I sang in a Lord of the Rings Symphony concert. Two years in a row.
NO! TOTALLY NOT TRUE - I just got body-checked into the SW headspace away from Tolkien.
I am *waaaay* jealous of you. Totally. What I would give to sing in a choir that is singing about Tolkien.
No, I'm totally NOT exaggerating. I firmly believe the reason I'm single is my Tolkienism (which isn't fetishistic, just obsessive) is even geekier than playing D&D - which I still do, of course.
Can I high-five you or is there some more ceremonial (or possibly more space-operatically pulpy) gesture you'd prefer?
(high-fives you)
Well, we could always do the Romulan right-fist-over-heart chest-slam, like in "Balance of Terror" TOS.
(Geekism turned to 11) - you do know that Mark Lenard, Spock's dad, was the only actor to play all 3 "main alien" races, right? Sarek of Vulcan, the Romulan captain from "Balance of Terror", and the Klingon captain from the beginning of "Star Trek - The Motion Picture".
See? Singleness totally explained.
(Geekism turned to 11) - you do know that Mark Lenard, Spock's dad, was the only actor to play all 3 "main alien" races, right? Sarek of Vulcan, the Romulan captain from "Balance of Terror", and the Klingon captain from the beginning of "Star Trek - The Motion Picture".
I didn't know that last one - pro'lly because I've blocked "Star Trek - The Motion Picture" from my memory.
No, I'm totally NOT exaggerating. I firmly believe the reason I'm single is my Tolkienism (which isn't fetishistic, just obsessive) is even geekier than playing D&D - which I still do, of course.
I was telling Paul last night that if he weren't straight and my husband, I'd totally be setting the two of you up. So, clearly, we just have to find my spouse's gay twin somewhere.
Yesterday, I invented Improv Mad Libs Apples to Apples. I believe it to be a very Buffista game.
How old were you?
I couldn't have been older than 5.
Maybe Hermit Boy should get ya one! It benefits him too, no?
Hmmm, that just might work!
pro'lly because I've blocked "Star Trek - The Motion Picture" from my memory.
I have the "extended version" that came out a few years ago - and y'know, it's 40 MORE MINUTES of FLYING SLOWLY. Blocking STTMP is perfectly understandable.
I'm just a (minor) completist, that's why I have it (and Star Trek 5 - "Kirk takes on God, and wins!") - though I can't watch STV. It causes migraines from the STUPID.
You have Star Trek 5? That's hardcore completist there.
V is the only one I didn't see in the theater. I saw parts of it in the theater, and that was enough.
Tolkien only really started writing fiction as a vehicle for his invented languages; while not exactly true, the waaaaay-geeky Tolkienophile joke is "at 7, he knew 7 languages; at 21, he knew 21".
Shall we agree that the language bits started to coalesce before the mythology part of his story?
I think I may be getting hot flashes. WTF?