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I'm kind of used to Mortenson's rendition, and am finding it difficult to think of anyone else who'd seem right in the role. I thought he was pretty well perfect almost right away.

I agree with you about the golf, but fishing and hunting both take on almost a spirituality for me, so I make time for them.

In my old age I'm trying to master drawing and painting, something I've enjoyed and aspired to most of my life, so for now, everything else takes a back seat.

I'm kind of used to Mortenson's rendition, and am finding it difficult to think of anyone else who'd seem right in the role.

Actually me too, I was just playing along with the speculation. When I saw the movie it had been so long since I'd read the books, that I didn't have any preconceived ideas about what they should look like.

I did, at first, think Frodo was a little too pretty. But after seeing it a few more times, I'm more comfortable with Elijah Wood in that role.

I agree with you about the golf, but fishing and hunting both take on almost a spirituality for me, so I make time for them.

I grew up in the mountains of Southwest Virginia and the first day of hunting season was a "holiday." But I was never interested. My dad used to hunt and my brother did for a while (he gave it up after he got his first deer). But my dad was an alcoholic and by the time I was old enough to go with him, he was too drunk most of the time. He did manage to give up the bourbon, but by that time, I wasn't interested.

My dream life now would be to live on the coast to have plenty of free time to write, paint and improve my piano playing skills. And I wouldn't mind learning to fish. I was actually 40 by the time I realized what I'd always wanted to be in life, and it was too late. If I'd gone to school to study art, like I started to, and not switched to music (which I also left), I'd be a Disney animator by now...