We got “Fellowship” started rather late, I think, if we’re going to watch it and “The Two Towers” (both of them are the Extended Editions) and have dinner before catching the last showing of “Return of the King” at the theater. We do have pizza lined up for lunch and I believe Corin went in search of a shot glass among other things. So…we’re watching FOTR. Bilbo has just left and Frodo has returned from the party. The sun is out! Nope, it’s back in again…looks like it’s going to be an in and out kind of day as far as the sun is concerned and it’s still windy. Those north-flying birds are having a hard time today.
Pizza….good! We had 10 pizzas for lunch after which “Two Towers” started. People are nodding off at various places in the movie. Rosie’s siblings and Suzi’s kids are shooting pool. I think Ksen and his kids did too for a while. Guess they got bored hanging with the fogies! It was the usual in and out afternoon for most folks….down to the beach and back in….out to the patio for a smoke. I was lazy and just watched the movie or got up to check the thread so I wasn’t really keeping up with who was doing what. Trini was still feeling poorly. Good thing I packed those Alka-Seltzer cold tablets because she really needed a decongestant. At some point someone (ksen?) made a run to the theater (about a 25 min. drive one way) to get tickets for “Return of the King.” Not much excitement there except I had a $20 and didn’t pay for my ticket until ksen could change it.
After TTT we had to eat up quick to make the show at 8:30. G’nad grilled hot dogs and hamburgers and SuziQ did a kind of stir-fry thing with the shrimp in that seafood seasoning stuff. It was all good, of course. We also had store-bought potato salad and a macaroni salad. It goes without saying that I ate too much.
We ended up with a three-van caravan to the theater. (Ksen’s daughter was back from the sleepover.) The g’nad family stayed at the Castle. Mrs. G’nad was staying with her little ones, g’nad and trini weren’t feeling too well and Mrs. Ksen had planned on keeping Mrs. G’nad company, I believe. Before leaving for the theater we took the obligatory group Hobbit Hole Dweller picture in front the Sam’s Entmoot banner. It was still windy and nippy outside. You could say that we got to sit together…we had one whole row (second from the top) and part of another (third from the top.) Some people got popcorn and drink. I ate way too much dinner and didn’t get a drink because I didn’t want to have to “go” in the middle of the movie. While waiting for the movie to start we (Corin, Wneighbor, Ruthy, Ramius, Hair, and ecurbh) were trying to come up with a juicy fight story to post on the thread…..something involving JenB’s lawyer. Naughty Hobbits! Seriesly, so far we’ve gotten along as well in person as we do on the thread.
The crowd was a well-behaved one even though we were there. On comparing notes after the movie, it seems that most of us had the urge to break out in Frodo of the Nine Fingers or Where There’s a Whip at various points. I believe we have our official songs of Entmoot 2004. Towards the end there , Ruthy was passing out napkins for the farewell scene at the Grey Havens. *Sniff* This is my third viewing of ROTK and I can’t believe that Pippin wore a paisley cravat thingy with a plaid vest! When we got back to the Castle, they had the Pirate Movie on with Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom. I watched a good part of it but it was getting to be 2:00 am and I figured I’d better get to bed. The others downstairs were already in bed but not asleep yet so I didn’t disturb anyone too badly.