Dec. 17th, 2003
Succumbing to the Jackson/Tolkein lure
Dec. 17th, 2003 04:41 pmEveryone of you who's seen Return of the King already? You all suck. Temptresses, every one of you.
So I wandered down in the lovely sunlight to the UVillage and bought myself Heyer's The Grand Sophy as a temptation/reward for taking the GRE's tomorrow. Besides, I'll need to read something on the bus.
I'd been estimating a half-day for the test, but I was talking with a colleague who's taking the GRE for her nursing program, and hm... 3 30 minute parts, and a 45 minute part, and even allowing for a break, the math works out. I should be out by 10:30, 10:45, tops. And that's if I take the entire time alloted, which never happens with me and standardized tests.
And then, because I'm helpless before the lure of spoilers, I caved and started wondering when *I'm* going to get to see RotK. I started poking through the Seattle movie listings, and something caught my eye.
It seems that the GRE test center is in a shopping center. With a movieplex. That's playing Return of the King. With a showing at 10:50.
That's early enough for me to scrape in late and still get a half-day's work in.
Goddess, I am in soooo much trouble.
So I wandered down in the lovely sunlight to the UVillage and bought myself Heyer's The Grand Sophy as a temptation/reward for taking the GRE's tomorrow. Besides, I'll need to read something on the bus.
I'd been estimating a half-day for the test, but I was talking with a colleague who's taking the GRE for her nursing program, and hm... 3 30 minute parts, and a 45 minute part, and even allowing for a break, the math works out. I should be out by 10:30, 10:45, tops. And that's if I take the entire time alloted, which never happens with me and standardized tests.
And then, because I'm helpless before the lure of spoilers, I caved and started wondering when *I'm* going to get to see RotK. I started poking through the Seattle movie listings, and something caught my eye.
It seems that the GRE test center is in a shopping center. With a movieplex. That's playing Return of the King. With a showing at 10:50.
That's early enough for me to scrape in late and still get a half-day's work in.
Goddess, I am in soooo much trouble.