What do you assign to Mordor?

[Celuien]

I assign having to park my car on the street at 20th and South after circling in a half hour search for open spaces, then walk all the way to Rittenhouse Square.

Granted, it's only half a mile and I usually walk about 5 miles a day (or did before my annoying schedule took over my life ). But trying to do it in heels while carrying a very heavy viola case was a bit painful.

Right. And I'll assign parallel parking too. I don't like it.

And performance related nerves. I'm fine once I'm onstage (performance went well), but before going out I'm so nervous that my hands shake. Not good for playing long, smooth bow notes.

Oh well. It was for a good cause. I didn't count since I'm not in charge of organizing the concert, but my eyeball estimate of the donations jar looked like we raised about $400 to $500 (concert was for Lou Gehrig's disease research).

[Eonwe]

I'll go with...finals. Though I'm sure they've already been assigned before, then can stand being assigned twice. Or three times, for that matter.

More importantly, I assign not being adiquaitely prepared.

The only redeeming thing about finals is the fact that you can look at them and say, "All I have to do is survive for three days, and then I will be through. Never agian will I have to cram, or at least never again in three months." That is a bit reasuring.

Also, I assign distractions, such as friends, CoD, yes, the Downs, band practice, work, and Stephen Ambross. They belong there for a week, and then they can come back.

Lastly, I assign myself, for allowing myself to suffer from such an accute case of procrastination.

Now, down to business...

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I assign having written an entire long character outline and discovering that some time within the past few weeks, as you've not looked at it recently due to spring break, finals week, last week of classes, lots of homework, being homesick, etc (in reverse order, of course)... you lost the whole flipping thing.

It was for Illamatar! I worked hard writing and editing his creation of the world! I just scrolled through my AtM2 information and it's gone.......

Unless LMP saved a copy (I'm not even positive he's read it... can't remember if I sent it to him), I have to rewrite it. Grr....

And I assign being cold and I assign spring rain. I know it's making the leaves unfurl, but... I miss being warm. Horrible tantalizing NY springs! One day sunny and warm enough to go jacket-less, the next raining and shivery.

[Lhunardawen]

I assign my inability to indulge in a good cry despite desperately wanting to because I have never learned the skill of shedding tears at will and I hate it that the tears come only when I don't want them to and it makes me feel so bad that I can't somehow alleviate whatever heaviness I'm feeling because I can't even cry about it but I think that I was just too confused to cry so I just wanted someone to listen to me and comfort me and although I love my mom dearly and I tell her almost everything she didn't quite seem to fit the bill that time because the person I was looking for was a Downer but that didn't make sense because one the person is a Downer and the waters are vast and the time zones hindering and two I couldn't even understand what was disturbing me so much and I doubt that I could have put it in words so I don't know how I would have been able to let it all out so I ended up just staring morosely at nothing outside the car window and trying to make sense out of nonsense and going back to my pathetic and futile attempts to cry.

[JennyHallu]

Lhuna, lots of hugs are winging their way across the Continental US and the Pacific Ocean, just for you. Be patient...they're the warm and fuzzy sort, and they don't travel very fast. But wheeeee...there they go!

[Mithalwen]

I assign the needless renaming of things. The local hospital has renamed the Maternity Unit, "The Birthing Centre" - I assume that it is a dumbing down for the benefit of the "service users" who are taking a break from their secondary education and may not be able to cope with latinate words - unless of course they are anticipating some medical breakthrough that would enable men to give birth and they need a gender neutral name (which would be such a splendid prospect that I'd forgive them!!) but my main gripe is that apart from sounding like something you do to ships, I think that it is a bad move to get too graphic with most medical things. Will the operating theatre become "the Carvery"? And ... well I am sure you can imagine others for yourselves.....

[Encaitare]

Will the operating theatre become "the Carvery"?

*grins macabrely*