God is laughing at me.

So. Return of the King.

Wonderful movie. They did make cuts, but I honestly didn't miss any of it much, although I do wish they had had Merry and Pippin grow another foot from drinking the Ents' water, because I liked that part of the book. Overall, though, very enjoyable--lots of men crying, lots of men hugging, lots of stuff for slashers to squeal over. The battle scenes were also quite interesting. In some cases, even amusing.

Anyway, there is one thing I would like to mention that brings us to my subject line. I am talking, of course, about the dead bird.

WTF?!

So Frodo is wandering around in Shelob's lair realizing that he is in even more Mortal Peril than usual, what with all the dead bodies hanging about. We, the moviegoers, are fortunate enough to get close-ups of said bodies. The first is either a human or a member of a humanoid race; no problem. The second is the DEAD BIRD. You know, birds don't even make an appearance in these movies except for the CGI eagles, who are consistently alive, and this was clearly not an eagle. So why? WHY the dead bird? Really, it was entirely gratuitous.

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I went to Cafe Latte with Meghan and Caitlyn tonight. While we were there, I saw my 10th-grade science teacher. I didn't say hi, of course, because my policy is not to speak or make eye contact in public with anyone I have no intention of having a long conversation with. (What can I say, I'm an introvert. Leave me alone.) But it did make me think about how, even when people are no longer in contact, life goes on for everyone, and even as they stop impacting each others' lives, they begin or continue to affect other people's. It was a very philosophical couple of seconds.

Anyway, I noticed that he is just as hot now as he was four years ago. Also that he is no longer my teacher, and I am no longer a minor. So I ogled him. It was fun.