I read that book (partially) and it was rather boring. I dunno if it was the amount of work I had going on at the time or just the novel itself but I couldn't bring myself to trying to read it again. I bet it's great, I don't remember much. However, there is a movie filming about it ready to drop in 2006. Trend anyone?

I have always been a closeted sci-fi fan. The LotR movies exposed me. I was obsessed and still am. I have yet to finish reading The Two Towers(again) so I feel like a bad fan. I wonder about the explosion of fantasy books-turned-Hollywood blockbusters. I blame 9-11. (It is also the reason why more people my age in America are married. I mean, come on, 20 and you're already hitched? Gimme a break!) We're looking for that great escape from the war and the threat of terrorism. Fantasy gives you that. Good always triumphs over evil. True love always prevails. There's always a happy ending. It reflects the human condition. So many parallels have been made between the Rings trilogy and the Bible. And we all know the Bible is one of the most influential pieces of literature out there. We want to be shown that there is good at the end of all this tragedy. We also want to be the one who solves all the problems in 500 pages or less (or ninety minutes).

I wish I had English this semester so I could write a persuasive essay on the topic. Gah, maybe another time. Through my ramblings, it does make a bit of sense, yeah?

Being the lazy ass that I am, I'm looking for lego stuff and BSG and SG-1 crap and I came across JediChefs.com. Are you kidding me? You.must.go.there.now I heard of it before just never looked over at the site. They have my Haimay all chef-ified and Jedi-cal. Oh Haimay WHY??? In other news I blew some change on a tub of Lego blocks cos 'I need an outlet' as my sister says. I shouldn't listen to her. I have Minas Tirith in Puzz-3D that still needs putting together. Lego is more fun, though.

I use to think my writing was my outlet. Then it became a chore for a long while; a nuisance; an outlet again; and now I can't even write without taking away from school. So I guess the ideas will come but I won't write just yet. My novella (as yet unnamed and gestating) is coming along and I want all the ideas to be here before I start writing it. It might be high fantasy or whatever (wikipedia is my best friend). I hate all these labels that only serve to confuse me. It's just science fiction and it's a coming-of-age tale. Let me know if anyone's interested in seeing what I have or wants to give me pointers. I had to do it, it's been knocking around in my head for a bit and driving me nuts. So I have a livejournal for all the ideas I have while at work, by my pc.

My Powers, Gina Torres is the most beautiful woman I've seen in a long time. Okay so maybe not the most beautiful but she's so gorgeous. She's about replace Juliette Lewis as the one woman I'd sleep with if I were suddenly lesbian.

I shall write fic about her. I shall, I shall.

Well, at least I'll try. Got so much to do but not setting down to do it all.

On a lighter note, I think I got my light-up Galadriel from Amazon.com. I didn't open the box but I can only fathom that it is it(after having waited months). It'll improve my spirits as I'm suffering from the blood loss(TMI) if you wanna know.