too late (and if we can find me a role that allows for occasional coughing, as I've got a cold at the moment that doesn't behave like it's going to leave me anytime soon).
I basically have all the same problems. But if we still have a chance to do it, then I'm all for it.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

I will take LotR with me tomorrow and try to find some good passage for reading. I think if we can start around the time I said, 9PM GMT is ideal for me. Basically I will likely come and put my Skype on, I think I have at least some of your addresses there...

[Thinlómien]

I have the same problem too and my time is later than yours! :p I'd much prefer 8pm to 9pm GMT (11 to 12 pm my time) but I guess I can be around for a while in either case...

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Will possibly be around for this. I will just have to remember to sign into Skype. :D

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

I am basically online from now on, although trying to catch up with Werewolf and do about million other things I needed to get done... but once there are more of us, we can start doing something - there is always time to dedicate to Bilbo and Frodo's birthday!

[Pitchwife]

There's five of us gathered on Skype now, anybody about to join?

[lencoo12]

I've now laid my hands on a mic.
It would be fun to do the whole book, but time constraints might indeed be an issue.

Sounds cool! I don't have enough time to be actively arranging this, but if you decide to do this, I'd like to be in if it fits my timetables

[Pitchwife]

Thanks to our latest spambot for reminding me to report on Wednesday's reading!

Despite some severe time constraints, we managed to honour Baggins Day by reading the final couple of pages from The Council of Elrond. The cast, in order of appearance:

Lommy as the narrator and Frodo;
Gwathagor in a schizophrenic debate with himself as Boromir and Aragorn (which of them played the banjo?);
TGEW as The Great Elven Loremaster, Elrond, and his counsellor, Erestor*;
yours truly as Gandalf (his lungs and throat obviously suffering from centuries of smoking the weed of the Halflings);
Legate as Glóin (continuing the tradition of Slavic accented Dwarves**) and Sam;
Hookbill as Glorfindel*** and Bilbo (also provider of musical interludes).

Everybody was fabulous, as usual. Due to the above-mentioned time constraints, our habitual explorations of the borderland between profound discussion and collective insanity were somewhat curtailed this time, but I'm confident that we'll more than compensate for that in the future..:D.

*I don't know if anybody's mentioned it yet, but TGEW has a real badass voice! Her Elrond sounded like, "Use the Ring against Sauron? Nah, young Boromir, we'll have none of that nonsense here!" (By the way, I feel I should probably apologize for repeatedly mistaking her family members for pets (and vice versa?) - somehow I never remember who is which!:o)
**They beat the Scottish ones anytime (pace John Rhys-Davies)!
***Forget the Gondolin backstory - Yorkshire is where he's from!

[Thinlómien]

Yep, it was fun. I should take part more often. :)

And I have to agree about TGEW's badass-Elrond, he was just gorgeous! :D

[Aganzir]

You know what this means, TGEW? We'll have a Skype date and you read parts of The Council of Elrond to me. :p

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

I'm glad that my voice is Elrond-esque. :D I didn't have the time to read over his, er, lines, so I messed up a bit. But I'm glad that I was able to pull it off!

Oh, and I do have a pet. His name is Seth, and apparently he spouts out words of wisdom during those calls. He's been part of the last three. I am really sorry that I never can get him to be quiet. :o

You know what this means, TGEW? We'll have a Skype date and you read parts of The Council of Elrond to me. :p
Haha, okay. I can so be Elrond again!

[Laurinquë]

I'm sorry I missed the last call, but for some reason they wanted me to show up at class that day. :(

Any ideas for when we might be doing another call? I suggest going back to the Saturday/Sunday schedule, I think that works better for most people. Perhaps weekend after next? :)

[Aganzir]

Weekend after next sounds fine to me.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

It does not to me, since I am going to be away for most of the next week, unless it is Sunday evening (GMT). But of course, depends how everybody can participate...

[Thinlómien]

I can't be around weekend after next either because I'll be in Madrid. :cool: But I don't mind you doing a reading without me, just pointing this out!

[Oddwen]

I'm available this weekend if anyone wants to join me then.

[Eönwë]

I won't be available this weekend, but maybe the next...

[Laurinquë]

I won't be available this weekend, but maybe the next...

Well then Eönwë, how are things looking for you? I'm thinking we could do the call on the 30th of October, or this Saturday. If not, we could always put it off for another week to see if we can gather more people. Would 18.00 GMT (also known as James/Eönwë Standard Time) be good? That's 10.00 Laurinquë time, 9.00 Alaska time, and 20.00 Helsinki time.

Would this weekend work for most people? Or should we put it off to next weekend in hopes of getting the Great Thinlómien and her voice of awesome to join? :D

[Loslote]

This weekend works fairly well, as does the next one. After that any attempts at orginization or prediction go poof. :p I might be decorating at church for a few hours, but I'm not sure what time that is, and I skate in the afternoons on Saturdays. Next weekend, as far as I know, is basically clear (other than the skating thing)...

[A Little Green]

Would this weekend work for most people? Or should we put it off to next weekend in hopes of getting the Great Thinlómien and her voice of awesome to join?I have a working Skype of my own these days too (though I probably won't know how to use it, with my computer skills :rolleyes: ), I'd love to participate but this weekend is impossible for me. The next might work. But of course if this weekend works better for you guys I can wait until next time too! :)

[Pitchwife]

I'd much prefer the weekend after this one, since I'm playing in Boro's current WW game, and our firewood for the winter is due to be delivered this Saturday, and I've just ordered the penultimate volume in the Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant from Amazon (due to arrive on Thursday), which will be heavy competition for both WW and RL activities without adding Skype to the mixture. Weekend after that should be fine for me, if that works for the rest of you.
I have a working Skype of my own these days too (though I probably won't know how to use it, with my computer skills )
Don't worry, it's really rather simple, unless you try to use some Evil Recording Software of Doom which wreaks havoc on it and you have to fix it with a Sonic Screwdriver;). As long as one of us has you on their contact list, we can just add you to the call, and if you have any problems we can try to walk you through somehow via the text box.

[Aganzir]

Next week would be better for me too because I'm hanging out with a good friend who doesn't live in Helsinki any more on Saturday night, but I don't really mind missing the reading if this Saturday works best for everyone else.

[Laurinquë]

The consensus (thus far) seems to be for weekend after next, or Saturday the 6th of November. That's quite a long ways from our last call, but I suppose this is what I get from waiting around for someone else to do the organising. :rolleyes:

Right then, Saturday 6th November at 18.00 GMT. Be there or. . . um. . . I shall be rather cross. I can't remember if we've read it before, but is anyone besides me going through another Ent-mania phase? If so, we could consider reading Treebread.

[A Little Green]

Don't worry, it's really rather simple, unless you try to use some Evil Recording Software of Doom which wreaks havoc on it and you have to fix it with a Sonic Screwdriver. As long as one of us has you on their contact list, we can just add you to the call, and if you have any problems we can try to walk you through somehow via the text box.Great, thanks! It should work out.
Right then, Saturday 6th November at 18.00 GMT. Be there or. . . um. . . I shall be rather cross. I can't remember if we've read it before, but is anyone besides me going through another Ent-mania phase? If so, we could consider reading Treebread.I will most definitely try to make it! Shouldn't be a problem though. Ent-mania - well now you mention it, I have been kind of doing Ent-related stuff lately (accompanying a friend in a song she composed for the Ent-Entwife-song), so yes, I kind of have something of an Ent-mania and wouldn't mind Treebeard in the least! I'm also fine with other chapters, really.

[Pitchwife]

The consensus (thus far) seems to be for weekend after next, or Saturday the 6th of November. That's quite a long ways from our last call, but I suppose this is what I get from waiting around for someone else to do the organising.
Don't worry, that's more or less what everybody involved in this does all the time, so kudos for taking the initiative!:)

The Treebeard chapter would be a nice choice for a rather smallish cast - just a narrator, Merry, Pippin, Treebeard, and Quickbeam if we include the Entmoot; and I already hear us all joining the chorus for the Ents' war chant!
Greenie, what instrument did you accompany that song on? You may have noticed that music is always welcome at these sessions, and music that's actually related to the text would be beyond awesome!

[A Little Green]

Greenie, what instrument did you accompany that song on? You may have noticed that music is always welcome at these sessions, and music that's actually related to the text would be beyond awesome!Erm.. the kantele - an old Finnish instrument with thirty+ strings. You might be disappointed to hear though that what I played there was basically just the chords, albeit in a complicated fashion. Not sure if I could make it work so that you could actually hear more of the song than just the chords as they are a bit boring by themselves. :D I can try to work it out if you want, not sure if it's possible though.

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

I'm fine with doing a call this or next weekend; just as long as my internet decides to be fast enough for a call, that is. ;) I am also very open to feeding Lauri's Ent-Mania phase. Go Ents!

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

If we are doing something only next week, then I should be able to participate, too... or at least I think so... so great to see such an interest rising :) I'm all for ents or even kantele-background ents :cool:

[Aganzir]

Sounds good - even though the call might take quite long, given how quickly ents speak. :p

[Hookbill the Goomba]

I can show up if you need another voice in the mix. :)

[Laurinquë]

Excellent, excellent. We might have to pick something else what with all these fantastic people planning to show up! :D Eight so far, hmm. Any ideas? We could always do Ents anyway and switch parts or something (because I love Ents and consider myself a well-disguised Entwife), but I think another part might be best. :)

[Eönwë]

I will be there as well.

[Laurinquë]

Because I am a bad mod-person with a mind like a sieve-tube element, I just remembered about this. I should probably try getting sleep sometime before the next glaciation.

Anyway, so far we have:
Greenie
Lottie?
Pitchie
TGEW
Legate
Aganzir
Hooky
Eönwë


And probably, Laurinquë as well. Be there! I'll certainly try to. :p

[Loslote]

Ahhhh, really sorry, but stuff came up, and my Saturday suddenly filled up...and I won't be able to make it. :(

[Aganzir]

6pm GMT, right? See you then. :)

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

Okay, ye people who Skype! It's time now for epic happy fun Skyping times. Agan, Lauri, and I are already at it. Come soon before you miss all of the fun! :D:smokin:

[Pitchwife]

Ai, sorry, I'm afraid I'll have to drop out. Just got online and have some serious Werewolf-thinking to do in the few hours before DL (how Agan manages both is beyond me). If there's anything going on after 11 pm GMT, I may still join; if not, have fun everybody!

[Aganzir]

how Agan manages both is beyond me
I don't know myself either, but I'm going to try. :p

[Aganzir]

Hey Pitch, if you're still around, come and join. I don't think we've done a reading yet... :D

[Eönwë]

Ai, sorry, I'm afraid I'll have to drop out. Just got online and have some serious Werewolf-thinking to do in the few hours before DL (how Agan manages both is beyond me). If there's anything going on after 11 pm GMT, I may still join; if not, have fun everybody!

We have a call now.

[Pitchwife]

No? What have you been doing all evening?:Merisu:

Again, sorry, but I've been running low on sleep this week (one, two - "Aw, poor Pitch!")... and I'm not really fond of mate:p. Still, enjoy yourselves!

[Aganzir]

No? What have you been doing all evening?:Merisu:

Again, sorry, but I've been running low on sleep this week (one, two - "Aw, poor Pitch!")... and I'm not really fond of mate. Still, enjoy yourselves!
Aww, poor Pitch. :p I bought a gourd yesterday. ;)

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

A pity I couldn't have joined you yesterDay (err... again...), but I ended up being busy for the evening... another time then. It seems though that you have spent some time there, so I guess you managed...

[The Might]

Meh, missed it again. :(

Btw, do you record the sessions? I would really like to hear some of them.

[Aganzir]

Actually, we failed at reading anything (first there were too few people and then we just got nothing done) - we only had a Skype chat. We could try reading the Ent thing some time later?

[Pitchwife]

Meh, missed it again. :(

Btw, do you record the sessions? I would really like to hear some of them.
Eönwë recorded one of the earlier sessions and posted links to it somewhere upthread, but we haven't managed to record any others yet.
Actually, we failed at reading anything (first there were too few people and then we just got nothing done) - we only had a Skype chat. We could try reading the Ent thing some time later?
We could, and we should!

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

We need to figure out when the next one of these is going to happen. We still need to read about Ents!

[Loslote]

If we do this tomorrow, I can be there (with a deeper, non-ridiculous Cold!voice, too!). If we do this the Saturday after Thanksgiving, not so much. The Saturday after that, not a clue.

[The Might]

Can't we rather choose Sundays?

Saturday evenings are not the that ideal in my opinion.

[Loslote]

You guys could, if you liked, but I'm always busy on Sunday mornings - for obvious reasons.

[Eönwë]

Ok, well I'm better now...
So when are we doing this thing?

[The Might]

Did the thread died? :D

Would be nice to have a read soon, starting with February I have my exam-period again, and I doubt I'll be able to make it on Skype then.

[Aganzir]

Yeah we should! We still haven't done the Ent chapter... This weekend won't work for me, but next week is still holiday.

[Pitchwife]

Yeah, it's been an awfully long time since the last reading (due to Christmas intervening, I suppose), the tradition is in some need of reviving. This weekend won't work for me either, but the one after that should be fine, and finally reading the Ent chapter would be awesome!

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

The weekend after this sounds good for me. And, yes, we MUST read about the ents finally!

[Eönwë]

So, next weekend. Are we decided?

[Hookbill the Goomba]

So, next weekend. Are we decided?

I can live with that. :)

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

So, next weekend. Are we decided?
Next week, it will be brilliant!

The ENTS!!! :D

[Thinlómien]

I might be in too. ;)

[Pitchwife]

Just realized that next weekend has already become this weekend. So how about tomorrow? Would that work?
Roles for the Treebeard chapter (including Entmoot):
-Narrator
-Merry
-Pippin
-Treebeard
-Quickbeam
So we could do this with five people. If there's more, they could take turns as the narrator, and all join the chorus once we're marching on Isengard. What do you say?

[Aganzir]

Tomorrow works fine. I can be around the whole evening but given how last time turned out, we should probably agree on a time. How does for example 7 PM GMT sound to you?

[Pitchwife]

We should definitely fix a time. 7pm GMT would be fine for me, but I don't know about our friends beyond the Great Pond?

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

Firstly, I want to be Pippin, even though we'll probably decide our roles during the call, like we usually do.
Secondly, I thought that "next weekend" meant the weekend after this.
Thirdly, 7 pm GMT would work fine for me on a weekend. This or next.
Fourthly, ... well, I have nothing else to say. I think.

[Oddwen]

Oo! Ooo! I can make it tomorrow! Yay!

[Loslote]

I'll try to make it, and I should be able to... but Saturday mornings have had a bad habit of being interrupted by a sudden, unexpected obligation lately. :rolleyes: Really, though, should be around. Looking forward to it. :)

[Pitchwife]

Agan, Eönwë and me are online now, if anyone wants to join...

[Aganzir]

Okay there are 7 people online at the moment and we're probably going to start soon so if you'd still like to join, let us know!

[Eönwë]

*Cough*

[The Might]

I talked about this with Pitch on Friday, and I realised it's about time to get things organized in here, especially since I never made it to one of the readings!

So, who can make it next week on Sunday at 9pm GMT? Should be a friendly time for both the old and the new world.

[Pitchwife]

I guess I would be available, but I'd prefer closer to 8pm, as I'll probably working an early shift on Monday. Reckon with an hour to gather all the participants online, and another to pick a text and distribute the parts (we've tried to organize all that beforehand a few times, but so far that's never worked).

And can we please agree to postpone the Gandalf-uncloaks-jokes, gratuitous Doctor Who references and other general mayhem until after the reading proper this time? It's not like they're not fun, but taking hours and having people drop out again before we've even started reading like last time sort of defeats the original purpose.

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

I almost plum forgot about these readings. :eek: Any time on the second half of Saturday would be good for me.

And can we please agree to postpone the Gandalf-uncloaks-jokes, gratuitous Doctor Who references and other general mayhem until after the reading proper this time? It's not like they're not fun, but taking hours and having people drop out again before we've even started reading like last time sort of defeats the original purpose.
Hmm, yes. We do love to delay our readings until the last half hour of our four hour calls, don't we? We probably want to fix that. We are, after all, a community of Tolkien nerds, not Whovians. ;)

[The Might]

Sunday not working TGEW?

I ask because the Tolkien section's meeting in Karlsruhe is scheduled on Saturday, so I wouldn't be able to make it then.

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

Sunday not working TGEW?

I ask because the Tolkien section's meeting in Karlsruhe is scheduled on Saturday, so I wouldn't be able to make it then.
Sunday would be fine, I'm sure. It's not like I actually do anything. :p

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

Uh, that call wasn't supposed to be today, was it? Because, if it was, I forgot. :eek:

[Aganzir]

Guess what kids? We should carry on with the readings. This might be a silly time of me to post this because I can't really take part in anything till September but let's not forget about this, okay.

[The Might]

I feel quite ashamed for having started this thread and having forgotten about it until I saw your post just now.
Definitely agree with you, I think it should be doable to find a proper date.
Any suggestions? Again on a Sunday at say 9PM CET?

[The Might]

Noone? I can't haz reading? :(

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Well, in any case, if not earlier, then I think we could try thinking about something for the 22th September, which is Thursday, if I am not mistaken - we can try to find out if that date would work for enough people or if, in case it didn't, we should move it, say, to the weekend after that, but still keeping it in the spirit of "it's Bilbo's and Frodo's birthday".

[Estelyn Telcontar]

If the time works for me, I'd love to finally have an opportunity to join in! I love reading and hearing others read aloud - and I do have Skype now, though I'm not yet very proficient at using it.

Bilbo and Frodo's birthday (or shortly thereafter) sounds like a good date to me - that would make up for not being able to go to Oxonmoot this year.

[Aganzir]

I'm up for a reading on the 22nd - evening, preferably. Does that exclude our American friends though?

[Pitchwife]

Deaf in Italy time to reboot this, and Baggins Day would be a great occasion. Depending on how late we start and how long we take, the weekend after it might be better still, but I suppose I could manage on the 22nd.

[Oddwen]

That's a friend of mine's birthday, so I probably can't make it that day. I could make it in the later afternoon (MST) that weekend.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

If the time works for me, I'd love to finally have an opportunity to join in! I love reading and hearing others read aloud - and I do have Skype now, though I'm not yet very proficient at using it.
It isn't really difficult to use it. You just switch it on and accept the call :)

I'm up for a reading on the 22nd - evening, preferably. Does that exclude our American friends though?
I guess the point is to organise the time so that as much people as possible can participate. Nothing also prevents us from making more than one reading in case the timetables prove to be difficult to combine. Let's stay flexible. (As for myself, I will most likely have the time anytime during that period. So I can just keep reading 24/7...)

That's a friend of mine's birthday, so I probably can't make it that day. I could make it in the later afternoon (MST) that weekend.

It's the birthday of a friend of each of us, come on ;)

[Aganzir]

My best friend is moving to England that weekend and whatever she'll ask of me, I'll oblige so my schedule depends pretty much on her. But I agree the weekend is probably better.

[Bêthberry]

I'm up for a reading on the 22nd - evening, preferably. Does that exclude our American friends though?

It won't include this North American as I will be in South America. But I'd join in later readings after I get Skype.

[A Little Green]

The 22nd would work splendidly for me, probably better than the weekend.

[The Might]

I'll be there as well. :)

[Eönwë]

As always, I should be there.

[Pitchwife]

So, will there be something happening tomorrow or not? And if not, on the weekend? I should be available either way.

If we'd like to revive the original idea of paralleling (parallelling?) the chronology of LotR, we could read something from A Long Expected Party (maybe the Ivy Bush scene?) and/or from early in Frodo's journey (did we ever do Three is Company/Short Cut to Mushrooms? My memory fails me, and I can't be bothered to wade through 10 pages of thread right now).

Or there's Bilbo and the Dwarves arriving in Lake-town from TH. That was on Bilbo's birthday too, wasn't it?

Thoughts, suggestions, random ruminations, mushrooms, wurst?

[Gwathagor]

Yeah!

[Aganzir]

Ah sorry I was going to post earlier - there's no chance I will make it after all.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

I would definitely like to participate, and I don't have anything against the suggested parts. I think the Ivy Bush has like 2+2 minor people plus the narrator or something like that.

The idea about Lake-Town, however, is maybe even better. It indeed was Bilbo's birthday, and the text is suitable especially for large groups of people, since there are quite many characters. So I think that could be used in case there are more people. If not, Ivy Bush or something serves it well.

The Lake-Town scene itself, just for the sake of information: if we start with "As soon as the raft of barrels came in sight..." and finish with, say, the end of the song about the King (or one more paraghraph, unless we want to kill the narrator); we have quite a good job for the narrator in the beginning and in the end, and I think quite equally distributed couple of lines for: Bilbo, Thorin, Fili, captain of the Lake-town guard (ev. there is another role for a random guardsman which otherwise would be played by the captain), Elf (/Elves), Master of the Town, singing people in the city (or that could be done by everyone in the end as a chorus, yay?).

It's maybe not that long, but still quite nice. I will try to take look at something else during the day, too. And I should be available basically anytime, though if we want to get people from both sides of the ocean to participate, perhaps evening Europe-time would be better? I don't know.

[Oddwen]

I might be able to make it Saturday afternoon, 1-2 p.m. MDT.

[The Might]

I'll be home in about two hours and can participate afterwards.

Shall we see 10PM to accomodate for US members as well? Or 11PM? Looking forward to it! :)

[Oddwen]

I'm on now for about an hour.

[Pitchwife]

Just got home.

If we do anything today, I'd rather not start too late, as I have to get up at 6am GMT+1 tomorrow.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Okay, I think I could be online more or less anytime from now on, barring any outside disturbances, so...

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

We (currently: me, Pitch, Eönwë, Gwath) are online now if anybody wants to join...

[Pitchwife]

Legate, Gwath and me are having a session right now, if anyone wants to join...

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

And so it came to be that we've had a really nice reading session yesterday with myself, Pitch and at various intervals Oddwen, Gwathagor and Eönwë. I must say this was probably the best way to celebrate Bilbo's and Frodo's birthday, as we actually managed to read incredible amounts of stuff.

First, me, Pitch and Oddwen had read the Ivy Bush conversation (which takes place before the celebration, and thus is related), as we wanted to read something quick (before Oddwen had to leave) and related to the topic of the celebration. The cast was: Old Noakes and Daddy Twofoot - Oddwen, Sandyman - Pitch, and I was the Gaffer (turned out I had a lot more lines than I thought, but I really enjoyed reading his lines). We did this completely as just a dialogue (or multi-logue, anyway), it was really nice.

After that, Gwathagor came to join us and we did the "second generation", as Pitch had called it, of the inn-talk: the Green Dragon scene with young Gamgee and young Sandyman. I did the narrator part, Gwath and Pitch had each brought a pint of beer to their computers and thus the second famous conversation was replayed.

This wasn't enough for Gwath, apparently, and he proposed the daring (and dangerous for him, as you will see) idea that we continue from that point and, his own words, "keep reading on (the conversation between Gandalf and Frodo in the Shadow of the Past) until somebody else comes online to join us". I think neither of us had realised up to then how much most of the chapter consists of Gandalf's monologues. I think Gwathagor (whom me and Pitch had convinced, based on our earlier experiences of him reading Gandalf, that he should do the wizard) must have had a sore throat in the end. Pitch was the narrator and Sam (I think the Gamgees with a slight German accent are really just brilliant) and I did Frodo. This reading was also rather enjoyable and I think, most of all, that we must have set a record by this - we've basically read the whole chapter plus quite a lot of the first chapter, too. I think there can't be any better and more "proper" way to celebrate Bilbo's birthday, except if we'd read about the Party itself.

Then Gwath again left us and in a moment, Eönwë came and we did the last reading of the day - or actually evening - and I think that was the best wrap-up of it all. We decided to read a small part from Three Is a Company, when Frodo, Sam and Pippin leave the house, up to the point when they fall asleep (or, as we phrased it, "up to the fox"). The cast was: Eönwë - narrator AND the fox, myself - Frodo and Pippin, Pitch - Sam and Gaffer Gamgee (who was overheard talking to the Black Rider at the very beginning of the scene - and this time splendidly performed by Pitch). This was a brilliant reading for the evening, rather suggestive especially with Eönwë's narrating, and a great wrap-up of the whole session. I could just lie down and pretend to be in the Shire, with the night slowly setting...

Overall we did a lot more reading than usual, I would say, which I think was really nice, and must once again say that I feel like that was the proper way to celebrate the Hobbits' birthday. Still, the chance to do some more skype-meeting during the weekend especially for those, who haven't managed to find the time to participate in this one, is still present, and I think there are still many of us who wouldn't mind doing some more.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Darn, I missed it! I'll try to keep informed of what may happen on the weekend in hopes of joining in then.

[Galadriel55]

You lot almost make me wish I had skype... :D

[Oddwen]

Argh! I have to work about four hours longer tomorrow than I thought. :( Grumble grumble sports. Ah well, we shall see what's going on when I get back.

[Gwathagor]

You lot almost make me wish I had skype... :D

It IS free...

[Galadriel55]

It IS free...

I DO have many weird principles...:D

(To clarify that, over 500 people at my school failed to convince me to get Facebook, forget about Skype. Even my parents say that I could get it if I want to, and I say no.)

[Pitchwife]

I DO have many weird principles...:D

(To clarify that, over 500 people at my school failed to convince me to get Facebook, forget about Skype. Even my parents say that I could get it if I want to, and I say no.)
Good for you - I used to have principles against the Book of Faces myself, but I must have mislaid them somewhere in Finland:rolleyes:.
Skype, however, is quite another matter - I mean, why pay money to a telephone company unless you absolutely have to?

Anyway, would anybody be up for another round tomorrow?

[Eönwë]

It is most definitely time for another.

[Oddwen]

Yessssss. Will anyone have time next Saturday afternoon American Mountain Daylight Time?

[The Might]

I'm here. ;)

[Pitchwife]

I'm going to be away on doggy business for most of tomorrow and will probably not be back until late in the evening Euro time, so I have no idea whether I'll make it in time. But if I'm online by the time you start, give me a ring - and if I'm not, I could still join later.

[Eönwë]

I'm going to be away on doggy business for most of tomorrow and will probably not be back until late in the evening Euro time, so I have no idea whether I'll make it in time. But if I'm online by the time you start, give me a ring - and if I'm not, I could still join later.
Generally, the main part of these things happens late because of the Americans, so it probably won't be a problem.
As for me, I'll be free for most of this weekend anyway.

[Oddwen]

Would anyone want to do some reading this weekend? There has been talk of Phantom&Alien readthroughs, or we could read some Hobbit.

Heck, we could read the back of a shampoo bottle if you like. Dibs on tetrahydrochloridorizone!

I'll have time tomorrow after 12:30 pm, in gmt-7.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Would anyone want to do some reading this weekend? There has been talk of Phantom&Alien readthroughs, or we could read some Hobbit.

Heck, we could read the back of a shampoo bottle if you like. Dibs on tetrahydrochloridorizone!

I don't have a problem with either. There's a habit of my brother doing an annual reading of a tuna fish can, so I am used to reading all kinds of stuff.

But yes, if we agree for example on the time you mentioned, I think that could work. I'm all for doing some reading.

[Pitchwife]

Come on, folks, we've got to keep this Tolkien-related. I vote we read the index to LotR - or at least the ISBNs of our respective editions.
In other words, count on me.

[Eönwë]

I can do probably after 11-ish today my time, or the next few hours.

[Oddwen]

Righty-o then, I'll be on for the next few hours. Join me if you like.

[Oddwen]

Pitch, Hook and I are talking about THINGS. That are FUN. It is FUN. I say!

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

WHAT?! I missed one again? What is this world coming to? :(

[Oddwen]

We're still going! It's not toooo laaaaaate!!!

(Grab some mhghghheeeatttthhh and join us!)

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

We're still going! It's not toooo laaaaaate!!!

(Grab some mhghghheeeatttthhh and join us!)

How long is this going for? Maybe I can actually get Skype to work on my computer!


EDIT: I DID IT! :D

[Pitchwife]

So, after yesterday's profound & exhaustive discussion of meat, cement and other vegetables, some actual reading tonight?

[Oddwen]

On the 4th and 5th of Dhmheieaghember I'll have time earlier in the day, so we can have reasonable times for everyone.

[Oddwen]

3rd and 4th for me, not 4th and 5th.

Would anyone like to do some reading this weekend?

[Pitchwife]

Sure. (Or rather, sschouürrhe.)

[Aganzir]

I'll try to be online!

[Nogrod]

I just might be able to give this a try come the weekend... if that is okay?

What would be the time? I can stay up later on Saturday than on Sunday (Monday morning a wake-up call about 6AM).

[Pitchwife]

I just might be able to give this a try come the weekend... if that is okay?
Impossible! This is a most exclusive club; we don't just let anybody join.[/irony]
Welcome to the madding crowd!

What would be the time? I can stay up later on Saturday than on Sunday (Monday morning a wake-up call about 6AM).
We usually start sometime after 8pm (though it can get later till everybody's assembled), and it's not unusual for people to join late, or drop out early and come back later (or not); the end is pretty much open (and often not before people have talked themselves into an ear- & throatache).

[Oddwen]

Jaiuoij!

We're all mad here! :D (We're also meat here)

I'm available earlier on Saturday, until about 4 pm MST (1 a.m. Finntime, midnight Pitch&Legatetime, 11 p.m. Teatime), beginning as early as anyone wants. On Sunday I can chat early but maybe not read.

[Pitchwife]

Ai ai, I just remembered I'm at a birthday party tomorrow.:confused: But I'd be available on Sunday, and time would be no concern as I'm working late on Monday.

[Nogrod]

Ai ai, I just remembered I'm at a birthday party tomorrow.:confused: But I'd be available on Sunday, and time would be no concern as I'm working late on Monday.So you have a party on Friday and are available only on Sunday? Hmm... must be quite a party. :D

[Pitchwife]

Dang, I meant a party on Saturday, of course. Wishful thinking today was Friday already...:o

[Aganzir]

You guys make me laugh. :D

If we're doing a reading, what are we going to read? Suggestions? What were you supposed to read last time?

[Pitchwife]

What were you supposed to read last time?
Meat.

OK, what happened in LotR in early December? Nothing (Fellowship still at Rivendell), except lots of hanging around in the Hall of Fire, Elves singing, ladidadida. And in TH? I guess they were on the way back or some such. Not much action either. So I guess anything's possible, depending on how many people we get together.

Blargh. Trying hard to look helpful without being helpful. Clearly a wolf.
++Pitch

[Aganzir]

Aww, poor Pitch! ;) :p

Now that we have both Pitch and Nog on board, would it be presumptuous of me to suggest we read some Tom Bombadil stuff? ;) Or have you read it before? Or are there enough roles?

[Pitchwife]

Aww, poor Pitch!
Don't remind me!:D

Now that we have both Pitch and Nog on board, would it be presumptuous of me to suggest we read some Tom Bombadil stuff? Or have you read it before? Or are there enough roles?
We did indeed read The Old Forest/In the House of Tom Bombadil in the unforgettable Night of the Kazoo (q.v. above). We could read Fog on the Barrow Downs, I think that was discussed at one time but never actually done.

Narrator
Frodo
Sam
Merry
Pippin
Bombadil
BarryWight
7 roles.

Rather hefty for the amount of people we tend to have participating these days, but the Barrow-wight actually has only a few lines of poetry and could do another role as well, and someone could probably do two of the hobbits or some such.

I'd like to hear Nog as Bombadil for a change, I think he's the better singer.

Speaking of you, Nog, if we do an actual reading again this time, would you by any chance have the tech wizardry to record it?

[Aganzir]

If I'm there, I want to be the Barrow-Wight! Because, you know, I'm drawn to everything evil.

And Pitch you don't really want me to play in Boro's WW now do you (I'm trying to weigh whether I have enough time or not)? ;)

[Pitchwife]

And Pitch you don't really want me to play in Boro's WW now do you (I'm trying to weigh whether I have enough time or not)? ;)
Nonsense! Of course I do! Pretty please?
(Although if you don't I'll forgive you as long as you promise to play in mine.)

EDIT: By all means go for the Barrow-wight! I can hear that poem in your voice, it sounds awsome.

[Nogrod]

Well, you're offering me quite a challenge... singing Tom and being a tech-wizard.

Hmm... well, if we are doing the Barrow Downs scene, I can give Tom a try, but I can't promise anything for the recording stuff (I can't record anything online as such as I need to hear things myself, but I'll see if I could put up some monitoring stuff to overcome that).

Anyone knowing Skype better than me (which isn't a lot) having an idea if Skype calls can be recorded from the program itself?


Anyway. How many are we going to be? Oddwen, Aganzir, Pitchwife & me?

Now I know Legate has come to Finland today, so which would be the odds to get him + Lommy & Greenie to join if this would take place on Sunday evening? I can ask them - and you Aganzir should do it as well...

With that much more people around we might consider some scene with more characters...

[Estelyn Telcontar]

I am very tempted to make time for this reading! You all know I love reading aloud and I'd be delighted to "meet" all of you again virtually. Is this now planned for Sunday? Approximately when (CET)? And I'll need someone to help me if I don't find my way to the Skype meeting place...

[Oddwen]

Grr, to Mordor with schedule changes without warning. I won't be able to chat tomorrow, but I'll be on, if distracted by cooking, from now until I pass out from chocolate consumption or sleep.

[Pitchwife]

:confused: for there being no Oddwen tomorrow. (I got home from the party half an hour ago and may hang around for an hour or so, if you're still interested in a little chat.)

On the other hand, :D for the chance of an Esty tomorrow!

Is this now planned for Sunday? Approximately when (CET)?
Apparently. As to when, these things usually just tend to happen sooner or later in the European evening, but with Nog having to get up early on Monday, we might actually try to agree on a time in advance - how does, say, 8pm Esty's and my time sound to you all? Or earlier, since you Finns are an hour or two ahead of us?

And I'll need someone to help me if I don't find my way to the Skype meeting place...
Just click on the Skype icon under my avvie, send me a text message and I'll add you.

[Nogrod]

Well... I may need to withdraw this evening's reading. I'm not being definitive as yet, but I hold it more probable than not. :(

I only realised yesterday evening that I have a way too many essays to read for the next week (and I have full workdays every day & theatre- and choir performances etc. almost every evening) so I may be in some trouble actually - especially as Legate, Lommy & Greenie are coming to my place the next weekend and I'd hate to read essays during their visit... (the deadline is next Monday)

But if you are doing it somewhat later in the evening, like 8 or 9 PM GMT (Finland is in +2 hours I think), I might be able to join if a) I have managed to read enough essays before then, or b) if I'm tired enough just not to read any more of the essays.

But if that later time is bad for you others, don't wait for me as it is fairly possible I will not have a chance to join anyway.

[Aganzir]

That's 9 Finntime, it should be doable. I have an enormous amount of schoolwork to catch up with and a demonstration (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_Day) to organise for Saturday, but all that means is that I should stop procrastinating now. ;)

[Pitchwife]

Just came home from a lengthy walk and need ~2h to cook our dinner, but after that I'll be available for the rest of the evening, whenever it suits you all.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

I'm online and on Skype - anyone lurking please let me know so I can find you!

[Pitchwife]

Agan and I are online now. Get on board!

[Aganzir]

My username is scavengerlikeme - add me or Pitch (whose name is on his profile) or preferably both! :)

[Aganzir]

We just read Fog on the Barrow-Downs. Esty narrated, Pitch did Frodo & Tom Bombadil and I was the Barrow-Wight and the rest of the hobbits. As a special guest, we had The Barrow-Wight himself, who only listened this time though. It was great fun.

Now sally is here as well and we might read another chapter. If someone else is around, they're welcome to join!

[Estelyn Telcontar]

The three of us read another passage, this time with Sally as audience - another Downer who dares to join in without having a book at hand! We shall have to charge admission!

We read the second half of "The Stairs of Cirith Ungol", with Pitch narrating, Agan speaking Frodo, and Esty taking on the task of two such diverse roles as Sam and Gollum. Yess, Preciousss!

[Aganzir]

Esty makes a fantastic Gollum. Who would have believed?

[Pitchwife]

So she does. I felt she was a particularly fitting choice for this chapter, where Gollum is on the brink of redemption - her performance brought out Sméagol's loneliness, his longing for company and his budding affection for Frodo as well as Gollum's hidden sneaky-creepiness very well.

Agan was very convincing too, both as a scary Barrow-wight and as exhausted, ring-weary Frodo offset nicely by Esty's happy-go-lucky Sam.

I very much enjoyed talking to both of you again - it's been a while since Finlandmoot. And having The Barrow-Wight (Himself) join our conversation spontaneously and be our audience was a unique experience - a bit like having the Prime Minister for dinner and a bit like sighting Nessie;). I'd like to testify that he isn't anywhere near as scary as his Middle-earth namesake, but very friendly and pleasant to talk to. Thanks for attending, Mr. Wight, and for the kind words you found for our little project!

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Esty makes a fantastic Gollum. Who would have believed?
I guess you just bring out the wurst in me! :Merisu:

[Eönwë]

I can't believe I missed this!

[Eönwë]

Any chance of another in the near future?

[Oddwen]

Annnnnyone gonna be around Skype on Sunday morning/ early afternoon?

[Aganzir]

Alas, Sunday night (from around 4 PM GMT on) is beyond my limits. However I agree with Eönwë we should have a new reading soon!

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

I'd like to Skype again now that I'm back from California. When would be convenient for everybody?

[Oddwen]

I'm available the weekend of the 28th and 29th unless I'm not.

[Eönwë]

It's exam season, so when I'm not working I'm sure I'll have a few hours here and there. Most weekeds should this month should be ok. But not next week.

[Oddwen]

Would anyone like to do some reading or participate in general silliness on the 28th and 29th? I have a rare weekend off and can be on at any time.

[Aganzir]

Sounds good! I have no plans yet for either day.

[Eönwë]

I should have a few hours free.

[Eönwë]

*cough*

[Oddwen]

*cough*

What about next Saturday?

[Oddwen]

I'll be on today for as long as I can stand this chair. Watching updates and installing software on my new lappy what has a new and fancy webcam (ooooo). Spiffy times.

[Oddwen]

Heyyyyyyy! It's been a loooooooong time you guys! Anyone want to do some Hobbit reading or silliness next weekend? I'll be available after 12:30ish MDT on Sat, a bit later on Sunday.

[Aganzir]

I shall ask my fellow Finns, the Czech and the normal English person I will be spending time with in the weekend.

[Kath]

The normal English person is up for this.

[Oddwen]

I'll be on for a while, then - hope to see some of you

[Aganzir]

Aa sorry we forgot all about this! :( Tonight make work though. I'll keep you informed.

[Oddwen]

Hey everyone! We're sort of skyping now - we have a couple possible readings planned depending on how many people join. Come wiiiithhh uuuuuus!

[Oddwen]

So we are probably gathering again tomorrow afternoon/evening. This time we will really, really, really co-operate to read some actual Tolkien. I can't promise it won't be using silly voices though.

[Oddwen]

Galadriel55, Hookbill and I are currently skyping. We haven't discussed Tolkien yet, but that can easily change. Come join us!

[Galadriel55]

Is anyone available now? There's a slim chance that there might actually be a reading today, and a good chance there will be lots of nonesense talk!

[Galadriel55]

Anyone?

[Aganzir]

Hey would anyone like to do a Skype reading today? Starting between 4-8 PM GMT would be optimal for us in Finland, but we're flexible. :)

[Galadriel55]

Hey would anyone like to do a Skype reading today? Starting between 4-8 PM GMT would be optimal for us in Finland, but we're flexible. :)

Wait... so, starting around now? I think I might be able to do it a bit later. Like, a couple hours later. But I can't promise since I have no clue what I'm supposed to do during the day. I might be dragged off to someplace.

[Aganzir]

It will take us about an hour to get online - now it's cooking time!

[Galadriel55]

It will take us about an hour to get online - now it's cooking time!

I'm free for a couple hours starting now, which is, I think, when you're free too? Are you skyping from Lommy's skype? I'm trying to add her because hers is the only skype name I found.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

I will be around, since I have just recovered my voice, so apart from an occassional cough there should be no problem with talking. Apparently, the Finnish-squad are all now eating, but will be present in a while after that.

[Aganzir]

I'm free for a couple hours starting now, which is, I think, when you're free too? Are you skyping from Lommy's skype? I'm trying to add her because hers is the only skype name I found.
We're free now, and we're using my account (scavengerlikeme). Will be online in five minutes.

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

I have, unfortunately, missed the last few Skype sessions. :(

I was wondering when another one of these will be held. I will not be able to attend anything in the next two weeks, but after that I am open for any time. So, will we be planning another one of these soon?

[Galadriel55]

Would anyone be available later today? It looks like I'm going to be free in a couple hours, and I could use a good skype session. :)

[Aganzir]

I will, or well it depends on your definition of 'later'. I've stayed up waaay too long lately and I'd like to go to bed before 2 my time, which is in four hours.

[Galadriel55]

I will, or well it depends on your definition of 'later'. I've stayed up waaay too long lately and I'd like to go to bed before 2 my time, which is in four hours.

I'm basically waiting for my dearest family to finally leave (they should do so before the hour is out) so that I can do whatever I want. But if you're pressed for time I can make myself available (ie hide in my room and lock the door) as soon as possible. Either way, my skype's turned on, so anytime.

[Galadriel55]

I am very much availabe by now. If anyone's around?... :Merisu:

[Aganzir]

Aw sorry I got distracted making babies (https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/387028_10151365163859303_527757579_n.jpg) with Dean O'Gorman on MorphThing. I'm online now.

[Aganzir]

Okay what was supposed to be a short reading call on my part is still going on. We have just concluded that after casting the Silmaril into the sea, Maglor went insane, grew a massive beard and started living in a forest. Singing Ding-a-dong dillo. Also, I put my headphones back on when Hookbill was just saying how he wants to be Durin III's pet, he can give him a shiny collar and everything.
He, Eönwë, G55 and I have also read lots of Tolkien poems in English, Finnish, Russian, Swedish, Hungarian, and Hebrew.

[Galadriel55]

Okay what was supposed to be a short reading call on my part is still going on. We have just concluded that after casting the Silmaril into the sea, Maglor went insane, grew a massive beard and started living in a forest. Singing Ding-a-dong dillo.

Don't forget that he also shrunk in the wash!

What wash?

One of Goldberry's cleaning days, probably.

ETA:

He, Eönwë, G55 and I have also read lots of Tolkien poems in English, Finnish, Russian, Swedish, Hungarian, and Hebrew.

That was quite cool. We should do it again.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

I put my headphones back on when Hookbill was just saying how he wants to be Durin III's pet, he can give him a shiny collar and everything.

I believe I was using my mind-reading powers to see what Agan was thinking. :p

It was a lot of fun! Tolkien's songs and poems are always a delight. I wish I knew more of them by heart. We had 'In Moria in Khazad-dum', 'Gil-Gallad', 'Old Tom Bombadil', and many Rohiric songs! We need to do this again some time!

[Eönwë]

Sooo...... :Merisu:

[Galadriel55]

Sooo...... :Merisu:

We have guests coming this afternoon, but they're here to see my parents, not me, so I might be available... :Merisu:

[Aganzir]

It's kind of late, but I have Lommy making a presentation and Kath & Hookbill reading in the kitchen, and if someone else is around right about now, they could probably be persuaded to do a reading. And, surprisingly, Legate seems to be online too. :p

[Galadriel55]

I have finished most of the work I have for today, and aside from a family event that may or may not take place I have nothing to do. So if anyone's around?... :Merisu:

[Aganzir]

I have some stuff to do but I'm technically here. Lommy and Legate say maybe.

[Galadriel55]

I'm around, and for some reason the messages I'm sending Agan via Skype don't want to be delivered, and when that happens usually they don't get delivered at all... So I'm here and hopefully will be able to communicate...

Edit: umm, never mind about being here. :( I have to go do some stuff around the house, but I'll check in regularly and if anyone's still around I'll join.

[Aganzir]

Because I wasn't online.

Sorry, I simply had too many things to do and now it's really late. :( Next time.

[Galadriel55]

Anyone around today? :Merisu:

[Galadriel55]

Are we going to do anything for Tolkien Reading Day? I'm on break, so I can do either today or tomorrow.

[Galadriel55]

Anyone?... :(

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Are we going to do anything for Tolkien Reading Day? I'm on break, so I can do either today or tomorrow.

I though about doing one last night as I was free but then something came up and distracted me. But I should be able to participate tonight if there's a thing goin' down.

Maybe we should have themes? I liked the poetry / song theme we had a few weeks back. Maybe we could start having regular things like that? Perhaps that'll give us a bit more structure...

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

Shall I sign into Skype just in case something is happening today?

[Galadriel55]

Maybe we should have themes? I liked the poetry / song theme we had a few weeks back. Maybe we could start having regular things like that? Perhaps that'll give us a bit more structure...

The Tolkien Society theme this year is landscapes, but I would rather do poetry again. :D

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

The Tolkien Society theme this year is landscapes, but I would rather do poetry again. :D

What, you don't want to read four hundred and twenty-five pages of landscapes?

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

We did indeed have a Skype call today. G55, Legate, Lommy, Hookbill, and eventually Oddwen came and talked for a while. Even Agan made an appearance. It was great fun. We started out reading various poems in Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit in different languages, and later discussed Aule and beards. We managed to stay quite on task until Legate and Lommy left, and G55 left for the first time. It was just Hookbill and me for a little while, then Oddwen came in and added fun to the party. G55 came back in for a while, I'm not sure exactly when it was, due to my internet cutting out occasionally. All in all, we had a most enjoyable conversation. I think this has been my most enjoyable Skyping yet, actually. It went smoothly and we started off with Tolkien. I look forward to more in the future.

[Oddwen]

There will be goings-on this weekend, looks like mostly on Sunday but there will be a shadow and a threat growing this afternoon as well.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

We've had a few poetry and song readings recently, so how about this week we have epic monologues or discussions?
Perhaps we could read our favourite passages of speech, or conversations (if two or more will work together on request). :)

I am NOT trying to show off my Oath of Feanor. Nope. Not at all.

[Galadriel55]

I wouldn't mind. I can't skype now, but I'll try to make it in 2-3 hours.

[Oddwen]

Instead of skype, we are trying out tinychat so we can all have video. The chat room is

http://tinychat.com/dml21

You don't need to sign up for anything, just join as a guest. If it asks for a password, the password is

majestic

Join uuuuuuuus!

[Galadriel55]

Glasses and hairy hair are the way:

http://tinychat.com/ssb1/b2ffe9/c5/g55/dml21/04-07-2013

Poking Hook:

http://tinychat.com/ss53/2f4ac3/25/oddywoddy/dml21/04-07-2013

We do magic here:

http://tinychat.com/ss9d/ae8896/a5/oddwen/dml21/04-07-2013

Hook is back from the dead:

http://tinychat.com/ss31/e38858/75/g55/dml21/04-07-2013#sentinel=193c769eae72fd54699ec754c9f5e65a&loc=http%3A%2F%2Ftinychat.com%2Fss31%2Fe38858%2F75 %2Fg55%2Fdml21%2F04-07-2013&dref=&title=dml21%2Fg55%20(04-07-2013)%20-%20Tinychat

Hook found a Silmaril:

http://tinychat.com/ss63/f9304d/07/g55/dml21/04-07-2013

Bottles and glasses:

http://tinychat.com/ss95/e35385/47/g55/dml21/04-07-2013#sentinel=bf26e7c796578fd455f92af5e1e47749&loc=http%3A%2F%2Ftinychat.com%2Fss95%2Fe35385%2F47 %2Fg55%2Fdml21%2F04-07-2013&dref=&title=dml21%2Fg55%20(04-07-2013)%20-%20Tinychat

I graduated the Silly Academy of Silly Silliness:

http://tinychat.com/ss08/d94c1a/01/oddwen/dml21/04-07-2013

High 5:

http://tinychat.com/ssbb/9755d7/9d/g55/dml21/04-07-2013



There was also lots of beating each other with bottles, poking, and making faces. I can assure you that there were lots of epic monologues as well - just, erm, not Tolkien ones... :Merisu:


By the way, I like this site much better than skype for silly chats. You can see each other and poke Hook. :D

[Oddwen]

So conversations will likely happen this weekend. Hookbill and I are currently online. I haven't started poking him yet.

[Galadriel55]

Is anyone in the mood for this today?

[Oddwen]

I can be on for an hour or two.

G55 and I are just saying "Hi" right now.

[Galadriel55]

We're on tinychat again. Come join us! http://tinychat.com/a7qre