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Today I'm catching up with LJ, which is nice. So many fics that I'd opened in tabs and not had time to read!

I should probably have gone to the TolkSoc quiz, but I'm still recovering from completely crashing over the past couple of days, so leaving the house wasn't going to happen. Fun times. This is a general apology to any of you who are reading this. Weirdly enough, what finally dragged me out of the crash was throwing all my depression/angst at Neal. I shall remember this for future use.

Oh, and for the hell of it I added up my word counts in Scrivener. Since discovering the fandom in mid-December I've written 45,000 words of White Collar fic (32,000 words posted). Which is a little scary. And a little hilarious. If only this were at all relevant to my degree! XD

For random lols: A tongue-in-cheek complaint to an ISP, and their totally wonderful response. "The problem is my router is apparently very attractive to my cat."

Current Mood: okay
Current Music: Delphic - Remain
Crossposts: http://frith-in-thorns.livejournal.com/46000.html

- I have dyed my hair purple. Specifically, violet. I think it looks rather good. Currently it's still rather dark, but it will brighten and then it will be wonderful.

- I JUST HANDED IN SOME WORK FUCK YES. This is a pathetically big deal. I'm feeling rather guilty over how nice all my tutors are being to me, so this is good. Especially as I spent the last week metaphorically curled into a ball.

- I was ridiculously amused by the TolkSoc practice quiz (for our match against Cambridge) last Friday. Especially as Team Skyrim beat Team Second Best (they came up with their name first, even!) by about double the points, even with Andrew the quizmaster penalising us for bad jokes and also tactical gambles. We are really not a society to take ourselves seriously.

(Andrew: Which direction did the second gate of Monas Tirith face?
Me: Do you mean Minas?
Andrew: It says Monas on my bit of paper. So that's the question.
Graham: Is the correct answer that it doesn't exist?
Andrew: No. I'm in charge.
Other team: West.
Our team: South.
Andrew: South-west. You both lose.)

Current Mood: sleepy
Current Music: The Low Anthem - Yellowed By The Sun
Crossposts: http://frith-in-thorns.livejournal.com/42379.html

This is what you need to build an Isengard:

1 quantity of gingerbread (the sort I use to make gingerbread houses at Christmas)
2 bags of Bassetts jelly babies
1 big box of Cadburys chocolate fingers (three trays of them)
2 packs of Flake bars (4 bars in each pack)
1 packet of Tesco Value 'flake and rasin chocolate clusters'
1 packet of Tesco Value dolly mix
1 paket of Haribo super mix (although we ended up eating this all before we started)
Cocktail sticks
Butter icing
A large table

You also need a friend who's as obsessed with Tolkien as you are, and therefore will back you up in your excellent idea. I used

unbrokenwings91 (who I shall just call Zanna for the rest of this entry, since it's much quicker to type).

Method:
Build Isengard. Then takes lots of photos. Zanna is much better at taking photos than I am, which is why I am in more of them (I'm the one in the purple t-shirt). Also, none of the blurry ones are hers ;)

A little preview of the finished masterpiece!

Now follow the cut for many more (and better) photos, and commentry :)
( Warning: Very, very image heavy! )

Current Mood: giggly
Current Location: Middle Earth
Current Music: Tyrone Wells - Sink Or Swim

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Words of Wood

Frith (n): sanctuary, place of safety. (British English, obsolete)

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