Personal-type entry

[butterfly]

I've been busy a lot recently - I just haven't had the time or ability to do a lot online. But in a way, the busyness is intentional - I spent so long depending on what I got on lj and I want to be certain that I'm not dependent on it.

I've started spending time actually reading books again - just finished that People's Guide to Tolkien, and now I'm reading Return of the Shadow, the fourth 'History of Middle-Earth' book. I've also been spending some time at my dad's.

I've pulled myself back from my fannish loves to make sure that I remember that they are chosen passions and not obsessions (in a direct refute to my own website title, I suppose - then again, it's had that title for years, so perhaps when I create the new frontpage banner, it'll have a new name).

Doesn't mean that I care about any of it the less, I just want to make certain that I know that I can do without.

Comments

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

Fair enough. Always tough putting our respective passions into perspective. I hope you enjoy the Tolkien. Is that the book with "Finrod & Adreth" - I can't keep them straight anymore - it's a lot of rough sledding but there are some cool chestnuts.

[jic]

*hugs*

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

Oh, hey, I finally figured out what in the html makes the javascript menu slide down (or not) when you scrolled. So I've gone through your pages and fixed that because you did say you didn't like it, yes? I'll probably fix it on mine, too - it wasn't an intentional choice on my page (as is common, it was a single line that was the problem).

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[butterfly.livejournal.com]

It's the one with Bingo. I am so glad that Tolkien changed that. Because Bingo the Ringbearer just lacks... dignity.

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[dlgood.livejournal.com]

That was a good won. I'm also glad Tolkien replaced "Trotter: the mysterious shoe-wearing Hobbit" with "Strider - the scion of kings in disguise".

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[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Oh, god, yes. He made it more expansive all over - I like that Bree turns into a hobbit/man village instead of just hobbits.

And Meriadoc is better than Marmaduke, by far (it's interesting that Merry came into being as his own name and nature first - I can see traces of Pippin in Frodo and of Frodo in Bingo, and there's a hint of Sam in Trotter (as CT points out) - I'm fascinated about when the other three came into being as characters.) Marmaduke makes me think 'big dog', which I blame on the comics section.