With many acquaitenances, Frodo is deeply attached to a few people, like Bilbo, Aragorn, Gandalf, and Sam. His high ethics come out in his treatment of Gollum and Saruman. Frodo has pity on Gollum and believes that change can occur.
You have a strong personal morality. You are committed to relationships and their growth. You tend to be an idealist, believing the best of the world around you. Time alone is important and solitary activities refresh you. You have a tendency to introspection. While providing compassion and being considerate, you may have the tendency of being soft-hearted or even "too emotional" You like keeping your options open. Closure is probably not one of your strong suits.
The Orcs display the evil side of this personality with their lengthy torture methods.
Traits:
Empathic, benevolent, looking to the future. On the dark side you could be sadistic.
Test based upon the Myers-Briggs/Keirsey Personality Tests
Note: The results of this test are based upon the books' characters, not the movie.
It's on Wil Wheaton's blog. Yes, Wil Wheaton has a blog. How cool is that? His character on Star Trek is one of the very few characters of which I was a big fan when I was a teen. He apparently won WebLog of the Year (as posted in I blog, therefore I am on BBC news).
How would you answer the question? I'd love to hear it. I'm sure that by the time I'm done writing mine I'll decide it's too personal for public consumption. Therefore I'm only making it available to those who ask.
Allan, my longest and most serious relationship/boyfriend to date, and still close friend, had a baby (well, his girlfriend had the baby) on Valentine's day. It's so exciting!! His name is Alden Rye Northrop Peeters.
I'm way too excited. I wish I were in Vancouver to visit. Sometimes it sucks having moved around so much or your friends moving away so you miss important things in their lives.
Whoah! I'm here. (Can you find me?)
posted by Jill 4:14 p.m.
Monday, February 17, 2003
School's In... Grammar Lesson for the Day
I help this woman at work who is learning English with her English grammar sometimes and today learned something I thought was fascinating. When to use "I" and when to use "me." I was never quite sure myself, to be honest. I always did it by whatever sounded right to me. However, I have found the official answer and I think it's pretty neat.
There is a simple rule here that seems to work very well, at least in writing. Ask yourself what pronoun form you would use without adding the other person — "Grandma left me her rocking chair" (coming up with the correct form for the indirect object) — and then, when you add the other person, don't change the form of the pronoun: "Grandma left Jayden and me her rocking chair."
Try it with "Jayden and me are playing," vs. "Jayden and I are playing." "Me is playing" or "I am playing," <-- you be the judge. :)
I'm not one to shy away from a good adventure, which comes in handy when one lives alone and has to cook for oneself.
Just coming home from an evening out, I knew that a nice bowl of miso soup would hit the spot. Much to my alarm, the water from the tap was, well, almost sludge-like. No problem, thought I, I always have a jug of bottled water around in my fridge since the tap water is not generally so reliable (though not normally *this* unreliable).
Except today. No jug.
Groceries have been dwindling around my place since the advent of the bitterly cold weather. What used to be a matter of throwing on sandals and hopping around the corner is now a much less inviting affair, unless absolutely required. Especially with how drained I've been from work lately. When I get the chance to plop down in my apartment, the last thing I want to do is bundle up to go get me some sustenance.
Turned out there was a bottle in the back of my fridge containing liquid that would work for soup. It was--water-like.
And so I introduce my newest invention to the world............. Carbonated Miso Soup! Mmmmmmmmm.
Letting you know about a couple of changes because they're not obvious to the naked eye.
The titles in the left nav have changed (especially cuz a few people have complained that they're not on my friends list..... Hell-llo? Get a blog people!) and Tamara's url goes to her Games Store blog now because she never posts to her personal blog anymore. (In fact, hasn't in months..... In fact, it is completely defunct now. It takes a lot to give me the hint to change a url. ;). Heh.... I hear owning your own business takes over your personal life. ;)
me: on my burger: ketchup, mustard, lettuce, tomatoe, and pickle, please.
bf: KETCHUP? Ohhh....I don't know if this is going to work...
me: er... and also a tomato without the e.
me: *laughing*
bf: No, I'm serious. You know how your house is a vegan zone? My house is a ketchup-free zone. NO KETCHUP INSIDE THE DOOR!!
me: are you being serious?
bf: Yup. I HATE that crap.
me: darling, i can be ketchup-free for you.
bf: Ketchup, pah!. Just have a tomato(e)!
me: i'd climb the highest mountain, swim the deepest sea, and give up ketchup, just so with you i can be.
bf: 3
me: woo!
me: what about mustard? i'd have a serious time giving up that one. i'm rather mustard addicted.
bf: Mustard is the ANTI-ketchup...
me: so it's good then?
bf: When the evil ketchup empire attempts to invade my kitchen...
me: yes............
bf: and sneak an agent into the fridge...
me: yes.......................................
bf: it's the special mustard forces that repel the invaders...
me: oooohhhhhhhhhh.
bf: and make sure that my sandwiches are safe to eat!
me: what other foods are part of the evil empire?
bf: Safe, like, not contaminated by that red oozing blacchhh...
bf: Well... eggplant.
bf: And every other purple food.
me: ohhhh! you're the best! (i don't know about other purple foods. just eggplant. eggplant BLECCH.)
bf: Because they aren't natural. They're the genetically engineered shock troops of the ketchupian empire.
me: uhhh..... ya..... that's it.
bf: That's right, the KETCHUPIAN EMPIRE. Beware their evil!!
me: *laughing hard*
bf: Is this conversaion going to make it onto your blog?
me: ummm.... should it?
bf: It could. You know, the ketchupian empire is at least as bizarre as "with fiends like these, who needs enemas?"
Psychologists are helping the United Nations to pioneer ways to persuade us to adopt greener lifestyles.
Cool! I agree with the article.. No one is going to change their habits from being bullied or from guilt-trips. We need to find a way to keep the conveniences but stop destroying the environment.
Welcome to the world. (Because, OF COURSE, being on my blog is really the world.)
posted by Jill 4:39 p.m.
Sunday, February 02, 2003
Shouting From My Virtual Mountaintop
I'M DATING THE GREATEST, MOST AMAZING GUY!!!
IT'S BEEN LIKE, ALMOST A MONTH! WHOAH!!
Thank you. That's all.
Now you been blogged. (Again. :) With graphics too! Multi-media glory.
The world waits with anticipation for that, *achem,* er--"love" poem you are promising.....
"You are the Thumb. You are extremely unique. You enjoy surprising people with your new ideas that can take you to new heights. You could be a comedian someday, or a job not even made up yet! You have so much individuality! Congrats for being... yourself!"
I'M DATING THE GREATEST, MOST AMAZING GUY!!!