Top Ten Signs You're Addicted to the Barrow-Downs

[Lush]

I do have a life, guys, I do, I promise! Nevertheless, my hall-mates have come to suspect that if I was dragged off from the Barrow-Downs for more than 48 hours, severe twitching, psychosis, and other unpleasant symptoms of addiction should occur (I fear they will try to test their hypothesis after break).

Here I have complied my very own ten signs that signify a dangerous addiction, and are likely to ensure a stay at the Betty Ford center. Enjoy, and post your own.

10. You have written enough private messages to various illustrious members of the forum to compile a not-so-short novel.

9. A naughty pastime of yours is the Freudian interprepations of message icons, shared with other members.

8. You say "screw it" to searching for sources for your latest paper, and begin searching for a cool new avatar instead.

7. You turn down a second date with a punnery "expert," because his skills do not quite match those of Rimbaud.

6. "Green is good," you say to yourself during those dim moments before waking and sleeping, and think of the Barrow-Wight.

5. You actually spend a sizeable portion of your bus ride to class wondering what Mithadan looks like.

4. You have a history of broken off betrothals to at least one famous site member (there could be more, but your memory is sometimes, *er*, lacking).

3. You no longer fear burra (sorry, burra)...Well, you respect burra.

2. You feel compelled to blow the money you usually reserve for alcohol on a bunch of more obscure Tolkien works, because you're tired of being put to shame by the likes of Sharkey and oblo. And, because, frankly, Tolkien is almost a family member by now.

And, the number one sign you're addicted to the Barrow-Downs:

1. Before the shower, before checking the weather, before the obligatory screaming across the hall at the neighbours to turn their %$#@ing country music down, the first thing you do in the morning is sign in and check whatever pearls of wisdom and humour were posted over the night.

[Maikadilwen]

Make room, dearest Lush, as I just hit 7 out of 10...

OK, people listen up. I have something to say:

Everyone, my name is Maika and I'm a Barrowholic!

Wow, I did it! smilies/eek.gif

[Annunfuiniel]

smilies/biggrin.gif This has taught me a great deal about you, Lush!
To the #1 part: Well duh, I don't even recall to have woken before I find myself in front of the screen... smilies/eek.gif smilies/biggrin.gif
And couple more sure signs of "hopeless" case:
1. You have to eat in the living room 'cause your kitchen table is full; every Tolkien (or -related) book you own or have borrowed from the library with maps and such have invaded all the space.

2. You have borrowed Tolkien books from your university's library. Well, people can always assume you're studying English literature...

3. You forgot to borrow the books you actually were supposed to study for an exam. And while in library you had to check the BD site in case someone had PM'd you.

4. Your dog whines at the door for it hasn't been out for say 8-10 hours, it's about 2AM monday morning and still you just can't stop sending really-not-so-funny messages to Middle-Earth Mayhem or the Quiz.

5. Your computer collapses: you start to cry. And that's not because you might loose all the unsaved information you have on your computer.

Ok, it's better to stop right here... I have a feeling that people are really starting to worry about me. smilies/wink.gif

[Lush]

Make room, dearest Lush, as I just hit 7 out of 10...

And which ones would that be? smilies/wink.gif

1. You have to eat in the living room 'cause your kitchen table is full; every Tolkien (or -related) book you own or have borrowed from the library with maps and such have invaded all the space.

Ha ha, that's a great one. If I had a living room, or a kitchen table, I would probably have the same problem.

[Tar-Palantir]

The Barrow Downs is far and away the most innocuous of my addictions.

As a bonus I have learned to use the dicitioonairy and can now type up to 20 wpm...

[ March 08, 2003: Message edited by: Tar-Palantir ]

[Child of the 7th Age]

Rolling over laughing....

Lush, some of us on the other end of the age spectrum have different problems. Try these on for size.

You know you're in trouble when...

1. Your son falls to his knees and begs and pleads for you to get off the computer so he can download his music.

2. Your husband is next in line. He falls to his knees and begs and pleads for you to get off the computer so you can cook the family dinner. (OK, I've got a great husband--but a cook, he's not!)

3. You have more pictures of Frodo and Sam on your bedroom wall than your ten-year old daughter does.

4. You can barely bring yourself to look at your latest credit card bill, since you went a little crazy on e-bay snarfing up older editions of LotR.

5. Your fifteen-year old son has to explain to his friends with some embarassment that his mother was the one who put the Frodo screensaver on the family computer.

6. You regularly go with 1-2 hours less sleep a night in your frantic efforts to keep up with the four new RPGs that you have joined.

7. Your Tolkien reading material has spilled from the kichen table and the bedroom over into the bathroom!

8. Your daughter likes hobbits and Elves so you use her birthday as an excuse to load her down with assorted Middle-earth pictures and paraphernalia.

9. Whenever you meet your friends for lunch, they beg you to tell them the next installment of the life of Cami Goodchild the Hobbit.

10. You still hang on to all your Tolkien "collectibles"--the buttons, bumperstickers, and battered books--that adorned your dorm room way back when you were a freshman, over thirty years ago!

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sharon

[Marileangorifurnimaluim]

7. You turn down a second date with a punnery "expert," because his skills do not quite match those of Rimbaud.

~ really quite unfair, don't you think? Entirely outmatched.

6. "Green is good," you say to yourself during those dim moments before waking and sleeping, and think of the Barrow-Wight.

~ that dream about the skeletal hands is not something you'd repeat in mixed company either.

5. You actually spend a sizeable portion of your bus ride to class wondering what Mithadan looks like.

~ I call it 'healthy curiosity' and I'm sticking to that, I am.


3. You no longer fear burra (sorry, burra)...Well, you respect burra.

~ You mean people fear burra?

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- Maril

[ March 08, 2003: Message edited by: Marileangorifurnimaluim ]

[Ithaeliel]

Oh, dear... I am 60% obsessed. How sad. I know other people who are much, MUCH worse, though...

Hey, you know what? I'm not even supposed to be on here right now, since my authorities have banned me from the web. But what the heck? They're out... smilies/evil.gif

Long live the Barrow Downs.

[mark12_30]

1. You tell people that you're going to check your messages. They assume voice-mail. You let them.

2. All of your really trusted friends have taken their glassy-eyed turn at listening to your latest RPG.

3. Your husband is completely sick and tired of hearing about the RPG.

4. Ditto what Child said about the credit card. Your husband says, "But it's all the SAME STORY inside those books!" You smile and say, "But the artwork is different." You need another bookshelf to hold it all.

5. You lose hours and HOURS of sleep over an RPG debate concerning elvish pregnancy and wedlock.

6. Your colleagues visit you at lunchbreak, see the green-and-black screen, and ask, "How's Bilbo?"

7. You really hate typing in extended quotes from a book or document, but you'll grudgingly do it because it's information somebody needs for the RPG.

8. The only thing you use your scanner for is LOTR; and you complainingly pay full-price for some ourrageous oversized book because it has a map or diagram that you need for an RPG.

9. Your family worries that you might sneak off to Hollywood and get your ears surgically altered into points. (Hmmmm... how much? ...nah. But... Hmmmm....)

10. Your BK-Gandalf glass goblet regularly serves to remind you of the last online conversation you had with someone of that name.

11. Your most-used baking recipes come from The Downs.

12. Once a week, you wear non-hobbittish, non-elvish clothes to work-- just to prove you still can.

13. And finally: Your husband seriously fantasizes about tossing your computer out the window into a snowbank.

[InklingElf]

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I have a LIFE [i think smilies/smile.gif],but I'm afraid I have a double life on the BD to! Let's see:

10. You have written enough private messages to various illustrious members of the forum to compile a not-so-short novel (((Almost!))).

9. A naughty pastime of yours is the Freudian interprepations of message icons, shared with other members.

8. You say "screw it" (((For me it's "crapiness"))) to searching for sources for your latest paper, and begin searching for a cool new avatar instead.

7. You turn down a second date with a punnery "expert," because his skills do not quite match those of Rimbaud.

6. "Green is good," you say to yourself during those dim moments before waking and sleeping, and think of the Barrow-Wight.

5. You actually spend a sizeable portion of your bus ride to class wondering what Mithadan (((EVERYONE)))! looks like.

4. You have a history of broken off betrothals to at least one famous site member (there could be more, but your memory is sometimes, *er*, lacking).

3. You no longer fear burra (sorry, burra)...Well, you respect burra.

And, the number one sign you're addicted to the Barrow-Downs:

1. Before the shower, before checking the weather, before the obligatory screaming across the hall at the neighbours to turn their -------country music down, the first thing you do in the morning is sign in and check whatever pearls of wisdom and humour were posted over the night.

:Jumps Up and Down:
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[Tar-Palantir]

One more-
- When you consider hiding your screenname so other BD'ers won't see how much time you spend here... smilies/redface.gif

[Lush]

Good ones! I think Helen (mark12_30) is a bit more obsessed than I am, who's up for sponsoring her trip to the Betty Ford center?

Child, thanks for giving me some perspective.

Maril, I think a public flogging by burra is one of the rites of passage on this site. Well, for some people, at least.

Tar, since I have LAN, I am pretty much always signed in here. Though even without LAN, I can readily admit to spending a ridiculous amount of time browsing though the threads, especially the old ones in the Books. Go me!

Anyone else?

[Brinniel]

1. Half the wall in your bedroom is covered with LOTR pics.

2. When you have 50+ LOTR pics saved to your computer,

3. You always visit the BD before doing your homework.

4. You stay up until the wee hours of the morning on a school night to write an RPG post.

5. You get up at 5:00 AM so you can edit or finish that RPG post.

6. You daydream during your classes about getting back on the BD.

7. You socialize with people more on the BD than in real life.

8. You force your parents to listen while you read your RPGs aloud.

9. Your friends beg the impossible; to give up talking about LOTR for Lent.

10. Your friends beg you to give up talking about LOTR for just one day and still you refuse.

Oh dear, I really am addicted.

[Aerandir Carnesir]

Brinniel, I got a 10/10 on your's. As I'm typing this post, my dad is telling me to get off the Downs! smilies/biggrin.gif

Ranger of the Dúnedain(and Raging Barrowholic),

Aerandir Carnesir smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

[ March 09, 2003: Message edited by: Aerandir Carnesir ]

[Maikadilwen]

And which ones would that be?
Trust me Lush, you don't even want to know! smilies/wink.gif

But I can add a few more.

1. That you risk your job (but that's not important) by sneaking onto a computer at work, which you're actually not allowed to use, so you can inform the others in the RPG you're in, that your own puter is broken so you won't be able to post for a while.

2. That you eat by the puter so often, you've had to get one of those plastic covers for your keyboard. smilies/rolleyes.gif

3. That no matter what time of day (or night) your friends pass by your window, there's an 85% chance they'll find you by the puter, completely hypnotized by the green letters.

4. (more Tolkien in general) That you once used all the paint you could get in the red and yellow scale, to show other people your fascination with huge, flaming eyes....(sadly, I lost that one)

[ March 09, 2003: Message edited by: Maikadilwen ]

[Estelyn Telcontar]

What a wonderful thread, Lush! I’m laughing so hard while recognizing myself all over the place! Oh well, I keep saying that there are worse addictions than one that makes me think, read and write creatively, right?! Here are a few additions of my own:

1. You panic when the site and/or forum is down for a few minutes and go into the chat room to find out why and how long.

2. You stay up really late or get up really early to compensate for the fact that your time zone is out of whack with prime time on the Downs.

3. You keep the rest of the family awake, not just with the sound of typing, but with a live Tolkien reading on voice chat.

4. You have mixed feelings when your kids come home to visit – you love them, but they want time on your computer!

5. You place other working utensils (ironing board, sewing machine) in the room with your computer and say you’re going to be working.

6. You leave the computer on all day, just so you can “peek” in to see if anything new has been posted.

7. You plunder Alk’s member pics page and the chat wight page for pictures of the people you talk to most, print them and attach them to the wall behind your monitor, so you can see their faces while chatting.

8. You spend hours paging through the dictionary to find funny equivalents for Middle-Earth names and places for a parody RPG.

9. You buy dozens of chocolate children’s eggs to get the LotR figurines that are hidden in some of them, even though you don’t like that brand of chocolate.

10. You buy the complete set of HoME books because of the many discussions about them on the forum, but don’t have time to read them because there’s so much forum reading to do!

[Gorwingel]

Yes! I too always go on the Barrow Downs before I start my homework!
and also before I go to school
and before I go to the gym
and before I go to dinner
and before I go to sleep
and before I have my lunch
and I go on it at school
I go on it all the time, but gosh I love it here you guys! smilies/biggrin.gif

Here is another reason:
You study your books just so you can be the first to answer newbee questions in the book forum.
You start having people call you by your Barrow-Downs nickname.

[piosenniel]

Mark12_30

5. You lose hours and HOURS of sleep over an RPG debate concerning elvish pregnancy and wedlock.

Oh please tell me this is NOT true!

[*Varda*]

You also know you're obsessed when:

1. You have a 2000 word essay to write for the next day and you're so hypnotised by the Downs that you've only typed 10 words (sadly, this is the case for me at the moment)

2. You can't help but mention people on here when having an entirely unrelated conversation with your friends.

3. You occasionally burst into fits of giggles at the most inappropriate moment because you remember something that happened on the forum/chat

[Aerandir Carnesir]

I've got another: You check Barrow-Downs before you go to church, and when you go to church, you bring your Tolkien books instead of your Bible.(This may not apply to everyone)

Ranger of the Dúnedain,

Aerandir Carnesir smilies/biggrin.gif

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

Wow, on yours, Brinniel, I'm 60 or 70% addicted. I would be 100% or 90%, I'm not sure, except for 4. You stay up until the wee hours of the morning on a school night to write an RPG post.

5. You get up at 5:00 AM so you can edit or finish that RPG post.

8. You force your parents to listen while you read your RPGs aloud.
Welll...almost. I go to bed late and get up early to read other peoples RPGs or to post something on a different part of the site, or on a different Tolkien site....and I read my parents my posts. Not RPGs. Same difference. smilies/wink.gif There's a really funny "100 signs you are addicted to Lord of the Rings" on some other site, but that site is in "My Favorites" on my computer, and considering there were 35 sites there the last time I counted, smilies/rolleyes.gif I don't think I'll be able to find it. If I do, I'll post the link.

[ March 09, 2003: Message edited by: GaladrieloftheOlden ]

[Manardariel]

Brineill:90%!! Go me! smilies/biggrin.gif

And another...

1.Your math notebook consists to one quarter of unfinished problems, the rest is new sigs you want to try, unfinished characters for RPGs, "Barrow-Downs rock" in elvish etc, etc

2. You spent time wondering what would happen if you would recognize a BDer if she/he came to your school as a new kid/teacher

3. You annoy your friends you´re actually InstantMessaning with by saying "Wait a sec, I have to finish an RPGpost" or "Do you know who said _______"

4. You lie on your bed, mortally depressed because you can´t find a picture nice enough to send on the MemberPics page

5. You care more about a good rpg post then a good grade

6. Getting a higher member status is one of your natrual highs

7. One of your new-years resoloutions is "Yet a QQ answer before Beren87 does", and another is "Stop making spam posts"

8. You rename your computer into "Barrow-Wight 2", but go back to "goddamn-crap-thing" because one can´t be mad at the BW

9. You make your friends register here, and then continue pestering them untill they jump in an RPG (right, Sindae?)

10. When people REALLY annoy you, you call them "stupid, chat-language using, Orlando-swooning newbie"!, and collect odd looks
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[ March 09, 2003: Message edited by: Manardariel ]

[mark12_30]

10. You buy the complete set of HoME books because of the many discussions about them on the forum, but don’t have time to read them because there’s so much forum reading to do!

ROFL-- Guilty as charged, although I'm lacking two of the books. And I bought them for RPGs-- C7A is a Marciless Taskmaster. (Gondolin, Ladros, Dorthonion, Numenor, and the Early Third Age Anduin-- all in ONE GAME???)

[Lyra Greenleaf]

wow- 100% on brinniel's and about 80% on manardariel's!

on the other hand a lot of you are much worse (or better!) and i'm not sure if i'm happy or not. i'm kind of used to being known as a lotr freak, and here i'm nothing! not even a ghost prince!

here's probably a unique one:
#you look through your desktop calender and write a quote matching the picture in your diary everyday!#

#you lie in bed at night planning scenarios/future posts for RPGs or trying to get the tricky quiz question#

#the day before your mock exams start you sit in front of your computer with a growing realisation that, yes, you really ARE addicted to the BD!#

#you know that the day before your actual exam you will still be checking whats going on, even though you know you need the grades to get to uni. why can't they do lotr studies, thats what i want to know?#

[ March 09, 2003: Message edited by: Lyra Greenleaf ]

[Arwen Imladris]

Hehehe! These are great! I can't say that I match all of these, but I would do a lot more of them if say, I had a daughter, or a credit card, or money! A few more:

You only check your email to see if anyone from the BD's emailed instead of PMing you.

You spend more than 30 minuets every day here.

You have been here for at least 6 mounths

You read books by tolkien, not because you haven't read them, but to find a new topic to discuss

You write "ash nazy durbatuluk.." or other things in the black speech wherever you can

When you find someone who likes tolkien, the first question you ask is "who are you on the BarrowDowns?"

[dragoneyes]

I have no idea how addicted I am, I just know that I am. Here's one more:

You've just spent at least fifteen minutes discussing with your friend over instant messaging how like you all this is, copying and pasting each point which is relevant to you. At first they fully agree but when you go back and read the conversation you realise they got bored and you've actually been talking to yourself for the past ten minutes.

[Brinniel]

Got some more:

1. Your BD nickname is printed on the back of your favorite sweatshirt.

2. You constantly beg your best friend who likes Tolkien to join the BD.

3. You spend hours searching for the perfect avatar.

4. When you read about a name or place from The Silmarillion, you automatically think of someone from the BD.

5. No one ever calls you anymore because you are constantly online.

6. Your Tolkien books are torn and abused from constant use.

7. You're never completely satisfied until you have been on the BD for at least once each day.

8. You hardly ever go outside anymore. What's the point?

9. You begin to dream about being on the BD in your sleep.

10. Your favorite quotes come from the sigs of other members on the BD.

[Ithaeliel]

HA! Brinniel, according to yours I am only 30-40% addicted!

[piosenniel]

*grins

You know you are hopelessly possessed when BW asks you to be a moderator and you agree.

[Hirilaelin]

I am well and truely obessed then. Especially with RPG. I keep telling all my friends about my favorite battle scene that I have written, spend hours typing up posts and revising them, and I always check BD before homework! I am obsessed...

[Gorwingel]

Hey, maybe I should get my nickname printed on the back of my track sweatshirt smilies/rolleyes.gif Good Idea.

[Galadrie1]

These are great! How about this one: If you have a special "computer copy" of LotR (and other Tolkien books) that has the beginning of each chapter marked, and certain "frequently-used" passages highlighted.

[dragoneyes]

I have a feeling if I put Dragoneyes on my clothing, there's bound to be someone who points out to me that my eyes aren't actaully like that of a dragon's.

I have to admit, I have had a dream about the BD, all I can remember now is the green writing and black screen though.

[*Varda*]

I will admit, I have had a dream about the people on the BD before. I just have no recollection of what happened. smilies/rolleyes.gif

[Mattius]

I think the major sign that you are addicted is that you sit in front of your PC screen with no other web boxes open and just press REFRESH every 2 minutes to see if anything has changed and every so often check if you have any messages. I admit to doing this quite often and have to physically force myself to go to bed when I realise that no-one is going to add to an RPG because they are in a totally different time frame in the states. D'oh!

[VanimaEdhel]

I didn't count how many there were in total, but I got 51. Being that I don't have a spouse or kids and I'm not Christian, some of them didn't apply to me. Here are a few more:
* You find yourself saying, "That reminds me of when Aragorn_Isildur on the Chat said..." or "You know (fill in Barrow-Downs member)? Well, I saw his pic, and he's really hot..." more than you find yourself making real-world conversation.

* You have actually convinced at least one of your friends that was previously not a huge Tolkien fan to come to the Chat or Forum.

* You begin accidentally answering your friends in what Elvish you know.

* You begin taking notes in the language you came up for your fanfic about some races of Maia not discussed by Tolkien (you make up the races, of course, but you have a way to fit them in).

* You have two languages that you've made up that you do that in.

* You begin carrying your Lord of the Rings characters to fantasies about living other stories.

* You argue that "The Silmarillion" is a history of sorts when you begin trying to explain the entirety of the book in history class.

* You start yelling at anything fantasy-related that you read or see that has anything remotely connected to Lord of the Rings (Harry Potter has a character named Wormtail...coincidence? I think not! Couldn't come up with an original idea, could she? Nooooo...had to steal...).

* Before you speak to your friends, they now say, "We know, we know: In Lord of the Rings..."

* You have spent an entire 55 minutes giving an ad-libbed speech to your friend about how the fact that he hasn't read Lord of the Rings nor seen any of the movies will seriously affect his life.

* Whenever you Improv in Theatre Club, you think of a character from Lord of the Rings and take it from there, creating a modern version of the character.

* You begin to laugh hysterically in the middle of class just remembering some of the threads on the Middle-Earth Mayhem board and some of Lush's threads.

* You compare anything to a thread in here, even if the thread was not really Tolkien-related (The "How Many Barrow-Downers Does It Take to Screw In A Lightbulb?" thread gets brought up a lot, as my friend has a similar thing in her locker that a group of her friends wrote about their camp).

* You've converted at least 9 people (two of which are your mother and father) to Tolkien fans.

* Not only that: you have your mom now bringing up obscure Tolkien references when she hasn't even read anything other than Lord of the Rings because you talk about the other books so much.

* Your dad mentions when you haven't talked about Lord of the Rings for more than 20 minutes.

* You rant about how they ruined Arwen anytime anyone even says the name "Arwen" now.

* You spend time writing ways you know you're addicted to the Barrow-Downs and/or actually fall into all these categories.

* Your aspiration in life is to be as Elf-like as possible, as people always tell you that you would make a perfect Galadriel.

* You see any movie with anyone from the Cast of Lord of the Rings, just to see their acting style in other movies.

* You name anything you have to name with names in Sindarin, Quenya or Westron.

* Friends actually approach you for name recommendations, asking you to translate.

* People seem to assume that, because you are so into Elves, you will actually meet one of the actors that played one of the Elves one day and will really marry them (some of my friends are planning my wedding with Orlando Bloom, others with Craig Parker, and actually some with Sean Bean...although: judging that they are all at least 10 years older than I am...)

* Your teachers all know how much you are addicted to Tolkien and fear you for it.

* You think that they should have Tolkien Language Studies at your school, even though they are, after all, made-up languages.

* You run out of ideas, but keep mentioning anything that you've ever done or keeps happening to you that is related to Tolkien, in the hopes that, if you keep typing, you'll think of something really good...*sigh* oh well, no such luck...

[Lyra Greenleaf]

You have been here for at least 6 mounths

hey thats cheating!. what about if you've been here for six/seven weeks and posted 268 times?

You rant about how they ruined Arwen anytime anyone even says the name "Arwen" now.

never mind arwen, what about faramir?

[ March 09, 2003: Message edited by: Lyra Greenleaf ]

[Gorwingel]

When writing essays for English, you accidently place smilies in your paragraphs. smilies/cool.gif

[Liriodendron]

Oh! That's funny, and true! I'm a bit addicted to several forums, and have a difficult time when writing notes and letters. Must have my smilies to communicate! smilies/biggrin.gif Sometimes, I'll get frustrated and try to draw my own, but they look pretty stupid! smilies/frown.gif smilies/rolleyes.gif

[ March 09, 2003: Message edited by: Liriodendron ]

[Lush]

You begin to laugh hysterically in the middle of class just remembering some of the threads on the Middle-Earth Mayhem board and some of Lush's threads.

I'll be taking that one as a compliment. smilies/biggrin.gif

some of my friends are planning my wedding with Orlando Bloom, others with Craig Parker, and actually some with Sean Bean...although: judging that they are all at least 10 years older than I am...)

So? I am currently besotted with a man who is thirty-five years older than I am, not to mention five years older than my father (for more information, explore my sig), and I don't find anything wrong with that. His intellect + my youth and good looks = a good time. smilies/wink.gif

So if you want Orlando, go for Orlando. Just, uh, don't blame me when you are labeled "obsessed", just like moi.

[mark12_30]

14 or so: You've tried numerous time to explain Ewan MacGregor's eyeliner to various people, and they Just Don't Get It. And they don't even beGIN to understand the Balrog's eyeliner.

[InklingElf]

One more-
- When you consider hiding your screenname so other BD'ers won't see how much time you spend here...

True, true

[Manardariel]

Some just too true for me right now:

Even though you´re REALLY sick and can basically think, you drag yourself in front of your computer and say to yourself: "I am not dizzy. I will not through up. I will write an RPG post!"

As all your friends have seem to have overlooked your absence in school, you hope you´ll get the appreciation and pity you need here instead

[Hilde Bracegirdle]

Ah this is too funny!

Your colleagues visit you at lunchbreak, see the green-and-black screen, and ask, "How's Bilbo?"

I Almost laughed out loud when I saw that! I don't get "How's Bilbo?" but rather "Find anything good?"

But I don't have a problem...I can quit any time. I can go for a day without wondering if I'm missing anything.... Just because 99 percent of lunch is a picnic on the Downs and the other 1 percent is on Amazon seeing if I can get a hard back copy of HoME Vol. 2. (And I resent actually having to eat!) And just because my family feel I'm a wee bit preoccupied....

As long as I don't get into RPG I should be OK, right? Or is that no RPG before noon?
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[Lyra Greenleaf]

As all your friends have seem to have overlooked your absence in school, you hope you´ll get the appreciation and pity you need here instead


get well soon! aah! you look terrible ( smilies/wink.gif )
was that the sort of thing you wanted?

[Aralaithiel]

Here are some of mine. Another good thread, Lush. I shouldn't stay away as long as I have. Bad Elf Queen!

Top 10 signs you're addicted to anything LOTR, including BD!
10. You take your LOTR action figures to work.
9. You frequently check the BD site at work, especially to read anything Samwise has posted. I've missed you, Samwise!
8. Your hubby whines that he can't use the computer because you're writing yet another chapter of your fan fiction.
7. You keep putting your One Ring on in hopes that it will make you invisible.
6. Clapping loudly when the vicar of your church refers to the new informational class as the E.L.F. class (ELF stands for Episcopal Life & Faith).
5. You refer to anything as "my precious", and frequently use the word "nasssty".
4. Checking BD frequently to see what those silly hobbits are up to.
3. Carefully looking at a tree before leaning up against it for fear that you'll wake an Ent.
2. Hiding the CC bill from your hubby so that he won't see how much more LOTR stuff you bought from Amazon.com
And my number one sign that I am addicted to LOTR:
I recite The Lord's Prayer in Quenya at church.

Yes, I am an addict! :-D

[Birdland]

As long as I don't get into RPG I should be OK, right?
(Ghastly Hobbits beckon with skeletal fingers):
"Come, Hilde. Come to the RPG Rooooooms! Why, they hardly take any of your time at allllll. Just a few minutes a day. You know you want tooooooooo..."

"Oh, and don't forget to bring your sword, a recently discovered map, some kind of mysterious Elven artifact, a horse that speaks 7 languages, and...what else?...oh, yes, an extra handkerchief and a change of socks."

[HerenIstarion]

Well, I can add one up, methinks

"your office PC monitor is luckily turned away from everybody else in the room, so you can type whatever you're typing now on the BD instead of calculating the increase in number of credit cards sold over the last year (whatever else there it may be) you're supposed to be calculating right away"

[Hirilaelin]

You read this thread! lol smilies/biggrin.gif

[Hilde Bracegirdle]

Ack Birdland "DON'T TEMPT ME!" (I feel myself slipping .... Maybe if I just linger on that forum alittle...see what it's like.)

You know you're addicted when:

smilies/biggrin.gif it's 7AM and you've been to check the Downs twice. Once at home and once at work.

smilies/biggrin.gif when you are trying to cut and paste a door's center panel into another drawing at work and someone's avatar shows up instead!

smilies/biggrin.gif Everytime a CADManager guild e-mail gets sent to you with the heading "employee internet access" you start getting a real sense of panic.

[mark12_30]

Feh. All this time I've been blaming C7A, and Birdie, it was you and those hobbit-wraiths all along. Shifty, shifty.

[The Saucepan Man]

Oops! Scary how many of these are only too familiar. smilies/eek.gif

When you consider hiding your screenname so other BD'ers won't see how much time you spend here...

smilies/biggrin.gif I'm glad it's not just me!

Here's another one from recent experience:

When, having finally logged-off and gone to bed at some unearthly hour in the morning, you lie in bed trying to work out the answer to LePetitChoux's excellent cryptic clue in the Words in Words thread ... and then when inspiration strikes, you get out of bed, log on and post what you hope is the answer ...

Oh dear! smilies/rolleyes.gif

[Amanaduial the archer]

Yeah, same Saucepan man. Im wincing at how scarily familiar some of these, one in particular is seeming....one which no way am I going to mention, for risk of eternal humiliation...

But I can say, that going on the downs is not the very first thing I do.


Its the very last.

[*Varda*]

These are way too familiar for my liking...I do occasionally just sit and refresh the page, waiting for someone to come along and post on a thread...obsessed? Maybe. And I am developing a really bad habit of coming online for 15 minutes before school in the morning. smilies/rolleyes.gif

Maybe we all need therapy.

[ March 11, 2003: Message edited by: *Varda* ]

[Ithaeliel]

How many of you minors here have your parents ground you... by taking away your privileges of going HERE? Just a thought, since that is my present situation.

[Gorwingel]

Don't keep us from knowing if you are currently on line! Because I always like knowing who's on when. Besides I am not going to be bashful about being on this website a lot. My name is Gorwingel and I am addicted to the Barrow-Downs. smilies/wink.gif

[Amanaduial the archer]

Yes, I have been banned from the downs for a week. I thought I would die...

Nah, jk. I dont go on before school though. Too early, bleh...

[Aerandir Carnesir]

Ha ha!!! I go on before school, and between classes, and after school. I'm home-schooled!!! Today is my third day of home-schooling and...this...is...the...life. smilies/redface.gif I'm sorry that some of you guys are banned from the downs. That must be real hell. My girlfriend is banned too, and people I think are starting to think that she's dead in the RPG. She hasn't posted there for like, two weeks. Oh well. Aralaithiel, so true...so true. smilies/biggrin.gif

Ranger of the Dúnedain,

Aerandir Carnesir smilies/biggrin.gif

[Elanor]

I can identify with way too many of these!

I had a Barrow Downs moment this morning. Watching the weather forecast, the BBC puts in some random towns on the map, which change every day. Well today, they were Oxford and Barrow in Furness. My mind jumped straight away to you-know-what!

[InklingElf]

I have almost the same case as all of you who are banned...

Whenever my mom [or dad] entered the room, they would always see something green on the screen w/ a black background. And they would always see me reply to something, and they were worried I got into a cult or something because of the colors smilies/rolleyes.gif . I don't blame them-I do spend alot of time here, and I'm always cooped up in my room doing homework or on the internet on the Barrow-Downs. But then I explained everything-and I didn't need to show all the FAQs about the forum. :breathes: They ALMOST had to ban me because I had spent so much time here.

Yet, another thing restrains me from writing lengthy replies to great topics: SCHOOL. Yep, that's right school. The 3rd quarter of 8th grade is almost done [and it's the hardest of all 4 quarters of school]. Well, I'd best get back to studying Romeo and Juliet...

[Rimbaud]

Lush, quite how bad must his puns have been?

*incredulity etc*

[Brinniel]

I do occasionally just sit and refresh the page, waiting for someone to come along and post on a thread
I've done that up to an hour before. Then I realize that it's 4:00 in the morning and I have church in six hours. smilies/rolleyes.gif

I have gotten banned from the computer before and it's a terrible, terrible thing. Last week I spent so much time on one RPG, my mom threatened to forbid me from doing anymore RPGs again (I was going to bed at 11:00 on school nights). But luckily that was only a threat and she has not threatened me that since. *wipes sweat off forehead*

[Ithaeliel]

Brinn, don't think it's over... don't think it's over... be cautious, young hobbits! The parents are out there... just waiting... waiting to get you... to revoke all your RPGing privileges! *thunder & lightning followed by bloodcurdling scream and the shadow of a parent*

[dragoneyes]

I was going to bed at 11:00 on school nights

Oh dear, school tomorrow and it's already midnight. I am expecting my dad to look somewhat dissaprovingly at the screen and rush me off to bed, unless he's fallen asleep infront of the TV in which case I can stay up much later smilies/evil.gif.

I must come here more often than I realise, even my sister who is currently at university knows of my extensive visits here. I suspect that she thinks it's a fad and will soon go away, ah ha! I think not!

[Lady_Galadriel]

wanna know whats really scary? when your orchestra teacher informs the class that this years t-shirts are gonna sya "orch - dork" (meaning the abbreaviation for orchestra) on the back, you think she ment "orc - dork" and instantly dream of adding a little pic of an orc to the back.

[InklingElf]

eek! Let's hope that never crosses my teacher's mind...

[Hirilaelin]

I am homeschooled too, (have been for eight years!) and it is the life! You can get on the computer at anytime! Bwahahaha!!! But it's not so good when your three siblings are all clamouring to get their turn at the computer... And your mother takes away your computer privilages... And your are stuck with your family every...single...day! Not so good.

Another sign: You start calling yourself by the name of your current RPG character, and start refering to all the heroic battles you have taken part in.

[Lush]

Lush, quite how bad must his puns have been?
*incredulity etc*

Oh they were about as bad as his attempts to woo me with his knowledge of English poetry. Anyone who confuses Yeats with Keats is, arghhh... *shuddering at the memory*

[vanwalossien]

I started to worry when I handed in a paper at school which said 'written by Vanwalossien' and my teacher didn't even have to look at the handwriting to see whose paper it was...

And I spend almost as much time on imdb as on the Downs, trying to find the answer to Eärendil's latest quote in the Actor's Quotes... And still I never find out...

[Eärendil]

Bwahahaha! That´s...funny. (Or scary, have I done it AGAIN?). smilies/wink.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

Anyway, here are two signs I came up with:
# When you realise you have copied and pasted loads and loads of BD-conversations, and printed them out.
# You can spell Marileangorifurnimaluim. Without cheating.

[Hirilaelin]

Not necessarily for BD, but LotR in general:

You start mistaking words. For instance, we drove by a sign, and I looked at it and screamed, "ELVES!!!!" My Mom looked over at me in a very strange way, and I looked closer. It said Elders.

or...

You are typing your e-mail address. At the end, you mistakenly type "ent" insted of "net."

or...

You can make anything have a LotR connection. For instance: You are flossing your teeth. As you floss, you begin to wonder what orcs would look like if they had access to floss and a toothbrush.

Sad to say, I have done all of these. Oh what we do for the things we love! smilies/biggrin.gif

[Manardariel]

What I´m doing right now:
Hanging around in front of the screen, cursing á la The Osbournes, because you´re waiting from a PM, behaving like other people do when they´re waiting for a loveletter.

[Lush]

Hanging around in front of the screen, cursing á la The Osbournes, because you´re waiting from a PM,

I've been there. *frowns at Squatter and Helen simultaneously*

behaving like other people do when they´re waiting for a loveletter.

Oh, sometimes there's hardly any difference between a Barrow-Downs PM and a loveletter. Rimbaud ought to testify. smilies/evil.gif

[Salix]

You begin accidentally answering your friends in what Elvish you know.

Well, on Saturdays, I go somewhere and there s a signup sheet that people put quotes on, and 9 out of 10 times I put Elvish. smilies/biggrin.gif

Here is my provision for ths topic.
*After convincing you sibling(s) to join, they become so afraid of you they make their friends join.*

Afterthought-Maybe I should try the RPG's. smilies/evil.gif

*When grabbing something to eat you wonder if you have some lembas.

[ March 13, 2003: Message edited by: Salix ]

[Hirilaelin]

*After convincing you sibling(s) to join, they become so afraid of you they make their friends join.*

I'm working on it! smilies/biggrin.gif

[HerenIstarion]

I can spell Marileangorifurnimaluim too, hehe

edit: just noticed - nice firework there, Hirilaelin! smilies/biggrin.gif Firework ppl, unite!

[ March 14, 2003: Message edited by: HerenIstarion ]

[Hirilaelin]

Well, I must credit the person who inspired me! smilies/biggrin.gif

[Maiden of the Sky]

This is so weird, I can relate with so many of these things! Its almost scary! Lets see.. what else:

Every night you write notes on your RPG character, rather than reading your wider reading assignment book which is due in 2 weeks

First thing you do when you get home is check BD

Yes, I'm proud to say, I'm Obssessed!

[Amanaduial the archer]

Even though you´re REALLY sick and can basically think, you drag yourself in front of your computer and say to yourself: "I am not dizzy. I will not through up. I will write an RPG post!"


Nigimph...

-Going on when your parents are out on a Saturday night, and your sisters are elsewhere, and staying on til, ooh, about 4 in the morning? Then realising Church Choir practise is in 4 and a half hours....lucky Brinniel, going to Church at 10:00... smilies/biggrin.gif

-When truly bored, playing name games with the downs and seeing whether eg. you can think of a member of the downs, or an RP character etc, for every letter of the alphabet.

-At lunchtimes, and in lessons (mainly latin I think), instead of working, drawing up a new avatar...

I promise you that is not me. The Daughter of Gollum and Shelob, hang your head in shame...nah, tis a very cool avatar.

[Elanor]

I like your new sig HerenIstarion!

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

Haven't been here all that long (as you can see by my dismal pile o' bones...), but already I've spent so much time on here that it's caused problems with my roommate over time spent on the computer smilies/tongue.gif ...

[Hirilaelin]

Well, here at my house, there are always at least four other people wanting to use the computer, so I get a lot of complaints about my obessesion. But hey, they play endless battle games, so I don't see why I should get my share, even if it is an hour longer then theirs, right? smilies/tongue.gif

[Eressië Ailin]

You know your'e addicted when:

1. You have a seven page long Word document consisting of BDer's siigs.

2. You don't really even need it because you've memorized everything on it.


Sadly, both of these are true....

[Eressië Ailin]

You're REALLY REALLY REALLY MAD!!!! smilies/mad.gif smilies/mad.gif because you just accidently deleted the whole seven page document!!!!!! And that's all you can think about even though you only have 1 paragraph done of the 3-page report due in 10 hours!!!

[Amanaduial the archer]

Oh ouch! Unlucky!

. You have a seven page long Word document consisting of BDer's siigs.

Four actually. Just four...

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

#you look through your desktop calender and write a quote matching the picture in your diary everyday!#

#you lie in bed at night planning scenarios/future posts for RPGs or trying to get the tricky quiz question#

#the day before your mock exams start you sit in front of your computer with a growing realisation that, yes, you really ARE addicted to the BD!#

#you know that the day before your actual exam you will still be checking whats going on, even though you know you need the grades to get to uni. why can't they do lotr studies, thats what i want to know?#

Have you been spying on me or something? smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/wink.gif I do all of those! 1.Your math notebook consists to one quarter of unfinished problems, the rest is new sigs you want to try, unfinished characters for RPGs, "Barrow-Downs rock" in elvish etc, etc

2. You spent time wondering what would happen if you would recognize a BDer if she/he came to your school as a new kid/teacher

3. You annoy your friends you´re actually InstantMessaning with by saying "Wait a sec, I have to finish an RPGpost" or "Do you know who said _______"

4. You lie on your bed, mortally depressed because you can´t find a picture nice enough to send on the MemberPics page

5. You care more about a good rpg post then a good grade

6. Getting a higher member status is one of your natrual highs

7. One of your new-years resoloutions is "Yet a QQ answer before Beren87 does", and another is "Stop making spam posts"

8. You rename your computer into "Barrow-Wight 2", but go back to "goddamn-crap-thing" because one can´t be mad at the BW

9. You make your friends register here, and then continue pestering them untill they jump in an RPG (right, Sindae?)

10. When people REALLY annoy you, you call them "stupid, chat-language using, Orlando-swooning newbie"!, and collect odd looks
80%! You've just spent at least fifteen minutes discussing with your friend over instant messaging how like you all this is, copying and pasting each point which is relevant to you. At first they fully agree but when you go back and read the conversation you realise they got bored and you've actually been talking to yourself for the past ten minutes.

Yep.... just it was much more than 15 minutes. smilies/tongue.gif 1. Your BD nickname is printed on the back of your favorite sweatshirt.

2. You constantly beg your best friend who likes Tolkien to join the BD.

3. You spend hours searching for the perfect avatar.

4. When you read about a name or place from The Silmarillion, you automatically think of someone from the BD.

5. No one ever calls you anymore because you are constantly online.

6. Your Tolkien books are torn and abused from constant use.

7. You're never completely satisfied until you have been on the BD for at least once each day.

8. You hardly ever go outside anymore. What's the point?

9. You begin to dream about being on the BD in your sleep.

10. Your favorite quotes come from the sigs of other members on the BD.

I swear, I've done every one of those, except print GaladrieloftheOlden on a sweatshirt...how come i've never thought of that? and I always check BD before homework! I am obsessed... Certainly! Me too! I actually go on the BDs during homework...*grins guiltily* I have dreams about Tolkien related stuff about every other night, and about one third of them have to do with either someting I read on the BDs or people on the BDs or *shudders* the haunted black screen... smilies/rolleyes.gif Being that I don't have a spouse or kids and I'm not Christian, some of them didn't apply to me. Me too...maybe that's why it's not 1000% yet...hmmm... smilies/smile.gif smilies/biggrin.gif * You find yourself saying, "That reminds me of when Aragorn_Isildur on the Chat said..." or "You know (fill in Barrow-Downs member)? Well, I saw his pic, and he's really hot..." more than you find yourself making real-world conversation.
* You have actually convinced at least one of your friends that was previously not a huge Tolkien fan to come to the Chat or Forum.

* You begin accidentally answering your friends in what Elvish you know.

* You begin taking notes in the language you came up for your fanfic about some races of Maia not discussed by Tolkien (you make up the races, of course, but you have a way to fit them in).

* You have two languages that you've made up that you do that in.

* You begin carrying your Lord of the Rings characters to fantasies about living other stories.

* You argue that "The Silmarillion" is a history of sorts when you begin trying to explain the entirety of the book in history class.

* You start yelling at anything fantasy-related that you read or see that has anything remotely connected to Lord of the Rings (Harry Potter has a character named Wormtail...coincidence? I think not! Couldn't come up with an original idea, could she? Nooooo...had to steal...).

* Before you speak to your friends, they now say, "We know, we know: In Lord of the Rings..."

* You have spent an entire 55 minutes giving an ad-libbed speech to your friend about how the fact that he hasn't read Lord of the Rings nor seen any of the movies will seriously affect his life.

* Whenever you Improv in Theatre Club, you think of a character from Lord of the Rings and take it from there, creating a modern version of the character.

* You begin to laugh hysterically in the middle of class just remembering some of the threads on the Middle-Earth Mayhem board and some of Lush's threads.

* You compare anything to a thread in here, even if the thread was not really Tolkien-related (The "How Many Barrow-Downers Does It Take to Screw In A Lightbulb?" thread gets brought up a lot, as my friend has a similar thing in her locker that a group of her friends wrote about their camp).

* You've converted at least 9 people (two of which are your mother and father) to Tolkien fans.

* Not only that: you have your mom now bringing up obscure Tolkien references when she hasn't even read anything other than Lord of the Rings because you talk about the other books so much.

* Your dad mentions when you haven't talked about Lord of the Rings for more than 20 minutes.

* You rant about how they ruined Arwen anytime anyone even says the name "Arwen" now.

* You spend time writing ways you know you're addicted to the Barrow-Downs and/or actually fall into all these categories.

* Your aspiration in life is to be as Elf-like as possible, as people always tell you that you would make a perfect Galadriel.

* You see any movie with anyone from the Cast of Lord of the Rings, just to see their acting style in other movies.

* You name anything you have to name with names in Sindarin, Quenya or Westron.

* Friends actually approach you for name recommendations, asking you to translate.

* People seem to assume that, because you are so into Elves, you will actually meet one of the actors that played one of the Elves one day and will really marry them (some of my friends are planning my wedding with Orlando Bloom, others with Craig Parker, and actually some with Sean Bean...although: judging that they are all at least 10 years older than I am...)

* Your teachers all know how much you are addicted to Tolkien and fear you for it.

* You think that they should have Tolkien Language Studies at your school, even though they are, after all, made-up languages.

* You run out of ideas, but keep mentioning anything that you've ever done or keeps happening to you that is related to Tolkien, in the hopes that, if you keep typing, you'll think of something really good...*sigh* oh well, no such luck...

All of them except 3 or 4! Go me! smilies/wink.gif When writing essays for English, you accidently place smilies in your paragraphs. Yeah. I'm not the only one?...

[Lady Iverin]

Wow! And I thought I was addicted. I mean I can't say as much as the rest of you can because I have a mother who sets stupid time limits on the computer!!! smilies/mad.gif And, I've only been here for a little over a month. Anyway, trust me, if I could get on first thing in the morning, I would! smilies/biggrin.gif But since I can't, I just have to be satisfied with being addicted offline. *sigh* smilies/rolleyes.gif

[Ithaeliel]

Another sign you're addicted:

Whenever you see Shrek and Princess Fiona comes on, you jump up, pointing, shouting "It's Estelyn!"

[Amanaduial the archer]

Tis true, I will never be able to think of Princess Fiona in the same way again...

[Beren87]

You have two languages that you've made up that you do that in.

I'm actually on three now! With a new alphabet for two of them.

[Eressië Ailin]

Whenever you see Shrek and Princess Fiona comes on, you jump up, pointing, shouting "It's Estelyn!"

I did that once! I got some kinda weird looks... and then I sat down... it was really embarassing...

About an hour ago on the Oscars, I saw Cameron Diaz. I pointed and said to my sisters, "Look! There's Estelyn!"

[ March 23, 2003: Message edited by: Eressië Ailin ]

[Maikadilwen]

About an hour ago on the Oscars, I saw Cameron Diaz. I pointed and said to my sisters, "Look! There's Estelyn!"
How can you be so cruel to Estelyn? smilies/eek.gif smilies/wink.gif

[Eressië Ailin]

As soon as I said it, I took it back. I was like, "Never mind! Forget what I just said! She's way too evil to be Estelyn!"

I'm sorry, Estelyn!!
smilies/biggrin.gif

[ March 24, 2003: Message edited by: Eressië Ailin ]

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

and I always check BD before homework! I am obsessed...

I check BD before and every five minutes while I do my homework (That is, if I even am workin on it!). Honestly, how interesting can the Stardust Space Mission or Gregorian Chants (I hate General Music...) be when you can have the Barrow Downs on your screen?

My General Music class was watching Shrek (For the Music...my teacher loves the end credit songs...I think?), and when I saw Fiona, I whispered to my friend, "Look! It's Esty!" Needless to say she gave me a wierd look and shook her head.

Many of the other ones apply to me too, but laughing out loud during class at random times thinking about something someone on the BD said or one of Lush's threads gets me into trouble a lot. Teachers don't like laughing during the middle of tests.

Aylwen

[ May 06, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]

[Amanaduial the archer]

I missed it! I missed the bleedin Oscars! I missed Adrien Brody! Good god, the world is a cruel place without that face...

[VanimaEdhel]

I don't have 7 pages of signatures, but I have 4 pages of the best Chat quotes. Now remember, this is type in Times New Roman size 7 font, single spaced, with three columns per page and the margins adjusted to .5 inches.

And I can relate to almost all of the new ones...sad...especially the waiting for a PM like a loveletter...*whimpers pathetically*

[Scott]

Uh oh, I've only been registered for a month or so, and can already relate to the PM thing!
I've got it bad!

[Beren87]

PMs are annoying, because I have it set to email me whenever I get one, but now I get 5 or 6 a day which is filling up my inbox!

[Hirilaelin]

Sorry you missed the Oscars Amanaduial! It was so funny when Adrien Brody went for Halle Berry. She was shocked! So was I... smilies/eek.gif

[Gorwingel]

I don't have the PM problem because no one ever sends them to me smilies/frown.gif , I have only got a few during my entire time here (coming up to three months now smilies/smile.gif yeah!) Oh well.

Sorry you missed the Oscars Amanaduial, it was a really great one. But I don't think you were the only one who missed it because it was very low rated (I also know a whole bunch of people who tuned in at the wrong time).

The Barrow-Downs is the best place to be addicted to
I actually spend a lot of time daydreaming during school trying to figure out new topics for the Forum.

[Amanaduial the archer]

Haha! Ive got it! The highlights were on last night! Haha! smilies/biggrin.gif

[Niluial]

I am new on Barrow Downs a couple of days old actually smilies/biggrin.gif. And I have already felt all ten signs (that’s bad!). Here are some of my signs.

1. You are sitting doing your homework, or studying for a test. But your mind is no where ells but at Barrow Downs thinking, I wonder if someone replied yet, oh I hope there are some of those funny stories on. And the next day you get to school and you get low marks for the test and your mom asks why? You look at your mom with that sweet innocent smile “Well smilies/biggrin.gif….. ummm I was on the net all night … he he”.
2. You wake up sometimes in the mornings with huge sleeping bags under your eyes. Why? Because you spent all night on Barrow Downs!
3. You sit at break with your friends and all you talk about to them is about what this one person said on Barrow Downs and how interesting it was or how you disagree with that person, while all your friends are rolling their eyes at you!
4. Your mom tells you that the night before you were revising lines from the Lord Of The Rings in your sleep.
5. You start seeing things such as elves run by and it suddenly disappears.

Well those are some of my symptoms! He he smilies/biggrin.gif

[Niluial]

Wait …. I thought of it. We are all failing exams and tests and not doing the things we need to do because of two people! And do you know who those two people are? JRR Tolkien and Barrow-Wight. If JRR Tolkien never wrote the books we would not be failing exams etc. And if Barrow-Wight never built this site then we would all be sitting in our bedrooms doing our homework, finishing our projects, studying for the exam we should be doing etc. smilies/wink.gif lol. But then again think about it if JRR Tolkien didn’t write the wonderful books and Barrow-Wight didn’t build this amazing site we would all be boring people with no fun in life, no dreams, we would be nothing. What would be the reason of living …… smilies/wink.gif.

[VanimaEdhel]

Well, I am getting straight A's in school, so I'm not failing, but I have stayed up nights worrying that I may have misspelled something in one of my posts. Then, next time I'm on, I run in and check my wording.

And: Gorwingel: check your PM's! Think of it as...either an Easter present or a Passover favor of sorts (either way).

[Arvedui III]

:Uncontroled laughter: :Crash: :Thud: All this is really funny, I've got some:

1.In a random conversation you find yourself subconiously quoteing something funny someone on the Barrow-Downs said.

2. When you reilize you just said that funny thing you were thinking of out loud, and your friends either: look at you like the sad mental you are, hail you as being incredibly witty even though it was Lush or Meela who said it, or say "Thank you Captin Obivilious" as is thier wont.

3. You find yourself up in the wee hours of the morning, NOT finishing the grammar homework you were suposted to be doing, oh, 7 hours ago, but recheaking your newest RPG post.

4. When your family knows why the phone line always tied up, and why a strange black and green light keeps coming from your room at all hours.

Unfortunatly all of these apply to me. I'm just one sad little puppy, I guess. Oh well, back to books forum! smilies/smile.gif

[ March 25, 2003: Message edited by: Arvedui III ]

[Carlas]

Heres another way to tell if your addicted:

You have bad dreams about a brother or sister sneaking onto your BD account and getting your posting priviledges taken away.

Hmmm, you just can't trust siblings

[Gorwingel]

You wake up screaming in the middle of the night after you have had a nightmare where the Barrow Wight deletes one of your topics. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Amanaduial the archer]

You have bad dreams about a brother or sister sneaking onto your BD account and getting your posting priviledges taken away. I must admit, it has more than crossed my mind! She once came on but didnt understand the layout and contented herself with going on a different website, one where I am a mod, and managing to close 3 topics and delete a few posts! And those are only the ones Ive found!

EDIT: (oh joy! My 1500th post! smilies/biggrin.gif )

[ March 26, 2003: Message edited by: Amanaduial the archer ]

[Brinniel]

You wake up screaming in the middle of the night after you have had a nightmare where the Barrow Wight deletes one of your topics.
I had a dream similar to that. Except it was worse. I dreamt that the BW deleted my account. smilies/eek.gif Strange enough, the next day I found out that inactive accounts were being deleted. Luckily, my nightmare did not follow through because my account is way too active to be deleted. smilies/rolleyes.gif

[VanimaEdhel]

Here's a sad, sad, oh-so-pathetic one that applies to me:

You have had dreams about marrying a Barrow-Downer that you don't know in real life and down know what they look like.

Then there's:

Your parents know as much about the site as you do, via your discussions at dinner.

You come on here more than...oh...say five times a week (I'm an every-dayer most of the time, myself).

Whenever you go to type in a site, you have to remind yourself not to type the Barrow-Downs site address, as your fingers seem strangely trained to type that in.

You've improved your skill typing just to keep up with the Chat (I can now type almost faster than my father, who designs computer programs for a living).

You have the Barrow-Downer's voices in your head so, when you go on vacation, you keep coming up with Lush-like or red-like comments, and keep cracking yourself up with them.

[vanwalossien]

I recite The Lord's Prayer in Quenya at church. Yes, that would be a sign of obsession...
You have the Barrow-Downer's voices in your head so, when you go on vacation, you keep coming up with Lush-like or red-like comments, and keep cracking yourself up with them.
I did something of the kind myself.. I went on vacation, and found myself laying on my bed in a hotel room in Paris, wondering what was going on here at home. One should've thought Paris could take my mind off the Downs for a while, right?
Oh, and when you start refering to the Barrowdowns as 'home', I'd say you were addicted...

[VanimaEdhel]

"To err is human, but to foul things up completely requires a computer."

Great signature, by the way.

Back on topic: I think of this as home as well! We argue like any other family, but we are all united in the end by a common love. Boy, I sound like a fortune cookie, don't I?

How about that you've told people on here things that you've never told anyone else? That's happened with me.

[Amanaduial the archer]

I recite The Lord's Prayer in Quenya at church. Oooh no, well I can say I havent gone that far anyway; we have a german curate already, and one of the apocalytes is french- quite enough languages without a created one as well!

"You have the barrowdowners voices in your head." Sign of obsession: you can pretty much imagine the people you talk to- what they look like and sound like. Ive got quite a few of the downers voices fine tuned, Im afraid, and the RPers tend to come out as one of their characters. Other people sometimes come as a name-thought or as the image of an avatar.

[Ithaeliel]

Yep, I have different voices for the downers I see most commonly, and even those I don't see around a lot. Even the people I know in person have different voices here.

Another sign of obsession: You have developed a sort of split personality disorder: you act completely different on the Barrow-Downs than you do in real life (I know I do!) or even anywhere else on the internet! I definitely apply to this one: I am so much quieter and more reasonable in real life.

Yet one more (and the penultimate) sign of utter obsession: You annoy other barrow-downers by talking about Tolkien/the BD too much in real life!!! How sad is that?

[ March 27, 2003: Message edited by: Ithaeliel ]

[Brinniel]

the RPers tend to come out as one of their characters
*briefly thinks of Raye* Uh oh! smilies/eek.gif Though when I think about it, I can see the similarities... smilies/evil.gif

You have developed a sort of split personality disorder: you act completely different on the Barrow-Downs than you do in real life (I know I do!) or even anywhere else on the internet! I definitely apply to this one: I am so much quieter and more reasonable in real life.
I think a lot of people can relate to this one. In real life, I'm a VERY shy person. I don't talk too much (though my family can say otherwise). But here, I don't feel shy at all. Perhaps that's because I am much more able to express myself through writing, but I think it might also have do with the fact that the BD feels like my second home.

You annoy other barrow-downers by talking about Tolkien/the BD too much in real life!!!
Oh no! I'm too afraid to ask who you're talking about...

[Eressië Ailin]

You have had dreams about marrying a Barrow-Downer that you don't know in real life and down know what they look like.

I have to admit that was one of my stranger dreams... I'm glad I'm not alone!


3. You find yourself up in the wee hours of the morning, NOT finishing the grammar homework you were suposted to be doing, oh, 7 hours ago, but recheaking your newest RPG post.

That was what happened this morning. Fortunately, I finished in choir, the period before it was due. Ever since I joined the Barrow-Downs, my grades have been falling. Rapidly. I always either do my homework after or while I'm on the Downs. As I'm typing this I'm doing my cheerleading stretches.

How about that you've told people on here things that you've never told anyone else?

Yeah, that applies to me. I generally don't advertise the fact that I'm a cheerleader. smilies/redface.gif

[Hirilaelin]

Whenever you go to type in a site, you have to remind yourself not to type the Barrow-Downs site address, as your fingers seem strangely trained to type that in.

Sad, but true. Even typing "msn" takes concentration!

You've improved your skill typing just to keep up with the Chat.

Exactly! Glad I'm not the only one... I visited once, then decided that I needed to learn to type with more than one finger and .5 words per second. I'm quite fast now, almost able to keep up with my computer consultant father! And he types
fast.

[Eressië Ailin]

Whenever you go to type in a site, you have to remind yourself not to type the Barrow-Downs site address, as your fingers seem strangely trained to type that in.

I don't have much trouble with that one. I don't have to type in barrowdowns.com a lot because it's my home page. smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

[VanimaEdhel]

the RPers tend to come out as one of their characters

I think of the RPers tend to put themselves into the characters a lot as well. That's one problem that I tend to have: I don't really act, I just put myself into my writing. I'm trying to stop. But yes, I do come across as some of my characters, as many are a lot like me!

[Amarinth]

been out of commission (as usual) for the longest time, and the first thing that catches my attention is this--- lush, you are irrepressible, i'm falling off my chair laughing...

here's just 5 from me, and well this applies back in the good old days when i had to be literally dragged away from the pc--

(1) you are single, over 30, and instead of spending friday night on a date you'd rather read away the innumerable green letters on your monitor. then when your friends try to pull you out of it, you insist vehemently that you are fine AND normal and they are missing half of their miserable lives(=

(2) your friends at work know you are amarinth just like they know smeagol's alter ego is gollum.

(3) your supervisor has taken to the less bareface habit of checking out if you are doing the "bd thingy" again by staring at your monitor's reflection off the glass pane approximately 10 feet in front of it.

(4) you are more worried about having too long the unchanging status "wight" than "single". the former makes you really blue.

(5) you associate the word "lush" with "mad" and curse the fact that you were born without a tinge of russian blood smilies/wink.gif

[Beruthiel]

You watch Shrek and when you see Princess Fiona you immedietly think of Estelyn Telcontar!

Happened to me about half an hour ago smilies/smile.gif

[Amanaduial the archer]

What, am I the only one not to do that?!

[Ithaeliel]

5) you associate the word "lush" with "mad" and curse the fact that you were born without a tinge of russian blood

Yes... Lush has made me jealous of Russians. And when my friend told me she wanted to go to Duke, I laughed for the thought of her and Lush bumping into each other.

Another thing: I cannot hear the song "Lush Life" without thinking, "that does sound a lot like Lush's life." Lol, sorry Lush! smilies/wink.gif

[VanimaEdhel]

(5) you associate the word "lush" with "mad" and curse the fact that you were born without a tinge of russian blood

Or, in my case, you keep saying to yourself, "I'm very Russian! Just like Lush!" Sometimes you say that out loud...in inappropriate places, which draws some interesting looks.

Or you have posted more than thrice on this board, come to think of it.

If you have posted less than thrice, if you not only agree with most of what was said here, you have made at least five contributions.

The way people use words in here has changed your speech pattern in real life (I never used to say "thrice" before, for example).

[dragoneyes]

I've ALWAYS used thrice, and what a good word it is too! Here's another one:

You are being very unsocial and sitting at the computer while you aunt and uncle whom you only see five times a year or so are sitting at the dinner table at the other end of the room chatting amiably with the rest of the family.

[Lush]

I would prefer the nickname of "Lush" to be associated with something other than "mad," though then again, 'tis better than "bad" or "sad."

My dream of becoming a BD commodity has been achieved in some circles, I believe. smilies/wink.gif

Per the forum, you know you are addicted when you tell your friends: "I can quit whenever I want to!" A statement that made my roommate laugh.

[ March 29, 2003: Message edited by: Lush ]

[Eressië Ailin]

I can quit whenever I want to!!!

See, I'm actually gonna eat at a table tonight instead of my computer!

BTW, I love the word thrice.

[Eressië Ailin]

I told you I could do it! I told you so! I can quit anytime, anywhere! *innocently tries to hid a half-eaten plate of food behind her back* smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

[Gorwingel]

You watch Shrek and when you see Princess Fiona you immedietly think of Estelyn Telcontar!

This happens to me, but in a different way. There is this one person on my track team who has a customized sweatshirt, and since her name is Rachel *I think* or something like that. On the back she has "RAE" on it, so everytime I see it, I always think of Raefindel, because everyone calls her Rae for short. It actually makes me think of putting Gorwingel on the back of my sweatshirt, or getting a Barrow-Downs T-shirt and wearing it while I work out. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Brinniel]

I have "Brinn" on the back of my Honor Society sweatshirt. smilies/biggrin.gif

I've heard people at my school laugh at my sweatshirt, which I find funny because they don't know me at all. For all they know, it could be my real name (considering they called me, "the girl with the sweatshirt that says 'Brinn'")! Anyways, I don't think there's anything weird about putting my screen name on a sweatshirt, considering that my friends put Star Wars names on the back of theirs. smilies/rolleyes.gif

[steve]

(10) You know all the members' rank as well as their sig and avitar

(9)have a quick icon on aol for each of the forums on the downs u post on

(8) watching your dad get up from beg at 8 am becauase u frogot to go to sleep because u were up all night reading a 4 page long top 10 list (this list for those of you that are thick out there)

(7) you spend hours on bree under bree hill on the downs member pic page trying to figgure out what burra is (i dont know if this is the case for anyone else but i dont know, please help em wit this one, and burra, plz dont hurt me...)((i say this not to be rude but because my girlfriend says your a girl and she insists that and its driving me nuts not knowing, im sry if i was rude...))

(6) You get other people hooked on this site by talking about it insesiantly

(5) you start thinking that little "thing" that barrow-wight has as his pic is cute

(4) you are going to use a replica One Ring as your wedding band

(3)you froget that its "just a book" (actuially once i started asking my history teacher about the battle of pelennor fields because i frogot it wasnt real)

(2)you bought another sam action figgure because the hair color was slightly tinted more brown then the other was

(1) the number one sign ur addicted to the downs is ---Drum roll please--- the number one sign is... when you put in your will that u want to be burried in your downs Tshirt

[ March 30, 2003: Message edited by: steve ]

[Amanaduial the archer]

Gorwingel, I get the same thing; theres someone in my class called Irena (said Ir-AY-na), or Rae for short. It always makes me think of Raefindel!

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

Unluckily, all the people I know have boring names, not LotR-ish at all. If I get older and have kids, I might make their first names be LotR, probably, but definitely their middle names. Now there's a sign of addiction! smilies/wink.gif

[Amanaduial the archer]

There is a thread about that...somewhere...about What LotR names would you give you kids?. Something like that...I cant remember. Anyone remember?

[Scott]

Just today I found myself pronouncing words in my head like celebrate and adhere "kelebrate" and "athere."
Anyone else follow the dogma of the Appendices as crazily?

[Arwen Imladris]

There is a thread about that...somewhere...about What LotR names would you give you kids?. Something like that...I cant remember. Anyone remember?

Here is one! (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=2&t=001381)

Here is another! (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=2&t=001685)

Another One (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=17&t=000057)

Another one (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=17&t=000320)

That is all for now, but there are probebly more. No, there are no repeated topics here!


smilies/rolleyes.gif

[vanwalossien]

You watch Shrek and when you see Princess Fiona you immedietly think of Estelyn Telcontar! I never did that until now. Now I even see Estelyn in the Matrix, thanks to the Matrix-style fight Fiona has with Robin Hood's men in Shrek... smilies/rolleyes.gif

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

Or, in my case, you keep saying to yourself, "I'm very Russian! Just like Lush!" Yay! smilies/wink.gif
You are addicted if when you are looking through the AIM profiles of everybody who's on for no particular reason, and one them has "Lush is a cool word" (people like to put random stuff in their profiles...) you friek out and dance around the room. Happened to me. smilies/tongue.gif smilies/wink.gif

[Amanaduial the archer]

Now I even see Estelyn in the Matrix Ive done that before, but with different people. You know, like inserting members into different film characters, or finding what book characters theyd be?

Oh dear...

[VanimaEdhel]

You have a friend named "Katie". You almost spelled her name "Kkate" the other day. Welcome to my world.

The same day (or night, rather), you have a dream that the Mod's get fed up with the Forum (as I'm sure you Mod's do), and abandoned us forever. Well, Mary-Sues took over the Forum, and all there messages consisted of one word typed over and over again for an entire computer screen-worth of words. You know what the word was? The word was "doom"...very fitting, in my opinion.

[kymmi666]

addicted to this place? i think not.

pathetic, really.

[Diamond18]

3. You no longer fear burra (sorry, burra)...Well, you respect burra.

(7) you spend hours on bree under bree hill on the downs member pic page trying to figgure out what burra is (i dont know if this is the case for anyone else but i dont know, please help em wit this one, and burra, plz dont hurt me...)((i say this not to be rude but because my girlfriend says your a girl and she insists that and its driving me nuts not knowing, im sry if i was rude...))

I don't usually laugh out loud, but that got one from me. Ah, me. Burra's a guy. Though that "what is burrahobbit?" question is so terribly tempting....

Anyway, yes I am addicted, it's true. I know it's really bad when I spend more time writing an RPG post than I do working on my novel. That happens all too often.

I've done the wee-hours-of-the-morning thing very, very often.

I've hid my screenname in shame.

I've spent hours searching for cool avatars and pithy quotes. I even found an avatar for someone else.

I almost called a friend mien schatz even though I have no idea what that means. I just know Lush uses it...

And Elvish screennames which were a mystery to me at first now roll off my mental tongue. And let me see... Marileangolfornium? Oh, close... I don't think that's right though.

I would, however, rather be addicted to a website than so petty as to log on just to criticize other people for it. Talk about a real waste of time...

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

I have one: you are now very happy when you are sick and stay home from school, because you can rush onto the BDs! addicted to this place? i think not.
pathetic, really.
Well, if it's such a waste of time, why are you here? kymii666, I would strongly suggest you getting offline. And staying there. Or at least leaving this site alone. BTW, what's with "Charles"?

[ April 07, 2003: Message edited by: GaladrieloftheOlden ]

[Amanaduial the archer]

Charles is his/her imaginary friend. Kymii, you have seventeen posts here, you evidently have a sense of humour, if a slightly twisted one....so why have you spent every one of those posts blagging the Downs and its members? Live and learn, or just leave.

[lindil]

10. Your wife threatens you with Divorce [ for the tenth time] and you are reminded of JRRT's line in the Biography ' somethings you have to be willing ot fight over'.

9. It is of course your default screen on the pc, although you may perhaps spend too much mental time pondering which forum should be there...

8. your children roll their eyes when they see the green and black...*DAD can you please.....*


7.All of your M-E books are within arms reach of the computer so you can respond as effortlessly as possible, well most, you, of course have to many for them all to be that close...


6.YOu can far too easily find 10 of these!


5.You start wondering what BD'ers live wherever you are traveling to [even though the admins don't exactly approve smilies/wink.gif]

4. You realize with smilies/eek.gif, that it is your favorite social circle - by far.

3.Too not appear so much of a fool you actually have 2 english handbooks, a thesaurus and a dictionary right where valuable ME-E book real estate should be on the desk [thanks maril and bethberry smilies/smile.gif for the gentle chastening, I hope I have improved at least somewhat].

2. You decide to try and right the ultimate guide to M-E and you can immediately think of 2 fellow downsman to aid you...

1. Becuase of the Downs you actually start trying to write the thing! [with the aforementioned helpers agreeing of course, how could they resist - they too are BD'ers ? smilies/cool.gif
0. you are no longer puzzled by Burrahobbit, he has become a comfortable part of the BD ambience *lindil pauses ponders using the 6th emoticon from the left - decides it is below his extremely exaggerated sense of dignity and types this instead].
--------------------------------------------

earlier it was said: "Don't keep us from knowing if you are currently on line! Because I always like knowing who's on when. Besides I am not going to be bashful about being on this website a lot."

heh heh,BTW.... the mods can see who's hiding so it is useless, cause then we all just talk about you on Mod Gorthad [no we don't really - actually we hardly communicate at all amongst ourselves smilies/rolleyes.gif] but we can see who's trying to hide from Who's online...


(Ghastly Hobbits beckon with skeletal fingers):
"Come, Hilde [i][*lindil substitutes own name*]. Come to the RPG Rooooooms! Why, they hardly take any of your time at allllll. Just a few minutes a day. You know you want tooooooooo..."

you mightly resist the temptation, even of the now famous Entish Bow....you resist,
you resist,

YOU RESISIT!.....you res..............

OK just open page of one RPG, that's all...*lindil slides down into the abyss of one final straw breaking the camel's back of too many M-E projects and intersts...AAHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......*

[ April 08, 2003: Message edited by: lindil ]

[ April 08, 2003: Message edited by: lindil ]

[Lady_Báin]

hmm well one thing i know i do is that i don't tell other people about this site because i am selfish and don't want to share, even with my sister. She has entmoot i have barrowdowns, my preeeeeeeeeciousssssssssssss............

Hey that green thing in BW's avatar is cute!!!

[ April 08, 2003: Message edited by: Lady_Báin ]

[Amanaduial the archer]

6.YOu can far too easily find 10 of these!


5.You start wondering what BD'ers live wherever you a retraveling to [even though the admins don't exactly approve ]

4. You realize with , that it is your favorite social circle

Oh, ouch, guilty on each of these causes. The Hobbits have got me too Lindil! Or possible I was one of the getters.... smilies/evil.gif

Hilde...thats a pretty name...

[Amanaduial the archer]

The 6th...oh yes. lol.

I love your avatar by the way....waiting eagerly for the second film...

[VanimaEdhel]

You have the hardest time on the National Day of Silence not coming on here, even though you've restricted yourself to no verbal communication, and nearly give in, trying to say "well, people might not read it as soon as I post it, so maybe it doesn't count". I had will power, so I didn't come in, luckily, but it was so hard! Not actually speaking was very easy, but not coming on here...yeesh...

[Amanaduial the archer]

National day of Silence? Hmmm, maybe a US thing. Anyone know if we have one in the UK and Ive just been missing out on that for the past 14 years?

[piosenniel]

2. You decide to try and right the ultimate guide to M-E and you can immediately think of 2 fellow downsman to aid you...

1. Becuase of the Downs you actually start trying to write the thing! [with the aforementioned helpers agreeing of course, how could they resist - they too are BD'ers ?


*Pulls out credit card and waves it at Lindil*

'Put me on the 'advance buyers' list please (And will it be available through the BD Store?! smilies/smile.gif)

I need just one more book to pile on the floor around my computer chair!

7.All of your M-E books are within arms reach of the computer so you can respond as effortlessly as possible, well most, you, of course have to many for them all to be that close...

[Diamond18]

National day of Silence? Hmmm, maybe a US thing.

Well, we don't have them in Wisconsin... or at least nobody told me. smilies/wink.gif Hmmm... *eyes radio which is tuned to a rather loud rock station, feeling suddenly guilty*

[Telquellewen Greenleaf]

aerandir! i find a lot right about myself! and brinniel- 100% harharhar! i'd like to add some of my own:
1. when your mom screams, calling you to get off the computer and you don't hear it. after all, your deeply engrossed with the BD that you don't notice, and the fact that you don't hear her a tinnie-winnie bit because you're playing the soundtrack of TTT on the computer and earphones are glued into your ears smilies/eek.gif she(mom) freaks out finding you stuck to the computer and scolds you with another littany of blah. then before you sleep (which is about 4am) you cry thinking you've lost a lot of minutes away from the downs. smilies/frown.gif saaaad! then you wake up the following morning, but before you even brush your teeth... you open your computer and check on the downs. smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/rolleyes.gif smilies/evil.gif

[*Varda*]

National day of silence? I've never heard of it in the Uk...it'd be too hard for me to do anyway smilies/smile.gif

[Maikadilwen]

Top Ten Signs You're Addicted to the Barrow-Downs

I'm not anymore!

[mark12_30]

Maika, if you're implying that you've "found a cure" you should market it to the spouses of all the married addicts. You'd make a mint!

smilies/biggrin.gif

[Maikadilwen]

Uhm... Let's just say it was an eye-opener.

[lindil]

*Pulls out credit card and waves it at Lindil*

That's the spirit! smilies/smile.gif
as for whether it will beavailable on the downs store, well I wll do my best to make it available everywhere!

[mark12_30]

Maika, am I supposed to ask?

--Lousy at reading between the lines

[Maikadilwen]

Probably best not to discuss it in public. smilies/wink.gif

[Guo Si]

You are addicted to the Barrow-Downs when you scour through old email adresses, oftentimes trying in vain to remember old passwords, to get to the one you registered with, just so you can log in again after leaving for close to a year.

[VanimaEdhel]

Gooey! *big hugs* Welcome back!

When you have been around for long enough to know people who have disappeared for that long, I'd say you are fairly addicted.

I actually don't really consider myself addicted in real life, although I probably am.

[Annalaliath]

dude my name is Annalaliath and I am obssesed not only woth the LOTR but with the Barrowdowns.

You have your paper on " The death of the Ball Turret Gunner" open and behind it you are working on a new post for the Barrow downs.

[lindil]

I actually don't really consider myself addicted in real life, although I probably am.



hmmm, 2100+ posts in a little more than a year... sorry Vanima, your hooked. smilies/wink.gif

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

You're addicted to the Barrowdowns, when you cite posts from the Books forum in your lit class papers. (Very unsuccessful venture... I don't advise it)

Sophia

[Rumil]

For me its when you've casually assigned specific personalities to the Barrowdowns 'names' then discovered they don't look at all as you expected (see the various pictures threads). I suppose it goes to show you shouldn't judge a book by its cover!

Annalaliath, do I detect an interest in 'One flew over the cuckoo's nest'? Great book, great film. I've always thought he might be a friend of Yossarian from Catch 22.

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

Another symptom: *throws hand across forehead dramatically* when you have an entire folder on your favorites list for downs related links.

[Silmarien]

Some bad signs I have noticed I've developed.
Saying lot-tra when I see LOTR, home when HoME and most awefully, jert when I see JRRT.
Also when you have 13 emails in your inbox and they're all from BD and mostly from the one thread. There are also some other things in here that might be true when I've been here a little longer, but I think the truest sign of addiction is actually reading this thread.

[VanimaEdhel]

hmmm, 2100+ posts in a little more than a year... sorry Vanima, your hooked.

You have to remember that I'm an avid RPG'er that has been involved in at least three, sometimes up to seven, RPG's since about April of 2002. Probably over half of my posts are in the RPG Forum.

[Amanaduial the archer]

when you have an entire folder on your favorites list for downs related links.
Two, actually. One is entirely downs related items, the other RP projects.

[Lyra Greenleaf]

Well, I'm not organised enough to put them in folders, but all my favourites are LOTR related and more than half are from the BDs.

You know you're addicted when you're on holiday and you're homesick not for family and friends but your computer screen and you guys. Urgh, it was like going cold turkey!

[Eressië Ailin]

You know that you're addicted when you are sick with the flu, and your mother has to drag you away from the computer, and stop you from finishing 'just one last post,' so that you don't barf on the computer.

Yep. It's sad.

[Amanaduial the archer]

Urgh, it was like going cold turkey!
*raises eyebrow*

[Eressië Ailin]

...and you're also addicted when you're just now starting an essay that is due tomorrow, when you've known about it for weeks, but you haven't had time to type it because you've been on the Downs. And it's 12:40 AM.

[Amanaduial the archer]

Yeah, getting that. Last night at 2:40am, having the choice between doing my history homework...or posting again on an RP. Guess which one won...

[VanimaEdhel]

Maikadilwen: did your solution involve joining a play that sucks all the life out of you and/or getting a really sweet guy to like you and follow you around? Because I did both, and I was BD-free for four days, and I will be BD-free for between five and eight days during the week coming up (play rehearsal and softball games...blah). We'll see how I survive...

EDIT: then the question is: do I want to break my addiction? Not really...

EDIT 2: Then there is the part where I'm back again...do I ever really leave? No...

[ April 24, 2003: Message edited by: VanimaEdhel ]

[Maikadilwen]

or getting a really sweet guy to like you and follow you around?

He already does that in here! smilies/wink.gif smilies/tongue.gif

[gilraën]

You log into BD before you unpack from a short trip abroad. smilies/rolleyes.gif smilies/smile.gif

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

Symptom #37649 You have recurring nightmares that Mithadan closes your topics and deletes your posts.

[Mithadan]

Hmmmm. *Frowns and trots off to figure out which of Sophia's posts he is supposed to be deleting...

[Amanaduial the archer]

You log into BD before you unpack from a short trip abroad. *slowly and sheepishly raises hand* Guilty.

*shifty eyes, then whispers to Sophia, trying not to let Mith hear* uh huh.

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

*gulps and whispers back to Aman* once it was Sharku... smilies/wink.gif

[Amanaduial the archer]

*Nods sympathetically at Sophia, patting gently on the back* There, there, it'll be alright...my worst was when of the mods threatened to break my characters ankle...

Oh no, wait; that happened didnt it?! smilies/biggrin.gif

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

oh dear, here's another one... I'm strangely addicted, I fear.

Symptom #348972: Your roommates can name off at least six barrowdowners whose posts made you laugh without stopping to think.

Symptom #348973: You use quotes from Revenge of the Entish Bow on your quote of the day list.

[Niluial]

You make Barrow Downs your home page!!

[Diamond18]

Symptom #348973: You use quotes from Revenge of the Entish Bow on your quote of the day list.

Woo hoo! My work here is done. smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/wink.gif

[Niluial]

Symptom #348972: Your roommates can name off at least six barrowdowners whose posts made you laugh without stopping to think.

That sound familiar.

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

You make Barrow Downs your home page!!

Done! Not Barrowdowns home either, the forum home page. *blushes*

[Niluial]

Done! Not Barrowdowns home either, the forum home page. *blushes*
Wow!!! smilies/eek.gif you are bad... smilies/wink.gif hmm I think I'll do that smilies/rolleyes.gif !!

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

quote:
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You make Barrow Downs your home page!!
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Done! Not Barrowdowns home either, the forum home page. *blushes*

And you're not the only one... smilies/biggrin.gif

~Menelien

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

You are no longer able to rerereread (or however meny res) the His Dark Materials trilogy without Lyra Greenleaf's avatar popping up all the time. And this doesn't annoy you, you're just glad to get another reminder about the Downs smilies/biggrin.gif

~Menelien

[Eressië Ailin]

Even Peter Pan is related to the Downs (heh... Arien).

Symptom #348973: You use quotes from Revenge of the Entish Bow on your quote of the day list.

The Ent that was broken!

“Seek for the Ent that was broken:
With the Cow Keeper it dwells;
There shall nonsense be spoken
More wicked than Dulldor-spells.
There shall be a token dwarf
A half-elf, elf, wizard and man,
For Isildur's cousin shall waken,
And form a big-hair 80’s band.”

WHo ever knew that would come the BW?

And yes, the BD forum is my homepage. smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

[vanwalossien]

You make Barrow Downs your home page!! I think I'm even worse than that. TolkienWorld is my homepage, with the URL for voting for the BarrowDowns. I automatically vote for BD every time I go online..! smilies/biggrin.gif

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

That's really funny. I think I should try it smilies/biggrin.gif

~Menelien

[Kiah]

1. You know your a Barrowholic when you eat slice after slice of wonder bread and insist it is lembas.
2. You have the One Ring from those LOTR bookmarks you can get at Border's and wear it on a gold chain and speak to it.
3. You keep on trying to speak elvish to your friends and they now run at the sight of you.
4. You talk about LOTR and the Barrow-Downs 24/7 to people on the Barrow-Downs chat line.
5. You are on the Barrow-Downs all the time to see all the new topics and write something on every one.
6. You watch the movie and read the books more than you did for Star Wars.
7. You now know the Council of Elrond scene by heart and quote it to everyone you meet.
8. You memorized everyone's name who is registered on the Barrow-Downs.
9. You flip out when people say 'elfish' instead of 'elvish'
10. You have both the VHS and DVD extended version in case one or the other player gets broken.
11. You suddenly wake up in the night and shout "I forgot to post my new topic!"
12. You have dreams about hobbits and elves.
13. You write stuff like this.
14. You eat 7 meals a day just like the hobbits.
15. You, despite the fact that before you heard of LOTR were terrified of mushrooms, eat the little funguses and shout "mushrooms!" whenever you see them.
16. You look for any Legolas, Frodo, or Boromir (or any cute LOTR person) pictures on google and your computer is now stuffed full of them.
17. You watch, read, or listen to something that has to do with LOTR every day in order to write something about it on the Forum.
18. You have an addiction to computers now.
19. You stay up till 3am writing things about Barrow-Downs.
20. Last but not least....You spell your last name now after the person you think is the hottest LOTR charecter.

[Amanaduial the archer]

You have time to write out long lists of things that make you a barrowholic. smilies/biggrin.gif (Kiah...)

[Mithadan]

You spend 6 days overseeing and organizing a birthday party and awards show for a website! smilies/eek.gif

[ May 07, 2003: Message edited by: Mithadan ]

[Amanaduial the archer]

Lol.

-Instead of having the sayings of great philosophers, actors, playwrights etc in your sig, you have a quote from a PM someone sent to you. (a prize to anyone who can guess whose the one below is)

-You can name a barrow member for every number of the alphabet.

[ May 07, 2003: Message edited by: Amanaduial the archer ]

[Diamond18]

The Ent that was broken!

Also one of my favorite quotes from that RPG. I'll admit that I laughed myself silly. One of many REB quotes which pop into my head daily, making me grin like a dopey Workmudian Elf. Yes, I'm addicted, and it's sad.

A half-elf, elf, wizard and man,

To this day, I'm still smarting that he left both my characters out of the poem. smilies/tongue.gif

[vanwalossien]

You can name a barrow member for every letter of the alphabet
Aman
Bêthberry
Carlas
DarkRose
Eärendil
Frieda
GreatWarg
Helka
Ithaeliel
Judge Simon
Kalessin
Lush
Maril
Naaramare
O
Pallando B.C.
Q
Raefindel
Samwise
Thenamir
Underhill, Mr
Vardamar
W
X-phial, the
Y
Z
Almost... I'm sure I know someone at O Q W Y and Z too, I should know...

[Mithadan]

Obloquy and Zifnab

[Diamond18]

Yavanna Kementari, Quirkette, and...Wain Rider? Warg Rider? Something like that...

[Eressië Ailin]

Wainrider.

What about Orual?

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

More signs of addiction...

1. You have insomnia. You get up in the middle of the night, having not yet slept at all, walk half-dreaming to the computer, and only realize you've turned it on and are on the Downs when you start typing a reply to some post or the other.

2. You have stopped caring about your grades. At all. When given a huge project due tomorrow, you send your teacher an e-mail with some weak excuse to grant you an extension, sigh, with that done, and turn on the familiar green screen. (My current situation, I'm afraid.)

3. You don't eat lunch at school anymore. You sneak into the library instead, look with contempt at those who have already somehow gotten in (they all play games on the net- no way to get them off things like Neopets), and turn on the familiar green screen.

4. You could be calling a friend over now. But you aren't. Why bother? She's online anyway.

~Menelien

[vanwalossien]

they all play games on the net- no way to get them off things like Neopets Oh, I have two neopets, thanks for reminding me, I'm gonna log on and see if they've died yet. The Barrow-Downs are killing them, I keep forgetting about them smilies/rolleyes.gif

[Amanaduial the archer]

You all tried it?!

Ah well, here goes...man, I didnt say I could do it! But anyway...

Amanaduial...ok, Aerandir Carnesir then
Brinniel
Cuthalion
Dwarin Thunderhammer
Erresse Ailin (I cant get the accents, sorry!)
Faybevin Bombadil
Gorothlammothiel
Helkahothion
Ithaeliel
Judge Simon
Kittiewhirl1677
Lush
Marileangorifurnimaluim
Noverarnwen
Orual
Piosenniel
Qurikette
Rimbaud
Sapphire_flame
Tar-Palantir
(Mr) Underhill (not cheating!)
VanimaEdhel
Waendoliel
X Phial
Yavanna Kementari
Zifnab

Hurrah!

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

Lol smilies/biggrin.gif
I have been on here all night. I guess that counts as a sign of addiction...? smilies/rolleyes.gif smilies/tongue.gif

~Menelien

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

I am still here smilies/wink.gif

You take the book written by Simon Tolkien, JRRT's grandson, out of the library as soon as possible and read it all the time except when you're on the Downs. Schoolwork has been pushed out altogether or is done at 3 in the morning.

~Menelien

[Amanaduial the archer]

Or done on the bus in the morning.

[elven maiden Earwen]

Or in advisory the next morning

[Amanaduial the archer]

Or form period, assuming we have the Nurse or the really dopey latin teacher taking the register (she doesnt notice. Our form teacher is too quick- she gets angry, and whats even scarier, she gets angry in French.)

[VanimaEdhel]

Aman thought of me first? I'm flattered!

Oh: how is the Simon Tolkien book? I've been wondering about it...

- You promise yourself you've broken the addiction, but noooo...here it is: it's Mother's Day and are you with your mother all the way upstairs? Noooooo: you're here saying, "yup, done that...that's me...yup. Oh! I've done that! Yipyip!"

- You spend your life looking for quotes for your "Quote of the Month", then get really stressed and actually lose sleep over the fact that all the ones you really want to use are inappropriate for the Barrow-Downs (blah smilies/frown.gif ).

[Amanaduial the archer]

At the Downies Awards, you get the Im-not-addicted-I-can-quit-anytime RPG award.

Hmmm...

[VanimaEdhel]

Okay, the recipient of that award wins! lol smilies/smile.gif smilies/wink.gif

[Amanaduial the archer]

*Takes a bow*

smilies/biggrin.gif

EDIT: Ah, hang on a moment...note, you have been here since february last year and you have more posts than some of the mods? Oh, I think we have another winner...come on, Vanima, dont be bashful...

[ May 11, 2003: Message edited by: Amanaduial the archer ]

[VanimaEdhel]

I still say I'm not completely addicted. A lot of those posts are the many RPG's I've been in.

I've also been on a lot less as of late, due to school, sports and plays (not quite living up to my award as well as I should).

[Amanaduial the archer]

Tut tut, honestly Vanima, shameful... smilies/biggrin.gif

Ditto actually. I got the award...but have now found myself forced to cut down on RPGs! Nooo!

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

(she doesnt notice. Our form teacher is too quick- she gets angry, and whats even scarier, she gets angry in French.) Ours gets angry in Hebrew... smilies/eek.gif
And yes, I just finished the Simon Tolkien book, I loved it, but it has nothing to do with JRRT's works, and even the writing style isn't similar. I don't know if you guys would like it, but I recommend it. A few parts that weren't that great, but I liked it anyway. More signs... you're sick again, and should be doing homework, but are still on the Downs.

~Menelien

[Amanaduial the archer]

In Hebrew? Hmm. Bring an umbrella. And no, I am not anti-semetic! Dont even bother saying it!

My bf is trying to teach me Hebrew, in biology. I so far know la, lei, lo, loo and laa. Thatll get me far...

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

Umm... dude is your bf a bad Hebrew teacher then. That's not where you start... smilies/wink.gif smilies/rolleyes.gif By the way, our Hebrew teacher wants us to do everything in Hebrew, so I guess she's just giving us an example with the hebrew yelling...

~Menelien

[Amanaduial the archer]

Do you go to a Jewish school then?

Yes, Im aware that she isnt a great teacher. We were hyper at the time, she was writing on a scrap smaller than my little finger and then the teacher caught us. Yeah, not fun detention.

Man, I got further teaching her greek and I havent been learning that since I was four!

[Diamond18]

There's a thread here (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=003155) for talking about the Simon Tolkien book, if you'd like. smilies/smile.gif (Shameless self-promotion, gotta love it. smilies/tongue.gif)

[Brinniel]

You're addicted to the Barrow-Downs when you are meditating and the first happy place you think of is the BD. smilies/smile.gif

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

You scare me. I've done that. Do you go to a Jewish school then? Yeah, but I can't say I myself am very religious *coughcoughreadinclassescoughcough*

~Menelien

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

You're addicted to the Barrow-Downs when you are meditating and the first happy place you think of is the BD.

Brinniel wins.

Symptom #23943509: you get free AOL cds so you don't have to be offline while you wait for your network adapter to be fixed.

Symptom #23943510: you check your PMs before your email accounts after an absence.

[Amanaduial the archer]

*coughcoughreadinclassescoughcough* LOL! Hey, I read in church and I'm getting confirmed (probably) next year!

I would like to go to a religious school actually.

[The Barrow-Wight]

I think you all need to review the first pot in this topic (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=14&t=001059) before continuin here.

[Brinniel]

Symptom #23943510: you check your PMs before your email accounts after an absence.
Isn't that something everyone does? I always visit the BD first and checking email is the last thing I do when I'm on the internet.

You're addicted to the BD when you sit at the computer for ten minutes trying think of more ways to be addicted. smilies/rolleyes.gif

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

Symptom #23943510: you check your PMs before your email accounts after an absence.
Guilty.

You should be reading Merchant of Venice right now. But you aren't. And guess what you are doing... smilies/rolleyes.gif

~Menelien

[Lyra Greenleaf]

You are no longer able to rerereread (or however meny res) the His Dark Materials trilogy without Lyra Greenleaf's avatar popping up all the time.
I'm a symptom! How astounding that is! (I'm also an addict)

Let me try my list. I didn't read the other ones. Well, only about 2 entries...

Amanaduial the Archer
Brinniel
Carrun
Durelin
Elanor
Feanor of the Peredhil
Galadrieloftheolden
Helkahothion
Iarwain
Jessica Jade
Kryssal
Lyra Greenleaf smilies/wink.gif
Maril.....
Niluial
Orual
P
Q
Ruling Ring, the
Sophia the Thunder Mistress
Tar Palantir
U
VanimaEdhel
Witch King, the
X Phial, the
Yavanna_Kementari
Z

How did I forget Pio? *Hits head against wall for 20 minutes*

[ May 18, 2003: Message edited by: Lyra Greenleaf ]

[Annalaliath]

I tend to have withdrall symptoms if I haven't been on at least once in a day.

So desperate are you to find another Barrow Downer in your area that you start to dream of them. Of Downers at your school, somehow hiding from the rest, or at least me.

[vanwalossien]

Hmm, I think it's quite alarming when you in fact name things after BD'ers... I created a new character in Baldur's Gate last week, and when I couldn't think of a name for it, I picked the first that came to my mind. It's a female halfling warrior called Lush... smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/rolleyes.gif

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

That's... strange... but I've done similar things, so I won't comment. smilies/tongue.gif I tend to have withdrall symptoms if I haven't been on at least once in a day.
So desperate are you to find another Barrow Downer in your area that you start to dream of them. Of Downers at your school, somehow hiding from the rest, or at least me.
Welcome to the club smilies/wink.gif

~Menelien

[Annunfuiniel]

My latest critical self-observation revealed some new symptoms of BD addiction:

1. You know which day it is only because you see the date in every new post in the forums.
2. Consequently you have no idea where your calendar is for you haven't used it in...well, ages. (Who needs real world anyway?)
3. Your computer is on 24/7 and you're online pretty much all the time (God bless ADSL!). That makes the BD more easily accessible in the midnight hours, too.
4. You're thinking about postponing your visit to your parents - not that they don't have internet access (they do) but there you can't use it as often as you need to.
5. You haven't had warm meal in, er, 4 days. Hey, who wants to cook when you can browse the Downs instead??
6. When you consider hiding your screenname so other BD'ers won't see how much time you spend here...
Been there, done that and way over it... You seldom see me but trust me when I say - I'm HERE!

On my way to consult my shrink,
smilies/biggrin.gifAnnun

[Arafangwen]

1. You know which day it is only because you see the date in every new post in the forums.
2. Consequently you have no idea where your calendar is for you haven't used it in...well, ages. (Who needs real world anyway?)
3. Your computer is on 24/7 and you're online pretty much all the time (God bless ADSL!). That makes the BD more easily accessible in the midnight hours, too.
4. You're thinking about postponing your visit to your parents - not that they don't have internet access (they do) but there you can't use it as often as you need to.

1 Yes!
2 Yes!
3 Yes!
4 Grandparents actualy, but yes!

~You're considering permanently attaching yourself to the computer chair(not like you aren't already smilies/rolleyes.gif )

~If you ever compare some in real life(what is that anyways?) it's always to someone from LOTR or from the Barrow Downs smilies/redface.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

~If you're ever off the Barrow Downs, you're asleep.

~You don't get off the Barrow Downs even when you're bored because someone you think is fun might show up any minute

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

You sit all night at the Downs while nobody is posting, merely to be the first to see it if they do smilies/tongue.gif

Your mother now knows the names of most of the BDers... smilies/rolleyes.gif

You have dreams about them constantly, the last one starting off as a normal (extremely wacky, that is) one, ending up with you holding 20 kittens and naming each one after a BDer...

~Menelien

[Lyra Greenleaf]

I have to name a rabbit, and my family want a LOTR name but I was toying with a BDs name. Perhaps Helka... smilies/wink.gif Or at least a character which is both. (Could be you, Galadriel!)

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

It would be an honor to have a rabbit named after you smilies/wink.gif No really, I will certainly name pets after BDers, if I'm ever allowed to get any...
Lyra: I'm allergic to rabbit fur!
(At least I hope not smilies/tongue.gif )

~Menelien

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

So desperate are you to find another Barrow Downer in your area that you start to dream of them. Of Downers at your school, somehow hiding from the rest, or at least me. Guilty as charged!
1. You know which day it is only because you see the date in every new post in the forums. Again, guilty.

New Symptom- good PMs make your whole day happy, bad ones make you depressed and antisocial.

And another- your email address shows 67 new messages, but all are pm notifiers, you can't bear to delete them, even though you haven't even read them.

Sophia

[vanwalossien]

I discovered yet another sign of addiction today, and I'm getting a bit worried. Can a Barrow-Addiction be bad for you?
I realised that almost all the computers in the conference room at mum's work suggest 'www.barrowdowns.com' as soon as I type 'ba' in the address line in the browser.. smilies/rolleyes.gif I don't think anybody else there did that...

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

I am also guilty of that, except that it is at my school computer room...

~Menelien

[Eressië Ailin]

This morning I was reading a bit of The Phantom of the Opera, and I came across the name Darius. Of course, the first thing that popped into my head was, 'Lyra!' There have been so many other Phantom connections that I can't think of right now...

Arafangwen, is it safe to assume that you are a Phantom phan? *crosses fingers*

[ June 01, 2003: Message edited by: Eressië Ailin ]

[Arafangwen]

It depends on what Phantom you're talking about . Actualy, I love all of the Phantoms I know smilies/rolleyes.gif smilies/smile.gif . I really do like the Phantom of the Opera though, but that's not the-. I'm just digging myself deeper and deeper into this hole.....

[Lyra Greenleaf]

This morning I was reading a bit of The Phantom of the Opera, and I came across the name Darius. Of course, the first thing that popped into my head was, 'Lyra!'

Aha! Wrong Darius but never mind. I'm a symptom again!

How about it was my Prom (what us Brits call a Prom anyhow) half way through the BDs birthday party and as I got up to dance I had visions of the macarena, exploding Balrog wings and a hippo... People might have wondered at my demonic grin!

[vanwalossien]

A very obvious sign of addiction is to see BD'ers everywhere, like when you read in a travel guide about Ireland's lush, green countryside, but when you spot the word 'beren' and think of Beren87 before Beren Erchamion, then you're mad... smilies/rolleyes.gif

[ June 04, 2003: Message edited by: vanwalossien ]

[Neferchoirwen]

I look out my backyard and imagine my dogs are hobbits...

I carried my friend's two-month-old baby and thought it was a hobbit...

I keep the downs on my computer when I'm online, and I get all tense when I'm in school and I'm not on a computer somewhere...

[Annalaliath]

You tend to recomend the Barrow Downs to everyone that you meet.

You pester your friend to go look at the Barow Downs.

And finally the Barrow Downs is the first thing you do in the morning( if you don't have work).

[Beren87]

Your girlfriend begins to call herself a "Barrow-widow". smilies/rolleyes.gif

[Neferchoirwen]

...I treat Barrow Downs as a sedative, next to coffee.

Addiction to Eowyn Challenge: I just walked for 2 miles under the 1pm sun, foregoing any transportation just to get more miles on the challenge.

[*Lúcëwen*Elerína*Eruiel*]

Ah, the Eowyn challenge! I am also adicted to that! I've even started to carry my counter thingy around with me everywhere.

*Even the people who don't know you, know that they should tell you they don't like the Barrow Downs before you start introducing them to every aspect of it, ie.=you have quite a reputation for obsession