What obsessive things do YOU do? [Archive] - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Neferchoirwen

07-08-2002, 06:03 AM

Welcome to the Downs, edhel! ...and it's really cool what your dad did.

I am totally obsessed with anything by Tolkien. Last Friday, I saw The Unfinished Tales---the ONE and ONLY copy---at my favorite bookstore and grabbed it, and then looked over to my left and to my right to see if anyone was looking. And then to confirm if I REALLY had the ONLY copy,I looked throught the whole Fantasy section just to make sure.
After all that, I finally bought it, even if I was supposed to buy a gift for my best friend (I wasn't able to find the book I wanted to get her anyway...)

gollum*elf*pup

07-08-2002, 04:25 PM

heh heh heh, well, i love the name sharkey, cause the horse i used to ride was named sharkey!!! i decided to cover my bedroom window with lotr pics after running out of wall space. bad idea, it's very dark now. smilies/wink.gif my sister's friend's brother makes lotr pins, and he gives them to me smilies/biggrin.gif

Nevfeniel

07-08-2002, 05:20 PM

I screamed "SHARKEY" inside the theater where Christopher Lee played Count Dooku in SW:EP2 Do you realize how lucky you are to still be ALIVE?!

NazgulNumber10

07-08-2002, 05:22 PM

live for the moment...

Nevfeniel

07-08-2002, 07:22 PM

Just out of curiosity, edhel, what was the reaction of the (most likely) annoyed star-wars-obsessed movie-goers? (wow, try typing THAT three times fast. smilies/eek.gif )

[ July 08, 2002: Message edited by: Nevfeniel ]

mark12_30

07-08-2002, 08:16 PM

Remember in the movie, at The Prancing Pony, when Frodo is sitting at the table with Sam, and he pulls the ring out, and starts turning it over between the thumb and forefinger of each hand, rolling it over and over, running his fingers over the edge of it, almost slipping it on but not quite?

I do that, with a big bulky band that I usually wear on my right index finger.

Problem is when I misjudge and drop it, it clangs very loudly.

(I have yet to trip, toss the ring in the air, and have it land on my index finger as I fall.)

akhtene

07-08-2002, 10:02 PM

I'm not really obsessed (at least I hope so)but...
Well i too have this problem with rings. I usually wear several and I always fumble with them and drop them in most unsutable places.

One morning I ran into a colleague of mine who just said 'good morning'. Nothing unusual, but I was only half-awake and in especially lousy mood. I quoted Gandalf's reply from the beginning of 'The Hobbit' And that colleague took it as a personal insult (as I was told later) WHY ??? smilies/rolleyes.gif

Nevfeniel

07-08-2002, 10:10 PM

*sigh* Some people just don't understand good literature. smilies/rolleyes.gif

Thinhyandoiel

07-09-2002, 02:24 AM

Besides the ring thing, which I think we are all guilty of, something JUST happened to me (like, two minutes ago) that I thought was a bit obsessive. Me and my sister were sitting down here looking at a website in the dark when we heard someone coming down the stairs. My sister whispered "Someone's coming" and I replied with "Something draws near, I can feel it" She just rolled her eyes at me. I don't really blame her really. She's not as fanatic as I am, but still I dragged her 5 of the 9 (Holy number that!)times I saw the movie. smilies/evil.gif: *snicker*

The Fifth

07-09-2002, 08:11 AM

The only obsessive thing I've done was fill up 3 whole journals with LOTR drawings. There are 62 hobbit doodles, 38 horse doodles, and 5 Gandalf doodles. Oh, and a bunch of wraiths.

The-Elf-Herself

07-09-2002, 09:01 AM

Hmmmmmm, something obsessed. Well, I am writing a quasi-scifi LOTR story, concerning disruptions between our dimensional plane and the one in which ME exists(all original characters, NO MS). And I'm helping my brother write the script for his ME parody; he plans to film it before summer's over. Filming a parody, I don't know if that's obsessed or not. smilies/wink.gif

[ July 09, 2002: Message edited by: The-Elf-Herself ]

Maikadilwen

07-09-2002, 09:53 AM

Uhmmm..... I've seen the movie 28 times.... Some people find that VERY obsessive.... I wonder why.... smilies/rolleyes.gif smilies/rolleyes.gif smilies/rolleyes.gif

Catherine

07-09-2002, 07:26 PM

I just like it to much, I am always online looking at TLOTR stuff, its not much but still.

Brinniel

07-09-2002, 07:45 PM

My family and friends think I'm totally obessed. Each time I carry on a conversation with someone, I always somehow manage to bring in LOTR into it. It drives everyone nuts!

Nevfeniel

07-09-2002, 07:53 PM

I asked my mom (hypothetically [sp?]) if she were to open a restaurant, would she go with my suggestion to name it the Prancing Pony? She said yes, but she didn't realize it was LotR until I told her! smilies/rolleyes.gif

Rosseiliantiel

07-09-2002, 09:18 PM

I bought prosthetic elf ears!

Gimli Son Of Gloin

07-09-2002, 10:45 PM

Once when I was reading the Bible aloud I said 'King Saruman' instead of 'King Soloman'. It was rather embarrassing.

Nevfeniel

07-10-2002, 07:59 AM

I can imagine.
I'm making prosthetic elf ears. . . and so is my friend; we're going to dress up as an elf and a hobbit for TTT premiere (if I can get tickets).

Gimli Son Of Gloin

07-10-2002, 08:33 AM

I usually don't go to movies that often, I only saw LotR once. *Ducks flying rocks* But now I saving up so I can see TTT 90 times!

GreatWarg

07-10-2002, 02:38 PM

Good for you Gimli!

Would you count intensively studying Elvish (writing, pronunciation, etc.) quoting constantly from the books, always bringing up LotR into conversations, having dreams about M-E, hanging out here in the Barrowdowns most of the time when I'm awake, singing Elvish songs, and always referring to LotR obsessive? smilies/biggrin.gif

Yea, I thought so... smilies/biggrin.gif

The-Elf-Herself

07-10-2002, 03:44 PM

Brinniel-I know what you mean! Whenever I meet someone I haven't seen in a while one of my first questions is: "Do you like LOTR?" Their answer is usually: "LOTR?"(I always forget that non-obsessives don't know the abbreviation smilies/rolleyes.gif ). I even asked my two cousins if they had heard about it, and they're only five and six; a little young to be interested. smilies/wink.gif
I'm dressing up as well(as an elf, what else? smilies/smile.gif )

[ July 11, 2002: Message edited by: The-Elf-Herself ]

Lady_Báin

07-11-2002, 12:51 PM

Hey ya'll!! I have a delema. I want to have a Lotr themed B-day party, but if i did i know that the people i invite would come but they're not as "interested" (that's the pc word for obsessed) as i am about Lotr so they might not enjoy themselves as much. *sigh* woe is me.

Well to contibute to this here thread I hand-sewed a red velvet cloak, and will procede to put the doors of moria on it in teenie tiny read beeds. smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

amyrlis

07-11-2002, 01:32 PM

My sister & I are seriously contemplating a 10 hour road trip next April just to see a ballet at Butler University entitled "The Silmaril". Yes, I live for anything and everything Tolkien!

edhel_espyn

07-12-2002, 11:48 PM

Nevfeniel: about the theater thing? People there just smiled, they thought I was crazy or something /but I am! ;O)/. anyway, a person in front of me turned and smiled, he said "Tolkien fan, huh?"...at least he got it! My cousins still teased me about what I did...but I'm quite proud of that!

edhel_espyn

07-13-2002, 12:02 AM

oh, oh, i have another one: i designed and printed two shirts: one had ELF on it, and the other reads: LOTR IS LIFE...THE REST ARE JUST DETAILS. I had my best friends call be by my elven name (my other friends just call me edhel), and I insisted placing my "One Ring" on a necklace lest it begins corrupting my soul...

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Gimli Son Of Gloin

07-13-2002, 12:30 AM

At school my nickname is Gimli... But at my school no one knows how to read...

Gayalondiel

07-16-2002, 02:21 PM

Bearing in mind that its Keleborn, not Seleborn, I recently went through a phase of saying Kelery for Celery. hmm...

Lady_Galadriel

07-16-2002, 11:01 PM

On my way to class everyday we drive by this bilboard that says vote for somebody and his last name is Aragon. Everyday I have to look at it twice. eventhough i know it doesnt say aragorn i still think it does.

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Uialellethwen

07-16-2002, 11:07 PM

Obsessive, eh? Well, I probably shouldn't be doing this, because I am obsessive-compulsive - not to mention some other disorders...

Anyways, what have I done?

*went shopping for someones b.day present and ended up buying myself some rather expensive memorabelia and the person a cheap gift. (my mom gave me money for it! smilies/biggrin.gif)

*I talk in riddles without realizing it.

*I start singing Aniron or May it Be (usually Aniron) out loud. All the time, and at the worst times.

*I memorized full scenes from FOTR... even the ones in Sindarin or Quendi...

*I turned my bedroom into a shrine for LOTR.

*I've done more stuff that's obsessive about LOTR and stuff that is obsessive about other things too. Elijah and Orlando to be a few other things. smilies/tongue.gif

Good enough?

Uialellethwen

07-16-2002, 11:24 PM

Oh yeah... I do wear a gold ring on a clunky silver chain around my neck, so everyone I know always has to say something about how crazy I am. Then I just remind them that I am on meds.

But the ring thing isn't because of LOTR, although that sounds saner, but it's because my father gave me the ring... It's hard to explain... There's a whole big thing behind the scenes, if you know what I mean.

And yes, I am guilty of having LOTR dreams. None which are less than the rating of 18A, of course. I have almost total control over them...
But LOTR isn't the only movies/books that I am absolutely mad over...

Two words. (Please don't kill me for saying it!) Harry Potter.
I just started having dreams about it. Pretty cool. I made out with Harry and Draco (not at the same time! Eew!)

Anyways... I've done some crazy stuff like that... Oh, and I have already planned what my friends and I are doing for the premier of TTT. Of course, I'm making them dress up in costume (I'm either going as an elf or myself - a LOTR freak. I actually have those two costumes. Almost done making them. As in starting to make them. smilies/biggrin.gif Any suggestions on which I should go as?) and then we're taking a limo to the theater downtown for the first showing. Unfortunately, I can't buy the tickets yet! Ah! Maybe in a month I can. Blame the box office!

Oh yeah, don't kill me for being a SW and HP freak too!

Elenna

07-17-2002, 07:03 PM

List of obsessive things Elenna has done:

1) spent 200 dollars on fabric for my TTT costume. (I'll be paying my dad back till I'm 30)

2) bought one of those cheap ring reproductions, wore it to school and danced around saying "you can't see me"

3) scream at mean people "Go back to the shadow, for you shall not pass!"

4) smacked someone for making fun of Ian McKellen for being gay.

5) smacked someone for saying that the elves were all women

6) convinced everyone to call me Elenna instead of my real name

7) am working a summer job to buy a sword

8) wrote music for most of the LOTR songs and randomly break out into A! Elbereth Gilthoniel!

Does this make me obsessed?

tangerine

07-17-2002, 08:58 PM

I work at a movie theater. Trust me, we DO NOT care if you dress up. It's something to talk about when its dead there, but thats about it.
We usually get in free to see the movies, but i couldnt get in free opening night, so i had to pay full price to get me and my dad (was also a huge LOTR fan as a kid) in. I would sneak into the theater all the time to watch the preview, which would in evitably turn me into a grinning zombie during the course of said trailer. Just before i saw the movie (as in 10 minute before getting in the car to go) i was hopping around like a 5 year old kid that had to go to the bathroom.
What else...i sing May it be and In Dreams to myself, i tabbed out the theme to the movie on guitar, and that idea of the ring on the chain sounds really appealing to me. I have mentally come up with a fan fic that could fill a whole book, and would attempt if i had never tried it before and kinda trailed off after 60 pages.
if anyone wants the guitar tabes for the movie theme, PM me.

Brinniel

07-17-2002, 09:43 PM

More signs that I am obsessed:

-have a desire for pointy ears

-sing In Dream when no one is around

-wish I could change my birth name to Brinn

-I squeal with delight each time I find something LOTR related in magazines and read the sentence over and over.

Ithaeliel

07-17-2002, 10:27 PM

You're more annoyi... I mean obsessed than I am!! Hey, at least nobody here walks into a room and is greeted with, "NO MORE ABOUT LORD OF THE RINGS!!!" That'd be really bad. Okay, things that make me obsessive:

-I come here every chance I get, which makes me quite a hermit.
-I come into semi-fantasy themed shops just to see what they have on LotR.
-I am offended whenever I hear someone insult elves, as I am one (no, I don't WISH I was one, I AM one)
-My dad cannot call me his precious anymore without adding a disclaimer
-I have grown to dislike fairy-tales where elves are little Santa elves with candy cane-striped kneesocks, ears that could sail a ship, and are always dancing about in the stupidest ways.
-I have grown to dislike any fantasy world in which elves are impish folk, or in which dwarves are anything other than Tolkien's dwarves.
-I say, "O Iluvatar help you" instead of "Oh for the love of God" now.
-I am accustomed to drawing pointy ears in all of my people sketches.
-I draw everyone with long hair put back elvish-style.
-I just saw the movie for the 5th time.
-I haven't listened to any CD besides the soundtrack for the movie in three months.

[ July 18, 2002: Message edited by: Ithaeliel ]

Lady_Galadriel

07-17-2002, 11:44 PM

Ahhhhhh!!! Today I had to do all I could do to keep myself from slapping my friend. She saw the little gold ring (the one that comes from the bookmarks) on a chain and asked me why I always wear it. I told her it was from Lotr. She actually made the wistake of telling me she DID NOT want to see the movie. She thought it was for dorks and little kids. RRRRRR!!! I so wanted to slap her.
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Ithaeliel

07-17-2002, 11:53 PM

*In really heated tones* Ooh! Ooh! Ooh, so ya wanna mess with this, huh? Oh, you asked for it!!! I would slap her too if she wasn't from clear across the country! The nerve of that girl! How dare she call us dorks and little kids!!! And I suppose she's into Harry Potter! Well, she can say whatever she wants, that Lord of the Rings Nazi! *cracks knuckles loudly*

*Cools down* Whew, okay, just had to get that out. That hit me in the worst possible spot. Nobody calls the One Ringers dorks!

Elenna

07-18-2002, 08:02 AM

Reasons Elenna thinks she is part elf.

1) i have pointy ears. Naturally. They just, I don't know...point!

2) An intrinsic dislike of the color black. Sorry, BW.

3) When I tried archery for the first time at camp, I could hit the inner ring and bullseye of the target from my first shot.

4) I ride horses and sometimes they respond to noro lim!

5) I don't consider Elijah Wood hot. That could just be common sense, though.

Uialellethwen

07-18-2002, 02:51 PM

Ok, if I met Elijah Wood or Orlando Bllom, I would cry. I would cry! Then, I'd ask them if I could r*pe them... If I ask politely, they will say yes... Am I crazy yet??? smilies/biggrin.gif

Kaze

07-18-2002, 03:57 PM

Obsessive behavior?

For one of the book reports I had to do this year, I had to give a speech as a character from whatever book I was reading. So I made myself a hobbit costume and pretended to be Pippin smilies/biggrin.gif

Nevfeniel

07-18-2002, 07:19 PM

Wow, this is the longest any of my topics have ever gone! I'm so proud! smilies/rolleyes.gif 2 whole pages! smilies/smile.gif

Lady_Galadriel

07-18-2002, 10:06 PM

Errr!!! THis girl is really getting on my nerves. Today i was forced to remove the chain with the ring on it, for our concert. (we had to look nice, so they put it) apperently it didnt go with my outfit. (we had to wear all black) She made fun of me because i insisted that it must not be taken off, and that if i did take it off then the nazgul would come for the ring and ruin our concert. In the end i put up a really good argument and got to keep the ring on, (though it had to be unseen.)
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Nevfeniel

07-19-2002, 06:25 AM

Today I had to do all I could do to keep myself from slapping my friend. Galadriel, next time that girl makes fun of you, slap her. No, not really! I'm just kidding. What you should really do is just ignore her. She only wants a reaction. If you don't give her one, she'll get bored with making fun of you, and leave you alone. It works like a charm with my brother. By the way, if she's your friend, she isn't a very good one if she makes fun of you.

[ July 19, 2002: Message edited by: Nevfeniel ]

Melephelwen

07-19-2002, 06:50 AM

I may not have done something obsessive, but I do a lot of weird things.
For example, my English, (which used to be like every teenagers,) now sounds more like ... well, a bit like Tolkiens. smilies/tongue.gif
Two weeks ago I had made a personal t-shirt, and I chose it to say "Lúthien Melephel" (my Elvish names) instead of just "Anne". That may not sound of much, but with a group of 50 ignorants it is very brave! smilies/cool.gif
I constantly practise my Gollum and my Elvish, though I'm not as good as one could wish. smilies/frown.gif
Everytime I get the chance to touch a computer I log on to BD smilies/rolleyes.gif
I totally freaked out because a friend of mine bought a lot card game with LotR, but she didn't tell me until we had left all opportunities for finding one in the next 5 years or so!!! smilies/mad.gif
Since december I've cut out every single article or whatever which mentions LotR. That now means I have loads of stuff about Spiderman, Star Wars and even a Danish writer lying all over my room. (They say Tolkien would have disliked her - but they mention his name!!)
I'm driving my mother insane, 'cause now I've been here for 2 hours since I promised her to hurry up... smilies/redface.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

[ July 20, 2002: Message edited by: Melephelwen ]

Lady_Galadriel

07-19-2002, 10:31 PM

Guess what!! Today I saw this girl in my class with one of those gold rings (the bookmark ones) on a chain around her neck!! Yeah!!! I'm not the only Tolkien fan in my class!!!

Lady_Galadriel

07-21-2002, 06:44 PM

Today my mom and I were at walmart and we saw these really cool things, kinda like signs but made of cardboard, of lotr characters. THere was gandalf, aragorn, frodo, and arwen... Since i'm totally obsessed i begged my mom to ask the store manager if i could have one of them... He reluctantly said okay after I begged and gave my sad puppy dog eyes. He let me have one of the aragorn ones... It's sooooo cool!!! smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

maleliel

07-22-2002, 11:21 AM

I'm always called obsessed at school! smilies/rolleyes.gif I always bring LotR up in conversations too!!! smilies/biggrin.gif My sister is also obsessed and she bought a tacky plastic sword and would wave it around quoting Aragorn!!! She broke it the other day and fixed it with sellotape and now she's always saying it's reforged!!! It's nice to have an obsessed sister!!! smilies/biggrin.gif Also, me, my sister and our friend made our own trailor for FotR and filmed it! It was rubbish but we like it!!! smilies/smile.gif We dressed in costumes and everything!!!
Yes I think I truly am OBSESSED!!! I'm obsessed and damn proud of it!!! smilies/biggrin.gif

Ithaeliel

07-22-2002, 09:16 PM

Okay, one more obsessed thing to add to the list: How many of you here have seen the Addams Family? *several people raise hands* Well, my dad was taking a nap the other day, and being that he has a deep voice, and he started mumbling in his sleep, I told him afterward that he sounded like Lurch, but I called him Lurtz instead smilies/biggrin.gif

Lady_Báin

07-24-2002, 05:23 AM

Hey galadriel what kind of concert was this you had to where all black and who exactly was telling you that you ahd to take of the one ring!! What does it have to do with her that you are the keeper of the one ring?!?!?! smilies/mad.gif smilies/mad.gif

[ July 24, 2002: Message edited by: Lady_Báin ]

Lady_Báin

07-24-2002, 05:26 AM

P.S. *in sing song voice* Guess what i'm getting for my birthday That's right LotR:FotR woohoo I am sooo lucky !!! smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif It comes out on video the day before my B-Day if i'm not mistaken!! smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

[ July 24, 2002: Message edited by: Lady_Báin ]

Nevfeniel

07-26-2002, 07:20 PM

Yay! I'm back, and I missed you guys! Anyways, I'm just checking to see how my topic is doing. Nice to see I'm not the only one who's obsessed, even though I know I'm not the only one.

Lady_Galadriel

07-26-2002, 07:32 PM

Lady_Báin, it was an orchestra concert... and for the concert the seniors decided to make everyone wear all black... The teacher told me to take off the ring... I didnt so oh well....

Mrs. Frodo Baggins

07-26-2002, 08:24 PM

Actually, I like LOTR, Harry Potter, and Star Wars. I went through a recent Spider-man obsession. My 'obssessions' turn into fanfic.

My obssessive things:

1. Took the One Ring off the bookmark and put it on spare gold necklace chain.
2. Saw LOTR:FOTR five times (The most I've ever seen a movie)
3. Wore said Ring probably twice to the theater.
4. Might be an Elf or a Hobbit for Halloween.
5. Thought of Saruman in Orthanc during Star Wars Episode II
6. Might dress up as an Elf for The Two Towers.

The Green Ringwraith

07-26-2002, 09:16 PM

I'm obsesed with the Ringwraiths and Gollum! Yeah, I can imitate the Ringwraith scream perfectly and can scare the living hell outta anyone with it. And the second, third, and fourth times I saw the movie, I repeated every line Gollum says. Plus, its fun to sit in the very top seat of the theatre and when the credits is scrolling, make fun shadow puppets on the screen! smilies/smile.gif Oh yeah, I am sewing a Nazgul robe for Halloween. O, I AM too old for trick-or-treating, but its fun hiding in bushes and doing the Nazgul scream and watching kiddies run away with wettened pants, yesssss... LOL.
I'm also wearing the said costume to the TT premiere in my city.

[ July 26, 2002: Message edited by: The Green Ringwraith ]

Demloth of Dol Amroth

07-26-2002, 09:57 PM

hee hee hee! this reminds me of another topic where people were talking about crazy LOTR shenanigans-i forget the name. all i can say is i envy the people who saw it 28 times. i'd pay just to see the battle scene at the beginning. smilies/tongue.gif

Nevfeniel

07-27-2002, 10:35 AM

but its fun hiding in bushes and doing the Nazgul scream and watching kiddies run away with wettened pants That is so mean! I wish I could do that! smilies/evil.gif

[ July 27, 2002: Message edited by: Nevfeniel ]

Ithaeliel

07-27-2002, 03:00 PM

Ooh, that sounds fun! Can I come with you? I can do a perfect Gollum-voice!

Lady_Galadriel

07-29-2002, 12:16 AM

Okay I didnt really want to start a topic to ask one odd question, so i figured it's kinda obsessive so why not ask it here.... Gosh I can ramble...
Anyway i want to change my aim screen name, and was thinking something having to do with lotr... i'm not very creative so... any sugestions??????

Halbereth Diagona

07-29-2002, 05:06 AM

1. When I am on the net, I only ever go on Barrowdowns
2. I think I'm an elf....
3. I always manage to bring LOTR into conversations.
I wish I had pointed ears...Ros, where did you get them?
4. I nearly always dream about LOTR

Nevfeniel

07-29-2002, 06:47 AM

I had a really scary dream the other night- Sauron was in my backyard! smilies/eek.gif http://216.40.241.68/contrib/blackeye/SHOCKED.gif
Two of my friends and I somehow knew Sauron was at my home somewhere, taking the form of something, so we were searching for him (stupid idea, I know, but I get stupider later), and suddenly my mom calls out from the backyard saying she found him. We rush outside and she's being dive-bombed by this white hawk. I rush over to my mom, the hawk lands on the ground about 5 feet away, and my friends jump in the pool (don't ask me why). Here's where I get stupider: I start to taunt the hawk, saying, "You're gonna DIE!" and "You're gonna die TODAY!" But the hawk did nothing. It was weird. Then I woke up.

Lady_Báin

07-29-2002, 04:34 PM

woa that is completely strange Nevfeniel but oddly entertaining hmmm....

I am going to be (my version of) a female Dwarf for halloween.

gollum*elf*pup

07-29-2002, 05:19 PM

you know what's fun? taking your cd player outside, then blasting concerning hobbits or another song from the soundtrack! it's really fun! i didn't manage to make anyone mad tho. they were all just saying:where did all the funny misuc come from? then i brought my flute outside and started to play along. now that kind of ****ed people off. smilies/evil.gif i'm evil, what can i say. i want to be an evil strawberry chicken.

Nevfeniel

07-29-2002, 06:33 PM

Wow, this topic made it to 3 pages. I'm surprised. Usually, my topics don't make it past 20 or so posts. Huh.
EDIT: I just noticed this post:
woa that is completely strange Nevfeniel but oddly entertaining Yeah, it's entertaining now.

[ July 29, 2002: Message edited by: Nevfeniel ]

Telephirion

08-03-2002, 09:31 AM

It's not exactly obsessive, but I enjoy listening to the Fellowship of the Ring soundtrack a great deal. I have probably heard each track five times, and I'm really impressed with Howard Shore's ability to translate the ancient and profound feeling conveyed in the book to music. Enya's songs are also excellent.

gollum*elf*pup

08-03-2002, 06:43 PM

ya, youre right, they did a good job when making that cd. it really is nice to listen too! smilies/biggrin.gif

Niphredil Baggins

08-04-2002, 09:41 AM

Your babysitting story reminded me of when I used to babysit at a hotel. The families were often foreign. To one such baby (she was very sweet) I sang 'A Elbereth Gilthoniel' for a lullaby.

Nevfeniel

08-04-2002, 11:10 AM

Awwwww. . .
(sorry, I have nothing else to post on this topic at this time.)

[ August 04, 2002: Message edited by: Nevfeniel ]

ElfEarz

08-04-2002, 03:28 PM

MWAHAHHA lets see. i do alot of obsessive things. i constantly call my friends "my precioussss" they dont understand but it still freaks them out. once in theatre we had to write a comercial and i tried to sell the one ring. it was funny. oh yeah when i get mad at my sisters i yell at them in Elvish smilies/tongue.gif its funny.

vanwalossien

08-13-2002, 09:13 AM

One of my friends think Gollum's voice is really creepy (dunno why, she hasn't seen the movie, or read the book..), so each time I meet her, I creep uo behind her and whisper "It's mine.. My own.. My precious.. in my best Gollum voice.. Some people think I'm a little obsessed when they look at the collection of posters on my walls... Gandalf, Frodo, orcs, from the movie, not from the movie... And I once tried reading LOTR in my maths class. FOTR TTT and ROTK in one book of course... Somehow my teacher spotted it.. But the coolest thing is, he let me read it!

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Demloth of Dol Amroth

08-13-2002, 04:45 PM

well, i'm can sense and am drawn to LOTR DVD's, and sometimes feel urged to let loose with a high-pitched scream-and this started happening after i got this class ring too-strange...

Ms. Took

08-13-2002, 10:41 PM

i do a lot of obsessive things. Like just a couple of minutes ago, my mom started screaming. So I went to see what it was, and it was this huge spider. So i grabbed a shoe, and yelled "die! spawn of ungoliant!!!" than my mom was more afraid of me than she was of the spider.

Aroaraniel

08-13-2002, 10:50 PM

Someone has recently borrowed my LOTR DVD and I went knocking at their door a day later demanding it back. That's obsessive, no? LoL

Demloth of Dol Amroth

08-13-2002, 11:13 PM

say it was only "your's by chance, and that it could've been mine, it should be mine, now give it to me!" smilies/biggrin.gif

Lomelinde

08-14-2002, 02:41 PM

I have Elves in my locker. Ok, just pictures of them, but adequate enough to disturb my friends. smilies/biggrin.gif

I also say that Haldir and his brothers live in my closet and that their favorite food is pizza. Scares the *&^# out of people. Hee, hee. smilies/biggrin.gif

Hey, I can dream, can't I? smilies/tongue.gif

Nevfeniel

08-14-2002, 07:04 PM

Haldir lives in your closet? Isn't that odd, because Legolas lives in my closet, but his favorite foods are canned peaches and iced tea.

Aroaraniel

08-14-2002, 09:40 PM

Hmm, well Merry and Pippin live in my closet and they daily demand Popcorn Chicken from KFC.

hehe

Ms. Took

08-14-2002, 09:42 PM

No one lives in my closet...though i kinda wish someone from LotR did...

Frodo_Baggins

08-15-2002, 07:50 AM

I ALWAYS talk about lotrs to my mates.......I put them to sleep.

Aylwen Dreamsong

08-15-2002, 07:55 AM

I watch the dvd now and read the books A LOT. This sounds wierd but sometimes, a question about it will just pop into my head when im like, sleeping, or at karate, or playing guitar and I wont be able to think of anything else until I figure it out. Ummm...what else...Oh! I have a bad habit of playing guitar really loud when someone is trying to watch something, and I know theyre watching tv but...I just keep playing. Hehehehe. I'm sure I do other things alot, but you would have to ask my best friend hannah about that.... smilies/biggrin.gif

Ms. Took

08-15-2002, 01:43 PM

i also like to write tunes to go with the song, and at camp i named my flashlight earendil, and when my friend asked to borrow it I said "may it be a light to you in dark places when all other lights go out" I also have a pippin website, cuz he's my favorite character.

Boromir's Lady

08-15-2002, 06:48 PM

The obsessive things I do are - write fan fiction. Constantly want to watch the movie and use quotes! I TRY to behave, I really do. I don't want to drive my family crazy! smilies/evil.gif

Aroaraniel

08-15-2002, 08:14 PM

I drive my friends and family crazy too! Yep, not many people around where I live like LOTR, so at the mention of it, they either fall asleep or run out of the room screaming 'NOT LOTR! PLEASE NOT LOTR'! So yes, as a LOTR fan, I have it tough. LoL!

Nevfeniel

08-20-2002, 05:57 PM

Okay, I know this is not exactly obsessive, but Sunday when I rented LotR again, my brother watched part of the movie with me, and he was not very nice! He called Legolas the "bow and arrow guy with the pigtails", and for some reason, he renamed Frodo "Frank". When he was stabbed by the Nazgûl at Weathertop, he said, "Why is he crying like a little baby?" And during the scene right after Arwen set the water on the Nazgûl and Frodo was being healed, my brother shouted, "Fraaaaaaaaank! Why? WHY?!" I know he's just doing it to annoy me, but it worked! After a while, I just ignored him, cuz some of the things he said were kinda funny, but still!

Lindolirian

08-20-2002, 06:54 PM

I do a great Gollum impression while holding my cheap 9 dollar One Ring. I watch the movie (or good battle scenes) whenever. I've read tLotR 34 times, Hobbit 5 times, Unfinished Tales 3 times, Silmarillion 8 times, and the first five in the HoME once each.

Aranel

08-20-2002, 06:57 PM

Okay.*giggles in an embarassed manner*
Last winter,after my friend and I had just seen FotR for the,I believe,second time,we were alone in her big farm house.It was snowy outside.I snuck upstairs and grabbed an old broom handle,tied an afghan around my neck,and declared myself an elf.I chased her around as she objected to my childishness.But then she followed suit,and insisted we have elven brooches (which were actually old pieces of costume jewelry,but you see where I'm going.).We ran all over the place,outside and all through the house in this fashion,and beat the daylights out of a cave troll.Actually,it was a giant stuffed tiger her mom got for Christmas,but that's beside the point.We decided it was a success,though she won't admit it ever happened now.I can't blame her.We are 20 years old. smilies/wink.gif

Nevfeniel

08-20-2002, 07:02 PM

That sounds like so much fun, Aranel! I wish I had a friend who would do something like that with me smilies/frown.gif. *sigh* Oh well. . .

Aranel

08-20-2002, 07:15 PM

Heheh It was a one-time thing,Nev!She'll never do it again,I'm sure.But for one brief shining moment...I had her! smilies/wink.gif
I think most of us wish we had friends like that.We're all just too far away from each other... smilies/frown.gif

NazgulNumberTen

08-20-2002, 07:18 PM

i keep peter jackson in a big jar in my closet.

Nevfeniel

08-20-2002, 07:20 PM

I didn't know they made jars that big. Well, that just proves my ignorance. smilies/biggrin.gif

NazgulNumberTen

08-20-2002, 07:22 PM

yeah, you have to specil order them from a catalog. then cut some air holes in the lid, and put a stick and a leaf inside, to simulate it's natural surroundings.

Eruwen

08-20-2002, 08:35 PM

My friends and family are about to dump me out in the street or something. All I talk about is Tolkien. It is totally obsessive. I read the books about every three weeks just to learn more of ME. At school, one of my friends said she would slap me if I said one more thing about LOTR. But, sadly, I couldn't stop. It's a habit. And now, suddenly, I have decided to become Skitsophrenic (sp?) and become like Gollum. Probably not, but I do tend to say, "My Precious!!!" a whole lot lately. LOTR isn't cool at my school, and everyone thinks I'm a freak or something because I sit around and read 1000 page books all day. I don't, just LOTR. But I don't really care what they think. I'm obsessed. I admit it. And I don't really care. If I'm going to get obsessed about something, at least it's something cool like this. Right? Right. Anyway, I think I made my point across. smilies/smile.gif

Demloth of Dol Amroth

08-21-2002, 01:08 PM

i'm going to name my seven iron gurthang because i was playing this really tough hole on our vacation, and got par-the last two shots were crazy. first i hit the ball through thick woods to the other side, then a really long chip-right into the hole. it actually went past the hole and then rolled up and back into the hole, according to my dad.

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Salix

08-21-2002, 07:47 PM

Let's see, as soon as I got the soundtrack, Ilistened to it practically non-stop,but sometimes my family got mad at me so I put on Matrix soundtrack, I'm on barrowdowns whenever I can, I refuse to buy half the merchandise because it's not real, I want a sword and a bow and arrows, I refuse to let my mom finish a cloak because it's like a short elven cloak, my little sister got mad at me because we had agreed that she'd buy sims vacation(don't ask) and I'd buy LOTR, but I'm watching LOTR too much so she cant watch, I'm compliling a script of FOTR and I'm trying to get it perfect, I quote the movie and book all the time, I actually own elven boots, when I wore this jacket I have with a certain pair of pants, and those boots a friend actually called me an elf, and I have a set of Sherlock Holmes books that are dark green (there's two of them) and that same friend told me that they looked like elven books, and the only reason I haven't read Unfinished tales or HoME or LT is:
A. Because my parents refuse to buy any Tolkien books edited by Christopher Tolkien.
B. My school library (which is the third largest library in my city) doesn't carry them, and
C. I spent all my money buying FoTR and I haven't gotten my allowance yet.
I would LOVE a golden ring to string around my neck (I even have the perfect necklace) but I don't know where to get them! smilies/eek.gif Anyway, I also have worn out a three book set of LoTR as in FOTR has the first 42 pages falling out, the entire bit between Lothlorien and Parth Galen and the cover is taped back on, TTT has the cover almost ripped off, the first 4 pages are falling out, and Helm's Deep is falling out, and RoTK has the entire front of the book torn off (as in up to Minas Tirith), the entire last three appendixes no longer share the same binding, and the box that holds them is ripped. My newer copy of FOTR has the binding bent in many places, some of the coloring one the letters is gone along with along the binding, the very first page is ripped, I inscribed my name in dwarf runes in the front, my book automatically opens to the beginning of the chapter The Bridge Of Khazad-Dum, and I usually have my little dwarf rune cheat sheet there. I think i should stop babbling on now. smilies/tongue.gif

Amalthea

08-23-2002, 12:10 PM

A better question would be what HAVEN'T I done that's obssessive? I wear a ring on a chain around my neck at all times (even when I sleep), I run around barefoot all the time, I'm planning on going to New Zealand for foreign exchange (just because it's like "going to ME"), and I am constantly quoting and referencing LotR.

Aylwen Dreamsong

08-23-2002, 12:25 PM

I named my hermit crab Eomer. smilies/biggrin.gif does that count? No? well....ummm, what else do I do? I read the books even though I have memorized most of my favorite parts, ummm I dont think I do too many obsessive things, I dont think Its good to be obsessed. oh well, at least my crab has a cool name smilies/cool.gif

Nevfeniel

08-23-2002, 08:48 PM

I named my hermit crab Eomer. does that count? No? Of course it does! Anything LotR-related is fine for this topic! Also, remember this: LotR is not an obsession, it's a passion. smilies/biggrin.gif

Catherine

08-28-2002, 04:54 PM

I recite lines from the movie, not on purpose it just happens. On time I was walking up the stairs and I was like "It is not the eastern shore that worries me, a shadow and a threat has been growing in my mind...Something draws near, I can feel it.

Salix

08-28-2002, 06:56 PM

Mwahaha i just got the one Ring! smilies/evil.gif Need i say more?

Lhunbelethiel

08-28-2002, 08:45 PM

Here's my obsesive contribution-- I post info like this:

I was watching Family Feud and one family tonight had two girls who were named ARWEN and LORIEN!!! Cool!! The host kept calling Lorien "Lauren"... fool. I love the name Lorien!!!

Davin

08-28-2002, 09:15 PM

I am planning on giving my kids LotR names......but I'm only 18, and not married....but some day, you just wait!

Maikadilwen

08-29-2002, 03:32 AM

Having Tolkien's symbol (initials) tattoed on my wrist!!! Some find that obsessive. smilies/rolleyes.gif

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elanor_niphredil

08-30-2002, 04:49 AM

I dont do much. I reguarly quote the book and film, have a shrine in my bedroom, bought a box of yucky cinnimon cereal (promising to eat it all, and did) just for the holigraphic LOTR card of elrond and got my friend to get two more, read the book secretly during lessons, bring it up just enough to be labled crazy, watched it three times without stopping when it arrived on DVD and am now learning Elvish. Oh, and I also do that ring thing that someone mentioned, to the extent that I did trip up, but failed to catch it.

I think thats it...

LaurinaAinur

08-30-2002, 01:01 PM

What does LaurinaAinur do that's obsessive? Wait a minute...you can't expect me to put it ALL here. How about:
Plans to start a M-E community...a 'New Age' (Har Har..Balrog joke aka 'Gollum's Secret Diary') town where all kinds of Middle-Earthians can dwell together in peace, speaking the languages, wearing the clothes ect. and no one will think we're wierd.
Reads at least one Tolkien book every week
Has read LOTR 10 times...starting with FotR, then TTT, then RotK...then starts over again
Has been saving up to buy a nice Ring but the resolve is weakening...is getting ready to buy a cheap one...feels so naked without one around her neck on a chain
Has gotten all six brothers and sisters AND dad hooked on LotR...quote Tolkien (and speak Elvish extensively) to one another...insult each other in Elvish and compare people we know or see to characters from the books and movie
Plans to sew herself a cloak reminiscent of Strider's for the winter...and wear it to college
Will wear Strider cloak to the TT movie...with a sword, boots and my stringy, unwashed hair
Would say much more but is worried about the sound she is hearing...possibly the neighbor's horse but sounds uncommonly like a Ringwraith. Will be back after investigating. *Creeps stealthily away*

vanwalossien

08-30-2002, 03:10 PM

I bought "An introduction to Elvish", at a time I really shouldn't have (I was broke for weeks afterwards), and I think that actually is obsessive enough.. Trying to learn an invented language..! And I've started wearing an old gold ring on a silver chain... And I write my elvish name (Vanwalossien, obviously..) on my books instead of my "real" name.. I've also managed to make six people read LOTR just by being obsessive... smilies/smile.gif

Nevfeniel

08-30-2002, 09:03 PM

FFFFFFFFOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRR PPPPPPPAAAAAGGGGGGGGEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!!
Okay, you may continue posting now. AND STOP LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT!! smilies/rolleyes.gif

Maltataliel

09-06-2002, 10:45 AM

*sighs* my friends say that I am intolerably obsessed with LotR, but now all i hafta do is show them this Forum topic! ^-^ umm, well, i quote LotR unknowingly in normal conversations, CONSTANTLY refer to the LotR in conversations, and i started acting like an elf...(posture, way they speak, and I sit and observe more than anithing now), and I speak elvish phrases mid conversation (everyone stares...) oooh! and i bought kapri's, and call them hobbit pants.

But ive ONLY watched LotR SIX times! thats not obsessive......

Mithril

09-06-2002, 07:10 PM

The most obsessive thing I've done lately was this morning. I was getting ready for school and I went to put on my necklace with my cheap imitation ring(not the point here) on. I could have sworn I put it on my dresser, but it wasn't there. I went through my whole room looking for it, then I remembered it might be in the pocket of the pants I'd worn yesterday and put in the laundry hamper. I went and looked in the pocket and it wasn't there. My mom asked me what I was doing and I said "I'm looking for the One Ring. If I don't find it Sauron's going to find it and that'll be the end of the world as we know it!" She just gave me this weird look and rolled her eyes. It was pretty funny. And, by the way, I DID find the ring. It is around my neck right now. I also quote whenever possible.

Craban

09-07-2002, 12:44 AM

When I'm talking with fellow fans who also live in the same city as me and I refer to certain prominent skyline features of ours as "Barad-dur" or "Minas Morgul," some of them understand immediately what I mean (the Sears Tower and the John Hancock building, respectively).

Nevfeniel

09-07-2002, 07:25 AM

The other day, I was having a discussion with someone about whether or not Elvis was alive (don't ask), and I accidently kept saying "Elvish".

Samwise_Gamgee

09-08-2002, 06:16 PM

The most obsessive thing i've done is in school i'm sposed to learn spanish, but I talk in elvish to my teacher and friens instead! My teacher was so mad once he almost slapped me! It was kinda scary! smilies/eek.gif

NazgulNumberTen

09-08-2002, 06:19 PM

The other day, I was having a discussion with someone about whether or not Elvis was alive (don't ask), and I accidently kept saying "Elvish".
off course Elvis is alive. where do you think all those crop-circles came from?

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Rosseiliantiel

09-08-2002, 08:20 PM

I was sick at the end of the summer at my cottage and I was bored so I sat on the porch and recited the entire FotR movie, word for word, to myself (so sad, yet so young!) smilies/rolleyes.gif smilies/rolleyes.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

JenFramp

09-09-2002, 12:45 AM

my obsessive thing that i do...is stay up till 4 in the morning on Tolkien message boards like this one smilies/smile.gif...and I can't stop collecting the action figures...

Nevfeniel

09-14-2002, 05:19 PM

Yesterday in my Foods class, we were learning the equivalents of different measurments. When I saw 'pint' on the list, I wrote down next to it, "it comes in pints? I'm getting one."

Eruwen

09-14-2002, 05:58 PM

I sit in school writing out whole scenes from the movie. I have memorized almost all of them.

And, when I grow up and have children, I am naming my son Sam. I'm still trying to think of a middle name though.

AND, I printed out the movie script one day, and I sat in my basement reciting the whole movie over and over. I got so into it too. It was funny. Too bad I didnt have a camera with me.

TimidDrake

09-14-2002, 07:47 PM

My mom is getting me the one ring for my b-day it's like $20, constantly bringing up lotr and refering and no one but maby a friend knows what i'm talking about, and going to learn quenya soon. I think i may be a litte obssed but oh well smilies/biggrin.gif.

NazgulNumberTen

09-14-2002, 07:51 PM

well...i don't know if it count as obsesive, but sooner or later i WILL have aragorn hair.
as for really obsessive..i wash my hands every 5 minutes...not...clean...

Nevfeniel

09-15-2002, 07:44 AM

Okay, this isn't necessarily obsessive, per se, but now whenever I read LotR, I can't help putting in the personality of the Barrow Downers instead of their canon counterparts.
ex: Gimli son of Glóin, Galadrie1, etc.
I can't help laughing.
Oh, and whenever I'm watching the Weathertop scene in the movie, I always expect another, slightly shorter, cloaked figure to run up and shout, "SAVE INVADER ZIM!!!!" then run off into the shadows.

[ September 15, 2002: Message edited by: Nevfeniel ]

NazgulNumberTen

09-22-2002, 06:09 PM

Oh, and whenever I'm watching the Weathertop scene in the movie, I always expect another, slightly shorter, cloaked figure to run up and shout, "SAVE INVADER ZIM!!!!" then run off into the shadows.
i gotta admit, that one made me laugh...SAVE INVADER ZIM!!!...(runs off into shadows)

Nevfeniel

09-22-2002, 07:43 PM

LOL
Today, when I was walking my dog, I had the strangest feeling that a car would be coming down the road soon. I said to my dog (yes, I talk to my dog. So what?), "I think we should get off the road." A few moments later, I look behind me, and there's a car coming so I say, "Get off the road! Quick!"

elengil

09-23-2002, 12:20 AM

Obsessive?? me?? noooo.. of course not.. I only have the counter number memorized when Orlando first come on screen.. I only have ever line he says memorizes.. I've only watched that horrid movie Wilde just to see the 53 seconds that Orlando makes an appearance.... but I wouldnt call that OBSESSIVE.....

Nevfeniel

09-26-2002, 05:17 PM

Okay. . . let's see. . . Oh! I named my seat on the bus Numenor because it's like an island (all the seats around it are empty). When I read, I'm reading a Middle-Earth book, listening to the LotR CD, and using a Legolas bookmark that I hand-made myself.
Aaaand. . . when I had to get married for a test grade (in other words, it was a project), I named my oldest "son" Sam, and I wanted to name my "daughter" Aerin, but I decided to change it to Eryn 'cause I don't want my "husband" to think I'm insane. I also named "our" cat Laurelin and wanted to name the dog Arnil (Noble White), but he didn't want to. smilies/frown.gif Okay, I've bored you all long enough.

OjosVerdes

09-27-2002, 10:44 PM

Ooh. I don't like the word 'obsessive.' It has bad connotations. 'Aficionado' is better. But then, how do you describe what you do? 'Aficionado-ish'? Hmm. OK, done babbling. Sorry, it's late. Anyway, aficionado-ish things that I do...

Well, I do the ring thing..but I think everyone here does.

One of my cats is named Merry(although I had her long before I discovered Tolkien...I maintain that it's a God thing smilies/smile.gif). Next pet I'd like to aquire is an orange teddy bear hamster to be named Gothmog. I named a friend's puppy Pippin -- odd thing is, he does look like a hobbit.

Umm..I made a LOTR board game(found the directions on the Tolkien Sarcasm Page) for a different friends birthday. (She's a Tolkienite too, so she loved it.) With this same friend, I once play-acted our very own parody of the Quest, with vegetables from one of those Fisher-Price kitchens(we were supposed to be babysitting). The other friend with us was...well..highly amused. Guess there's nothing like the sight of Frodo the Plastic Pizza Slice running around with the One Hot Pepper of Doom smilies/rolleyes.gif.

At one point, I was in the habit of eating a snack at 11:00 PM and calling it 'elevensies'. And I suppose my rants about the injustice of removing Tom Bombadil, Crickhollow, Fatty Bolger, Glorfindel etc. from the movie couldbe called obsessive. Sort of smilies/smile.gif. Ok, I think I've said enough, so I'm going to stop now.

LaurinaAinur

09-28-2002, 11:29 AM

What is the Tolkien Sarcasm Page, Mame? Sounds like fun! smilies/biggrin.gif

OjosVerdes

09-28-2002, 12:08 PM

Well, to quote the webmaster, the Tolkien Sarcasm Page is "a small but dense collection of strange documents, fun activities and crackpot theories inspired by the works of J.R.R. Tolkien". It's also a heck of a lot of fun -- especially the Tolkien Crackpot Theories. Here's a link.
Tolkien Sarcasm Page (http://www.flyingmoose.org/tolksarc/tolksarc.htm)

Nevfeniel

09-28-2002, 05:26 PM

I almost called my friend (who has to walk on crutches right now) Labadal, but I didn't, since she might not be as understanding as Sador and think that the name was out of scorn, not pity.

LaurinaAinur

09-28-2002, 07:13 PM

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!! Thanks Mame! I am a Sherlock Holmes reader, and the ones on that site are awfully and terribly funny. "Papa Smurf" is now my name for You Know Who. *Thinks of the 'psychotic trees' and starts laughing again* He he he! "They have killed Kenny!" exclaimed Lestrade. Too good!

[ September 28, 2002: Message edited by: LaurinaAinur ]

hobbitlass

09-30-2002, 04:34 PM

I mentioned this on another forum, but it fits here too.
For christmas, I received the 4 LOTR glasses from Burger King. I have used the Frodo one everyday since then (yes I wash it). And no one is allowed to use or touch it. Instant death! It's mine...my own precious! smilies/evil.gif

Demloth of Dol Amroth

10-01-2002, 08:19 PM

Next pet I'd like to aquire is an orange teddy bear hamster to be named Gothmog.
*bursts into a fit of hysterical laughter*
that sounds like something I'd do! maybe i should nickname our hissing rabbit The Balrog.

Nevfeniel

10-10-2002, 04:04 PM

sooner or later i WILL have aragorn hair. I know someone who has Aragorn's hair. But the REAL Aragorn is much nicer than this guy. . . and better looking.

[ October 10, 2002: Message edited by: Nevfeniel ]

Eruialiwen

10-10-2002, 08:44 PM

Obsessive? ME? Nahhh...

*I plan on dressing as an Elf for Halloween and when I go to see TTT

*Last weekend we had a bit of a family reunion and went out to a big restaurant...I wore my hair Legolas-style and was wearing a necklace that said LEGOLAS in letter beads with two green leaf beads on either side of the name...and I was calling my 6 year old niece "my hobbit" and did the whole "2nd breakfast" thing with her. Then she dived under our table and came up holding one of my Celtic band rings--it had fallen off my finger. It was the way she was holding it...I burst out "IT'S THE ONE RING! YOU'RE FRODO! MY PRECCIOUSSS!" And she and my 14 year old niece burst out laughing, but nobody else heard me because they were talking so loud *grin*

*I'm starting to act like an Elf...sitting/standing and watching silently...loving the woods like a wood-Elf...the posture, the silent walking...

*I'm saving up to buy The One Ring or something smilies/biggrin.gif And I'm ready for the action figures!!! I hope Mom understands....LOL And also saving up to get the extended DVD!

*I've seen the movie 6 times and seen the Special Features about as often!

*I greatly desire to learn archery...had a kick at it when I was 7 and have always wanted to do it since, especially now... Then I want to buy a bow and quiver and arrows and take them into the woods and just walk among the trees...with my Legolas hairdo... smilies/rolleyes.gif Ad almost every night I dream I'm shooting arrows!

*I've abandoned a story I've been writing since I was 13 and working furiously on a fanfic!

*I'm currently custom-making LOTR dollz for one of my websites! I watched the movie again just to put down the exact descriptions of the characters' clothes for it!!

*I'm attempting to make LOTR stationery for myself!

*I'm trying to get Mom hooked on LOTR, as she's a fantasy fanatic, and I know she's going to fall hard for Legolas because he's going to remind her of Link in her much loved "Legend of Zelda" video games! I'm going to get her to make me an Elven cloak and I'm going to buy Elven-looking boots...

*I'm trying to invent hte languages of the story I started when I was 13 that I've abandoned for my fanfic...LOL. I'm even speaking the language as I make it up! I WANNA BE LIKE TOLKIEN!!! He's my idol smilies/tongue.gif

*One of my friends loves book Legolas but detests movie Legolas and is always devising ways to torture him, and we have fun spats because of that, and she threatened to track me down and hang me if I was Arwen for Halloween

*Whenever I see mushrooms, I feign Pippin's accent and yell "MUSHROOMS!"

Obsessed? I think not! smilies/biggrin.gif

Diamond18

10-10-2002, 09:28 PM

I feel so boring. I like to quote the book or movie, and hang out at the Barrow Downs, but...that's about it. Well, I play the soundtrack music on my piano, I have LotR playing cards, I have LotR music CDs, I'll be getting the extended edition and then I'll watch it whenever I get a chance, I like to mimic Billy Boyd's Scottish accent, but that's about it.

arelendil

10-11-2002, 04:06 PM

i have to add the crazyest thing i've ever done
I had a lot of cardboard in my room and soo, turned my little brothers doors in to the doors of moria! My room is elven (kind of) yellow and green with ivy and birds!
i have a tolkien shelf in my room the only place i dust or tidy! all my school books are filled with elven poems and drawings and in french class i insist on writing the date on the board in elvish! Is that enough need i go on...

Eruialiwen

10-11-2002, 06:51 PM

Yep, I'm starting to write Elvish everywhere too... smilies/rolleyes.gif smilies/biggrin.gif I'm writing my name in Elvish (...Eruialiwen...) in books, etc. smilies/tongue.gif

Artanis

10-11-2002, 09:02 PM

I bear that name that was given to Galadreil by her father!(did you know that Nerwin means 'Man-madien? *shudders*) It is just the Latin translation, but I think it counts! I also do the ring thing, have a shrine in my room, and have made a solom oath to be a Telcontar in spirit, if not blood. All my friends (they are not Tolkies! smilies/frown.gif )hate me for that...

ilon

10-12-2002, 05:24 AM

Obsessive? I'd sometimes rise from bed repeatedly thinking i didn't lock some door and turned off some lights.

gralin musicteeth

10-12-2002, 08:28 AM

gralin musicteeth is my dwarvish name. nobody seems to like dwarves much, do they?

Amanaduial the archer

10-12-2002, 11:22 AM

im afraid, and this is a compliment, im not as wierd as you guys. *ducks assortment of flying rocks, tomatoes etc* Hey, i said twas a compliment!

My obsessivity will no doubt flare up when TTT comes out but for now....*sigh*

Still, my nicknames vary and most are LOTRish. Mim (as in a dwarf in the sil, and short for amy), hobbit (im 5ft 1)and elfy (my hairs quite blonde, long and i have a tendency to wear it in a half ponytail. plus i used to do archery.)

Artanis

10-12-2002, 09:14 PM

Oh, yeah, I forgot...I have a shrine to LOTR in my room (anyone here live outside the states? They are all Kinder Egg figures! I have only 4, but they are some of my fav charectors...I have Aragorn(got him first!) and Galadreil, and Frodo, and Boromere(don't like him so much, but oh, well) and I tend to babble on and on about my addiction and not use periods, except in groups of 3...

doug*platypus

12-28-2002, 08:34 AM

I'm here aren't I??

Nianna Telmnar

12-28-2002, 10:51 AM

Hmmm...well, the only really odd thing I can think of that I've done is this:
One day me and my friends were sitting at lunch and we assing ME names to all the places on Campus. (admistration was barad-dur, my friends dorm was Rivendel, etc.) then when we had to go anywhere on campus that day, we called it by that name. Hehe. some of the blank stares we got. it was fun.

[ December 28, 2002: Message edited by: Nianna Telmnar ]

hobbitlass

12-28-2002, 12:17 PM

I have an update about my own precious. The Burger King Frodo glass I talked about in my post (about 13 back). It's LOST...the precious is no more...I broke it!! WAAHAAHAA!! Sixteen days before Christmas, making it a full year of using it everyday, I was reaching for sugar when I knocked the soy sauce bottle onto my Frodo glass. And it split in two. smilies/mad.gif I am lost without it. I can't choose which glass to use, cause I stare into the cupboard hoping it will magically appear whole.

Gorwingel

12-28-2002, 06:35 PM

I am not really obsessive but ...

I wear my Elven Brooch on my coat and wear it almost everyday.
I have a FOTR movie poster on my wall (the final one from the cover of the theatrical DVD) and I sometimes say hi, or hello to Frodo smilies/rolleyes.gif
I am always talking about it, to my family and friends, and it always just ends up in my conversations (by mistake, of course smilies/wink.gif )
Me and my sister (who is kind of a fan, but more of an obsessive Orlando Bloom fan) quote lines from the movie, and sometimes practice our English accents smilies/cool.gif
She wants to go to England, and get an accent, and date an English guy.

Pipkin Sweetgrass

12-28-2002, 08:20 PM

My name is Pipkin and I'm a Ringoholic.
I've read the books once a year at least since 1969.
I have a thing for Boromir to the point where, when I met my husband-to-be, the first thing I thought was, "Hey, he could be a Boromir!" Large, strapping, MUSCULAR 17 year old who got transfered to my school. That was 32 years ago and I still adore him. He loves sweets, so I call him Beornomir.
I stand in front of automatic doors and say, "Mellon!".
Online I hang out in Frodo's kitchen with a bunch of other Middle Earthlings. We sometimes actually throw parties for the hobbits.
When my in-laws come, I say, "Crebain from Dunland!" and hide behind the couch.
If I come up on a traffic jam I shout, "You shall not pass!".
My two year old granddaughter can actually do a passable Gollum saying "my precious".
If there's a traffic detour I say, "What new devilry is this?".
While decorating my mother-in-laws house, after a long, tiring half-day, I said to Beornomir, "Not with ten thousand men could you do this thing.".
I have more rings than I can ever, ever wear....and I want MORE!
So no, I'm not obsessed, it's just a passin' fancy.

Horse-Maiden of the Shire

12-30-2002, 11:41 AM

everytime I see a LotR commercial on TV, i spazz and start waving my hands, getting all excited. I ALWAYS find a way to integrate LotR into my conversations. (because of Pippin) i want to move to Scotland and get a Scottish accent. I count down the days to the movies opening starting in October, around my b-day. Whenever something happens, I quote LotR characters. I've seen FotR 13 times, and I talk all through the movie, reciting the lines in the characters' accents. i think thats enuff.
Crebain from Dunland? hahaha thats great! i love that smilies/biggrin.gif

Nevfeniel

01-01-2003, 02:54 PM

So, my topic still lives? Yay!
*clears throat*
When I found a few catalogs from the Container Store, I noticed that they were having a sale on a product called "Elfa". So of course I had to go through both catalogs and either cut or mark out the "a" at the end. So now, the top of all the pages say, "Annual elf sale 30% off!"
I would like to buy 2 elves, please smilies/wink.gif.

laziieye

01-02-2003, 09:28 PM

When i read, i wear a hooded sweatshirt with my hood on to get the feel of the book. :]

elvenprincess3

01-04-2003, 10:39 PM

On the obessive things, my brother, his best friend, and I were at the sold out movie theater seeing LOTR and my brother noticed that I was wearing 'THE RING' from his bookmark he got for his birthday. He, his best friend, and I all started fighting over the ring. My brother was like 'give it back, it is mine.' They eventually won and got the ring away from me, but everyone around us was watching us like 'you freaks.' Then my brohter was like, "Don't you love the end when..." the guys in front of us turned around and asked if we were going to shut-up before the movie started. We didn't. smilies/wink.gif

Nevfeniel

01-04-2003, 11:18 PM

Lol, you should have called your brother Gollum and told him that if he had the ring, it would only destroy him.

LOTR_know-it-all55

01-04-2003, 11:33 PM

well mine's too lon to type again so go look at it under movies-obsession

LOTR_know-it-all55

01-04-2003, 11:45 PM

Here's mine~ My room is covered in LOTR memorabilia.I call my little brothers Bilbo and Frodo. The latter eats a second breakfast to become more hobbit-like. (A boy after my own heart) I have watched the FOTR almost everyday since it came out on DVD. I read the books (doesn't matter which one) every day. I spend way too much money on LOTR stuff and movie tickets. I have been nicknamed LOTRknow-it-all by classmates and teachers.(thus the screen name)I domnload every single thing I possibly can from the internet. (lordoftherings.net) I can quote the entire FOTR movie and I'm working on TTT. I wear the One Ring on a chain and havent taken it off since Dec 19 2001. Oh well the first step is admitting you have a problem...

Sindafalathiel

01-05-2003, 02:01 PM

I'm not obsessed as some, but I swear I might turn hobbit this summer. O, yes precious, I might. I'm gonna try belgian beer. I have the one ring, and I argue with myself sometimes, don't I precious? OoO...it's snowing...hard...NO!!! SARUMAN'S GOT IT IN FOR ME! I SWEAR I'M NOT ON CARADHRAS! AND I'M NOT GONNA DESTROY THE PRECIOUS!! YOU HEAR ME?

Sindafalathiel

01-05-2003, 02:04 PM

Oh, and my hair is always braided in elf fashion, I have and use a shire calendar(made it meself) I have two bookmarks my mom got me from the school she teaches at.

Balin999

01-06-2003, 12:18 PM

the first really obsessive thing I did happened two days ago.
We had a special party yesterday, so two days ago I tried on my suit and I noticed that it didn't fit well anymore because I have grown a little bit in the middle, as you could say. So i said to myself that I wasn't going to eat anything that day before our party.
In the evening I nearly faded because I was so damn hungry, so my girlfriend gave me some bread with ham. Her cat approached, well-knowing that I had something to eat. My girlfriend said "No Lilly, Thomas has something for you."

The cat looked at me.

I looked at my bread.

The cat looked at my bread.

I looked at the cat. And then I went something like "No! It's mine! MIIIINE! My preciousssss!" My girlfriend just mumbled something like: "Idiot!"
(It was in german so it sounded a little bit cooler : Mein Schaaaaatz)

Taure Leafsilver

01-08-2003, 08:53 PM

I guess Im a bit obsessive. I enjoy quoting whering my brooch and squeeling with joy when I find something to do with LOTR.On hobbit day, ((september 22)) I drew a pic in my history note book of my rp chariter, Stella wering a "I LOVE HOBBITS!" T-shirt and my teacher picked it up an laughed at me but luckly didnt say anything. I also hiss "my preciousssssss" alot.....people stare OH! and when TTT came out I was first in line and got really impatiant and started tapping on the window and jumping around. again I got stared at.

bombur

01-10-2003, 10:01 AM

I just recently found a piece of fabulous memoraphilia. It is a decorative ring made by a realtive. It is old enough and well made enough to have some value as piece of semi-antique (1943). There is also a great and ideological story linked to it and it can be seen from the decorations on it. So I took to wearing the ring and showing off with it. Every now and then someone to whom I show it, reaches out and says: "let me see."

I suppose you can guess my reply to that: "NOOOO! It'sss our precssssioussss!"

[ January 10, 2003: Message edited by: bombur ]

Galenfea of Mirkwood.

01-11-2003, 09:38 AM

Where could I start? (though I don't measure up to any of you) I quote LotR a lot, made myself a badge saying "Legolas Rules!", wear my hair in Legolas plaits, want to take up arcery AND swordfighting AND learn elvish and am going to have a LotR themed fancy dress party. Also sometimes when I'm riding I let go of the reins and pretend to shoot orcs, own a wooden sword named Anuril (long story) and have covered my walls with LotR posters. That's all I can think of at the moment. smilies/smile.gif

Galenfea of Mirkwood.

01-11-2003, 09:41 AM

Forgive my spelling. that should be Archery and Anduril

Airerûthiel

01-11-2003, 09:49 AM

I used to have a LotR door hanger (one of those bits of cardboard with a hole it that you hang on a door handle to tell people if they can come in or not) that I made myself. It had 'You shall not pass!' on one side and Wormtongue's greeting to Gandalf when the four companions come to Edoras on the other.

I call my friend Hobbit because she's pretty short, and I call one of my other friends Mrs Greenleaf because she is a Legolas obsessive! If people admire stuff I have I also like to say, "It's mine...my own...my precious!!!...". Oh, and whenever I'm chatting to my friends on MSN I use 'elen síla lúmenn' omentielvo' for hi and 'Anar caluva tielyanna' when I sign off.

Arestelwen

01-11-2003, 01:14 PM

You guys are freeks!!!!!!!
but what can I say I'm one of you!!!!!!!!!!!

-In my classroom we used to have papers on the wall were we wrote what we wanted, so I wrote all over it in the feanorean charaters... nobady understood.
-I talk to myself in quenya when I'm alone or in the street.....
-after a saw the two towers, I was at the mall with my friends. They were behind me, so I turned and started walking queer and saying "thisssssss way, yessssss preciousssssss, fallow me. Gollum, Gollum. Nissssssce hobbitsssss! (people actually stoped walking to stare at me and my friends turnesd aside)
-every time someone wants to see something mine..... well, you can imagine.
-I have a cloak, an elvish dress (still making it) and several similar stuff.......
-I've got lots of rings, but I call one of the "the ring of power". Once I lost it and went histeric til I found it.
-I alway have my hair like an elf (besides, it's very long)
-I read Lotr every day
-My friends at school call me elfa, thatr would be she-elf in spanish.
-I made my own rune with all my initials (5 in total)
-sometimes I say galdelf's spells to see if I can open doors or things like that (never works)
-I actually cried when I couldn't go to the premiere of the film here in my city.
-Trying to find the way to make lembas
-I talk to and about my friends saying they are dwarves, hobbits or elves
-I'm sure there's some kind of gonblin in my room (strge things happen there, so I speak to it in quenya.........

And the list goes on and on...

My mother just stares at me and laughs, thinks I'm crazy..

Why on Middle Earth would she think that??????

Lossentilien

01-11-2003, 03:30 PM

Hmm.... obsessive things. I used to wear one of my rings on a chain round my neck, it's now on my finger, cause it was quite LOTRish. I often say random words/ sentences in Sindain when I'm alone, I'm planning to learn to drive asap and go to the London premier for ROTK, I have a "LOTR wall" covered in pictures, refer to the special extended dvd as my precious....(my friend finally got suspicious and I had to give it to her *wails*)I have managed to find ways to revolve my art/design projects around LOTR and characters, and I have "The One Ring" glass- xmas pressie. That's all I can think of....just now.
BTW, what are the rings from these bookmarks people keep talking about?? I've seen the ring on a stand thing, but never on a bookmark.

Lossentilien

01-11-2003, 03:34 PM

Do your friends know about your obsessions? Cause one of mine knows a litte, but I think they might actually have me committed if they ever found out. My sister already teases me constantly. And my mum thinks it's a bit weird, she now just rolls her eyes whenever LOTR comes up.

Eglaladiel

01-11-2003, 08:28 PM

when i want something all to my self i say the gullom line (is there any point in saying something you all noe? nope. so i wont say the gullom phrase) yah. i do that. a lot. my friends give me funny looks, but they are used to it....but one of my friends likes LotR s too, so we noe wat im taking about....and it comforts me to noe im not alone in this world of mine....

Luinoth,Heir_of_Rohan

01-11-2003, 08:41 PM

Ooooooooooooooooooooooo boy I get to make a list. Yay!

1.I bought the one ring and whenever my friends try to grab it to look at the engravings i snatch it back and start cursing them and saying:We hatesssssssssssssssssssssssss it........hatesssssssssssssssssssssssssssss it.......
2.I bought the Light and Sound Sting toy thingy and my friend bought the mordor balde one and i went to his house. So i put the ring down to go to the bathroom. I came back and he had picked it up so I started hacking at him with Sting. So he finally picked up his mordor blade and tried blocking. We fought fro about 1 hour till i finally go it from his hand and put it around my neck.
3.I spent like 40.00 bucks on Lord of the Rings life sized stand-ups and placed them all around my bedroom. I especially like the 4 Black Riders I put outside my door. They're in that post that they are when they fight the four hobbits when Frodo get's stabbed where they all have their swords above their faces.

Nevfeniel

01-11-2003, 09:13 PM

Trying to find the way to make lembas

Actually, you can find a recipe for lembashere (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=14&t=000609).

Galenfea of Mirkwood.

01-12-2003, 09:03 AM

I've been busy.I've made my own personal LotR website! it's
here (http://www12.brinkster.com/galenfea) in case you're interested.

[ January 12, 2003: Message edited by: Galenfea of Mirkwood. ]

Arestelwen

01-12-2003, 01:19 PM

My friends know a little about my crazyness, but I'd be cursed if they found out all

Balin999

01-14-2003, 06:43 AM

I just remembered that when I exit windows, I have a short melody and then it says
Come back, to Mordor we will take you.
It sounds pretty cool, a little bit scary smilies/smile.gif

Hilde Bracegirdle

01-24-2003, 05:51 AM

I'm seriously concidering entering the lines of elves and the 3 houses of men on my Family Treemaker software....I don't think my family would understand. Hmmm.

Horse-Maiden of the Shire

01-25-2003, 05:45 PM

hm,, i was supposed to see TTT today....my mom changed her mind at the last second smilies/frown.gif!! and i went upstairs and cried for a few minutes. REALLY! And my only LOTR crazed friend is moving away to Calgary and im in Manitoba so Im going to fly out there in december so we can see RotK together....and were going to see it on the day it opens this time....i didnt get to for TTT or FotR...damned school!! smilies/frown.gif
I WANT THE ONE RING!!! what are you talking about, these bookmarks? "Bookmarks, Precious? What iss these Bookmarrks, eh Precious?"

[ January 25, 2003: Message edited by: Horse-Maiden of the Shire ]

Duncariel

01-25-2003, 08:54 PM

On the day that TTT opened I was in school and could not see it, so my crazed friend and I wrote every name from the characters in the movie on the chalk board and called it "therapy". That was fun smilies/evil.gif

Hirilaelin

01-28-2003, 07:58 PM

Well, I call my sister, "the evil that does not sleep" because shekeeps me up late. (Another one for my short list! Yay!)

Wow Pipkin! I only started being a fan last year! Silly me... smilies/rolleyes.gif

Anyway all, wow, we do strange things for stuff we love!! smilies/biggrin.gif

~Hirilaelin

luin'loki

01-30-2003, 05:32 PM

HEhe...i do vey obsessive things of LotR.Here are some...
1.I made a file of all the actors and characters
2.I always talk about LotR(hey, Im a gemini! I am alwayz doing that!)
3.I have seen the movies over 100 times
4.I have painted my bedroom dark green and black with my uncle's help all of the characters
4.I have all LotR posters on my walls
5.I have a Legolas background( i am very obsessed with him)
6.i am an Elf.Literally! I have the pointy ears and am tall and everything!

this is all I can think of right now! bye!

[ January 30, 2003: Message edited by: luin'loki ]