"You are most like Frodo. You're very friendly, and you have a great personality. Although you like to have fun, you can also be pretty serious at times. It's pretty hard to get you mad, but once you're mad...everybody better look out! Keep that temper under control and realize that you're better off than you may think."
OK...I fail to see how liking the color blue and being a nerd in high school translates to this. But then maybe it's because I didn't pay much attention in Psych 101. The funny thing is, this personality description is pretty much on target.
Around here we have been having a LOTR geek-fest every weekend because there's not much else worth watching and the kids don't think my Jane Austen movies are that interesting. Carl is really into it. He says, "Wanna watch bad monkey? Wanna watch man-with-the-sword?" (Gollum is the bad monkey). He also said "Trees are made out of wood" today. Who says these kids don't learn anything from PBS?
I think I enjoy these movies so much because now that I am a Catholic, I can perceive Tolkien's metaphor more fully. When we find ourselves in the trenches, slogging away at some task or trial, we are like Frodo and Sam, carrying the bane of self, while trying not to use it, for the purpose of destroying it. And when we offer our sufferings for souls, we ride to their rescue--as it were--like the Rohirrim. The elves, like the saints, help us with their gifts and their prayers, but it is we who must go into battle with the hordes of deceived, weak, and ignorant souls...not to destroy them but to save. To win back the land for the king.
There. Who says you can't learn anything from watching TV?
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