Worship me, for I have the power to convert common people into Tolkienistas! Today I brought my family (mom, dad and grandma) to the movies to see RoTK (is there any other movie playing now? I have NO idea). They LOVED it. My mom even cried! That was kinda shocking, but adorable nonetheless. My grandma was all "but hey, I read that in the books, you know." My dad doing his cool "that was quite good" bit. Hee! I felt so accomplished, I went to this bookstore with wacky January discounts, and got The Art of The Two Towers and The Book of Lost Tales. Go me!

Afterwards, there was yummy Italian dinner with the family and stepfamily, lots of hilarious anecdotes, good food and ridiculous amounts of wine, the main reason why I'm all tipsy and happy at the moment.

A really, really good day.