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1/7

Most of you have probably seen this already, but for the few who may not have: go to http://www.petitiononline.com/jan32003/petition.html and SIGN!

Although honestly, I'm *not* worried about the Return of the King. I was kind of worried about The Two Towers, and it turned out wonderful in [almost] all aspects. PJ himself has said RotK is much closer to the book then TTT was....so I'm not worried.

But sign the petition anyway. For the sake of my sweet friends who made it and are worried. =)

Random diatribe: why is black now "out" according to my stupid local newspaper as a color of clothing? (Better yet, why is this newspaper so out of touch?) I love wearing black clothes. I counted recently and I have upwards of 20 black shirts hanging in the closet. (But don't think me frivolous, because through various circumstances I have bought only a few of them!) Black makes me feel older and confident and sophisticated. I have no need to feel slim or sexy, which reportedly black also accomplishes....the one I am and the other isn't my aim. ; ) Black goes with everything. Black is good for all occasions (unless you happen to be getting married.) Black is, best of all, classy.

BLACK WILL NEVER GO OUT OF STYLE!

So why doesn't my newspaper realize this?

1/8

**happiness**

I just experienced one of those random, beautiful moments of Joy.

I stood outside in the golden sunshine and I just laughed because I was happy.....for no reason other then the sun was warm and bright and cheerful.

Course, I do have a lot to be happy about today.

* I just got the perfect pair of shoes that I've been looking for forever!!
* It's 65 degrees and the middle of JANUARY
* I have a whole book of Arthurian myths to read.
* I think I may get to talk to my best friend soon. ; )
* Our microwave is coming back home soon!!!
* SUNSHINE. Love. Sunshine. It makes me happy. I get depressed and fearful and lonely when it's cloudy for too long.
* I just had a brilliant idea which I hope to put into action soon. =D
* And today I feel beautiful! Lol. Don't think I'm vain or anything, please, because most of the time I think I look awful. ; )

1/9

Lol. =D I found this stuck away in my stuff somewhere....my result of a pirate name and analysis quiz. It is SO me!

Black Mary Vane

Like anyone confronted with the harshness of robbery on the high seas, you can be pessimistic at times. You tend to blend into the background occaisionally, but that's okay, because it's much easier to sneak up on people and disembowel them that way. Arr!

1/10

I'm wearing a red Fiorlini shirt. I feel the need to say that because I just got it and I like it. A lot. (It's Italian!)

I worked today. I was expecting a bad day, but actually things were ok. This time I was mixing "Healthy Mix Green" which is, in my opinion, very nasty. =P It contains Odd Things. Like two different kinds of kelp....and bee pollen. Yeah.

But it earns me money, wot?

Oh, I just found out that the housekeeper for one of my bosses was injured in a car accident last week. She's a wonderful Spanish lady named Amalia, and she's a fantastic cook. I didn't realize at first when I heard about the wreck that she'd been in it. There are a lot of Amalia's around. ; ) Anyway, it's really awful. Her niece was killed in the same accident. It's weird how much more personal it seems now that I realized that I know someone in it.

1/12

I'm so very, very Pink today. I haven't worn pink in ages, really....but I got this really cute light pink sweater set, which I'm wearing now. I wore it to church this morning with a dark plum skirt. I feel very Pink and Rosy and Innocent. (Hah.) Hey, I even wore pearly pink eye shadow. =D Usually I stick to plain brown.

Well, household's in an uproar over the Grandparents Next Door; everyone is in varying states of confusion (them) and astonishment (us). It's all centering mainly around an errant Aunt and her not-so-subtle asking for [more] money. Praise be to God that my parents turned out ok and are in turn raising me and my brothers with some semblance of normalcy.

Er, not really normalcy. We are *so* not normal. But a good kind of abnormalicy.


1/13

I just finished reading a book of four short romance stories (Resolutions, with stories by Carol Cox, Peggy Darty, Yvonne Lehman, and Pamela Kaye Tracy). They were all perfectly clean, Christian, delightful, cute--one was even rather well written. But they were also totally unrealistic and deceptive (if you believe them). All but one had a couple meet, usually dislike each other at first glance, change their minds in a few days or hours, and fall in love and decide to marry in anywhere to a week to a month or two.

haHA.

It's too bad so many writers waste their talent by writing formulaic, unrealistic romance novels. That happens to also be more sellable then most other books. What's even worse is how much harder it is to write something not formulaic. =\

1/14

Shhhh. I have a secret to tell. ....I can be totally irrational.

I have a really active imagination. When considering possibilities, I almost always suspect the worst. Couple this with my bad habit about worrying about everything, and you get Irrational Fears. Lots of them.

I'm working on conquering or at least controlling this, but I'd so appreciate prayers from you all so much. I'm determined that fears of "what if" are not going to ruin the precious moments of my life. There will always be things to worry about, and I can't bear to spend my life that way. I'm trying to remember that my life, my family and friends lives, the whole WORLD is in God's hands, and what He wills will happen in His plan and for His glory, whether I worry about it or not.

I'm also working on enjoying my life day by day. So maybe later in my life something will happen to me or someone close to me. I'm not going to ruin the moments I have with fears. I'm going to treasure every golden minute!

Anyway, I'm dealing with one of these fears now. When I'm in a sane moment, I can see that my amount of worry is totally out of proportion....a 'normal' person would barely be concerned. But when I'm not being sane...yikes. I know I'm being irrational, but it all SEEMS so inevitable!!

Well, I'm not going to write any more about this now; it'd only worsen the problem. Now I'm going to go enjoy some more of those moments. =D

1/14 again

Huh. I just realized that according to my book list, for the last three years I've read about 100 books per year. At first the number seemed shamefully small, but that does figure to a about 2 a week. And I don't write on my list the books I read that I own...I only mark down ones from the church or public library. And often I don't write down ones I'm reading over again for the third or fourth time, lol.

1/21

I've just made a second email address that will be my 'internet address' to hopefully cut down on spam at my personal email account. It is eleneariel@hotmail.com. I'll be checking it infrequently, but if anyone needs to get ahold of me (and doesn't know my personal address) you can use this new one.

Also, I'm offering my services as a Quenya name translator if there's anyone who'd like to know what their name looks like in Tolkien's Elvish language! I'm working on compiling a list of translations of names, and it helps to have people that want a name done rather then just picking them out arbitrarily. Either leave a comment here (with an email address where I can get back to you) or email the above address with the name you'd like done, and a meaning if you know it.

I just read "The Concise Book of Lying" by Evelin Sullivan. It was....interesting. A whole book about lying and liars. And good chapter titles: my favorite was Generals, Greeks, and Other Liars. Lol. She's rather wrong in some of her thoughts, but it was interesting nonetheless.

Now I've got to go do all my other errands in town...make a trip to the bookstore...

Lol. =D

Which Annoying Two Towers Character are You?
By Lisa