Ha, yeah, I could see where the silm would make you angry. I've read it, and it was hard for me to get through, but I managed it. LOTR is awesome, and I just...the descriptions make me think I'm there. Other than some of the Valdemar stories )Which came after Tokien) I'd nver had that with anything. I think that was the first time I realized there was something different about me because I could go beyond the words (Which don't do a lot of it justice for the things themselves) to... the imagery. Not quite sure that even now, many people could do that. Even less so back then.

I can't tell you how many times my life has been brought to metaphorically ashes (Two stick out in particular, Colorado, and the recent thing from Ohio to here)...but there were other less...obvious times.

But damn, that tatoo sounds like something I would like. :d That's cool!