The New Hobbit Hole

[Corin Stormhands]

Yeah. I'd rather be sick than have my kids be sick. The little one was born 10 weeks early, so he had a rough beginning. The first year was all feeding every two hours and medicating the other two hours. He had acid reflux, plus the asthma and he had RSV twice. Right before Christmas in 2000, he was hospitalized with dehydration because of the flu (we all got it that week).

He's really pretty healthy now except for the asthma. And the episodes are so few and far between that they usually catch us off guard.

[Sam Cree]

"too much shouting and name-calling, and not enough thoughtful debate."

Sometimes I think that can be pretty entertaining, but some posters are really rude, without provocation.

"The anonymity and the distance of the internet make people behave far worse than their mothers taught them to behave."

Yeah, kind of like how people in their cars often seem to think that they're anonymous or something. Some folks think that while they're behind the wheel, they're not accountable for their behavior.

[HairOfTheDog]

I had a boyfriend with psoriasis and arthritis, I thought the two diseases just went together... not one caused by the treatment for the other.

His was severe at times, and he took Methyltrexate (sp?) orally and by injection when it was bad. It helped. Is that what you mean by chemo?

[2Jedismom]

You know, that's why I put one of those Christian fish on my car! I may be a terrible person, but I'm going to try my hardest not to embarrass my Lord! If I have a fish on my car, people are not only going to judge me by my behavior, but also what I claim to espouse.

[Corin Stormhands]

You know, that's why I put one of those Christian fish on my car!

That's precisely why I don't put one on my car. I'm afraid I'll forget and flip somebody the bird...

[2Jedismom]

Yes! And something else. Something where they kept having to check his liver. He's now starting on some new drug that's just been released by the FDA and it's had good results for total remission! God bless him, he 's a good person. He has a good job and two beautiful daughters and a wife that looks like Barbie! He never let the psoriasis get to him (outwardly, anyways...)

[2Jedismom]

There's some new spoilers on TORN.

[Sam Cree]

Aragorn, I think :-), but probably also including Frodo.

Interesting watching the interviews on the dvd's. Mortenson came off very well, I thought. I read somewhere that he paints, but haven't seen his work yet. The "hobbits inverviewed well also.

Liv Tyler seemed a little giggly, though I loved her as Arwen. Cate Blanchett, I thought had a fine presence in her interviews, as she did in the film. Do you know where she's from?

[2Jedismom]

And yes, the arthritis is part of the disease. The only skin psoriasis my mom had was in her ears! Then she got it in her joints and they gave her the steroid shot, not realizing it was the trigger.

I wish in retrospect that I had thought of it before I took them when I lost my hearing. They told me they probably wouldn't help and they didn't. But I was so distraught and phsically ill from the disorientation that came along with it that I did not even think that it might trigger Joshua.

[Corin Stormhands]

And yes, the arthritis is part of the disease. The only skin psoriasis my mom had was in her ears!

That's interesting. I have arthritis in my knees and ankles. I don't have psoriasis, but I do have a skin allergy. If I don't take my medicine (atarax or the generic) I itch all over. My allergist years ago thought the cancer triggered it. But I wonder if there's an arthritis connection?

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

I agree with your assessment of the actors. Mortenson really impressed me as being very thoughtful and "deep". Tyler did seem very air-headed, but that tended to increase my assessment of her acting ability, since Arwen in the movie was anything but "air-headed".

Orlando Bloom really surprised me... he seems a lot more "wild" in the interviews that I had expected him to be.

[Corin Stormhands]

Didn't Tyler's performance surprise a lot of people. Seems like I remember reading that people were upset with the choice of her for Arwen's role.

[HairOfTheDog]

Viggo may paint... but I think he is more known for his photography and poetry. I think that is what you are thinking of.

I liked the way he explained his character too... Most of those shorts show the actors really explaining well who the characters are... Shows why they worked so well on screen, they "get it".

I also enjoyed Orlando Bloom's short.

[Corin Stormhands]

It's late, but anyone up for a midnight run?

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Sometimes I think that can be pretty entertaining, but some posters are really rude, without provocation.

It's getting to the point with me that I don't even bother to read the comments after the initial post. They just make me angry.

Today I hardly even looked at the news side. I'm not sure, though, if that's because I'm disenchanted with the fighting, or if it's just that I'm becoming less and less interested in "news".

[Sam Cree]

I thought the fish was Catholic, apparently not. I suppose it's a reference to the Last Supper?

At one time in my life, I drove a truck with my company name, so acquired something of a habit of courteous driving.

If you're a terrible person, 2JM, the rest of us are really in serious trouble.

My daughter had terrible respiratory problems and asthma (inherited from me, I guess) as a small child and was always on the nebulizer. But she reacted to all the illness by fighting with all her heart. She developed a very determined and outgoing personality (the outgoing part differs from me, though not from my wife). She's a great kid now at 19, no longer sick, a natural at making friends and having a positive attitude. Just got a letter from her university that she's on the Dean's List too.

Forgive me for bragging, though sometimes parents can't help it.

[HairOfTheDog]

I think viggo is thoughtful and deep. I think he is kindof a weird poet woodsman artist type. I heard he slept outdoors through the shoots already in costume so that he really would look like he was sleeping in his clothes for months. He really becomes the character, and stays in character all the time. Cool, and a tad wacked!

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Yes, IIRC a lot of the "purists" were freaking out over the selection of Tyler for Arwen... they didn't think she could bring gravitas to the character. I think she did, though.

[Corin Stormhands]

I thought the fish was Catholic, apparently not. I suppose it's a reference to the Last Supper?

Jesus said "I will make you fishers of men."

In the early days of the Christian church, when the Christians were being persecuted it was a greeting.

A Christian would draw an arc in the sand with his foot. If the other person was also a Christian, they would counter, making the sign of the fish.

Fish would not have been part of The Last Supper which was the traditional Jewish Passover meal.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Not quite up for a run here, but how about an amble?