"... so he's Mr. Planetarium by default."
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olorielToday 'náro tried to make off with a bottle of whisky, a twelve-year old Bowmore. Pushed it off the shelf (it fell onto a heap of my papers, fortunately, so it survived) and then rolled it across the floor trying to open it.
I should be worried, shouldn't I?
In other news, I went to Bochum today. Bochum isn't exactly on your must-see list of cities; the most poetic thing that has been said about Bochum, I believe, is that it's where the sun collects dust.
My going there was for two very nice reasons, however: Firstly, I met Simmi again, a member of the ancient Elbenwald fellowship from the old days before the movies came out; secondly, we were going to visit the "Skies of Middle-earth" show at the local planetarium.
"The Skies of Middle-earth" has been created by students from Bremen, who collected the astronomy-related stuff from the Silm, the LotR and the HoME and recite it in the star-dome* accompanied by fitting music, illustrations and ambientic light.
Beautiful.
They had simplified some stuff which made me go "Ainur! It's AINUR, not Valar!" but it made sense considering most of the audience probably was confused enough as it was. Fortunately, they had decided for the correct pronunciation of the names instead of the German one (which isn't nearly as bad as the English, but turns all the th into ordinary t, so Lúthien ends up LOO-tee-an (or, if you're really unlucky, LOO-tsee-an) rather than LOO-þee-an, and the like).
It was basically The Silmarillion 101, with the Ainulindalë (except it was the Valalindalë really, see above), the Beginning of Days, The Silmarils, Beren and Lúthien and the Voyage of Eärendil retold, plus some extra information on the legends of certain constellations (such as Menelmacar/-vagor (i.e., Orion) or Wilwarin (i.e., the Cassiopeia)).
It was very ambientic and very nice. Probably kind of confusing for people who only know the movies and never even heard of the Silm, but highly enjoyable for people who have.
^_________^
Will update on the LoCreMo progress tomorrow. I hope.
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*star-dome, as you may or may not know, would be elrond in Sindarin. Which explains the subject line.
I should be worried, shouldn't I?
In other news, I went to Bochum today. Bochum isn't exactly on your must-see list of cities; the most poetic thing that has been said about Bochum, I believe, is that it's where the sun collects dust.
My going there was for two very nice reasons, however: Firstly, I met Simmi again, a member of the ancient Elbenwald fellowship from the old days before the movies came out; secondly, we were going to visit the "Skies of Middle-earth" show at the local planetarium.
"The Skies of Middle-earth" has been created by students from Bremen, who collected the astronomy-related stuff from the Silm, the LotR and the HoME and recite it in the star-dome* accompanied by fitting music, illustrations and ambientic light.
Beautiful.
They had simplified some stuff which made me go "Ainur! It's AINUR, not Valar!" but it made sense considering most of the audience probably was confused enough as it was. Fortunately, they had decided for the correct pronunciation of the names instead of the German one (which isn't nearly as bad as the English, but turns all the th into ordinary t, so Lúthien ends up LOO-tee-an (or, if you're really unlucky, LOO-tsee-an) rather than LOO-þee-an, and the like).
It was basically The Silmarillion 101, with the Ainulindalë (except it was the Valalindalë really, see above), the Beginning of Days, The Silmarils, Beren and Lúthien and the Voyage of Eärendil retold, plus some extra information on the legends of certain constellations (such as Menelmacar/-vagor (i.e., Orion) or Wilwarin (i.e., the Cassiopeia)).
It was very ambientic and very nice. Probably kind of confusing for people who only know the movies and never even heard of the Silm, but highly enjoyable for people who have.
^_________^
Will update on the LoCreMo progress tomorrow. I hope.
- - -
*star-dome, as you may or may not know, would be elrond in Sindarin. Which explains the subject line.
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Date: 2007-03-24 11:30 am (UTC)