It's so pretty! I shall love it, and pet it, and tell it it is a good boxset, a pretty boxset....

I got the very first one out of the box **happy dance** The poor guy rolled three boxes out of the stock room before he found the ROTK shipment.

And I felt a little bad for him. But just a little. Because honestly, they should have had that display set up and ready to go at like 11:45pm. Which is when I got there. And I didn't see a display, so I whispered to a clerk who was on the phone and and he looked at me and said "Not yet." And I reached over the counter and strangled him with the phone cord.

No, actually he said "Not yet." And I said "You cannot be serious." And he pointed at the clock and said "It's 11:52."

And then I experienced the longest eight minutes of my entire life. But it was quality time spent with a guy named Jim, who's also a first year in the lawschool, and he was also there for his ROTK, and yeah, we're basically engaged.

My friend who came with me for laughs was quite amused that there were actually a handful of other people there to pick up ROTK. He was all "Damn, now I guess I can't make fun of you." (Which technically isn't true. He can still make fun of all 5 of us.)

Oh, and speaking of friends who want to make fun of me...got this in response to my away message on IM ^_~

[Bad username or site: reefinyateef / @ livejournal.com]: oh god i forgot, that fucking ee dropped
[Bad username or site: reefinyateef / @ livejournal.com]: which means you'll disappear off of the face of the universe for the next couple of days or so
[Bad username or site: reefinyateef / @ livejournal.com]: which will be a great time for the rest of us

ROTK EE is MINE!
Sam turned to Bywater, and so came back up the Hill, as day was ending once more. And he went on, and there was yellow light, and fire within; and the evening meal was ready and he was expected. And Rose drew him in, and set him in his chair, and put little Elanor up upon his lap.
He drew a deep breath. 'Well, I'm back,' he said.

Lesson no. 1: The fangirl is never completely satisfied. Always keep one eye to the horizon.

So, the next thing to wait for....new Batman Begins trailer. Apparently, Bruce was trained by Qui-Gon Jinn.

Here's the download, if anyone wants it: Batman Begins extended trailer (9 mbs)

In other news:
Those of you who are being denied ROTK goodness for another couple of weeks, the gang at Foxtort feels your pain

Part of me wants to lick Peter Jackson's face. And the other part of me wants to throttle him silly. My kingdom for a chance to go back and re-edit the theatrical edition!

There's an offer in the packaging to send away for the EE slipcase. [Bad username or site: johnnybvo / @ livejournal.com], I saw that and I think someone heard all the bitching and whinging coming from your forum buds ^_~

Genius. Absolutely genius. (HP fans, you must check this out)

[Bad username or site: chickenflicker / @ livejournal.com] hipped me to this: Brad Neely's Wizard People, Dear Reader. It's this absolutely hilarious re-working/parody of Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone. You can listen to it alone, but triple your fun by putting the film in the dvd player, muting it, and listening to Neely's voice over narration (it's cued to the film ^_^).

The best thing is this is no big production - the phrasing is hilariously awkward at points, Neely stumbles over lines, and you can hear him turning pages in his script and breaking for water ^_^

Some people have had trouble with the torrent, so I've loaded the mp3s into yousendit.
Wizard People, Dear Reader - Disc One
Wizard People, Dear Reader - Disc Two

[Bad username or site: johnnybvo / @ livejournal.com], you have to check this out. You'll love it. "Holy frickin' balls!" is totally going to become a standard of my vocabulary.

My favorite bits ^_^
( Cut for audio track spoilers )

Beyond that, I had a really good day. Just full of fannish glee. I did no work, but from the few people I've talked to, everyone's burnt out - and no one did work today. Went to IHOP with some friends and after, saw Ocean's 12. Hands down the silliest movie I've seen all year. It felt a lot like Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back...in that you clearly just had some people who enjoyed working together - and they wanted to make another movie so they were like hell, let's just have fun with it. I really missed Rusty's hair (btw, 'Robert Charles Ryan'?), but I got to spend another two hours with characters I love and honestly, I could have fun just watching those guys fight over what movie to rent. It's like the odd Trek films. They're crap, but each has enough fun moments with characters you love, so you've still seen them a half dozen times. Or maybe that's just me. The Tess characterization is a 180 from the first film, but since I thought she was a black hole of suck in the first film, I didn't mind so much.

Also, I had NO idea that Eddie Izzard was in this, so his appearance (and he referenced Gunter! Hee!) was a big, fun surprise.

And in the interest of having them somewhere in case I decide to do iconage...
( Just a few lines I liked. Spoilers! )

It been a ridiculously good day. And look, Liv had a healthy baby boy!

Why is this day being so good to me? ^_^