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I'm Heeeeerrrreeee.....(in best Freaked out Frodo voice)

I'm so stunned with the movie that I can't formulate the words yet. Much like last year at this time...a mix of exhaustion and disbelief at what I'd seen.

I'll start with the fun stuff. The Line Party. It was great although as Jame mentioned there was some distress with the managment not holding up their end of the deal in a few instances, and they nearly wouldn't let us go in before everyone else (an agreement they'd made, but then I think they got cold feet when three lines of people started showing up...they didn't want to make anyone mad by letting us go in first. Ultimately we did get to go in first and got some excellent seats.)

First we went to the pizza parlor, and stuffed a mediterranian pizza in as fast as we could since we were running a little late. Then we went to the cinema where Steve met Jame right off the bat and we all introduced ourselves. Then Steve went off and played chess with every geek in the place and I sat with Jame and had a great time. I took the trivia test and as Jame said above, I got 2nd place!!! If I would have just got one more right, I would have tied for first and won because my time was better than the first place winner...I did 30 questions in 5 minutes. My prize was two books, The Two Towers (Ballantine, with the dreadful awful disgusting maps) and The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth. Also, a paint-it-yourself model kit of a bunch of Uruk-Hai.

I took a bunch of pictures which I plan on burning into a disk after Steve leaves for work (he's gone to pick up the boys right now). Then right before we lined up, they had the final contest and I won my Merry bust! It's very nice and is now sitting on my entertainment center, right beside the Cave Troll.

Then we lined up and they let us in. The previews were good...not soooo stupid as last year. Then the movie started. I was amazingly calm, although I was pirched on the very edge of my seat.

I'll tell you more about it in a while...Steve's home.