Dude, how awesome is Gollum? He’s hilariously, lovably tragic, and is the one thing that Peter Jackson managed to actually improve upon from the books.
Then I drew him! Hooray! I am so pleased with this shitty little drawing.
FAT, STUPID HOBBITSES
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Bilbo, my old friend
I first read The Hobbit at age 12. I remember having it in my lap in my sixth grade classroom, sneaking peeks here and there while Mr. Miller wasn’t looking. I couldn’t get through it fast enough.
There’s a lot of tension for whatever reason about the movie about to come out, as if it might suck (unlikely). But if it isn’t amazing (unlikely), everyone (nerds) will be disappointed. Spoiler alert: The movie is never as good as the book. So I’m over it before it starts. I’m in love with the book. If there are pretty pictures to go with it, so be it. I’ll consider it an addendum to my already awesome childhood memories of this book.
nothing can ruin this story for me, so stop trying, peter jackson.
My folks got me the Lord of the Rings trilogy the xmas of 1995, and I got maybe 50 pages in before I got bored. Who was this Frodo character? Where was Bilbo? He was my homie, if he wasn’t in this one, I didn’t give a shit. So I stopped reading.
I picked it back up a few years ago and zomg amazeballs. Highly recommended, even for those who don’t consider themselves nerds or whatever, GET OVER IT, it’s a fantastic bunch of literature, and you’re missing out by not reading it. Just download it onto your Kindle, and if anyone asks what you’re reading you can lie to save your ego and tell them it’s something all those normal people are reading, like 50 Shades of Obvious Porn, or Beautiful Creatures who Whine for 500 Pages.
I am many nerds
I’m a nerd in a lot of ways; I read comics, play computer games, play video games, read Tolkien, read manga, watch anime, watch sci-fi, play table-top games, attend (and dress up for) Renaissance Faires… the list goes on and on. I pulled out my keys the other day and noticed that some of my nerd-dom was fully on display, and had been for quite some time.
the weighted companion cube was a gift from Diminutive Roommate 🙂
Behold! My awesome nerd keychain crap! A Weighted Companion Cube from Portal, a light I got at ComicCon from the Battlestar Galactica booth, and a little carrot icon from the old days when a carrot on a stick was the most valuable item you could pick up at Gadgetzan in Tanaris from that one goblin, and god help you if you actually got those blue goggles instead, because that 3% meant life or death on a PVP server.
I get made fun of (mostly by Sister) for being a nerd, but she can eat shit for all I care. I’m having a blast. I’m not shutting myself in my room every weekend, hunched over a comic or my computer, avoiding sunlight and making no attempt at human interaction. I am not a Gollum-nerd. I am a modern-day nerd, enjoying my nerd friends and my eclectic interests. Plus, I have a few anti-nerd weapons I can whip out: I’m female, I’m attractive, do KARATE HAI-YA!, I have many friends, I go out, I have an (attractive) significant other, I socialize easily with strangers, etc.
I am many nerds, and I am happy.
The Hobbit cometh
above: MAGIC
I just finished The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Aside from being totally epic, I was surprised that the writing was so palatable. From what I was told, I thought it would be pages and pages of detailed elf lineage, and chapters full of unnecessary descriptions of the beauty of ladies in tall cities and the grand histories of long-dead kings. What I found was a thoroughly engulfing universe I found my self longing to be a part of. The writing is, frankly, poetic at times. It’s easy to understand why people read these tomes over and over. There’s so much to experience.
Of course, reading the trilogy got me all nostalgic for The Hobbit, which I read a couple of times growing up. It has a shape-shifting druid in it! And a dragon and trolls and treasure! I was hooked. I’d never read anything like it. It took its time and then suddenly thrust you in the middle of something fantastic! I lost the copy I had growing up, but eBay to the rescue! I bought it from a nice lady in Aurora, Illinois for $4. It just arrived at Office Job. So excited 🙂
I hear there’s a movie or some such coming out… later. If it’s done similarly to the LoTR, it should be good, but I really don’t give two shits about a movie when I can have the original experience of my childhood. BOOKS, people. BOOKS.
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