[MaglorRedeemed]

Yes, that's right, folks--I'm back from my exclusive 2-week tour of Oceania. Despite missing a ton of school, I got a first-hand view of New Zealand, Australia and a good deal of the Pacific Ocean out the airplane window to boot, and though uberly tired am also delireously happy. (As a result of my jet lag, please forgive any spelling mistakes I may make.)

In NZ, the clear highlight was the tour we got of the LoTR film sites. Because Christopher Tolkien is a puritanical fool none of the props were still up, but we did get to see a whole bunch of cool stuff, like Rivendell, the Old Forest, Helm's Deep/Minas Tirith, Peter Jackson's house and the exterior of WETA Studios. In Australia.... well, my ideal would have been to see a certain production of Ibsen's Hedda Gabbler starring Cate Blanchett (with Hugo Weaving supporting ) but as it was we were in Brisbane and not Sydney where it was, so we ended up hanging around the city and going to the beach a lot. Anyway, now I'm back and will probably collapse with fatigue soon, but I figured I'd just check in and see how y'all have been.

[SpaceWeavil]

It's really a good thing that you didn't see Hedda Gabbler, as I would then have had to kill you in a jealous rage

Seriously though, sounds like a dream trip and I am now dripping with envy. Glad to see you back too.

[Andreth]

You lucky dog. It sounds like a wonderful trip. Glad to see you back though. I'd wondered where you'd gotten off to.

[MaglorRedeemed]

Oooo, someone wondered about me? I feel so special! *happiness* It's great to be back. I wish y'all could've been there, it was wonderful.

Weavil: Yeah, no kidding. :\ I think the sting went away a bit when I discovered that tickets were sold out and I probably wouldn't have been able to see it even if I was in Sydney. (On the plus side I got to see The Interview on TV one night and aquired a nice copy of Proof, so life was not totally Hguo-deprived, but still.)

Love the sig, by the way. (I don't know why, though. Usually I hate those movies with a fiery passion. Ironically, though, I've seen them more times than anyone I know. )