Bit of Ivory

L&L&S (Lisa&Laura&Sarah) have been bugging me to get these up, and since I fnally have the time, here we go. Click on the thumbnail for a larger image:

Laura in her Galadriel dress. Note: the beading isn’t complete yet. Eventually it will be completely hand-beaded.

Lisa in her Eowyn dress. The belt is made out of metal [...]

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Was getting sick of “Vote for Pedro.”
Plus, this will get me hyped up for RotK:EE. Not that I really *need* to get hyped up.

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I have no creativty to continue the filk, so the title is all you’re going to get.
Remember a couple of weeks ago, when I annouced that we bought a new parakeet and named it Tonks? Well, poor Tonks was depressed. It would eat, and sleep, and sit on the perch. No looking around, no [...]

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2 Nephi 32:8-9
And now, my beloved brethren, I perceive that ye ponder still in your hearts; and it grieveth me that I must speak concerning this thing. For if ye would hearken unto the Spirit which teacheth a man to pray ye would know that ye must pray; for the evil spirit teacheth not a [...]

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The smog is gone!
Here along the Wasatch front we’ve been living under a temperature inversion for the past week or so. It’s one of the few drawbacks to living in a mountain valley. But we had a nice storm front come through and blow all the icky smog away, and I can see all the [...]

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Hey, all!
This is a shout-out for help. As many of you know, I’m a first-year grad student, studying British Literature. I’m taking a class right now called “Tolkien and Friends in Text and Film” (I know, I know, reading The Lord of the Rings for homework is a tough job, but somebody’s got to do [...]

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To do this week:

Write the ideology of the Sorting Hat paper, due Monday at 5
Spread the word about HP survey, gather and analyze responses (paper due Tuesday after Thanksgiving)
Simplify ideas of Firstness in Piercean narrative criticism so that it may be presented in one minute, due at 5 this evening
Compose and clarify ideas about fear [...]

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Mosiah 4:30
But this much I can tell you, that if ye do not watch yourselves, and your thoughts, and your words, and your deeds, and observe the commandments of God, and continue in the faith of what ye have heard concerning the coming of our Lord, even unto the end of your lives, ye must [...]

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Thought all of you would enjoy the handout I made up for our group presentation in my Tolkien class.
Introduction: We Love Harry Potter
A general overview of the group�s introduction to Harry Potter, feelings and impressions of the books and the films.
Main Event: Moderated Panel (Rita Skeeter, Daily Prophet Special Correspondent, Moderating)
We are pleased and proud [...]

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Since I took my Literature of the Great War class two years ago, I’ve posted WWI poems on Armistice Day. This is no exception.
Anthem for Doomed Youth
Wilfred Owen
What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
— Only the monstruous anger of the guns.
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