pointless ramblings -)---> estel hope i swore to protect you

saturday, april 13

TORn just posted links to sites with crazy subtitles on foreign pirates. For example, according to Galadriel, "None who now lives remembers anything at all"!! Below are a few samples of what these people have done to LotR. ROTFLOL!!

To visit the site, go here!

1:32 AM |

friday, april 12

I'm watching a truly terrible 60s science fiction B-movie with my whole family. They just now showed a bunch of astronauts floating around in space, doing all kinds of flips and formations, all to the tune of "Auld Lang Syne." We were all in pain from laughing so hard!! The costumes look like the uniforms of post office workers, and the sets have those cool sliding doors that look and move like cardboard. Now there's a rocket taking off, and it sounds like a vacuum cleaner with something caught in it.
11:15 PM |

thursday, april 11

Well, I'm home. Finally. Here is the sad and true tale of DeeDee and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day....
3:00 - I leave for home. ETA noon.
9:00 - my car breaks down near the Mississippi state line; I call my parents to let them know what happened, then the police
9:40 - police arrive
10:00 - tow truck arrives
1:00 - after being told that what they fixed "might work," I leave the shop
1:20 - my car breaks down again; apparently it didn't work
2:20 - they come back to get my car again (yes, that was a whole hour of sitting in my car with no air-conditioning)
4:00 - I set off once more
6:30 - I finally get home
The only good side to this is that I had brought along The Silmarillion, and finally I was forced to start reading it during all those hours at the shop. What I've read so far is just beautiful! It's very poetic, much prettier writing than LotR. When I got home and set up my computer, my mom FINALLY got to see the TTT trailer! Right now I'm listening to Jefferson Airplane with my Dad. Mom, Emma, and Martha are at Martha's first softball game of the season. Chrissy set up a great page for our "Ewan as Lupin" petition.... go sign it! (priiiiitty please!)
8:12 PM |

wednesday, april 10

I registered for my classes next fall. Since I took all religion classes this year, I get to take two English classes next term! Yay! I'm signed up for Church Fathers, Old English Language, and Creative Writing. I need to go to bed early again tonight, since I always leave for home at 3 in the morning. There's much less traffic (obviously!) and it gets me home at noon. Got this quiz from Alanna's journal. I was hoping for R/H, of course, but J/L is always good!!

7:37 PM |

Mmmm, lots of much-needed sleep last night! I popped in my Anne of Green Gables DVD at 6:30, fell asleep around 7:00, and woke up at 4:30. Then I played on the internet for a little while, went back to bed, and slept till 9:00. It was wonderful. I'd only had a total of 10 hours of sleep from Sat. morning till last night. Catholic Renascence today from 2-5. We're reading Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood. I LOVE Flannery O'Connor, so today should be pretty good. Tomorrow morning I'm driving home for the weekend! Yippee!!
11:13 AM |

tuesday, april 9

ROTFLOL! Laura Q just posted this on the Musings of Viggo message board:
"They were women once. Just ordinary women. Then Viggo the Believer gave to them nine things of power (art, photography, poetry, music, acting, hair, eyes, stubble, and voice). Blinded by his brilliance, they took them without question, and now they are slaves who cannot get their fill. They are the Nazgirls...Kingwaifs...neither single nor wed. At all times they are drawn to the presence of the king---drawn to the power of the fun. They will never stop wanting him..."
Yay! PKoGF forever!!
5:24 PM |

Yay! The dreaded classes are over with. I almost fell asleep in Isaiah... and of all days for him not to give us a break during the 2 1/2 hours, it had to be the day that I didn't sleep the night before. Sheesh. I used a line from Gerard Manley Hopkins for my title -- "Nature is Never Spent," and Dr. Kennedy stopped when he was gathering the papers and said, "Oooh, Hopkins! I can't wait to read this." Riiight. He's a reader-response critic and loves "intertextuality," which basically means that 1) whatever I say is correct, and 2) I can use quotes from totally unrelated works of literature. So did I quote LotR in my Isaiah paper? You're dern right I did! I quoted the passage about Aragorn finding the White Tree of Gondor in bloom again.
Tomorrow morning I'm going to register for next term. The secretary informed me that I would be taking 9 hours in the fall (two of which have to be English classes... yay!), and only 1 in the spring -- my thesis hour. Hmmm, um... I was sorta kinda planning on taking Dr. Wood's Oxford class in the spring, talking about Tolkien and Dorothy Sayers all semester! Eek, must talk to Dr. Wood when he gets out of the hospital. Aaanyway, time to "go for some chow," as Viggo says in The Indian Runner.
4:56 PM |

I am so tired... I'm about to fall asleep as I type this. I have no idea how I'm going to get through my classes today. My paper is way below the required word count, but it's just going to have to stay that way, because I've said all I have to say. I wish I could just go to sleep and not wake up for a week.
10:00 AM |

*discouraged, weary sigh* Well. It IS supposed to be 12 pages. I've written 4. It's due in 12 1/2 hours. No sleep for DeeDee tonight... at least I'm used to that. The problem is, I've made my point. What am I going to do with the next 8 pages? Better go and figure something out....
1:27 AM |

monday, april 8

Two pages down, four to go. Just joined a spiffy new fanlisting for Tom Bombadil and Goldberry! Back to work....
9:51 PM |

I HAVE A THESIS STATEMENT!! *happy dance, happy dance*
5:42 PM |

Well, some of the stress is off! I just reread my syllabus and found that my paper only has to be 6 pages, not 12! *happy dance* It'll be a lot easier to sustain a thesis-statement-less argument, plus that's 6 pages less that I have to write of BS about vines, seeds, and harvests. Ana-Gastayer-as-Martha-Stewart voice: "And that's a good thing." And may I just close this post by remarking that Cheetos are really, really good?
4:58 AM |

And this site's image went down for some reason, but I took Which hobbit are you? and got Merry. Yay, since he's my favorite hobbit!
2:10 AM |

sunday, april 7

I got this from Alyssa's blog, and it seemed like a good procrastination strategy. Sooo, here goes!
1. What is your name?
Edea (ee DEE ah)
2. Where were you born?
Golden Meadow, Louisiana
3. Where do you live now?
Mississippi is home, but right now I'm living in Waco, Texas for grad school
4. What are your nicknames?
DeeDee, Dee, Deeds, Deeder
5. When's your birthday?
September 19, 1979
6. What's your sun sign?
uh... I'm a Virgo, so whatever that makes my sun sign...
7. Have you ever been in love?
I thought so
8. What's your favorite color?
yellow
9. How tall are you?
extremely short -- 4'10''
10. What kind of music do you like?
Simon and Garfunkel, Celtic (Clannad, Loreena McKennit, Maire Brennan), classic rock (Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane), movie scores, Broadway
11. What concerts have you been to?
none
12. Have you ever met anyone famous?
not really
13. How many friends do you have?
several very close friends
14. Who are your absolute best friends (real life only)?
Shannon, Angelia, Hanan, Will, Jeremey (for 14 years!)
15. What's your favorite song?
Stairway to Heaven
16. Do you have a job?
I'm a student
17. Do you have a boyfriend?
never had one (I know, I know... I'm a loser)
18. What's your favorite food?
fried shrimp
19. Do you look like your parents?
sort of, but I wish I could be as beautiful as my mom was when she was my age
20. Do you look like anyone famous?
no one would be famous if they looked like me! LOL!
21. Who is your favorite celebrity?
Viggo Mortensen
22. Why?
He's a wonderful father, an amazing artist in more than one area (acting, poetry, photography, painting), and an original person... and I won't deny that he looks GOOD
23. Are you a virgin?
as far as I know
24. What kind of car do you want?
the one I've got, with a new transmission
25. What would you change your name to, if you could?
I absolutely love my name
25. If you could have three wishes, what would they be?
to pay off my loans, to teach at my old college, and to publish a novel that people love
27. When do you want to get married?
doesn't really make any difference to me
28. What are some things you say a lot?
Jane Austen, Viggo, shoot, hungry, sweet
29. What are your favorite girls' names?
Emma, Charis, Eowyn
30. Who do you hate?
no one, really
31. What are the worst names?
Britney, Tiffany, Amber
32. Do you have any brothers or sisters?
Bobby (20), Emma (13), Martha (11)
33. What do you notice first about the opposite sex?
hair
34. Then what?
what they say
35. Who do you wish you were?
I kind of like being myself
36. Who is the funniest comedian?
Conan! Will Ferrell is in close second.
37. What is the craziest thing you've ever done?
jumped off a 40-foot cliff in Israel
38. What college do you want to go to?
I'm dying to go to Oxford, but I know I never will
39. What is your favorite movie?
Lord of the Rings, Oscar and Lucinda, Monty Python and the Holy Grail
40. Do you like Playstation?
I don't know, never played it
41. What's your favorite Playstation game?
?
42. Are you a morning person or a night person?
night, no question
43. Can you define love?
what I see in Oscar Hopkins, Gilbert Blythe, Jean Valjean, Sam Gamgee, Eowyn, and my parents
44. What's your favorite television station?
Comedy Central
45. Why?
Win Ben Stein's Money, the Daily Show, SNL reruns...
46. Do you believe in God?
yeppy doo, and I love him too
47. Do you believe in yourself?
in some areas... I believe I can write, despite the fact that my Isaiah paper currently consists of a blank Word document
48. Do you believe in aliens?
I don't really care
49. Do you curse a lot?
when I'm driving by myself
50. Are you ticklish?
it's crazy how ticklish I am... sometimes if a person just touches my arm, I laugh and jerk away
51. What's your favorite candy?
gummy bears, and anything that mixes chocolate and peanut butter
52. What are you wearing?
pajamas
53. Do you think there is one person meant for you?
I'd like to think so
54. Who is your favorite cartoon character?
Linus
55. What is your favorite television show?
Saturday Night Live
56. What's your favorite book?
East of Eden, by John Steinbeck
57. Have you ever cried over someone of the opposite sex?
yep
58. Which one of your friends do you think will get married first?
uh... Angelia, I guess, since she has a boyfriend already
59. What's your worst memory as a child?
finding out that my great-grandmother was going to die of cancer in a few months
60. If you could be a crayon, what color would you be?
yellow
61. Who do you want to spend the rest of your life with?
someone smart, funny, and interesting... or a cat
62. Do you own a lava lamp?
no, but it would be fun to have one
63. Who is your favorite Backstreet Boy?
the first one who quits
64. Who is your favorite 'N Sync boy?
same
65. What makes you happy?
laughing, movies, driving, Dad's chili, Martha
66. What is your favorite deoderant?
Secret
67. Fast or slow?
fast -- walking, driving, talking
slow -- eating, showering
68. Are you rich, poor, or in the middle?
I am owned by various banks
69. Does this number make you giggle?
now that you mention it... yes
70. Flowers or candy?
a book, thanks
71. What kind?
any kind
72. Do you like talking on the phone?
absolutely not... I would rather be put on the rack and tortured for seven consecutive hours
73. What are six things you have yet to do?
finish the paper I'm putting off at this very moment, write two more 25-page papers by May 6, read BOOK FIVE, hold hands with a guy, meet Viggo, go to England
74. Have you ever smoked weed?
no, though I sat in a car alone while other people stood outside smoking it
75. Have you ever cheated on your boyfriend?
never had a boyfriend, much less another guy to cheat on him with... but I would never
76. Have you ever been suspended?
nope
77. Have you ever stolen anything?
when I was a kid, I wanted to steal something, so I picked up two small washers at a hardware store
78. Have you ever smoked?
yes, unfortunately... never, ever, plan to again
79. Have you ever loved somebody so much it made you cry?
yes
80. Do you belong to a certain religion?
Christianity, Mennonite
81. Where do you see yourself ten years from now?
with a doctorate, teaching at William Carey, living in a cozy apartment, working on my novel, petting my cat... a husband nearby would be a bonus
82. What would you do for a Klondike bar?
not much... I'd rather have a strawberry limeaid from Sonic! yum!
83. Who do you admire the most?
Jane Austen
84. What's your favorite flavor?
Blue Bell vanilla bean ice cream
85. If you could change anything about yourself, what would it be?
my irrational fear of people I don't know
86. Rate your life on a scale of 1-10.
at this very moment, a 6... usually, a 10
87. What two CDs could you NOT live without?
The Best of Simon and Garfunkel, Jefferson Airplane's Surrealistic Pillow
88. Would you rather be deaf or blind?
deaf, though music would be a hard loss!
89. Do you play any instruments?
flute and a dead duck... I mean, the oboe
90. Where do you want to go on your honeymoon?
England, Rome, or Israel
91. Have you seen Empire Records?
nope
92. When you need help, who do you turn to?
my parents
93. Describe yourself in one word.
weird
94. What's your favorite board game?
Clue
95. Do you like to read?
definitely, unless it's required for a class
96. Did you know this number is "69" upside-down?
cool
97. Are you getting bored yet?
yes
98. How about now?
yes... by the way, is anyone still reading? *looks around, hears crickets chirping*
99. What decade would you live in, if you had a choice?
1810-1820, when an unknown woman published six of the greatest novels ever written
100. List a few things you do every day.
bathe, class, computer, eat, drive, sleep
101. If you had a chance to do it again, would you?
jump off the 40-foot cliff? of course!
6:41 PM |

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