The Merry Christmas and Happy New Year thread - Page 3

***Jonathan*** · 12-29-2010, 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EllethValatari

I'm ordering one now!

Who designed these?

That our talented artist and chocoholic admin, Eärniel

Much appreciated, Elleth

Gather around, mooters! Get yerselves a nice T-shirt to wear for when The Hobbit hits theaters! And there's more! Do spoil yerselves with a nice Entmoot mug, so you can have yer tea while mooting!

http://www.cafepress.com/entmoot

***Jonathan*** · 12-31-2010, 10:29 AM

May 2011 be merry and bright, guys! Have a blast tonight

**Mari** · 12-31-2010, 10:38 AM

Well, we can, but it's not like you'll see any actual fireworks through the fog... I dunno why but the past few years we've had a thick fog on December 31st every year!
The people who bought lots of pretty but expensive fireworks are going to be peeved.

Happy 2011 to you all!

GrayMouser · 12-31-2010, 10:49 AM

A little over two hours and counting here in Taiwan- they say the fireworks are going to be special this year, since it's also the centenary of the founding of the Republic of China, of which this island is the last remnant.

Weather is clear, but the news has been warning all day about the extreme cold expected- advising people to wear their hats, gloves, scarves, heaviest coats etc. , and having features on keeping warm while watching the fireworks. They say it's going all the way down to 10 C/ 50F.

Gwaimir Windgem · 12-31-2010, 11:14 AM

Well, I certainly hope you don't intend to go out in such arctic temperatures!

EllethValatari · 12-31-2010, 02:05 PM

Where I live we're all confused by the weather. Usually the temperatures are in the low 30's (F) all December, but this whole week they've been in the 70's! The highest predicted temperature for tomorrow is 30, though, so hopefully we'll get a taste of real winter!

inked · 12-31-2010, 04:31 PM

Why is it that Jonathan gives the best Christmas/New Year present of the cafe press Entmoot site?

And suppose we wanted to donate directly to the 'Moot to avoid paying higher taxes to less deserving governments? Hmm? How do we do that?

Happy Moot Year!

EllethValatari · 12-31-2010, 05:59 PM

Happy Moot Year to you all! January will mark two years of 'mooting for me! I'm so happy to have found you all. I used to stand out as a Tolkien fan, and now I belong a group of his aficionados, and can discuss what I love with others who love it too. Thank you all so much. I look forward to 'mooting for years to come.

I will be festivating (word?) at home with friends and family. What is everyone else doing?

Gwaimir Windgem · 12-31-2010, 06:18 PM

My brother and I are (pretty randomly) going to watch Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf with copious amounts of hard liquor, then do a bottle of champagne at midnight. Should be a good night.

Gwaimir Windgem · 01-01-2011, 12:12 AM

Dear GOD, I forgot what a powerful work Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf is. I'm pretty sure it's the best play of the twentieth century. And the film version with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton is such, such a great adaptation. LOVE! I think I've found a new New Year's tradition: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and gin.

EllethValatari · 01-01-2011, 03:06 AM

Happy New Year everyone! May your festivities be fun, your body survive the amount of alcohol you consume, and your year be just as good as the last!

***Earniel*** · 01-01-2011, 06:29 AM

So, goodbye 2010 and may the likes of you never darken my doorstep again. We set off at the wrong foot from the very beginning and I'm not sorry to see you go!

2011, you better be awesome!

So, has everybody survived the festivities?

***Jonathan*** · 01-01-2011, 06:54 AM

Barely

***Rían*** · 01-01-2011, 07:56 AM

Looks like Santa's still out partying ....

***Earniel*** · 01-02-2011, 12:46 PM

I have an extremely tricksy family. They effectively tricked me into getting my own New Year gift this year. I occasionally have gotten my own gift before, if the others won't have enough know-how about the specific thing I want, or won't have time to get it, but I've never been tricked into it. And of course I fell for it all the way.

So my mum comes up to me two weeks ago and says she wants to get something for my dad but needs my help because she doesn't know what all the specifications do. So I go with her, visit several stores, compare products, explain tech specs, write down models, spend hours at home looking up models and packages. All while my dad is out of the room so he doesn't get wind of things. Eventually I end up picking something I think will work for him, go to the shop, buy it and end up dragging the giant box home on a rickety caddy across a slippery sidewalk through 10 cm of snow. Then have the thing take up space in my room for a week, covered with a blanket and with a note 'top sicrit, no peeking'.

I even buy my dad a smaller effigy in candy so I don't have to pack the whole box in paper. (Now I know why my mother wasn't quite as enthusiastic about that idea as she would have been...) I only suspected something like twenty seconds before being presented with the very thing I spend all that time acquiring for my dad. And of course everybody was in on it, expect for me.

I have an awesome family, but they're very tricksy.

***Tessar*** · 01-02-2011, 03:05 PM

But now don't you wish you had convinced your mom to splurge on something better for your dad?

That's pretty awesome, though. I'm still laughing after reading it.

***Earniel*** · 01-02-2011, 05:03 PM

Yeah, the family had a lot of laughs about it too....

Especially the part where I dragged the bloody thing through the snow had them in stitches. I'm sure my sister already has the story of how I proudly informed her of the very cool thing we got for dad this year all written up on her facebook.

The thing is, if I had known it had been for myself, I'd have gone with something simpler and a bit cheaper. So maybe I should count myself lucky my mother insisted I get something better.

EllethValatari · 01-02-2011, 07:40 PM

Earniel, that story cracks me up. Funny though, things I buy for my dad are not things I would want...maybe its different with what you bought. The candy, of course, would be awesome.

***Jonathan*** · 01-03-2011, 04:30 AM

Hehehe, that's a very cunning family you've got

There must be an epilogue to this story. Like, did your dad get his candy, or did you lay claim to that as well

? And most importantly, will you give us a clue as to what was in that mystery box?

***Earniel*** · 01-03-2011, 08:12 AM

Oh, didn't I say what it was? Typical.

It was a brand new computer, the last one we had, was bought the previous century and was starting to get serious issues.

So my dad can keep the candy.

12-31-2010, 10:29 AM	#42
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	May 2011 be merry and bright, guys! Have a blast tonight __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

12-31-2010, 10:38 AM	#43
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Well, we can, but it's not like you'll see any actual fireworks through the fog... I dunno why but the past few years we've had a thick fog on December 31st every year! The people who bought lots of pretty but expensive fireworks are going to be peeved. Happy 2011 to you all! __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

12-31-2010, 10:49 AM	#44
GrayMouser Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Ilha Formosa Posts: 2,068	A little over two hours and counting here in Taiwan- they say the fireworks are going to be special this year, since it's also the centenary of the founding of the Republic of China, of which this island is the last remnant. Weather is clear, but the news has been warning all day about the extreme cold expected- advising people to wear their hats, gloves, scarves, heaviest coats etc. , and having features on keeping warm while watching the fireworks. They say it's going all the way down to 10 C/ 50F. __________________ Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them? "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us, but pigs treat us as equals."- Winston Churchill

12-31-2010, 11:14 AM	#45
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Well, I certainly hope you don't intend to go out in such arctic temperatures! __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

12-31-2010, 02:05 PM	#46
EllethValatari Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: United States Posts: 401	Where I live we're all confused by the weather. Usually the temperatures are in the low 30's (F) all December, but this whole week they've been in the 70's! The highest predicted temperature for tomorrow is 30, though, so hopefully we'll get a taste of real winter! __________________ Elleth Valatari "We have come from God, and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true light, the eternal truth that is with God. Our myths may be misguided, but they steer however shakily towards the true harbour, while materialistic 'progress' leads only to a yawning abyss and the Iron Crown of the power of evil." — J.R.R. Tolkien

12-31-2010, 04:31 PM	#47
inked Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol Posts: 3,114	Why is it that Jonathan gives the best Christmas/New Year present of the cafe press Entmoot site? And suppose we wanted to donate directly to the 'Moot to avoid paying higher taxes to less deserving governments? Hmm? How do we do that? Happy Moot Year! __________________ Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941 Last edited by inked : 12-31-2010 at 04:32 PM. Reason: twitchy enter pinkie syndrome

12-31-2010, 05:59 PM	#48
EllethValatari Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: United States Posts: 401	Happy Moot Year to you all! January will mark two years of 'mooting for me! I'm so happy to have found you all. I used to stand out as a Tolkien fan, and now I belong a group of his aficionados, and can discuss what I love with others who love it too. Thank you all so much. I look forward to 'mooting for years to come. I will be festivating (word?) at home with friends and family. What is everyone else doing? __________________ Elleth Valatari "We have come from God, and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true light, the eternal truth that is with God. Our myths may be misguided, but they steer however shakily towards the true harbour, while materialistic 'progress' leads only to a yawning abyss and the Iron Crown of the power of evil." — J.R.R. Tolkien

12-31-2010, 06:18 PM	#49
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	My brother and I are (pretty randomly) going to watch Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf with copious amounts of hard liquor, then do a bottle of champagne at midnight. Should be a good night. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

01-01-2011, 12:12 AM	#50
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Dear GOD, I forgot what a powerful work Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf is. I'm pretty sure it's the best play of the twentieth century. And the film version with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton is such, such a great adaptation. LOVE! I think I've found a new New Year's tradition: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and gin. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

01-01-2011, 03:06 AM	#51
EllethValatari Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: United States Posts: 401	Happy New Year everyone! May your festivities be fun, your body survive the amount of alcohol you consume, and your year be just as good as the last! __________________ Elleth Valatari "We have come from God, and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true light, the eternal truth that is with God. Our myths may be misguided, but they steer however shakily towards the true harbour, while materialistic 'progress' leads only to a yawning abyss and the Iron Crown of the power of evil." — J.R.R. Tolkien

01-01-2011, 06:29 AM	#52
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	So, goodbye 2010 and may the likes of you never darken my doorstep again. We set off at the wrong foot from the very beginning and I'm not sorry to see you go! 2011, you better be awesome! So, has everybody survived the festivities? __________________ We are not things.

01-01-2011, 06:54 AM	#53
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	Barely __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

01-01-2011, 07:56 AM	#54
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	Looks like Santa's still out partying .... __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

01-02-2011, 12:46 PM	#55
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	I have an extremely tricksy family. They effectively tricked me into getting my own New Year gift this year. I occasionally have gotten my own gift before, if the others won't have enough know-how about the specific thing I want, or won't have time to get it, but I've never been tricked into it. And of course I fell for it all the way. So my mum comes up to me two weeks ago and says she wants to get something for my dad but needs my help because she doesn't know what all the specifications do. So I go with her, visit several stores, compare products, explain tech specs, write down models, spend hours at home looking up models and packages. All while my dad is out of the room so he doesn't get wind of things. Eventually I end up picking something I think will work for him, go to the shop, buy it and end up dragging the giant box home on a rickety caddy across a slippery sidewalk through 10 cm of snow. Then have the thing take up space in my room for a week, covered with a blanket and with a note 'top sicrit, no peeking'. I even buy my dad a smaller effigy in candy so I don't have to pack the whole box in paper. (Now I know why my mother wasn't quite as enthusiastic about that idea as she would have been...) I only suspected something like twenty seconds before being presented with the very thing I spend all that time acquiring for my dad. And of course everybody was in on it, expect for me. I have an awesome family, but they're very tricksy. __________________ We are not things.

01-02-2011, 03:05 PM	#56
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	But now don't you wish you had convinced your mom to splurge on something better for your dad? That's pretty awesome, though. I'm still laughing after reading it.

01-02-2011, 05:03 PM	#57
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Yeah, the family had a lot of laughs about it too.... Especially the part where I dragged the bloody thing through the snow had them in stitches. I'm sure my sister already has the story of how I proudly informed her of the very cool thing we got for dad this year all written up on her facebook. The thing is, if I had known it had been for myself, I'd have gone with something simpler and a bit cheaper. So maybe I should count myself lucky my mother insisted I get something better. __________________ We are not things.

01-02-2011, 07:40 PM	#58
EllethValatari Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: United States Posts: 401	Earniel, that story cracks me up. Funny though, things I buy for my dad are not things I would want...maybe its different with what you bought. The candy, of course, would be awesome. __________________ Elleth Valatari "We have come from God, and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true light, the eternal truth that is with God. Our myths may be misguided, but they steer however shakily towards the true harbour, while materialistic 'progress' leads only to a yawning abyss and the Iron Crown of the power of evil." — J.R.R. Tolkien

01-03-2011, 04:30 AM	#59
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	Hehehe, that's a very cunning family you've got There must be an epilogue to this story. Like, did your dad get his candy, or did you lay claim to that as well ? And most importantly, will you give us a clue as to what was in that mystery box? __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

01-03-2011, 08:12 AM	#60
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Oh, didn't I say what it was? Typical. It was a brand new computer, the last one we had, was bought the previous century and was starting to get serious issues. So my dad can keep the candy. __________________ We are not things.

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