"A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything." - Friedrick Nietzsche
Atheist, scientist, secular Buddhist, rat lover, etc.
Originally from Iowa,I am a biology graduate student at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
“Can I touch your butt” in Elvish.
This is so useful
No, this is not “Can I touch your butt” in Elvish. This is “Can I touch your butt?” in English, transcribed using the letters of the Elvish alphabet. There is a difference.
In Elvish, the letters of the alphabet correspond to sounds, not to words. The above text spells it out using one symbol to represent one letter of the original English, which is incorrect:
- c-a-n i t-o-u-c-h y-o-u-r b-u-t-t
If you really want to spell out an English phrase using the Elvish alphabet, you would do so phonetically, which would basically equate to one symbol per phoneme (sound):
- c-a-n a-i t-u-ch y-o-r b-u-t
If you actually wanted to write “Can I touch your butt?” in Elvish, one (very rough) translation would be:
Annog nin daf pladan tele ci?
Which, in Sindarin Elvish, roughly translates to, “Would you give me permission to touch your rear?”
Written in tengwar (the Elvish alphabet), it would look like this:
Sorry for the blurry quality.
damn, the lotr fandom doesnt fuck around
#im SORRY but that post was nerdy #even by tumblr standards#its like one of the most nerdy things ive seen #and im just ccrracking the fuck up about it
I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
J. R. R. Tolkien (via blotanog)
ahaha my college is great
Seems that Frodo fucked up somewhere along the way.
The lady rats out and about in the living room.
Top: Arwen
Bottom: Luthien (looking soooo much healthier than when I first brought her home!)
Galadriel was being a little shit and hiding in the blanket and wouldn’t poke her head out long enough for me to get a decent picture. Of course, now she’s running around and being adorable.
lotr extended edition marathon
You are all jealous of my life right now.
Confused
I went to see DKR last night; it was pretty good, though not as good as DK. However, I am really confused as to why the trailer for Superman had music from LotR. Why? Also, holyfuckingshitTheHobbit! Ah!
Can’t. Wait.
Rat update
Some of you may have been following about my sick little rat Luthien that I got half-starved from someone who was giving her and her cage mate away. Good news is that neither she nor Galadriel have bugs anymore and Luthien is looking a bit better. She is eating and drinking (though not as much as the others) and seems to be putting a bit of weight on. She ran around for a bit last night and today, though she spends most of her time curled up under the igloo with Galadriel. They seem to both be getting along well with my other girls, Arwen and Eowyn, though Eowyn is a bit of a bitch and has been boxing G a bit, which I let slide because she is in pretty good shape. Eowyn tried to go after Lulu a few times but I pulled them apart and I think she’s gotten the message that Lu is off limits until she is a bit healthier. Hoping to see more improvements over the next few days, but if not a vet trip will be in order.
Sorry, no pictures of Galadriel and Luthien yet. All in good time.
All of the rats are sleeping. Arwen is snoring quite loudly, which is highly amusing. My sick little rat (Luthien, I’ve decided to call her) is cuddled up with her cagemate Galadriel and is bug free, though she looks far from healthy. Got her to eat some peanut butter today but she hasn’t really moved around at all. Hoping she pulls through alright. Poor little Lulu.
