There and Back Again
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Third Age Correspondence
Proper dwarves offer their services before they leave.
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30/09/2002 - 9:38 a.m. There's a mess alright, but no Messiah. I'm peculiar. I saw Godspell a couple of years ago, and I absolutely hate the show. It's got this terribly condescending tone to it- you'll only understand this if you've read Matthew, and if you haven't, well, then you're just not a part of this. However, I love two of the songs. I don't even know what they're called, I got them on some random musical promotional CD, and it hasn't got the titles, though I think one of them is Day By Day. It's not the words so much as I guess the tunes and the way they're sung. I look at singing Latin masses the same way, I know it's religion, and I don't really know what the words all mean, but it's lovely stuff to sing. Sometimes I feel like I'm cheating. These are religious songs, made to inspire and promote something I don't believe in, but here I sing it. There are probably some people who would be as offended by that as people who feel offended about having to sing religious songs. Two things I learnt while watching the sports channel at breakfast. Firstly, the Viagra car didn't finish the race at NASCAR. What does this say about Viagra? What does this say about the "market group" that watches NASCAR? Secondly, even though the Chicago Cubs have got Sammy Sosa still making all of these hits, the Cubs are not winning any more games than ever before. Can we say publicity stunt? (Although I would suppose I am the last person in the world to work the second one out.) Learned very much about rugby from Pixie yesterday. I wish I were brave enough and strong enough to play it, but I'm not. As a sport, it's a fairly admirable one. I'm not for American football (which, really, they rarely use their feet) because it's all about padding and silly rules and there really isn't much to it. Football is better although I haven't really watched very much of it. Rugby however, is fun in a death match sort of way. And humans are all about blood and gore, look at the Roman coleseums (I think that's spelled wrong). I heard on the radio yesterday that Pete Best is going to re-open the Cashbah club as a museum/club. I'm extraordinarily excited by this, but I doubt anyone else even knows what this means. I have just one quick word to say on the subject of diary review sites. Yes, I run one (please, don't request a review and link to me if you are unaware as to how I operate), but I have also submitted to a few reviewers myself. It took me two reviews to realise that it's very subjective. It's not at all like your English teacher who pats you on the head if you "tried hard". You have to know what a site wants- if you've got a counter and quizzes and a pretty design, find a place that scores for that. If you want your content judged, those guys tend to be tougher. My favourite review site is Marked Accordingly (I prefer it to my own), however, I know I am not strong enough to submit my diary. I couldn't accept gracefully a poor analysis of my diary because they judge words, content and overall quality of writing. My own self-assurance that I posess these things is too shaky to submit my diary to review sites. If you cannot take kindly to criticism, and feel only that you must fight the decision of one who has rather different opinions on diaries and writing than you, perhaps it is a suggestion that you should not submit your diary for judgement. Please, everyone, we are dealing with the general population up against each other- opinions differ and the world is full of subjectivity. Learn to accept dissapointment, or avoid such things as will dissapoint you.Fortune cookie of the day: You will make a change for the better. �From the Shire, down the Anduin, to Mordor
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