Overthinking Again Because It's More Fun

What ho,

I haven't posted anything in a while. Except for this one which I think I'll actually post instead of saving do drafts and then deleting. 

I haven't posted anything in a while because lately I feel like when I post things I look like this: 

"PAY ATTENTION TO ME"

Also I haven't posted anything in a while because lately all I've felt like thinking about in my spare time is Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit and Tolkien in general, and I can only say that the books and movies are brilliant so many times before people start trying to kill me. 

I started writing a Tolkien post the other day, detailing all the reasons why the Tolkien purists should be able to enjoy the Hobbit movies in order to convince my conscience that it's all right for me to enjoy them, but that turned out to be more of a snooty elitist my-opinion-is-the-only-one-that-matters kind of post, so I deleted it.

Tonight I had some free time, and I started thinking about something other than Middle Earth, and I thought, "I could write a blog post about that." But then I stopped thinking about it and started thinking about Middle Earth again, and now I've forgotten what it was. But in my defense, I don't care. 

I haven't been reading much lately either. That's partly because once I begin reading, I start thinking, "I wish I could write a book," and then I think, "if I wrote a book, it'd be like this:" and then my head starts narrating like "Elizabeth turned the page cautiously, anxious to find clues as to Luthien's fate, but to no avail. The story continued to relate the conversation between Thingol and Melian. Elizabeth continued reading, and found herself thinking, "I should write a blog post summarizing The Silmarillion because that would be fun and useful for anyone who doesn't have time or energy to read the whole book. I could start it like, "What ho, fellow Gondorks! I am delighted to say that after several attempts, I have finished The Silmarillion beyond all hope, and it was brilliant. In case you're not familliar with The Silmarillion, here's a Quick Sum-Up which I hope you'll find useful: 'Once Upon A Time, there was a Supreme Being called Iluvatar, who one day decided to create some Other Less Supreme But Still Very Important Beings called the Ainur by making music.' " and I would keep going until the end, and then I could adapt it into a musical and use the 'Agony' song from Into the Woods as a template for Beren pining for Luthien..." 

So, like I said, I haven't read much lately. 

I wanted to write a post about how Beren and Luthien are similar to Kili and Tauriel, but I'm not allowed to succumb to the temptation to keep trying to convince myself that I'm right when I know it doesn't really matter, because it's just an opinion and having an opinion different from other people doesn't make me a bad person. But on the other hand, I'm also supposed to be breaking out of my shell and stating my opinions more forcefully than I hitherto have been doing, which is a very awkward sentence and I shouldn't have worded it like that. So I was a bit of a crossroads, and "crossroads" obviously made me think of Supernatural, and then I wanted to go back and re-watch seasons 1-9, which I did, and so I thusly ended up forgetting about Beren and Luthien for the time being. 

In case I don't post anything in the next couple of days, I wish all the Berens and Luthiens in the world a happy St. Valentine's day, and to all the Turins and Nienors out there who aren't so lucky in love, I suggest you just eat some pie and have a Disney movie marathon with all your girl friends (if you're a girl) and watch whatever it is that men watch with all your man friends (if you're a guy). Although if you are exactly like Turin and Nienor than you're probably married to your sister or brother (respectively) in which case I would advise you to get an annulment as soon as possible and then go gargle some detergent and get your memory erased. 

Good night!