Tolkien geekery

0. Bah. No viewing of Two Towers: Special Edition on the big screen for me. Stupid not having any monex!

1. Probably going to have to wait till next week to try to score a viewing of Return of the King. solarbird and I might make with a viewing on Christmas or Christmas Eve.

2. I had a total Tolkiengeek moment as I saw a trailer on TV, glimpsed the white tree on Aragorn's armor, and realized what it must represent: the White Tree of Gondor, who was as I recall descended from the Two Trees in Valinor. I'm not remembering names, but I was nevertheless simultaneously pleased that that little detail was in there and that the film does in fact refer to all that lovely backstory if you know where to look... and amused that I'm geek enough to have caught that little detail.

Elf needs new LJ icon, badly

So I'm tired of looking at Dewshine on my LJ. I mean, she's cute and all but I'd like something that says "me" a bit more. Ergo, I am putting out a request to my artistically-inclined friends: would any of you be willing to draw me an LJ icon? I can provide links to pictures of me for those who aren't actually local to me. ^_^

In exchange I will offer you an act of creativity of your choice: a) a sonnet, b) you get a cameo in a story, c) a filk song.

P.S. Extra bonus points for icons that exemplify my most common moods! (Yes, I can see an anime frizzy-haired, hat-wearing, pointed-eared Anna with a cloud of little pink hearts around her head now... ;) )