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I loved college, but I definitely don't miss the tests/homework/papers. I like being able to come home from work and veg.

 

I've still got to plan /for/ college. Yay things to look forward to!

When do sign-ups close?
I'll at least debate with myself until then...

 

Actually, it is something to look forward to. I actually threw a fit the day I graduate because I did not want to leave college. Best four years of my life (so far).

The challenge starts Jan. 1 (you can't start writing before then), and you have to have your first entry posted by the 15th.

 

Outlining in ones head must be alright, though, right?

*gives in*
I'll try it.



The bit about getting there is stressful, though.

 

Will someone remind me never to write a fan fiction on a musical again! Writing original songs when you're not a songwriter is frustrating at best.

Ha! Frozen knocked Catching Fire from the number one spot! I knew it would. Frozen is turning into one of Disney bigger animated movies, and I'm not surprised. Disney, in my opinion, has finally got it's animation studio back in order, and is doing a better job than Pixar as of late. In the last three years, Pixar has only Toy Story 3 that really knocked it out of the ball park. In those same three years, Disney's had Tangled, Wreck it Ralph, and Frozen, which all have hit home runs.

 

*psst* never write fan fiction based on a musical again!

 

Yay! I think outlining is fine, even on paper; you just can't start writing yet.

 

That fairly well echoes everything I've heard about the film so far. I haven't seen it yet (it's Exams time! Why must these things appear at exams time?), but I imagine I'll feel rather the same way.

It really bothers me, because so much of the cast is so good, and if they'd done The Hobbit, instead of The Hollywood, the films could have been really amazing.

 

I saw it last night!

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I actually liked it quite a bit more than Mira did, but I also am not a die-hard Tolkien fan, nor have I read the book. It was very action-y, but I wasn't bored.

Sauron and Smaug were excellent. I also really, really enjoyed Bard. Tauriel was fine, and I had feared I wouldn't like her. I wish we could have seen more of Thranduil.

I wasn't a fan of the end -- how are they going to start the next movie with a dragon heading for Lake Town? That seems very action-y for the very beginning. But I'm looking forward to it!

I wasn't bored at all. My biggest complaint with the last one was that they could have cut stuff; by the time the group was kidnapped by goblins, I was ready to head to bed. Not at all, this time.

I also finished my holiday shopping! And am reminded why I hate waiting until the last minute, even though I always do (malls are crowded and obnoxious, weather's horrible, and it's expensive even though everything's on sale).

 

There'll almost certainly be a prologue before they pick up the main storyline.
And you really should read the book. Please?
It's not very long, and it is very, very good.

It's been raining all day.

 

I'm waiting until after the third movie. I saw LOTR before I read it, and I enjoyed it more that way (in fact, I wasn't huge on the books, but I LOVED the movies). This is the one fandom where I can say I'd rather not have the movies spoiled by the books.

 

Ahh...yeah, might make the films more enjoyable that way. Though I still love the LotR films...
As long as you do read it at some point.

 

Just found out that Idina Menzel was nominated for a golden globe for her performance of Let it Go in Frozen. That award is as good as hers. Just give it to her right now.

 

Snow? What is that stuff? Living in Florida we don't get that stuff. It's a nice, sunny 63 degrees and that is cold for us. and then we go up to 85 degrees this weekend.

It is insane at my work right now. I work in Owner Services for vacation ownership and people love to procrastinate saving their points so its always insane for us this time of year. But I make mad money this time of year. I love my paychecks come January.

 

Mira_Jade yep 85 degrees. Come down to Florida. and 6 degrees. I don't think I have been in that kind of cold. The boyfriend would not survive in that weather. He is a Florida boy through and through.

I going certifiably insane this time of year. But I'm lucky enough that my schedule allows me to have Christmas Eve/Day, New Year's Eve/Day off.

 

Haha Mira_Jade I am not even a little surprised you love the books I agree that the movie was very focused on action; for some reason, that didn't bother me as much as it usually would.

Oh, I will, Random Comments. I even own a copy of it! I did read the trilogy; I just didn't enjoy it anywhere near as much as Mira

Uggg, I hate the snow. And we keep getting more of it here! I don't work far from my place, which is nice, but I still hate driving in it (especially after an incident in a parking lot last year that ended up costing me quite a chunk of money). Mira, I don't envy you! MJ, send some of that good weather to the Midwest!

 

I saw The Hobbit today, and I loved. They didn't cut the movies off as well as LOTR, but still very good. You really have to look at the three movies as one whole movie. They're not reestablishing relationships in each movie. They did it all in the first movie and that's it. I did sense, however, that they stretching it way too thin. It felt like the next movie should be over after a half hour, which it won't be.

I definitely can see why some may complain about it. LOTR, each movie was it's own story, so they reestablished the bonds that were made, and they each felt like their own movie. The Hobbit, is totally different; it's like one movie being chopped into three parts.

 

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I agree that it feels very chopped into pieces--particularly the way #2 ended ...

Does anyoe have fun plans for the holidays?

 

Well now the muse is toying with wanting to do two Clara diaries as companions to fics. *glares at muse*

 

My muse is tired just like me. The craziness that is work kinda makes me muse diiieeeeee. it should come back at the beginning of the year.

My office is open today for the end of the year rush. you know the only way they got us to come in? By offering us an extra $10 an hour. who can resist that?

 

NICE! I'd absolutely take that (though the long/holiday hours suck).

I hope your muse comes back! I always say the new year and new http://boards.theforce.net/threads/2014-fanfic-resolutions.50017292/]resolutions[/url] are a great time to kick the muse back into gear