| Sunday, January 6th, 2002
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A good thing my friend D didn't go on yesterday's run with me...what had started out as a hour turned into almost twice that. D would have killed me--first the bike ride to the Ren and then that. Heh. Saw Fellowship of the Ring today...finally. Tried to go last night but the line was a little too long and it was just a little too cold to wait in it (w/ windchill it was probably about 50 degrees...bear in mind I've been living in the subtropics for 8 months now...that's friggin COLD!) I would have dealt with it cuz I wanted to see the movie so much, but I couldn't persuade D to do the same. Today the line wasn't much shorter but it was nice and warm out... My thoughts: J.R.R. Tolkien would have cried had he seen this movie...it's just beautiful. The characters are perfect, the lighting is perfect, the reproduction of the original novel is perfect. I was just blown away by the special effects...the way they did the invisible-setting sequences was breath taking--the ring wraiths ghostly/kingly form...awesome! 2 hours 50 minutes of squeemish delight! I've been eagerly awaiting this movie for at least six months now...probably longer--I can't recall when I first downloaded the trailers for it. Finally seeing Middle Earth with more than my minds eye or the cartoon depiction in The Hobbit...ahhhhhhh. Now...bear in mind, I originally read Lord of the RIngs in junior high, in the span of about one week. I couldn't keep all the myriads of characters and plots straight so I lost a good bit of the story. I am quite anxious to see the next two installments to see how it's all kept straight. Next week is 4 days of tax law classes from 0730 to 1630. Since it's at Camp Foster I'm skipping PT and PT formation all week so I can beat traffic...A lot of that is what instilled in me the desire to run forever yesterday and then to go for a short run in the dark tonight (I wanted to just do a quick warm up run and hit the weights but the friggin gym was closed....arrrggghhhh!)...and so now I'm all bushy tailed and stuff. That and this diet coke and getting up early tomorrow I hope I can get to sleep early enough...doh! current mood: bouncy
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