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Friends Only [11 Apr 2004|10:53pm]
Due to mainly paranoia on my part, this journal from here on out is going to be friends only. If you read some of the back entries and decide you want to 'friend' me, just leave me a message!!

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So it goes.... [31 Mar 2004|07:31pm]
[ music | Tool ]

I need an opinion. As you know, I'm making my journals Friends Only. The last banner I have to make is for Blurty....let me know which one you like best, they are just 2 versions of the same thing
FO banners... )

Today felt so much like a friday! My religion teacher accidently put on the syllabus that we have today off and since she can't change it....no class! And I skipped French this morning, teachers should know better than telling us ahead of time what we are doing in class. And Psych is cancelled tomorrow, so I only have one class! I'd rather have psych than history, but oh well, I'll take what I can get. SPRING BREAK SOON!! I may actually survive until then!
....if this stupid webpage project starts going easier. bastard.
This is what happens when I'm bored.... )
You know what break means? TWO DAYS TILL NED KELLY AND ETERNAL SUNSHINE! WOOHOO!! I'm so excited. Kinda blows though, all my friends had break a few weeks ago so everyone is at school right now :( blah. Bagpipers might come though, right Sharon? haha, if they do, Kelly and Laura might show up on my doorstep! We are all going to be bored out of our minds.
You know....I really love Zeppelin and you know...just about everything else too....I love music! Oh! Speaking of music, Emily and I went to some guys senior recital. Trumpet player....really, really good! He was amazing! It's been a while since I've heard some good trumpet music. I loved it! It made me miss my trumpet a lot :(

Big Cats? :: Check out this newstory from my hometown :) You know what the funniest thing is? I know the person who owns that cat...
"Witches" being tortured:: That's really scary. People are insane. Damn evangelicals.
Luann :: LotR in Luann! yay!


Yay!! The ever fantabulous Green Books are updated! If you've never looked at them, I HIGHLY recommend doing so! The Q&A are wonderful too :) My favorite part!
March Greenbooks Published!
3/30/04, 11:24 am EST - weetanya
TORn Staffer Anwyn writes:
Happy Easter from Green Books!
For those three or so people still waiting with bated breath for Anwyn’s review of Return of the King, it is finally here! [More]
Quickbeam gives us a scathing rundown on the evils of "reality" TV and the refreshing contrast provided by our favorite book! [More]
Turgon has a new book forthcoming from Cold Spring Press, the same fine people who brought you The People’s Guide to J.R.R. Tolkien. Here Turgon gives us a sneak peek of The Tolkien Fan’s Medieval Reader. [More]
Thirteen new Q&A await our curious readers [Here], as well as a selection of some terrific fan poetry and creative writing in Moon Letters. [More]
Enjoy!

Adrien Brody Also Joins Jackson's King Kong
3/31/04, 2:50 am EST - leo
After Jack Black yesterday, today's addition to the cast of King Kong is (or is rumoured to be) none other than Adrian Brody! Brody is set to play adventurer Jack Driscoll, the last 'big part' to be cast. [More]

Jack Black....In King Kong?!
3/29/04, 9:21 pm EST - Xoanon
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Comic actor Jack Black has been in cast alongside Naomi Watts in Peter Jackson's remake of "King Kong," the director said Monday. [More]

Graduates ape Jackson to get a job
3/31/04, 2:40 am EST - leo
A stunt by two film school graduates to prove they will do anything to get into the monkey business paid off when they met their hero. Fraser Ross, 23, and Aaron Franks, 20, are so desperate to get a job on Peter Jackson's next film, King Kong, they pulled out all stops to get the acclaimed director's attention. [More]

There's More 'Passion' Than 'Fellowship'
3/29/04, 9:10 pm EST - Xoanon
Brandon Gray from boxofficemojo.com writes: 'The Passion of the Christ' ascended to $315,152,778 this weekend, eclipsing 'The Fellowship of the Ring's $314,776,170 to rank as the 13th highest grossing movie of all time domestically. At its current trajectory, 'Passion' will have no trouble topping 'Two Towers' $341,786,758 and could even beat 'Return of the King,' which stands at $374,556,572 so far.
That's just sad guys.....come on!!

Quizzes! )

*drool* )
mmm....tasty.
thanks to Lennongirl :)

I'm sure you all remember the set of pictures that included this

Well, there are now High Res scans of the whole shoot, thanks to elflady! See them here!

~Nikki

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A little update [28 Mar 2004|07:50pm]
[ mood | sick ]

I've been slacking off on my posting, I'm sorry, I haven't really been in the mood. Wow, I just talked to my parents and I told them about Jessica dying and my mom was like, wow, you sure have known a lot of people that have died.....gee....that makes me feel better, thanks :-/
NON LJ READERS! I'm having a paranoid moment, so I know that Sharon and Spam read this, I was wondering and hoping if you could get an LJ to view my journal since I'm thinking about making it friends only. It's free, you wouldn't have to update in yours or anything, just to see mine. What do you think? Pllleeeeaaasseeeee?
Well, the week is over, but it doesn't feel like it, ah! the joy of living in dorms. I hate it, it feels like you never leave. Not to mention I have tons of homework. Business shit and a french test tomorrow. Oh, you know that awful interview things that I died on during business? I only got a 19 out of 25, which is much better than I expected. I really don't have anything to write about except school, I feel kind of dead, so I won't bother writing anything.
Not to mention I can't hear anything and I feel like death. I think I'm getting sick, I wanted to curl up and die yesterday....but I watched One Hour Photo instead and that was just.....put me in a weird mood you know? What a weird movie....but mmmmm, Michael Vartan *drool*
Sorry I haven't been commenting on your journals, I've been insanely, insanely busy, but I'll get to it as soon as I can!!
AH! I haven't been to OBM in ages!! They changed their layout!!! *sigh* goodbye legolas.
Ned Kelly opened on Friday! I'm going to see it over spring break :) I'm excited! Read the review in Entertainment Weekly! They say good things about Orlando :D If it's not out by you yet, it's opening up on more screens in April! If it does well that is. It's only on 22 screens and I think about 10 of those are in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
JAMES HORNER IS DOING THE SCORE FOR TROY!!!!! yay :)

So USB ports are good for something :: *dies laughing*
Penis-Shoe Size conversion chart :: AHAHAHAHAHA the guys that did this must be very optimistic :D

Aren't Politics wonderful? :: Except....not?

Middle Earth Harp Lore :: Wow...this is awesome, this person knows so much about harps!!
Some international Viggo scans! :: yum.

Coffee & Cigarettes Trailer :: Black and white...Cate Blanchett...two of her actually. And Iggy Pop...and....wow...just LOOK at all the people in it! So many! Check it out, it looks intersting :)

Nothing new....
Pics! )


QUIZZES )

There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.

OMG!! SO CUTE! )
WWF's Photo of the Month....Isn't it CUTE?!

((hugs you all))
~Nikki

Ever After is the best movie ever created....

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Made some bgs for my sister.... [26 Mar 2004|12:17am]
EDITED:: I forgot to mention, check out this problem I've been having CLICK HERE. Which means she's here too. How bloody annoying is that?

Robin/Amon
Amon

And just so this isn't completely useless...

Orlando )



Why do we mess up exams?

A year has 365 days for you to study.

After taking away 52 Sundays, there are only 313 days left.

There are 50 days in the summer that is way too hot to work so there are only 263 days left.

We sleep 8 hours a day, in a year, that counts up to 122 days so now we're left with 141 days.

If we fooled around for only 1 hour a day, 15 days are gone, so we are left with 126 days.

We spend 2 hours eating each day, 30 days are used in this way in the year, and we are left with 96 days in our year.

We spend 1 hour a day speaking to friends and family, that takes away 15 days more and we are left with 81 days.

Exams and tests take up at least 35 days in your year, hence you are only left with 46 days.

Taking off approximately 40 days of holidays, you are only left with 6 days.

Say you are sick for a minimum of 3 days, you're left with 3 days in the year to study!

Let's say you only go out for 2 days! You are left with >1 day!

But that 1 day is your birthday... so...

Good luck to everyone on your exams.
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[25 Mar 2004|12:44pm]
I've had a really awful past couple of days, so I'm not in the mood to come up with something to post. I just wanted to remind you all to celebrate today :) The Ring was destroyed on March 25th!
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:( [24 Mar 2004|12:51pm]
[ mood | depressed ]

Just my LJ friends get the first part of this. I don't want you all to think I'm crazy.
I was wondering....is Lawerence of Arabia worth buying?

New Layout at Blurty :: In an attempt to make myself feel better last night...didn't help, but I'm sure it will in a few days

Amon is such a hottie, I love Witch Hunter Robin, I totally want the other dvds!! Why the hell does it have to be so expensive?! Does anyone have a link to an anime download site? I know there are a lot of them....

The really hot boy in philosophy got into a car accident and was in a wheel chair!! It was so sad! But he had his normal shirt and vest on but his shirt was open on top and *drool* He is just so unbelievable beautiful, you guys wouldn't...well...believe it ..... nnnnghhh, gorgeous. And he said that Faramir was like Casanova. I love him.

Offical Lord of the Rings Musical :: Watch the traielr! I want to go!
God I love Fox Trot

Billy Boyd likes guys :: bagpipes *NORT* good times, good times.
Cat with Hands:: Must watch, totally creepy. Sam...watch.

Dude, I was over at imdb checking out Viggo's The Prophecy movie, and you HAVE to read the things on the message board! It's so hilarious! I will never understand how people can't understand the concept of fiction and movies....Check it out. Totally hilarious.
The movie sounds fantastic, do you guys (who have seen it) think it's worth buying?

TV Watch: LOTR Themed Wedding
3/20/04, 8:09 pm EST - Xoanon
Hannah writes: 'For Better of for Worse', a television program from TLC in which a couple's friends plan their wedding for them, is airing a Tolkien-themed wedding this week. The website tells us that "wedding planner Angie Bloom-Hewett pulls out one of her most inventive ideas yet when she melds the groom's love of Tolkien's LOTR with the bride's passion for pink." Sounds interesting enough. It looks like most of the inspiration is coming from Rohan, as the preview shows some folks looking at Eowyn's white dress online. The episode premieres at 9:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday, March 24, and will be shown again on Thursday at 12:00 a.m. EST and on Friday at 5:00 p.m. EST.

Quizzes )

Orlando..because he's pretty )

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New Layout! [24 Mar 2004|12:19am]
[ mood | sad ]

Threw together a new layout in an attempt to make me feel better. :(
It's cute, but I don't think it helped, maybe tomorrow I will look and smile.
((hugs))

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ALIAS! [21 Mar 2004|09:55pm]
OMG OMG OMG OMG
SPOILERS )
Good episode!!!

Pics aren't up yet, They'll come later....
Crying for the day

YAY! FRIDAY! [19 Mar 2004|08:53pm]
You know what sucks? Having a crush on someone who has a girlfriend....just my luck! lol, oh well, I don't care. Ohhhh, there was a Battle of the Bands today and school and it was totally fantastic!! So much good music, they were all fantastic! I'm having a few problems hearing at the moment, lol. It was loads of fun though.
I have so much work I have to do, apparantly no one else knows how to use a computer or something so I'm stuck building a webpage and an entire Powerpoint presentation (two different things). I don't know why they think I can do it better than other people. I've never used Powerpoint or Frontpage before, but apparantly I know everything O_o Plus this stupid organization I'm in gave me 3 cds full of pictures that I have to mess with in photoshop to make them look better. It's so insanely crazy....seriously. IT'S THE WEEKEND!!! YAY!!!! I love you guys :) I totally don't have anything to talk about....so....onto the goods.
Finally watched Midnight In the Garden of Good and Evil!! I've had it since Christmas and just got around to watching it :) It was fantastic!!! Very interesting movie! Is that guy in it Jude Law?? Kinda looked like him, but my tv is so damn small! Really great movie!!


Troy :: Officially rated R
Calcium Kid Trailer :: Damn you America!!!
New Kelly Trailer :: I CAN"T WAIT!!!
Two Brothers Trailer :: Still the cutest thing ever.

What if? :: What if you were straight in a gay world?....you have to watch this!

Bloom 'set to become' new James Bond?
3/18/04, 9:14 pm EST - Xoanon
digitalspy.co.uk passes along the dubious news: Pirates of the Carribean star Orlando Bloom is being lined up as the next James Bond. Film producers are apparently "desperate" to sign up the 27-year-old as a replacement for Pierce Brosnan, who retires from the role after the next movie. [More]
O_o My beautiful boy, I love you...but Bond?? I don't really picture him as a Bond....

Elijah to Star in 'Illuminated'
3/19/04, 7:15 pm EST - weetanya
Ringer Spies REZ and Shay sent in this Hollywoodreporter.com article about Elijah's next role: "Going from middle-earth to Ukraine, Elijah Wood is set to star in Warner Independent Pictures' 'Everything Is Illuminated.'" [More]

That's One Big Book!
3/17/04, 5:55 am EST - leo
Ringer Spy K Nease (and others) write: "This was on the frontpage of today's Kansas City Star(3/16/04). It is a huge public art project where the Public Library took nominations for the all-time greatest books. The "spines" of the winners are going along a huge wall. It is going to be really wonderful when it is finished." [More]
That's such a cute idea!


Hot on Frodo's hobbit heels...
3/15/04, 8:44 pm EST - Xoanon
A torrent of fantasy films is flowing into Hollywood's pipeline. Studios see the gold "Lord of the Rings" hath wrought. Remember the horse-drawn cart that carried Gandalf the Grey into Hobbiton at the outset of The Fellowship of the Ring? The wizard had better move over: Hollywood has an army of sword-wielding knights, sage sorcerers, monsters, elves, and Renaissance Faire look-alikes about to jump on the wagon. [More]
Kick ass, the best kind of movies are fantasy. Especially if they don't suck. Go LotRs, Tolkien once again moves pop culture forward!
:::::
Eragon, the story of a boy and his dragon (and dwarves, elves, Neanderthal armies, and an evil king), "has elements of Lord of the Rings," says Rodney Ferrell, the Fox 2000 exec. "And that's attractive to us because it makes the movie big" and adds to its blockbuster potential
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....Way to be original.....
:::
"There's the challenge," film marketing veteran Walker says, surveying the surfeit of offerings. "It's going to be interesting to see which... strike that same Lord of the Rings chord."
If that's even possible.
:::
He just said what I was going to say. If they are like LotR, we will just watch that, it's probably better....

Elijah Wood On Life Post-Rings
3/15/04, 9:42 pm EST - weetanya
Via Ringer Spy seregil: Romanticmovies.about.com has an interview with Elijah about Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind -- and what it's like to go from lead in a blockbuster to a supporting role in an independent film. [More]
WAHHH!!! I wanna see that movie so bad!

ROTK Tops TTT In China
3/16/04, 5:15 am EST - leo
Brandon Gray from BoxofficeMojo.com writes: 'Return of the King' stormed China, its final major territory to conquer. Playing on 350 screens, it raked in $3.4 million, out-grossing 'The Two Tower's $2.8 million lifetime total there in its opening weekend alone. [More]
Yay! haha, now I can find people to talk to about LotR when I'm over there, lol

It's the Return of the King - and this time he's singing
3/14/04, 1:53 pm EST - maegwen
We first reported on this last May, but a story in today's Sunday Telegraph has updated details on the upcoming LOTR musical said to be opening some time next year. [More]

LOTR Movies Live on in 'Encarta'
3/14/04, 11:03 am EST - Xoanon
Shauna writes: Microsoft’s Encarta has very recently updated to include the LOTR movie trilogy as a listing. It references the 11 wins for ROTK, and includes individual links to the first two movies. I can only assume a link to the third is unavailable as it is likely still under construction. The pages for the first and second movies include brief synopses, a cast and awards won listing, as well as a few trivia notes.

Quizzes!!! Lots! )

~Nikki
Guess who bought GQ today! )
Viggo is so fucking hot.
5 | Crying for the day

Updated page! [16 Mar 2004|11:30pm]
[ mood | accomplished ]

I know you all have seen these icons, but I updated them onto my page too. Not all my new icons, but ones on the Hobbit and AIM page! Put the new layout up on the AIM page too :) Enjoy!



11 New Hobbit Icons
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10 New LotR AIM
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ALIAS update!! [15 Mar 2004|08:41pm]
[ mood | accomplished ]

Totally dedicated to the kick ass Alias episode on Sunday and the hotness that is Vaughn and Sark. Spoilers behind cut, my thoughts AND pics!

!!!~!!SPOILERS FOR 3x15!!~!!!

The Episode )

Lots and lots of pics, thanks to Alias Media
Onto the hotness that is Alias )

And somethin extra ;)
Alias Quizzes )
Alias Game :: Watch the trailer, play the demo

And that's all folks, Hope you enjoyed!!
~Nikki

Crying for the day

AstroCenter [15 Mar 2004|10:08am]
[ music | Eve 6 ]

You are working too hard, NIKKI. Granted, the issues lately have been tough ones, but you are up to the challenge. Try and keep the big picture in mind as you grapple with the expected. Do what needs to be done, reward everyone who helps you, then go home and put your feet up and forget about the whole mess. You'll get through it just fine, NIKKI.

Good to know....honestly, these things are so depressing sometimes.


If you call me Mystico_tala, you've probably talked to me once online
If you call me mystico, you've probably talked to me online a couple times
If you call me leonik, you probably talked to me online 5 years ago
If you call me figgie, you must be someone I haven't talked to in 10 years
If you call me Nicole, you are probably a teacher
If you call me Nikki, you've either talked to me online for a while or know me offline
If you call me Nik, you're my sister or Leighton

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"LOTR survived this Box office war. Harry Potter is defeated and Oscar made King and all that we hope for came true... we will still have to taste the bitterness of mortality. Whether by the competition or the slow decay of time, LOTR will diminish. There will be no comfort for us ringers, no comfort to ease the pain of its passing. It will come to death.

An image of the splendor of the Box office record in glory, undimmed before the breaking of the world, and golden statues shining in the hall. But we, the only posters left in the ancient forum, will linger on, in darkness and in doubt. As night falling winter has come without a star. Here we will dwell, bound to our griefs, under the fading threads, until all the world has changed and the long years of our lives are utterly spent.

Ringers... there is nothing left for you here, only death.

Our time here is ending. Let us take the ship into the West. Let us bear away our love for the movie to the Undying Lands. There it will be evergreen."
spellbound_too



*sigh* I dun wanna go to class....

Crying for the day

Icon post! [13 Mar 2004|07:38pm]
[ mood | accomplished ]

Went house hunting today!! We found a really great one, 2 stories, 3 bedrooms up top, 4 rooms on the bottom, kitchen, hardwood floors, high ceilings and NOT very expensive!! It's Emily, Jeremy, and I. Anna's roommates look like they are going to back out on her, so we may be asking if we can have 4 people in there. It'll cut down on the costs and 4 rooms on the bottom is more than enough, we could make one into a room for her or something. I'm so excited!! You guys need to come visit me! I'll be here a little over the summer, but dude, Mardi Gras!!! I'm so excited to get a house! Even if I'll only be in it a year and then have to leave for a year while I go to China and then move back. It'll be a hassle, but oh well. I was thinking that I could try and leave the furniture there and rent it out for a few bucks more and let them use the furniture....that would be much easier. Oh well, I'll think about it when I get to it! So! We have an appoitment to actually look inside of it tomorrow. I hope it's as nice as it sounds!!

New layout over at Greatestjournal! Check it out HERE Tell me what you think! I'm desperate for reassurace on everything, you all know that, lol

These are all part of the dance at the begining! I have others coming along, but I'll post these for now! Also! I only have a high res version of the FIRST half of the interview! If anyone could send me in the direction I would love you forever!
Also! If you want one of the stills personalized with your name on it, just let me know which one, what name you want, and if you want me to take the text that on them off. :)
Just tell me what you think and credit if you use! Hope you like them!
1)
See the rest! )

And feel free to use the AIM icon :D

I've been getting lots of comments on it, lol.



wow....I really need to update my webpage, lol. I suppose I will eventually! lol

Leave love,
Nikki

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IT'S FRIDAY!!!!!! [12 Mar 2004|12:52pm]
[ mood | relieved ]
[ music | Pandemonium from America ]

I HAVE PANDEMONIUM FROM AMERICA IN MY POSSESSION!!! YAY!!! It's great :) half fling is just....so cute!

Wow, I don't think I've involuntarily shaken that much in my entire life!! Speeches are so not cool, I'm so glad it's over, I'm so glad this week is over, no more tests, no more studying, I'm going to sit and do ABSOLUTELY nothing. Nadda. Watch movies, chill, read a book. Totally calm down because I've been so uptight and stressed this whole week. It's going to be fucking fantastic. *runs off to make Elijah icons*

AH GLORFINDEL MY LOVE! ((hugs)) I missed you so! Click here to see Glorfindel's cameo in RotK!!!! Much more attractive than that guy we thought it was who was standing next to Elrond
Wow, the interviews with Elijah and Viggo made me so happy!! They were great! And they both mentioned TORn! HAHA! Fans will take over the world!!!! And Elijah mentioned TORn on Conan too! ((hugs)) I just want to keep him and put him in my pocket, he's so cute.
Head to nuregwen's Journal to download the Elijah clips. It's really hilarious! I wish it was in quicktime format though :(
FanFic :: Slash obviously (or I wouldn't read it) Domlijah mardi gras fic. Definitely tame, but really cute :)
I didn't know that The OC was gone for 3 WEEKS!!!!! *sobs*

RotK EE :: Sneak peek at the packaging for the EE! Unfortunately the site is in German...but you get the idea....Anyone want to translate the Spanish subtitles? I translated most of the page on google...
OMG OMG OMG!! BUT THE PICTURES!!!! SCROLL DOWN!!! !!!!SO MANY SPOILERS!! BE WARNED!!!

New Johnny Pics :: From his movie The Libertine. I love his hair :D
RotK Credits :: Pics of those gorgeous sketches at the end of RotK (does anyone know if someone actually drew those or if they were done by a computer?)

SHOP: ROTK DVD Pre-sale Begins!
3/12/04, 1:16 pm EST - Celeborn
The official New Line Shop (LOTRShop.com) has started taking pre-orders for the theatrical edition of The Return of the King! [More]

Viggo Mortensen to Star in Alatriste
3/10/04, 6:32 am EST - leo
Hidalgo and "The Lord of the Rings" star Viggo Mortensen is in talks to topline the Spanish period adventure film Alatriste, in the eponymous role of Captain Alatriste, a Spanish soldier-cum-mercenary embroiled in the country's 16th century imperial wars. [More]

Theatrical Edition Boxed Set Artwork
3/10/04, 12:50 am EST - Demosthenes
Artwork courtesy of New Line Cinema and information from DVDAnswers.com. This Lord of the Rings Trilogy boxset will be arriving in shops on May 25th alongside the Return of the King. Apparently, it will retail at around $89.98. This isn't the all-singing, all-dancing on-again, off-again boxset that has been rumoured to arrive sometime in the future (but equally may never eventuate). Instead, it's a simple repackaging of the existing two-disc theatrical editions. No new extra material will be included. [More]
There is still the EE box set that might come out.

Atlanta Goes Geek
3/09/04, 8:59 pm EST - Xoanon
Frodo-esque writes: At the Mythic Journeys 2004 conference in Atlanta, GA (June 5-6th, 2004) Alan Lee is scheduled to be a conference guest and will on hand exhibiting his art! You know what makes this even cooler? It's the same weekend of the Howard Shore concert in Atlanta -- two birds, one stone! [More]
I may be sort of a music person, and I know Sam and Laura are all music, but I....I am an art person. I WANNA GO!!!!!! WHY IS IT SO EXPENSIVE?!why is everything always so expensive :(

A Shire grows in Milwaukee?
3/09/04, 3:36 pm EST - maegwen
Over the objections of neighbors, city Plan Commission members voted 5-0 Monday to recommend approval of a subdivision next to a landfill. The commission recommended that the Common Council rezone the land to allow the project, which will feature streets named after characters and places in J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings." [More]

Meeting that gave world two masterpieces of imagination
3/09/04, 3:25 pm EST - maegwen
From The Scotsman: Imagine a world in which The Lord of the Rings and the Chronicles of Narnia didn’t exist; where children had never encountered the Snow Queen of Narnia or read the adventures of Gandalf, Frodo and Sam; where Peter Jackson was just another jobbing director looking for his big break and the film industry was significantly poorer. [More]

Meet Radagast the Brown!
3/11/04, 6:41 am EST - leo
Earlier this week we reported that WETA will be designing some new charactercards for Decipher. The first of those has now appeared online, courtesey of Cinescape.com. Follow the link or take a look in our scrapbook! [Cinescape] [Scrapbook]


Fantastic Quizzes! )



Lots more! NEW! )

Enjoy my lovelies,
~Nikki

"What do I care what impression I make on people? It's because we waste our lives caring about other people that most of us remain morons."-Colin Wilson

Crying for the day

I'm alive [09 Mar 2004|11:16am]
[ mood | better ]
[ music | Oh well - Fleetwood Mac ]

2 down 4 to go. Got a 91 on my Psyc test.
WHAT?!!?! NO ROTK EE PREVIEW?!! How can they make us wait so long and not even give us a PREVIEW!!!! WE NEED IT!!!!
Chapters :: On the RotK dvd

Check out my new layout over at Livejournal

Since I'm taking the time for a little update....

From Astrocenter
This is definitely not the day to spend a lot of time with friends, or with a love partner, NIKKI. Frustrating delays in the accomplishment of work that's important to you could have you in a bit of a temper, and the temptation to take it out on someone else might be too strong. Instead, go for a workout or a vigorous walk or run. This could work off your frustrations and enable you to face everyone quite pleasantly tomorrow.
Boy does that sound right....
I didn't do that, but I did take some time off....it was nice. Watched Back to the Future 3...Took pictures of the sky earlier....I'll have to post them sometime.


Kidman Flies Into Narnia
3/08/04, 8:50 am EST - leo
Well, here we go. Just as one huge New Zealand-based production seems to be winding down another one is just gearing up. Various newssources indicate today that none other then Nicole Kidman may be on her way to a part in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, the first of C. S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia to be turned into a full feature film by Kiwi-director Andrew Adamson. Read all about it here! In other related news; production company Walden Media and distributor Walt Disney Pictures recently ran this ad right here to announce start of production on the project.
I have that ad :) I kept it. I don't think I can even begin to explain how excited I am about this movie!!!!

ROTK DVD Press Release
3/07/04, 9:53 pm EST - Xoanon
LOS ANGELES, CA (March 8, 2004) – The King makes his return in filmmaker Peter Jackson’s stunning conclusion to The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, arriving on DVD and VHS on May 25, 2004. The home video debut of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King will follow the groundbreaking success of the multi-tiered platform releases of both The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers, and will be available on a two-disc DVD and VHS for $29.95 and $24.97, respectively. A special extended edition of The Return of the King will follow as planned in time for the holidays. [More]

Monaghan Skips 'BOBW'
3/08/04, 9:41 pm EST - Xoanon

Minnie writes: I received this email this morning referring to scheduling conflicts with Dominic Monaghan's appearance in Australia's Best of Both Worlds convention: It is with huge regret that I must inform you that Dominic Monaghan has booked a pilot for Disney, titled “LOST” which conflicts with his appearance at BOBW.

I totally freaked for a second, and then I remembered that ABC and Disney work together...

Elijah Wood Eyes Kong Part
3/08/04, 5:18 pm EST - maegwen

From SciFi.com: Lord of the Rings star Elijah Wood (Frodo) told SCI FI Wire that he talked with Rings writers Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens after last week's Oscar ceremony about returning to New Zealand to snag a small part in director Peter Jackson's upcoming King Kong remake. [More]




Large Hidalgo pic *drool* )

*waves* later people
~Nikki


AHHHHHh!!!!!! THERE WAS JUST AN AD ON THE RADIO FOR BOWIE!!! TICKETS ON SALE SATURDAY AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away [06 Mar 2004|01:58pm]
I've decided that I don't want to talk to anyone for the entire weekend, and maybe next week. I'm depressed, stressed, and in a really bad mood and I might just snap at any moment. I'm going to isolate myself for the next few days, so if I disappear, that's why. I don't mind you guys talking to me here though :) But I have 4 tests and a speech next week, so if I don't comment or something....that's why....
And it's a gorgeous day outside and I have a ton of fucking homework to do. I hate it *sigh*

Pirates 2 :: Treasures of the Lost Abyss?
Firefly movie:: I love Firefly sooooo much! They shouldn't have been cancelled :(

Howard Shore in Concert:: AHHHH!!! I can't wait!!! I'm so excited! Ah! I'm so jealous, they get programs in French. Stupid english, I want a french program.

The Last Unicorn on DVD March 16th!!
3/05/04, 8:52 pm EST - Gamgee
The amazing novel by Peter S. Beagle was turned into an animated film by Rankin/Bass a few years ago, and it will finally be released on DVD on March 16th! Featuring the talents of Alan Arkin, Mia Farrow, and our own Christopher Lee as King Haggard! So if you've been waiting like I have, preorder today! More
AHHHH!!!! I'm so excited!! Best. Movie. EVER!

ROTK in stores May 25th?
3/06/04, 11:06 am EST - maegwen
Many, many Ringer Spies have written in to say that they have seen in various locations signs announcing 'Return of the King' in stores on May 25th! Ninquelosse writes: "My husband works for a music & video retailer and tonight brought home a beautiful (to the right eyes) box from Warner Home Video including the deluxe RotK soundtrack, a digital assets kit, and a "complete trilogy guide" in which the sale date for RotK is given as May 25th." Stay tuned!

ROTK DVD/VHS announcement on March 8th
3/05/04, 9:00 pm EST - maegwen
The offical site has posted an announcement about an announcement on March 8th concerning the 'Return of the King' DVD/VHS. Bookmark now! [More]
Looks like we will finally see OFFICIALLY when it'll be out!!!

Oscar Wins increase ROTK Screen Count!
3/04/04, 7:51 pm EST - Celeborn
According to BoxOfficeMojo.com the screen count for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King will increase by nearly 800 this coming weekend! So if you haven't seen ROTK for a while, go again soon and celebrate the historic Oscar Sweep! [More]

Howard Shore in Concert Montreal Photos & Review
3/04/04, 10:20 pm EST - Xoanon
Zaakistan the Fan writes: I was at the Howard Shore LOTR Symphony last week and after a rotten day at work, I was transported to emotional bliss. What a trip. I managed to snap a few NON FLASH pictures from my corner on the Mezzanine. [More]

Dude...I want a french program! AHHH!!! I'm so excited!

The Greatest Song Ever Made!
3/05/04, 12:08 pm EST - Xoanon
Forget 'Into The West', 'Gothic Power', or even 'The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins', THIS my friends is the greatest song ever made! Prepare to have your eardrums massaged with happiness and your brain will melt with delight! I present to you...TATERS! [More]
meme )

"Was that a tragedy? Or was that a comedy? Was there really any difference?"
Love,
Nikki

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Keeping with the theme of music... [05 Mar 2004|12:55pm]
[ mood | geeky ]
[ music | The Beatles ]

First Billy singing Britney Spears and now....enjoy :D

Hahahahahahahahaha

The Greatest Song Ever Made!
3/05/04, 12:08 pm EST - Xoanon
Forget 'Into The West', 'Gothic Power', or even 'The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins', THIS my friends is the greatest song ever made! Prepare to have your eardrums massaged with happiness and your brain will melt with delight! I present to you...TATERS! [More]






Peace, love, and The Beatles,
~Nikki

IT'S FRIDAY!!!

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Stress [04 Mar 2004|08:27pm]
[ mood | stressed ]

Ok, so me with my stupid community service drive decides to sign up for giving a talk at a Catholic homeless shelter with a business organization I'm in. Total disaster. Well, not total, we managed to salvage it. The people that were supposed to pick us up were late, so Mary and I (araeariel's roommate) were sitting out there. We couldn't get a hold of the president of the club to get any of the information on this Identity Fraud project we were supposed to be doing there and she ended up not showing up. I could have totally been doing homework. The driver finally shows up and we start driving there, having no idea what we are doing. None of us have ever done anything like that before and we don't even know how to get there! It was awful. We ended up winging a Mock-interview thing which didn't go to well, but I don't think any of them cared. It was horrible. There was a reason that I didn't sign up for the interview, I don't know what to do, it was terrible. Speaking isn't my forte. AH! I have 4 midterms and a speech next week. I want to die. I have so much to do. Not to mention I signed up for another one of these horrible business things on Monday and Thursday. This is totally not the week I need this! No one was signing up so I felt bad. Argh

AH! And the maintenance guys came and replaced the hinges on the door so that it outmatically closes. Bloody fucking annoying, I hate having the door closed! I have a bunch of news papers underneath it to stop it from closing. Work the system, lol. ARGH! Not to mention I keep getting this thing popping up that says I have a virus, and TONS of spyware that takes the webpages I'm going to and changes them to an ad. I've run so many virus scanners and spyware checks it's not even funny. I don't know how to get rid of it! Whenever I go to a page an ad for amazon pops up!! AHH!!! *starts crying*

Mary and I decided that the summer of our junior year we are going to go on a road trip to San Diego. I'm going to be in China for a year and I won't see anyone! I think it's a good plan, I love California :) Maybe if we go to CA and travel up the coast we can use my condo in Monterey....*starts dreaming of California*

There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them. - Sylvia Plath
The time to relax is when you don't have time for it. - Sydney J. Harris
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save. - Will Rogers
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important. - Bertrand Russell

BREAKFAST
1/2 grapefruit
1 slice whole wheat toast
8 oz skim milk
LUNCH
4 oz broiled chicken breast
1 cup steamed spinach
1 cup herbal tea
1 Oreo cookie
MID-AFTERNOON SNACK
Remainder of Oreos in pack
2 pints Haagen-Daz ice cream
1 jar hot fudge sauce (optional:nuts, cherries, whipped cream)
DINNER
2 loaves garlic bread with cheese
large sausage & cheese pizza
4 cans or 1 large pitcher beer
3 Milky Way candy bars
LATE EVENING NEWS
Entire frozen Sara Lee cheesecake eaten directly from the freezer
***RULES FOR THIS DIET***
If you are eating something and no one see you eat it, it has no calories.
If you drink a diet soda with a candy bar, the calories in the candy bar are cancelled by the diet soda.
When you eat with someone else, calories don't count as long as you don't eat more than they do.
Food used for medicinal purposes never counts, such as hot choclate, brandy, toast and Sara Lee cheesecake.
If you fatten up the people around you, then you look thinner.
Movie related foods do not have additional calories because they are part of the entire entertainment package and are not part of one's personal intake. Examples are Milk Duds, buttered popcorn, Jr. Mints, Red Hots and Tootsie Rolls.
Cookie pieces contain no calories. The process of breaking causes caloric leakage.
Things licked off knives and spoons have no calories if you are in the process of preparing something. Examples are peanut butter on knife while making a sandwich or ice cream on a spoon while making a sundae.
Foods that have the same color have the same number of calories. Examples include spinach and pistachio ice cream, cauliflower and whipped cream.
NOTE: Chocolate is a universal substitute and may be used in place of any other food.


Brings me back to easier times and better thoughts, lol.

((hugs)) I love you all.
~Nikki

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Stress is when you wake up screaming and then realize you haven't fallen asleep yet. [03 Mar 2004|09:41pm]
[ mood | stressed ]

Wow, cried soooo much at the end of the OC. Like, actually tears down my face. I'm such a wuss.
Dude, New Orleans Opera is doing Das Rheingold which I really, really want to see. I wish I had the money :( And someone to go with. I don't know how much the tickets cost, but I did get the number. I would totally die to see it! My dad tells me about it all the time, he probably saw it in San Fransisco back in his 'youth' lol. I hate not having a car, I hate not having a job, and I hate not having money. I can't do anything, I can't go to the movies, I can't go to the mall, the symphony, plays, or even the opera. Back at home I have no doubt that my parents would pay for tickets to those (not the movies, but the 'art' ones) but now, I can't go, too expensive. I can't get a job without a car either. I miss my baby so much, I was thinking today about how gorgeous it was outside and I wish I could just cruise around in my baby with the windows down, the sunroof open and blasting AC/DC. :( I miss my baby *tear*
I have such an amazing amount of fucking homework, I'm taking a break at the moment, can't really handle it all. I seriously hate midterms. I mean, whose wonderful fucking idea was it to throw 6 different tests at you at the same time? I wish I had a house and I could just sit in a bath tub and relax, I can feel the tension working on me, constant headaches and my back is aching, I'm totally freaking out (Laura can attest to that, lol), even though I know I shouldn't be worrying this much, they are just tests. Ugh, not to mention, along with tests I have a huge speech to give next week in business class. We had an 'impromptu' speech today and it was the most petrifying exprience of my life. They said I didn't do bad, but I couldn't hear anything except my heart pounding and my voice shaking horribly; I thought I was going to pass out when I sat down again. I hate public speaking....with a passion. Since today, I have now listed it as one of my phobias. This is going to be a blast. I hate business, someone remind me again why I am doing this? Someone also explain to me why I'm taking 4 classes of French just to not use it and go to China instead? And why my parents hate me? And AH! I just want a job so I can leave. Buy myself a ticket and go to France for a few weeks, by myself, just to relax. *breathes deeply* Now that I've worked myself up again, it's back to studying more. I never do anything but study. It's annoying. I hate school.
Keep yourself busy
New Troy Trailer on Access Hollywood tomorrow

Complete list :: Of LotR Oscar noms and wins for the 3 movies

In other pilot casting news, Dominic Monaghan, Ian Somerhalder, Jorge Garcia and Evangeline Lilly will play castaways in J.J. Abrams' drama "Lost" for ABC

"Lost" centers on the aftermath of a plane crash on a desert island. Monaghan is best known for his role as hobbit Merry Brandybuck in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

From here.


Wrote a cryptic message earlier in LJ and I guess it caught the interest of a few people. Ok, so, we are studying LotR in philosophy and in the book we are using there was this person who associated Freudian sexual fetishes with Lord of the Rings. It was seriously really creepy. It went into detail about 'stocking' fetishes and relates that to the ring and just....wow.....Here are some excerpts, excuse the spelling typos, it's not important enough for me to type carfully, lol.
....[Freud attributes this desire for fixity to a refusal to fully accept that one's mother is not all-powerful--or, in Freudian terms, does not have the phallus. In pursuing and possessing an object that stands for his mother, the fetishist is able to own and control this maternal sexual power he both fears and loves. For a deep terror of the femal genitals underlies such behavior and the fetish provides a safe substitute for the risky self-giving sexual act.]
How messed up is that? ABOUT LOTR!!! AH! *scrubs brain with acid*
The person continues with saying there is no romanticism in LotR because the Ring is erotic; that shelob is a toothed vagina (or another name they give is a castrating female) and many other equally bizarre things...it goes on for PAGES AND PAGES. But thankfully by the end the 'fetish' is destroyed because Sam starts thinking about who made all the Things he has (pages and pages on what 'Things' mean too) instead of just the object and he lives happily ever after.
I am so scarred for life.
Oh, oh, and here's a little bit on elves
....[In aiming to create preventatives against loss, the elves share the fetishist's desire to fix the object of sexual arousal, so that it is untouched by age, decay, or mortality.]
........any thoughts? lol



Which Legendary Actress are you?


And since they are everywhere, I'll just post a couple...
More Hidalgo Prem pics! )


Happiness is not in our circumstances, but in ourselves. It is
not something we see, like a rainbow, or feel, like the heat of a fire.
Happiness is something we are.

John B. Sheerin

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'ello there [02 Mar 2004|08:54pm]
Ok, I made the mistake of making two Oscar ones, so...that....or this?
That....
or this...
Third choice!


Ugh, I have so much homework, it totally sucks. And I have to give a speech in business *shudders* I'm so petrified of speeches I don't even want to talk about it *whimpers* Not to mention, mid terms are in the next week *bangs head against desk* This sucks, I hate school. lol.

Good news!! Frodoandsam.net updated!! *dances for joy*
Disney in court over Nemo
DYI Kama Sutra :: Hours of entertainment, seriously...

Updated Mardi Gras pics at bagendinn

Watch the Oscar speech :: When they won best picture, and all the others!!

One Party Steals New Line Thunder?
3/02/04, 1:34 pm EST - weetanya
Carissa writes: This article is in USA Today. "Despite The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King's 11-for-11 win, the New Line party at the Pacific Design Center never really got going. ... Director Peter Jackson, Elijah Wood and the rest of the cast partied at a Lord of the Rings fan club event." [More]

haha, I saw this and stole the paper from the table :) Once again....go fans!!

Hidalgo premiere pictures
posted by Jas, 03/02/04
Pictures of Viggo at the Hidalgo premiere from Wireimage - Premiere, Red Carpet, After Party, Yahoo, Daily Celeb, Getty Images, LFI, Globe Photos, UPI. Dominic, Elijah and John Rhys Davies were there too to support their King.
DUDE! He had his HORSE there!!! :D

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March 2: Liv Tyler on Leno

March 4: Viggo Mortensen on Good Morning America and Letterman
Billy Boyd on Sharon Osbourne
March 5: Viggo Mortensen on Regis and Kelly

March 9: Liv Tyler on Conan

March 10: Elijah on Leno, Dom rerun on Craig Kilborn

March 11: Elijah on Conan

Lord of the Rings Inspired by an Ancient Epic
National Geographic, 03/02/04
Watch National Geographic's Beyond the Movie: The Lord of the Rings at 9 p.m. ET, Sunday March 8, on MSNBC.

Boyd to Voice Seed of Chucky
3/02/04, 12:33 pm EST - weetanya
From Emiwenis, Nicole D. (and more Spies!): Billy Boyd to voice Chucky's (brad dourif's) and his wifey-doll-thing's offspring. [More] [And More]

Dorktower Drinks to ROTK
3/02/04, 12:23 pm EST - weetanya
From Shmadyle (and many others!): You might already have heard about this, but Dorktower has a LOTR and Oscars related cartoon up, about the danger of playing drinking games during the awards. [More]

Here's a little tidbit I found
*I've been quite disappointed to learn that ROTK hasn't been the top grossing film of the year, BUT, after finding out another statistic, it kinda makes sense. See, ROTK was actually THE MOST downloaded film of the year, soooo, that means, it COULD HAVE BEEN the film to make the most, IF all those ppl didn't download it, but saw it in theatres instead...



casual
You are Casual Elijah.

You'd rather be in ripped jeans and a t-shirt
chowing down on junk food than go to a stupid
premiere.


Which Elijah Wood are you?
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You are Galadriel

Which Lord Of The Rings Character Are You?




You speak like Billy! I will now label you witty,
Scottish, and the perfect Pippin.


Which LotR male cast member do you sound like?
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Lots of love,
~Nikki

"I am in fact a hobbit in all but size. I like gardens, trees, unmechanized farm lands, I smoke a pipe and like good, plain food-unrefrigerated-but I detest French cooking. I like-and even dare to wear in these dull days-ornamental waistcoats. I'm fond of mushrooms out of a field, have a very simple sense of humor (which even my most appreciate critics find tiresome). I go to bed late, and get up late, when possible."
-J.R.R. Tolkien.
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