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[pez]

I couldn't find my wallet when I left home this morning >_< I don't remember leaving it anywhere, but it wasn't in the bag I used yesterday, nor the coat pockets. It wasn't on (or under) the bed, the desk, or the floor. I quickly checked my accounts using internet banking, and no money has gone, so it couldn't have been stolen I guess. Must still be somewhere inside the house.

And I'm in comp lab now waiting for my group mates to come prepare the presentation together. Just sitting here idly, reading my friends' LJ's, and suddenly realise that there's no earring in my ear!!! O_o" How long has it been since I dropped it? This is baaad news, coz by the time I get home to put something in, it'll most probably be closed up, that stupid hole.

Reading The Two Towers now. The books aren't as bad as I thought, but the characters are really... flat. I guess characterisation isn't the main thing in the books.

But can someone please tell me, why do people refer to the author as J.R.R. Tolkien? They don't know how to spell his first name? X_x" Or are all the 3 initial his first name (instead of first and middle names), so it's too long to say or write?

[edit: found my wallet XD]

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[ex-semishade366.livejournal.com]

But can someone please tell me, why do people refer to the author as J.R.R. Tolkien?

Because that's the name he published under, including for his academic works (I had to read some of them at college).

[minervasolo.livejournal.com]

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. He published under JRR Tolkien (I think his father might have been a John Tolkien too, but I can't remember off the top of my head). The books do have very flat characterisation, apart from Frodo and Gollum, because they're the 'important' characters. Still, if you ever have the stomach for it, reading the Silmarillion makes you realise that it never was about the characters anyway. It's like setting out to write the complete history of the world, but only having enough time during you life to get one war published.

[ningengirai.livejournal.com]

I think I can put you at ease concerning earring holes. They don't close that quickly unless they're fairly new ( two or three day new ). I've not had earrings in some of my piercings for years and the holes are still there. ^_^

[roku-chan.livejournal.com]

That was my whole problem with the Tolkein books. In all honesty, his writing is....so...dry, I suppose? Not my cup of tea. Sit me down with a good Weiss/Hickman novel or some R.A. Salvatore, and I'm a happy camper. But then, I'm a dweeb too. ^_^

Oh and I have to finally comment...that damned icon of yours cracks me up XD