Review of "The Legend of Sigurd" on www.tolkienlibrary.com:

http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/884-Review_The_Legend_of_Sigurd_and_Gudrun.php

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meanwhile, on MSN with friend who's not that impressed with "The Hunt for Gollum". :-0 (he's complaining about Arwen and the orcs...)

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EDIT:
Interview with the director, Chris Bouchard, of THFG (yay for abbreviations ;)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8022623.stm

40 minutes Fan film that is really good. It is about Aragorn going on the hunt for Gollum with appearances from Gandalf and Arwen...random ranger, orcs and wraiths!

http://www.dailymotion.com/gb/video/x93zji_the-hunt-for-gollum-hd-version_shortfilms

Loved the music & scenery-- and the Aragorn wasn't bad either. :D The dialogue bit in the beginning between Aragorn and Gandalf was one of my fave parts for it was very canonical. I was telling my friend that this must've taken place 3017, year before The Great Years.

Please tell me what you think when you see it! It whets my appetite sooooo much for The Hobbit! :D

Can't wait for The Hobbit!!!!!!

So Tolkien came out with a new book posthumously thanks to Christopher Tolkien. "The Legend of Siguard & Gudrun" is out yet i didn't get it yesterday (which was opening day) which is kinda surprising since i usually get Tolkien related things opening day. ;)

Here are some reviews:
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6655942.html
and Christopher Tolkien answers q's here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/may/05/jrr-tokien-sigurd-gudrun-poem
and from the Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/04/AR2009050403462.html
(haven't read that one yet but intend to)

Some bits of the review from "The Guardian" here:

Telling in verse the story of Sigurd the Völsung and the fall of the Niflungs – also adapted by Wagner into the Ring cycle – The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún sees the hero Sigurd kill the dragon Fafnir (a slaying which may have influenced Tolkien's writing of Bilbo's encounter with Smaug in The Hobbit), take his gold and rescue the Valkyrie Brynhild from her imprisonment on a rock surrounded by fire. Love, magic, jealousy, and, eventually, tragedy in the murder of Sigurd and the suicide of Brynhild ensue.

It seems very unlike anything from Middle-earth so i'm not sure if i'm going to get it asap since i have more studying to do till i break for a vacation last week of May. Might coerce MM to get it for me if i do get it. ;)

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And! the official site for the Radio City Music Hall Fellowship of the Ring concert is up!
http://www.theradiocitylotrconcert.com/
Its' been up for a while and i keep good updates on it via Facebook. :P
Planning to go with 3 ppl already..but which LJers are in??? =) It'll be so cool to have you come for that!

I'm going to get tix soon. :)

It's exciting, mellon nin! :D

LET'S GO HORNETS GAME 5!!!!

Dear New Orleans...
i feel so bad for you right now. We thought that we would go far, do better, but not lose Game 4 of the Best of Seven series by 50+ points...
that is beyond embarrassment.
And i feel your pain for some reason.
Because your star player is wonderful (and he's my fave player!) but he surely got shut down tonight... only 4 points... that is the worst he's every played.

The season is over... we'll play game 5 but i do not think it'll be that great of a result...It's over...(3 games to 1 at the moment, and no, i do not believe in miracles.) :p

NBA is over, my dear friends here on LJ....(well, i'll be rooting for Dallas and Orlando, probably... yes my home team still sucks and didn't even *make* the playoffs :p)

let's go back to being hobbity...

it's much less painful than seeing the final score of today's loss. :(

oh the pain~ :(

~le sigh~
so sad.....:(

still thinking about you, dear Nivster~

Repost of a double drabble from '07

( The Ships Have Come to Carry You Home )

Miss you, Nivster~

He is amazing... he's an ultra competitor on the court but off the court, he is such a nice guy...
i love him ...his Hornets better go far in the playoffs.
Choked against the Knicks but about to grab the win against the 2nd seeded Spurs...

But CP3...jeez he is Love. :D Beauty, humbleness, just Love.

(oh don't worry, i love Frodo & hobbitses too! ;)

It's lessened with the hobbity-ness around here these days so i'm curious on what people squee about here now...
There is obviously still lots of LotR love and squee with "Back to Middle-earth Month" and there are many places still active with LotR love but among my lovely f-list--- what else do you like?

And please comment and tell me about your current obsession. :) That would be nice too...(so i can check it out if i have time. :p)

Cheers, mellyn nin!

Poll #1372701 Other fandoms
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

What other fandoms are you involved in?

In what ways are you involved?

A double drabble celebrating the occasion. ;) (I wrote a bit...just couldn't help it... good feelings with this day every year! =)

“For the Quest is Achieved, and now all is over.”

Well, this was the end indeed… As he rested upon the low ashen hill and lay there with his head back, he felt at peace with having the burden taken away….forever. He tried to breathe harder amidst the volcanic ash falling all over, drowning him with heat and dust. Frodo was exhausted as he felt his strength quickly decreasing.

Gandalf had been right. Even Gollum affected the fate of the Quest. Frodo was glad he had not slain the poor villain. Gollum was ultimately bonded to the Ring and the curse in which Frodo gave him at the cliffs of the Emyn Muil.

My dear Sam. Frodo looked towards his dearest friend who had come to the end with him and only felt indescribable gratitude. How could he have achieved this without Sam? Poor Sam had a nasty cut from the blow Gollum had dealt him and looked as dirty, hurt, and exhausted as he felt. Frodo looked at him with pity. He grasped onto Sam’s hand, drew him close for it was now not long before the end. At least he would die together with his truest, most beloved friend.

I have no fic to present at the moment (been fairly busy.... but speedyhobbit is over and i hope to think of something soon with her!)
but will spam ya'll with some "The Steward and the King" goodness.

"And so they stood on the walls of the City of Gondor and a great wind rose and blew, and their hair, raven and golden, streamed out mingling in the air. And the Shadow departed, and the Sun was unveiled, and light leaped forth; and the waters of Anduin shone like silver, and in all the houses of the City men sang for the joy that welled up in their hearts from what source they could not tell.

And before the Sun had fallen far from the noon out of hte East there came a great Eagle flying, and he bore tidings beyond hope from the Lords of the West, crying:

Sing now, ye people of the Tower of Anor,
for the Realm of Sauron is ended forever,
and the Dark Tower is thrown down.

Sing and rejoice, ye people of the Tower of Guard,
for your watch hath not been in vain,
and the Black Gate is broken,
and your King hath passed through,
and he is victorious.

Sing and be glad, all ye children of the West,
for your King shall come again,
and he shall dwell among you
all the days of your life.

And the Tree that was withered shall be renewed,
and he shall plant it in the high places,
and the City shall be blessed.

Sing all ye people!

And the people snag in all the ways of the City. "

~The Steward and the King, RotK

Cheers everyone! =)

The Shadow has departed.

And i've been so out of it...between studying and working (and other emotional issues), i haven't been thinking of what i'll do this month yet...(I'll do something for Reading Day definitely! I think dreamflower02 wants everyone to share their fave passage? that is definitely do-able. :D)

But the Silmarillion Writer's Guild challenge for the fifth day of March sounds good too!
I'll try to write something about Turin in this prompt:
http://community.livejournal.com/silwritersguild/132509.html?view=594077#t594077
(regarding Regret. =)
Really want to reread Sil so much!

And HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY to my favorite King on March 1st-- Aragorn, my dear King Elessar, sorry i didn't have anything for you!
I remember last year i had a hobbit moot with speedyhobbit and we definitely were in the LotR spirit, rewatching the movies and posting up tributes fro the King in our lives. ;)

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but for the moment, must tend to the sister, study and go exercise! :p

for it's quiet with the love in here and it's making me sad...:(

Found on dreamflower02's site about Tolkien fandom pimping meme via boz4pm:

The Tolkien Friending Meme questionaire


Make new friends! Rediscover your love fro hobbits and LotR and all things Tolkien! Squee like you once did! ;)

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and now i'll study...........

hobbits!!!!

After so long, i've decided to update StoriesofArda!
Most drabbles and ficlets of the past that was posted here but not there.

IF curious, go here:
http://storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=4412
For "The Michel Delving Mathom House"

and here: http://storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=3617
for "Collection of Drabbles"

I really need to publish Promises Broken and Kept in there though... i need to fix the timing of when Frodo and Bilbo get to Buckland though and that will take a while...(or i think i need my beauty sleep right about now. :P)

Keep being hobbity, mellyn nin!

g'nite~ :P

Hope you had a great day and may this year be even better! :huggles you tightly:
Much health, success, love and happiness fro you today and everyday! ♥



Frodo comes to cheer with you! ;)

Have you ever wondered what Frodo would've said when Bilbo pulled him aside at the tent when they were evading the Sack-ville Bagginses? Well, i always wanted to continue that conversation and this is what i overheard. ;)


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Happy Froday! :D

Dearest Jen,
I was thinking of you the whole day yesterday and wanted to post a birthday greeting to you!
So Happy belated birthday! I hope it was a great one, spending it with time with the ones you love.

I remember you wanted a Yule ficlet from me last month and i was working on it-- I have it here finally and I would like to share. :)

slightlytookish requested "Pippin and Frodo and something to do with decorating or baking for Yule. Wee Pippin would be especially lovely but I don't want to restrict you ;)" back in December.

This is somewhere along the terms of that.

Hope you enjoy! =)

( Sweet Yule--featuring Frodo, Pippin, Merry rated G and F for Fluffy =) )

It's been a while since i posted fic! I will post another one fro Frodoay tomorrow. :)

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And i've decided to get a paid account again... i don't like being restricted with my current icon business which only allows me the select ones LJ has given to me! And i can't add any more. :(
/EDIT
So i got a paid account..but we're only able to have 30 user pics? Too late to add more...adding more costs 10 bucks and i don't want to charge my credit card again...
oh well...time to delete my precioussss iconses. They're all too lovely though! ♥ hobbitses! ♥

Happy (slightly belated) birthday to laurelinofwotr! (1/5)
and Happy birthday to angelofguidance!!!
Hope both you ladies have/had enjoyable lovely days! May there be much love, health and happiness for you this coming year and many more to come! =) ♥ ♥
:huggles tightly:

Happy birthday to Tolkien who's birthday is today 117 years ago!

To the Professor!



Also belated birthday shout-outs to surgicalsteel (12/29) and ainu_laire (12/30)!!!!
Hope you both had great days and that this coming year will be even better than all the rest! Much love, health and happiness to you~


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And Happy New Year to all~ i've been vacationing out in the Caribbean so posts of stories and such will happen once i'm back in the Eastern US Shire. :)

The main page of TORN just made me and speedyhobbit jump up and down fro joy!

~FOTR Score at RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL!!
For Immediate Release

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
SCORE PERFORMED LIVE TO PICTURE
300 MUSICIANS
RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL
OCTOBER 9 & 10, 2009

EXTRAORDINARY LIVE MUSIC EVENT IN THE HEART OF NEW YORK CITY WITH ORCHESTRA AND VAST CHOIR PERFORMING LIVE TO THE FILM!

Tickets Go On-Sale TODAY, Friday, December 19th, for This Two-Night Only Can't-Miss Event!

December 18, 2008 -- New York, NY -- Devoted fans of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic The Lord of the Rings have read the books, they've seen Peter Jackson's Academy® Award-winning films, and now they will have a chance to experience composer Howard Shore's Academy® and Grammy®-winning score to The Fellowship of the Ring live at Radio City Music Hall on Friday, October 9th and Saturday October 10th. For this extraordinary event, 300 musicians--a 75-piece orchestra and a 225-member choir--have been gathered to perform the complete score to 2001's The Fellowship of the Ring live with the motion picture on a massive screen towering above the stage.

More info here: http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2008/12/19/30814-fotr-score-at-radio-city-music-hall/

Oh hotness!!! XD Just right at my backyard... i am soooooooooooo going!!!!
I mean i went to the Complete Score Orchestral performance in end of '04 where the orchestra performed the whole three movie score but this is just so close and to hear it again live?! Of course i would go again. :D

Hopefully slightlytookish and my Elvish friend K can join (along with speedyhobbit can join me too!!!! :D (and anyone else who will travel here for it is welcome to join in my planning of a hobbit moot. ;)Maybe get Heren Istarion into it too! :D ::squees more::
♥ Howard Shore

And i want to say many thanks to grey_wonderer, laurelinofwotr, lady_ithildiel (thanks a lot for the extra mathom too!), and auntiemeesh for their thoughtful beautiful cards. I appreciate them a lot!!! =) :huggles all tightly::

speedyhobbit and I are enjoying a hobbit moot right now actually--:D
it's cold here but we're warming ourselves by thinking of hobbity plot bunnies amidst the busyness of holiday planning and thesis writing.

More laters~! ♥ XD :huggles all:

and LJ did a random thing with deciding which iconses to keep (or for me to select for this post) and which didn't to keep and so far, the choices are ok... :P

I am still working on Xmas cards, mathoms and was busy holiday shopping today with the family and was cleaning my room tonight. :p Still a mess, i must say... i keep too many things like a hobbit. ;)

One thing that made me quite nostalgic was a pile of cards/letters of friends i do not keep in touch with anymore...most are from high school and it's shame that there are many that i've lost touch with... I remember a lot of elementary school friends from pictures that i saw but a lot of them i do not talk with either save one...

the point is...things change, people change and sometimes in order for me to move forward is to forget some things to focus on the present and focus on those who do mean the most forever and always know that people will change and perhaps certain friendships are not meant to be "forever".

Change is a part of life even though i'm not that fond of it. :p

Anyways...just wanted to type that out loud... and to bemoan that i do not have a paid account anymore. :p Oh wellz...

Holiday cards fro 15 of my friendses in here--- again, if addresses have changed, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!
Thanks thanks...

more exciting times report in the next post. :P Maybe i'll post a mathom or something fandomish... ;)

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