Well, while I’m waiting for the game to finish installing I thought I’d update with another post. I recently just finished the book, The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien. It takes place before The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings during the first age of Middle-Earth and I have to say I was quite surprised. It’s a very sad and bleak tale full to the brim of various tradigies and epic battles. The writing style is much different from The Lord of the Rings but it’s still pretty good. Plus, the introduction and appendixes are full of interesting facts and tibbits by Christopher Tolkien. To top it all off there are some nice illustrations in the book as well. It’s a great book and I suggest you should read it if you ever get the chance.

Well, I haven’t updated in months mostly due to the fact because I haven’t played in a while. My computer broke down so I was unable to play and my laptop would probably burst as soon as I put the disc in. So m computer got fixed about a month ago but because of college I never really had a chance to reinstall the game. But, I’m on spring break this week so I’ll be installing the game, and if it works(hopefully!), I’ll be playing for the rest of this week and I’ll try playing again on the weekends.

Well, after spending much more time in Moria, I realized that it’s easy to get lost in there. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great place and looks magnificent but I often find myself killing myself on purpose to get where I want to be. On a more positive note, I have to say I’m really enjoying the warden. That class actually surpassed my expectations.

Well,I got Mines of Moria for Christmas and so far, I have to say it’s pretty good. Moria is huge and it looks great and I’m also really enjoying the warden, a hobbit named Xalbane.

Well, I’m currently doing the Yule quests to try and get the different gift boxes to get a Yule like outfit to fit in with the holiday spirit. Right now I don’t look very Yule like but it has red on it so I guess that counts.

Well, here’s the first of the Falmac short stories. This one and most likely the next couple stories will be about the more lighthearted adventures he had before he left the Shire. Enjoy!

Falmac swung his legs over his bed. He quickly swapped his night clothes for a pair of blue overalls and a white undershirt. He brushed back his black hair in front of the mirror, then went to eat his first breakfast, consisting of plenty of eggs and bacon. He grabbed his fishing pole and his case of special bait (which he never revealed to anyone since it always caught him plenty of fish) from where it sat beside his bookshelf but decided he didn’t want to miss second breakfast, in case if the fishing contest lasted too long. So he whipped himself up a bowl of oatmeal and toast and headed out.

It was a nice day in the homesteads, the sun brightly shining, the birds singing, and the grass soft underneath his feet. He reached the lake in the center of the private homesteads in which he lived and sat down next to a fellow hobbit, Tom Proudfoot. “Nice day for a fishing contest eh Fal,” as all his friends called him that. “Yup, and I even managed to squeeze in second breakfast before I came,” replied a very full, but happy Falmac. “Drat, I wasn’t sure if I’d have time and now the contest isn’t going to start for another ten minutes.” But the ten minutes passed by quickly as more hobbits arrived, a total of twenty to be exact. “Now remember,” one of the three judges said, ” you’ll only get three tries,”and then the contest started.

Falmac carefully inserted his special bait, which looked like a lot of brown guck hardened into a round ball, onto his hook and let it fly. He patiently waited for a fish to latch on and he didn’t have to sit there long. Soon there was a great tug on his fishing rod. He tugged till his face turned red and finally the fish broke free of the water. But it wasn’t a fish, it was actually just a black rubber boot. “Huh!?” exclaimed Falmac, bewildered. “Well, if you can catch another one, you’ll have a pair,” chuckled Tom besides him.  Well at least my second attempt will be much better, thought Falmac. He once again put his bait on his hook, then when he swung his fishing rod he felt a tug on himself and got flung headfirst into the water. He struggled to the surface, he wasn’t a good swimmer like most hobbits but he was better than many and was able to clamber onto the shore. He looked into every one’s worried faces when they started to break into a laugh. “What’s everyone laughing about!” demanded Falmac. “Look behind you,” said another one of Falmac’s friends Peregrin Took. Falmac turned around and saw that his hook had actually caught itself on his overalls. He carefully removed it and stood back up, This is your last chance don’t mess it up.He threw his line, with bait attached and not his overalls, and it plunked into the water. “Five more minutes!” shouted one of the judges. Falmac knew there was a slim chance of catching a fish but he didn’t give up hope and soon he felt a tug on his pole again. He pulled, and tugged and finally, broke free, a fish. A yellow stripped flipper, a rare breed of fish,what luck,thought Falmac. Then the horn sounding the contest was over.

The judges looked over everyone’s catch, while making marks on their clipboards. Falmac felt confident since not only did he have a rare fish, but a nice one too. Once the judges were finished the head judge stood on a podium and said, “Now in third place, for this bronze trophy is Peregrin Took!” There was a round of applause and cheers since he was a popular and like able hobbit. “In second place for this silver trophy is Amy Brandybuck!” Once again more cheers and applause, “And finally our fist place winner for this giant gold trophy is… Bellystink Twoleftfeet for his three yellow striped flippers!” “Hyuh hyuh hyuh!” laughed Bellystink as he accepted his prize, which was met with shocked, and a bit awkward silence. Then finally the silence was broke when Tom yelled, “What!?” which was met with a murmur of agreement. “Oh well,” chuckled Falmac, “maybe next year.”

Well the radio station I’m listening to right now is called Air 1. It’s a Christian radio station with a nice blend of different styles of music. Plus, it has Christmas music right now, but probably not as much as some other stations I’m not sure. If anyone is interested in listening to it here’s the link air1.com

Well, yesterday I went to my local mall with my family, 4 days before Christmas. I know, you guys are probably thinking that’s suicide right. Well, I thought so too, I expected to spend an hour trying to find a parking spot and then shoving my way through endless crowds. To my amazement there was barely anyone there, possibly less than usual!

When I first started lotr I didn’t think I would even consider a hobbit character, but play as a man. Bu I ended up making a hobbit character anyways, a hunter named Dalbrand (whom I have now deleted). After I played him for a while I decided to make a guardian, Falmac of course. But I just couldn’t think of a name for him, then I thought back to Dalbrands name. I decided to start a theme with all my hobbit characters to have the -al as the second and third letters in their name and hopefully I will continue that trend if I make any new hobbit characters. (I currently don’t have a system for the other names since my monster play characters and my elf have random names).

Well, I just checked this website out today and it seems pretty good so far. I’ve decided to try and post short stories concerning my main character Falmac (I like to call him Fal though) that I’ve invented in my head but have never written down (kinda like a fan fic thing).