From: A. J. Nolte <a.j.nolte@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: what we can discuss here
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sunday, June 15, 2008, 10:51 PM
Haha: LOTR culture strikes again...
Since you post that fantastic daily list of books added to
the collection, I
suppose you can be forgiven for not liking LOTR. I guess. *
grin*.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Grandma Cindy"
<popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 1:44 AM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] what we can discuss here
> On the bookshare list you can discuss anything, as fas
as I know, and
> those of us who aren't interested can just delete
and/or go on to the next
> post. One should change the subject line, though.
smile
>
> I find most topics of discussion interesting, except
the technical ones
> about the machines you all use--and, I'm afraid,
LOTR. I quickly go on to
> the next post. Nicole, if you're going to be
visiting and considering
> colleges, may I suggest a visit to the University of
California, Irvine?
> When we took my daughter there for a campus visit I
was very impressed by
> two things: at that time--the late 80s--they had
connections for computers
> in the dorm rooms and maybe they even provided them; I
don't remember.
>
> BUT--one dorm complex s called Middle Earth and
"Buildings in the
> Middle-earth student housing community are named after
places and
> characters from the fictional world of J. R. R.
Tolkien, author of The
> Lord of the Rings fantasy story. Additionally,
although unrelated, the
> main circular road on campus is called Ring
Road."(quoted part from the
> Wikipedia article--after all, it was 20 years ago that
I was on that
> campus and I wanted to be sure my memory was correct.
>
> G.Cindy
>
>
>
> ***WISH LIST (CALLED REQUESTED ADDITIONS TO THE
BOOKSHARE COLLECTION)IS
> AVAILABLE AT
>
http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/Book_Requests.htm
> http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/
>
http://studentpages.alma.edu/~07jmyate/book_requests.htm
>
> A LIST OF BOOKS CURRENTLY BEING SCANNED IS AVAILABLE
AT
>
http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/scanning.html
>
> Jake's site for useful links:
http://www.jbrownell.com/bkslinks.html
>
>
> --- On Sun, 6/15/08, A. J. Nolte
<a.j.nolte@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> From: A. J. Nolte <a.j.nolte@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: My turn for
recommendations
>> To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Sunday, June 15, 2008, 10:00 PM
>> So basically, my freshman year I think I had maybe
two or
>> three things in
>> Braille, and that was it. I'm going into my
second year
>> of grad school and
>> haven't used Braille at all for that.
>>
>> So, you should be just about ready to start
thinking about
>> college visits
>> I'd guess?
>> (Incidentally, if this chatter's too off-topic
or
>> something I'm happy to
>> move the conversation off-list; not sure of the
edicate on
>> that sort of
>> thing here...).
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Elfqueen"
<elfqueen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 12:50 AM
>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: My turn for
>> recommendations
>>
>>
>> > Dude, I *hated* world lit! Hated it! I had a
good
>> teacher and everything
>> > (unlike this year with American lit, my
teacher
>> shouldn't have had her
>> > job), and I still hated it. But then, the
school I was
>> attending was new
>> > to me at the time, and I didn't want to
be there
>> and I was upset at that
>> > and above all very intimidated, so I hated
lots of
>> stuff I wouldn't
>> > ordinarily. I could have handled this
year's
>> beastiness if it hadn't been
>> > a dull, grinding beast. I'm excited for
college.
>> >
>> > And to the Braille paper statement, I can
only say:
>> YAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "A. J. Nolte"
>> <a.j.nolte@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 12:50 AM
>> > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: My turn for
>> recommendations
>> >
>> >
>> >> Oh man, wish I'd had a Brit Lit (as
opposed to
>> the more general and sadly
>> >> consequently less British) world lit.
>> >> Yup: I remember junior year being an
unmitigated
>> beast. Good preparation
>> >> for college though. And if you're
anything
>> like I was, Braille paper
>> >> won't be nearly as much of an issue
in college
>> as it was in high school.
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Elfqueen"
>> <elfqueen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> To:
<bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 12:43 AM
>> >> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: My turn
for
>> recommendations
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> *grins* Right...or The Fellowship of
the
>> Ringers, maybe. *grins*
>> >>>
>> >>> High school,actually. One more year!
This past
>> year was pretty much a
>> >>> beast and a bummer (so the rumors
about junior
>> year that I kept hearing
>> >>> actually turned out true...), but
next year I
>> get to take British lit,
>> >>> and guess what one of the books is!
The
>> Hobbit! Technically I wouldn't
>> >>> even have to read that one, I know
the story
>> off by heart, but hey, who
>> >>> am I to turn down the excuse! Plus
there are
>> lots of other cool books on
>> >>> the list, too.
>> >>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>> From: "A. J. Nolte"
>> <a.j.nolte@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >>> To:
<bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 12:41 AM
>> >>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: My
turn for
>> recommendations
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> Ah yes, that fellowship one feels
toward
>> other LOTR fans. I guess I
>> >>>> might even call it a fellowship
of the
>> ring...
>> >>>> <g>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> You're in college I'm
guessing?
>> >>>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>>> From: "Elfqueen"
>> <elfqueen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>>> To:
>> <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>>> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 12:34
AM
>> >>>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re:
My turn
>> for recommendations
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> *cheers* Oh yeah, definitely
a
>> culture, and definitely group loyalty!
>> >>>>> How often have you met
someone,
>> virtually or otherwise, and found out
>> >>>>> that they love LOTR as much
as you do
>> and felt this instantanious sort
>> >>>>> of fellowship with them?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I'm beginning my sixth or
seventh
>> read of the books (I lost count...)
>> >>>>> and I'm sooo excited to
be jumping
>> back into them! And I get to watch
>> >>>>> my annual LOTR movie marathon
while I
>> clean out the tons and tons and
>> >>>>> tons and tons of Braille
papers from
>> this previous school year. Oh,
>> >>>>> shoot, I have to start that
>> tomorrow...I want to watch the movies, but
>> >>>>> I really do not want to clean
all that
>> stuff out!
>> >>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>>>> From: "A. J. Nolte"
>> <a.j.nolte@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >>>>> To:
>> <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>>>> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008
12:28 AM
>> >>>>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss]
Re: My
>> turn for recommendations
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> That true:
>> >>>>>> 1. Language. Well, there
are at
>> least three for elves alone.
>> >>>>>> 2. Shared experiences:
reading
>> LOTR, or having it read to us by our
>> >>>>>> parents when we were
kids, hoping
>> against hope that they'd get around
>> >>>>>> to making the movies, the
mad rush
>> to get a ticket as close to
>> >>>>>> opening night as
possible...
>> >>>>>> 3. Shared customs: well,
let's
>> not get into dressing up to see the
>> >>>>>> films shall we?
>> >>>>>> 4. Common beliefs: that
L?OTR is
>> emphatically the best and most
>> >>>>>> life-altering
fantasy--and in some
>> cases fiction--series ever
>> >>>>>> written.
>> >>>>>> 5. Group
loyalty...I'm gonna
>> go with, yep, it's a culture. <g>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message
-----
>> >>>>>> From:
"Elfqueen"
>> <elfqueen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>>>>> To:
>> <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>>>>> Sent: Monday, June 16,
2008 12:18
>> AM
>> >>>>>> Subject:
[bookshare-discuss] Re:
>> My turn for recommendations
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Ooo! I love that one!
I have a
>> really cool version of it, redone
>> >>>>>>> into the separate
book units,
>> and at the beginning and end of each
>> >>>>>>> book section,
there's a
>> little monologue in which Frodo talks about
>> >>>>>>> either the
experiences
>> themselves, or the writing of them. I love
>> >>>>>>> it.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> LOTR culture...yes!
Most
>> definitely! *grins* We have all that you
>> >>>>>>> mention.
>> >>>>>>> ----- Original
Message -----
>> >>>>>>> From: "A. J.
Nolte"
>> <a.j.nolte@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >>>>>>> To:
>> <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>>>>>> Sent: Monday, June
16, 2008
>> 12:16 AM
>> >>>>>>> Subject:
[bookshare-discuss]
>> Re: My turn for recommendations
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Random aside: a
friend of
>> mine posted the entire thirteen-episode
>> >>>>>>>> BBC radio version
of Lord
>> of the Rings for free download online.
>> >>>>>>>> Absolutely
fantastic stuff
>> staring Ian Home as Frodo...
>> >>>>>>>> Yes, I too am a
hopeless
>> Lord of the Rings geek. Hmm, I wonder if
>> >>>>>>>> there's a
Lord of the
>> rings culture... <g>
>> >>>>>>>> ----- Original
Message
>> -----
>> >>>>>>>> From:
"Elfqueen"
>> <elfqueen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>>>>>>> To:
>> <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>>>>>>> Sent: Monday,
June 16,
>> 2008 12:05 AM
>> >>>>>>>> Subject:
>> [bookshare-discuss] Re: My turn for
recommendations
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> *grins* I
love
>> analytical discussions...especially when
randomness
>> >>>>>>>>> gets thrown
in!
>> Elfqueen. Well, I'm a big fan of The Lord of
the
>> >>>>>>>>> Rings, and
back when
>> the movies first came out, I and a group of
>> >>>>>>>>> equally
obsessed
>> friends gave each other Lord of the Rings
>> >>>>>>>>> nicknames. I
>> eventually ended up being Samwise Gamgee, the
loyal
>> >>>>>>>>> Hobbit, which
I loved
>> (and still love, I must admit), but one of
>> >>>>>>>>> my friends
started out
>> saying I should be Galadriel, the elf-queen
>> >>>>>>>>> of the golden
wood of
>> Lothlorien, because, according to her, my
>> >>>>>>>>> facial
expressions
>> when I play the piano or am absorbed
>> >>>>>>>>>
whole-heartedly in
>> writing resemble what Galadriel looked like
>> >>>>>>>>> some of the
time in
>> the movie. I was about thirteen then, around
>> >>>>>>>>> the time I
was getting
>> well acquainted with the ways of computers,
>> >>>>>>>>> so when I
made an
>> e-mail account, "elfqueen" was the first
thing
>> >>>>>>>>> that popped
into my
>> head. Even though it has virtually nothing to
>> >>>>>>>>> do with my
personality
>> and now has little enough to be tied to
>> >>>>>>>>> except my
identity as
>> a fanfiction writer, it has stuck.
>> >>>>>>>>> -----
Original Message
>> -----
>> >>>>>>>>> From:
"Rick
>> Roderick" <rickrod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>>>>>>>> To:
>> <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>>>>>>>> Sent: Monday,
June 16,
>> 2008 12:00 AM
>> >>>>>>>>> Subject:
>> [bookshare-discuss] Re: My turn for
recommendations
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> Nicole,
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> Now, you
have some
>> very good points. I hadn't thought about all
>> >>>>>>>>>> those
other words.
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> BTW, how
did you
>> come up with Elfqueen as your nickname?
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