Posted on 03/14/2002 5:07:26 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
No, it's really not. I mean, the guy claims you can be self-sufficient in just a few months. Well great, but then he tells you to have 3-4 months income in reserve (gee, have I heard that before?). Mainly, it's not the type of writing I want to do.
The bigger issue tho for me is the matter of benefits. If I'm going to be self-employed I have to be very successful. With the family, I can't give up medical and retirement benefits. Right now, I can plan on "early" retirement at 55. That's an intriguing thought. But I did resolve this week that I need to look at that as my most realistic option. And, that's really okay.
I think I can be content to stay in the same system and do the creative writing on the side. It's not as "romantic." But you know, if I retired to a beach house at 55, I could get in another good 20-30 years of writing what I want to write.
I so rarely raise my voice, that when I do I don't know my own strength, so to speak...
Hey! "This Kiss" wasn't stupid! It was cute, and romantic, and, and, stuff...
Answer time!
1. While Aragorn in the book never exactly said "This is beyond my power to heal", he did indicate more than once that he couldn't fix Frodo's wound. The difference was that Frodo was actually pierced with a Morgul blade; Merry, Eowyn, and Faramir were not. Their wounds were "mundane" (a broken arm for Eowyn, an regular arrow piercing for Faramir, and no wound at all for Merry.) It was the effect of fear, despair, and the "Black Breath" of the Nazgul that was slowly killing them, not their actual wounds, and it was that effect that Aragorn used the athelas to cure. While the athelas helped Frodo, the fact that he was actually wounded with a Morgul blade made for an effect too great to be cured by just that.
2. You might have a system that's too slow/too low on memory, and that's why the Quicktime is choppy. Might be time to upgrade!
Thanks, did I mention there were lots of pints involved this week? That might have fuzzed my remembering as well. It was the Black Breath part that confuzzled me...
Might be time to upgrade!
We are well past the time to upgrade. Unfortunately that's not considered "freeware." We're planning to purchase a laptop for the Mrs. once school gets underway. Eventually I think we'll both go to laptops. And (don't tell 2JM), I think by next year the school will provide a laptop for Corin, Jr.
Heck it was good enough for Herman Melville and T. S. Elliot, and Geoffrey Chaucer, I wouldn't knock it! Welcome back! I have heard of natural baritones singing second tenor, especial Wagnerian tenors, but first tenor!! It sounds like you have the range that Julie Andrews did, although in a lower register. Of course it looks like we are short of tenors, so you will likely be stuck there at Entmoot.
mmmm, chocolate....
That's what Tolkien did until he retired.
I'm not knocking it. Just faciing the reality that I can't pay the mortgage with it (just yet)!.
As for the tenor thing, I should point out that I sing 1st tenor in the choir. I wouldn't dream of doing a 1st tenor solo. There's a lot of difference in having a good choral voice and a solo voice. Any solo I'd drop down to at least 2nd tenor if not baritone. Singing first tenor has indeed stretched my range. In college I could've hit those low notes with g'nad. I can still get close, but there's no "depth" to the sound.
Of course the difference is that he probably liked is day job...and the obvious difference that I'm nowhere near as brilliant or talented as Tolkien or the authors LCS mentioned...
I would be sooooo lost...
mmmmmmm, antioxidants....
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