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My day began early, with the coming of the furnace guys to do their annual check of the furnace. It needs a tiny bit of work, I guess; now the house smells like fuel oil, which is always a good way to start the day.
The top of my head hurts like I bumped it or scraped it or got a sunburn, but there is no sign of scrape or bruise or swelling. It's not quite a sore now as when I first woke up, but it is a bit tender still. Guess it's one of those mystery things that happens in one's sleep.
I have an unbelievable amount of stuff to take care of today. I know I won't be able to do it all, so I am making a prioritized list. The first thing on my list will be to look at my list and not get sidetracked by doing things not on the list! Also included will be a walk in the spring sunshine and working on a Boromir chapter that is within sight of being finished ("me" time is as important as doing laundry, I'd say!) I suppose I should take my son out driving today, since we haven't managed it this week yet, but I could really use the time for doing other things, too. Guess I'll have to decide which is more important for the day.
Most of what I will try to accomplish today has to do with the imminent arrival of the construction team coming to rip up parts of the house. There are other duties as well that ought to be considered -- but I can only include things on my list that won't affect my momentum, otherwise I'll be distracted and not get anything done enough to call it done. That's the hard part about multitasking -- I can do lots of things at once, but sometimes those things have to be done well!
Ah, well -- more coffee is in order, I think, to help me write my List of Doom.
Speaking of Lists of Doom, here is my offering for verse Thursday:
Seduction of the Ring
The strength, the weapon
The needs of the valiant;
Be the Ring your strength,
Your weapon --
Go to victory
This is the English translation of the Quenya words sung during the scene on Caradhras when Boromir is being seduced by the Ring. These words parallel what Boromir has to say at the Council of Elrond, when he is arguing for using the Ring against Sauron instead of hiding it or destroying it:
'I do not understand all this,' he said. `Saruman is a traitor, but did he not have a glimpse of wisdom? Why do you speak ever of hiding and destroying? Why should we not think that the Great Ring has come into our hands to serve us in the very hour of need? Wielding it the Free Lords of the Free may surely defeat the Enemy. That is what he most fears, I deem.
'The Men of Gondor are valiant, and they will never submit; but they may be beaten down. Valour needs first strength, and then a weapon. Let the Ring be your weapon, if it has such power as you say. Take it and go forth to victory!'
FOTR, Book 2, Chapter 2, The Council of Elrond
This translated verse and information about it was taken from the following site, an EXCELLENT resource for understanding the background to the lyrics and music of the LOTR films and soundtracks:
Magpie's LOTR Soundtrack Site
Well, coffee in hand, I go forth to victory over my List of Doom... I hope! :-D
The top of my head hurts like I bumped it or scraped it or got a sunburn, but there is no sign of scrape or bruise or swelling. It's not quite a sore now as when I first woke up, but it is a bit tender still. Guess it's one of those mystery things that happens in one's sleep.
I have an unbelievable amount of stuff to take care of today. I know I won't be able to do it all, so I am making a prioritized list. The first thing on my list will be to look at my list and not get sidetracked by doing things not on the list! Also included will be a walk in the spring sunshine and working on a Boromir chapter that is within sight of being finished ("me" time is as important as doing laundry, I'd say!) I suppose I should take my son out driving today, since we haven't managed it this week yet, but I could really use the time for doing other things, too. Guess I'll have to decide which is more important for the day.
Most of what I will try to accomplish today has to do with the imminent arrival of the construction team coming to rip up parts of the house. There are other duties as well that ought to be considered -- but I can only include things on my list that won't affect my momentum, otherwise I'll be distracted and not get anything done enough to call it done. That's the hard part about multitasking -- I can do lots of things at once, but sometimes those things have to be done well!
Ah, well -- more coffee is in order, I think, to help me write my List of Doom.
Speaking of Lists of Doom, here is my offering for verse Thursday:
Seduction of the Ring
The strength, the weapon
The needs of the valiant;
Be the Ring your strength,
Your weapon --
Go to victory
This is the English translation of the Quenya words sung during the scene on Caradhras when Boromir is being seduced by the Ring. These words parallel what Boromir has to say at the Council of Elrond, when he is arguing for using the Ring against Sauron instead of hiding it or destroying it:
'I do not understand all this,' he said. `Saruman is a traitor, but did he not have a glimpse of wisdom? Why do you speak ever of hiding and destroying? Why should we not think that the Great Ring has come into our hands to serve us in the very hour of need? Wielding it the Free Lords of the Free may surely defeat the Enemy. That is what he most fears, I deem.
'The Men of Gondor are valiant, and they will never submit; but they may be beaten down. Valour needs first strength, and then a weapon. Let the Ring be your weapon, if it has such power as you say. Take it and go forth to victory!'
FOTR, Book 2, Chapter 2, The Council of Elrond
This translated verse and information about it was taken from the following site, an EXCELLENT resource for understanding the background to the lyrics and music of the LOTR films and soundtracks:
Magpie's LOTR Soundtrack Site
Well, coffee in hand, I go forth to victory over my List of Doom... I hope! :-D
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Date: 2005-05-19 06:12 pm (UTC)From: (Anonymous)Hmmm... List of Doom... Here's wishing you the best to it, especially that Boromir writing time. I WANT MORE STORY!! ::blush:: Sorry, only as you have time. No pressure. ;-D
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