Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
I finished Lord of the Rings yesterday, after devouring the third book in about a week and a half, which I thought was pretty quick since I have so much other stuff going on. The story itself is divided into three books, and the first and the third were far better, in my opinion, than the second. The second was more of a chore to get through, while the first and third had me on the edge of my seat. All in all, it was a really great story.
Odd as it sounds, I think my favorite characters were the Black Riders. Whenever they appeared, I found myself unable to read fast enough to find out what happened next. They were utterly terrifying. I mean, I liked Frodo and Aragorn and especially Gandalf — oh, and Treebeard and the way he kept going “hoom hoom” and calling people “hasty”…but the Black Riders were the most vivid in my imagination.
For the longest time yesterday evening I couldn’t figure out why my phone wasn’t working. I was on campus dialing someone else on campus, but the 5-digit dialing didn’t work. Then I finally realized why. I kept dialing a 6 first. The numbers don’t start with 6 here, they start with 7. They start with 6 at Georgia Tech.
And in final news, I am in heaven. Finally, after five years, I have gotten rid of my piddly 15 inch (you know, only 13 inch viewable) monitor. It served me well for a long time, but now I’m tired of squinting, and scrolling, and looking at websites with half the resolution they recommend. So I finally took it off my desk, and it’s now sitting in the top of my closet gathering dust. In its place is a beautiful 17 inch LCD monitor that I got on sale at CompUSA yesterday. Beautiful. I love it.
