All About You

[Jessica Jade]

I know that there are many threads here on the 'Downs that help us to get better acquainted with one another, but I decided I wanted to bring everything under one umbrella. This is the unofficial profile thread...where you get to tell all about yourself...your hopes, passions, dreams, and then some. So just copy and paste this short little survey and fill it out. Thanks!

Name (that you go by):
Age:
Occupation:
Future Aspirations:
Goal in life:
Short term goals:
Passion:
Hobbies:
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself):

Fave book:
Fave movie:
Fave sport:
Fave store:
Fave music:

What you can't stand:
What you plain dislike:
Who you admire:
What you most love to do:
Your self-confessed flaws:
What intrigues/fascinates you:
What scares you:
Quotation to live by:

Additional comments:

[ May 30, 2002: Message edited by: Jessica Jade ]

[Jessica Jade]

Name: (that you go by): Jessica
Age: 16
Occupation: i'll be a junior in high school in August
Future Aspirations: to get into a good music conservatiory after high school (like Juilliard or Curtis...haha i wish)and become a professional musician (pianist),but I'm also interested in being a psychologist or lawyer--but most likely I'll end up being a musician
Goal in life: To fulfill my dreams...sure does sound vague i know...basically to live a meaningful life and to make a difference. Ah, what an ambiguous question
Passion: music and playing piano, literature, Tolkien!
Hobbies: reading, shopping (I'm a shop-a-holic), eating (haha), dancing, being with friends, working out, playing piano or violin (I love playing in an orchestra, especially a good one!)
Short-term goals: to get into the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra, get some decent SAT scores, win the Music Teachers National Association competition at the state level, raise my grade percent average, survive the IB program!
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): mostly my piano playing. I won two competitions this year (one of them means I'm supposed to be the best player in the state for my age..blah..) in addition to being among the best pianists in the state every year since 4th grade. I've made the All State orchestra for violin (supposedly made up of the best players in the state) twice...that was a lot of fun. I also used to win a lot of awards for my creative writing, but nowadays I'm more into editorial-style essays more than writing my own stories.

Fave book: Anthem, by Ayn Rand/Lord of the Rings by Tolkien/ Rebecca by DuMaurier
Fave movie: The Matrix, American Beauty, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Fave sport: Swimming
Fave store: Barnes and Noble...i could spend all day in there
Fave music: everything except country, although, being a pianist and violinist, I am most interested in classical-I especially love Lizst, Beethoven, Chopin, and Tchaikovsky smilies/smile.gif

What you can't stand: pEOpLE hoO tYpE lYkE dIS online, excessive teenybopper-ism. Communism or any kind of institution hinders or obliterates the veneration and necessity of the individual self.
What you plain dislike:overratedness and underappreciation. Regret-one of the worst feelings in the world. Math. (I'm so completely right-brained I'm suprised I don't walk lopsided ). Getting up early.
Who you admire: Natalie Portman. She's gorgeous and intelligent and is a psych major at Harvard...something I'm sort of interested in studying one day too.
What you most love to do: play piano. Read. Sleep. Watch movies.
Your self-confessed flaws: extreme procrastination, laziness, jealousy. Pride. My tendency to think that nothing bad will happen to me.Carelessness.I'm also a very selfish person.
What intrigues/fascinates you: break dancing is simply awesome. So is fencing. Psychology and the human mind and behaviors. Philosophy is also great even though overwhelming and sometimes ambiguous/hard to fathom.
What scares you: roaches. bugs. Yuck!
Quotation to live by:
The wide world is all about you. You can fence ourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out.-Gildor Inglorion in FOTR. That's a great one for all the parochial, narrow-minded people in the world as well as the overprotective!

This one is beautiful too: "The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater."-Haldir in FOTR

Additional comments: I recall a piano lesson I had once, in which i was playing a Haydn sonata. My teacher commented that i had a good round, solid sound, but with an edge. I think that definitely suits my personality. I'm generally a nice and happy person, but I definitely have an "edge"...I love doing risky things and I do have a dark side for sure. I can be really really mean to people when I want to. Not a good thing of course...I'm better at controlling my "attitude" nowadays. We all learn.

Okay, I'm done...now it's your turn to share a little about yourself!

[ June 02, 2002: Message edited by: Jessica Jade ]

[Starbreeze]

Name (that you go by): Starbreeze (or Oi)
Age: 16
Occupation: School and writing fantasy
Future Aspirations: Science Teacher (I know I'm mad!) and published author
Goal in life: Publish a book, help people, make a difference.
Short term goals: pass my exams
Passion: music, nature, the weather, writing, reading
Hobbies: writing, reading, litening, to/playing music, singing, making web sites
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): being different, standing out in the crowd, being kind, being crazy, dreesing up as an elf and walking around my home town for a day.

Fave book: Almost any fantasy
Fave movie: LotR or Gladiator
Fave sport: Squash or swimming
Fave store: Asda (Wal-Mart)
Fave music: any musical soundtrack, celtic, enya, adiemus, choral, classical, 60's and 70' pop/rock

What you can't stand: smokers, drinkers, drug addicts, people who are openly horrible to others, people who discriminate against the blind/disabled/etc
What you plain dislike: all of the above
Who you admire: The Barrow-wight for making this site
What you most love to do: camping, and relaxing with good music playing
Your self-confessed flaws: too serious, bossy, i don't know when to stop talking
What intrigues/fascinates you: the world, the spirit, people, the meaning of life, death, nature, magic, other worlds, history
What scares you: rollercoasters, ghosts
Quotation to live by: If in doubt, do without or If life gives you lemons, make lemonade

Additional comments: There is so much I want to do in life, and so many people I want to help, but I know that what ever I do, I'll only be one piece of the jigsaw, and without the help and hinderence of others, I will only make small ripples on the pond of life.


There, thats me done, I can't wait to see what other people write!

[gollum*elf*pup]

Name (that you go by): elfpup (or cubby)
Age:14
Occupation: student
Future Aspirations: none, really
Goal in life: to steal the gold from the top of hte tower (seriously, i've always wanted to do that) and help stupid people like my sister.
Short term goals: not kill anyone in the next week!
Passion: horses, horses, horses! (and tolkien)
Hobbies: reading, painting, riding, eating, sleeping
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): i am famous for my cartoon chaaracters. being ccrraazzy and stupid. pretending to be dumb, but really being smart.

Fave book: all books by tolkien, squire by tamora pierce, and dancer by shelly peterson
Fave movie: lotr
Fave sport: riding, soccer
Fave store: greenhawk, and any store that sells cheap candy
Fave music: all music (except oldies)

What you can't stand: kids that are younger than me, people who think thaay can sing,but cant. snobby poeple who brag all the time
What you plain dislike: those things above and teachers and raw meat.
Who you admire: poeple who can do really good speeches.
What you most love to do: ride, sleep, eat, read
Your self-confessed flaws: i'm a lazy freak, i cant spell. my little sister can spell better than me. i robbed a donut store (ha ha)
What intrigues/fascinates you: animals and how smart people became so smart
What scares you: bugs, my music teachers face (ewwww)
Quotation to live by: "hey, i'm dead. what are all these cartoons" - me

Additional comments: i'm possibly one of hte weirdest poeple ever. don't ask me why, but i am. i also love smilies (as some of you already know)

[Aosama, the Wandering Star]

Name (that you go by): Depends. You can all call me Aosama (or Ama if you're feeling lazy and don't want to type a six-letter word)
Age:nearly 14
Occupation: student
Future Aspirations: to be published and to be an actress, to go to Juillard (maybe I'll meet Jessica Jade there smilies/smile.gif)
Goal in life: to mean something to someone else; I mean to make a difference in a life
Short term goals: my Socials teacher has used the same exam for the past four years, and in all those years no one has ever gotten an A. I want to be the one who gets the first A, and win the Arts award for grade 9 Drama.
Passion: chocolate, the Downs, reading everything I can get my hands on (well almost anything)
Hobbies: reading, forum-ing, daydreaming
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): I am an accomplished actress! Not like you'll be seeing me in the movies anytime soon, but I was the lead in my school's production of "The Taming of the Shrew" (I was Kate) and the next best to the lead in our musical ("Everything's Groovy"; I was Alice). I'm told that I am good. I can't tell; I am much too biased smilies/smile.gif I play the violin too.

Fave book: Lord of the Rings, The Velvet Room, Bridge to Terabithia, Adrian Mole
Fave movie: Disney's Robin Hood
Fave sport: swimming
Fave store: Xtreme (carries fav. brand, Roxy)
Fave music: Sixpence none the Richer, 'Christian', classical violin

What you can't stand: injustice in general, stupidity, refusal to see reason
What you plain dislike: raisins
Who you admire: Rosa Parks, my friend Joce, who knows everything there is to know about computers
What you most love to do: read, daydream, hike
Your self-confessed flaws: procrastination, inability to live in the 'real world', impatience, short tempered, cowardice. I am also very envious of Gimli son of Gloin right now, for his cool birthday present.
What intrigues/fascinates you: psycology, music, just the whys of humanity, water, history (ancient in particular)
What scares you: volcanoes, final exams, my gym teacher
Quotation to live by: Handsome is as handsome does.
-Sam

Additional comments: If in doubt, just ask. There is no such thing as a stupid question; just stupid answers. smilies/smile.gif
I used to think of myself as good; but now I don't often think about it at all. I feel guilty for the slightest things; but I'm trying. I'll never be perfect; but when I'm the next best thing you'll all be the first to know.

[ May 30, 2002: Message edited by: Aosama, the Wandering Star ]

[Lothiriel Silmarien]

Name (that you go by): Marie

Age: 14 (15 soon!)

Occupation: student

Future Aspirations: Haven't completely decided on it yet. I wanna become a writer maybe, or a massuese (how the hell do you spell that!) Or a fashion designer, I don't know! Something that I know I'll love and want to do for the rest of my career. Or maybe a teache that teaches Tolien classes! I'd LOVE that.And I love to hike, find my own trails and stuff, but there's no job in that.

Goal in life: To actually make a difference in life, or in someone's life. I want to marry Billy Boyd! Or one of the others on the list...And just to live a happy life.

Short term goals: To not give up on what I set my mind to. And to have SOME patience toward my completly annoying and hypocritical sister.

Passion: Listening to my music and just daydreaming. Tolkien books. Fantasy books. Basically everything related to the fantasy world. Elves..

Hobbies: Listening to Nickelback, NIN, STP, and other of my favorite music groups, daydreaming, hiking, reading.

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Hmmmm, ok well I am generally a nice person. I'm compassionate and caring.


Fave book: The Silmarillion, The Lord of the Rings, The Sword of Shannara, The Elfstones of Shannara (I'm only on The Elfstones now, but I most likely will like the other books I still need to read)

Fave movie: The Fellowship of the Rings (so far, I still have to see the 2 others!)A Night at the Roxbury is hilarious, Dumb and Dumber too, but they don't even come CLOSE to LotR!

Fave sport: Hiking, hockey. (really not a sport person)

Fave store: Barnes and Nobles.....I too can spend hours in there! All I need is a lot of money now...

Fave music: Alright! Like I said, Nickelback, NIN, Stone Temple Pilots, Sevendust, ok basically heavy metal and hard rock groups. Umm, I like listening to Enya too. Bagpipes and Cellos, but don't listen to them much, they're still cool though!

What you can't stand: When people can be so mean to others, especially those who are hurt (emotionally, physically, whatever)and disabled. And hypocrites! Big-headedness (like REALLY conceited and full of themselves)And when people purposely make you feel bad. And the way people react to the "popular". I hate it. Your only popular because you consider yourself that, why does everyone not comprehend that! And I mean this in the sense of little groups and stuff, like in highschool. (wow, long list!)

What you plain dislike: All of the above

Who you admire: Tolkien, my reading teacher, anyone who is genuinely nice and compassionate and who treats others the way they should be treated, but not letting people step all over them.

What you most love to do: Daydream, read. Music, and hiking.

Your self-confessed flaws: I am stubborn sometimes (hey, it's in the blood!)and I can get annoyed very easily (yeah, look who's talking!) I try not to get an attitude when people just REALLY annoy me, but sometimes I do but I control it. (not that good mostly.)

What intrigues/fascinates you: The way some people seem to be in their own little world. People who are incredibly creative and talented (such as Tolkien himself and Viggo Mortensen)and the way really great books are written. The world that the writers create so magnificently.

What scares you: Spiders!! Sometimes ghosts, any bug really, and hights. They are pretty cool (sometimes) but I am just scared!

Quotation to live by:"Few can forsee whither their road will lead them, until they reach it's end."...Legolas (I hope I got the quote right) And I like this one too:
"Dreams are necessary to life."...Amon Nais (I hope I got his name right, lol!)
and:
"To stop dreaming is to stop living"...me

Additional comments: I love Billy.....yeah well, I'm not gonna bore you all anymore so I'm gonna end it here! Thanks to all of you who actually read this post of mine!
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[Lothiriel Silmarien]

Ok, one more thing. I forgot to put the rest of the Tolkien books as my favorite books, but you all get that now!

[Joy]

Name (that you go by): Joy
Age: almost 24, will be June 29
Occupation: Anything computers, I own my own company. Part time Tutor.
Future Aspirations: To be the largest ISP in my area smilies/biggrin.gif, but seriously, to be the best person I can be. To help point others in the right direction and minister God's love to all that I meet.
Goal in life: see above
Short term goals: To get through with this one web design project. Oh, and to lose 50lbs! smilies/smile.gif
Passion: Studying the Bible, ministering to people that are hurting, helping people with whatever problems they have.
Hobbies: Reading, Riting, Rithmatic smilies/biggrin.gif I've always wanted to say that! I love writing, it gives me a sense of accomplishment. I read almost everything that I get my hands on. Not much else, except for staying on this message board.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): I am a great cook. I can cook just about anything. I am a great listening ear for all my friends and protegees.

Fave book: Any thing by Randy Alcorn, Frank Peretti, and Tolkien
Fave movie: Braveheart, Count of Monte Cristo, LotR
Fave sport: gymnastics (can't do it), swimming, and baseball - only if the Braves are winning.
Fave store: Books-A-Million, Wal-Mart, Sears
Fave music: ALmost anything except Rap and Hip-Hop. I perfer Contempory Praise and Worship like Hillsongs and Matt Redman.

What you can't stand: Busybodies, Showoffs, Stubborness, People who make fun of others because they are different, drugs and drug abusers.
What you plain dislike: Supugeti ga dai karai desu- I hate spagetti. That was one of the first things that I learned in Japanese.
Who you admire: My networking professor. She was the first woman engineer at GM, one of the head programmers at IBM. She overcame many problems in her personal life and overcame cancer 2x's.
What you most love to do: Help people, sing, dance, drama, and write.
Your self-confessed flaws: procrastination! See, I'm sitting here rather than finish up that project!
What intrigues/fascinates you: Languages, The Human Body, nature, the universe.. Ahh, the overheavens and the Sundering Seas - sound a bit like Pippin
What scares you: Not much.. I guess snakes and scorpions.
Quotation to live by: When you can't see God's hand, trust His heart. - My mentor and friend.

Additional comments: Live life to it's fullest, tomorrow may not come!

[ May 30, 2002: Message edited by: Joy ]

[Aralaithiel]

Name: Nárëlindalë Aralaithiel, High Noble Queen of the Eldar, daughter of Elrond Eärendil of Imladris...or just Aralaithiel or Your Majesty! smilies/biggrin.gif
Age: 3032, or 30-something in human years.
Occupation: Clinical Secretary for the anesthesia Department @ Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Future Aspirations: To become a writer of fantasy novels and to be able to jump 4' fences horseback.
Short term goals: To finish my fan fic (on book 2 now!) and master gait transitions in dressage.
Favorite Sports: Horseback riding and hockey (Go Pittsburgh Penquins!)
Hobbies: Horseback riding, writing, leading a Bible study at my church, model horse collecting, Star Trek,learning & speaking Gaelic, Quenya, Sindarin, and Spanish, and talking Tolkien and other fantasy writers.
Passion: see hobbies
Famous for: My Tolkien fan fiction "The Tale of Aralaithiel" and my puns. smilies/tongue.gif
Favorite food: Italian, Chinese, or good ol' American BBQ
Favorite books: The Bible, anything by Anne McCaffrey, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Piers Anthony, Douglas Adams, and of course Tolkien.
Favorite movies: anything Monty Python, Braveheart, Dead Poets Society, Finding Forrester, LOTR, The Princess Bride, Ladyhawke.
Fave store: Barnes & Noble, Talbot's
Fave music: Rockabilly, Celtic, Heavy Metal, anything BUT rap/hip-hop!
Person I admire most: My mother in law! She taught me that being a Christian can be fun, and she shared my love of Tolkien and Star Trek! She passed away 3 years ago. smilies/frown.gif I am looking forward to seeing her in heaven.
What I can't stand: Apathy
What intrigues me: Genetics, Languages, animals - especially horses and cats.
What frightens me most: Balloons
Confessed personality flaws: I am a perfectionist.
Quotation to live by: Dance as if no one was watching, sing as if no one was listening, And live every day as if it were your last! smilies/wink.gif

[ May 30, 2002: Message edited by: Aralaithiel ]

[ May 30, 2002: Message edited by: Aralaithiel ]

[dragongirlG]

Name (that you go by): Ginger, or G for short
Age: 13, fourteen in August
Occupation: student (freshman in high school in upcoming year)
Future Aspirations: get a job that I love and enjoy doing; find and go to a college that appeal to my interests and abilities
Goal in life: write a shocking, best-selling novel, direct a film
Short term goals: practice violin and piano like I should
Passion: writing, acting, singing, debating
Hobbies: writing, composing music, web design, taking weird online quizzes that analyze my persona into a movie/book character, stereotype, or completely random object, and psychology
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): a lot of academic stuff…winning the school spelling bee, was a finalist in the county one; getting all A’s in middle school; being nitpicky about grammar; being a section leader in orchestra for violin, playing violin well; playing piano well; thinking too much compared to my classmates (being "deep"); writing a lot…writing very good essays, good poetry, nice fiction…writing lots of thought-provoking, weird, radical stuff; dancing in my city's production of The Nutcracker even though I'm not a good dancer; being good at Spanish; scoring really high on standardized tests; being the smartest person in the class, haha

Fave book: The Lord of the Rings and Tolkien’s books, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Dune by Frank Herbert, and the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling (long list, I know)
Fave movie: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, The LotR: the FotR, The Matrix
Fave sport: swimming, gymnastics
Fave store: Barnes & Noble. That place rocks! Coffee shop, couches, and tons of new books...what more could one want?
Fave music: classical, impressionistic, my own compositions, Venetian Gondola Song in f# minor by Mendhelsson, and some pop is okay (that song "I Hope you Dance")
Fave food: Italian, all the way, baby!
What you can't stand: people who are really hypocrites (I know sometimes we all are, but people who are chronically hypocritical), cheaters, narrow-mindedness, overprotectiveness (not saying that because of my parents), slackers who still get a good grade even though they didn't do the work, jerks, thugs, people who do stuff that's completely unjustified and they know it, and people who just can't see the other side of things, how passing or failing a grade depend on one completely useless standardized test, the parents' bragging game and how that makes parents force their kids into an SAT class that they hate and in which they don't learn anything, and liars
(Long list!)
What you plain dislike: PeEpLe HoO tYpE LyKe dIsH, people who purposely spell things wrong online (not including abbreviations), wet umbrellas inside the house, getting up early and not having any strength during the day to do anything or concentrate on anything, all-nighters, alcoholic beverages, secondhand smoke, pop-up ads on the Internet
Who you admire: my sister, Natalie Portman (Heck, she's at Harvard, doesn't want to be really famous, and is a great actress), good listeners, eloquent people who argue and debate well, and lots and lots people here on the 'Downs
What you most love to do: write fiction and essays that argue about weird things, design my website
Your self-confessed flaws: procrastination, pride, prejudice; I'm judgmental and paranoid, and I spend way too much time online
What intrigues/fascinates you: fencing, binary numbers, psychology
What scares you: spiders, bugs, death by hanging or burning, and nightmares
Quotation to live by: "I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate." --George Burns

"To be nobody but yourself--in a world which is doing its best, day and night, to make you everybody else--means to fight the hardest battle any human being can fight, and never stop fighting." --EE Cummings

"There is no such thing as perfection--you just go as far as you can go." -my piano teacher

Additional comments: This survey was partly taken from my About Me (http://www.geocities.com/dragongirl_g/aboutme.html) page and my friend Patrick's http://pattr66.tripod.com/id17.htmAbout Me</a> page...Jessica Jade is my sister, after all.

I'd just like to extend a huge thank you to all the members of this site, who allowed me to enjoy reading and participating in such great discussions on excellent subject matter.

About my personality...well, I think I'm a pretty nice, quiet person, and I have a hidden dark edge that doesn't usually come out in public or online, only in my writing. I can be extremely mean, though I feel terribly guilty afterward. My friends think I'm perfect and tell me to stop being so, but I'm not perfect, really. I think it's very unfortunate that money is so important nowadays, because it prevents a lot of talent in the fine arts from being discovered. I don't like to brag unless someone asks me to tell about my achievements (like in the survey above.) In an English class production in 8th grade, I played a dorky future Olympian named Inteligencia. Among my friends, I am known as "the Brain."

Geez, I write a lot! That's me, done, now let's hear what others have to say!

[ May 31, 2002: Message edited by: dragongirlG ]

[Lindolirian]

Name (that you go by): Ben
Age: 15
Occupation: student/tolkienologist (i wish)
Future Aspirations:live in a real hobbit hole
Goal in life: have fun
Short term goals: pass finals, graduate, go on to college
Passion: LotR, biking
Hobbies: playing alto sax, marching band
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): being the craziest nut case my friends have ever known

Fave book: Silmarillion
Fave movie: LotR: FotR
Fave sport:Biking, kayaking
Fave store: dunno
Fave music: good music

What you can't stand: annoying, stupid people
What you plain dislike: same
Who you admire: my friends
What you most love to do: have fun
Your self-confessed flaws: hehehe
What intrigues/fascinates you: lotsa stuff
What scares you: not much
Quotation to live by:
"Never stop breathing" - Me (i think)
Additional comments: this is fun, i luv the downs, yay.

[ May 30, 2002: Message edited by: Lindolirian ]

[Gimli Son Of Gloin]

Name (that you go by): My nickname is Gort
Age: 12
Occupation: Student
Future Aspirations: Academition
Goal in life: Be sucessful, raise a family
Short term goals: Gather enough guts to tell this girl I like in my class that I like her.(anyone have any suggestions?)
Passion:Books, football, and Tolkien
Hobbies: Computer games and
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being the smartest guy in school(I'm serious smilies/biggrin.gif)

Fave book:LotR
Fave movie:U-571
Fave sport:Football
Fave store:A book store
Fave music:Bach

What you can't stand: When people use "who" in the place of "whom"
What you plain dislike: Jerks
WhoM!* you admire: STALIN!(Actually not)ummmmm... My father(sorta)
What you most love to do: eat, read, sleep
Your self-confessed flaws: I talk too much
What intrigues/fascinates you: GIRLS!(jk)Great literature
What scares you:Extreme embarresment, The Wrath Of God
Quotation to live by:
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends"
St. John 15:13

Additional comments: Nothin' gets at ya like a baked possum-unless there two.

*I know the verb is after the object, but I still use "whom", however "who" is perfectly acceptable.

[ May 30, 2002: Message edited by: Gimli Son Of Gloin ]

[Marileangorifurnimaluim]

Boy, is anyone interested?

Name (that you go by): Marileangorifurnimaluim

Age: ancient, and getting older fast, just count the rings...

Occupation: investment consulting

Future Aspirations: i'm kinda standing in the middle of my future right now, and since i'm here, it's hard to talk about future aspirations.. whatever they were, i'm here now.

Goal in life: sounds kinda final, like once you've finished that goal, that's it.

Hobbies: Buddhism, buddhism, buddhism

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): being in the wrong place at the right time, and thus causing a whole lot of trouble to the wrong kind of people for all the right reasons. Confused yet?

Fave book: since i've read the lotr 30 times..

Fave movie: Airplane!
Fave sport: sport?
Fave store: store?
Fave music: Danse Infernale from Stravinski's Firebird Suite.

What you can't stand: my opinions seem to have faded with time, everything seems to be relative the more I look at it.

Who you admire: most people, for whatever is unique and remarkable about them.

What you most love to do: sit in retreat.

Your self-confessed flaws: not seeing the forest for the trees. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Losthuniel]

Name (that you go by): Julie
Age: 13
Occupation: gr 7 student
Future Aspirations: to be a published author
Goal in life: to understand myself, to be accepted for who i am
Short term goals: pass exams
Passion: see hobbies
Hobbies:Fanfiction, BD-ing, riding, skiinging, reading
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): i am a namless enentity. know and fear me. at school, i have a rep of being a total b*tch, and entierly cracked

Fave book: Lotr, anything by Tamora Pierce
Fave movie: FotR, Airplane!
Fave sport:Riding. but id nevr compete. i prefer just galloping wildly and jumping over random things(did that in a lesson once. one of the best experiences of my life. though my teacher nearly boxed my ears afterwards)

Fave store: Indigo!
Fave music: Michelle Branch

What you can't stand: if i said all of it, id overload the downs. hres a short list: Mary-Sues, Flamers, those peeps on ff.nt who are obsessed with grammer, people who think they can walk all over me, people who try and take away my identity, and want me to be like very other carbon-copy girl out there, My Mum, when she tells me i shouldnt be obsessed with Tolkien, peeps who tell me to get a grip, the Popular People who look down their noses at me, peeps who discriminate angainst other peeps, Bullies who say mean things about someone, Canadians who say Americans are all fluff-brained zombies (HELLO! i lived there for a year. i should know)

What you plain dislike: Polotics in genral (WAY over my head), Math (my teacher is brill, though),computers and Pork (a cross btween chicken and bacon? no thank you)

Who you admire:Tolkien

What you most love to do: Ride, and read

Your self-confessed flaws: im very proud, i love my freedom too much, i have this little tendency to rant(as you might have noticed), my emotions are very exreme. o ya, and then theresa that temper like wild horses to deal with...

What intrigues/fascinates you: Life. Life fasicnaytes me.

What scares you: Bugs and snakes(arachniphobe here). thought the biggest has to be dying without accomplishing anything in my life.

Quotation to live by: "The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places: but there is still much that is fair, and though in all lands, love is now mingled with grief, to grow perhaps the greater."- Haldir

Additional comments: ya, i know, i come off like the phycotic b*tch from hell, but im actually a nice person. its just, well, i have a little tendency to, er, rant, and i seem not-so-nice. dont hold my bad qualities against me! ive been walked on too many times in my short life, and that makes one, well...... prickly.

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[Kuruharan]

Nárëlindalë Aralaithiel, High Noble Queen of the Eldar, daughter of Elrond Eärendil of Imladris...or just Aralaithiel or Your Majesty!

Modest as ever I see... smilies/wink.gif

Anyway...

Name (that you go by): I don't care for my real name very much (too boring) so I'm not telling. smilies/tongue.gif

Age: 21

Occupation: You mean what I do for money, or what I actually do?

Future Aspirations: Uh, I'll get back to you, unless of course anyone has any bright ideas.

Goal in life: Hopefully, to find my niche in life and be content within it.

Short term goals: Make it through college. (Which is no small feat.)

Passion: Reading, computer stuff, history

Hobbies: I don't really have time for them right now.

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Alas, nothing at all.

Fave book: Tolkien, of course, and maybe some other things too. I don't know there's so much.

Fave movie: Depends on what mood I'm in.

Fave sport: Football (American version)

Fave store: Ummm...

Fave music: Rap or classical (quite a combo, huh?)


What you can't stand: Stupidity and incompetence.

What you plain dislike: More stupidity and incompetence.

Who you admire: Sadly, I don't really admire anybody.

What you most love to do: Things in general.

Your self-confessed flaws: I have a big mouth and have a tendency to tell people exactly what I think of them at inappropriate moments. It is usually not flattering. I also tend to totally ignore or blow off people I don't like. I've been told that this habit is really annoying.

What intrigues/fascinates you: Why people do the dumb things they do.

What scares you: Days where my server is down and I can't access the Internet.

Quotation to live by: "Do not do evil because it is a small evil; do not leave undone a small good because it is a small good."
Liu Bei-Romance of the Three Kingdoms

"The Wise Teacher said, 'He who offends against heaven has no one to pray to.'"
Cao Cao-Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Additional comments: That's about it. I'm a pretty forgettable guy overall, which can be a good thing. smilies/wink.gif

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[Nevfeniel]

Name (that you go by): Kelly
Age: 15 (almost!)
Occupation: student
Future Aspirations:costume designer
Goal in life:get married, have a family, complete with a Pyrenean mountain dog (which I think is one of the most beautiful dogs I've ever seen)
Short term goals : passing TAKS (a new kind of exam I'll have to take next year, it's supposed to be harder!)
Passion:reading, shopping, internet, drawing, planning, etc.
Hobbies:same as above.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself):Uhhhh, I made a 92 on my French exam. . . (it's honors, too! Go me!)

Fave book:Uhhhh. . . smilies/wink.gif
Fave movie:LotR:FotR, Die Hard (except for LotR, it's the best movie ever made!)
Fave sport:Sports? Well, the only time I was ever on a sports team, I was about 5 or 6, and I got my hair stuck in the soccer goal (I wasn't the goalie)
Fave store:Barnes and Noble
Fave music:no comment

What you can't stand:bugs, people who are mean, bugs, people who talk about things they know I don't understand, bugs, people who judge a book (and a movie) by its cover, and bugs.
What you plain dislike: ROACHES!!!! EWWWWW!!
Who you admire:my grandmother, my mother, and Tolkien.
What you most love to do:surf the 'net, read, play computer games, watch TV (Comedy Central all the way!)
Your self-confessed flaws:I talk a lot, spend too much time on the 'net (according to my dad)
What intrigues/fascinates you:Greek and Roman mythology, LotR, Legolas
What scares you:scary movies/books/stories, bugs, esp. roaches.
Quotation to live by:Everyone's prince will come; mine just took a wrong turn, got lost, and is too stubborn to ask for directions.

Additional comments:Uhhhh. . . smilies/smile.gif smilies/smile.gif smilies/smile.gif smilies/smile.gif AND if God wanted me to see the sunrise, he would have made it later in the day AND Friends are the chocolate chips in the cookie of life. smilies/cool.gif smilies/cool.gif smilies/cool.gif

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[Tigerlily Gamgee]

Name (that you go by): MELANIE MAY
Age: 22
Occupation: STUDENT, ACTRESS
Future Aspirations: TO MAKE A CAREER OUT OF ACTING
Goal in life: SEE ABOVE, I DON'T CARE ABOUT BEING FAMOUS, I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO WORK!
Short term goals: TO GRADUATE AND START LOOKING FOR WORK
Passion: ACTING, MUSIC, ART, AND NATURE
Hobbies: ACTING, READING, SINGING, DRAWING, PAINTING, OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, WEBSITE BUILDING, GOING TO MOVIES AND PLAYS
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): WELL, DOWNRIVER I AM KNOWN FOR MY SET DESIGNS AND MY ACTING, BUT ON A LARGER SCOPE I HAVE NO IDEA. I GUESS I AM KNOWN AS THE ONE WHO GOT AWAY, BECAUSE I AM THE ONLY ONE OF MY GROUP OF FRIENDS THAT MOVED AWAY FOR SCHOOL.

Fave book: THE LORD OF THE RINGS, THE LAST UNICORN, SISTER CARRIE
Fave movie: FOTR, THE LAST UNICORN, THE THREE MUSKETEERS, THE CRADLE WILL ROCK
Fave sport: UM, DOES FENCING COUNT?
Fave store: EITHER TOWER RECORDS OR VIRIGIN MEGASTORE
Fave music: WELL, I AM A BIG FAN OF THE WHITE STRIPES AND THE VON BONDIES FOR PERSONAL REASON, BUT OTHERWISE I LOVE SOUNDTRACKS, CLASSIC ROCK, NEW AGE AND DETROIT MUSIC!

What you can't stand: PEOPLE WHO HURT OTHER PEOPLE ON PURPOSE
What you plain dislike: SAME AS ABOVE + THOSE CRAZY PEOPLE IN CHICAGO WHO WON'T LEAVE ME ALONE ON THE TRAIN
Who you admire: MY SISTER - AFTER TOUGH HIGH SCHOOL YEARS SHE HAS REALLY GONE FAR (ELIJAH WOOD IS ACTUALLY A FAN OF HER, WELL, I SHOULD SAY OF HER BAND)
What you most love to do: HANG OUT WITH FRIENDS AND WALK THROUGH THE WOODS
Your self-confessed flaws: I TALK... A LOT! I CAN GET MOODY AND TEMPERMENTAL AS WELL.
What intrigues/fascinates you: LIFE ITSELF, NATURE, THE EARTH, THE UNIVERSE, THE MIND, CREATIVITY, TALENT
What scares you: THE FUTURE, LIFE, GHOSTS (I WORK AT A VERY OLD MUSEUM, IT'S CREEPY & THERE ARE LOTS OF STORIES)
Quotation to live by: "EVERYONE IS NECESSARILY THE HERO OF THEIR OWN LIFE STORY: - I THINK THAT'S RIGHT, IT'S ALSO IN MY SIG.

Additional comments: HMMM... THIS IS A REALLY GREAT THREAD. EVERYONE HERE IS REALLY INTERESTING AND TALENTED! I HAVE NO OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT MY SELF, BECAUSE I WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY

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[burrahobbit]

Name (that you go by): Jimmy (Ha HA!)
Age: 18
Occupation: indigent/sidekick
Future Aspirations: Monkey science.
Goal in life: Monkey science.
Short term goals: Buy the Mad Max DVD, become not sick
Passion: Monkey science.
Hobbies: Fighting for the cause.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Fighting for the cause.

Fave book: HHGTTG trilogy (all five parts), LotR (and other Tolkien crap), Dune quintology
Fave movie: Puma Man
Fave sport: Urban camping.
Fave store: The Interweb.
Fave music: My *** is on Fire by Mr. Bungle, gangsta rap

What you can't stand: poo
What you plain dislike: small amounts of poo
Who you admire: dead people, mostly
What you most love to do: I'm not sure that you want to know that.
Your self-confessed flaws: far too generous and generally nice
What intrigues/fascinates you: Monkey science.
What scares you: Poo.
Quotation to live by: I would do nothing.

Additional comments: Wear sunscrean.

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[orlandoandsaran]

Name (that you go by): damn! i forgot.

Age: 13 (goin 14)

Occupation: student *bleahh*

Future Aspirations: gee...haven't thought of tht yet.

Goal in life: be really succesful in my work. Have a good circle of family and friends.

Short term goals: Do well in my exams *double bleahh*

Passion: fan fiction and writing stupid stories.

Hobbies: sleeping! shopping with Faramir...i hope!, dancing, writing fan fic, working out.

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): I don't really like to say anything about myself.

Fave book: Anything from JRR Tolkien, Terry Pratchett and Jkk Rowling.

Fave movie: Lord of the Rings:Fotr, StarWars:AOTC, The Mummy Returns, and lots more.

Fave sport: I hate sports! I only like working out at home where nobody can see me.

Fave store: From the thrifty stores to the damn expensive ones.

Fave music: The calling!! Creed, Blink 182, Sum 41, Ash, Cher, Train, South Park, Britney, Mandy Moore, Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin, Nelly Furtado and Goo Goo Dolls.

What you can't stand: People who think they're SO perfect, people who accuse you of doing something, People who talk badly about you even though they don't know you, hard metallic songs which has no tune at all. My little brother, and school exams.

What you plain dislike: I hate life.( I'm feeling very depressed right now and i hate it.)

Who you admire: My mum! I love her. But i do not admire her. I do not admire anyone.

What you most love to do: I want to meet Orlando and i want to do all extreme sports. I also want to be on a shopping spree.

Your self-confessed flaws: I tend to be very straight forward which some of my friends hate but they can always get the truth from me.

What intrigues/fascinates you: Nothing. yet.

What scares you: My friends know how to freak me out with this stupid, scary and freaky noise which makes me really scared. But i think i have other things that i'm afraid of...only i haven't found out.

Quotation to live by: Sadly, I don't have one.

[Thinhyandoiel]

Name (that you go by): Hey you! usually works for me. lol. Actually, online I'm usually known as Midnightrogue, in the "real world" I am Shannon
Age: 17
Occupation: None, I just graduated
Future Aspirations: To get a book published, travel to Europe again, go to New Zealand, learn to drive (don't laugh! smilies/biggrin.gif), get into NAIT to take a Computer Engineering course
Goal in life: To live long and fully
Short term goals: Right now? Get a good grade in my Math30P class. smilies/smile.gif
Passion: Literature or any form of story-telling (this includes video games, movies, etc.)
Hobbies: Playing video games, surfing the net, reading, writing, playing ze flute, going to the movies (at least once a week), and drawing
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): I don't much like to brag, and can think of nothing to brag about. At school I am known as "She-who-studies-naught-and-aces-everything" smilies/biggrin.gif Okay, so I do brag.

Fave book: *gasp* Lord of the Rings
Fave movie: LOTR:FOTR, Braveheart, Gladiator, Tomb Raider, Final Fantasy: The Spirit Within, Resident Evil, Spider Man, X-men, I could keep going, but figure that's enough
Fave sport: Hockey!!!!!!!!!
Fave store: Any electronics store
Fave music: Instrumental, though I do love the BSB (which I get teased often for. I'm NOT a half-crazed fan. I just like the music)

What you can't stand: Racism. I will absolutely NOT tolerate it, as one of my classmates remembers from grade school. (I hit him.) Also, the teenyboppers. Girls who are boy-crazed, and people who seem to know nothing but self-absorbant fawning. Also Americans who IM me just to pick on Canada. I've come to the point where I just say "No, my polar bear's in the shop, thanks, so I had to skate to school today in -60 degree weather. Yesterday, I got mad at my neighbour and licked his house down. Then I went home, sat on my chesterfield (it's a couch dang-nabbit!!) and watched some hockey for eight hours."
What you plain dislike: People who blow their nose infront of me. Call me wierd, but it just grosses me out.
Who you admire: My family, friends, Hironobu Sakaguchi, Nobuo Uematsu, and Tolkien
What you most love to do: Play video games
Your self-confessed flaws: I am the shyest person you will ever meet in person, and I have a bit of an attitude. I'm an introvert.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Mythology, History, other religions, magic
What scares you: Ghosts. I own one meself, but this ones just annoying. I'm talking about the SCARY ones.
Quotation to live by: I may not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend your right to say it.

Additional comments: none, really. smilies/smile.gif

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[Naaramare]

Name (that you go by): Meredith, Merry, Mer-ka, Fire's Bliss, dearheart or Arwen (depending on the mailinglist): On my legal Birth Certificate is Meredith Arwen Temple (yes, really)

Age: Old enough to think I know better. Young enough that I can still get away with it. (17, going on 37)

Occupation: Writer, reader, singer, actress, student, coffee girl, counsellor, psychoanalyst, daydreamer, religious sounding board and Official Wry Commentator

Future Aspirations: to sing with the Vancouver Bach Choir, to go to Scotland, Ireland and Britain, to fall in love (hah! ), to have children and a career, and other such impossible nonesense.

Goal in life: to become a respected, published author.

Short term goals: to pass Math 11 in BC

Passion: writing, singing, music, Bach

Hobbies: writing, reading, singing, psychoanlysis, the internet, debating impossible points.

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): winning an unwinnable mock-court case in Humanities; going to Provincial Voice Festival twice; writing fifty-seven pages of a story in three weeks; having my very own Dictionary of Big F****** Words; knowing Tolkien backwards, forwards and upside down.


Fave book: LotR, Fionavar Tapestry, Last Herald Mage Trilogy, Pride and Prejudice

Fave movie: Star Wars (all) FotR, Princess Bride, Dead Poets' Society, Philidelphia, Dogma

Fave sport: fencing, tai chi

Fave store: Chapters, Le Chateau, Artemis

Fave music: Bach, Handel, Malice Mizer, Wyrd Sisters, whatever strikes me at the moment


What you can't stand: religious and homophobic discrimination and hatred

What you plain dislike: assumptions of superiority

Who you admire: gutsiness, grace, humility (I don't have it ^~), articulateness, reverence

What you most love to do: sing, write (when my muse permits), walk in the sunlight

Your self-confessed flaws: lazy, arrogant, hypercritical (of self and others), liar (occasionally), self-absorbed.

What intrigues/fascinates you: how people lie so much that they believe their own lies; how we project our own psyches through our characters; how people interact; how people hate it when you know them better than they do; how music affects people whether they admit it or not

What scares you: the fact that a wrong turning down an alleyway can put me at the mercy of homophobic religious nutcase teenaged boys with knives.

Quotation to live by:
"Grace is God, and grace is everywhere: the moment we forgive or a silent reverent prayer." --Wyrd Sisters, God

"Don't panic." --Hitchhiker's Guide

Additional comments: If I could sum up the meat of human existance into one line, I would. But I can't. Go out there and live for yourselves.

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[Gimli Son Of Gloin]

I'm gonaa extend my list a little

What you can't stand: jerky people, people who talk about things I know about but really know nothing about (blah, that was a mouthful) people whom insult my family but are bigger than me (GRRRRRR), the smell of perfume http://www.plauder-smilies.com/buck.gif , when my hair gets too long and I can't comb it and I look like I have half an affro

What you plain out hate: The smell of perfume, people whom insult other people freely and don't care but when insulted raise hell,

BTW, Jessica Jade; no Communism? (jk, Go Stalin! (oh sry, I hate Communism concepts too)

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[Gayahithwen]

Whew, after reading all these amazing facts about you people, I am gonna add my own stats ^_^

Name (that you go by): Karin, "claro" or Gayahithwen. I used to go by the name "Athena Emira/Auroria Emira" or "Ixchel Gayahithwen" as well, but not that mucch anymore.. I have a very split personality.. ^_^
Age: Gee.. Do you really wanna know? Ok, I'm 16 - a great age!
Occupation: Right now I am studying.. Future Aspirations: To become a writer. To have a great life with God, doing his will and to be a journalist. And other stuff like that.
Goal in life: To be a published writer, to live happily ever after.
Short term goals: Getting into the next part of school. (In sweden we have a quite complicated system.. I think, but next part would be something like college) Having higher grades at the end of this term.
Passion: Jesus, reading, writing, surfing the net, being with my friends, looking for online competitions smilies/smile.gif
Hobbies: Mostly same as passion. PLus, going to the library.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Ok, I am the smartest person in my class - seriously! I've read thousands of books.. once again, I'm serious.. I calculated it, and I've read at least 2000 books. Writing good essays in school. Passing all the "national tests" (Swedish, English, Math) as best or second best (2nd best was in Math).. LoL, thats about it.. I have a great deal of failures, and stuff, look below smilies/wink.gif

Fave book: Trilogy of the Ring, the Hobbit, the Silmarillion.. anything Terry Pratchett.. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (all five books)
Fave movie: Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, A.I., anything Monty Python (especially Monty Python and the Holy Grail)
Fave sport: uuumm.. I like watching soccer on TV.. as long as Sweden wins smilies/smile.gif
Fave store: Alpha Omega - a colour and clothing shop owned by a friend
Fave music: the soundtrack to FotR.. Hillsong and dc Talk smilies/tongue.gif

What you can't stand: a person in my klass called "Koffa" (short for christoffer). he is so annoying! otherwise, being left alone...
What you plain dislike: when people are talking loud on math lessons.
Who you admire: my youth-team leader, Gina. She is really awesome! She have to small boys, Kevin (1,5 years) and Oliver (1 month) and still, she makes sure to show up on meetings and making sure to talk to everyone in the youth-group, cheering everybody up. and she lets all of us hold lil' Oliver! Other people I admire is JESUS, Tolkien and the Barrow-Wight.
What you most love to do: Reading. Thinking up philosophical questions and asking my friends them, making sure they'll be really confused.. smilies/tongue.gif
Your self-confessed flaws: Ok, here it is.. I almost never do my homework, I have a really bad temper, and when I lose it, I will beat the sh** out of whoever annoyed me to that extence.. I am a loner and daydreamer and can't be stubborn enough to do things like cleaning up my room or do my homework, although I can be stubborn enough otherwise.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Elvish, thunder and lightening, good books
What scares you: the thought of being "left behind".. not getting any good grades at the end of this year..
Quotation to live by:
"Why are people mean towards people when people are nice to people?" - my uncle, fifty years ago

"Be wary what you think, because thoughts evolves to words.
Be wary what you say, because words evolves to actions.
Be wary what you do, because actions evolve to habits.
Be wary of your habits, because they become your lifestyle.
Be wary of your lifestyle, for it will be your doom." - freehand translation of a quote I found in the swedish form of Reader's Digest.

Additional comments: Well, I disagrre with Aosama.. there are things as dumb questions, and the will get dumb answers ^_^
I love most people, except for Koffa (my annoying classmate) and Cable girl (a K. Bell that I met at a Hogwarts site..^_^).. Ask me if there is anything, and I'll try to answer!

[Lothiriel Silmarien]

Ok, I left out a lot of things, but most of you won't read this anyway-it just makes me feel better to know that I posted this up.

Ok, first of all, let's start out with what I left out in future aspirations: I wanna become an actress too. And I wanna have a good relationship someday.

And what I fear: Not falling in love one day (yeah, corny I know) and having my computer taken away from me!!!!!

And I absolutely love that quote that from Nevefeniel- Everyone's prince will come; mine just took a wrong turn, got lost, and is too stubborn to ask for directions.

[Gayahithwen]

Lothirien - I agree with you. That quote is really funny! And I read all of this topic.. Just to make sure I knew a little bit what the others had posted.. Mostly, I think this is a thing you do to "have it done".. might be fun to go back to in ten years.. or if you want to get to know a little more about a certain person.

[Gimli Son Of Gloin]

Thinking up philosophical questions and asking my friends them, making sure they'll be really confused..

I do that I too. it's hilarious, because all my friends are stupid.

[Lush]

Name (that you go by): Lush.

Age: Old enough to see over the bar, young enough to get carded and promptly kicked out (in the good ol' US of A, that is).

Occupation: Student, restaurant hostess, leech on family finances.

Future Aspirations: To write, to travel, and to learn how to balance a spoon on my nose.

Goal in life: Get satisfaction (suffer Mick, suffer!), spread it to others, then talk St. Peter into letting me in!

Short term goals: Get through Duke without turning blue (I'm already a devil as it is).

Passion: Many things illegal and/or fattening.

Hobbies: Studying the patterns of freckles on certain people's arms, sulking with a book, and dancing with a beer.

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Sheer clothing, appaling taste in men, appealing taste in perfume, winning the Faculty Appreciation Award at Graduation, and then telling everyone that it was certainly NOT my academic skills but, uh, other talents, that ensured the trophy. Hehehe.

Fave book: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, White Teeth by Zadie Smith, The End of the Affair by Graham Greene, oh and that little book called The Lord of the Rings.

Fave movie: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Velvet Goldmine, Moulin Rouge!, American Beauty, The Breakfast Club, Office Space, LotR: FotR.

Fave sport: Soccer baby, yeah! Not to mention soccer players. smilies/wink.gif

Fave store: B & N. By the way, this is an official note to the store, petitioning them to erect a statue in my honor, for all the hard-earned money I spend on them.

Fave music: British rock from the 60's to the present, techno, jazz, listening to a friend sing in the shower.

What you can't stand: Surveys. smilies/biggrin.gif

What you plain dislike: Didn't you just ask me that?

Who you admire: My mother, for living with me, without trying to bash my head in. Not even once! Ditto for my father.

What you most love to do: Constructing satisfactory sentences, and stringing them into stories. That, and eating, reading, and sleeping. In that order.

Your self-confessed flaws: Being better than everyone else (read: megalomania).

What intrigues/fascinates you: Men with blue eyes and high cheekbones

What scares you: Men with blue eyes and high cheekbones.

Quotation to live by:'Let no exorciser harm thee!
Nor no witchcraft charm thee!
Ghost unlaid forbear thee!
Let nothing ill come near thee!
Quiet consummation have;
And unown'ed be thy grave!'

'If life is a waste of time, and time a waste of life, then let us all get wasted together and have the time of our lives!'

Additional comments: Do you know where I was and what I did last night? Because I sure don't. smilies/biggrin.gif Thanks for a great forum, everyone!

[Marileangorifurnimaluim]

LOL Lush! Cheers to you! Last night you were at the drugstore, buying some beer, and you bumped into Viggo Mortensen.. do you want to hear the rest? smilies/biggrin.gif

-Maril

[Laiedheliel]

Tee hee, this looks like fun, though...Nah, nevermind! *Takes a deep breath and plunges in*

Name (that you go by): Other than Laie, we're not sure right now, we'll get back to you. smilies/wink.gif

Age: Turning 15 real soon...

Occupation: Student, writer, singer, peacemaker, maid, clown, fallen angel, dark persona no one recognizes, and that's enough...

Future Aspirations: Hum, hoom, to write, to mean something to someone special, to sing, to not have to get up before the sun, to finish college, to better myself, to learn how to live as me, not just be me, to get published, and to move to another country for at least a year.

Goal in life: Get my book published, to better myself, to mean something to someone special, and to learn how to live as me, not just be me.

Short term goals: Live through Senior High, or maybe just Finals.

Passion: The written word, music, reading, web designing and surfing, music, writing, music, chocolate, music, caffine, shopping, music, staying up past 1 in the morning, and music. And hiking and climbing trees, and I almost forgot, music.

Hobbies: Archery, writing, music, web design and surfing, reading, caffine, softball, hiking/climbing trees, and chillin' with my friends.

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Anyone in my school who knows my name knows I am a writer. Sometimes you know that even before you know my name. If anyone has a computer question they usually come to me first. Also, my singing voice has taken me to concerts and competitions often within the last four or so years. Lastly, I am a big procrasinatior (sp?) and a somewhat messy person, and everyone knows it, after they've either been in my house or seen my locker. I get alotta compliments on my hair, which is almost waist length.

Fave book: I have read way too many books to pick a fav., but LotR stands out in my mind for some reason, and the Elric Saga.

Fave movie: Again, seen way too many, but pretty much anything action or anime.

Fave sport: Softball/baseball, tackle football, and archery.

Fave store: Barnes and Nobles, Borders, Hot Topics, Rue 21, Sears, Wal-Mart, and any music or electronic stores.

Fave music: Rock, punk, metal, classic rock back to the seventies, classic, instrumentals, NOT COUNTRY, and alternative.

What you can't stand: Procrastination, cleaning and chores, hypocrites, preps (no offence if you think you're preppy, 'cuz if you're on this site you are NOT on my preppy list), stupididy when it is not funny, being offended or made fun of, somebody thinking they are better than anyone, especially someone who is disabled or challanged, and anyone who says reading a book or writing a story is a waste of time or is not exciting.

What you plain dislike: All of the above, especially the last bit, cleaning and chores, and one particualar girl at my school...

Who you admire: Anne Frank, JRRT, the BW, this girl Jessica on my bus because she takes so much crap, Annie Oakley, and I really can't think of any more right now. Oh yeah, my English teacher!

What you most love to do: Write, play/listen/sing music, hike, climb trees, read, spend time with my friends.

Your self-confessed flaws: Procratination, an attitude and a big mouth, reaction without thought, staying up way too late, believing myself impervious and that everything is always okay, my looks (which everyone else always yells at me when I say stuff like that but I don't know why), my dark side, which is wildly present at all times of the day or night, and my tendancies to be dark and or mean/evil in the best possible ways.

What intrigues/fascinates you: The way men act/react, water, the meaning of life, God, color, the depth of the universe, stars, the moon and sun, the oceans, the clouds, why the sky is blue, how someone came up with the idea for a big interconnecting network called the 'Internet', how so many people can be so obessed by one book, nature, the possibility of other celestial or higher beings other than God and Jesus Christ, the written word, music, and the behaviors and mannerisims of people, their histories, the origins of those histories (ancient history), and time.

What scares you: SPIDERS!!! The dark, a life without music and books, and not having the ability to write and or sing.

Quotation to live by: 'Seize the moment.' 'Dreams are a wish your heart makes...'


Additional comments: I am a crazy, sometimes cynical, compassionate yet sometimes rather evil. smilies/evil.gif And I probably don't look anything like what you imagine. I love you all! *Wipes a crystal tear away...*

This was fun! Tee hee... smilies/cool.gif smilies/rolleyes.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

[ June 01, 2002: Message edited by: Laiedheliel ]

[Orald]

Name: Orald, MacGyver.
Age: As old as the the youngest subatomic particle that helps make me up. I assume that is at least a couple billion years. Or you could say I am 20
Occupation: College for now
Future Aspirations: To become a contract killer or a spy type guy smilies/wink.gif
Goal in Life: to do something great for people to remember me by
Short Term Goals: have fun this summer.
Passion: i am passionate about nothing.
Famous For: nothing

Favorite Book: i haven't read enough to make an accurate judgment, but Silmarillion
Favorite Movie: again, haven't seen enough, but I will go with the Matrix seeing as my mind is blank.
Favorite Sport: Football a la Americana, Swimming
Favorite Store: American Outfitters, Gap
Favorite Music: just about any rock


What I Can't Stand: not sure
What I Plain Dislike: plenty of things
Who I admire: Mithadan, Sharku, a million others, and of course Kate smilies/wink.gif. My best friend Mike.
What I Love to do the Most: sleep
Flaws: Sleep way too much. I am horrible at grammar. Become bored too easily. Careless. At times ambivalent to just about everything. Being right is more important than being fair or understanding someone. The list goes on...
What Intrigues Me: Human Nature, genealogy, genetics, sociology, history, geography, geology, religion and every other science just about.
What Scares Me: Lots of things. But basically growing old and never doing anything worth while, then looking back filled with regrets of the so called life I lived.
Quotation to Live by: See my signature

[HerenIstarion]

Name (that you go by): George Lashkhi
Age: 24
Occupation: Clerk in a bank
Future Aspirations: freedom (meaning gaining money enough for it)
Goal in life: to die with honor
Short term goals: trip to Germany
Passion: PC games (usually action with strategy elements, but not modern wars, but fantasy-like), intellectual contests (kind of jeopardy game named “what?where?when?”, but with a team consisted of 6 players)
Hobbies: composing music, writing poetry
Famous for: swimming, agility of mind (being defending champion of Georgia in “what? where? when?” games), freedom of speech
Fave book: Tree and Leaf by JRRT, Mere Christianity by C.S.Lewis
Fave movie: Next Best Thing, My Best Friend’s Wedding, Ar Daidardo (georgian, means “don’t worry” smilies/wink.gif
Fave sport: Formula 1 racing
Fave store: any kind of bookstore
Fave music: Metal (Royal Hunt, Savatage, Lacrimosa, Nightwish, Therion), Classical (Bach, Vivaldi)
What you can't stand: stupidity
What you plain dislike: giving orders (both when I’m doing it, and when I’m being ordered), any kind of claims on myself (by people)
Who you admire: -
What you most love to do: play on PC
Your self-confessed flaws: pride, great lot of lack of courage, laziness, overmuch talking
What intrigues/fascinates you: women
What scares you: unexplainable and illogical cruelty of some people
Quotation to live by: things might have been different, but the could not have been better
Additional comments -

[Daniel Telcontar]

Name (that you go by): Daniel Telcontar
Age: 16
Occupation: Nothing, I use my parents money.
Future Aspirations: Get so much money I never have to make physical labour again.
Goal in life: To obtain immortality through writing.
Short term goals: Get through school.
Passion: PC games and books.
Hobbies: the same as above.
Famous for: an agile mind.
Fave book: LOTR
Fave movie: FOTR and Braveheart
Fave sport: Soccer
Fave store: The library ( the best invention after chocolate)!!
Fave music: Rock.
What you can't stand: To much to mention.
What you plain dislike: physical labour.
Who you admire: Many great writers
What you most love to do: reading books and playing computer.
Your self-confessed flaws: pride, laziness
What intrigues/fascinates you: That when you are a writer you get money without doing something.
What scares you: to be forgotten of this cruel world
Quotation to live by: I am never wrong. I thought I was once, but I was mistaken.

[goldwine]

Thanks for the fascinating insights into the lifestyles of the not-so-rich and not-so-famous! You are all even more interesting than I thought!
Name (that you go by):Goldwine, Goldie, Hey you, Thingy that works in the library
Age: well let me see....just a tad over thirties
Occupation: Libarian (We really are interesting people...truly!)
Future Aspirations: finish paying kids school fees!
Goal in life: Travel around Australia in a 4WD
Short term goals: Survive 4 teenagers
Passion: Jesus (a little cliche but true)
Hobbies: Reading and chat! what else!
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Not much to brag about really!I love my friends and like to care for them.
Fave book: LOTR of course!
Fave movie: NOT FOTR!
Fave sport: Table Tennis (The sport of the discerning and unco-ordinated smilies/wink.gif)
Fave store: Any clothing store!
Fave music: John Farnham. sigh.

What you can't stand: Rudeness!
What you plain dislike: Rudeness and more rudeness!
Who you admire:Lots of people for lots of reasons.
What you most love to do: Read! and swim
Your self-confessed flaws: Oh. the list is endless...I talk too much (really, you say!) worry about a myriad of little things, get cranky etc. etc. ad infinitum!
What intrigues/fascinates you:
What scares you: Drunk drivers. Really!

Additional comments: Keep adding to the list guys! Lets make it a complete collection!

[Nevfeniel]

smilies/frown.gif Am I the only one to have selected Die Hard as fave movie?!? Come on, guys! It's a classic! Who doesn't want to see a bunch of bad guys get shot by Bruce Willis, while his shirt somehow goes from white to green? (yuck) smilies/frown.gif

[Lush]

LOL Maril-the rest of the story concerning my shenanigans with "Viggo" last night would be wholly inappropriate for a family-oriented forum...I wish. smilies/biggrin.gif

Oh, and George, I'm a big fan of "What? Where? When?" as well. Do the Georgians still play with the Russians? We could duke it out, man! (Though I somehow get the feeling that I would lose miserably)

Nev, dear, I think that The Sixth Sense is superior to Die Hard, because Bruce Willis was actually acting in it, as opposed to just, um, scowling....Though it's been a while since I've seen his action flicks. I could be wrong. Actually, The Fifth Element was very cool. Would you classify that as action though?...Anyway, back to the subject at hand! I want to read more about all of you, you nerds, weirdos, creatures of the underworld, and beautiful people!

[Laiedheliel]

Hey, Nev, I put down action movies! Teehee, I have always thought the third was better than the first, though. smilies/smile.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

[Eärendil]

Name (that you go by): Eh...Eärendil is fine
Age: 17 (cheezus, have forgot to edit this one!)
Occupation: Mediastudent
Future Aspirations: I want to be journalist and photographer, act and make technomusic beside that.
Goal in life: Make a difference, and help the nature and animals in the world.
Short term goals: Get good grades in school, go to New Zealand (or Australia) for a year and get happier.
Passion: Music, books, writing, The X-files, Star Wars, my room and our garden, my rabbits, nature, photographing plus more..
Hobbies: Music, reading, writing, photographing, and more.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): My beauty...er...no. smilies/wink.gif Well, being a good writer
and photographer, good at sports, my excellent memory and more. smilies/biggrin.gif
Fave book: The Silmarillion
Fave movie: Gee, I have loads
Fave sport: Long jumping (I am not joking, lol.), 100 metres (running), football and other sports.
Fave store: Every store that has a good deal of books and cd´s..
Fave music: Sash! (group), and I like most musicstyles, but mostly listen to underground techno.

What you can't stand: Weapons, macho guys, people that are cruel to animals and the nature and loads more. (There´s a lot of sh*t out there.)
What you plain dislike: See above.
Who you admire: Everyone that is very kind and has done anything good, or is very good as something (not bad things). That´s about it.
What you most love to do: See my interests and hobbies. (+ being with family, rabbits, boyfriend and friends, and go walking in the big forests around here.)
Your self-confessed flaws: I can easily get ****ed off sometimes, can sometimes be cruel to people (but I am trying to be good), I bite on my fingernails.. etc etc.. But I am not that bad, really.. smilies/wink.gif
What intrigues/fascinates you: The powerful nature, the wonderful underground techno (especially at technoparties), dj´s, fantastic books, animals and loads more.
What scares you: The bottom in lakes and seas..that´s about it really.
Quotation to live by: There are loads, but I´ll mention one: "If you wanna be somebody, if you wanna go somewhere, you better wake up and pay attention."

Additional comments: I am constantly scaring my family and friends (don´t know about my boyfriend, he ain´t saying anything..) for being very obsessed with my passions... smilies/evil.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

[ November 06, 2002: Message edited by: Eärendil ]

[Aralaithiel]

Kuruharan, why would I be anything BUT modest? *smirk smilies/wink.gif Love ya, man!
Naturallly and as usual I left some stuff off - yep, here comes the perfectionist in me!
Other fave movies: Blues Brothers, Pulp Fiction, Airplane, Blazing Saddles

I also speak Klingon in addition to Elvish (both Quenya & Sindarin, but prefer Quenya) and Spanish, just started to learn Gaelic.

Music: I have been listening to Nordic music, which you can get sampler CD's for $5 each at www.noside.com (http://www.noside.com) I highly recommend their Cd selections, as there is some really nifty-bob stuff. I also just got some new Celtic CDs that really kick a$$!

I also have a passion for Mexican food.

Now then, that should be enough for now...OH! My friends here in the (ugh!) real world call me Kat.
Meoi! (Quenya for cat) smilies/biggrin.gif

[ June 01, 2002: Message edited by: Aralaithiel ]

[Kuruharan]

I should have some zippy line for you Aral, but have pity it's late. smilies/wink.gif

Re-reading your profile I suddenly realized that we're both in Oklahoma. (Yes, yes, I admit I was not reading very carefully. I was overwhelmed by the glory of your splendor and majesty and so forth, or something.) Small world isn't it?

[ June 02, 2002: Message edited by: Kuruharan ]

[Orald]

I already know, but I am sure other people want to know too. Is it true what they say about librarians, goldwine? smilies/wink.gif

[burrahobbit]

Hey, I live in Oklahoma too!! What a tiny world!!!

[Auriel Haevasawen]

I've gone back to this after a couple of days to try and get more of the essence of me across but don't know if I'll be successful. I am still dull no matter what I add, just so you know.
Name (that you go by):Auriel in most places.
Age:30
Occupation:Part time writer. Ex-countryside warden.
Future Aspirations: Get my novel published and beyond that as long as I'm happy I have no other desires.
Goal in life:See above plus my other novels in note form to be written up (I have a readership of 4 at the moment who are waiting with baited breath for my next book and they're not making fun of me either!).
Short term goals:Arrange to visit my Slovak friend who's living in Vienna. (And see above, lots of begging letters to publishers over the next few months I think.)
Passion:LOTR, writing (but it's never fantasy), soccer (support no one in particular just love the sport), various artists, movies (have rapidly increasing DVD collection, into Japanese esp. Have you seen Audition? Shall We Dance?) being outside on sunshiny summer days but not here in the city.
Hobbies:Writing, reading, sewing, painting, playing tennis, watching soccer, researching saxon and viking history/myths, also love Arthurian legends and Robin Hood, and collect DVD as already mentioned.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Nothing much. I met Sean Bean once and my mate is Orlando Bloom's second cousin but I am famous for absolutely nothing; I'm too quiet and too dull, but if the book gets published you'll be the first to know.(Oh I've also met Miles Hunt of The Wonder Stuff and he said it was a pleasure but yet again that isn't something I'm famous for!) Among my friends I'm famous for dressing like an elf as if it's normal. My dad works at Hogwarts!(Honestly, he is the archival photographer at Alnwick Castle which is used as Hogwarts in the movies when they play Quidditch.)

Fave book:LOTR and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.
Fave movie:Get Carter, The Crow, The Piano and of course 'Fellowship' plus various Japanese ones, Sleepy Hollow, Blade Runner, the Empire Strikes Back, I could go on for days!
Fave sport:Tennis to play, soccer to watch but in truth not very sporty.
Fave store:Hate shopping I make my own clothes or shop under duress.
Fave music:The Wonder Stuff, The Smiths, Depeche Mode and I'm beginning to like Nickelback.

What you can't stand:Racism.
What you plain dislike:smoking and hate.
Who you admire:No one in particular.
What you most love to do:travel and be outside walking and imagining.
Your self-confessed flaws:I am too quiet and then when I do speak I ramble and am very dull. I spend too much time on the internet.
What intrigues/fascinates you: intelligence and men who can wield swords.
What scares you:myself when drunk (I get aggressive)
Quotation to live by:Carpe Diem

Additional comments:I get on with men better than girls but I don't know why. Perhaps they are more tolerant of eccentricity? What do other postees think?

That's it, finished. Lordy, I'm boring. I promise I'm a friendly person to make up for it.

[ June 04, 2002: Message edited by: Auriel Haevasawen ]

[ June 04, 2002: Message edited by: Auriel Haevasawen ]

[Jessica Jade]

wow, thanks everyone for your interesting replies! I've enjoyed reading about you and getting a little insight into your lives. smilies/biggrin.gif

By the way...
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the ownders that I yet have heard,
It seems to me most strange that men should fear,
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come
--Julius Caesar in "Julius Caesar"

Shakespeare's a genius! Julius Caesar has some great quotes in it smilies/smile.gif

[Lothiriel Silmarien]

Auriel, I like your taste in good music smilies/biggrin.gif

[dragongirlG]

Auriel, you're not alone on the getting along with boys part. And you're not boring either. smilies/wink.gif

He was actually acting, as opposed to, uh, scowling

I agree. I liked The Fifth Element a lot...The Sixth Sense scared me too much smilies/redface.gif

Oh, and Jessica Jade, you haven't even read Dune yet! That's my quote! smilies/rolleyes.gif

Joy, if I grow up to major in computer science, could I work in your company? smilies/biggrin.gif

[Ithaeliel]

Name (that you go by): Catherine in the mortal world, Ithaeliel here, Kitty anywehre else.
Age: 15 in half a year!
Occupation: Student, babysitter
Future Aspirations: To graduate with high honors, write a true fantasy novel & publish it (while I'm still young), be successful out of HS and college, live independently and have a cat named Pippin.
Goal in life: To be a well-known fantasy author and/or professional violinist
Short-term goals: To survive my finals and have a wonderful summer and great ninth-grade year!
Passion: Any high fantasy (esp. Tolkien- big wow), violin, writing, drawing, singing, dreaming, being w/ friends, etc.
Hobbies: See above
Famous for: Being first chair violinist and being in Honors Orchestra, singing like Enya (heeheehee) and LOUD SOPRANO!!! and drawing (I don't show my writings to many people)

Fave book: The Hobbit and Dragonwings
Fave movie: LotR: FotR (so far), Miss Congeniality, Shrek, The Last Unicorn
Fave sport: Er, track and basketball
Fave store: Hot topic
Fave music: From Nirvana to Beethoven, baby (actually, it's just hard rock & classical and Celtic)
What you can't stand: People who talk behind your back, people who seem sweet but when you become their friend they are really b*tchy, discrimination against other cliques and races, shallow-minded individuals, dogs that slobber a LOT, thinking about immense suffering and death
What you plain dislike: Biased teachers, when people dont clean up a huge mess they made, dead batteries, trafficky internet
Who you admire: Tolkien, my friend Jennie, and my History teacher.
What you most love to do: Be here!!! and write.
Self-confessed flaws: Paranoid, sometimes annoying, shy, arachnaphobia, agoraphobia
What intrigues/fascinates you: The imagination and its limitless possibilities
What scares you: Failure, spiders, evil (and I mean truly evil, not funny evil) people, Wiccen spells, abuse
Quotations to live by: Treat others as you would wish to be treated, imagination is more important that knowledge, gravity cannot be held responsible for people falling in love, The Lord's Prayer
Additional comments: I will never smoke or do drugs! And also i will never drink wine; it is much too complicated.

[ June 02, 2002: Message edited by: Ithaeliel ]

[Eärendil]

I can´t believe I forgot to mention racism in "I can´t stand"! smilies/mad.gif Oh well, no one´s perfect... smilies/rolleyes.gif (Probably forgot loads more...oh yeah, biking is another interest..)

[Joy]

Dragongirl - sure thing! I wish you the best in all that you do, even if it is not computer science.

[Lothiriel Silmarien]

Ithaeliel, we have so much in common! I have a severe case of agoraphbia and arachnaphobia (the spelling may not be right) and I draw too, but never show anyone. And most importantly, I always wanted to have a cat named Pippin!! If not Pippin, then Aragorn. I just thought those names were cute for a cat.

[Raefindel]

Name (that you go by):Hey, You!
Age: I claim the 5th
Occupation: Mother
Future Aspirations: Going to bed before 11:30
Goal in life: same
Short term goals: leaving my mother-in-law speachless
Passion: Singing
Hobbies: Rubber stamping
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): I'm Famous? WOW! I'm glad you told me!

Fave book: LOTR
Fave movie: 6days 7nights, while you were sleeping
Fave sport: hiking
Fave store: I've never been to any but the grocery store.
Fave music:ummm...

What you can't stand: moles in my garden
What you plain dislike: isn't that the same thing?
Who you admire: my husband
What you most love to do:go for really long walks
Your self-confessed flaws: pretending I can't hear my mother-in-law
What intrigues/fascinates you: wildlife
What scares you: driving in Seattle
Quotation to live by:Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength and love your neighbor as yourself.

Additional comments: favorite food: coffee

[ June 03, 2002: Message edited by: Raefindel ]

[goldwine]

Must be Orald...I have seen the cartoon!

[Aosama, the Wandering Star]

"I claim the Fifth"
What?

[Raefindel]

The fifth amendment. The right to remain silent.

[ElanorGamgee]

Name (that you go by): Amber
Age: 17
Occupation: Currently enrolled as a Freshman at Texas A&M University (Yay, now I get to be a finanicial drain!)
Future Aspirations: To become a talented writer
Goal in life: To serve God all my life, have a beautiful family, loving marriage, and to be successful in whatever I end up doing for a living
Short term goals: To read through book #17 in the "Great Books" series, read my art history book, learn basic French and Latin, get through my English grammar book, and read many other miscellaneous books on my list by the end of the summer break.
Passion: Bible study, theology, Tolkien, academia
Hobbies: Reading, studying, swimming, message boards
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Throughout high school I have been known as the nice, smart, shy girl, but people are usually surprised to find out that I am quite opinionated and have a lot to say when they get to know me.

Fave book: The Bible, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Mere Christianity, pretty much anything by J.R.R. Tolkien or C.S. Lewis
Fave movie:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings, Life is Beautiful, Star Wars (original trilogy), The Shawshank Redemption
Fave sport: Figure skating
Fave store: Barnes and Noble, practically any book store
Fave music: Classical, Christian Rock groups like Switchfoot, Relient K, and Jars of Clay, and other Christian artists like Rich Mullins and Caedmon's Call

What you can't stand: Racism, when people seem to make it their goal in life to point out how politically incorrect everyone else is, moral relativism, the way pop culture dictates the lives of so many, poor grammar, when people use crazy abbreviations when typing that make their messages hard to decode, when students only go to school because they have to, apathy, when people sell out their beliefs for acceptance
What you plain dislike: The same as above, I guess
Who you admire: My parents and my pastor
What you most love to do: Read a good book
Your self-confessed flaws: I can be prideful of my grades and start feeling superior to others at times. I also have a problem with making fun of people (sometimes it's so tempting).
What intrigues/fascinates you: Languages, theology
What scares you: blood and gore, the lowering standard of education, the lowering moral standards, and the rise in crime
Quotation to live by: I guess the one in my sig:

"And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."
-Mark 12: 30-31

Additional comments: I can't think of anything else to say... smilies/smile.gif

[ June 03, 2002: Message edited by: ElanorGamgee ]

[Raefindel]

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Throughout high school I have been known as the nice, smart, shy girl, but people are usually surprised to find out that I am quite opinionated and have a lot to say when they get to know me. Wow, Elanor, we sound a lot alike. I'm not shy, just quiet. Same Quotation to live by as well.

[ElanorGamgee]

I didn't notice that we had the same quote, Raefindel! That's really cool smilies/smile.gif

[Nevfeniel]

Hey, Nev, I put down action movies! Teehee, I have always thought the third was better than the first, though. I didn't know what you meant until I saw my brother watching a movie on TV. I thought it was just a coincidence that they had the same first name, but then I realized that it was Die Hard 3! Small world, huh? But I personally liked the first one best.

[Thenamir]

Name (that you go by):Thenamir, HE, The Enforcer
Age: 39
Occupation: Computer Programmer
Future Aspirations: (1)To live a Godly life. (2)To raise my kids well enough that they can live on their own without calling Dad for money every couple of weeks. (3) To love my kids enough so that they'll call Dad every so often *anyway*. (4) To compose/arrange/perform the music I write.
Goal in life: Soli Deo Gloria.
Short term goals: (1) Get out of debt. (2) Finish the preparations for opening the New BarrowDowns store. (3) Find better ways to keep track of my time.
Passion: (1)God (2)Justice (3) Doing things right the first time (4)Cute li'l kitties (5)Capitalism
Hobbies: Guitar and keyboards, tweaking my computer
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): absolutely nothing

Fave book: Bible, LOTR
Fave movie: FOTR, Unbreakable, The Empire Strikes Back
Fave sport: Figure Skating(to watch), ROllerblading and basketball (to participate)
Fave store: Sam's Club, CompUSA,
Fave music:

What you can't stand: Incompetence, liberalism, people who believe things without examining them to see if they are correct.
What you plain dislike: The biological requirements that make bathrooms necessary.
Who you admire: Ronald Reagan, Michael W. Smith
What you most love to do: Hang out with my wife, sing/play music, write programs that work
Your self-confessed flaws: Perfectionism -- I'm not happy unless it's *exactly* right
What intrigues/fascinates you: Cosmology/Cosmogeny (No burrahobbit, that's not the same as 'cosmetology')
What scares you: The U.S. Congress
Quotation to live by: "...the chief purpose of life, for any one of us, is to increase according to our capacity our knowledge of God by all the means we have, and to be moved by it to praise and thanks. To do as we say in the Gloria in Excelsis: ...We praise you, we call you holy, we worship you, we proclaim your glory, we thank you for the greatness of your splendour." - J.R.R. Tolkien

[burrahobbit]

Quite frankly I am offended. I am totally down with cosmology. Super strings, all that junk, man. For shame, The. For shame.

[Raefindel]

Thenamir, Your "quote to live by" is Great!

May I ask how many kids you have? I have 3. 12, 7, and 6, And I really like Michael W. Smith, too.

[Lush]

Oh, darn, I forgot to put communism and that hottie Joseph V. Stalin under my "passions" list. Oh, and my favorite colour is red. smilies/biggrin.gif

[ June 03, 2002: Message edited by: Lush ]

[Raefindel]

Nevfeniel, I like your scaled-down picture much better.

[Eärendil]

Lush - are you a communist? Or do you just like communism? If so, I think we have some things in common..... smilies/biggrin.gif

[Nevfeniel]

Thank you, Raefindel. I like my new sig pic better now, too. I have the Barrow-Wight to thank for that. smilies/cool.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/cool.gif

[Raefindel]

The Barrow-Wight helped you do that? That was nice of him.

[Nevfeniel]

Hehe, he probably got annoyed with how big it was, and when he saw the opportunity to have it cut down to size, he took it as quickly as possible (since I said I had no idea how to shrink it).

[Lothiriel Silmarien]

Nev, that picture is so awesome! I want one!!!!!!!!!!

I was really mad yesterday, I missed that thing on the Discovery Channel on Space. Did anyone happen to catch it? Ah, probably not, oh well!

[Auriel Haevasawen]

Wow, after editing my post I sat here and read everything everyone has said so far. What an interesting and varied bunch but so many of us want to be or are, writers. Is is Tolkien's fault or have we always been that way inclined? I have been writing stories since junior (elementary) school and in Secondary (high) school used to pass round excercise books with adventures in them that the other children would read and then return to me on friday to write the next episode over the weekend. I can't think who inspired me in what I wrote about but I liked the idea of the Brontes writing their little books for each other and maybe that's what got me started. I have no idea how good my writing is but the real proof will come with getting it published. I've no idea why I've told you all this, you must wonder what on earth I'm going on about. Sorry, I just needed to share with someone and with so many of you being aspiring or current writers I couldn't think of better people to share with.

[amyrlis]

I am also surprised by all the aspiring writers on the board, it's great! Granted, I am not one of them! Well, here goes more about me.

Name (that you go by): amy
Age: 29
Occupation: civil engineer
Future Aspirations: To find my career "calling"
Goal in life: To have fulfilling and lasting relationships/friendships
Short term goals: Enjoy my trip to Europe this August, survive the move to NY, then work on becoming a mom
Passion: my big yellow dog
Hobbies: Going out with friends, Downhill skiing, reading, photography, Tolkien
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being an identical twin, being a not-so-typical engineer, making the drive from Denver to Vegas in 10.5 hours

Fave book: The Silmarillion and East of Eden by Steinbeck
Fave movie: Better Off Dead, Princess Bride
Fave sport: Downhill Skiing
Fave store: Ann Taylor
Fave music: All kinds, but mostly what my fave radio station refers to as "world-class rock" - Jack Johnson, Dave Matthews, Tracy Chapman, Sonia Dada, etc.

What you can't stand: people's political & moral opinions being influenced by uninformed and under-educated celebrities just because they are rich & famous; human and animal suffering
What you plain dislike: HOT & HUMID weather; people who are always "too busy" to do things with friends, just plain pathetic
Who you admire: My grandfather - born poor & orphaned at a young age, put himself through Yale law school, became a prominent attorney, married the woman of his dreams, and raised 5 successful children. Proves that no matter what your circumstances are, you can rise above them if you are determined to do so. My husband - driven, ambitious, disciplined, bound to be a success. And my sister because she is so Martha Stewart and I am NOT.
What you most love to do: Go out for dinner and drinks with friends.
Your self-confessed flaws: I am anal-retentive and everyone knows it. I'm pretty easy-going until things start veering off the plan... must stick to PLAN! I also think I can be lazy and selfish.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Airplanes - thousands of pounds of metal defying gravity all because of a little wind-displacement? Genetics, twins.
What scares you: lack of education, terrorists, spiders (in a freak-out, panic attack, break down into tears sort-of-way, silly I know but this is a real phobia)
Quotation to live by: "I know we can't all stay here forever, so I want to write my words on the face of today." - these are lyrics from a song, but I don't remember which one or who it's by

Additional comments: Wow, this took me a long time to fill out!!!

[Elenya]

Name (that you go by): My parents say that I'm not allowed to give it out online (nag, nag, nag)
Age: 15, 16 next May
Occupation: Sophomore or Junior in High School this September
Future Aspirations: Go to McGill, be successful, get married, have kids, blah, blah, blah.
Goal in life: Get to know someone famous
(yeah, it's stupid, but doesn't everyone?)
Short term goals: Graduate, keep in touch with my friends (I'm moving), pass 9th grade (It's finals week, aaaaahhhhhh)
Passion: Music. I play piano and clarinet and I would like to learn how to play the trumpet. Tolkien (yeah, baby!)
Hobbies: Soccer, music, reading, the 'Downs, chillin wit ma homies (jk)
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): This year I recieved a Superior rating (4/4 stars) in a Frnch Speaking competition, and I placed 5th in Minnesota and 11th Nationaly for Le Grand Concours, which is a national french exam, in my level.

Fave book: The Princess Bride, Crazy for Cornelia
Fave movie: FOTR, obviously. The Matrix, Life As A House
Fave sport: Soccer and rowing
Fave store: American Eagle
Fave music: Classical, espescially Bach, Mozart and Beethoven

What you can't stand: Mean people, rude people, people with too much to say.
What you plain dislike: Nit-pickers, science
Who you admire: Tolkien: to be able to create an entire world with languages, cultures, and a history
What you most love to do: Sleep, read, listen to music, talk...a lot
Your self-confessed flaws: I procrastinate ENORMOUSLY!! Right now I'm doing a science paper that's due tomorrow. Also I can be a horribly mean person and not even notice it until someone points it out, but I'm getting better!!
What intrigues/fascinates you: The sky, other people
What scares you: snakes, spiders
Quotation to live by: I don't think I need a rubber room, but that might be nice. I'm not a manic-depressive, paranoid, or schizophrenic, so I don't need your advice. Crazy, by the Barenaked Ladies. I've had people ask me what I'm on (nothing, thank you), if I'm mentally ill, etc., etc., but not one word they say is true!!!

Additional comments: None at the moment!

[shieldmaiden]

It seems that people like to talk about themselves a lot here. smilies/tongue.gif
Well, me to.
Name (that you go by):shieldmaiden
Age:19
Occupation:student
Future Aspirations:to go to academy of arts and become a theatre costume designer
Goal in life: to be indipendent
Short term goals: to have fun this summer (and the rest of my life)
Passion: Tolkien
Hobbies: reading, drawing, sewing,
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself):
very long hair and being fanatical about anything connected to Tolkien
Fave book:LotR, Perfume, The Wyrd Sisters
Fave movie: Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulin, Amarcord
Fave sport: cycling
Fave store: bookstores with booksellers who know their job and
Fave music: Tori Amos, Jazz, rock, movie soundtracks, classical

What you can't stand: people who are slaves to fashion, shallow people and snobs, people who beat up their children and kick dogs in the street, waiting in line for something
What you plain dislike: eating fish
Who you admire: my best friend Aleksandra
What you most love to do: read, sleep, talk with my friends, listen to music
Your self-confessed flaws: being lazy and forgetful
What intrigues/fascinates you:don't know how to say this in english
What scares you: future
Quotation to live by: I don't live by any quotations

[Elenya]

And Jessica, love the quote! We just finished Julius Caesar in english , and I loved it!! "Well, Brutus, thy honorable mettle may be wroght(sp?)by that it is disposed"

[Nevfeniel]

What you plain dislike: eating fish Same here! I'm a very picky eater. I don't like seafood, cheese, olives, mayonaise, mustard, onions, and a bunch of other stuff. smilies/rolleyes.gif

[Jessica Jade]

Elenya- yes, Julius Caesar rocks! One of my personal favorites is:
Men are at some time masters of their own fates
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.

and another one i like:
For the eye sees not itself
But by reflection
By some other things.

I also have a lot more but there are too many great Shakespeare quotes to name!

++A little disclaimer++
I really don't want to start an argument on this *ducks* because that's not what this thread is about. The following are what I have come to believe, so please, don't be offended and attack me or anything.

Lush--were you serious about the communism, or was that meant to be a joke to all the ones who are opposed to it? I sincerely hope that it was, because...(sorry for all you who are in favor of communism) I am not only strongly opposed, but positively garrulous about the topic! Of course communism sounds like a great idea...and it IS, but only theoretically. The only way it would work is if humans were perfect. But they are not--instead humans are greedy, envious, lazy, and ultimately self-serving. Therefore, communism would never work. And if humans were perfect, there wouldn't even be a need for communism. Not to mention that it destroys the glory of the individual self. Conformity, blind obedience, and self-sacrifice are definitely a major cause of human suffering and destruction. Here's a really great quote from Ayn Rand's Anthem:

The word ‘we’ crushes all beneath it, and that which is white and that which is black are lost equally in the gray of it...What is my joy if all hands can reach into it? What is my wisdom, if fools can dictate to me? What is my life, if I am but to bow, to agree, to obey?

That's my rant for today. I'm sorry that I've gotten waaay off topic but...well, at least now you know me a little better and know that I'm against communism/socialism etc with a PASSION! Again, I really don't want to start a heated argument here...

On a brighter note, I'm so glad to see that there are many classical music lovers like myself here! Most of the people I know (besides people like me who play classical music), think that its drippy and boring and never even give themselves a chance to understand and appreciate the art. It's great that people who love Tolkien are intelligent and appreciate the fine arts.

[burrahobbit]

The only way it would work is if humans were perfect. But they are not--instead humans are greedy, envious, lazy, and ultimately self-serving.

Not with that kind of attitude, missy! Don't put all of your little hang-ups on me!

[Thenamir]

Raefindel: I have 4 kids, Son 20, daughter 16, daughter 12, and son 11. Daughter 16 goes online by the names Rosie and Ayvniea, Daughter 12 shows up in the chats sometimes as Arrothiel.

Burrahobbit: Your cosmology may be good, but my cosmogeny is more plausible than the Big Bang.

And for some reason, my favorite music got clipped in the original post. Mozart, Handel, Bach, Beethoven, John Williams, Howard Shore, Newsboys, Michael W. Smith, Steven Curtis Chapman, Third Day, Jars of Clay, Audio Adrenaline, and the great pioneers of Christian Rock: Larry Norman, Rez (Formerly Resurrection Band), Randy Stonehill, Petra, and the amazing Keith Green!

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[Lush]

I don't subscribe to any particular political ideology. I find the very idea distasteful and, and have much better things to do, such as smoking weed, talking Tolkien, filling out surveys, and finding the right shade of red lipstick to wear to parties. smilies/biggrin.gif
Oh, and in case anyone is confused, what I put in the end of my sentence is a big, grinning smiley, quite identical to the one in my last post on this thread. The implications of such a smiley are yours to consider.

[The-Elf-Herself]

Okay here goes, more than ANYONE ever wanted to know about me. smilies/biggrin.gif

Name(that you go by): The-Elf-Herself, Nenebird

Age: I'm young enough that my parents won't let me answer that question smilies/wink.gif

Occupation: proof-reading my brother's LOTR parody, taking care of my pets

Future Aspirations: hopefully either a veterinarian or an avian handler/trainer,

Goal in Life: to live a life filled with variety and to stay close to God

Short term goals: finish my school log, finish my elf costume, and transpose a song onto manuscript for my flute

Passion: music, animals(especially birds), and reading

Hobbies: I'm a major science fiction/movie junkie, doing crafts, painting, playing flute, singing, animals, walking in the woods, debating

Famous for(okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): my cynical optimism, my knowledge of random/science fiction/movie trivia, my determination to stay unique, my maturtity, my highly opinionated nature, my love of animals, and my procrastination

Fave book(s): Big Trouble-Dave Barry, LOTR-Tolkien, Elske & Dicey's Song-Cynthia Voigt, The Path of the Fury-David Weber, the Bible

Fave movie(s): Fly Away Home, The Fellowship of the Ring, the Matrix, the Patriot, The Mummy Returns, Legally Blonde

Fave sport: Fencing

Fave store: Sunshine Imports, Borders bookstore

Fave music: uh techno, classical, jazz, instrumental, celtic, some New Age, old Christian(Annie Herring, Michael W. Smith)

What you can't stand: people who have an opinion but then don't defend it, animal abusers, ignorance, aloofness without justifiable reason

What you plain dislike: people with large mouths and low intelligence, spiders that are too big to squish, country music(except certain songs by Faith Hill), anything lime-flavored, coconut, smoking, and politically-correctness

Who you admire: Jesus, God

Your self-cofessed flaws: I'm a terrible procrastinator, I am too verbose at times, and I tend to state my opinions at the wrong time to the wrong people

What intrigues/fascinates you: language arts/the history of languages, animal genetics and behaviors, the constant beauty of the world, the opinions people hold and why they hold them

What scares you: nothing really, as long as I stay close to God

Quotation(s) to live by: Come dance while the song is still playing; it won't be long until the silence falls. Life is a gift; don't throw it away.

Additional comments: I respect most people for they are and what they believe; the problem comes when they don't know who they are or what they believe. Y'all have a good one.

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[Lothiriel Silmarien]

Amyrlis-I'm an identical twin too! AND I live in Ny, AND I like The Princess Bride. Good movie, never read the book though. It has to be better though, cuz in most cases books are better than the movies. See, I'm always leaving things out!!! Like for instance, I'm also interested in space, and I get that same phobia of spiders....*shiver*. Even thinking about them is.....ew, must not think of them. And seeing them on tv too freaks me out! I saw Spiderman (even in the title, that should be a big warning) but when I saw it, I had to cover my eyes when they showed those nasty things. I only went to see the movie for the purpose of seeing a certain video at the end! But it never came, so what a waste of $8.75!!!
Also, ok last one, I'm interested in becoming an interior decorator. And I really hate hot and humid weather too, mostly that's why I hate Florida.

[Losthuniel]

meep. it seems i happen to fall in the catergory of what irritates a lot of people. and im not actually the phycotic b*tch from h*ll i appear to be. and aboout polotics, the only thing i know about them, is that it is WAY over my head and that Jean Cretian (so wat i spelled it wrong. he doesnt deserve to have it got right.)is an idiot.

[ June 06, 2002: Message edited by: Losthuniel ]

[Lostgaeriel]

So much for remaining relatively anonymous!
My apologies for not self-editing.

Name (that you go by): Around here, it’s Lostgaeriel.
Age: For most of you - old enough to be your mom.
Occupation: Fashion designer studying aerospace engineering.
Future Aspirations: to design space suits or spacecraft for Mars mission
Goal in life: To work for NASA.
Short term goals: To finish my painting of Éowyn & Merry slaying the Witchking and to get thru 2nd year mechanical engineering with a B average next year.
Passion: Science and Art (what else is there?)
Hobbies: astronomy, drawing, painting, photography, hiking, writing poetry, watching baseball (while filling out the score sheet)
Famous for: being a karaoke star (amazed my co-workers at a sales conference)

Fave book: How can I limit it to only one? Cosmos, Contact and The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan, The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, Persuasion by Jane Austen, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams, Honest to Jesus: Jesus for a New Millennium by Robert W. Funk, Chaos by James Gleick, The Ascent of Man by Jacob Bronowski, Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, The Challenger Launch Decision: Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA by Diane Vaughan, Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger, Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns, In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works by John Lennon, Recent Forgeries and SIGNLANGUAGE by Viggo Mortensen
Fave movie: 10 – OK? Casablanca, Singin’ in the Rain, You Can’t Take It With You, The Shop Around the Corner, Shane, Henry V (directed by Kenneth Branagh), Star Wars (the original 1977 release – you really had to be there, then), Apollo 13, A Walk on the Moon, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Fave sport: as spectator - baseball (Go Blue Jays!); as participant - hiking and horse-back riding (rarely get a chance at the latter)
Fave store: I’m including ‘services’ as well as ‘stores’ – places with great product and/or great service and attitude. I enjoyed talking with the owner of a great little hole-in-the-wall jewellery store called Vergina Gold Market at 12 Iphestou Street in Athens, Greece more than 20 years ago – bought a ring (nicknamed Narya) that I still love. I wonder if that shop is still there?

In Arizona (9 yrs ago): Turquoise Gallery, Joe Wilcox Indian Den, Native and Nature, and Silver Traditions in Sedona, the Tuba City Trading Post, Warner Bros. Studio Store in Scottsdale and Territorial Book in Tombstone. Finally Found…Antiques, etc. in Raleigh, NC. In Toronto, ON: Queen Street West in general, Efston Science, Aboveground Art Supplies, World’s Biggest Bookstore, Poison Ivy Hair by Design, Henry’s (photo/camera) and Downtown/Broadway Camera. Stratford, ON for the Festival and neighbouring Shakespeare for antiquing. Freeze-dried ice-cream and other delights from Space Trader Gift Shop at Johnson Space Center Houston. Best burgers at B.B. King’s Blues Club in Memphis tied with Fran’s on College St. and Lakeview Lunch on Dundas St., Toronto. Tree-free handmade papers from Fine Paper Co., Pasadena. Best chocolates from Kettle Creek Chocolates in St. Thomas, Digby’s in London and Sugar & Spice in Exeter - ON. Wonderful service when ordering from www.smartartpress.com (http://www.smartartpress.com) and www.robertmanngallery.com. (http://www.robertmanngallery.com.)
Fave music: Don’t get me started! Queen, The Clash, John Denver, Peter Gabriel, The Beatles, George Harrison, John Lennon, Eagles, Robert Fripp, David Bowie, Brain Eno, Cheap Trick, Talking Heads, Ian Hunter, J. Geils Band, The Police, Arlo Guthrie, Carol King, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Cat Stevens, Simple Minds, Paul Simon, Riuchi Sakamoto, Rush, Judy Garland, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, George Frederick Handel, MASS Ensemble, B.B. King, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Ramones, Eric Clapton, Steve Miller Band, Fleetwood Mac, Doobie Brothers, The Guess Who, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Anthony Way, Charlotte Church, Frank Sinatra (early), Irving Berlin, George & Ira Gershwin, Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown, Pink, Travis Tritt, Shania Twain, etc.
What you can't stand: closed minds and open-to-everything minds
What you plain dislike: licorice
Whom you admire: My mom, my dad, my sister, Carl Sagan, Jim Lovell, Gene Kranz, Martin Luther King Jr., Robert Kennedy, and *sigh* Viggo Mortensen!

What you most love to do: read
Your self-confessed flaws: perfectionist, procrastinator (they go hand-in-hand)
What intrigues/fascinates you: life, the universe and everything
What scares you: life, the universe and everything
Quotation to live by: Lostgaeriel cannot live by one quotation alone. smilies/wink.gif

"There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life." — Frank Zappa smilies/biggrin.gif

"Always use the word impossible with the greatest caution." — Wernher Von Braun

"Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are that good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats." — Howard Aiken (1900 - 1973) American mathematician

Additional comments:

"If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe." — Carl Sagan

"It's human nature to stretch, to go, to see, to understand. Exploration is not a choice, really; it's an imperative." — Michael Collins

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[Tarthang]

Name (that you go by): James nickname: Roadkill (or just Kill more often than not)
Age: 33 in August
Occupation: Support Technician (fromerly Robotics Technician)--troubleshoot/repair industrial machinery (some computer controlled)
Future Aspirations: To go back to school, find someone to publish my rpg (if I ever finish it)
Goal in life: Live comfortably and make enough $ to put my kids through college and retire comfortably
Short term goals: Pay off some minor debts
Passion: RPG's (the paper and dice variety)
Hobbies: RPG's, CRPG's, hiking, camping, reading, partying (drinking german beer and smoking weed, though I rarely do either anymore)
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being sarcastic, wearing lederhosen and generally looking intimidating.

Fave book: The Hobbit
Fave movie: None, but I like action and comedy
Fave sport: Soccer
Fave store: Any bookstore with a decent sci-fi/fantasy section
Fave music: Metal (the harder the better, just leave out the rap style lyrics) and classical

What you can't stand: Rap "music", people talking on cell phones when driving, non-corpreal punishment, organized religeon, anyone who tries to force their views on you, the War On Drugs (it's a failure and waste of tax money), thieves, white collar criminals, political correctness, hypocrites, most forms of propaganda (for whatever)
What you plain dislike: radio and tv commercials (there are too many and they last too long, just to try to brainwash me into using some product/service through repetitive exposure), teeny-boppers blasting their car stereo's after dark in residential area's and the regrettable lack of a public transit system in the USA (socialized medicine would also be nice)
Who you admire: no one
What you most love to do: game
Your self-confessed flaws: procrastination and trying to write too fast so anything written comes out sounding less thought out than it was (like most of my post here, and I have a tendency to get violent when both bored and intoxicated in public establishments
What intrigues/fascinates you: The nighttime sky
What scares you: the concept of Big Brother (and it looks like things are going that way, slowly but surely)
Quotation to live by: don't have one

Additional comments: I do like the quote "wherever you go, there you are"--I don't from who or where it comes.

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[Tarthang]

Name (that you go by): James nickname: Roadkill (or just Kill more often than not)
Age: 33 in August
Occupation: Support Technician (fromerly Robotics Technician)--troubleshoot/repair industrial machinery (some computer controlled)
Future Aspirations: To go back to school, find someone to publish my rpg (if I ever finish it)
Goal in life: Live comfortably and make enough $ to put my kids through college and retire comfortably
Short term goals: Pay off some minor debts
Passion: RPG's (the paper and dice variety)
Hobbies: RPG's, hiking, camping, reading, partying (drinking german beer and smoking weed, though I rarely do either anymore)
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being sarcastic, wearing lederhosen and generally looking intimidating.

Fave book: The Hobbit
Fave movie: None, but I like action and comedy
Fave sport: Soccer
Fave store: Any bookstore with a decent sci-fi/fantasy section
Fave music: Metal (the harder the better, just leave out the rap style lyrics) and classical

What you can't stand: Rap "music", people talking on cell phones when driving, non-corpreal punishment, organized religeon, anyone who tries to force their views on you, the War On Drugs (it's a failure and waste of tax money), thieves, white collar criminals, political correctness, hypocrites, most forms of propaganda (for whatever)
What you plain dislike: radio and tv commercials (there are too many and they last too long, just to try to brainwash me into using some product/service through repetitive exposure), teeny-boppers blasting their car stereo's after dark in residential area's and the regrettable lack of a public transit system in the USA (socialized medicine would also be nice)
Who you admire: no one
What you most love to do: game
Your self-confessed flaws: procrastination and trying to write too fast so anything written comes out sounding less thought out than it was (like most of my post here, and I have a tendency to get violent when both bored and intoxicated in public establishments
What intrigues/fascinates you:
What scares you: the concept of Big Brother (and it looks like things are going that way, slowly but surely)
Quotation to live by: don't have one

Additional comments: I do like the quote "wherever you go, there you are"--I don't from who or where it comes.

[Raefindel]

Gee, We have a lot of procrastinators! And I'm just a "mother-in'law basher"!

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[Sindacuion]

Name (that you go by): Sindacuion
Age: 13
Occupation: Student
Future Aspirations: Winning the lottery
Goal in life: Living
Short term goals: Chatting as much as I can, having a laugh
Passion: Baking (you might have noticed)
Hobbies: Baking, swimming, dancing, etc.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Baking, umm..

Fave book: LotR
Fave movie: LotR: FotR (by now, don't know about the future)
Fave sport: Swimming.
Fave store: Prisma.
Fave music: Mixed.

What you can't stand: Strong perfume (don't ask, bad experiences with old teacher..)
What you plain dislike: Excercise.
Who you admire: People.
What you most love to do: Bake!
Your self-confessed flaws: Biting my fingernails (well, better than biting my toenails! overeating)
What intrigues/fascinates you: LotR.
What scares you: Ghosts!
Quotation to live by: Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get.

Additional comments: Yee-haaw!!

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[Rosa_Baggins]

Name (that you go by):Rosa
Age:13
Occupation:student
Future Aspirations:dunno
Goal in life:to become the best i can be
Short term goals:to pass myexams an tests
Passion:snow sports
Hobbies:skiing,snowboarding,snowblading, gymnastics,horseriding,sprinting,kick boxing and fenceing
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself):talkin to much and being a boffin at art smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

Fave book:The Hobbit
Fave movie:LotR,titanic and more in th future prob
Fave sport:...hmmm... horse riding and snowblading.Oh and hockey!!
Fave store:Mcdonalds (sp?)
Fave music: Well i like all types of music.

What you can't stand:People tha think they are hard and are the best at everything.
What you plain dislike:tomatos...yuk!!
Who you admire:People that reach there goals in life and have the determination to do things most people cant.
What you most love to do:singing
Your self-confessed flaws:my drama and acting abilitys...im just really bad at it.
What intrigues/fascinates you:dunno
What scares you:my brother smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif
Quotation to live by:There is never a Rose without thorns......in other words even the most successful people have there bad sides and dont judge people when you first see them.

Additional comments:*sigh*dunno .......hullo!!:P

[Susan Delgado]

Name (that you go by): Susan, I guess. I like that one better than my real name
Age: 22 (23 in August)
Occupation: Student, clerk, amateur carpenter
Future Aspirations: Get through college successfully
Goal in life: Get married and then be somebody's mother
Short term goals: Save a little money
Passion: Reading
Hobbies: Clay sculpture, theater
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Holding dinner parties with my friends (if someone out there reads this and has an objection, I concede that it may be a slight exaggeration smilies/smile.gif)

Fave books: The Last Unicorn and A Fine and Private Place by Peter S Beagle, Watership Down by Richard Adams, Left Hand of Darkness and Earthsea by Ursula K LeGuin, and others as well.
Fave movie: What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
Fave sport: Swimming
Fave store: Who shops enough to have a favorite? Something with books in it, I guess. If I had to choose
Fave music: I collect Broadway soundtracks and I also enjoy listening to folk, older rock (meaning 60s and 70s), and the Beatles

What you can't stand: Pretentiousness, bigotry, intolerance
What you plain dislike: Smoking, thoughtlessness
Who you admire: Person I know: Dave, my theater teacher. He's one of the few truly good people that I know.
Person I don't know: Actor Edward Norton because, based on the interviews I've read, he seems intelligent and thoughtful and he loves his mother. He also values his private life, which is something I agree with.
What you most love to do: Read
Your self-confessed flaws: Impatience, extreme personal reserve (meaning I'm not outgoing enough), an intermittent failure to think before I speak.
What intrigues/fascinates you: People who are willing to stand up in front of a crowd of people and not let their fear overcome them. I want to be able to do that!
What scares you: Being abandoned and forgotten by those whom I love
Quotation to live by: "Stop and smell the Roses"

Additional comments: The internet is fascinating because while you're there you can be whomever you want to be. You can be "you", but the "you" you want to be instead of the "you" you really are.

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[Brinniel]

Name:Erin
Age:14 on June 28
Occupation:a fresh 9th grade student
Future Aspirations:journalist, writer, photographer, archeologist............
Goal in life:to live a long and happy life
Short term goals:do well in high school and college
Passion:music and dance and art
Hobbies:writing, drawing, dancing(jazz, ballet, lyrical, and hip hop), photography, playing the violin, reading
Famous for: dancing and being in the journalism staff at school
Fave book:Lord of the Rings, Speak, Lurlene McDaniel books
Fave movie:Fellowship of the Ring, Rat Race, Meet the Parents, the Mummy Returns
Fave sport:dance(some may not consider it a sport, but I do)
Fave store:Bath and Body Works, Barnes and Noble
Fave music:Top 40 and some kinds of rock
What I can't stand:People who think they're all that, people who won't get off your back, spiders, and nails screeching on chalkboard
What I dislike:math, science, homework in general
Who I admire:My parents-they work so hard to let me do the things I like
What I would most love to do:see the world
What scares me:spiders, really big bugs, not doing well in school
Quotation:none
Comments:I live in the state of Idaho with my 17 year old sister and my parents. I first became interested in LOTR when the movie came out and read the book and the Hobbit in 10 days. I recently discovered this awesome site and come here almost every day. I hope to get to know more fans of Tolkien on this forum.
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Ithaeliel-
We seem a lot alike, don't you think? I guess that's why we're friends!

[Brinniel]

I almost forgot!
Flaws:I'm shy around people I don't know well, but when I'm with friends and family, I talk way too much and don't let anyone squeeze a word in. As you see, I do that when I write too.

[Auriel Haevasawen]

Wow Lostgariel (can't spell for toffee, sorry) I love space too. I used to get people saying 'astrology?' and I'd have to correct them with 'no astronomy'. I remember watching Carl Sagan's 'Cosmos' on the TV when I was a kid and know most northern constellations and stars plus a bit about planets too. I'm not intelligent enough to work for NASA and the wrong nationality but my brother builds rockets for a hobby and sets them off into the stratosphere (he has to notify the local air traffic control).

[Nevfeniel]

I forgot a really good book: Holes. Hehe, sorry. I just remembered. :P

[Lothiriel Silmarien]

Speak, good book!

[Lady Ancalima]

Name (that you go by): Allison (some do call me Mornaurwen)
Age: 13
Occupation: none
Future Aspirations: I want to be an actor or Archaeologist
Goal in life: ?
Short term goals: Travel around the world
Passion: sports
Hobbies: sports and reading
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Probably for my weirdness and how good I am at Volleyball?

Fave book: The Two Towers
Fave movie: Black Hawk Down
Fave sport: Volleyball
Fave store: ???
Fave music: Anything

What you can't stand: LOUD GUM CHEWING...people bragging about the stupidest things
What you plain dislike:
Who you admire: Lucille Ball
What you most love to do: Sports
Your self-confessed flaws: so many...
What intrigues/fascinates you:
What scares you: drowning and never achieving my dreams
Quotation to live by: Your dreams are your dreams, and only you have the power to achieve them. Everyone else are either hepers or obstacles.

[Sindacuion]

Yo Quiero Bailar! (Excuse me, it's late and I'm tired.. I guess.)

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[Legolas]

Name (that you go by): James
Age: 19
Occupation: pharmacy student
Future Aspirations: Happiness
Goal in life: See above
Short term goals: Happiness
Passion: Music - Guitar
Hobbies: Soccer, Video Games, Tolkien, Piano, Trumpet, Bass, Alto Sax
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being the greatest being ever. For more information see my entry in Wight-Bot's database.

Fave book: Hm...random pick - The Hobbit
Fave movie: Fellowship of the Ring
Fave sport: Soccer
Fave store: Structure ?
Fave music: British rock, mostly. Oasis, Verve, Ride, Sigur Ros, Eric Clapton (Blind Faith, Cream, et. al), Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, King Crimson, Travis, Ocean Colour Scene, George Harrison, Brian Eno, Beatles, Coldplay, Hurricane #1, Heavy Stereo, Tangerine Dream, Jeff Beck, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Paul Weller, Eric Johnson, Grateful Dead, the Police, U2, Radiohead, Slowdive, Doves, Queen, Spiritualized, Beatles, Peter Gabriel, some John Lennon, Handel, Back, Hadyn, Schubert, Liszt, Chopin, and on, and on, and on...

What you can't stand: Stubbornly stupid people *cough*my girlfriend's mother*cough*
What you plain dislike: See above
Who you admire: ORLANDO BLOOM! (Not really.) Jesus, girls with long hair, me, anyone that puts up with me, Andy Bell, Edge, Richard Ashcroft, Nick McCabe, JRR Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien, etc.
What you most love to do: Spend time with friends.
Your self-confessed flaws: N/A
What intrigues/fascinates you: Stuff.
What scares you: Norhing.
Quotation to live by: '...take counsel with thyself, and remember who and what thou art.'


Additional comments:
A whole lot of people are really not good at anything. - George Carlin

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[Greyhame]

Name (that you go by): Adam
Age: 21
Occupation: College student
Future Aspirations: In 18 months, I am marrying the most wonderful person in the world... Boy do I love her. After that, wherever God leads, possibly preaching, teaching, and/or writing.
Goal in life: To bring glory to my Heavenly Father in all I do.
Short term goals: Finding an internship, getting married, getting out of Corn!!! (I mean, Illinois.) Lord, PLEASE send me to Boston or Denver...
Passion: Promoting self-awareness and self-advocacy in the disabled community, ministering to their special physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual needs (I myself am in a wheelchair).
Hobbies: reading, listening to music, writing, philosophy, theology, politics...
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Well, I was one misspelled word away from making the National Spelling Bee in 6th grade, I placed third in the State DAR Essay Contest the same year...
I've been involved in a few theater productions on the community, high school, and collegiate stages as an actor and assistant director, and finally I was captain of both the Speech and Scholastic Bowl Teams my senior year of high school.
Fave book: LOTR, Catcher in the Rye by Salinger, C. S. Lewis' Space Trilogy, The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning, any comic book written by Kevin Smith, and of course, the Bible
Fave movie: LOTR: FOTR, Any Star Wars movie, Citizen Kane, The Hustler, Pi, Good Will Hunting, anything directed/written by Kevin Smith (EXCEPT Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back... awful), Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness
Fave sport: Football, Baseball, Soccer (I'm not nearly as big on sports as I used to be)
Fave store: Best Buy, any independent book and/or record store
Fave music: You asked for it - Rock: Weezer, Jimmy Eat World, Foo Fighters, Ben Folds, The Cars, Queen, Led Zep... Punk/Metal: Misfits, AFI, Tool, POD, Project 86, Five Iron Frenzy, Squad Five-0, System of a Down, The Ramones, Dead Kennedys, Green Day, Ozzy... Classical/Jazz: Beethoven, Pachelbell, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk... Folk/Other: Rich Mullins, Keith Greene, Jeff Buckley, Natalie Merchant, Billy Bragg, anything from O Brother, Where Art Thou?... Rap/Hip Hop/Funk: Knowdaverbs, FurtherMore, Outkast, George Clinton and P-Funk, G-Love and Special Sauce
What you can't stand: Limp Bizkit, the Left Behind books, blind patriotism, the 700 Club, Jar Jar Binks
What you plain dislike: The idea that partisan politics somehow belong in the Church...
Who you admire: Jesus, Rich Mullins, JRRT, C. S. Lewis, Rivers Cuomo, Sen. Jim Jeffords, my dad
What you most love to do: Spend time with my fiancee
Your self-confessed flaws: Bad temper (when it flares up), a tendency to do nothing at times, inconsistency
What intrigues/fascinates you: Cosmology, spiritual warfare, mob psychology, apologetics, comic books, the conflict between socialism and capitalism
What scares you: The erosion of our civil liberties and the erosion of the division of church and state which makes faithful proclamation of the Gospel possible
Quotation to live by: Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength.

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[Talking Hawk]

Name (that you go by): I don't put my real name online, so let's just say it's Talking Hawk..
Age: 15
Occupation: High school student (a junior next year..)
Future Aspirations: I would kind of like to find that "one" guy, and someday marry him in my religion's temple (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, if anyone's curious..)
Goal in life: As far as a career goes, I would want to be an author/writer. I love writing LOTR fanfics for the time being, but I'd someday like to make some money off my writing. =) I write romance, drama, off-the-wall comedy, angst..
Short term goals:
Passion: Writing
Hobbies: Writing =) I suppose reading too, but I prefer fanfics over books.. (I'm working on FOTR, though..I like it!)
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Hmmm.. Being a smarty-pants I suppose. I have a 4.2 grade-point average, am in English and Science honors, JROTC, and Japanese II. As you probably think, I have A's in all my classes, and I'm the kid who sits in the front row and raises her hand all the time. o_O My teachers like me for it, but as for the other students...heh heh. Let's just say that they get jealous or SOMEthing. =) It's all good though.

Fave book: Hm..."Twice Taken" (sorry folks, I haven't read enough of FOTR to call it my favorite book..)
Fave movie: Lord of the Rings, Miss Congeniality, and Surf Ninjas (okay, it's not my favorite, but it's HIL-A-RI-OUS..)
Fave sport: Eh...basketball, as long as I'm playing against people who can't play either. smilies/wink.gif
Fave store: Hm...Borders?
Fave music: Calm, romantic music. Nothing dirty though. =p

What you can't stand: Forrest Gump!! (ACK, I saw that movie last night. It made me feel like crud..) Okay, what ELSE I can't stand? Hm...persistant noises that distract me from my work/concentration (ie, leaky faucet, crow outside the room that sounds like it's a dying duck, the laundry machine..).
What you plain dislike: Popular people that think they can be jerks to everyone.
Who you admire: Hm.. My mom, Jesus (not that they're on the same level, of course)..
What you most love to do: Hm..writing =) (Gee, that's like half of my responses, now isn't it?)
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm a perfectionist (to the extreme, at times..), I like to boss people around, I'm impatient (I HATE the phrase, "Patience is a virtue"..), at times easy to anger, and, um, hm...I'm sure there's some more, but I think I'll give it a rest. =)
What intrigues/fascinates you: The characters of LOTR; also cool-looking birds
What scares you: Hm...the devil? o_O
Quotation to live by: "If ye love me, keep my commandments." - John 14:15 (I think..)

Additional comments: I may go to BYU Utah for college...not sure yet. And for why I dislike Forrest Gump, not only was it a REALLY depressing movie (I hate not-feel-good movies), but it also may be because my older brother has mental "problems".. Just thought I'd throw that out there. (I think he's the reason why I'm bossy. =) )

-Talking Hawk

[Brinniel]

I couldn't help but take a look at this thread. I was still just a newbie when I last posted here, and it's amazing how much one can change in a few months. So, here I go reposting my bio.

Name (that you go by): Erin, but you can call me Brinn
Age: 14
Occupation: freshman in high school
Future Aspirations: to become a screenwriter
Goal in life: to be happy
Short term goals: to continue to do well in school and get my homework done tonight
Passion: dance, violin, writing, drawing
Hobbies: look above
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Can't say that I'm famous for anything. I am very shy and invisible to those around me. During my math class today, I actually had someone ask me if I was new to the school. I've been going there for 3 years!

Fave book: LOTR, The Shannara Series, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Speak
Fave movie: FOTR, Moulin Rouge, Rat Race, Monsters Inc
Fave sport: Dance, of course!
Fave store: Barnes and Noble, Circuit City (for cds), Blockbuster (I'm a movie freak)
Fave music: Blink 182, Eminem, Avril Lavigne, TLC, Monica, Kelly Clarkson, and several different soundtracks

What you can't stand: gore, slackers in school, people who goggle over Legolas (sorry), the fact that Wal-mart lives in my neighborhood
What you plain dislike: drugs (illegal ones) and cigarrettes
Who you admire: my parents and anyone who is able to acheive their goals
What you most love to do: dance, chat at the Barrow Downs
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm obessive. Oh, and someone at my school has a brother who is going to TTT premiere in New Zealand. I'm so jealous!
What intrigues/fascinates you: LOTR, of course
What scares you: spiders, things that pop out
Quotation to live by: I still have none! Well, I guess I could use the one in my sig.

Additional comments: If my calculations are correct, there are 22 more days before FOTR: The Extended Edition is released and 58 days until TTT premiere. Yay!

I know there's been several new members since June. Feel free to post all about yourself! :D

[Alkanoonion]

Name: (Joseph) or as I will soon be known in the future, Master
Age: 25
Status: Bachelor
Occupation: Financial Officer (during the day)/ all time good guy (when on a date) / mad professor (in my spare time)

Future Aspirations: Take over the world
Goal in life: Rule the universe
Short term goals: Rule my own TV ( my sisters are living with me)
Passion: Life
Hobbies: Fishing, Reading- (thermo nuclear physics for dummies)

Famous for: (getting drunk at my work Christmas party)
Fave book: The Hobbit
Fave movie: Police Academy
Fave sport: 8 Ball
Fave store: n/a
Fave music: The Eagles, Hotel California
What you can't stand: Bad language
What you plain dislike: Stupidity
Who you admire:
What you most love to do: Spend time outdoors fishing
Your self-confessed flaws: Know it all
What intrigues/fascinates you: Women
What scares you: Women
Quotation to live by: Do not argue with a fool because they will take you down to their level and beat you with experience.

[Elenna]

Yay! This sounds like fun to revive.

Name (that you go by):Jillian, Elenna, Butterfly, Mouse...
Age:16
Occupation: Disgruntled teen, writer, Barrow Downs junkie, grocery store cashier, actor
Future Aspirations: bohemian writer
Goal in life: to publish a book with my name bigger than the title, like Michael Crichton
Short term goals: Get my short stories in a magazine
Passion: Writing and theater
Hobbies: Writing, theater, my advanced gym course, political involvement
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Protesting the treatment of homosexuals at my school, getting detention, writing an article for the paper, getting another detention

Fave book: LOTR, Witches of Eileanan, anything Shakespeare, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Fave movie: LOTR, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Princess Bride, and everything Disney
Fave sport: To watch, soccer (IRELAND IS GOING ALL THE WAY THIS YEAR!!!!) to participate in, track and football (sure, I'm 5'3", but I can catch like none other)
Fave store: Barnes and Noble
Fave music: Rock, mostly Barenaked Ladies, System of a Down, Linkin Park, Creed, Good Charlotte... And I also like opera, classical, and Broadway. Go figure.

What you can't stand: idiotic school administrators, idiotic students
What you plain dislike: school food and the morons who make fun of me in the halls.
Who you admire: Anyone brave enough to be friends with me.
What you most love to do: Write
Your self-confessed flaws: Impatience, rebelliousness, the occasional bout of slacking.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Everything! This morning I was trying to figure out what I would call the color of blue that the sky is before the sun comes up.
What scares you: That Fahrenheit 451 is an accurate depiction of today's society, Komodo dragons, and chainsaws.
Quotation to live by: "If you can't find a door, kick in a wall"

Additional comments: There is a skunk living in my garage.

[the phantom]

Name (that you go by): Philip
Age: 20
Occupation: Business Major
Future Aspirations: swim in large quantities of money, be a father, live a long and happy life
Goal in life: see above
Short term goals: graduate with a real high GPA
Passion: music (any kind)
Hobbies: playing drums, violin, a little piano, singing, football, tennis, hockey, basketball, video games,
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): being the luckiest person on earth, playing music, killing people twice my size in nearly every sport, doing well on everything (like tests) while only working 1/10th as hard as everyone else, taking over social occasions, being so nice that it's impossible to hate me, slacking off,

Fave book: LOTR
Fave movie: LOTR, Star Wars (all of them), The Matrix, Search for the Holy Grail,
Fave sport: football or tennis
Fave store: Kohl's (where I work part-time)
Fave music: classical-Dvorak/ modern-Everclear

What you can't stand: people with jerky attitudes
What you plain dislike: chicks who don't think I'm hot
Who you admire: my very own Dad
What you most love to do: hang out with friends
Your self-confessed flaws: I never put forth my best effort, I often don't stop and think, I procrastinate,
What intrigues/fascinates you: Physics, Geology, Biology, Chemistry, women,
What scares you: the future
Quotation to live by: "Do, or do not. There is no try."

[Lothiriel Silmarien]

Must make only a few questions for myself, or this could turn into a whole autobiograpy..

Name: Marie

Age: 15

Fav. book: Debating...either Lord of the Rings or the Silmarillion.

Fav. movie: Fellowship of the Ring, A Night at the Roxbury (FotR more)

Fav. music: Rock, Hard rock, Heavy Metal. My favorite band is Nickelback smilies/biggrin.gif, Drowning Pool, STP (to name a few..) but I also like Enya. And some classical songs, but I don't have titles or anything memorized. I like hearing cellos. And lutes. Bagpipes are pretty cool too.

Fav. Sport: I love hiking!

Goals in life: To be happy

What I can't stand: Hypocrites!! Stupidity. Oh!! And people who won't have a open mind, they only want to listen to themselves. The list goes on...

Who you admire: Chad Kroeger, people who are strong; they have many complicated things going on in their lives, yet they seem to hold it together, and they don't seek pity from anyone.

Quotation to live by: "Never give up on your dreams, you'll never live."

Additional Comments: Did you know that a pound bread isn't really a pound?

[HerenIstarion]

by Lush

Oh, and George, I'm a big fan of "What? Where? When?" as well. Do the Georgians still play with the Russians? We could duke it out, man!

Sorry to be so late, somehow missed the thing completely smilies/confused.gif .

We do. There'll be a tournament in Saransk sometime around December. I think my team will be up to it as well

yes, we could smilies/smile.gif

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hya, Susan, Ursual LeGuin is quite a writer I daresay smilies/smile.gif


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Alk, you never know what's going on in there (women's mind, i mean). They are just too unpredictable smilies/wink.gif

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[The Squatter of Amon Rûdh]

Anyone who was in any way curious about me, poor sick people that they are, will now receive the vital information for which they have thirsted for so long. The following details are subject to change without warning:

Name (that you go by): David. Also "Mad Dave", "Dave the Hat" and "Oi, pillock" I prefer the first.

Age: 27

Occupation: Scripting for web-sites

Future Aspirations: To free myself from wage slavery; to write, if not publish, a book or two; to find out where the "free world" is and move there.

Goal in life: To become a famous wit, rake and wastrel.

Short term goals: To finish paying for my education, never again to waste so much money so badly.

Passion: Individuality. And the decriminalisation of certain herbs.

Hobbies: None. See "Future Aspirations" under "Wage slavery"

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): I was a member of the winning team in the 1991 Air Training Corps aircraft recognition competition. I was also Thames Valley Wing champion for two years running.

Favourite book: I don't play favourites, but here are a few of the best I've read apart from the obvious Tolkien:
The Compleet Molesworth by Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle; I, Claudius and Claudius the God by Robert Graves; The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams; What is History? by E.H. Carr; The Outsider by Albert Camus and Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy. Those are in no particular order and there are many others.

Favourite film: Again too many to list, but Highlander, The Crow, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Outlaw Josey Wales, High Plains Drifter, Touch of Evil, Kelly's Heroes, Withnail and I, A Bridge Too Far and, predictably, Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Favourite sport: Snooker

Favourite shop: I don't have one. I like any small, dusty second-hand book-shops and bric-a-brac emporia.

Favourite music: Rock. As in on.

What you can't stand: The full list would crash the forum, but here's a reduced one:
Wilful ignorance; confident and self-assured incompetence; bombast; advertisements; false sincerity; intolerance; unprovoked rudeness; bigotry; inelegance; ingenuousness; ovine conformism; Britney Spears; cabbage; soap operas; cabbage...
And so forth.

What you plain dislike: Just dislike? Coleslaw and mayonnaise

Who you admire: Anyone who isn't exasperated by it all.

What you most love to do: Lie around on something soft with a good book, a cup of tea, some biscuits and a nice juicy joint, if I have one.

Your self-confessed flaws: Absent-mindedness; colossal arrogance; complete inability to make allowances and laziness.

What intrigues/fascinates you:
I don't like sport, soaps or celebrity gossip. Apart from those, just about everything.

What scares you: People

Quotation to live by:

Let 's eat, drink, and play till the worms do corrupt us,
'Tis certain, Post mortem Nulla voluptas.
For health, wealth and beauty, wit, learning and sense,
Must all come to nothing a hundred years hence.
Thomas Jordan (1612?-1685)

Additional comments:
Let it not now be said that less than half of you know half as much about me as they'd like. If you are anything like me, surfeiting, the appetite should sicken and so die.

[HerenIstarion]

How dare you, unhappy mortal, to raise your eyes on Britney Spears?!!!!! smilies/mad.gif

and cabbages just pushes the thing way too far smilies/evil.gif

[The Squatter of Amon Rûdh]

Do you mean to say that you do like them? I find your lack of taste disturbing. smilies/wink.gif

[HerenIstarion]

you are mental, man ( smilies/wink.gif), How can one possibly fall so low to dislike advertisements; false sincerity; intolerance; unprovoked rudenes

and CABBAGES!!! smilies/redface.gif

[HerenIstarion]

DISCLAIMER:

The previous 2 posts were committed by H-I in the late hours of his office-sitting, when mental stability leaves his skull for a stroll.

[The Squatter of Amon Rûdh]

you are mental, man

Guilty as charged, my old cauliflower sundae.

On the subject of madness, though, what sort of a loony likes freedom and writes poetry? We all need to be oppressed, inarticulate and unimaginative to be happy. smilies/evil.gif

[vanwalossien]

Name (that you go by): Hiriel (it's my real name in Sindarin)
Age: 15
Occupation: student
Future Aspirations:
Goal in life: to get a good education
Short term goals: I dunno, try to make my social life less internet based?
Passion:Books!
Hobbies:reading, watching movies
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Really brag? You asked for it! Being very humble I must admit that I'm actually really smart. My teachers aks me when they're unsure of something, seriously.

Fave book(I think I'll change that to author): Tolkien, Rowling, Brooks, Kerr, Lewis, Adams, Hornby, Christie, Holt and loads more
Fave movie: FOTR, STARWARS, Ice age, Moulin Rouge, Road to Perdition, Trainspotting +++
Fave sport:Ice hockey
Fave store:Avalon (http://www.avalon.no) in Oslo, Norway
Fave music: pretty much everything. Right now I've been listening to 'Wonderwall' by Oasis over and over again.

What you can't stand: George W Bush!
What you plain dislike: People who could've been great, at for example school, but aren't because they can't bother to try.
Who you admire: my mum, Natalie Portman (yes, I'm serious, she's cool!), JRR and Christopher Tolkien
What you most love to do: sleep...
Your self-confessed flaws: I sleep too much, and when I'm awake I talk, and talk and talk forever (most of which is impossible to understand)
What intrigues/fascinates you: the history of pretty much everything from languages to pop music
What scares you: Bees. I'm allergic to the stupid little beasts.
Quotation to live by: "You laugh because I'm different - I laugh because you're all the same" unknown
"I chose not to choose life. I chose something else." Ewan McGregor in 'Trainspotting'
"Smart is sexy!" Jennifer Aniston
"I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me." Harry Potter in JK Rowling's Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban

Additional comments: The school paper named me "Nerd of the Year 2002". When you're proud of the title, that proves that you deserve it!

I'm addicted to Granny Smith apples...
And to popcorn..


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[onewhitetree]

Oh. My. Gosh. How in the name of all that is sacred did I miss this thread?! As if my entire purpose for inhabiting this board was not complete self-promotion. I'm becoming a vague shadow of myself. Which brings me to my favorite topic. Ahem.

Name (that you go by): Kate. Lala. Josie. That girl that hangs out with Sarah all the time. Mostly Kate, though.
Age: 19, but the general consensus seems to be mid-30s.
Occupation: Tour guide, art student.
Future Aspirations: I want to own a small shop in London where I can make handcrafted wood furniture and go to school for the rest f my life. Also to marry well.
Goal in life: To make things beautiful.
Short term goals: To learn French.
Passion: Beautiful things -- this is not as shallow as it sounds. Don't be fooled, though, I am plenty shallow. Note Future Aspirations.
Hobbies: English style riding; drawing caricatures on napkins in coffee shops.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): My smile, being the best high school essayist in the state of Georgia, the second best speller, and being the girl that wrecked her car into a brick building. All of these happened at least two years ago. Since then I've become less literate but better at handling vehicles. The smile still stands, though.

Fave book: Grendel, by John Gardner.
Fave movie: As Good As It Gets
Fave sport: Steeplechasing
Fave store: In order to keep from overloading the server, I'll make this short. Gaucho, Barnes & Noble, Steve Madden, Gap, and small boutique-type home furnishing and unique clothing shoppes. Until my recent hiatus from caffeine, Starbucks.
Fave music: Sigur Rós!!!!!!!!!! Also Dave Matthews Band and movie soundtracks.

What you can't stand: Intolerance and horror movies.
What you plain dislike: Meat. My addictive personality. Mushrooms. Sushi. Inability to appreciate beauty. Crassness.
Who you admire: My father.
What you most love to do: Socialising with my wonderful, wonderful friends at the cafe we frequent while foreign movies play.
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm arrogant, stuck-up, pedantic, selfish, manipulative, fickle, materialistic, and many other bad things.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Older, mutlilingual foreign men. Who aren't gay.
What scares you: Insects, horror movies, dependence.
Quotation to live by: "Even if you don't like him, he'll always have friends."

Additional comments: I don't have a sense of humor, and I don't have any opinions, so I am a very boring person. You don't want me to post more often than I do, trust me.

[Hanna_Gamgee]

Name (that you go by): Mira
Age:29
Occupation:College student
Future Aspirations:
To get a good job.
Goal in life:
To get married and be happy.
Short term goals:
To graduate college.
Passion:reading
Hobbies:
chatting,dancing,watching movies
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself):
nothin that I can think of.
Fave book:LOTR
Fave movie:LOTR
Fave sport:gymnastics
Fave store:Best Buy
Fave music:all kinds

What you can't stand:telemarketers
What you plain dislike:bugs
Who you admire:Harrison Ford
What you most love to do:read
Your self-confessed flaws:Im shy.
What intrigues/fascinates you:Middle earth
What scares you:hights
Quotation to live by:
can't think of one

[ October 22, 2002: Message edited by: Hanna_Gamgee ]

[*Varda*]

Hm, been here for ages, never discovered this thread! So here’s pretty much all you need to know about me!

Name (that you go by) : Varda (the stars are just for decoration!)
Age: 16
Occupation: Student. (grr)
Future Aspirations: Not sure, just to go to university, get a job I enjoy, stuff like that.
Goal in life: Never forget about Lord of the Rings! Suppose to get married and all that.
Short Term Goals: Pass my Higher exams
Passion: Lord of the Rings smilies/smile.gif
Hobbies: Singing, writing, reading, going out with friends, internet (obviously)

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself):
Hm, well my friends would say I’m famous for being sarcastic, but that’s probably not a good thing. Stubborn? Ok, there must be one good thing I’m famous for…ah, honesty!

Fave Book: Any LOTR book…sad, but Little Women is also a favourite, read it when I was younger – what can I say? Childhood memories!
Fave Movie: LOTR – FOTR, but I think I’ll like the next ones even better, O, most movies.
Fave Sport: Sport? What’s that?
Fave Store: H&M (clothes store), Waterstones (huge book store, great coffee place)
Fave Music: LOTR soundtrack, Destiny’s Child, The Corrs, Travis
]What you can't stand: Completely ignorant people, lying for no reason, people who can’t accept other people’s views (I could go on longer!)...oh, and neds. (if you don't know, just don't ask)
What you plain dislike: Physics.
Who you admire: Don’t really know…lots of people for different reasons.
What you most love to do: Hang out with friends
Your self confessed flaws: Too honest sometimes, too stubborn.
What intrigues/fascinates you: The whole concept and world of Lord of the Rings.
What scares you: Death.
Quotation to live by: Don’t really have one at the moment.
Additional Comments - I love LOTR!

EDIT: I'm 16 now!

[ November 04, 2002: Message edited by: *Varda* ]

[Maikadilwen]

Oh well, guess I can't hide forever.

Name (that you go by): Maika (really, people have gotten used to it), Lady Despair, Scarface, Nynne (Danish for "hum" because I'm always humming and singing)

Age: 25

Future Aspirations: Only time will tell

Goal in life: To get through it alive

Short term goals: To move out of this place (my apartment, this city, this country)

Passion: Cryptozoo and Paranormal stuff, writing

Hobbies: Yoga, psychology, archaeology, morbidity

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being insanely morbid at times, unable to be embarrassed, excellent cook

Fave book: Moby D*ck (c'mon BW, can't we even write THAT?), Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy, 2001: A space odyssey,
everything by E.A. Poe and F. Kafka.
Oh, and then I once read something by a guy named Tolkien or something like that. Nothing impressive. smilies/wink.gif

Fave movie: Event Horizon, Pitch Black, anything by Monty Python, anything by Clive Barker, maybe LOTR (we'll see about that when it's finished)

Fave sport: Hockey, Aikido, kick-boxing (no, I'm NOT violent!)

Fave store: The Barrow-downs store of course, Amazon.com (they have all the weird books I like)

Fave music: Everything NOT dance, rap or techno.

What you can't stand: Narrowminded people, racists

What you plain dislike: People who can't understand/accept that other people may have other beliefs, be it religious or political,
people who wear fur smilies/mad.gif (grrrr, now where's my red spraypaint...?)

Who you admire: My best friend who spends most of her time in a wheelchair and still does everything a lot better than me.

What you most love to do: Hey! There are under-age people here...heheh! smilies/tongue.gif smilies/biggrin.gif Sleep, spending time at the Downs, sleep, read, sleep...

Your self-confessed flaws: Being too impatient, laziness, not taking enough care of myself (sometimes I forget to eat), being too mean to other people

What intrigues/fascinates you: Ghosts and everything paranormal, puzzles, forensics, people, that we're still here

What scares you: Knives

Quotation to live by: Hmm...

Additional comments: Uhm...

[ February 27, 2003: Message edited by: Maikadilwen ]

[Birdland]

Maikadilwen - "Passion: Cryptozoo and Paranormal stuff, writing"
Maika - I love cryptozoology! So what's your opinion on "rods" or "sky fish"? (I think I saw one of those little buggers when I was a kid.)

[Maikadilwen]

Oh Birdie, if only you'd told me that 3 months ago, before we closed the forum for new members. I'm co-running a cryptozoo forum (very similar to the Downs, just CZ instead of Tolkien) and I'm pretty sure you'd be interested in the stuff we're doing. I'll let you know when (if) we re-open.
I'm writing a lot of theme articles for it, so feel free to PM me if you're interested in something. The last was about Tunguska (personal favourite).

In order to answer your question, I believe that everything's possible.
I don't have Arthur C. Clarke as my personal "hero" for nothing. smilies/smile.gif

Sorry, everyone. Shamelessly off-topic.

[ October 22, 2002: Message edited by: Maikadilwen ]

[NazgulNumberTen]

Name (that you go by): anything you like, baby...
Age:14
Occupation: Anti-socail student
Future Aspirations: Novelist
Goal in life: Write, move, get revenge
Short term goals: silence the idiots at my school
Passion: um...what do you mean by that?! writing...dinner by candle light, long walks on the beach...other htings found in personal adds
Hobbies: scaring people at my school, writing...um...tring to think of something to do with all my free time
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): the depressed loney idiot.

Fave book: Lotr
Fave movie: Lotr, the matrix
Fave sport: ice hockey
Fave store: i don't shop
Fave music: i don't listen to music

What you can't stand: people without a sence of humor, idiots
What you plain dislike: idiots
Who you admire: gimli, the off topic martyr
What you most love to do: write, climb trees, point out the idiocies of society
Your self-confessed flaws: overly emotional, low self esteem, irritable, anti-social, off topic, hyper, never satisfied with myself, suicidal tendenses..um...lets just say im pretty screwed up.
What intrigues/fascinates you: monkies. writing. finding new ways to hurt myself
What scares you: carnies
Quotation to live by: "it's not stupid, it's advanced!"
-Invader Zim
"Live for the moment."
-no idea who said that


Additional comments: i am a psycho

[ October 22, 2002: Message edited by: NazgulNumberTen ]

[ October 22, 2002: Message edited by: NazgulNumberTen ]

[HerenIstarion]

Maika,

Nynne (Danish for "hum" because I'm always humming and singing)

huh, that's why I got Deadnight Chanter. That's poetical alteration of alltime hummer which expresses the thing as it is smilies/wink.gif

Goal in life: To get through it alive

I doubt you can manage it. Nobody can

NN10,

whom I you going to take revenge upon? And why?

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Name (for internet purposes): Estelyn (I like my self-chosen name), Esty

Age: older than I look (better than the other way around!)

Occupation: pianist, translator

Future Aspirations: new horizons, creating something of lasting beauty, travelling around the world

Goal in life: becoming whom I am meant to be

Short term goals: finishing all the patchwork projects I’ve started (on second thought, maybe that’s a long-term goal!)

Passion: this site and its people; beauty in its various forms – visible, verbal, audible, edible

Hobbies: The Barrow-Downs, reading, patchwork

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): my jazzy gospel piano concerts, my home-baked caramel rolls, Grant County North Dakota Spelling Bee champion in 7th grade smilies/wink.gif

Fave books: (among many others) C.S. Lewis – Narnia, Perelandra; M.M. Kaye – The Far Pavilions; J. Austen – Pride and Prejudice; Lindsey Davis – the Falco series; Noah Gordon – The Physician; quite a few historical novels, books on psychology, and nonsense poetry

Fave movies: (in no particular order and subject to change) The Bridges of Madison County, Shakespeare in Love, Comedian Harmonists, Chocolat, Castaway, Truman Show, Shrek

Fave sport: to watch – figure skating; to do – walking

Fave store: Brook-Mays Music Store in Dallas, bookshops in London

Fave music: Bach, Gershwin, much of what lies between and some of what comes after – current favorite Nickel Creek

What you can't stand: posts that repeat what has been said 1000 times, that contain nonsense with no redeeming value, that attack others and their personal opinions, and that are just plain boring

What you plain dislike: real life interruptions when I’m enjoying myself on the internet

Who you admire: people who know exactly who they are and why they’re doing what they’re doing

What you most love to do: chat when all the fun people are on-line and at their witty best!

Your self-confessed flaws: procrastination, inefficiency, spending way too much time here

What intrigues/fascinates you: intelligent discussions that are way over my head

What scares you: the prospect of moderating Movies after TTT comes out!

Quotation to live by: All things work together for the best…

My pride and joy: The young man and young woman who have been the source of my greatest pain, my greatest privilege and my greatest learning experience

Additional comments: There’s no place like home – Barrow-Downs Sweet Barrow-Downs

[ October 23, 2002: Message edited by: Estelyn Telcontar ]

[HerenIstarion]

whoa, that's what me calls loyalty. bravo smilies/smile.gif

[Neferchoirwen]

Name (that you go by): Pam, Peejay, or Peej. And yeah, my engineering pals call me "monmon"
Age: 21 (and a half--problem with being born on the middle of the year is: you don't really know how old you are)
Occupation: 11 months before I get out of college!

Future Aspirations: To sing, to write, and to travel A LOT.
Goal in life: I want to write a magic realist novel based on my grandma's life. I'd love to sing as well. But to top all of that, I want to have a family with great kids.
Short term goals: In a few days, I'll be reading a poem in front of all the literature biggies here in the Philippines as a tribute to a deceased writer. Hope I can pull that off. Also, I'm hoping that my thesis will hit gold.
Passion: Singing, obviously. Reading and collecting books (I practically hoard the Book Sale stalls in my area and manage to find great stuff--like "Merlin's Ring" for less than a dollar's worth)
Hobbies: reading, reading, and collecting cd's (I'm trying to diversify my interests)
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): I "brought the house down" when I sang in front the WHOLE SCHOOL when I was a high school senior. I'm also famous for doing a "Maya Angelou" at a poetry recital.

Fave book: "She's Come Undone," "House of the Spirits," "Anthem," and both books of Samuel, and the gospel of Matthew in the Bible
Fave movie: Signs, Moulin rouge, Hook, The Green Mile
Fave sport: I only love watching soccer
Fave store: Anything with books in it
Fave music: Bach and Vivaldi are the greatest! kinda "overhearing" Dream Theater from my brother's room---I like them too. Chicago, LAGQ, Nigel Kennedy, Yanni, anything Celtic, Hillsongs, incubus, josh Groban (I dream of singing with him one day--who knows?), Sarah Brightman, Norah Jones, and jazz. I'm currently listening to YES, too.

What you can't stand: Racism, closed mindedness, and people who reduce you to an issue, label, or preference. I also hate backbiting people.
What you plain dislike: I hate traffic. And all the bombings and shootings. The "Us and Them" mentality.
Who you admire: BW. Seriously. My dad-one of the nicest guys I know. My brother--so talented. Josh Groban. and yes: Oprah Winfrey and Maya Angelou.
What you most love to do: Researching Celtic and other European legends, being a "mother figure" to people who need someone to talk to. And yeah: singing.
Your self-confessed flaws: Procrastination and the ten lbs that linger within me smilies/smile.gif
What intrigues/fascinates you: Celtic legends and St. Patrick. Languages and the culture behind them.
What scares you: I have this wierd phobia on clouds. Long story that predates adolescence.
Quotation to live by: "You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore you will not let them triumph" --Job 17:4
and
"...the burned hand teaches best. After that advice about fore goesto the heart." --Gandalf the White

Additional comments: I've got a long way to go

[ October 25, 2002: Message edited by: Neferchoirwen ]

[Ithaeliel]

Name (that you go by): Catherine or Cat
Age: Three months from fifteen
Occupation: Junior high student, vulnerable target of horror film The Ring, currently job-searching
Future Aspirations: To own and run a small coffee shop, to write a highly successful novel, to stop getting spam on my hotmail account, to become closer to God, to be a great friend to all my friends.
Goal in life: Be a great musician (strings)
Short term goals: Get better grades, make honor orchestra, maybe learn to play the guitar
Passion: Violin, singing
Hobbies: philosophizing, drawing, poetry, see above
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Violin (gee, I wonder why?), drawings, my 'mood ring' eyes

Fave book: Silmarillion by guess who?
Fave movie: Lord of the Rings, My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Fave sport: hm... basketball
Fave store: Don't know, haven't gone shopping in a while
Fave music: Heavy metal, Celtic, and new age

What you can't stand: Horror films on a scale of The Exorcist and The Ring, disrespectful people, injustice
What you plain dislike: reverse discrimination (i.e. hating preps or not paying attention to men's rights), spitting, people who are too self-obsessed to notice anyone else's problems
Who you admire: My parents and my friends
What you most love to do: Instant message, read, think
Your self-confessed flaws: Too competitive
What intrigues/fascinates you: Ancient/medieval culture, the inceasing love of my savior
What scares you: The Ring!!!!!!!!!! (not the One Ring, but the other one)
Quotation to live by: I don't know, there are many.

Additional comments: Never, ever, EVER see The Ring!!!!!! And if you have already, I pity you and God bless you.

[ October 27, 2002: Message edited by: Ithaeliel ]

[gollum*elf*pup]

Woah, these are so much fun to read! smilies/smile.gif
Name (that you go by): elfpup (excuse me, but my name is NOT oboe)
Age: 14
Occupation: Student, I suppose.
Future Aspirations:
Goal in life: To not die before the age of 34
Short term goals: See goal in life.
Passion: Riding, reading!, drawing
Hobbies: see above
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): I'm not famous. I'm just that little speck of dust sitting in the corner over there. I know someone famous, though. She is known as the one who broke the wall. Tee-hee.

Fave book: Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Faerie, Squire
Fave movie: Lord of the Rings and some others that I really don't remember the names of. I like those silly little movies we watch at school in science with the funny little people with lightbulbs. They were funny.
Fave sport: Riding, and soccer!
Fave store: I don't go to stores anymore. And if I do, I get lost inside and I'll never find my way out, so I'll never be able to tell you the name of a store I like.
Fave music: Anything, really. (Well, almost everything. There's a couple of things I don't like.)

What you can't stand: Little children, my geography teacher (I swear, she has demons inside her head, yelling at her constantly, because she says "Quiet, quiet please" at least 100 times a day, even when the room is completely silent!), concieted people.
What you plain dislike: Same as above
Who you admire: Toby, for putting up with me for two years. Good boy.
What you most love to do: Ride, read, draw, boss little children around (I know that's bad, but hey, it's a lot of fun!), talk on msn.
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm increibly lazy. And shy around grown ups. Yeah, I know smilies/tongue.gif
What intrigues/fascinates you: Revolving leather hole punchers. (those things are amazing!)
What scares you: Drunk people. My french teacher.
Quotation to live by: "You can't have everything. Where would you put it?"
Additional comments: the end

[ October 27, 2002: Message edited by: gollum*elf*pup ]

[Losthuniel]

Name (that you go by): Friends at school; call me Sader(DO NOT ask!), but on the net: Losthuniel or Losth

Age: 13 and a fraction

Occupation: gr. 8 student (hey, somethings change)

Future Aspirations: write my book, graduate, get my parents to realize they have a freak of a daughter

Goal in life: write my book

Short term goals: Pass math, finish my Silmfic

Passion:reading, writing fanfiction, riding, LotR,

Hobbies:all of the above and web page coding (I'm Insane)And the PPC

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): I am the Namless Entity. Know and Fear Me.

Fave book:Silm, LotR, Sabriel, Lirael, HDM

Fave movie:LotR, Emperor's New Groove,Mary Poppins,

Fave sport:Riding and Skiing

Fave store: !ndigo

Fave music: Alt. Rock

What you can't stand: Mary-Sues (you knew it was bound to come up), Bad writing,the Bloody Facists(school admin.) Discrimination

What you plain dislike:The la-las (popular girls. Don't ask.[I'm a walking contradiction. Get over it])

Who you admire: Tolkien.

What you most love to do:Read, write, surf the net.

Your self-confessed flaws:I'm a walking contradiction (as was stated before)and have a very bad temper.

What intrigues/fascinates you:Life. Oh, and how Finch, Deborah, Dwimordene, Ithilwen&Co got to be such good writers

What scares you: clones

Quotation to live by: "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one" -Albert Einstien

Additional comments: Long live the Barrowdowns! Long live the PPC!"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." -Einstien

[TolkienGurl]

Name (that you go by): Sammy
Age:15 (will be 16 on November 29)
Occupation: student
Future Aspirations: be well-known as a writer
Goal in life: praise God
Short term goals: graduate
Passion: my boyfriend smilies/wink.gif
Hobbies: Barrow Downs, reading, writing, historical re-enactment and swordfighting
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): i'm very smart smilies/smile.gif

Fave book: the Bible, everything Tolkien or about Tolkien, Dragonlance series, Star Wars, Redwall series, Chronicles of Narnia
Fave movie: LOTR extended DVD
Fave sport: weight training
Fave store: any huge bookstore
Fave music: classical

What you can't stand: annoying people
What you plain dislike: math
Who you admire: Mr. Burdick my US History and Government/Economics teacher
What you most love to do: read, be with my boyfriend
Your self-confessed flaws: stubborn, low self-esteem
What intrigues/fascinates you: theology, debating, and other intellectual pursuits
What scares you: clowns
Quotation to live by: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all you mind. And love your neighbor as yourself."

Additional comments: I'm cute! hee hee! smilies/rolleyes.gif

[ November 13, 2002: Message edited by: TolkienGurl ]

[Maikadilwen]

does not know how to play guitar

Faye if you only lived closer I could teach you that. smilies/smile.gif It's actually easier than you think.

[Arwen Imladris]

Name: Arwen Imladris
Age: 16 (born in 1986)
Occupation: student (grade 11)
Future Aspirations: counsellor, phycatrist?? I don't really know
Goal in life: to be the best that I can
Short term goals: to get through this week
Passion: Jesus, LOTR, Music
Hobbies: Music (piano, recorder, trumpet), art, drama,
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): my laugh smilies/biggrin.gif outgoing, music,

Fave book: the bible, LOTR, Hobbit, UT,
Fave movie: LOTR, Star Wars (please don't shoot me), Star Trek, The Princess Bride, A little Princess
Fave sport:cross country skiing
Fave store: any dollar store
Fave music: LOTR soundtrak, anything but country

What you can't stand: people who don't like the beach, people who aren't commited to what they do
What you plain dislike: The lord of the flies
Who you admire:
What you most love to do: talk to people
Your self-confessed flaws: I am too obsessed with LOTR
What intrigues/fascinates you: People
What scares you: scary movies, my brother
Quotation to live by:Many that live deserve death, and some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them?

[Faye Took]

My band teacher tried to teach Guitar to me but I just got so frusterated! RAH!

[Galadrie1]

Name (that you go by): People always seem to forget my name, so I won't bother posting it. You'll only forget it.
Age: 14
Occupation: Grade 9 student
Future Aspirations: I want to be an actress.. or something.
Goal in life: To do good stuff and not kill myself.
Short term goals: Pass tomorrow's French test.
Passion: Acting, singing.
Hobbies: Acting, singing, reading, playing piano and French horn.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Everyone thinks of me as "that smart girl who knows everything. Got a problem? Ask her," and then I yell at them because I don't know everything. I wish I was better known for my acting.

Fave book: Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie.
Fave movie: The Princess Bride, LotR, Aladdin, uh.. there's more...
Fave sport: Football
Fave store: Chapters. I could spend my whole life there.
Fave music: The songs my best friend and I compose. Our newest single is amazing; the tune is smart and the lyrics are easy: "Pizza truck, doo do doo. Pizza truck.."

What you can't stand: Stupid people, people who think they're smart, but they're not, lots of other stuff, too, but there's too much...
What you plain dislike: Britney Spears!
Who you admire: My best friend's dad.
What you most love to do: Act.
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm stubborn, selfish, self centered, greedy, annoying, loud, and stupid. Wanna be my friend?
What intrigues/fascinates you: Cellos.
What scares you: Sharp knives, my friends. My friends with sharp knives...
Quotation to live by: "Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and have their shoes."

Additional comments: Oh great, now the Pizza Truck song is stuck in my head...

[ October 27, 2002: Message edited by: Galadrie1 ]

[Telchar]

First of all I tend to dislike threads like this, than again I really like talking about myself - forgive me if I become too sarcastic smilies/wink.gif

Name (that you go by): Klaus / Damn!!! (by women)
Age: 31
Occupation: Layouter/Designer in an advertising agency
Future Aspirations: Maybe owning my own business ?
Goal in life: Win the lottery/btw I dont gamble or play the lottery
Short term goals: reajust 10 pounds
Passion: (this is a family friendly forum, right?)
Hobbies: Backgammon / (this is a family friendly forum, right?)
Famous for being the first to win the World championship and the World cup in the same year smilies/wink.gif (backgammon

Fave book: Silmarillion, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Fave movie: There are so many genres, but Rainman, The 5th Element, Nikita (french version)
Fave sport: Squash, biking IRL /on TV none
Fave store: The one that provides what I need
Fave music: Prince/Depeche Mode/Inxs

What you can't stand: Ollie droolers
What you plain dislike: Religion in any for (with Buhdism as an exception)
Who you admire: My friends (for putting up with me)
What you most love to do: (this is a family friendly forum, right?) ... and then a cigaret
Your self-confessed flaws: that would be the cigaret thingy again.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Life in general and things I cant figure out, like... women? smilies/wink.gif
What scares you: Intolerence and lack of knowledge from people.
Quotation to live by: I Try harder

[ October 28, 2002: Message edited by: Telchar ]

[HerenIstarion]

Famous for being the first to win the World championship and the World cup in the same year (backgammon)

online? or IRL? (btw I'd be glad to play a game with you once in days to come smilies/smile.gif

[Telchar]

Both the World Championship and the World Cup are IRL tournaments held each year In Monte Carlo (World Championship) and Various places in the US (World Cup). Entryfees are about 1000 dollars each smilies/wink.gif And it is not very likely that I come by that kind of casual money for sparetime hobbies - unless of course I win qualifying tournaments and obtain the entry that way.
Sure HerenIstarion - we could play online some day - one difficulty is that backgammon as a leisure is played very different in southeastern Europe, the former Sovjet Republics and the middleeast. Are you accustomed to international rules in backgammon? and do you have any expirience using the doubling cube? smilies/smile.gif

Cheers T

[HerenIstarion]

[/quote]Are you accustomed to international rules in backgammon? and do you have any expirience using the doubling cube?[/quote]

no idea what those may be (especially doubling cube thingy smilies/wink.gif) Still, if you come upon me in yahoo games (the only such place I know of), my ID is gl_century

[Maikadilwen]

What you most love to do: (this is a family friendly forum, right?) ...

Telchar you are a man after my heart... smilies/wink.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

[TolkienGurl]

Telchar you are hilarious! http://smilies.networkessence.net/contrib/ruinkai/biglaugha.gif

[ October 28, 2002: Message edited by: TolkienGurl ]

[Telchar]

*Telchar bows and blushes slightly* The latter being something that seems right to do it the moment - but not very likely IRL smilies/tongue.gif

Maikadilwen, are you from DK too? Where?

[Amanaduial the archer]

oh boy, how did someone come up with such a long quiz? Cimms was short enough! No offence or nuffin, but if i wander off half way through, I cannot be blamed!

Name (that you go by): Mainly Mim, but due to my size Impy, Hobbit, Midge and Leprecaun also come into it. Or Oi You Get The Heck Outta My Way.

Age: 14 (last wednesday)

Occupation: plotter of ridiculous and inventive murders...um, sorry student

Future Aspirations: To hang glide. To be remembered

Goal in life: Jeez, that levels it down a bit. Come on, Ive had a day at school, my brain cells are truly dead.

Short term goals: To get into set 2 maths. To start an RPG of my own. To get grade 6 Cello

Passion: writing, singing and religion.

Hobbies: writing, reading, music, hockey
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Ah man...being in the commonwealth games this year, having the darkest humour in my form at least, also the smallest...my obsession with the BWs

Fave book: The Artefacts of Power Quartet (Aurian, Harp Of Winds, Sword of Flame, Dhiammara.) by Maggie Furey, His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman, Discworld Books by Terry Pratchett, Old Magic by Marianne Curley.

Fave movie: just one!? The matrix, FOTR, Moulin Rouge (Oh how i cried!), The 5th Element, The Faculty (Big style!), The Others

Fave sport: hockey, fencing, lacrosse

Fave store: The Trafford Centre (sorry if thats cheating)

Fave music: Swing When Youre Winning by Robbie Williams, Eminem, Clannad

What you can't stand: Arrogance

What you plain dislike: Nose pickers

Who you admire: All who have made a true and unselfish difference. And my parents and sister in a big way

What you most love to do: Sing, write and chat to certain people...

Your self-confessed flaws: I can be the most unbelievable b1atch on the face of the earth.

What intrigues/fascinates you: ok fine- people with incredible eyes and high pronounced cheekbones.

What scares you: My own imagination. Waaay over active...

Quotation to live by: I have too many. Mainly "Yeah, it happens. Get over it. Make sure they dont." heh heh...
Or on a lighter and less evil note, the poem I Am Not There...
Do not stand at my grave and weep / I am not there I do not sleep / I am a thousand winds that blow / I am the diamond glint on the snow / In the quiet mornings hish, I am the swift uplifting rush of quiet birds in silent flight / I am the stars that shine at night / do not stand at my grave and cry / I am not there,
I did not die.

I love that. I really touched me.

[HerenIstarion]

than, just a bit late, but:

<font color="FF0099">Happy Birthday Amanaduial the archer
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[Amanaduial the archer]

awww thanx heren! Bless! smilies/smile.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/smile.gif

[Mlo]

Name (that you go by): Internet name: Mlo - on the downs, and most other places, annunhilwen - At the Internet Movie Database

Age: 13

Occupation: Student, 7th grade, blaharg...

Future Aspirations: To understand what the word Aspirations mean.............

Goal in life: To publish a book, or release a movie I've directed or acted in, or something like that... Maybe to just, live and see what life brings... Or to help other people who have it really bad...

Short term goals: Living through school and getting good grades.

Passion: Chill, read

Hobbies: Reading, drawing, wathing TV, eating, sleeping, beeing at the downs... Beeing unbeliveably lazy...

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Hmmm...*thinks...really....hard* I guess I'm mostly famous for....hmm... beeing really annoying smilies/wink.gif. Hmm... Most people say that I'm a great friend, so I guess I have to go on that...

Fave book: LotR, His Dark Materials, Old Magic and Artemis Fowl

Fave movie: LotR, All of the Star Wars episodes, Monthy Python and the Holy Graal, Forgotten Silver, Sister act 1 and 2, Cool Runnings and Birdcage, Kandahar

Fave sport: Oh yuck, I hate sports!!! Guess it has to be bowling (is that a sport?), coz you don't have to run or anything, just toss a ball...

Fave store: Clothes: H&M Books: All bookstores are great, as long as there is books in them smilies/tongue.gif

Fave music: Erykah Badu rocks, so does Eminem, Enya, Lisa Gerrard, Aretha Franklin, Rufus Wainwright and loads of more artists wich I can't remember right now, but I actually listen to mostly everything from rock music to Vanessa Carlton.

What you can't stand: Britney Spears, people who think that they are better than everyone else, people who dis other people coz of their race, religion etc. ehrm, racists that is...

What you plain dislike: Yucky stuff, like slimy rocks and such, yuck. Romantic Comedies, ugh....

Who you admire: Many people, my sister, mother Theresa, my mom, my grandma, all thoose people who live in war and have a really hard time, but still stay strong.

What you most love to do: Sit down and enjoy a really great book while eating something really good

Your self-confessed flaws: I talk too much, I have a habit to get very annoying.... hehehe...... Oh, and I can get quite agressive sometimes...

What intrigues/fascinates you: Differences(sp?) and similarities in different religions, watching a flame burn

What scares you: Weird spooky sounds that appear when the wind blows against my window, war, racists, axe murderers (sp?)

Quotation to live by: Den dagen, den sorgen (swedish quotation, hard to translate, kinda 'that day, that sorrow', like, don't worry about it until the time comes,)

Additional comments: BarrowDowns rocks!!! So does Tolkien smilies/biggrin.gif Oh, and Happy Birthday Aman! Very very very late, I know... but, congrats anyway smilies/smile.gif

[ November 02, 2002: Message edited by: Mlo ]

[TolkienGurl]

What you can't stand: Britney Spears...

Ha ha! Me either!

What I can't stand: Bookstores that have more dirty magazines than books! grr... smilies/mad.gif

[Maddox]

Maika

Fave book: Moby D*ck, Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy, 2001: A space odyssey, Tolkien

Since I know how much you love Poe and Kafka I'm very surprised that you didn't mention any of their works. Don't tell me you forgot? smilies/rolleyes.gif

[Galadrie1]

I'd like to add to my list of favourite books: His Dark Materials trilogy by Phillip Pullman, Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer, and The Song of the Lioness series by Tamora Pierce.

(By the way, my birthday's the same as Amandaduial's. Happy (belated) birthday, Aman! smilies/biggrin.gif)

[ November 02, 2002: Message edited by: Galadrie1 ]

[Brinniel]

Additional comments: Never, ever, EVER see The Ring!!!!!! And if you have already, I pity you and God bless you.
Well, Ith, now I know EXACTLY what movie to rent for you come next summer. :smokin:

Future Aspirations: To get married to Elijah Wood

My sister already has plans for that. ;) :p

[TolkienGurl]

I saw The Ring. Pity me. It was really dumb. So dumb, that it took away my I.Q. points (not that I had many in the first place!)

[Maikadilwen]

Since I know how much you love Poe and Kafka

GAH! How could I neglect to mention the masters? Maybe if I bang my head against the wall, I can persuade the two peas I call braincells to actually work... smilies/rolleyes.gif

[ November 02, 2002: Message edited by: Maikadilwen ]

[steve]

Name (that you go by): Steve (howd u guess)
Age: 15 16 in 18 days (nov 19)
Occupation:Musicion/student (i know i spelt musicion wrong)
Future Aspirations: to become a classical percussionist
Goal in life: to be the best percussionist in the world
Short term goals: to beable to play "The Rythem Method" by Rush - Niel Peart
Passion: Music
Hobbies: Preforming me music, and posting on here
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): in 1 year I went from carry the Cymbol music for marching band to playing Timpani and Aux Percussion for the school show, with no assistant
Fave book: Lotr TTT
Fave movie: Spaceballs/Lotr Fotr
Fave sport: Hockey
Fave store: Sam Ash
Fave music: Rush (softrock-rock-hardrock)

What you can't stand: Homophobic people/smokers
What you plain dislike: all of the above in last category
Who you admire: Niel Peart - Drummer for Rush
What you most love to do: Playing my Music
Your self-confessed flaws: im Clumbsey and I allways think baddly and berate myself
What intrigues/fascinates you: Pianists
What scares you: Life
Quotation to live by: "You can fight, fight without ever winning, but never win, win without a fight" - Rush; Album: Test for Echo: Resist

Additional comments: MEOW!

[TolkienGurl]

Hmm... steve, do you like music? smilies/biggrin.gif Yes, I'm being a "smart aleck", but, hey, its fun!

Additional comments: MEOW!

Eh?

[Lush]

What you most love to do: (this is a family friendly forum, right?) ... and then a cigaret

Oh, so a ciggie afterwards, eh? Ah, men are all the same. I decided to ditch the cliché, and eat sushi instead, it's better for your heart.

Future Aspirations: To get married to Elijah Wood

My sister already has plans for that.

Catfight!

[Ithaeliel]

Well, Ith, now I know EXACTLY what movie to rent for you come next summer.

*stands up on podium and calls attention of all BDers*: NEVER TRUST AN ELIJAH LOVER WHO KNOWS YOU PERSONALLY!!!!!

What intrigues/fascinates you: Cellos.

I love you. I play the violin. I tried to play the cello in sixth grade. I often wish I'd succeeded. smilies/frown.gif

*sits back and watches catfight with Lush.*

[ November 02, 2002: Message edited by: Ithaeliel ]

[Raefindel]

Gee, In June, when I first did this, I listed my Short-term goal as "leaving my Mother-in-Law speechless" and in all that time I still haven't reached it! Granted, no one else has either...

[Nemoi13]

Name (that you go by): Dave

Age: 13 (in 50 days I'll be 14, let the cowntdown begin)

Occupation: 9th grade student (I just cant think of anything else)

Future Aspirations: To become a lawyer, even though I still dont know where to go to, i mean, I can go anywhere and I just want the best, any suggestions?

Goal in life: Just to stay as I am... the cool guy!!

Short term goals: Keep being popular and to survive next week's exams smilies/mad.gif

Passion: Umm... smilies/confused.gif

Hobbies: God, just everything. I act, I sing, I play instruments, I'm great at all kinds of sports like hochey, football, tennis, swimming, basket, baseball, volleyball (I just loooove this one), skiing, skating, snowboarding and I'm sure I'm forgeting many, I also draw, I know 4 languages right now, which is one of the coolest things, and just stuff like that.

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Well, I must accept, at the beginning I was very famous because of my parents but later people actually started noticing me because I was, like, good at everything and just because I'm a really cool. Umm, I'm also very famous because of my parties, god, they're great!!!

Fave book: The Silm!!!! My favourite book is the Silm, there's nothing else to be said.
Fave movie: Shrek, lol, I thought it was hillarious
Fave sport: Hockey!!! smilies/rolleyes.gif
Fave store: GAP, Oakley...
Fave music: Eminem, Enya, things like that

What you can't stand: People that say that anyone that's popular is evil smilies/evil.gif and blah blah blah, I just can't stand it
What you plain dislike: I also dislike Romantic Comedies!!!
Who you admire: Umm, right now no one, hmm, why?
What you most love to do: To be with my friends!!
Your self-confessed flaws: Stubborn, selfish, I can get hyper and i think I have a problem with alcohol smilies/frown.gif It really sucks
What intrigues/fascinates you: Fights, verbal fights, they're very cool
What scares you: My Art teacher, she's crazy, I swear, oh, and there's this other teacher that gave me social studies classes in 5th grade and, I dont know if she hit herself or something but now she's just a total Psycho and she stands on top of tables and starts dancing and singing, its pretty disgusting
Quotation to live by: Well, I dont know if this is a "quatation", no, i I dont think it is, it's more of a long speech, but I love it. It's from Chrono Cross and it's very long:

"I've been waiting an eternity
just for this very moment...

Meaninglessly hurting one another...
The dissapearing life-forms...

The words that become deleted...
The thoughts that become buried...
The pool of cells that slowly evaporate...
The echos of conciousness that slowly fade...

Love to hate...
Hate to love...
Why are we born?
Why do we die?

Evolution?
The "survival of the fittest"?
What is there to be achieved from
hurting one another...
killing one another...

The "eggs" that we call planets...
And the innumerable "spermatozoa"
which gather around these
that we call life-forms

When one of those countless seeds
inseminates a planet
a new universe is born

But until that occurs,
hundreds of millions of years will pass,
and innumerable life-forms will be born,
then die...

This is the be-all and end-all
Everything exists for that one moment
All so that the universe can evolve
into the next dimension...

Does that make us all just pawns?
Are each of our short lives
nothing but a cheap sacrifice
just so the one chosen life-form
can be born?

No. That is not the case!
Eeach and every one of us
has a chance of becoming
that one chosen life-form
which inseminates a planet.
Yes, it could be "you"...

Genes and environment...
Each of us tries to do his best
under the limited conditions
we are each dealt.

Eeach life-form that attempts to
eke out a decent life for itself
forms a link in the golden chain
that leads to the creation of
a new universe.

If one link is missing,
there will be no future.

There is no such thing as
a useless life-form...
No such thing as
a pawn!

Every single thing
in the whole of nature
is perhaps just dreaming
a dream of "life"...

All of them are also
perhaps nothing more than
a dream dreamt by the planet
before it is born.

Oh, but yes...
Eventually all dreams
will return to Zurvan...
to the sea of dreams..."

Schala "Kid" Zeal

Additional comments: Mooo! I'm a cow. My head hurts.

[Brinniel]

Catfight!
Well, this "catfight" won't last long as my sister is not part of the forum (she's not an LOTR fan). When Faye made that comment, I couldn't help remembering hearing my sister fantasize last January about how she is going to marry Elijah. Each time she heard me mention someone who fantasized about him, she would ask, "Well, did you tell them that he is mine?" She even sent him a birthday card that month, decorated and everything! (And it's not like he's going to read it right away, and then hang it up on his wall. :rolleyes: )

Alright, I'm done rambling about my weird sister (who will probably kill me if she ever sees this post). Carry on.

[Mlo]

FLs...... they are strange... ok, I feel mean now, but how can you like someone just becouse of how they look? Ok, very off topic kinda, I'll just be quiet.... smilies/rolleyes.gif

[Losthuniel]

Don't worry, you'll get your catfight. My lil sis ia a FrodoFancier, and wants to marry E.W. And she plans to join this board. Uh oh

[Amanaduial the archer]

well, i cant help it...its the amazingly blue eyes....the cute accent...*sigh*

erm, yeah, sorry...

elfpup:
The Chronicles of Faerie
by who? I think iv read them but i cant remember the individual titles.

What intrigues/fascinates you: Cellos

yeah! cellos rule! however, not so much when working up to grade 5 (nightmarish, evil scales....)

[Nemoi13]

Brinniel, your sister's not weird, I'm afraid she's just one of the many lost souls smilies/wink.gif

[gollum*elf*pup]

Amanaduial :
The Chronicles of Faeire, by O.R. Melling. You read 'em? smilies/smile.gif

[Amanaduial the archer]

ah. no sorry elf pup. they just sounded like a different set that Id read. Ill remember to check them out though- Im a little low on readin material at the moment.

[Cúdae]

Name (that you go by): Cúdae (pronounce it right and you are one of my favorite people! "Dae" is pronounced "dye.")
Age: 17
Occupation: Student, martial arts instructor
Future Aspirations: to become an archaeological architect
Goal in life:to write an epic fantasy novel to rival Tolkien's works. (Please don't kill me for saying so.)
Short term goals: earning my black belt
Passion: writing
Hobbies: acting, drawing, reading, writing, the martial arts, and archery
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): my part as the Phantom in my school's production of The Phantom of the Opera. I was cast as the phantom even though I am female and the phantom is a man's part.

Fave book: Unfinished Tales by J.R.R. Tolkien and The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
Fave movie: Black Hawk Down and Excalibur
Fave sport: archery
Fave store: no store in particular but I love little hole-in-the-wall book shops
Fave music: "goth" and "alternative" rock as well as broadway soundtracks and the soundtracks from Cirque du Soliel

What you can't stand: people who chew with their mouth open.
What you plain dislike: corn beef and cabbage smilies/smile.gif
Who you admire: Queen Elizabeth the First
What you most love to do: archery
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm very quick to anger and I snap at people far too much
What intrigues/fascinates you: Wicca
What scares you: Christmas time
Quotation to live by: "Not all who wander are lost."--J.R.R. Tolkien

Additional comments: Nothing is worse than being expelled from the library for having too many overdue book fines unpaid. smilies/smile.gif

[ November 03, 2002: Message edited by: Cúdae ]

[Neferchoirwen]

Hey! cellos kinda fascinate me too! And I also consider learning to play one a goal as well!

I also play the violin, but I have to put it up for repairs *wipes tears*

Rae: Hmm. Mother in law. I'm sure she loves you...in her own little way smilies/smile.gif

Joy: Doesn't Frank Peretti have a new book series out? Have you read them ? They any good? I found "The Prophet" to be a great book.

[Galadrie1]

evil scales... Yes, I hate scales and theory. They're the reason I quit piano at grade 7. I want to play cello, but I'm doing too much other stuff right now, and I really have to work on my French horn if I want to play in my town's orchestra next year. Also, the only person who teaches cello (my best friend's dad, and the person I said I admire) is a very scary teacher. I'm sure I'd start crying before every lesson.... smilies/rolleyes.gif

[*Varda*]

Woohoo! Now being officially 16, I'll have to go back and edit my last post, or remain 15 forever! Eeek..

Sorry, little bit hyper.

[Galadrie1]

http://plauder-smilies.de/partysmiley.gif Happy Birthday, Varda! http://plauder-smilies.de/party/party.gif

[Ithaeliel]

Happy birthday to you, and many happy returns!

VIOLINISTS AND CELLISTS RULE THE WORLD.

Hey, maybe I'll put that in my sig... music is practically what I live for. smilies/wink.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

[Mlo]

Happy Birthday Varda!!! I know it's a day too late... but, ah well... smilies/smile.gif
Happy belated birthday smilies/biggrin.gif

Cellos ey? Sounds fun, but I mostly like thoose, ehrm, thoose really big thingies, I mean, it's bigger than a Cello... Don't remember the name...... ah arrghh smilies/mad.gif

[ November 05, 2002: Message edited by: Mlo ]

[Galadrie1]

The "really big ones" are basses.

Ithaeliel, there is a small error in your last post. What you meant to say was:

FRENCH HORN PLAYERS AND CELLISTS RULE THE WORLD!

Just thought I'd mention that. smilies/wink.gif

Edit: French hornists..? French horn players..? Help...?

[ November 05, 2002: Message edited by: Galadrie1 ]

[*Varda*]

THANK YOU!!!!!

*hugs*

Varda

[gollum*elf*pup]

Anyone play the oboe? It is the most horribly, stupid instument on earth and sometimes I just like to throw it at the wall, and make large, lovely scratches and...Ok, I'll stop now. smilies/smile.gif

[TolkienGurl]

I played the clarinet from 5th to 8th grade. I was good at it, but my mom sold it at our last garage sale for $100. I always said it sounded like a dying cow. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Ithaeliel]

*****OT******
I always said it sounded like a dying cow.

No, that's a bad bass player. smilies/wink.gif

[Faye Took]

Hugs are a wondeful thing!

[Losthuniel]

I "play" the flute,(and I use the word in the loosest sense imaginable) I have a playing test on Thursday that I'm going to fail, and I'm thinking of planting a bomb in my flute case and giving it to my band teacher. Ok, enough ranting on how dumb the flute is.

[Neferchoirwen]

Oh! hope it ain't too late:

Happy Birthday Varda!

[skyfiery]

Hello everyone, I'm new here. smilies/smile.gif

Name (that you go by): Sky(fiery)
Age: 17
Occupation: Student
Future Aspirations: Become a writer
Goal in life: To know what I'm doing in this world
Short term goals: Get out of college
Passion: Writing
Hobbies: Writing and reading, martial arts
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Um...nothing. :P

Fave book: The Silmarillion
Fave movie: LotR
Fave sport: Martial arts
Fave store: None
Fave music: Orchestral

What you can't stand: Lateness
What you plain dislike: Hypocrites
Who you admire: Batman
What you most love to do: Daydream
Your self-confessed flaws: Impatient; very violent; short-tempered
What intrigues/fascinates you: The mystries of the world; black holes
What scares you: Fear
Quotation to live by: Education is not the most inportant thing.

Additional comments: Just...a hello to everyone. smilies/smile.gif Hope to make some friends here. It's scary by my own. Lol.

Sky

[Elenna]

You like Batman? Me too! My whole "group" has Batman identities - I'm Poison Ivy.

Sorry about the nonsequiter - I was just excited to see another "Gotham nut" join.

[Rimbaud]

Name (that you go by): In this context, I perceive myself here as ‘Rimbaud’ or, occasionally, ‘Fluffy-buns’.
Age: Virtually venerable, although vicarious virtues all.
Occupation: Perception.
Future Aspirations: Greater perception.
Goal in life: Ultimate perception.
Short term goals: Immediate perception.
Passion: The pursuit of perception.
Hobbies: He who perceives is lost.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Fame is simply an artificial structure of perception.

Fave book: The fragmentation of art is the restriction of perception.
Fave movie: I avoid the poor perception of others.
Fave sport: Perception. Or, soccer.
Fave store: I perceive the mind as a valuable store.
Fave music: Velvet Underground, The Clash, The Jam, The Smiths, The Kinks, The Beatles, The Magnetic Fields, David Bowie, Syd Barrett, Patti Smith, Radiohead, New Order, Joy Division, Stone Roses, Primal Scream, Manic Street Preachers, Mansun, Suede, Pulp, Replacements, Bob Dylan, The Cure, International Noise Conspiracy, Soundtrack of Our Lives, Sigur Ros, Doves, Peter Gabriel, Jeff Buckley, Tim Buckley, Nick Drake, Belle & Sebastian, Twinkle, Massive Attack, Frank Zappa, The Verve, Richard Ashcroft. Flaming Lips, Lambchop, Super Furry Animals, The Penguin Cafe Orchestra (hehe), The Ramones, The New York Dolls, MC5, The Rolling Stones, Marvin Gaye, Joni Mitchell, Bach, Gershwin, Holst, Schubert, Grieg, Profokiev, Tchaikovsky, Edith Piaf, Kraftwerk, Elvis Costello, Stooges, Billy Bragg, The Pogues, Roxy Music, Talking Heads and many, many, many more…

What you can't stand: Misunderstood perception.
What you plain dislike: Incomplete perception.
Who you admire: Admiration is simply the result of an imperfect analysis of original perception.
What you most love to do: Answer these probing questions.
Your self-confessed flaws: Idealistic scepticism is a heady mix.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Ideals, sceptics
What scares you: Ideals, sceptics
Quotation to live by: Don’t live your life by the words of another.

Additional comments: Hypocrisy has a bad reputation, George.

[ November 11, 2002: Message edited by: Rimbaud ]

[Maikadilwen]

Rimbaud

Name (that you go by): ‘Fluffy-buns’.

Hmmm..... Dare I even ask?

[ November 06, 2002: Message edited by: Maikadilwen ]

[mark12_30]

He has obviously developed a reputation as a superb baker of fine pastries and breads. (Doffs her hat to the Baker Extraordinaire)

[Mlo]

Hmm.. this place doesn't seem too like flutes....
Losthuniel, the arent as dumb as they seem... I've playde for err, 4 or 5 years, it's really not so bad, quite fun when you use bigger flutes, hihi.
Oh, and I used to play piano, had to quit, arrghh smilies/mad.gif. The piano group closed becouse there wasn't enough money or something...

[gollum*elf*pup]

Pianos are evil instruments!!!! smilies/biggrin.gif

[Frieda]

Name: Kathleen
Age: 18
Occupation: Student, artist.
Future Aspirations: Perhaps an animator, though I'm not fully sure yet cause my boyfriend's an animator and I've seen the TON of work he gets and am not sure if that's for me...
Goal in life: To leave a decent life as best I can and to be a good person as much as I can be.
Short term goals: Getting through high school, visiting England. ^_^
Passion: Unicorns. I love unicorns. ^_^
Hobbies: Drawing, singing, nature(I love the creatures of the world and enjoy going for walks in the forest whenever I can).
Famous for: Not much I don't think but I'm quite a good drawer and I am known to have a beautiful singing voice that's as sweet as softly falling rain...or so people say.

Fave book: The Lord of the Rings and The Last Unicorn.
Fave movie: The Lord of the Rings. ^^;
Fave sport: Swimming, Volleyball.
Fave store: Err...I don't really have a favorite store. :/
Fave music: Nothing in particular. Just a mix of stuff probably though I hate anything with a lot of swearing and I'm not fond of country or heavy metal.

What you can't stand: When I have to repeat something I said to a person a bunch of times cause they don't understand or didn't hear me. -_-
What you plain dislike: I dunno, I don't exactly HATE anything really. :/ Probably needles though.
Who you admire: I don't really know...
What you most love to do: Sing, draw, and spend time with my boyfriend. ^_^;
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm often too shy in the real world.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Science, and the way the world is....the universe.
What scares you: Needles, and bees. I also hate the sight of blood when someone gets hurt. I'm squimish(sp?).
Quotation to live by: I don't really have one. :/

Additional comments:

[VanimaEdhel]

Gah...gotta hate my 1st one...let me do this again.

Name (that you go by): Rachel
Age: 15
Occupation: student
Future Aspirations: well, I want to be an actress, but I may have to settle for fashion designer
Goal in life: to be happy, of course
Short term goals: getting through this school year
Passion: love
Hobbies: singing, drawing, horseback riding, piano playing, acting, writing, coming on here, reading
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): still getting hit on by 25-year old guys...sadly...

Fave book: to be honest, now I do not really have one
Fave movie: so many: "2 Days in the Valley", "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings", "Pulp Fiction", "High Fidelity", and many more comedies...
Fave sport: to do: horseback riding; to watch: baseball...and tennis is getting up there because of Andy Roddick...
Fave store: Awakenings...or Crystal Cove...or that other store...I forget what it's called
Fave music: I don't really have one...Enya and Linkin Park...and *flinches* I did order the new Nick Carter CD: I just have to see what he sounds like alone.

What you can't stand: people who lie to make others think more of them
What you plain dislike: men who cannot get the nerve to say "hi" back when they've obviously been staring at you
Who you admire: anyone out there who works hard and does not get enough credit...and Christina Aguilera for not caring what people think about her
What you most love to do: dream, to be honest
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm a narcissist and somewhat obssessive...
What intrigues/fascinates you: times of romance...and love in general
What scares you: fire, guns, biological warfare, me dying before experiencing true love
Quotation to live by:
"All you need is love."
---John Lennon

"It takes a little time sometimes
To get your feet back on the ground
It takes a little time sometimes
To get the Titanic turned back around."

"Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard,
It seems to me most strange that men should fear,
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come."
--Julius Caesar in "Julius Caesar"

"Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs;
Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes;
Being vexed, a sea nourished with loveing tears.
What is it else? A madness most discreet,
A choking gall, and a preserving sweet."
--Romeo Montague in "Romeo And Juliet"

"Work like you have never been tired
Love like you have never been hurt
And dance like no one is watching."

Additional comments:
If love is but a dream, then, when in love, may I never wake.

If life is but a vision and there is more, then let more come when it comes, for I will welcome it with open arms.

You only need to do two things in this life: love and breath. Do most as intensely and as often as you can.

Follow what your heart desires...unless it desires to become a cannibal, ripping out and destroying hearts around you.

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[skyfiery]

Yo! Hi Elenna (sp?). Lol. I totally love Batman. Been writing fan fiction on www.fanfiction.net (http://www.fanfiction.net) (under another name) for some time about him. smilies/biggrin.gif

Sky

[Neferchoirwen]

Rimbaud is called "fluffy-buns"?
hmmm...

Vanima, dear, for that was quite a rich list of readables in your list...and you don't have a fave book at the moment? smilies/smile.gif
another hmmm...
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[Lush]

Ooh la la, Rimbaud, I wonder: what is your take on perception itself if you try to perceive through a thick haze of, um, "pipeweed" smoke? smilies/wink.gif

Vanima, babe, I really dig the quotes you put up. And John Lennon has it right, he really does. But even he himself has said that the song is an over-simplification. Then again, maybe he is too harsh of a judge on himself.

Frieda, you MUST find a quotation to live by. Otherwise, it will find you!

[Ithaeliel]

My whole "group" has Batman identities - I'm Poison Ivy.

That's so cool! Everyone in my group has alternate Star Wars identities- I'm Dooku smilies/biggrin.gif.

Galadrie1, French horn players are pretty cool, too.

And now for some puns that only a string player or symphony member would get!

Q:What's the difference in size between a violin and a viola?
A: No difference, just the violin(ist)'s head is bigger.

Q: What does the average bassist get on an I.Q. test?
A: Drool

Q: Why does a director only take 15-minute breaks at rehearsals?
A: So he doesn't have to retune his entire cello section.

Hehe... lame to some, but 'some' I am not!

[Brinniel]

That's so cool! Everyone in my group has alternate Star Wars identities- I'm Dooku
Not for me, though. It seems that the group ran out of names by the time they realized that I didn't have one yet. :rolleyes: :p

As for the jokes, they're not exactly original. I remember our clinic conducter telling those! :rolleyes:

Not that I mind, though. But you did leave out the violas. So here's one:

Q: What's the difference between an accomplished viola player and a professional viola player?

A: An accomplished viola player doesn't exist. (Ok, I hope no viola players take offense)

[Galadrie1]

Hee hee, those jokes are good (though kind of stupid... but that's the point of jokes smilies/smile.gif). Once someone told me a whole ton of symphony jokes (so many I was screaming at them to stop) but I can't remember any of them! Hmm.... If I remember any I'll post them. smilies/smile.gif

[Ithaeliel]

As for the jokes, they're not exactly original. I remember our clinic conducter telling those

That's where I got them, though! And yours was from someone else who I can't think of right now!

[Brinniel]

I believe the viola joke is from either a former orchestra teacher or some other orchestranian who was trying to tease a certain viola player. ;)

[Neferchoirwen]

Teasing viola players?!
WHO dares tease a viola player? We have enough talent to be the entire orhcetra's inner voice.

I may be retired, but once a viola player always a viola player! smilies/eek.gif smilies/evil.gif

[Dúnethalath Taurendor]

Or a musician for that matter.... Musicians teasing musicians, that's terrible (even when I see it happening between trumpets and clarinets everytime. Those darn trumpetplayers think they're so good, while we have to wait for them to do the practicing they didn't do at home.. smilies/mad.gif )

[Isilya]

Name (that you go by): Isilya; Emmabug; Emmabean; Bean; Emma, Queen of the Yukon; yukonqueen

Age: 16 on Communist Worker’s Day (May 1st)

Occupation: Student by day, Elven Bounty Hunter by night.

Future Aspirations: Attend a good university (McGill, Queens), get a bad @ss job.

Goal in life: To be loved, deeply and truly.

Short term goals: Pass math, make the rowing team

Passion: Books, LOTR, Henry Cavill (mmm mmm good!), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and soccer

Hobbies: Poking fun at my sister, reading, and trying to emancipate myself from my parents

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): I’m the goalkeeper for my high school’s varsity soccer team, I’ve won numerous awards for French, and winning every argument I’m in (except those with my parents)

Fave book: It really is fairly pointless to ask me that. I go through two books a week. Right now, I’m reading the Fionavar Tapestry trilogy by Guy Gavriel Kay. Other favorite books include:
Crazy for Cornelia
The Crystal Cave Trilogy
The Alienist
To Dance at The Palais Royale
The Princess Bride
Cold Sassy Tree
Oedipus Rex
Julius Caesar
Any Calvin and Hobbes book
Any Foxtrot book
The BFG
The Tattooed Potato and Other Mysteries
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
The Return of the King
The Silmarillion
The Prince
And the list goes on.

Fave movie: This one is a tough choice. I’d have to say either LOTR: FOTR, or Princess Mononoke, or Beauty and the Beast, or The Matrix, or The Count of Monte Cristo.

Fave sport: Soccer and Rowing

Fave store: Chapters

Fave music: My list for this is even longer than my book list.
Bach
Coldplay
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Bugs Bunny: What’s Opera, Doc?
Barenaked Ladies
Dave Matthews Band
Norah Jones
Willie Nelson
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Nina Simone
The Beatles
Like any true Canadian: The Tragically Hip
Eric Clapton
Fastball
Matchbox 20
Howard Shore
Fine Young Cannibals
U2
Disney Music
Great Big Sea
Crambo. If you haven’t heard of them, I can’t blame you
Goo Goo Dolls
Louis Armstrong
George Harrison
Zebda
Radiohead
REM
The Muppets
The Guess Who
Credence Clearwater Revival
Queen
Chemical Brothers
War
No Doubt
Steppenwolf
Led Zeppelin

What you can't stand: Evil and Mean people, People who don’t tolerate differences

What you plain dislike: Tomatoes, Mushrooms, Essays, Romance Novels, the Water Temple in Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Bad Spellers

Who you admire: Tigger. He’s the only one!

What you most love to do: Read and listen to music

Your self-confessed flaws: Procrastination. Terrible Procrastination.

What intrigues/fascinates you: The possibility that there might actually be other worlds out there.

What scares you: Spiders, snakes, and Sheep eyes

Quotation to live by: At 15, I’ve found that the true meaning of life isn’t how much money you have, or what clothes you wear, it’s how far you can get while playing Chubby Bunny and not choke.
-Me
Faithless is he who says farewell when the road darkens
-Gimli Son of Gloin

Additional comments: www.geocities.com/yukonqueene/index (http://www.geocities.com/yukonqueene/index)

My website. Still under construction, somewhat, but the majority is done!

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[VanimaEdhel]

and you don't have a fave book at the moment?
another hmmm...

*Ducks all the thrown apples, hobbits, arrows, fruit, and bottles*

I'm sorry! I'm sorry! But...while Tolkien is my favorite author, I also greatly enjoy many other authors as well!

Lush I like your signature quote. I love Enya...and have every one of her CD's. My favorite song is probably...either "Book of Days" or "Storms in Africa II".

[Neferchoirwen]

Isilya, your fave music list looks like the combined cd collection of me and brother!

Coldplay! woohoo!

Just an observation Vanima. I have a hard time listing my favorites, too. smilies/wink.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

[Isilya]

Finally!! Someone else that actually likes Coldplay!! All my friends and family make fun of me for it, but I say "screw them! I'll listen to whatever the hell I like!" I still have to go out and buy their new CD though. I have a couple of the tracks on my Kazaa, and it sounds even better than the last album!!

[Beruthiel]

Name (that you go by):Beruthiel
Age:13
Occupation: what else can i do at my age? (i'm a student in case your really thick)
Future Aspirations: lawyer or doctor
Goal in life: to live it without regrets
Short term goals:to get through school
Passion:lotr
Hobbies: reading, watchin movies
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): i dunno, i'm not the braggin type

Fave book:the two towers
Fave movie:lotr
Fave sport:soccer/running
Fave store:too many
Fave music:avril lavgine, coldplay, ummm... can't think of anymore but there are

What you can't stand: people who are selfish
What you plain dislike: spiders (sounds kinda sad doesn't it? but i do hate them)
Who you admire:JJR Tolkien (how on earth can any one have such an imagination and put it into words so beautifully?)
What you most love to do: read, be with friends
Your self-confessed flaws: i'm kinda careless and clumsy.
What intrigues/fascinates you:the world and how it came to be i mean its pretty amazing don't u think?
What scares you:i have no idea
Quotation to live by: live like there's no tomorrow!

[Gwaihir the Windlord]

Er well actually I'm not going to tell you all about me, because personally I just come here to discuss Tolkien. Nosy devils.

[HerenIstarion]

I suppose you meant "back you devils"? smilies/wink.gif

[Galadrie1]

Fave book: ... To Dance at The Palais Royale
Yes! That's a great book! I met the author (Janet McNaughten) at a writing workshop last May (she taught one of the workshops I went to). She's so cool! Any Calvin and Hobbes book
Who doesn't love Calvin and Hobbes? In my opinion, it's the greatest cartoon strip ever created (I love Foxtrot, too)!
Wow, Isilya, your list of books brought back some memories.... For example, my best friend had The Tatooed Potato and Other Mysteries from the library, and she lost it. She found it a month and a half later under her bed. I also remember reading Julius Caesar and thinking how silly Shakespeare was: If someone is drowning they can't call for help for two pages! They'd be dead by then! smilies/tongue.gif

[HerenIstarion]

Calvin and Hobbes? what's that, never heard of it (indeed never did) smilies/rolleyes.gif

[Dúnethalath Taurendor]

Well, I'm basically no more then a tolkienfan, rpg/fantasyfan, musician, writer/poet.

So, I play the clarinaet and guitar, I write poetry and stories (fantasy), I play warhammer, magic, inquisitor and mordheim. I like Tolkienbooks, yes you could say I'm a fan. I like the muppets, and a hell of a lot of bands.

[Gwaihir the Windlord]

How about... 'back, you nosy devils'...

Aha, I see. You don't know the phrase 'nosy' in the US?

[Gwaihir the Windlord]

Hmmm... so are people in here whose favourite book is not by Tolkien? I see. Well I want them caught and shot directly. smilies/tongue.gif

[Amanaduial the archer]

hey, back you nosy devils...that works! (to be sure, tis a great word.)

"I want them caught and shot immediately."

*gulp* erm, Ive gotta go...over...here...now...*runs away very fast*

[Gwaihir the Windlord]

Most displeasing.

[Elenna]

I have many favorite books. But LOTR is of course the favoritist favorite of them all. And it has transcended bookdom. It's more of a lifestyle.

[Neferchoirwen]

It's more of a lifestyle

..and what a life it is to live...

[Meela]

name: meela
age: n/a
occupation: writer
future aspirations: to publish everything i write and to travel
goal in life: to be me
short term goals: to finish my book (call me bilbo!)
Passion: writing, creating
hobbies: writing, ranging
famous for: being the most annoying person ever, for being too thin

Fave book: Lotr/harry potter/the Chronicles of Varra
fave movie: the patriot
fave sport: dwarf-tossing
fave store: -
fave music: various

what you cant stand: radical feminists/tobacco smoke making contact with my face
what you plain dislike: ditto, dogs, bad tv
who you admire: faramir, oscar wilde
what you most love to do: range, fight, write, read, think, come on this site
your self-confessed flaws: too plain weird, cannot work to save my life
what intrigues/fascinates you: tolkien's mind
what scares you: death, the dark
quotation to live by: ive got about 10 million, so i wont attempt to pick just one, or put them all down!

additional comments: check out my fan fic smilies/biggrin.gif
(i go by Bug- you'll recognise it)

[Beren87]

name: Matt
age: old enough to know better, young enough not to care
occupation: part time student, part time slacker
future aspirations: to become the ruler of the world, and then write a book about my experiences
goal in life: don't worry, be happy
short term goals: get into some decent college, become a better guitar player
Passion: writing, talking, women, singing, playing guitar
hobbies: women, writing, women, rugby, singing,women, reading, playing guitar
famous for: being completely and absolutely insane, my curly hobbit hair, playing guitar and singing (with or without a band, and writing poems and haiku about killer bees and reading them to English classes

Fave book(s): anything Tolkien, Contact, C & H strips, Ender's game series
Fave movie: FotR, Monty Python, National Lampoon's Van Wilder
fave sport: Rugby!
fave store: The Bookshelf
fave music: Rock, Alternative Metal, Metal, Hard Rock, Punk, Ska

what you cant stand: my parents (fools of Tooks), girlz playing with my hair through class (drives me insane), overly serious people
what you plain dislike: My parents
who you admire: Tolkien, Carl Sagan, Einstein, Van Wilder (not in that order)
what you most love to do: surf the internet, write, read, ponder, women (especially)
your self-confessed flaws: procrastination, accurate self assesment
what intrigues/fascinates you: everything around me
what scares you: living without loving
quotation to live by: Sanity is not for me -me

additional comments: *looks around* I love this place...

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[Eruwen]

Name (that you go by): Deana
Age:15
Occupation: Freshman in Highschool. (yeah, I'm young.)
Future Aspirations: I really want to get into Duke University to study to become a marine biologist, but I doubt I will be able to. So, right now my plans are to go to college somewhere in Florida and major in Marine Biology and possible if that doesn't work out to study to become a Computer Animator. (Of course, on the other side, I am going to continue on my own studying the works and life of Tolkien.
Goal in life: To find secure happiness and find a place where I feel I belong
Short term goals: Graduate highschool in the top 10 of my class. (Valedictorian is definitly out of the question.) Get a starting position on my softball team this spring. Make Varsity Cheerleading at my school. Finish the ultimate picture I have been wanting to draw for ages now.
Passion: Lord of the Rings, solitude, fantasy, exploring other worlds, dreaming of the great beyond.
Hobbies: Drawing, softball, cheering, writing songs, poems, stories, (hopefully my book whenever I get it finished.)
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Drawing and making a fool out of myself at school. (Mostly the second one.) But the picture I entered into our fine arts last year won first place. It scored 3 points from a perfect score. I won first place and second place the year before, and have been doing about the same since 3rd grade.

Fave book: The Lord of the Rings-J.R.R. Tolkien, Out of the Silent Planet-C.S. Lewis
Fave movie: LOTR, The Goonies, Pearl Harbor, A Knight's Tale
Fave sport: Softball
Fave store: Barns and Nobles. I love that store. Lol. (I wonder why.)
Fave music: Contemporary Christian. (Mostly Steven Curtis Chapmen, Plus One, and Phat Chance.)

What you can't stand: People who make fun of you and hate you because they don't understand you---because you're different.
What you plain dislike: Potatoes. I cannot stand any kind of potatoes. (I don't even like most french fries.)
Who you admire: My friend Megan Scott. She is absolutely fine with who she is and she don't care what others think about her. She is always so content. I wish I could have that contentment.
What you most love to do: Dream of other worlds and think of what would happen if...
Your self-confessed flaws: Not very trusting of other people, tend to see the bad in alot of things, people say I daydream too much. (Yeah, right.)
What intrigues/fascinates you: The stars. I am just fascinated with the stars. It is amazing how such beautiful things to be up there and we don't even know exactly what they are. I mean, they are so far away they just leave a huge blank spot in your mind. There is so much mystery to them. It's fantastic.
What scares you: Spiders, Snakes, and Bees. That is all. Just those 3. Seriously.
Quotation to live by: "Don't think of what has been done before. Think of what you can do and achieve that dream." (I kinda just now came up with that one on my own. Lol.)

Additional comments: Most people don't understand me. They say I'm just stupid because they don't get what I mean when I say something. I just say this..."My mind is perilous journey of its own. To walk that journey would be the death of you." (They usually don't get that either. I just mean that sometimes I can be very deep about things. You have to listen carefully to what I say and not take it into context or you will be completely lost forever.)

Ok, I've said my thing. That is all there is to me really. Boring, huh. Yeah, I know.

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[Beren87]

TATERS! Pooo-tat-oes!

Not even with fish and chips my prrrecciouss?

[arelendil]

Name (that you go by): Elwen, or that mad elf maid (that's my friends) My little elven maid(that's my dad)or just plain margaret, maggie, marge or anything else!(that's if anyone play attention to me which they don't!!
Age: 15 - 16 in May
Occupation: student (damn GCSE's, what happen to elvish that's important too!)
Future Aspirations: To be able to speak elvish, to go to oxford, Exeter collage(that's where tolkien worked and my dad went)
Goal in life: To find MY Legolas and be remembered for something! To join the Tolkien Society And when I die to have people sing elvish around my mound(i don't want a grave), probably Namarie or the story of my life!
Short term goals: To go to Oxonmoot and meet people that understand me!
Passion: LOTR especially Elves, and Textiles - the best lesson for making LOTR dresses and reading LOTR stating that its research!
Hobbies: Swimming, learning elvish, reading, Duke of Edinburgh, learning tree names, stars, the barrowdowns(that's a big one) and archery
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself):Umm..being abit mad, hence the name and being the only LOTR fan in school. Having wierd thoughts 24/7! Like making up little worlds on top of rugby goal posts. Being able to eat constantly and still stay elven slim, it's being happy and mad that keeps you silm!(my friends hate me)
Fave book: The Silmarillion, and my Tolkien encyclopedia
Fave movie: LOTR - all of them especially the cartoon(that's too funny)
Fave sport: swimming, Archery
Fave store: Huh - Ummm...Books etc in Wimbledon!
Fave music: whatever happens to be on the radio. Thinks that confuse everyone else, like elven songs, my parents don't get that!
What you can't stand:People that say LOTR is a boys book,excuse me there are woman in the book who play vital roles! the stupid teen mags that have reviews on LOTR and have told the readers its boring but see it cause the guys are fit(can they be any more shallow, giving us teens a bad image!)People that say the only woman in LOTR are Galadriel, Eowyn and Arwen, whats wrong with Goldberry, and other elves that aren't given names, Rosie, and other hobbit women!
What you plain dislike: stupid can't act HP kids! People that stand in the middle of a shop and won't move or who walk everywhere really slowly.
Who you admire:Tolkien, do they have to be real - many elves in the silm like Luthien Tinuviel and other imaginary people that I hang around with! Myself can I say that, OHH and everyone on the BD cause they're always so helpful and nice!
What you most love to do: sit in my room, soundtrack blasting, surrounded with elven dictionaries and play with my LOTR figures while reading HoME. OR walking through woods and telling everyone I can find all the different names. waving at cars when I'm lost on Duke of edinburgh!
Your self-confessed flaws: I scare just about everyone I know, I throw myself into things to quickly and get really cross when no one else does. I seem to have lost the ability to care about school work(which scares me)
What intrigues/fascinates you: People, the way they are. Elves and my friends (who are totally backwards)
What scares you: Myself, Cars (horses are much better) people who judge things at the drop of a hat!
Quotation to live by: "Find your own drum set, drummers with a purpose are hard to come by and often lead in circles!" Not really a quote more just being me, I don't follow anyone so can't have a quote!
Additional comments: umm I don't really know what to write here! I have a saying with my friends that if I'm not scaring them I'm probably boring them! I hope I've done neither here! And of course Merin se haryalle alasse or in english, I wish you happiness

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[Eruwen]

Sorry, Beren, but nope. I don't. Lol. I guess it's just one of those strange features about me that even I don't understand.

[Helkahothion]

Okay this is gonna be pathetic but here goes.

Name (that you go by):Andr?(my real name) Helkahothion(or the shortend version Helk)or Anuion
Age:15
Occupation:High School (and it s*ucks big time)
Future Aspirations:Become a soldier in the miletary.
Goal in life:hmm till now just look above.
Short term goals:become a gost prince of Cardolan
Passion:LOTR, Elf's, weapons and Handball.
Hobbies:see above.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself):Hmm tough one, but here goes: I have a big temper and get angry at people very fast. My likings of people: I only have to look at you for a minute and I have judget you. I look you or I don't. I'm very curious.

Fave book:Lotr
Fave movie:Lotr Fotr, Braveheart, the story of Joan of Arc. (Hmmm beginning to see a pattern here)
Fave sport:Handball
Fave store:Scr*w store's, MARKET'S RULE.
Fave music:I don't have a fav. style, It's the song that I like.

What you can't stand:Racist's and Gay hater's.
What you plain dislike smilies/redface.gifh that's easy: you,you,you,you,you,you,you,you and you.
*points at several person's he higly disslikes.(These are not BDers)
Who you admire:Orlando Bloom(Hmm maybe that's just because I have a chrusch on him but I don't care. Mel Gibson, J.R.R. Tolkien and PJ.
What you most love to do:Scr*w around at the Barrow Downs ,play Handball ,internet(mainly MSN) and hanging out with friends.
Your self-confessed flaws:Curious, stubborn, big temper and some times very lazy.
What intrigues/fascinates you:Elves, ancient fighting art's and everything spritual.
What scares you:Horror movies: there laim.
Quotation to live by:I life accordingto a life rule law:Anuion's law.
Anuion's law rule nr.1 smilies/biggrin.gifon't think if you don't get payd for it.

Additional comments:hmm I like cucumbertrees.(Just kidding)
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[Lush]

Ooh la la, Beren, I always liked curly hair.

Eruwen-I go to Duke, if you ever want to chat about it, PM me.

Helk, I guess we should all attempt to be very docile around you, lest you fly off the handle. smilies/wink.gif

[Maikadilwen]

Helk:
What scares you:Horror movies: there laim.

Horror movies are not lame. They're fun. And Pinhead is hot! smilies/smile.gif

[Marsyas]

Name (that you go by):Melissa
Age:16
Occupation:student and self-entertainer
Future Aspirations:I'd like to finish HS, go to college @ Stanford University and become a linguist/psychologist
Goal in life:be happy, start a successful family and travel all over
Short term goals:do well in school and keep a bit of sanity in my life
Passion: Acting, speaking, arguing, writing when I have time
Hobbies:reading, writing poetry, dreaming, hanging out with friends
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Everyone one know's me for being the brainy one of the group, for getting good grades and for generally giving good advice.

Fave book:I couldn't possibly choose a favorite. I've read too many
Fave movie:FotR @the moment
Fave sport:N/A
Fave store:American Eagle
Fave music smilies/biggrin.gifepends on my mood and what I'm doing

What you can't stand:stupid people
What you plain dislike:stupidity
Who you admire:grace and someone who can carry themselves well
What you most love to do: Be with my friends
Your self-confessed flaws:I'm terribly impatient and a complete perfectionist
What intrigues/fascinates you:History, other cultures, people.
What scares you:life-long solitude
Quotation to live by:How to do anything: Carefully with lots of skill.

[Gorwingel]

OK, so here it goes

Name (that you go by):Ashley (I have never been a fan of nicknames)
Age:17
Occupation: Student in high school, Junior (only one year to go, yeah!) Maybe I will go out and try to get a job, but I have not had the need for it now.
Future Aspirations: Go to college (where to go, undecided, but I am considering Washington State University, or University of Nevada at Las Vegas, or any college that will accept me), major in business and Interior Design or become a lawyer
Goal in life: Be comfortable, wealthy, own a great shoe and clothing collection, own a Mercedes Benz 500 E-class sedan. smilies/wink.gif
Short term goals: Get through high school successfully, join tennis team (Instead I joined Track, tennis was stupid), and keep from getting a terrible grade in chemistry. Get a good grade on my SAT.
Passion: clothing, LOTR, design, anything artistic
Hobbies: Going on the Internet, shopping, cooking (desserts only though, my mother asks me "why can't you make dinner")
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Nothing right now, just being a great person, involved in some clubs, the biggest LOTR fan in my school (truely, I wear my elven brooch at school so they know I am a fan)

Fave book: I have too many to choose, my favorite of LOTR is The Two Towers, and a lot of historical fiction novels.
Fave movie: Such a hard question (thinking ...) Duh! Fellowship of the Ring !, and Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Best in Show, Austin Powers, Wayne's World, Robin Hood: Men in tights
Fave sport: Tennis, running, walking
Fave store: Nordstroms, J Crew, anyplace with a great selection of clothing, another favorite store is Barnes and Noble, such a great place, also any place that sells furnature and home stuff, I just love shopping!
Fave music: I enjoy calming music, I like Sting, and U2 are good.

What you can't stand: School European group trips, cliques.
What you plain dislike: School European group trips, coffee
Who you admire: My parents
What you most love to do: travel (but not on School European group trips) I love especially to travel across the United States on Car trips, those are the best
Your self-confessed flaws: I can be annoying, obsessive, I want everything to be perfect, I am kind of a loner, I don't seem to get along with anyone at my school
What intrigues/fascinates you: The universe, the meaning of life ? History, I love history, government, Art (it is amazing what people can create with their own hands)
What scares you: Blood (that is why I cannot become a doctor) nuclear waste, nuclear war, haunted houses, and things that jump in the night.
Quotation to live by: Just Do it ! (I cannot figure out one now)

Additional comments: I tend to not like being with people my own age (I like people who talk about intelligent things), I am very mature for my age (well not too mature, but I just never seem to get along very well with people my own age. I always start talking to their parents) smilies/cool.gif

[ March 15, 2003: Message edited by: Gorwingel ]

[Elven-Maiden]

Name (that you go by): Breanne
Age: 18 (almost)
Occupation: student
Future Aspirations: writer
Goal in life: get to Heaven
Short term goals: graduate from high school
Passion: reading, acting
Hobbies: knitting, tatting, acting, reading, learning about LotR
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): my always well-manicured nails

Fave book: lol, it changes from day to day! But OK, Don Quixote by Cervantes. I just finished reading Tregaron's Daughter, by Madeleiene Brent. Read it, you won't regret it!
Fave movie: Star Wars
Fave sport: Field hockey
Fave store: Reitman's
Fave music: soundtracks

What you can't stand: i don't know....
What you plain dislike: people who treat their friends like trash
Who you admire: Anyone who has the courage to follow their hearts and not lose their morals
What you most love to do: lots of stuff, any of my above-mentioned hobbies
Your self-confessed flaws: I don't like admitting when I'm wrong
What intrigues/fascinates you: looking at knitted sweaters and seeing if I could do it. I just learned to knit this summer, and it's loads of fun!
What scares you: that look that guys get when you know they're thinking about more than the conversation at hand
Quotation to live by: "All that is gold does not glitter...:

Additional comments: Good topic idea, Jessica Jade! smilies/smile.gif

[Neferchoirwen]

learning tree names, stars

Hey, learning tree names are becoming a concern for me---talk about loving nature and NOT knowing the name of all the trees in our backyard! I learned costellation names---well, at least of Gemini (my sign), Orion (hello) and Canis Major...still gotta learn

[Helkahothion]

Hi everybody,

Lush smilies/biggrin.gifon't worry most of the time I can overcome my evil side. It's like a Gollum inside of me. (Just kidding)
But seriously It's not that I will bomb you with virusses (a lot) smilies/evil.gif

Maik:You dirty B*atch wou will find a virus in your inbox soon enough you can count on that. How dare you go against me!!?? smilies/mad.gif (Just kidding folks)

Greetings,

Anuion
________
Suzuki xl7 (http://www.suzuki-tech.com/wiki/Suzuki_XL7)

[Kalimac]

Name (that you go by): Mary
Age: 23
Occupation: I work in a library and write stories (though not fanfic) constantly...hey, one of these days one might get printed, you never know.
Future Aspirations: Be a fulltime published author, have children, travel to a lot of out-of-the-way countries.
Goal in life: Um...see above.
Short term goals: Finish my current 18,000 word behemoth of a story and see if I can arrange a trip to Eastern Europe this summer.
Passion: Language and syntax (English and other languages)
Hobbies: Reading history books, websurfing, collecting old books and language textbooks (currently ploughing through Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Primer and not really getting all of it).
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): This is actually kind of sad, but in college I was the person everyone took their papers to for proofreading and editing.

Fave book: LOTR, of course. But there are a lot of favorites; the current co-favorite is "Kristin Lavransdatter" by Sigrid Undset (the new translation, not the old, horrible, "Ho varlet, fain I would see thee in sooth" one).
Fave movie: Again, lots of them. Besides the PJ movies, I'd say that the absolute top ones would be "To Live" and "Raise the Red Lantern" both with Gong Li.
Fave sport: Baseball. I'm a casual fan, though.
Fave store: Any antique bookstore.
Fave music: Pretty much anything that isn't either (a) hair-curlingly saccharine or (b) so bass-intensive that I can feel the walls pulsing.

What you can't stand: People who nurse grudges for decades.
What you plain dislike: This will sound odd, but the answer is - my husband's grandmother. A gracious Virginia bluebood who will try to make your life miserable if you don't instantly obey every Diktat from on high regarding clothing colors, thank-you notes, etc.
Who you admire: My husband smilies/smile.gif. The patience of a saint and the skill of a genius.
What you most love to do: Write!
Your self-confessed flaws: Talkative, and I tend to be lazy. Really have to push myself to avoid procrastination.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Pretty much anything to do with grammar.
What scares you: Flying. I love traveling but the flying part terrifies me.
Quotation to live by: Scorn pain. Either it will go away or you will.

Additional comments: Hmm...that's about enough for now, I'd say.

[Faye Took]

Well, heres me. I don't remember if I posted one of these before but if I did, lets just call it a new and improved me. Anyways...

Name (that you go by): Chelsea or Faye is fine
Age: 14
Occupation: Student
Future Aspirations: Be in movies
Goal in life: Be the best person I can be
Short term goals: Get the part for Helena in the Shakespeare play
Passion: Music, and boys.
Hobbies:Computers, video games, shopping, reading, acting, writing, drawing, boys, music, and some other stuff.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Helping friends through hard times or just being there to help. (Need advice? Come to me. LoL)

Fave book: LotR, Harry Potter (now your all gonna kill me).
Fave movie: LotR, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Nightmare Before Christmas, Goldmember, and Moulin Rouge.
Fave sport: Football and erm...Cheer. (blush)
Fave store: Hot Topic, and Borders.
Fave music: Heavy Metal, Rock, Metal, Classical Rock, etc.

What you can't stand: Spiders and Balloons
What you plain dislike: see above
Who you admire: Collette, JRR Tolkien, and John (this guy who is trying to save a 400 year old tree that the city is trying to cut down. He has been up in there for over 2 months now.)
What you most love to do: Go online, Role Play, Read, and go to movies with friends, and shop. smilies/biggrin.gif
Your self-confessed flaws:I umm, shop lifted when I was 8. smilies/frown.gif Nothing big though.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Everything around me.
What scares you: Spiders, balloons, and not being loved.
Quotation to live by:

Additional comments:*hugs everyone*

[Maeglin]

Hey! Never seen this one of sum reason.Well, have to try this out ofcourse. smilies/wink.gif

Name (that you go by): Jacob, amazingly I go by that, yes.
Age: 16
Occupation: Student, or atleast I'm trying to be one.
Future Aspirations: oh, make a few movies, write a few books... you know. smilies/wink.gif
Goal in life: About the same.
Short term goals: Have a cup of tea.
Passion: I'm not gonna reveal myself totally. smilies/wink.gif
Hobbies: Making new songs that I forget about next day.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Be able to sing, write a letter, read todays newspaper and brush my teeth at the same time.

Fave book: Undoubtfully "A Hobbit".
Fave movie: Must be "workers leaving the factory" by August and Louise Lumieré.
Fave sport: You know, the one where evrybody is chasing a ball on a huge grass-field.
Fave store: The one that's closest to me.
Fave music: Unanswerable. I like evrything except, dance, techno and rave. YICK! :P

What you can't stand: When people of some reason decides that my highly important talking is something that you rather should ignore. smilies/wink.gif
What you plain dislike: People who can't tell the difference between Sauron and Saruman.
Who you admire: My friends for not killing me.
What you most love to do: Take a deep breath and pretend I'm taking a deep breath. hehe. Can't tell, really.
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm no good at iceskating.
What intrigues/fascinates you: I'd rather not get too curiouse about stuff.
What scares you: Computer-viruses.
Quotation to live by:
Be happy, or elsewhy someone else might.
Additional comments: I s*ck at this kind of stuff. smilies/biggrin.gif

[ January 02, 2003: Message edited by: Maeglin ]

[Gorothlammothiel]

Name (that you go by): I go by many names, those my own and those that are given to me.

Age: 16

Occupation: Student

Future Aspirations: Unknown

Goal in life: Unknown

Short term goals: Complete Duke of Edinburgh Award through Gold Level before leaving college

Passion(s):Reading, writing (stories and poetry), painting, drawing...

Hobbies: As above

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Questionning everything and confusing others (something to brag about?)

Fave book: Of 8 years, LotR, of recent, The vampire chronicles and Shakespeare!

Fave movie(s): Star Wars (originals), Indianna Jones, James Bond, Interview with the Vampire, X-Files and of course both Lotr
(generally anything Sci-Fi or fantasy plus classic action/adventure)

Fave sport: Formula 1 Racing

Fave store: I can't say I shop that often-probably Waterstones or Watkin's

Fave music: Rock & Indie

What you can't stand: Willful Ignorance

What you plain dislike: Stereotypes

Who you admire:

What you most love to do: Read and write

Your self-confessed flaws: Untrusting, stubborn, closed...

What intrigues/fascinates you: Imagination

What scares you: The fact I may not be real and everything I believe in is a lie

Quotation to live by: I live day by day, not by others opinions and experiences

Additional comments:

[Airerûthiel]

Name (that you go by): Laura
Age: 15
Occupation: Equivalent to US high school freshman
Future Aspirations: To be a published author and to get into Columbia College
Goal in life: To be happy
Short term goals: To pass my GCSEs
Passion: Writing and Tolkien's works! smilies/smile.gif
Hobbies: Basketball, tae kwon do, writing, reading, collecting gemstones, watching movies
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Having notoriously good luck! I always won raffles up until I started high school, I've been on TV twice, I won a songwriting contest once, I appeared on local radio about two years ago

Fave book: Lord of the Rings/Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman/Maya Angelou's autobiographies
Fave movie: Lord of the Rings/Good Will Hunting/Shakespeare in Love/Spider-Man
Fave sport: Basketball and tae kwon do
Fave store: HMV and Waterstone's
Fave music: Avril Lavigne, The Calling, Puddle of Mudd, Coldplay, the Beatles, Toploader, Idlewild

What you can't stand: Narrow-minded people, and the cult of popularity that kills individuals
What you plain dislike: Brussels sprouts, teeny-bopper-ism, my friends falling out and asking me to pick a side
Who you admire: Nelson Mandela, Maya Angelou, my parents
What you most love to do: Write novels
Your self-confessed flaws: No self-confidence
What intrigues/fascinates you: Magical stuff
What scares you: People asking me nosy questions - dumb thing to be scared of I know but half the people that ask me that stuff would blab everything they knew about me to the entire school
Quotation to live by: It's in my sig! - 'Hope, compassion, and wisdom born of experience are...the mightiest weapons at hand.' - Viggo Mortensen

I love this one too: 'That's just the way it is / Some things will never change / That's just the way it is / But don't you believe them' - Bruce Hornsby and the Range, The Way It Is

Additional comments: If I had to describe myself in a word, I'd say unique. I'm not a particularly social person, but I wouldn't say I was a recluse either. I make my own world and my own personality. I definitly find myself an original person and although I'm incredibly flawed, there's no reason for any of us to change anything about ourselves (well, not unless it's something really really bad) - the little things make us what we are in the end.

[ January 04, 2003: Message edited by: Airerûthiel ]

[Helkahothion]

Hi everybody,

I would like to thank Jessica Jade for making this tread. It shure drop's another light on matters.

Thank you.

Greetings,

Anuion
________
Nevada Medical Marijuana (http://nevada.dispensaries.org/)

[Merri]

Name (that you go by): Mira
Age: 16
Occupation: full time student, part time dreamer
Future Aspirations: To do anything that involves traveling
Goal in life: To be the best person I can possibly be
Short term goals: Get good grades to get into a good college
Passions: Classical music (especially Chopin, Debussy, Tchaikowsky, and Balakirev), playing piano, languages,cooking
Hobbies: Reading, writing, listening to music, talking about philosophy, singing, playing piano, etc.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Giving good advice, poking people(don't ask), being an ardent fan of classical music, arguing, asking too many questions, being short (5"2), playing piano
Fave book: Either The Great Gatsby or The Lord of the Rings
Fave movie: A Beautiful Mind
Fave sport: Fencing/figure skating
Fave store: Borders(Any bookstore, really)
Fave music: Take a wild guess. Yup, classical music
What you can't stand: ignorance, cruelty, screechy/repetitive noises, bad grammar, arrogance, rudeness, punk rock
What you plain dislike: repetitive noises and mean people and people who r plane stooopid 'n type LYke dis b/c dis is de coolest way toogo
Who you admire: Kofi Annan/Laura Bush
What you most love to do: Travel
Your self-confessed flaws: A bit of arrogance, too much impatience, impetuousness, and stubbornness
What intrigues/fascinates you: My type of philosophy- PM me if you're interested, I can't explain it in only a few sentences
What scares you: My ex-boyfriend, and a Latin teacher at my school smilies/biggrin.gif
Quotation to live by::
1)Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill- J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings.
Additional comments: I heard a saying once that it's the quiet ones you gotta watch out for, and I think that's absolutely true. I'm the kind of person that you wouldn't notice if you passed me on the streets, but once you start getting to know me, you'd be surprised. Also, you could talk to me every day for ten years and you still wouldn't really know me.

[ January 26, 2003: Message edited by: Merri ]

[ January 27, 2003: Message edited by: Merri ]

[ElentariGreenleaf]

name: Gaby
age: 14
occupation: doing my GCSE, but attempting to write books!
future aspirations: to go live in Japan (rather than boring old England)
goal in life: to do what I want to do: be author, animater and Japanese
short term goals: Finsh my three unfinished books
Passion: website making, drawing (anime), writing, reading, daydreaming....
hobbies: website making, reading, writing, drawing, daydreaming...... (lol)
famous for: mistaking a pylon for the Eilfel Tower (apparently)
Fave book: LotR (obviously), Redwall, Silver Brumby, (loads more!)
fave movie: LotR (well what were you expecting?)
fave sport: swimming
fave store: -
fave music: whatever's on da radio!

what you cant stand: people who think they're better than you and cooler than you and then go and act all "Ew, mud!" when you play rugby.
what you plain dislike: ditto, rubbish stuff on tv, internet sites which are really rubbish and have bright colors (gives home made websites a bad name!)
who you admire: um..... Samwise
what you most love to do: fight, make my webby, come here, go on my forum...
your self-confessed flaws: LAZY! say everything that comes into head,
what intrigues/fascinates you: anime
what scares you: war
quotation to live by: um, not got one yet.

additional comments: GO TO MY WEBSITE AND FORUM (please!)
My Webby (http://www.angelfire.com/weird2/aisha_guild/nlp.html)My Forum (http://members.lycos.co.uk/nplp/forums)

[Balin999]

Name (that you go by): Thomas

Age: 20

Occupation: Student, freelance for a newspaper

Future Aspirations: Want to be a journalist for a car-magazine (a very famous and highly-reputated-one)

Goal in life: Remain the person I am, keep contact with my friends, keep my sense of humour, be a more tolerant person. Not having to worry about my money.

Short term goals:

Passion: LotR

Hobbies: Reading, playing the guitar, snowboarding, driving my car.

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): My guitar playing (not really famous), being a good an honest friend and a good listener.

Fave book: Anything of Tolkien, I'm also interested in literature about the second world war.

Fave movie: Lots of movies

Fave sport: Snowboarding

Fave store: No money, no store.

Fave music: Death metal, Blues, Techno, Rap, Punkrock, Rock, Oldies......


What you can't stand: prejudice, superficiality, bad journalism, one-sidedness, people who accept everything as it is.

What you plain dislike: Skaters, Posers,....

Who you admire: People who die for their ideals and for their country.

What you most love to do: Sleep, hanging out with friends

Your self-confessed flaws: Intolerance (sometimes!)

What intrigues/fascinates you: the work of Tolkien

What scares you: That there are so many people that are obviously plain stupid.

Quotation to live by: Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the wise cannot see all ends." Gandalf the Grey

Additional comments:
Barrow Downs, the place that's keeping it real! smilies/smile.gif (Thanks Ali G)

[ January 14, 2003: Message edited by: Balin999 ]

[Sapphire_Flame]

Name: Sapphire (or Hey, you, with your nose in that LotR book!)
Age: 16 and a half
Occupation: Student (ug)
Future Aspirations: To be an author
Goal in life: See above
Short term goals: Finish the LotR fic I'm working on.
Passion: Reading, writing, Barrowdowns( smilies/biggrin.gif ), listening to music, and rainy days.
Hobbies: Reading, writing, listening to music, surfing the Net, and...LotR!
Famous for: Um...... Well, I have a LotR fic posted at Fanfiction.net. And, at school, I'm known for wearing a cloak, instead of a coat. And I like spiders, and snakes.

Fave book: LotR, of course!!!
Fave movie: Ditto to above question. Eight Legged Freaks is a close second.
Fave sport: Don't have one.
Fave store: Knight's Legend (sells all sorts of nice fantasy stuff smilies/wink.gif )
Fave music: LotR soundtrack, Enya, Yanni, and the Dark Mind soundtrack (that's the music for my story; just a bunch of songs my friend and I downloaded that really went with the story. Includes 3 Doors Down, Celine Dion, Journey, and Creed)

What you can't stand: People who swear, smoke, drink, hate LotR, or just plain act like total orcs
What you plain dislike: All the above
Who you admire: My dad, Tolkien, and The Barrow-Wight (in that order)
What you most love to do: Hang out with my friend and play Tomb Raider, and have "hobbit-talks" with my dad about my story
Your self-confessed flaws: a tendency to procrasitinate, and a tendency to never be serious
What intrigues/fascinates you: Rain, fog, spiders, and everything about LotR
What scares you: my little brother, and people who act too nice
Quotation to live by: Sanity is the trademark of a weak mind. also, I say if life give you a lemon, wing it right back and add some lemons of your own.

Additional comments: I love the Barrowdowns!!!!!!! smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/cool.gif

[alaklondewen]

Name (that you go by): Summer
Age: 23
Occupation: Single mom, full-time student, and part-time server
Future Aspirations: I am going to be a clinical psychologist.
Goal in life: Learn, learn, and learn some more.
Short term goals: get into grad school
Passion: Jesus Christ
Hobbies: reading
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): I am a great mom (I have to be since there is only me); I have only one dimple (there is a story if you really want to know); I love to smile.

Fave book: Bible, LotR, Galilee
Fave movie: The Thorn Birds and FotR
Fave sport: Try and outrun my daughter to whatever it is she can poke or hurt herself with.
Fave store: Barns and Noble
Fave music: Contemporary Christian and classical

What you can't stand: lousy tippers
What you plain dislike: people who don't even try to learn
Who you admire: Jesus, my brother Joe
What you most love to do: walk across the country (I often have dreams of walking with the Fellowship.)
Your self-confessed flaws: No inner monologue; procrastination
What intrigues/fascinates you: I have a professor whose focus is forensic psychology...ooh.
What scares you: The thought of my child not being safe.
Quotation to live by:
'For God so loved the world, that he gave is only begotten Son, that whosever believeth in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.'

Additional comments: I'm having a blast here!
smilies/smile.gif

[Beren87]

Faye, balloons, pooor girl, lol, you must be frightened a lot.

Merri, don't say arrogance, always say "accurate self-assesment"

Lush, I always liked women, so were even. smilies/cool.gif

[ January 17, 2003: Message edited by: Beren87 ]

[Merri]

I never say that because someone I can't stand uses it as an excuse for his arrogance/egotism/bastardliness smilies/smile.gif

[Gorwingel]

Gosh, all these people who posted on this topic are young, like me! smilies/cool.gif
It is cool learning about what you are all about
In response to one response: England, boring! I have been to England, it was great! I wanted to spend my entire 3 week European vacation there. (though you would probably think Washington State is great too)

[Artalwen]

Name (that you go by): Brianna
Age: 17
Occupation: student
Future Aspirations: violinist, actress*ya right i know...but still a dream*
Goal in life: to be happy
Short term goals: to find a good college
Passion: music
Hobbies: playing violin, reading, music!
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): playing violin in church...having my birthday be announced in front of everyone else in church!

Fave book: 'Jesus freaks' by dctalk
Fave movie: the others
Fave sport: volleyball/baseball
Fave store: borders!
Fave music: punk/rock/christian punk/rock

What you can't stand: my sister
What you plain dislike: a kid in my chem class...constantly talks.
Who you admire: my youth leader...he's awesome.
What you most love to do: play my violin
Your self-confessed flaws: violin-bragging stuff...lol. naw, um, i bite my nails...stupid me...and i love my hair. lol!
What intrigues/fascinates you: different aspects of life, from different people.
What scares you: dying
Quotation to live by: "Accomplish your dreams today, for tomorrow never actually comes."

Additional comments: i love this place! smilies/smile.gif

[Hilde Bracegirdle]

Name (that you go by): Hilde Bracegirdle
Age: 39
Occupation: making order out of chaos and documenting it in 3-D( My employer calls it CAD drafting)
Future Aspirations: to get back to doing some artwork (That is what I hold my degree in)
Goal in life: To be content & be a good Mom
Short term goals: to be able to read for an hour each night without falling asleep
Passion: cookies
Hobbies: reading and lately haunting the Barrow Downs
Famous for: asking a lot of questions....
Fave book:Of course LoTR, Adam Bede, Mill on the Floss, Hitchhiker's Guide, anything by Herman Melville, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek,The Phantom Tollbooth.
Fave movie: Mission, Long Riders, Aguirre the Wrath of God, Das Boot, Babette's Feast, Raizing Arizona, Spiderman
Fave sport: Uh Yeah....Hmm, maybe stomping around in the woods
Fave music: Obsolute favourite is YES but also enjoy Leo Kottke, early Clannad, Liquid Tension Experiement, Loreena Mckennitt, Cocteau Twins, Willie & Lobo, Arlo Guthrie,
Steeleye Span, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Enya, Apocalypticia, Brahms, Bach, Puchini etc, etc......eclectic

Does anybody have any insight on Glass Hammer?

What you can't stand: Nihilism & typing
What you plain dislike: modern day orcs & mercenary behavoir
Who you admire: I don't know...how about the old Marvel character ROM the cyborg space knight! Anybody old enough to remember him?
What you most love to do: Long talks with good friends or family
Your self-confessed flaws:the need to recharge frequently
What intrigues/fascinates you: Beauty & excellence
What scares you: Ticks

Quotation to live by: I don’t live by any in particular but appreciate quite a few:

Come now, solemnest feast on the road to eternal freedom,
Death, and destroy those fetters that bow, those walls that imprison
This our transient life, these souls that linger in darkness,
So that at last we see what is here withheld from our vision.
Long did we seek you, freedom, in discipline, action and suffering.
Now that we die, in the face of God himself we behold you. -Dietrich Bonhoeffer


“I fell in love with the idea that what you look for your whole life will eventually eat you alive." –Laurie Anderson

[ June 08, 2003: Message edited by: Hilde Bracegirdle ]

[Jesse]

Name (that you go by): Jesse

Age: 15 1/2

Occupation: Student

Future Aspirations: To be an Author and work at my high school with the disabled students

Goal in life: To live for Jesus Christ

Short term goals: Not to change my email address again (tis happened lots of times.)

Passion: Jesus

Hobbies: Christianity, Lord of the Rings, English, and Reading

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being bossy (it's not a welcomed piece of me.)

Fave book: The Fellowship of the Ring

Fave movie: The Fellowship of the Ring

Fave sport: Baseball

Fave store: Super Target

Fave music: Contemperary Christian Music (CCM)

What you can't stand: Negative people, and people who make fun of the disabeled.

What you plain dislike: One of my teachers (I never can talk to her, we've had a bad expeirence in the past.)

Who you admire: Billy Graham and my pastor

What you most love to do: Chat on this forum, the Council of Elrond forum, and a Christian forum named God's Fellowship.

Your self-confessed flaws: Being bossy

What intrigues/fascinates you: The Unknown, and Wolves

What scares you: Loosing a loved one

Quotation to live by: "Life is like a rollercoaster ride. You go up, then down, but the end results are always still the same. Nothing changes."

[Beren87]

Wonderful to see some HH2G fans!


Erm...Why do you admire ROM exactly? I hated that series...

Edit: I disliked that series then smilies/biggrin.gif

[ January 25, 2003: Message edited by: Beren87 ]

[Hilde Bracegirdle]

Beren87

ROM did what had to be done despite the odds, plus I have a distict weakness for lonely and tragic fictional characters & all around good guys. No longer have my comics, though. sigh.

Why did you not like the noble space knight? Hate is such a strong word.

Greetings Jesse!

[ January 25, 2003: Message edited by: Hilde Bracegirdle ]

[Beren87]

Specifically the lack of realism (in my opinion) by the fact that he was an all-around good guy.

I'm sure I have some ROM comics buried around somewhere, in the 7 or 8 trunks of comics I have.

[Hilde Bracegirdle]

Now why would you have ROM in a trunk somewhere if you hated him. smilies/wink.gif

Or that is percisely why he's in the trunk!
Can he be ransomed?


Have a good evening!

[ January 25, 2003: Message edited by: Hilde Bracegirdle ]

[Marigold Hedgeworth]

Now that I've gone through all seven pages, I guess it's time to contribute.

Name (that you go by): Marigold, Mari, OjosVerdes, or just plain Rach
Age: I really like the 'opinions over age' aspect of this board, so I'll just leave this blank..
Occupation: Wouldn't that defeat the..ermm..agelessness? Let's just say...freelance student smilies/biggrin.gif.
Future Aspirations: Go to Oxford, marry, have children, get published...but not necessarily in that order.
Goal in life: To glorify God in everything I do.
Short term goals: Catch up on sleep, overcome my case of 'Writer's Procrastination', and
Passion: God, friends, writing, future husband.(Might not know who he is, but hey...) And that last one was in a different sense than the first three, just to stop the comments before they start smilies/rolleyes.gif.
Hobbies: Anything Tolkien or Austen related, writing, reading, apologetics, 'deep' discussions.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being the quiet, opinionated one. (Yes, I'm a walking oxymoron, and proud of it! smilies/wink.gif)
Fave book: The Bible. Last one I think of, it goes first on the list. Anything Tolkien, most anything Austen('Specially Emma), the Jeeves Omnibus by Wodehouse, The Princess Bride, Tintin, and Calvin and Hobbes.
Fave movie: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Princess Bride.
Fave sport: Does foosball count? I'm the foosball queen smilies/cool.gif.
Fave store: Any musty, dusty little bookshop with no cataloguing system whatsoever.
Fave music: Classical, Michael W. Smith, Michael Card, Rich Mullins(the best songwriter ever, bar none.)
What you can't stand: Mashed potatoes, horoscopes, ticks and centipedes.
What you plain dislike: Snow in my shoes.
Who you admire: God, my parents, for raising me right and instilling that first admiration in me, Rich Mullins and Michael Card for their awesome talent as songwriter, and many others that I can't think of at the moment.
What you most love to do: Read, write, spend time with family and friends, and have little random conversations with God.
Your self-confessed flaws: I have a perfectionist tendency and a lazy side that keeps me from working toward that perfectionist tendency, so it takes a supreme effort to get anything big done.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Just about everything, if I think about it long enough. I'm particularly fascinated by such questions as: Were Adam and Eve hairless? After all, nothing died before the Fall, and hair is made up of dead cells...just something to think about smilies/biggrin.gif.
Quotation(s) to live by: "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."(Sure it's cliched -- the best things are, merely because they're the best.) I don't remember the reference...oh, well.

"If you don't daydream and kind of plan things out in your imagination, you never get there. So you have to start someplace."
-Robert Duvall


Additional comments: This was a good thread. I've been at the computer for almost three hours now, so I'm just going to stop typing...


...Edited for spelling...

[ January 26, 2003: Message edited by: Marigold Hedgeworth ]

[Hilde Bracegirdle]

Greetings Marigold!

Yes, Michael card is good. So is John Michael Talbot.

Quite agree about horoscopes as well.

Got a question though. If Adam and Eve didn't have hair for the above mentioned reasons, doesn't it follow that the animals would also be furless? smilies/smile.gif

[Manardariel]

Name (that you go by): Charlotte, Manardariel, Side Kick Elf, Miss Maudie
Age:14
Occupation: freshman in high school, writer, babysitter, dreamer
Future Aspirations: writer, director, laywer, actress
Goal in life: WIN AN OSCAR, be happy
Short term goals: turn To Kill a Mockingbird into a movie with all my friends this summer, EDIT: finally be able to use eyeliner without mking it looked horrible, learn quenya, FINALLY become a ghost prince of cardolan
Passion: chocolate, Middle-Earth, movies
Hobbies: writing, reading, scetching, dreaming, ACTING
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): laughing, talking, being very honest about certain things, being mean, swooning about viggooooooooo and saying mean stuff about Orlando/Elijah

Fave book:LotR (no, duh), Princess Diaries, Bridget Jones, To Kill a Mockingbird
Fave movie:LotR, Moulin Rouge!, Shrek
Fave sport: ice skating, hockey
Fave store: Virgin Megastore, Gap
Fave music: Rock, Black Music (ergo Avril, Creed, P!nk, Eminem, Destiny´s Child, Ashanti, Nelly etc)

What you can't stand: racsism, intolerance, WAR, stupid popular *girls* (hmm...I can´t say the b-word) who think they´re so cool cause they can be mean to ppl
What you plain dislike:brocoli, homework, sweet popcorn
Who you admire: Josephine Bonaparte, Audrey Hepburn, JK Rowling, Hildegard Knef
What you most love to do: read, dream, babysit, spend time with my friends
Your self-confessed flaws: talks to much, WAY unorganized, too direct, too self-confident
What intrigues/fascinates you: Middle-Earth, other
What scares you: having to grow up
Quotation to live by:
"You never understand a man, untill you put on his shoes and walk around in them"
"The greatest thing you´ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return."

[ February 26, 2003: Message edited by: Manardariel ]

[eleanor_niphredil]

Name (that you go by): Elf girl (dont ask!).

Age:13

Occupation: I am a writer, and I suffer for my art!

Future Aspirations: To take over the world! No, actualy, I will settle for a small country!

Goals in life: To life live to it's fullest and not just settle for comfortable like some people do.

Short term goals: Pass my SAT's with flying colours, get to the next grade on my Keyboard, learn to play an Electric guitar, speak elvish, reach ultimate peace of mind.
Oh, and go bungee jumping and Skydiving ect. Anything risky.

Passion: celtic stuff and strawberries.

Hobbies: reading, writing, doing really weird doodles, drawing eg-ogs, martial arts, surfing the net.

Famous for: doing the exact opposite of what people expect, and the way I argue.I always win! smilies/tongue.gif

Fave book: Where to start! Hichhikers Guide to the Galaxy, The Wheel of Surya series, The Named, Old Magic, Dracula, Dr Jekal and Mr Hyde, Truth or Dare, Soul Taker, Witch Child, the Wicca series, Indian in the Cupboard, calvin and hobbes, Roll of Thunder, hear my Cry, Robert westall books, Enid Blyton books, Sophies World, the Runaways, from E to You, A Little Princess, Secret garden, Treasure Island, Night Flying, tall, Thin and Blonde. Thats enough for now.

Fave Sport: martial Arts, Netball and badminton.

Fave music: Linkin Park! My soundtracks, War of the Worlds, Bond, Aiden Townend Band and Madness!

Fave Films: knights Tale, Star Wars, Highlander(just the first one).

What you can't stand: Shallow people, onions and washing up (I really cannot bring myself to do it). Jk Rowling.

What you plain dislike: Being confused (most of the time!) and loosing control.

Who you admire: Not sure, really. Usualy characters from books. Elijah Wood, actualy, though I don't know why. My parents, especialy my dad. I admire Orlando Bloom for living on the edge.

What you most love to do: Travelling around England with my dad, especialy to Scotland.

Self-confessed Flaws: Tend to be slightly know-allish. Bite my nails. Pick my nose(just kidding!).

What intrigues/fasinates me: beauty and grace. The paranormal.

What scares you: apart from washing up? Being helpless I guess.

Quotation to live by: I prefere to live by my own principles, rather than by other peoples. And that is not a quote, by the way.

[ February 25, 2003: Message edited by: eleanor_niphredil ]

[ February 25, 2003: Message edited by: eleanor_niphredil ]

[Amanaduial the archer]

Oh wow, all the 14 and 13 year olds like the same music...go Linkin Park and Eminem!

saying mean stuff about Elijah Oh dear god no! smilies/biggrin.gif

Oh jeez, I sound like a one of those teens I really despise...Oh man...

[Beren87]

Oh wow, all the 14 and 13 year olds like the same music...go Linkin Park and Eminem!

Here's to hoping they grow out of that smilies/wink.gif