i saw the lord of the rings movie with bryan this afternoon just to appease him. i've never been a fan, and much like star wars, i just don't seem to get the hoopla. orcs? does that have something to do with mork?

when i was little i was a member of the WSTM club, and specifically, the Scooby Doo Fanclub. you'll only know what i'm talking about if you grew up anywhere near central New York State. every week they'd do a drawing and pull someone's name out of a rotating drum full of tickets. one week, they pulled my name and i won 5 tickets to see a production of The Hobbit at the War Memorial Auditorium in Syracuse. i gave the 5th ticket to my friend Michelle Mack. the play was scary and confusing. the characters were puppets manned by people all in black. it was like Mummenschanz, or a nightmare.

i don't think i have much of an imagination and that's got to be why i shy away from anything fantasy or Sci Fi. if it doesn't seem like a human possibility then i want nothing to do with it.
this has a domino effect and colors my opinions on anything from religion to the validity of relationship articles in glamour magazine.

but i did like dr. who when i was 4 years old. only because i thought it was supposed to be funny.