Today was a first for me...I got my first ticket. I was on the phone, reporting my toilet, when I saw a cop at the 4 way near my work. I stopped and then waved when he let me go first. I, of course didn't have my seat belt on--I do MOST of the time...just not ALL. I was about to pull in, when flashing lights...

I gave him my license and insurance. He said that it was expired. I freaked--thinking I had the wrong card in the car. He gave me a ticket for both. He was super nice but still. I tore my car apart and then went home to look. NO WHERE was my card. My parents called the insurance company to send me a faxed copy. After all day of worry, while I was waiting for Meme, I looked at my card that I had given him. It WAS the right card. He just read the start date which would LOOK like the expiration date below. GAHHHH. Well, I can get the insurance offense off, but not the belt charge. $138 to learn a valuable lesson that I am NOT above the law.




There is an epic battle. Hello, the entire plot of the movies are good vs. evil battles. I loved how both had Faramir as a sexy warrior. Both had the classic helmit shape. Similar battle scenes...the cliffs = the battle of Helm's Deep. Little army take on big army of freaks and one/two hits each takes down bad guys. Many arrows and stab wounds take out the heroes.

There's a gollum. Gollum in LOTR. Crazy hunchback with long fingers in 300. Both act heroic as they are betraying you.

There are orcs. Orc species are rampant in LOTR. They cleverly disguise themselves in the forms of the evil priests and freaky mystics in 300. I don't remember razor claws in ancient Greek history. Eh?

There is a pompous super god-like person. Sauron was just really big and bright. I don't remember Lee press-on nails, drag queens, and body glitter in the ancient world, either. xerxes, wow.

There are magic men. Gandalf is a great man. The immortals, not so much.

Strong queens. I think the queen in 300 (forgive me, names have escaped me) is like Eowyn in strength, Arwen in outfits, standing near doorways looking pensive, hair styles, and necklace-giving.

Rarrrr Kings Aragorn is still my favorite king. However, both men were brave and thought only of love and honor of their people.

Capes with fancy pins. Leaf versus Triangle/circle pins. I half expected Galadriel to show up.

Tall troll-like men. Both use axes. One stabbed in head, one stabbed in mouth.

One cool thing I thought about was that the colors were similar and just ...wow. The tree of people sculpted by x-man. Meme pointed out, rather profoundly, that it was the antagonist of the tree of life.

Overall, I thought it was stunning.