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silneldor
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Jul 3 2009, 4:27am
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My, this IS impressive!
This is not a squad, not even a platoon. It is a company. .
''What connects Nature to the spiritual, or requires the presence of the latter? In positive terms, as Alkis Kontos points out, when nature was still largely experienced as integral, alive and active, 'It was the spiritual dimension of the world, its enchanted, magical quality that rendered it infinite, not amenable to complete calculability; spirit could not be quanified; it permitted and invited mythologization.' And I would add, it still is and does.''
Patrick Curry-Defending Middle-Earth-Tolkien: Myth and Modernity - chapter: 'The Sea: Spirituality and Ethics.'
May the grace of Manwë let us soar with eagle's wings!
In the air, among the clouds in the sky
Here is where the birds of Manwe fly
Looking at the land, and the water that flows
The true beauty of earth shows
With the stars of Varda lighting my way
In all the realms this is where I stay
In the realm of Manwë Súlimo
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Garfeimao
Nargothrond
Jul 3 2009, 9:39am
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Too late to make a recommendation
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I've never been to the Radio City Music Hall either, but after looking at images from the London show at the Royal Albert Hall, I decided I wanted to be up a bit. What with the orchestra and choirs being on the stage, the screen showing the movie is going to be above them, so I figured there would be a bit of a problem viewing from the Orchestra level. Probably not bad, just looking up can be tiresome after 3 hours.
So, I chose first mezzanine so that I could look straight out at the movie screen, and down at the orchestra and choirs, and my neck wouldn't hate me afterwards.
Peace, Love and Rock & Roll,
Garfeimao
The orange stripey One
Cruise to Middle earth
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grammaboodawg
Elvenhome
Jul 3 2009, 3:21pm
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Got my room, got my plane, got my seat
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Oh golly! It looks like this is really going to happen!!!! :D
Thanks so much to everyone who has worked so hard to make all of this possible. I think this is going to be one of the most memorable moots we've ever shared!!!
"There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West."
~Hug like a hobbit!~ "In my heaven..."
I really need these new films to take me back to, and not re-introduce me to, that magical world.
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grammaboodawg
Elvenhome
Jul 3 2009, 3:31pm
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Updated handoff schedule... omg!
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It looks like I'll have the Journal on October 2-10th... so if that stands true, I'll just bring it with me and hand it off to you while we're there!!!!! :D That would be AWESOME!
Let's see how the days play out... but I'm game if ya'll are :)
"There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West."
~Hug like a hobbit!~ "In my heaven..."
I really need these new films to take me back to, and not re-introduce me to, that magical world.
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Elvenhome
Jul 3 2009, 3:35pm
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ohhhh... I hope I'm on time for that!
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My flight comes in mid-day on Friday.
"There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West."
~Hug like a hobbit!~ "In my heaven..."
I really need these new films to take me back to, and not re-introduce me to, that magical world.
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grammaboodawg
Elvenhome
Jul 3 2009, 3:37pm
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once they got hit by the rush that they'd try and get more rooms ready for us :D Wise... very wise ;)
"There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West."
~Hug like a hobbit!~ "In my heaven..."
I really need these new films to take me back to, and not re-introduce me to, that magical world.
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Altaira
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Jul 3 2009, 5:49pm
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**More double rooms are now available!
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Just heard from Wendy at CAMI and the Park Central has made more double rooms available and will monitor the situation to be flexible so the situation won't happen again.
(So, if anyone made a reservation for a king and would rather have a double, you could probably either change it or cancel the first one and make another. I'd call the hotel and ask them what the best thing is to do: 1.800.346.1359).
Koru: Maori symbol representing a fern frond as it opens. The koru reaches towards the light, striving for perfection, encouraging new, positive beginnings.
"Life can't be all work and no TORn" -- jflower
"I take a moment to fervently hope that the camaradarie and just plain old fun I found at TORn will never end" -- LOTR_nutcase
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Fool of a Took
Nevrast
Jul 3 2009, 6:09pm
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What's the Journal?
"Despair, or folly?" said Gandalf. "It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt."
"This is the hour of the Shire-folk, when they arise from their quiet fields to shake the towers and counsels of the Great."
http://hobbitmeals.wordpress.com
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a.s.
Doriath
Jul 3 2009, 6:12pm
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"an seileachan"
Pooh began to feel a little more comfortable, because when you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.
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silneldor
Gondolin
Jul 3 2009, 6:52pm
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Did you mean double 'beds' Pat?
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I wouldn't want double rooms. I was ok with the king bed but then when the reservation guy messed up my email addy for a confirmation i called back to take care of that and per something said (on TORn) about the possibility of more rooms with two beds, i asked then and he said there were now more rooms so i got one with two beds. They are not queens but it is ok. Mick has a tendency to be all knees and elbows when he sleeps so i wouldn't want patty to appear the next day with a black eye lol.
Thanks:)
Dang! weavers fireworks are still going off, even here .
''What connects Nature to the spiritual, or requires the presence of the latter? In positive terms, as Alkis Kontos points out, when nature was still largely experienced as integral, alive and active, 'It was the spiritual dimension of the world, its enchanted, magical quality that rendered it infinite, not amenable to complete calculability; spirit could not be quanified; it permitted and invited mythologization.' And I would add, it still is and does.''
Patrick Curry-Defending Middle-Earth-Tolkien: Myth and Modernity - chapter: 'The Sea: Spirituality and Ethics.'
May the grace of Manwë let us soar with eagle's wings!
In the air, among the clouds in the sky
Here is where the birds of Manwe fly
Looking at the land, and the water that flows
The true beauty of earth shows
With the stars of Varda lighting my way
In all the realms this is where I stay
In the realm of Manwë Súlimo
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ringers rock!
Ossiriand
Jul 3 2009, 7:14pm
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heheheee.... it'saaaall MINE. checking in Friday out Sunday. Thank goodness this moot doesn't require costumes....should be able to backpack my luggage 'round town after checkout.
Thanks coordinators!! every cent saved will be well spent at the bars.
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dernwyn
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Jul 3 2009, 8:54pm
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It's a scrapbook that has been travelling all around the world, with many TORnados/TORnsibs/TORnwhatevers making pages in it.
The idea for it started in Laerasëa's post here, and the sign-up thread is a sticky on Main.
Laerasëa and Kelvarhin have an official website for it, where you can track where it's been, and view many of the pages!
And it is simply awesome! 
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"I desired dragons with a profound desire"
"It struck me last night that you might write a fearfully good romantic drama, with as much of the 'supernatural' as you cared to introduce. Have you ever thought of it?"
-Geoffrey B. Smith, letter to JRR Tolkien, 1915
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Garfeimao
Nargothrond
Jul 4 2009, 9:06am
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Take advantage of the Bell Desk
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It's fairly standard to be able to leave your luggage with the Bell Desk upon check out, then off you go, sightseeing, then back to the hotel to pick up your luggage before heading off to the airport.
Peace, Love and Rock & Roll,
Garfeimao
The orange stripey One
Cruise to Middle earth
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Sunflower
Doriath
Jul 4 2009, 1:17pm
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I have tried to keep track of this....but finding out too late...am trying to juggle 3 different trips. I am finding my money stretched VERY thin for all this.
After all the struggle to get tickets for all this,and the U2 show, I am NOT backing out. If the hotel is all taken up and I have no place to stay, what then? I will seriously camp out in Penn Station all night (which I did once long, long ago...:)
(I am taking the train down. from Albany.)
I still have to find a place to stay for the U2 show too. Any chance I can pay someone to sleep on their floor?:) Not kidding. I dont care what the hotel policy is--and I've stayed in hotels for my fair share of NYC events.
Oh and to add to the list: I'm up in the nosebleeds.
Section 3RDMZ4 Row E, seat 409.
Yep, the nosebleeds--but I DON'T CARE!!!!! I am NOT giving these up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have never been to a moot and it has been my dream to go to one and FINALLY meet some of you all. And Mr Shore? Wild horses couldn't keep me away! No matter the other events, the concert is the centerpiece. It has been one of my life dreams.
What am I going to do?? I am in full panic mode now....and I am NOT giving any of this up. NONE of it!!!
Please reply...somebody...and I am not getting a Twitter account or any networking group...personal/family reasons.....
I have had other things going on, and am planning this week to devote to solving my housing /trips crisis.
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Doriath
Jul 4 2009, 1:40pm
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OK, so journal handoff party in YOUR room, right? :-)
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Just teasing.
So I'm not going to be responsible for transporting the journal back to my place? Not that I was worried about that, exactly. Not that I planned to insure it, and bring a fireproof, waterproof, impact resistant box to place it in after I went through security, and keep it under my seat as my carry-on.
Or anything.
LOL
I'll get it by mail in the more usual way?
{{insert "whew" smilie}}
a.s.
"an seileachan"
Pooh began to feel a little more comfortable, because when you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.
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Nevrast
Jul 4 2009, 3:03pm
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wow, absolutely amazing! Thanks for providing a link to it...
"Despair, or folly?" said Gandalf. "It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt."
"This is the hour of the Shire-folk, when they arise from their quiet fields to shake the towers and counsels of the Great."
http://hobbitmeals.wordpress.com
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Altaira
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Jul 4 2009, 4:01pm
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We were just discussing that, for a short time (a day or so), they didn't have as many double bed/double+ occupancy rooms set aside as were being requested. But, that's been corrected.
And, now that you've posted this, I'm sure if someone is in need of a roomate they'll let you know.
Koru: Maori symbol representing a fern frond as it opens. The koru reaches towards the light, striving for perfection, encouraging new, positive beginnings.
"Life can't be all work and no TORn" -- jflower
"I take a moment to fervently hope that the camaradarie and just plain old fun I found at TORn will never end" -- LOTR_nutcase
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Garfeimao
Nargothrond
Jul 4 2009, 9:08pm
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I guess I lost track of this, because I know you brought it up a while back. When is the U2 concert in relation to the LOTR concert? I mean, no one can offer to help you if you don't give details.
Peace, Love and Rock & Roll,
Garfeimao
The orange stripey One
Cruise to Middle earth
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overlithe64
Ossiriand
Jul 4 2009, 10:53pm
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I wish money wasn't so tight! I'd love to stay longer, coming in early noonish Friday, but by train. NYC events are the ONLY time it pays to live in JERSEY.
I am obsessed, but I am in excellent company.
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weathertop
Nargothrond
Jul 5 2009, 7:04am
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so with most ppl going on sat...
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how many are going on Fri?
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One Ringer
Dor-Lomin
Jul 9 2009, 10:46am
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I just have to finalize a few things, but if all goes well, I should be ready to go to New York. So, where's this Moot taking place exactly?
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Nevrast
Jul 9 2009, 2:40pm
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...as it looks like my wife and I will be staying with friends who live outside the city to save a bit $, and I did want to meet up with TORN folks to introduce myself in person. Could we perhaps meet up for a breakfast (or second breakfast) in or around the hotel on Friday or Saturday morning? Or will there already be panels/talks/events going on at that time? Given that my wife and I are most likely flying in on Friday morning, we might miss some people, so a general Saturday meetup would be great...
"Despair, or folly?" said Gandalf. "It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt."
"This is the hour of the Shire-folk, when they arise from their quiet fields to shake the towers and counsels of the Great."
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entmaiden
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Jul 9 2009, 3:12pm
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mostly centered around the "official" hotel mentioned in this thread. Details are still being finalized, but we'll be sure to post the events and locations as soon as we can. We wanted to have a number of events so people could choose which ones fit their schedule, but also leave time for sightseeing in New York.
Each cloak was fastened about the neck with a brooch like a green leaf veined with silver.
`Are these magic cloaks? ' asked Pippin, looking at them with wonder.
`I do not know what you mean by that,' answered the leader of the Elves.
NARF since 1974.
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weathertop
Nargothrond
Jul 9 2009, 6:36pm
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staying with a friend outside NYC. about a 45 min train ride.
Just bought my plane tix. goin in Wed leaving Sun. i figure i'll spend most of thurs with my buddy. ride in with him on fri morn and spend the day Mooting it since i have Fri night tix. depending on where i spend the night Fri (i'm imagining the show won't get over til late and if i hook up with any sibs that night, i have the potential of missing the last train out!) i might have to decide where i spend my sat. Mooting or friending...
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