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December; the 21
Yule day 1: The Golden Lady of the Golden Woods, and her Silver Lord
Count the fruits and the flowers
Moonflower; Moonflowers symbolize romance, mystery, and femininity. As they bloom in the darkness they also symbolize hope and beauty to emerge in dark times; Fun fact they have been used in different places and times in rituals honoring women as well as seen as a deity guide for the spirit, and used to see the future.
Orange; The orange has been known throughout a lot of time to represent the nobility as well as thought to bring wealth and happiness. It is ambitions and luxury and sometimes adventure.
And now I personally begin celebrating the dark days and the lights return, happy first Yule day! (yes I know it´s first tm, because winter solstice moved a day this year but it usually starts the 21, let me dream)
I think she fits so well to the day, especially since it´s the first and the lightest of them!!
Dark version under;
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My favorite Christmas presents :-D My parents got me the Tolkien calendar, new edition of Tolkien's letters, and the abecedarium, and the bracelet was from my uncle who hosted Christmas this year.
The abecedarium is so cool!
I may need to make a class project based on this but I am loving the art style! (And also the alliteration XD) (Also if I had any baby nieces or nephews I would be reading this thing to them, get them started early on the Latin XD but my niece and nephew are teenagers already, how time flies! Or, you know, fugit irreparabile tempus. :-D)
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hello! it’s your Tolkien secret Santa :) and I was wondering if you had any headcanons about dwarven winter celebrations/dwarves in general?
hiii dear tolkien secret santa!!!! i hope ur having a good day :) unfortunately i haven't any specific headcanons (that sort of creativity hasn't quite called me in all my fandom years although i couldn't tell you why...i much prefer the passive side of reading what other people think like my dwarf connoisseur mutual @matrose even tho idk if i mina has anything specifically for winter time) BUT i will try and pick my brains a little for you!
family is really important obviously all times of the year but i think at winter time when it gets cold that's even more important. so i imagine lots of gatherings in front of fire places and telling stories and singing songs and just being Together yknow? perhaps it's even a time to reach out to people you'd kind of lost contact to and take them back into your life!
i really like that you said winter celebration and not christmas celebrations bc dwarves are inspired by jewish culture and thus we as creators shouldnt necessarily put them in a christian context!!! i'm not super familiar w jewish holiday traditions but i think lighting the menorah would fit nicely esp w what i said above abt valuing familial relationships
light just in general! the importance of light fixtures in the dwarven homes really cannot be understated so maybe they have specially made lights for winter time? as a sort of event w the larger community. perhaps a few young apprentice dwarves get to show off some of their work/craft!!
adding to that i love the idea of dwarves and stained glass windows/art !
i like the dwarf toys that are mentioned in lotr, the ones that bilbo gives out at his birthday party and while i dont think that dwarves would have an advent calendar with like 20+ presents they do give out little hand/selfmade toys to children during winter time....perhaps older dwarves even teach older dwarf children how to make simple wooden toys :’)
tldr family, lights, crafting!!
idk is that something you can work with? i’ll keep thinking about it! wishing u a very lovely weekend!
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Holidays 1.3
Holidays
Bitcoin Day
Chin State Day (Chinland)
Day of Silence
Drinking Straw Day
Gensh-Sai (Japan)
Humiliation Day
J.R.R. Tolkien Day
Loosing (a.k.a. Namsoong; Sikkim, India)
Martyr’s Day (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Memento Mori Day (a.k.a. "Remember You Die" Day)
Ministry of Religious Affairs Day (Indonesia)
Nakhatsenendyan Toner begins (Armenia) [Until 1.5]
National Crypto Currency Day
National Write to Congress Day
Riddle of the Year
Revolution Day (Burkina Faso)
Shigoto-hajime (1st Day of Work; Japan)
Snappy Comeback Day
Snow Day
Tom Sawyer’s Cat’s Birthday
Women Rock! Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Cherry-Filled Chocolate Day
National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day
National Oatmeal Nut Waffles Day
Independence Days
Alaska Statehood Day (#49; 1959)
Feast Days
Anterus, Pope (Christian; Saint)
Daniel of Padua (Christian; Saint)
Day of Remembrance for Princess Olga (Slavic)
Festival of Pax (Ancient Rome)
Festival of Sleep Day [began yesterday at sundown]
Genevieve (Christian; Saint)
Hakozakigu Tamaseseri (Ceremony of the Red Ball; Japan)
Harryhausen Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Holy Name of Jesus (Christian; Saint)
Jimmy (Muppetism)
Kuriakose Elias Chavara (Syro-Malabar Catholic Church)
Macaroni Art Day (a.k.a. Make Macaroni Pictures Day; Pastafarian)
Orpheus (Positivist; Saint)
Prophet’s Birthday (Sunni Muslims) [12th of Rabi’al-awwal]
Tamaseseri Festival (Hakozaki Shinto Shrine; Fukuoka, Japan)
Tenth Day of Christmas (Snow Day)
Twelve Holy Days #9 (Sagittarius, the sacral plexus; Esoteric Christianity)
Twelvetide, Day #10 (a.k.a. the Twelve Days of Christmas or Christmastide) [until 1.5]
William Passavant (Episcopal Church)
J.R.R. Tolkien Day (Jayism)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Lucky Day (Philippines) [2 of 71]
Prime Number Day: 3 [2 of 72]
Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]
Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [1 of 57]
Unglückstage (Unlucky Day; Pennsylvania Dutch) [3 of 30]
Premieres
The Arsenio Hall Show (TV Talk Show; 1989)
Birds of Fire, by the Mahavishnu Orchestra (Album; 1973)
Blossom (TV Series; 1991)
Don Pasquale, by Gaetano Donizetti (Opera; 1843)
I’m Walking, recorded by Fats Domino (Song; 1957)
Mayor of Simpleton, by XTC (Song; 1989)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series; 1993)
Today’s Name Days
Genoveva, Odilo (Austria)
Cvijeta, Danijel, Genoveva, Mladenka (Croatia)
Radmila (Czech Republic)
Enok (Denmark)
Gerhard, Gert, Keerdo, Kert (Estonia)
Elmer, Elmeri, Elmo (Finland)
Geneviève (France)
Genoveva, Irma, Odilo (Germany)
Genovefa(Greece)
Benjámin, Genovéva (Hungary)
Genoveffa (Italy)
Miervaldis, Ringolds (Latvia)
Genovaitė, Vida, Viltautas (Lithuania)
Alf, Alfred (Norway)
Arletta, Dan, Danisz, Danuta, Enoch, Genowefa, Piotr, Włościsława (Poland)
Gordie, Maleahi (Romania)
Ulyana (Russia)
Daniela (Slovakia)
Genoveva (Spain)
Alfred, Alfrida (Sweden)
Gaynor, Geneva, Genevieve, Guenna, Jenifer, Jenna, Jennie, Jennifer, Jenny (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 3 of 2022; 362 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 2 of week 52 of 2023
Celtic Tree Calendar: Beth (Birch) [Day 10 of 28]
Chinese: Month 12 (Dōngyuè), Day 12 (Xin-You)
Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)
Hebrew: 10 Teveth 5783
Islamic: 10 Jumada II 1444
J Cal: 3 Aer; Threesday [3 of 30]
Julian: 20 December 2022
Moon: 90%: Waxing Gibbous
Positivist: 3 Moses (1st Month) [Orpheus]
Runic Half Month: Eihwaz (Yew) [Day 10 of 15]
Season: Winter (Day 14 of 90)
Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 13 of 30)
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Christmas Art Calendar
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/4JzIOiW
by Thelien
Fanart of the characters from the Silmarillion made as a Christmas calendar
Words: 143, Chapters: 2/26, Language: English
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Categories: Multi
Characters: Maglor | Makalaurë, Aredhel (Tolkien), Galadriel | Artanis
Additional Tags: Christmas Art Calendar, christmas calendar, Christmas, christmas art
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/4JzIOiW
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I wish they'd stop releasing like 20 different Tolkien editions with the same illustrator over and over and over. I'd love to get a jenny dolfen Silmarillion, but instead I have my pick of about 50 editions of lotr and silmarillion all illustrated by Alan Lee. Seriously. Its impossible to get a rare copy of a Tove Jansson Hobbit despite her being a world famous illustrator, despite that the official Tolkien calendar just used her Hobbit art a few years ago, despite that the Tolkien society used Jenny dolfen art for their Christmas card, despite that new editions sell like hotcakes and they could be platforming less established illustrators, or even just giving a lifetime illustrating opportunity to other famous illustrators. But no. Just more Alan Lee, over and over and over. I like him just fine, but it is definitely frustrating as a collector of the books.
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I mostly asked for Tolkien related stuff for Christmas and the fam delivered! The fellowship bookends are so cool. The new books are the single Lord of the Rings book and everything to the right of it. I also got a middle earth map blanket and jigsaw puzzle as well as a Silmarillion art (by Ted Naismith) calendar.
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Tolkien Secret Santa Advent Calendar
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We’re so happy to share this special event running concurrently with the main exchange. Please read the FAQs below. Links to each prompts list and signup form are available at the end!
What’s an Advent Calendar?
The concept of an Advent Calendar comes from a Christmas tradition. Sometimes it’s a cardboard box with 24 different compartments, each with a little chocolate inside. Sometimes it’s a wall hanging with 24 little pockets and a small gift within each one. There are many variations! The idea is that every day counting down to Christmas, you wake up and have yourself a little treat. Since TSS’s calendar lines up with the Christmas calendar with reveals on December 24th, we were inspired to create a special event so that on top of your main gift, everyone gets 23 little gifts in the lead up to the event.
We want to reiterate, however, that the Advent Calendar is only an inspiration. Like the exchange itself, this special concurrent event is secular and non-denominational. This is reflected in the prompts and you are under no obligation to make your gift Christmas themed.
So how does this work?
All you have to do is indicate at least 1 and up to 5 prompts in genuine order of preference on one of our two prompts lists - the Gen list and the NSFW list. You can sign up for both lists if desired. You will receive a prompt for both, one, or none, depending on other participant choices and numbers. If any prompts are unfilled by the closing date, we’ll have an extraordinary call for participants the day after!
Don’t fret if in the end you don’t get any of the prompts you indicated. You are more than welcome to create a treat! Just be sure to follow the posting guidelines below.
What do I create?
The idea of this is bite-sized fanworks. Advent Calendars are comprised of little treats, not big gifts. You can save that for your official giftee! For this, we’re looking at drabbles, small graphics, simple artworks, and similar things. You need to be able to make it within 14 days (see the dates below). You do have an element of free reign with what you’re creating, since you’re not assigned to a specific partner. Keep these things in mind though:
If you’re doing a Gen prompt, keep it Gen!
NSFW gifts should be SFW for the purposes of your post e.g. an SFW art crop with a link to the NSFW version, a SFW fic extract with a link to the NSFW fic
These gifts are meant for the whole community, rather than just your giftee, and will be reblogged onto our blog for everyone to enjoy!
How do I post my Advent Calendar gift?
These are the most important things:
Give it the title “Tolkien Secret Santa Advent Calendar Day X: Prompt”, replacing “X” with the corresponding day in December and “Prompt” with the corresponding prompt.
Tag it #tss2021adventx, replacing the x with the corresponding day
If your gift is a treat, please indicate that in your description!
You are asked to post or schedule your gift for 11:00 UTC+0 on the day corresponding with your prompt.
We will create a special AO3 collection for the Advent Calendar and send the link out to all contributors who want to post there!
What are the important dates?
October 28th: Signups open at 11:00 UTC+0
November 10th: Signups close at 23:59 UTC+0
November 11th: Signups are sent out
November 25th: Mandatory check-in with mods. Your piece should be around 80% finished by today. If you have picked up a prompt for December 1st, your piece should be 100% finished by today.
You have to check in with the mods letting us know that your final piece is 100% ready at a minimum 5 days before your given day so we know there’s a gift lined up. You are, however, highly encouraged to tell us much earlier than that!!!
Great! Where do I start?
Click here for the Gen prompts and here for the NSFW prompts! You’ll be able to sign up directly at the bottom of each page.
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(I decided to do a christmas art calendar so go in on my art blog and follow me then send in a ship or a person from tolkien and I will draw them for the calendar!)
I have 9 request at the moment that I'm almost done with but I will have some problems if I don´t have 25 at the beginning at December
-You can always send more in
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Dork Forest 2011-2020 Cheat Sheet
The votes are in for 2020!
This is a list of Episode Numbers - Guest Name - Dorkdom.
I take votes for faves of the year and then add a couple for variety of topics that I really thought were fun. ALL THE EPS have something for someone and are great but here is a starter list if you’re thinking to start listening to TDF and are not a numerologist completest.
Note: show’s been going since 2006 but I’ve only been surveying since 2011. The show is on all the platforms. Pandora, Spotify, YouTube. Start here if you like: www.dorkforest.com . Standup info and other podcast is at www.jackiekashian.com
2020
TDF EP 562 - Guy Branum - Mitford Sisters
TDF EP 568 - Maria Bamford - Canadian Reality Shows
TDF EP 599 - Jen Kirkman - Hallmark Christmas Movies
TDF EP 565 - Darla Kashian – COOKING
TDF EP 598 - Russ Kashian - Hallmark Christmas Movies
TDF EP 549 - Tig Notaro – Veganism
TDF EP 581 - Jenny Yang - Comfort Food
TDF EP 591 - Amber Preston - Church Cookbooks
TDF EP 574 - Ron Funches - Call of Duty and Animal Crossing
TDF EP 577 - Barbara Holiday - Escape Rooms
TDF EP 558 - Sarah Mowrey - Fleetwood Mac
TDF EP566 - Matt Kirshen/Myq Kaplan - Advice Columns
TDF EP 595 - Kristin Key - Mad Libs
TDF EP 576 - Robert Jenkins - Guns and Safety
TDF EP 588 - Sofiya Alexandra - Wheel of Time books
TDF EP 570- Jim Woster – Columbo
TDF EP 573 - Robert Hurt - Babylon 5
TDF EP 550 - Danielle Perez - Mariah Carey
TDF EP 583 - Dar Vendegna - PIckleball
TDF SPOILER 3 - Andy & Jackie - Rise of Skywalker
2019
TDF EP 523 Lydia Popovich Dolly Parton
TDF EP 511 Auggie Smith Dead Comedians
TDF EP 535 Christopher Titus Prince
TDF EP 530 Phil Kashian Hitchhiking
TDF EP 532 Brian Posehn Heavy Metal
TDF EP 549 Tig Notaro Veganism
SP1 Endgame Spoiler Dork Out
TDF EP 503 Wynter Spears Public Restrooms
TDF EP 524 Sara Benincasa Frederick Law Olmstead
TDF EP 529 Caitlin Gill Murder She Wrote
TDF EP 545 Mary Becquet Chinese Ghosts Vampires
TDF EP 525 Matt Oswalt Taking Pictures
TDF EP 510 Gary Anthony Williams Birds
TDF EP 531 Robert Hurt DS9
TDF EP 547 Thom Tran The Flash
TDF EP 540 Brian Jacobovitz Cthulu RPGs
TDF EP 515 Judith Stephen CosPlay
TDF EP 528 Justin Hermann Heroscape
TDF EP 538 Dave Ross Zelda and LINK
TDF EP 544 Sharon Houston Netflix British Reality Shows
TDF EP 505 Kat Burdick Next Generation
TDF EP 509 Michelle Biloon NYT Crossowords
2018
TDF EP 487 Amy Miller - Dolly Parton
TDF EP 471 Emma Arnold - BEES
TDF EP 499 - Erin Foley - Hallmark Christmas Movies
TDF EP 481 - Cheryl Jones - Maritime History
TDF EP 471 - Andy Ashcraft - GenCon
TDF EP 482 - Nato Green - Union Organizing
TDF EP 473 - Tamra Brown - Tiki Bars
TDF EP 493 - Nina Manni - Air and Hotel Points
TDF EP 446 - Carlos Delgado - Great British Bakeoff
TDF EP 495 - Alice Wetterlund - Sharks
TDF EP 487 - Mark Waid - Superman
TDF EP 454 - Open Mike Eagle - Wrestling
TDF EP 457 - Jean Grea - Ikea
TDF EP 447 - Gariana Abeyta - All Genres have Great Movies
2017
TDF EP 390 - Phil Kashian - LOTR and MY BROTHER
TDF EP 422 - Steve Agee - John Hughes Movies. Weird Science
TDF EP 426 - Sara Schaefer - Cross Stitch
TDF EP 431 - Jenny Jaffe - Planners. Calendars. Stickers. All the things.
TDF EP 405 - Rebecca Sugar - Musicals
TDF EP 438 - Jen Briney - freaking CONGRESS
TDF EP 423 - Karen Rontowski - Moth Man
TDF EP 401 - Jason Hatrick - Scuba diving
TDF EP 429 - Kyle Clark - Halloween Theme Parks
TDF EP 417 - Nat Towsen - Speed Racer
TDF EP 402 - Tyler Hinman - Escape Rooms
TDF EP 428 - Solomon Georgio - Black Sitcoms
TDF EP 403 - Hal Lublin - Saturday Night Live
TDF EP 408 - Al Madrigal - Jack Reacher NOVELS
TDF EP 435 - Wyatt Gray - HP Lovecraft
TDF EP 442 - Doug Stanhope - getting naked and Leisure Suits
TDF EP 404 - Julie Dixson Jackson - Geneology
TDF EP 427 - Lisa Allard – Quilting
2016
TDF EP 336 Jim Stewart Allen - Oregon Trail
TDF EP 383 Jenny Chalikian – Xena
TDF EP 387 Caitlin Gill - Roald Dahl
TDF EP 358 Wil Anderson - Cricket
TDF EP 359 Heather Simmons - Alice in Wonderland.
TDF EP 340 Barbara Holm - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
TDF EP 380 Beverly D’Angelo - things that Change your Life - Music, Places
TDF EP 366 Karen Rontowski - Tarot Cards
TDF EP 373 Stu Goldsmith - Boardgames with a STORY
TDF EP 364 Maria Bamford LIVE at JFL Montreal (Bandcamp)
2016 I really liked:
TDF EP 385 Jenny Zigrino - Authentic Historical Costuming
TDF EP 347 Riley Silverman - The Potato. Mostly Frozen.
TDF EP 355 Ivan Van Norman/Andy Ashcraft - Zombies & pen/paper games
TDF EP 341 Cathy Ladman - Knitting
TDF EP 349 Moon Zappa - The BIG questions
TDF EP 368 Martha Kelly - Law and Order SVU
TDF EP 367 Phil Johnson - Pirates
TDF EP 362 Rory Scovel - Golf (quietly clap)
TDF EP 339 Sovereign Syre - Spanish Invasion of Florida.
TDF EP 348 Dash Kwiatkowski - Superman
TDF EP 338 TJ Chambers - Chess
TDF EP 379 Michelle Thaller – SPACE! LIVE DC Drafthouse (Bandcamp)
2015
TDF EP 303 Matt Saxe – all Vice Presidents.
TDF EP 298 Jason Klamm – Vice Presidents and Lego!
TDF EP 312 Greg Proops at LA Podfest – 70s Movies
TDF EP 320 Wil Wheaton – BEER and Boardgames
TDF EP 287 Michelle McNamara – Robert Durst and more True Crime
TDF EP 294 Retta – Purses. Handbags
TDF EP 323 Chez Amanda – Xfiles. Finally.
TDF EP 310 David Koechner – History dork!
TDF EP 268 Tammy Pescatelli – Thrift stores and Vampires
TDF EP 279 Brian Kiley – Presidential Biographic Minutia
TDF EP 285 Ian Abramson – McDonald’s Land
TDF EP 316 Breanna Conley – Old time Photo Booth collecting
2015 another 12 that I picked:
TDF EP 329 Robert Hurt – Space Ships
TDF EP 321 Ryan Stout – Injustice. AS USUAL.
TDF EP 324 Suzy Soro – Ghosts.
TDF EP 313 Danielle Radford – great “bad” movies
TDF EP 305 Murray Valeriano & Monty Franklin – Surfin.
TDF EP 269 Christian Brown, Roselle Hurley and Andy Ashcraft - LARPing
TDF EP 271 Bridget Everett - Barry Manilow, Richard Simmons & Rudy
TDF EP 273 Sean Crespo – DUNE
TDF EP 284 Brian Upton - history and aesthetics of gaming
TDF EP 293 Live at Bridgetown Branum, Kilgariff and Preston (Bandcamp)
TDF EP 300 Amy Shira Teitel – SPACE
TDF EP 325 Gail Carriger Live in SF – Anglophile. (Bandcamp)
2014
TDF EP 259 – Laraine Newman - Dubstep
TDF EP 245 – Brittnee Braun - Cosplay
TDF EP 249 – Brian Regan – Line Mentality
TDF EP 215 – Robert Hack – Doctor Who
TDF EP 264 – Joseph Scrimshaw – Star War Prequels
TDF EP 227 – Emily Gordon – Breakfast around the world
TDF EP 239 – Rhea Butcher – Back to the Future Movies
TDF EP 260 – Jimmy Pardo – Chicago (the band)
TDF EP210 – Corey Olsen – Tolkien
TDF EP 258 – Emily Heller – ESM & HS Debate
2013
TDF EP 177 - Greg Proops - Ancient History
TDF EP 172 – Janeane/Bamford - Beading/SuzeOrman
TDF EP198 – Live Podfest w Kilgariff/Bamford/Anthony/Valeriano - Salad
TDF EP 189 – Moshe Kasher - Religion
TDF EP 199 – Michelle McNamara - True Crime
TDF EP 203 – Ryan Stout - Traffic Court
TDF EP 150 – Gina Yashere - Ghosts/Elevators
TDF EP 151 – Craig Shoemaker - Wizard of Oz
TDF EP 207 – Matt Mira - James Bond
TDF EP 167 – David Huntsberger - Horses
TDF EP 200 – Andy Peters/Mike Schmidt - Wrestling
TDF EP 190 – Cameron Esposito - Lesbians
TDF EP 202 – Matt Weinhold/Dana Gould/ Shawn Sheridan - Halloween
2012
TDF EP 129 – Live with Michelle McNamara (True Crime)
TDF EP 111 – Jim Gaffigan (obscure news personality)
TDF EP 117 – Corey Olsen (TolkienProf)
TDF EP 142 – Live with Retta, Rajskub, Kilmartin and Scovel
TDF EP 94 – Mary Jo Pehl (reading and writing and more reading)
TDF EP 133 – Kira Soltonovich (Korean Spas)
TDF EP 113 – Jesse Schell and Andy Ashcraft (oh. Video Games)
TDF EP 98 – Henry Phillips and Mike Phirman (Guitar Comedy and Music)
TDF EP 139 – Joel Hodgson (ventriloquism)
TDF EP 93 – Live with Ernie Cline (the 80s and Ready Player One)
TDF EP 102 – Dan Telfer (Dinosaurs and science in general)
TDF EP 108 – Al Madrigal (Sales and Cartoons)
TDF EP 148 – Guy Branum - Canada
TDF EP 95 – Live with Kevin Eastman (ninja turtles)
TDF EP 97 – Rose Abdoo and John Matta (tiny tiny ART! And The Thing)
TDF EP 99 – Asterios Kokkinos (Pokemon)
TDF EP 100 – PF Wilson – (history of the various football leagues)
TDF EP 103 – Live with Andy Kindler (“indie” comic books)
TDF EP 104 – Merrill Markoe (I feel like we talked dogs mostly)
TDF EP 110 – Patrick Brady (animation)
TDF EP 120 – Erin Foley (NY Giants)
TDF EP 121 – Tom Franck (Art)
TDF EP 130 – Lois McMaster Bujold (I dork out AT her. She talks writing)
TDF EP 138 – Michael Everson (coding fonts for obscure languages)
2011
# 55 Greg Proops – Making Baseball interesting
# 67 Hardwick/Palascak – Harry Potter
# 37 Karen Kilgariff - Sandra Bullock
# 16 Dana Gould – Planet of the Apes
# 48 Aisha Tyler – girl on girl fandom
# 24 Jen Kirkman/ Karen Rontowksi – ghosts/UFO
# 49 Dana/James - HOLLYWOOD
# 40 April/Vargus – TRIP TO MIDDLE EAST
# 3 Madigan/Kilmartin – the KENNEDY’S
#42 Maile Flanagan/Yuri Lowenthal - Animation
#50 Michelle McNamara – True Crime
#30 Ed Brubaker / Kermet Apio – Comics
#14 Thrilling Adventure Hour – so many things
Origin Story – #69 Andy
Origin Story - #71 Maria
#73 Rich Sommer – Mad Men and Boardgames
#77 Matt Weinhold/Ken Daly – Horror Movies
#82 Chad Daniels/David Huntsberger – just hilarious
#80 Bengt Washburn – Fine art
#51 Andrew Solmssen - IT
#28 Eric Drysdale - VIEWMASTER
#58 Bees – uh, BEES
#63 Perfume – and, PERFUME
#44 Jim Coughlin – A4 Paper
#91 Trains!
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December; the 11th
Eowyn
I´m always torn in between making Rohan Europe, in the medieval times, or nomadic tribes, inspired, but now I have made peace with myself by making Rohan as Europe and the Haladin as nomadic as I see them as the ancestors of Rohan.
The length of the braid under the first green ribbon is horse hair, as I like to think the people of Rohan used the manes of horses in many different ways, one of them as some type of ornament.
#tolkien#jrr tolkien#lord of the rings#lotr#eowyn#christmas calendar#christmas art calendar#tolkien art christmas calendar#tolkien art#lotr art#digital art#my art
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Journey to Middle Earth - Chapter 1
Summary – What if JRR Tolkien never gave Thorin a love story… because the person that was meant to be Thorin’s was not yet born when he wrote the Hobbit? Sara journeys from her world to Middle Earth after an accident, with a mission. To change something about the Hobbit story… but she is not sure what. What she does not know is that while trying to prevent something from happening, something new might arise between her and the dwarf prince….even if it is not on the agenda!
Warnings – None, no explicit scenes, some kissing, violence, frightening creatures, mentions of abuse.
Pairings – Thorin Oakenshield x OC
"And you're all done for the day," the math professor announced.
Immediately, the college students surged from their chairs and hurried out of the classroom as fast as their legs could carry them. However, one particular student took her time, making sure to study the problems on the board thoroughly before packing up her things and leaving.
The girl headed out of the classroom when she almost collided with tall, dark haired, handsome James Charleston.
"Hey Sara," the boy greeted, flashing his best smile.
Sara smiled back as she shifted her backpack on her back and drew out her phone, "Hey James."
"Hey Siri," the girl said into her phone, "Tell mom that I'm on my way home."
With that, she closed her phone and turned back to James, "What's up?"
"Oh you know stuff," James replied. "I didn't fail to notice that you're excelling at all your classes."
Sara smiled, "I don't know about that but I really enjoy them."
"Still working towards a degree in medicine?" James inquired.
The girl nodded, "That's the plan. My parents told me to just try school out for the first two years before deciding on a major. So I'm just taking extra math and science right now alongside singing and art."
"You should just still with those two," James observed. "You're probably the best artist in the whole school and singing wise, it's a miracle you haven't been asked to sing in a profession album."
Sara chuckled, "Okay spit it out James. You don't usually waste five minutes of your day to compliment a girl."
James seemed stunned at the girl had guessed that but yet again, Sara was a fast learner and probably the smartest kid in the whole school. She was also incredibly observant and curious which made it hard to hide things from her.
"Yeah I was.... wondering.... if you wanted to grab coffee sometime," James pointed out.
Sara smirked, "You know I'm not a coffee drinker James. I'm short enough as it is."
That was the truth. Sara, even though her brain was full and overflowing with knowledge, she wasn't exactly tall. Barely standing five feet tall, she hadn't grown since she was fifteen.
"Yeah well," James remarked. "I was really just asking if you wanted to go out with me."
The girl turned and looked at the boy a moment before smiling sadly, "Sorry James... I don't think I'm ready to date anyone right now."
The boy's eyebrows ducked down and he huffed, "What is your problem? First you turn down Aiden Baker, then Kenny Smith and now me!"
"What if I don't want to date anyone?" Sara inquired.
James snorted, "Then how will you get married and have a family?"
Sara smiled and lifted her chin defiantly, "I'll do what my parents did: meet someone I care about, get to know them and either go through strictly professional courtship or I'll just know from being good friends with them that they're the right person."
"Your parents are weird," James snorted.
Sara was just about to defend her parents when her best buddy, Cassie, skipped over and wrapped an arm around the shorter girl's shoulders, "Sara's parents rock. It's like stepping into a who different time period! What was it that your dad was really into last year.... wasn't it the renaissance time period? It was so cool!"
Sara smiled gratefully at her best friend who was, of course taller than her with jet black hair, dark brown skin and an adorable smile.
James rolled his eyes and stormed off leaving the two girls alone. Cassie sighed and released Sara.
"Golly that dude needs to get his head into reality. Did you just say that because it is James we are talking about or did you say no because you seriously don't want to date right now?" Cassie inquired.
Sara shrugged, "I honestly don't find guys interesting in that way... I find no one interesting in that way."
Cassie nodded, "Well maybe it's because you haven't found the right one yet."
Sara smiled and hugged her friend, "Thanks again Cass for standing up for me."
"Oh don't mention it," Cassie said, smirking, "You just make sure the moment you meet a guy who catches your eye, you tell me."
Sara smiled, "Believe me Cass, you'll be the first to know."
After navigating her way through the busy traffic of Pennsylvania, she managed to get home. She noticed that her dad's car was gone, meaning he and their mom were probably still at work.
Stepping into the house, she dropped her bag off at the door, "I'm home!"
"Sara!" four year old Ryder cried, charging into the room.
His bright red hair bounced on his cute round head as he catapulted into his big sister. Sara smiled as she scooped up the boy. Even though she was seventeen and at least thirteen years older than her baby brother, she and Ryder were probably the closest, not only because they were practically identical in looks but because Ryder was of a more gentle type than the other boys.
"What's going on?" Sara asked, pulling off her shoes.
"Omar and Axel are watching the Hobbit again," Ryder admitted. "They keep telling me to go to the bathroom whenever the big white orc comes on but I already know he doesn't kill Thorin till the third one!"
Sara chuckled and picked her brother up, placing him on her hip. Her parents were huge fans of JRR Tolkien and the moment the lord of the rings and the hobbit came out, they were all over it.
"Again? Didn't we watch it last week?" Sara asked.
Ryder nodded, "Omar said that since it's Christmas break, we have to watch them again."
Sara smiled and carried her little brother into the living room. Sure enough, her three brothers were sitting on the couch watching An Unexpected Journey. it was their favorite scene: Baggend.
Eight year old Omar was jumping on the couch while fourteen year old Axel was bouncing to the beat. 25 year old Pierce was sound asleep on the couch. Sara smiled. The Aldhard family was well known for their bright red hair and piercing blue eyes. Each of the kids were plagued with the unique, right hair and eye colors.
"Sh!" Omar hissed, "Here's my favorite part."
Sara smirked when she saw that the scene was when Thorin steps into the hobbit hole. The moment the door opens and he greets Gandalf, the two boys yell in triumph, startling Pierce out of his sleep.
"It's he so cool!?" Omar cried.
"I wish I was Bilbo," Ryder said dreamily, leaning against Sara's shoulder. "Then I would get the meet Thorin and Gandalf and the dwarves and go fight SMoog."
"You mean Smaug," Axel corrected.
"Yeah Smoog," Ryder repeated, earning a chuckle from Pierce and Sara.
Just then, the phone rang and Pierce got up to answer it. Sara sat down in his spot with Ryder on her lap and listened to her three little brothers chatting excitedly about the movie when suddenly she heard a crash.
Axel paused the movie and they all turned around to look at Pierce who had returned to the living room. His face was ashen white, completely shocked and horrified. If Sara had to guess, the crash had been him dropping the mug that their dad always placed in front of the phone. You always had to lift it up to grab the phone and from the look of it, that was what had fallen.
Pierce was listening to the voice on the phone and he looked at his siblings who were watching him expectantly.
When he hung up, he just stood there limply, unable to speak.
"What happened?" Axel asked.
Omar looked over at the calendar, "It's December Fifteenth.... your girlfriend isn't coming to visit till next week."
Pierce shook his head, "There was a shooting.....seventeen people were killed."
Sara's eyes widened, "Here? In Pennsylvania?"
Pierce nodded, "At the Christmas party."
The silence that followed was so dense that the kids could hear the CD in the disk player still spinning.
"Mom and dad were there," Omar whispered.
Pierce nodded, "The police were the ones on the phone.... mom and dad....were killed on the spot."
"Sara! My pant legs are wet!" Omar called.
Sara stopped at the stop light and turned to look at her brother. She was driving home from taking the three little boys and their dog, Mason to the park. They had just recently brought Mason into the family. He was a jet black German shepherd puppy and the boys adored him.
"We'll get dry pants when we get home," the girl promised.
She turned back around and saw that the light was green. Driving through, she soon had to pull to another stop when an intersection was blocked up from flooding. The police were directing traffic elsewhere but it was going to be a while before they could move.
Sara's phone buzzed and she flipped it open, seeing that it was from their next-door neighbor who housesat their house on the weekends when Pierce was on business trips and Sara took the kids out.
"Hello Mrs. Alman?" the girl said, brightly.
"hello Sara. I was at your house locking up... when the phone rang."
"Was it Pierce?" Sara asked. "He hasn't returned any of my calls or texts today."
"I know," the woman said. "It was the hospital."
Sara furrowed her brow, "What did they need?"
"They wanted to know when you would like Pierce to be brought home."
Sara sat there, not knowing what was going on. Pierce worked with an engineering company. What did the hospital have to do with his coming home?
"What do you mean?"
There was a pause before the woman spoke, "Sweetie.... Pierce is dead."
Sara was so glad that she didn't have her on speaker. The boys were playing with Mason in the back of the car and didn't notice their sister freeze and go pale.
"The doctor said he has been suffering from brain cancer for a while now. he said that Pierce swore him to secrecy because he didn't want you to worry. He thought he wasn't going to go till next week and then he was going to tell you."
Sara didn't know what to do so she hung up without saying goodbye and threw her phone onto the seat next to her. She stared ahead and saw that the cop was directing her to the right. She turned the car and drove off, blinded by the tears that were springing up.
"Sara!" Axel called. "Can you hear me? Sara! Mason wont sit still."
"SARA!" Omar called.
"SARA!"
The girl was blinded.... she was in another world... all she could hear was her head drumming.... and Mrs. Almar's words repeating in her head.... the voices of her brothers and the barks of Mason in the far away distance.... then.... she felt a jolt.
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Her eyes flew open and she realized they were no longer on the road. They had rolled off and were heading for a tree! Sara tried to turn the wheel but it wouldn't budge. She saw the tree nearing and the last thing she heard was her brothers calling her name.... then..... darkness.
Darkness filled Sara's vision. Her mind stopped thinking, her eyes stopped seeing and her ears stopped hearing.... it all stopped. She felt a gentle feeling rush over her like water flowing underneath her. Then she felt like something was lifting her off the ground and into the sky.
She saw stars appear below her... and above her and beyond, an endless void of stars and galaxies. She heard a gentle voice whispering to her from far off. She couldn't tell if it was a man or a woman but it kept whispering her name, telling her to wake up, to open her eyes.
Her eyes slowly cracked open and she realized she was lying on a bed. White sheets lay on top of her and a wooden ceiling above her. She didn't recognize where she was.... and the first thing that popped to her head was the crash. Was this the hospital?
She turned her head and found herself looking into the brown eyes of a young boy. He looked barely eleven years old and was smiling at her from behind a head full of blond hair. The first thing Sara thought was that his parents didn't think to cut their son's hair for it almost fell to his shoulders. Then she realized he wasn't wearing normal clothes.... but rather a brown tunic... a belt and sword? What?
"Hello," the boy whispered kindly, "You've been asleep for a few days. We found you outside the city. You had a really bad cut on your head. I'm Theodred by the way."
Sara furrowed her brow. Someone named their son after a character from lord of the rings? Cool.... and it was weird that he dressed like he was from lord of the rings too.
Suddenly, a man appeared at the boy's side. he looked to be about thirty years old and was a perfect older version of the boy. He wore a golden circlet in his hair and he wore similar clothes to the boy.
"I see you've met my son," the man said. "I'm Thengal."
Okay this is getting weirder.
The girl slowly looked around. What caught her attention the most in the large room were the windows. Unlike normal windows, they were shaped like two horse heads.... wait....
The glanced down at the sheets that lay atop her and saw that the pale green embroidery on the white sheets were unmistakably done entirely by hand...and almost looked Celtic.
"Where.... where am I?" the girl asked, deciding that if things got too much weirder than her brothers must be playing a prank on her.
"Rohan child," Thengal replied.
Sara sat up, prepared to call the name of her brothers and call their prank. However, it seemed a little too real to be a prank....this place was too realistic.... the bed felt real so it couldn't be a dream...
"What happened to me?" she asked.
"You were attacked on the road," Thengal replied. "There were no signs of hoof prints so you must have been walking.... but there were no footprints either.... it was like you just dropped out of the sky. You had a bad wound on your head but it wasn't from any weapon of our knowledge... but there were also a few cuts on your left shoulder."
Sara's hand snaked to her shoulder and lifted her sleeve just enough to see that there were three cuts on her arm. Two of them were deep but not deep enough to need stitches. The other had been stitched up and by the look of it, horse hair had been used to stitch it up. Even though it looked ghastly, it was rather good stitching work.
Her hand reached up and she touched the wounds. They were clean cuts.... then she realized why they looked familiar. When she was little, Pierce had been attempting to make dinner for their parents anniversary but had cut his hand in the process when cutting carrots. Sara had put herself to the task of cleaning the cut and bandaging it..... these looked just like Pierce's knife cut... but larger, deeper and wider.... she had been cut by a knife and obviously a large one.
'This is most certainly not a prank,' Sara thought to herself. 'It must be a dream.'
"My brothers...." she whispered.
Thengal shook his head, "There was no one with you child. You were alone... except for the pup."
"pup?"
Just then, the door flew open and Sara felt a small bundle jump onto her and she looked into the staring green eyes of Mason.
"Mason!" The girl cried, reaching over to hug the puppy.
Thengal smiled warmly as the young dog lapped at his owner's face. Theoden was grinning from ear to ear.
"Apparently he knows you," Thengal said smiling.
Mason sat back down on Sara's lap and looked up at her. The girl ran her fingers through his thick black fur.... yep, most certainly not a dream.... but if this wasn't a dream and wasn't a prank... then what was it?
"What.... what year is this?" the girl inquired.
"The year 2941," Thengal replied. "April 20th."
Sara groaned and rubbed her head. Wait.... why did that date sound familiar???? wasn't that when the hobbit was.... but then....what day did it.... April 27th.....holy noodles!
Sara shot up to a sitting position and cringed when the wounds on her head and her arm stung at the movement.
Okay, this wasn't a dream.... she was in middle earth!
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Walt Disney Studios Announces Film Schedule
The Walt Disney Studios has unveiled its upcoming slate following the recent acquisition of the Fox film studios, including changes to previously dated films and a number of major additions.
After kicking off with the record-setting success of Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Endgame, The Walt Disney Studios’ 2019 summer slate includes Disney’s Aladdin on May 24, Fox’s Dark Phoenix on June 7, Pixar’s Toy Story 4 on June 21, Fox’s Stuber on July 12, and Disney’s The Lion King on July 19. Fox 2000’s The Art of Racing in the Rain moves up to Aug. 9, and Fox Searchlight’s Ready or Not will release on Aug. 23, while three films move to later dates: Ad Astra (9/20/19), The New Mutants (4/3/20), and Artemis Fowl (5/29/20).
The Studios’ 2019 slate rounds out with Fox’s The Woman in the Window on Oct. 4 and Ford V. Ferrari on Nov. 15, Disney’s Maleficent: Mistress of Evil on Oct. 18 and Disney Animation’s Frozen 2 on Nov. 22, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker on Dec. 20, and Blue Sky Studios’ Spies in Disguise, moving from September to Christmas. Among early 2020 titles are Fox’sUnderwater on Jan. 10, a new Kingsman movie on Feb. 14, and Call of the Wild on Feb. 21, followed by Pixar’s Onward on March 6 and Disney’s Mulan on March 27.
The updated calendar also sets release dates for major franchises Avatar and Star Wars. With Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker bringing the original Skywalker Saga to its conclusion, three new as-yet-untitled Star Wars films will release on the pre-Christmas weekend every other year beginning in 2022. Four forthcoming Avatar films, expanding the vibrant world of Pandora, will release on the pre-Christmas weekend every other year beginning in 2021. In the holiday corridor for 2020, Fox’s West Side Story adaptation, directed by Steven Spielberg, will debut Dec. 18 in the pre-Christmas slot, with Disney’s Cruella opening Wednesday, Dec. 23, for the long holiday weekend.
“We’re excited to put in place a robust and diverse slate that lays the foundation of our long-term strategy, bringing together a breadth of films from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, Fox, Fox Searchlight, and Blue Sky Studios to create an extraordinary collection of cinematic experiences for audiences around the world,” said Cathleen Taff, President, Theatrical Distribution, Franchise Management, and Business & Audience Insights, The Walt Disney Studios. “With a strong summer already in place, we are eager to carry that momentum forward over the coming years thanks to a creative wellspring of bold and imaginative stories coming from our world-class studios – including several new chapters of two revered franchises, Avatar and Star Wars.”
Here is the complete list:
2019 Films
5/10/19 FSL TOLKIEN
5/24/19 DIS ALADDIN
6/7/19 FOX DARK PHOENIX
6/21/19 DIS TOY STORY 4
7/12/19 FOX STUBER
7/19/19 DIS LION KING, THE
8/9/19 FOX ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN, THE
8/23/19 FSL READY OR NOT
9/20/19 FOX AD ASTRA
10/4/19 FOX WOMAN IN THE WINDOW, THE
10/18/19 DIS MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL
11/15/19 FOX FORD v. FERRARI
11/22/19 DIS FROZEN 2
12/20/19 DIS STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER
Wed 12/25/19 FOX SPIES IN DISGUISE
2020 Films
1/10/20 FOX UNDERWATER
2/14/20 FOX UNTITLED KINGSMAN MOVIE
2/21/20 FOX CALL OF THE WILD
3/6/20 DIS ONWARD
3/27/20 DIS MULAN
4/3/20 FOX NEW MUTANTS, THE
5/1/20 DIS UNTITLED MARVEL
5/29/20 DIS ARTEMIS FOWL
6/19/20 DIS UNTITLED PIXAR ANIMATION
7/3/20 FOX FREE GUY
7/17/20 FOX BOB'S BURGERS
7/24/20 DIS JUNGLE CRUISE
8/14/20 DIS ONE AND ONLY IVAN, THE
10/9/20 FOX DEATH ON THE NILE
11/6/20 DIS UNTITLED MARVEL
11/6/20 FOX RON'S GONE WRONG
Wed 11/25/20 DIS UNTITLED DISNEY ANIMATION
12/18/20 FOX WEST SIDE STORY
Wed 12/23/20 DIS CRUELLA
2021 Films
2/12/21 DIS UNTITLED MARVEL
3/5/21 FOX NIMONA
3/12/21 DIS UNTITLED DISNEY LIVE ACTION
5/7/21 DIS UNTITLED MARVEL
5/28/21 DIS UNTITLED DISNEY LIVE ACTION
6/18/21 DIS UNTITLED PIXAR ANIMATION
7/9/21 DIS UNTITLED INDIANA JONES
7/30/21 DIS UNTITLED DISNEY LIVE ACTION
10/8/21 DIS UNTITLED DISNEY LIVE ACTION
11/5/21 DIS UNTITLED MARVEL
Wed 11/24/21 DIS UNTITLED DISNEY ANIMATION
12/17/21 FOX AVATAR 2
2022 Films
2/18/22 DIS UNTITLED MARVEL
3/18/22 DIS UNTITLED PIXAR
5/6/22 DIS UNTITLED MARVEL
5/27/22 DIS UNTITLED DISNEY LIVE ACTION
6/17/22 DIS UNTITLED PIXAR
7/8/22 DIS UNTITLED DISNEY LIVE ACTION
7/29/22 DIS UNTITLED MARVEL
10/7/22 DIS UNTITLED DISNEY LIVE ACTION
11/4/22 DIS UNTITLED DISNEY LIVE ACTION
Wed 11/23/22 DIS UNTITLED DISNEY ANIMATION
12/16/22 DIS UNTITLED STAR WARS
2023 Films
2/17/23 DIS UNTITLED DISNEY LIVE ACTION
12/22/23 FOX AVATAR 3
2024 Films
12/20/24 DIS UNTITLED STAR WARS
2025 Films
12/19/25 FOX AVATAR 4
2026 Films
12/18/26 DIS UNTITLED STAR WARS
2027 Films
12/17/27 FOX AVATAR 5
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December; the 1st
Maglor
Ahr yes, I´m back on my "all of Maglor´s instruments are teal" and I´m loving it.
#sometimes i wanna put him in a jar and shake it really hard#this is not to be understood in a i dont like him way#cuz its not#i love him very much i just also hate him#murder minstrel#tolkien#silmarillion#jrr tolkien#maglor#makalaure#kanafinwe#christmas calendar#christmas art calendar#tolkien art christmas calendar#silm art#tolkien art#digital art#my art
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December; the 23
Yule day 3: Caranthir the dark & Haleth
Where is the pine tree?
Peonies; Peonies for happy marriage, wealth
Gladiolus; Gladiolus for sttength/stubbornness faithfulness/trust
Red Rose; Red rose for bravery love
#yule calendar#tolkien#silmarillion#jrr tolkien#caranthir#carnistir#morifinwe#haleth#haladin#halenthir#caranthir x haleth#christmas calendar#christmas art calendar#tolkien art christmas calendar#silm art#tolkien art#my art#digital art
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December; the 22
Yule day 2: Luthien and Beren
Where can Luthien´s sigil be found?
Happy winter solstice day!
Okay so I kinda forgot what day it is so there´s a unicorn version as well as a bonfire version
Mistletoe; Mistletoe represents romance, fertility, and vitality, and let´s not forget it´s a poisoned plant, although Celtic druids did use it for healing properties and decorations
Holly; Hollies were also used by druids as a symbol for fertility and eternal life and thought of to have magical powers - whereas when Christianity adopted the tree the leaves symbolised Christ's thorn crown and the berries his blood
Bonfire version;
#yule calendar#tolkien#silmarillion#jrr tolkien#lay of leithian#beren and luthien#luthien#luthien tinuviel#beren#christmas calendar#christmas art calendar#tolkien art christmas calendar#silm art#tolkien art#my art#digital art#she has feathers on her back and up towards her should mixing into the nape of her hair#as well as some on her arms#im working on a sheet for her to show it although i have an older one i just might post if i never go there
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