How I did it: First of all, good luck watching so may hours of Tolkienish bliss while the person you share the couch with keeps on discovering that the hobbits are gay and pointing out inadvertencies and factual mistakes. All right, I'm joking, it was great fun even with the snappy commentator on my side (partly because I love to comment on movies too). I did doze off somewhere around the second part, so we took a break, I slept for a bit and he did some work (no, I did not feel guilty), but we managed to watch it all and make it fully enjoyable too. Now I have actually started re-reading the books.. maybe I'll take up learning Quenya again, as I did the last time I dived deep into Tolkien's world about two years ago :))

Resources: Chips, cookies, crackers, wine, the extended edition of LOTR (DUH) and the comfy blanket (couldn't have done it without it!)

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Feb 17, 01:16AM PST | 0 comments | 1 cheer