What do you "assign" to the Shire? - Page 22 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Feanor of the Peredhil · 11-04-2006, 08:04 PM

No comments on this, Saucie...

I assign my parents for um... understanding me.

Kath · 11-05-2006, 06:20 AM

Better post quick so Sauce can't get in on that one!

I assign seeing friends again after a long parting and lunch out when you're not paying for it.

ninja91 · 11-05-2006, 09:24 AM

Fast cross country courses.

the guy who be short · 11-05-2006, 09:36 AM

Making a kick-donkey assembly! And incorporating the song "I'm Holding out for a Hero."

Laitoste · 11-14-2006, 09:17 PM

Opening Wikipedia and seeing that the featured article was on Tolkien. And then having friends to share this fact with!

Lhunardawen · 11-14-2006, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Laitoste

Opening Wikipedia and seeing that the featured article was on Tolkien. And then having friends to share this fact with!

I just saw the same thing a few hours ago. Oooh, creepy.

Thinlómien · 11-15-2006, 02:21 AM

Finally contacting a friend from your early childhood after a few years silence...

piosenniel · 11-15-2006, 03:59 AM

The first mug of Old Peculier.

Lovely brew . . . lovely . . .

Rune Son of Bjarne · 11-17-2006, 06:05 AM

Häagen-Dazs

The name totaly fooled me, I thought it was a German brand.

Rikae · 11-17-2006, 10:56 AM

I assign this thread to the Shire; reading it has improved my mood dramatically.

I also assign to the Shire:
Curly, crunchy red fall leaves scattered over a wet sidewalk that reflects bare branches against an overcast sky.

The conjunction of rich, strong coffee, Kate Bush, Borges and DSL.

My two year old when she hugged me and said "that's my mommy!"

Feta cheese, parmesan cheese, brie, provalone, fresh mozzerella, extra sharp smoked cheddar; oh, just, cheese in general.

Pesto sauce, warm crusty sourdough bread right out of the oven, grapes picked from my own vines, matar paneer, rice noodles with peanut sauce, macaroons, baklava, tiramisu, peaches, chai, real homemade linguini...etc.

The smell of garden soil when you first dig into it in the springtime.

The scent of star magnolias.

The color of the sky just after sunset, when it's the most saturated, glowing sapphire blue.

Russian sage, lilacs, violets, lamb's ears, lavender, phlox, virginia creeper, thyme, roses, peonies, allium, physostegia...

Warm, comfy slippers that don't look silly or fall off.

Knowing I'm leaving in 50 days (plane tickets - $516. Travelcard - $25. Finally seeing London - preciousss!)

The tiny red bugs that live in books; raccoons; white deer; wild geese.

The moment when the whole semester's work is finished ...

Sorry for being so long-winded. Once you get going, it's hard to stop.

Macalaure · 11-17-2006, 02:05 PM

I assign Rikae to the Shire for this heart-lifting post.

Rikae · 11-18-2006, 11:51 AM

Awww, shucks. Then I assign Mac to the Shire!

Macalaure · 11-19-2006, 08:37 AM

Thanks, Rikae!

Though, I just realized that line above was my first assign-to-the-shire post at all!

(eight to Mordor...)
So I think I'm not really all that shire-worthy.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 11-19-2006, 09:58 AM

Oh my... how could I ever have forgotten this? This is amazing...

I assign the smell of hot breakfast being cooked late on a Sunday morning... Oh, how could I possibly have forgotten that mum always makes a fantastic brunch? She'll smile as I come downstairs and tease about there being no better alarm clock than the smell of good food. It's what always happens, and I always forget...

Oh, being home rocks.

THE Ka · 11-21-2006, 07:39 PM

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The moment when the whole semester's work is finished ...

To quote The Temptations, I second that emotion.

I started out thinking I wouldn't find any of my professeurs that interesting, but now I am sort of sad to be leaving them. Except, one more year with Madame Julie, which shall be tres cool.

As thus, I would like to assign to the shire, wonderful french professeurs, who are as surprising as their expertise.

Also, first year anniversaries. Je t'aime mon petit choux, Il me déraille, il est aimable, pensif, et l'oh si romantique, mon homme des lettres.

Also, good friends, who haven't given up on themselves entirely. It is nice to feel that giving advice and having un peu parler has done some good.

Last but not least, new paintbrushes and paint! I can't wait to try them out.

~ Ka

Thinlómien · 11-22-2006, 02:41 AM

I assign the feeling that you get when you know you're never ever going to have a chemistry lesson in your life. It just feels wonderful.

Rikae · 11-24-2006, 09:32 AM

A couple day-after-Thanksgiving things for the Shire:

-Pecan pie for breakfast
-Internet shopping

littlemanpoet · 11-24-2006, 12:18 PM

I assign that mysterious occurence when brand new plot twists come out of nowhere but are so obvious once you see them that the writing just flows.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 11-25-2006, 12:32 AM

Cost of gas to drive to Toys 'R' Us on Black Friday: $5

Lego Vikings sets: $33.80

Staying up late after work with your big brother and some wine and re-enacting Beowulf's death scene with your brand spanking new Lego dragon: priceless.

Mithalwen · 11-25-2006, 06:29 AM

Rainbows ...so pretty and the sun and rain thing so fascinating..

Oh and being proved right

Mithalwen · 12-04-2006, 03:13 PM

Unexpected peopel being king in the midst of a bad day.

Getting Christmas cards from friends across the country and across the world - after having the really horrible day on Friday it was great to receive news, good wishes, and invitations to visit.

Getting the Christmas tree ( and a free glass of mulled wine) and starting to fill the house with lights.

Finding baubles in exactly the right shade of rose red you coveted..... in an unexpected place..

Kath · 12-04-2006, 06:40 PM

18 hours sleep after 3 days of getting up early and continual exercise. It was quite startling to wake up and realise just how long I'd been asleep, but it did feel wonderful.

Rune Son of Bjarne · 12-04-2006, 06:47 PM

I did not that was possible to do, Kath !

Kath · 12-04-2006, 06:48 PM

Apparently so! I like sleep.

Rune Son of Bjarne · 12-04-2006, 08:11 PM

Me too I love sleep. . .but I seldom sleep more than 10 hours.

Celuien · 12-05-2006, 09:00 PM

Lengthy conversations with my sister about the Krebs cycle via IM...written in 1337. Such fun.

Nogrod · 12-05-2006, 09:20 PM

Seeing your (now) former students celebrating their day of getting out of the school!

How they and you yourself love the thing and still feel so sorry about it!

When that feels both ways, it's heaven and hell at the same time.

So good! So happy!

Lhunardawen · 12-05-2006, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Celuien

Lengthy conversations with my sister about the Krebs cycle via IM...written in 1337. Such fun.

Wow.

Celuien · 12-06-2006, 06:59 AM

We were trying to come up with a story about the cycle to help her memorize it for finals next week. Finals, by the way, belong in Mordor, and I'm glad I don't have final exams anymore. It was a pretty horrible story. Example: It all started when Ox[aloacetate] and Py[ruvate] got together over orange juice [=citrus fruit = citrate]. Then they left, so the juice was alone [alone = isolated = isocitrate].

I think the 1337 made the story more memorable.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 12-06-2006, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Celuien

Finals, by the way, belong in Mordor

So true. My only two finals are both the last day of finals week.

I assign the friends of mine that are paying for me to eat next week, because I've got about $30 left on my meal card to last me until next Friday.

littlemanpoet · 12-06-2006, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Celuien

It all started when Ox[aloacetate] and Py[ruvate] got together over orange juice [=citrus fruit = citrate]. Then they left, so the juice was alone [alone = isolated = isocitrate].

I say old bean, that most assuredly belongs in Mordor - or at least ATM.

THE Ka · 12-06-2006, 04:01 PM

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So true. My only two finals are both the last day of finals week.

I feel guilty for celebrating the end of the quarter now, since my finals ended yesterday, and all of my friends have them today and tomorrow. Well, at least there is friday.

I assign to the Shire finals via final papers. They seem to be less of a worry over, and much more rewarding to turn in. Especially when you can finally go to sleep at night and not have half of the paper going through your head, because you've re-read it millions of times.

~ Ka

Orominuialwen · 12-11-2006, 01:15 AM

Having one of your classes finish more than a month before all your others. And having the final for said class be a take-home test.

Tea. Especially chai. There's nothing better to warm you up on a cold day than a steaming mug.

Kath · 12-11-2006, 03:17 AM

Sitting in the kitchen trying to revise, and being interrupted by the sudden need of my housemates to be 5 again. We made paper snowflakes and started a collection for Christmas decorations, and we made an extremely irreverent nativity scene. It was great fun.

littlemanpoet · 12-11-2006, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by THE Ka

Especially when you can finally go to sleep at night and not have half of the paper going through your head, because you've re-read it millions of times.

Huh. I s'pose I slept better in uni than the average bloke, but it would've done me good grade-wise if maybe I'd re-read my papers more than about half a time....

Lalwendë · 12-11-2006, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Kath

Sitting in the kitchen trying to revise, and being interrupted by the sudden need of my housemates to be 5 again. We made paper snowflakes and started a collection for Christmas decorations, and we made an extremely irreverent nativity scene. It was great fun.

Christmas is so much fun when you live in a shared house - we used to have a traditional enormous pre-Christmas feast, before everyone went home for the season. One of the blokes would cook it and we'd cram into the living room and eat until we burst. Lovely.

Sent it before and I send it again: Christmas! Fab! I've just come home from an afternoon spent eating and drinking with colleagues and laughing about weird stuff, to a lovely fully trimmed up living room. I've got about 300 white lights and a load of blue ones in the window and its lovely and cosy. Two weeks today I shall be lying on the settee, full of roast beef and gravy and roast taters and sprouts and feeling all content, like any good Hobbit should.

Mithalwen · 12-11-2006, 03:16 PM

finding a handbag you coveted but didn't really need has been reduced to a no-brainer price

And getting nearer to finishing present shopping....

And my beautiful Christmas tree - killing a tree is the environmentally sound option, they are a local crop and it will be recycled

Lalaith · 12-17-2006, 04:15 AM

my birthday present, preciousss...

Lhunardawen · 12-19-2006, 05:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Lalaith

my birthday present, preciousss...

Oh, it's so adorable!

Rune Son of Bjarne · 12-20-2006, 03:34 PM

That the Danish television is keeping up the tradition of showing LotR in the Christmas time.

the 26th RotK will be shown for the first time on Danish Television.

11-04-2006, 08:04 PM	#841
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,956	No comments on this, Saucie... I assign my parents for um... understanding me. __________________ peace

11-05-2006, 06:20 AM	#842
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,725	Better post quick so Sauce can't get in on that one! I assign seeing friends again after a long parting and lunch out when you're not paying for it. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

11-14-2006, 09:17 PM	#845
Laitoste Wight Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Behind the hills Posts: 164	Opening Wikipedia and seeing that the featured article was on Tolkien. And then having friends to share this fact with! __________________ "If we're still alive in the morning, we'll know that we're not dead."~South Park

11-15-2006, 02:21 AM	#847
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,385	Finally contacting a friend from your early childhood after a few years silence... __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

11-15-2006, 03:59 AM	#848
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,816	The first mug of Old Peculier. Lovely brew . . . lovely . . . __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.

11-05-2006, 09:36 AM	#844
the guy who be short Shadowed Prince Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Thulcandra Posts: 2,496	Making a kick-donkey assembly! And incorporating the song "I'm Holding out for a Hero."

11-17-2006, 10:56 AM	#850
Rikae Mellifluous Maia Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A glade open to the stars, deep in Nan Elmoth Posts: 3,533	I assign this thread to the Shire; reading it has improved my mood dramatically. I also assign to the Shire: Curly, crunchy red fall leaves scattered over a wet sidewalk that reflects bare branches against an overcast sky. The conjunction of rich, strong coffee, Kate Bush, Borges and DSL. My two year old when she hugged me and said "that's my mommy!" Feta cheese, parmesan cheese, brie, provalone, fresh mozzerella, extra sharp smoked cheddar; oh, just, cheese in general. Pesto sauce, warm crusty sourdough bread right out of the oven, grapes picked from my own vines, matar paneer, rice noodles with peanut sauce, macaroons, baklava, tiramisu, peaches, chai, real homemade linguini...etc. The smell of garden soil when you first dig into it in the springtime. The scent of star magnolias. The color of the sky just after sunset, when it's the most saturated, glowing sapphire blue. Russian sage, lilacs, violets, lamb's ears, lavender, phlox, virginia creeper, thyme, roses, peonies, allium, physostegia... Warm, comfy slippers that don't look silly or fall off. Knowing I'm leaving in 50 days (plane tickets - $516. Travelcard - $25. Finally seeing London - preciousss!) The tiny red bugs that live in books; raccoons; white deer; wild geese. The moment when the whole semester's work is finished ... Sorry for being so long-winded. Once you get going, it's hard to stop. Last edited by Rikae; 11-18-2006 at 07:51 PM. Reason: silly Rikae misspelled 'raccoons'!

11-17-2006, 02:05 PM	#851
Macalaure Fading Fëanorion Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: into the flood again Posts: 2,947	I assign Rikae to the Shire for this heart-lifting post.

11-18-2006, 11:51 AM	#852
Rikae Mellifluous Maia Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A glade open to the stars, deep in Nan Elmoth Posts: 3,533	Awww, shucks. Then I assign Mac to the Shire!

11-19-2006, 08:37 AM	#853
Macalaure Fading Fëanorion Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: into the flood again Posts: 2,947	Thanks, Rikae! Though, I just realized that line above was my first assign-to-the-shire post at all! (eight to Mordor...) So I think I'm not really all that shire-worthy.

11-19-2006, 09:58 AM	#854
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,956	Oh my... how could I ever have forgotten this? This is amazing... I assign the smell of hot breakfast being cooked late on a Sunday morning... Oh, how could I possibly have forgotten that mum always makes a fantastic brunch? She'll smile as I come downstairs and tease about there being no better alarm clock than the smell of good food. It's what always happens, and I always forget... Oh, being home rocks. __________________ peace

11-22-2006, 02:41 AM	#856
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,385	I assign the feeling that you get when you know you're never ever going to have a chemistry lesson in your life. It just feels wonderful. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

11-24-2006, 09:32 AM	#857
Rikae Mellifluous Maia Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A glade open to the stars, deep in Nan Elmoth Posts: 3,533	A couple day-after-Thanksgiving things for the Shire: -Pecan pie for breakfast -Internet shopping

11-24-2006, 12:18 PM	#858
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,072	I assign that mysterious occurence when brand new plot twists come out of nowhere but are so obvious once you see them that the writing just flows.

11-25-2006, 12:32 AM	#859
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,956	Cost of gas to drive to Toys 'R' Us on Black Friday: $5 Lego Vikings sets: $33.80 Staying up late after work with your big brother and some wine and re-enacting Beowulf's death scene with your brand spanking new Lego dragon: priceless. __________________ peace

11-25-2006, 06:29 AM	#860
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,916	Rainbows ...so pretty and the sun and rain thing so fascinating.. Oh and being proved right __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

12-04-2006, 03:13 PM	#861
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,916	Unexpected peopel being king in the midst of a bad day. Getting Christmas cards from friends across the country and across the world - after having the really horrible day on Friday it was great to receive news, good wishes, and invitations to visit. Getting the Christmas tree ( and a free glass of mulled wine) and starting to fill the house with lights. Finding baubles in exactly the right shade of rose red you coveted..... in an unexpected place.. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

12-04-2006, 06:40 PM	#862
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,725	18 hours sleep after 3 days of getting up early and continual exercise. It was quite startling to wake up and realise just how long I'd been asleep, but it did feel wonderful. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

12-04-2006, 06:48 PM	#864
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,725	Apparently so! I like sleep. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

12-05-2006, 09:00 PM	#866
Celuien Riveting Ribbiter Join Date: May 2005 Location: Assigned to Mordor Posts: 1,795	Lengthy conversations with my sister about the Krebs cycle via IM...written in 1337. Such fun. __________________ People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect. But actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey... stuff.

12-05-2006, 09:20 PM	#867
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,330	Seeing your (now) former students celebrating their day of getting out of the school! How they and you yourself love the thing and still feel so sorry about it! When that feels both ways, it's heaven and hell at the same time. So good! So happy! __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...

12-06-2006, 06:59 AM	#869
Celuien Riveting Ribbiter Join Date: May 2005 Location: Assigned to Mordor Posts: 1,795	We were trying to come up with a story about the cycle to help her memorize it for finals next week. Finals, by the way, belong in Mordor, and I'm glad I don't have final exams anymore. It was a pretty horrible story. Example: It all started when Ox[aloacetate] and Py[ruvate] got together over orange juice [=citrus fruit = citrate]. Then they left, so the juice was alone [alone = isolated = isocitrate]. I think the 1337 made the story more memorable. __________________ People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect. But actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey... stuff.

12-11-2006, 01:15 AM	#873
Orominuialwen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: Umbar, but before the corsairs took over. (Ave Maria University, FL, USA) Posts: 705	Having one of your classes finish more than a month before all your others. And having the final for said class be a take-home test. Tea. Especially chai. There's nothing better to warm you up on a cold day than a steaming mug. __________________ Gone for lentSeeyou at Easter! (And on Sundays too, maybe.)

12-11-2006, 03:17 AM	#874
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,725	Sitting in the kitchen trying to revise, and being interrupted by the sudden need of my housemates to be 5 again. We made paper snowflakes and started a collection for Christmas decorations, and we made an extremely irreverent nativity scene. It was great fun. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

12-11-2006, 03:16 PM	#877
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,916	finding a handbag you coveted but didn't really need has been reduced to a no-brainer price And getting nearer to finishing present shopping.... And my beautiful Christmas tree - killing a tree is the environmentally sound option, they are a local crop and it will be recycled __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

12-17-2006, 04:15 AM	#878
Lalaith Blithe Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,876	my birthday present, preciousss... __________________ Out went the candle, and we were left darkling