These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Tinuviel's Readings
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
Nimrodel's Quizzes
Which Valar are you?
You are Yavanna, the Giver of Fruits. You are the lover of all things that grow in the earth, and all their countless forms you hold in your mind.
Kementari, Queen of the Earth, you are surnamed in the Sindarin tongue. Your spouse is AοΏ½le, Lord over all substances of which Arda is made.
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What kind of Elf are you?
Serene, wise and pride, High Elves are the cream of their kind, with answers to many questions and a will to do good. You are tolerant of all ~ just not of evil.
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Which Jane Austen Heroine are you?
You are Marianne Dashwood of Sense & Sensibility! You are impulsive, romantic, impatient, and perhaps a little to vocal in your honesty. You enjoy romantic poetry and novels, and play the pianoforte beautifully. To boot, your singing voice is captivating. You feel deeply, and love passionately. Take the quiz!
What Lord of the Rings character you?
You are Aragorn. You have strong convictions and you stick to them. Although you are more of a recluse, you are extremely loyal to the few friends that you have. You are very serious about things, but you like having fun. Fame and fortune mean little to you, and you aren't concerned with being popular. Good for you!
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What Redwall creature are you?
You're a Redwall Mouse. You are a peaceful creature who lives in harmony with the other animals at Redwall. As a rule, you do not fight nor do you harm another creature, until your home is threatened. Then you will stand up and fight to the death to protect your way of life. You have strong morals and you are looked up to by the rest of Mossflower, for no one save vermin would harm a Redwaller. Take this quiz!
Tinuviel's Quizzes
What kind of Elf are you?
You are a star-gazing Wood Elf; adventurous and fun-loving, yet with a serious side. You fight for what you believe is right and would never hurt anyone just for the fun of it. You are fond of nature and like to do things your own way.
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What kind of web designer are you?
You are a Trendy Homepage Designer. You inhabit a world of personal domains with New Age names, blogs, collectives and celebrity layouts.
You're one of the kindest and most generous people on the Net, always willing to help out your online friends, but it wouldn't kill you to pick up a HTML manual now and again and find out that some of your most cherished effects only work in MSIE.
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What kind of a writer should you be?
You should be a poet. You craft words well, in creative and unexpected ways, and you have a great talent for evoking beautiful imagery,
or describing the most intense heartbreak ever. You're already naturally a poet, even if you've never written a poem.
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Which type of blogger are you?
You scored as the Writer. You have linguistic intelligence, no doubt. Using flowery or
catchy language, you write about you experience almost as if it is a fictional story.
You also enjoy reading, and writing your own reviews on them. Some writers even create
their own stories for real in their blog. Someday you may become a great author, who
knows! But of course, you will practice with your blog first.
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4 March 2008
Me and my fairy-tale standards...
At the moment, I am quite infuriated with the male sex. (No offense to those of you who don't deserve it -- if I'm stereo-typing, it's because I am in a ranting mood and am therefore too mad to care about formalities.) Just when I thought there might be some hope for us girls with lofty standards, my expectations have come crashing to the ground, along with much of my respect for the other gender.
Forgive me for sounding a bit melodramatic, but honestly, if I don't somehow transcribe my feelings then I shall burst! (Again, I'm being melodramatic. But you get the picture.)
What happened was, I involuntarily got caught up in the middle of an argument between two males in my life. (I won't mention any names.) When I attempted to come to the aid of one of them, they both snapped at me and sent me packing. That's the thanks I get! I can't remember what they were even arguing about in the first place, but I do know that they could (and should) have solved it between themselves without resorting to a shouting match. Now everyone's afraid to approach them and they're both in a huff, especially the one I tried to back up. (Again, names will remain anonymous.) I can only imagine the turmoil going on within him, and yet he tries to cover it up by acting indifferent. Why on earth do guys think that by acting tough they will gain more respect? I, for one, find this disgusting and offensive. Now, I'm not expecting guys to open up like girls do, but at the very least, they can stop shunning those who only want to help. Then they will gain more respect in my eyes.
Of course, I'm aware of the pressure guys feel to be "manly"...who isn't? What with the media throwing fake ideals left and right, I can kind of see why guys succumb to them so easily. Indeed, it's almost as bad as the pressure girls get piled onto them to be "sexy" and all that nonsense. But every once in awhile I find myself wondering...does true chivalry even exist anymore? Too often I find myself comparing men I know in real life to the men I read about in, say, Pride and Prejudice. Obviously, I am usually quite disappointed. (I guess that tells me I should stop comparing, huh?)
I had meant to broach a lot more topics than the ones I have mentioned, but the hour grows late and my temper has cooled considerably. (Therefore sparing my readers from more of my rantings!) I shall look forward to getting your feedback.
I totally agree with you! I wish so much that boys would be chivalrous like they appear to be in all the stories --- it must've been so nice in the 19th century and all. *wishes she could time travel*
Not that all boys are bad nowadays...as you said, it's not good to stereotype. And I bet there were still alot of jerkish boys in the 19th century, too. But still...
Ack, now you have me ranting, too! (It's contagious! GAAAH! O_O)
So basically, you stuck your nose in someone else's business when you weren't asked to, made everything worse, and now can't understand why the other parties involved are mad at you?
You seem to think that males aren't chivalrous if they don't want you to organise their lives for them. How about you start by respecting them enough to let them deal with their own issues?
I totally agree with Tiarali! You need to mind your own stuff!! When I see a fight, I walk away...because what good does it do you to get involved in stupid fights?
I can relate. And I'm short on time so I won't ramble...or at least I'll try not to.
Basically all you can do is pray for them. Give them time alone. Leave them alone for a bit then go and gently talk to them. Except...don't talk. Let them do the talking.
No Elvish methods of torturing. It's tempting, I know, to get them to talk to each other again, but no.
The same thing happens here sometimes. There'll be a quarrel and someone sticks their oar in and they get bit at. My mum always reminds whoever nosed in not to 'take a dog by the ears'. It is like a dog fight, if two dogs are fighting and you try to break it up you'll most likely get bitten. =P
I understand why you did what you did though, I have a habit sometimes of doing the same thing and then getting offended when I get snapped at.
Oh my gosh. Yes, I know exactly what you mean. And I also find myself wondering if that knight chivalry exists anymore as well. It doesn't seem like it. And with the guys I know...they never really appreciate me. My friends, not my father or brothers. But I think they think that in order to be a guy they have to be tough and, as you said, manly. Indifferent and unfeeling, that sort of thing. Now, I don't hate all men and such, but some do really annoy me.
Anyways, they just need to suck up their pride and realize that it was nice of you to try and help them, but I've learned that trying to help solve an argument never gets you anywhere, but only leads to trouble and anger towards you as well.
I hope you'll feel better soon! I'm sure they like you, but they were just too miffed to realize that you were trying to be nice and helpful.
I am afraid there is a great lack of cilvary! I have noticed it as well. I campare boys I know to boys I read about as well, I think cilverious men are more manly then the men I know now.
So I know what you mean. I hope they get it all worked out though!
I find myself often wishing the men- let me rephrase that- the good men, not the evil me, in my story existed in real life. They are so cilverious, and gentle manly. Oh well *sighs* we shall just have to cope, at least we can write about cilverious men.
~ Nimrodel
We go by Nimrodel and Tinuviel, two bosom friends writing a blog together. As you may have already noticed, we both possess a deep love for all things
Elven, and are convinced that we're really elves in disguise. (Hey, girls can dream, can't they?) We're Christians, and do our best to honor God in all
things.
We go by Nimrodel and Tinuviel, two bosom friends writing a blog together. As you may have already noticed, we both possess a deep love for all things
Elven, and are convinced that we're really elves in disguise. (Hey, girls can dream, can't they?) We're Christians, and do our best to honor God in all
things. 
