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Dec. 29th, 2003
I should be writing something. ANYTHING. Right now I'd settle for being able to respond in an semi-intelligent (Hell, even a NON-intelligent) way to the wonderful posts that I see on my "friends" page. But I can't.
I'm way off-center lately. I'm lucky I can get my act together enough to have a real-life conversation (except I'm much better at faking normalcy in real-time life). I suppose I could blame it on the general craziness of Christmas and the insane schedule that I keep and all the stuff I have to do. Maybe even a touch of winter depression.
But I know that it has to do with my jury duty. It left me -- uncertain and strangely obsessive. About things not even connected to the trial. Wil said that if it's bothering me, we should find someone to talk it out with... only I can't possibly talk to anyone about it until I can figure out what I need to talk about. And once that happens, I won't need to talk to anyone about it. My personal psychological Catch 22.
Anyhow... I have been delving into RotK. Which, in turn, is helping to get me thinking about BreckenHaven. It also helps that I managed to get all my laundry done and my house cleaned. Well, mostly picked up. Heh.
I did run across this quote about RotK that I really liked (It's from a review of, all things, Cold Mountain.):
I've seen Samwise Gamgee carrying Frodo Baggins up the slopes of Mount Doom. I've seen Faramir, captain of Gondor, ride to what he believes will be his death merely to earn the love of his father. I've seen Peregrin Took leap onto a burning pyre to save a dying man he doesn't know in repayment for a debt owed that man's dead brother. I've seen an entire world shrink into molecules of fading hope and acts of selfless love.
That is, in a nutshell, what I love about LotR. Both the movie and the book.
And all those wonderful themes are why I want to write. Love, truth, honesty, sacrifice, loyalty, all that is "good and noble". That's what books and movies should be about.
No. That's what life should be about.
I'm way off-center lately. I'm lucky I can get my act together enough to have a real-life conversation (except I'm much better at faking normalcy in real-time life). I suppose I could blame it on the general craziness of Christmas and the insane schedule that I keep and all the stuff I have to do. Maybe even a touch of winter depression.
But I know that it has to do with my jury duty. It left me -- uncertain and strangely obsessive. About things not even connected to the trial. Wil said that if it's bothering me, we should find someone to talk it out with... only I can't possibly talk to anyone about it until I can figure out what I need to talk about. And once that happens, I won't need to talk to anyone about it. My personal psychological Catch 22.
Anyhow... I have been delving into RotK. Which, in turn, is helping to get me thinking about BreckenHaven. It also helps that I managed to get all my laundry done and my house cleaned. Well, mostly picked up. Heh.
I did run across this quote about RotK that I really liked (It's from a review of, all things, Cold Mountain.):
I've seen Samwise Gamgee carrying Frodo Baggins up the slopes of Mount Doom. I've seen Faramir, captain of Gondor, ride to what he believes will be his death merely to earn the love of his father. I've seen Peregrin Took leap onto a burning pyre to save a dying man he doesn't know in repayment for a debt owed that man's dead brother. I've seen an entire world shrink into molecules of fading hope and acts of selfless love.
That is, in a nutshell, what I love about LotR. Both the movie and the book.
And all those wonderful themes are why I want to write. Love, truth, honesty, sacrifice, loyalty, all that is "good and noble". That's what books and movies should be about.
No. That's what life should be about.
