On The Choices of Master Samwise.

[mrsronweasley]

So. Let us review.

Liz's week -

Monday - 17 degrees C, or somewhere in the 60's. Sunny. Slightly breezy. Liz is happy.

Tuesday & Wednesday - Colder, a bit more cloudy, Liz is all right, since, technically, it still is not winter weather.

Thursday - Liz wakes up and looks at the ground. The ground is white. With FUCKING SNOW.

ARGH. You know, I thought that just for one winter, just ONE, I could escape the cruel elements. That I could just laugh evilly when Sam would tell me that it is bitter, bitter cold where he is, and that he has had to scrape snow off his car again, or that his lips hurt because they are so chapped. But no. The stupid weather got here, too. Not that it's real snow, mind you - just enough flakes to make the ground whiter, and my mood pissier. Everyone here is so excited - oh, it's snowing, look! It's a snow storm!

For one, it isn't a snowstorm. It's a few flakes. You haven't seen a snowstorm until you can't find your own car underneath five feet of snow for two weeks in a row. You haven't seen a snowstorm until you've had to shovel your entire fucking driveway because you have to get out somehow, and there are three feet of snow settled nicely on top of the pavement. You haven't seen a snowstorm till you've had to walk through it to school. (Do I sound like a grandma yet?) Well, I am fucking sick of snow. Honestly and truly - I never want to see the stuff again. I want to be warm. I want to be comfortable. I don't want to feel the elements on my cheeks when I wade through the wind to get to class, and I don't want to have to get into a car or bus and have my ass scald me because my jeans are frozen through. It ain't fun. I've seen enough snow to last me a lifetime.

And thus ends the bitchiness.

Not much happening to speak of. Had a chance to sleep in, and my body betrayed me, waking up at 9:10 and not letting me get back to sleep. Thus, I have only had about 6 hours of sleep, all in all, and it ain't fun. However, I do not regret having gone to bed so late, since talking to people is a good thing to do, too.

By the way, let it be known that she of the name stereo_m is currently in possession of my brain, and needs to get out of my head. Usually conversations with her turn into basic matches of who can type faster to say the same thing. It's uncanny, a little bit frightening, and infinitely fun. Too bad she's off trotting around with horses this weekend...heh.

Am done with TTT, and have moved onto RoTK.



So. Sam. And Frodo. Are in love. It may not be in strictly physical love, but they are in love. Let those that deny it step forth and I shall wield my Happy Hobbit Sword of Truth and deny the accusations. In all honesty, it is the sweetest thing. Reading about Sam - oh, my Samwise!.. - talking about and to Frodo just makes me melt. And, I mean, really, "lay your head on my lap and sleep Master"? "Frodo stirred and lifted his eyes and smiled as he saw Sam's face bending over him"? They SO love each other. Like I said - doesn't have to be physical, but it is deep and beautiful. And Sam - trying to save him...and...and...thinking that he's dead...and...and...fighting HER! And being the brave, courageous and wonderful Samwise Gamgee that he is... *happy fangirl sigh* I love the little Hobbit. And Frodo rocks. And he's becoming sexier as they go, though I'm not sure why.

I want Pippin.

Now things get really exciting, because, well, I don't know what the hell happens in this part. It's all shivery anticipation and fear and it's great.


All in all, a rather boring existence I am leading at the moment, but I think it's more or less by choice. Soon, I shall go and read more of my book, whichever one has my fancy at the moment. I like reaidng two books at a time - gives me a nice variety.

So, I really am a dork. But at least I'm a well-read dork.

Speaking of which, still can't get "At Swim, Two Boys" out of my head. What is wrong with me? When I couldn't fall asleep last night, I started composing a letter to Jamie O'Neill. WTF?! Tried drawing an illustration today, but man, it's hard. There's this one 'scene' in particular that I want to draw, because it really sums up the dynamic of the book for me, but it's damn near impossible without actual models posing. Maybe I'll try again later...

And I can't do first lines of favorite novels, since I don't have most of them with me, but I can make a list of those novels:

1) "At Swim, Two Boys" by Jamie O'Neill

2) "The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand

3) "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

4) "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde

5) "Steppenwolf" by Hermann Hesse

6) "Beneath the Wheel" by Hermann Hesse

7) "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

8) "Ragtime" by E.L. Doctorow

9) "The Boys on the Rock" by John Fox

10) Can't remember. I'm sure it'll come to me. Someday.


And this is it for now. Am off to read me some Harry/AAAAAAAAH (heh, arborealis) smut. Sue me and I shall prove he's legal. So, there. Heh.

Comments

[soupytwist.livejournal.com]

(What happened? I posted a comment, and then when I looked back a little later it was jsut not there...)

*huggles Liz* We brits do tend to get Very Overexcited about snow. We get it so rarely that it's a lovely change from cold-and-damp.

And eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee you're in RotK!!! HOW cute are Sam and Frodo? You're so right that it's incredibly obvious. And Sam deciding to fulfil the quest and then go back to die by Frodo's side... damn, I cry every single time. And just WAIT til you get a bit further on and Sam... OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. It kills me, it really does. I am pathetically in love with a fictional furry-footed little guy named Sam Gamgee. I think that's why he gets sexier, because you just love him and don't care what he looks like. And Pippin the Knight! :D

By the way, did I tell you that Alli bought me At Swim? :D

[mrsronweasley.livejournal.com]

By the way, did I tell you that Alli bought me At Swim? :D

YES! YESSS!!! I was SO going to comment in your LJ, but totally forgot, but YAAAAY! Oh my God, you are going to LOVE this book, and you are going to LOVE Alli for buying it for you, and you are going to LOVE me for recommending it to Alli, and you are going to LOVE David for recommending it to me in the first place! DUDE, there will be LOVE. I cannot wait for you to get it. And Alli is a girl who keeps on giving - just today, I got "Anthem" in the mail! YAAAAAAAAY!

Yeah, yeah, I've seen you Brits with snow. ;) Silly silly people...hehe. But I love you anyway.

And as for Samwise - you are KILLING me. I am so so excited about this part. Wow. RoTK will rule, because it will be TOTALLY new to me. And Sam...and Frodo...oh, the LOVE!..

And Pippin the Knight! :D

Pippin the Knight must be the cutest freaking thing ever written or put on paper. Houie drew him, too - it is so cute! I need to see that picture again...now that I know what he was 'talking' about...

Gah. Yeah. *love*

[taintedrocky.livejournal.com]

"So. Sam. And Frodo. Are in love. It may not be in strictly physical love, but they are in love."

Yup. That's how I think of them :) I mean, DUH they're in love! I think some people deny it because it isn't really a physical love, because they're not "lovers". But how CAN you deny it? They love each other as friends, brothers, as...I don't know. It's so much deeper than just a friendship, me thinks. It's just too sweet :)

RotK ROX my SOX. Definitely my favorite out of the three. I'm jealous of you. I want to be reading it for the first time again ;) It's just so...WHEEEE! You're going to love it!

[mrsronweasley.livejournal.com]

But how CAN you deny it?

You can't. You just cannot. It's there and it's beautiful. *sigh*

I'm very excited about RoTK. VERY. And I will savor the fact that it's my first time reading it to the full extent. :)

[taelonmahal.livejournal.com]

You will LOVE RotK!!! Aaaaaaaaaaaah, so many things I'd like to say about it right now, but I am not going to tell any spoilers. No, no *shakes head* --- just one thing: the love becomes even more obvious. *grins*

[mrsronweasley.livejournal.com]

No, no *shakes head* --- just one thing: the love becomes even more obvious. *grins*

Oooh, and that's quite enough for me. *grins back* Awesome. I can't wait.