The *new* Barrow Downs photo page! - Page 5 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Kitanna · 06-05-2005, 12:16 AM

Gil-Galad, that's lovely attire...really, I'm very jealous.

Gil-Galad · 06-05-2005, 09:46 AM

Why thank you Kitanna...don't want to give m ysecret identity away you know...

Kuruharan · 06-05-2005, 10:57 AM

Thinlomien's picture is pretty neat.

Gil-Galad · 06-05-2005, 11:01 AM

The babe count is rising, i really like Mad Baggins pic...

davem · 06-05-2005, 11:41 AM

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Out of curiousity Davem, but are you in Bath Abbey or Exeter Cathedral in that picture? It looks like it, though I'm no expert at British Cathedrals. (18 days till I go to England! Bath Abbey and Exter Cathedral included in my tour!) .

I put a quick note on the pix page itself. Its York Minster http://www.yorkminster.org/ & the pic was taken by Lalwende

AbercrombieOfRohan · 06-05-2005, 01:37 PM

Sweetness! I'm going there too... (in case you haven't noticed I'm very excited about going... 17 days!) I knew it looked familiar...

Elennar Starfire · 06-05-2005, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Tigerlily Gamgee

Where is this Beltane celebration?
All I know about Beltane is from what I read in The Mists of Avalon, but I'm sure that it's not all that anymore. Haha. At least, not in public.
It'd be fun, though, to go dance the night away.

Here it's just me and a few friends wearing flower crowns all day. *sigh*

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It reminded me of Labyrinth.
For some odd reason, it just does...

And I'm starting your portrait today! ... and it might be Labyrinth in the foreground and background. It just feels really prevalent in your photo.

*grins* I want to see when you're done!

Knight of Gondor · 06-05-2005, 04:17 PM

Cool, it's great to put some faces to these names! Yes, it's me, KnightofGondor. ("WHO?!") Been a while since my sprite has graced these halls. All of my posting time has been diverted to FreeRepublic.com, which, for a news/politics junkie like myself, is amazing! Plus, the LotR stuff has somewhat died down since the movies have wrapped up.

I may look at sending my picture in, too! Is there a page two of these pictures, or are these all there are?

Encaitare · 06-05-2005, 05:05 PM

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Everyone is beautiful. No one is "more beautiful" than anyone else.

Well said, Tig.

Gil-Galad · 06-05-2005, 07:00 PM

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Everyone is beautiful. No one is "more beautiful" than anyone else.

in the honourable words of Strongbad "No two people are not on fire"

alatar · 06-05-2005, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Tigerlily Gamgee

Everyone is beautiful. No one is "more beautiful" than anyone else.

Just have to add my two cents here as I'm a bit older and older people feel the need to ramble on now and then.

Took the kids recently to an amusement park which was attended that day by high school alumni, present schoolpersons, etc. Ran into some old friends and acquaintances, and of course saw a bunch of young people whom I'll never know.

Anyway, remembered when I was back in high school and concerned about how I looked, and how I'd wished that I was more like the football star or whatever. Was like those young people that I saw, looking to be hip/cool/ whatever it was called, concerned about the hair, clothes and not looking too stupid or too different.

Now, you might not believe this from where you're standing, but the football star is aged and bald, and some of the hot crowd are middle-aged, overweight, overbaked, overmade maxed-out lifers. Some of the people are miserable, as it seems to me that for them it was all about the outside. Others changed on the outside, but were the same person that I'd known years ago. Weird thing is, now that the all important 'cliche' is no more, alumni who would not look at me back in the day now share stories about their kids.

When we walked that park as teenagers we never thought that we'd ever be like those older people, but here I am now.

So anyway, not that I was making a point, but enjoy who you are - life's too short. You're going to age, you're going to change, and my suggestion is that if you have to get wrinkles anyway, get them from laughing with good friends.

P.S. And my son already knows the story of Narcissus...

Strider · 06-06-2005, 01:51 AM

Amen. -is enlightened-

Snowdog · 06-06-2005, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by alatar

Now, you might not believe this from where you're standing, but the football star is aged and bald, and some of the hot crowd are middle-aged, overweight, overbaked, overmade maxed-out lifers. Some of the people are miserable, as it seems to me that for them it was all about the outside. Others changed on the outside, but were the same person that I'd known years ago. Weird thing is, now that the all important 'cliche' is no more, alumni who would not look at me back in the day now share stories about their kids.

yeah, I noted the same thing when I went to my 20 year re-union several years ago. The hot, barbie-like cheerleaders were divorced, fat single moms with lots of kids, and the homely plain janes were the beauties. Stoners were cops, and Brains were in AA... I agree with alatar... be happy with who you are!

Mad Baggins · 06-06-2005, 04:15 PM

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The babe count is rising, i really like Mad Baggins pic...

Yes, I am rather sexy, aren't I?

Gil-Galad · 06-06-2005, 04:20 PM

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Yes, I am rather sexy, aren't I?

quite so... bootylicous even(though i myelf am referred as Bootylicous and i rarely share the word)

Orominuialwen · 06-06-2005, 04:54 PM

There must just be something about being a BDer that makes everybody more beautiful. None of us are bad-looking whatsoever, and some are downright gorgeous.

Encaitare · 06-06-2005, 05:00 PM

It doesn't matter to me what any of you look like, and I imagine everyone else feels the same... so no one should be worried about sending in a picture! I've found that people are a lot more beautiful, even appearance-wise, when you get to know and like them; personalities shine right through onto faces.

wilwarin538 · 06-06-2005, 05:53 PM

Very well said Enca.

But I agree with Oro, I think its the downs that makes everyone so good looking.

**The Saucepan Man** · 06-06-2005, 05:53 PM

Is it just me, or does this thread seem to have turned into some kind of mutual adoration society ...?

Orominuialwen · 06-06-2005, 05:56 PM

Exactly. My point was that we all look so nice because of the wonderful personalities here. One's friends are always much more beautiful when they are friends than if they were people one didn't know at all because they are people whose souls one knows to be beautiful. Sorry if my last post was confusing.

Edit: Cross-posted with Saucepan Man and wilwarin

alatar · 06-06-2005, 06:37 PM

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Is it just me, or does this thread seem to have turned into some kind of mutual adoration society ...?

Hmmm...next time I think that I'm going to have to post more on Narcissus and less on aging.

Mad Baggins · 06-07-2005, 10:26 AM

I just went to the photo page for the first time...looks awesome, Tig! It's great to see all the Downers' faces...well, almost all. *cough cough GIL-GALAD*

Gil-Galad · 06-07-2005, 04:17 PM

for the last time i was not shut down by a bus stop! wait that was another conversation....oh yea, i don't want to reveal my secret idenity...besides the Ka's pic isn't showing her face either...

Elennar Starfire · 06-07-2005, 04:27 PM

But, Gilly, if you don't let us see your face, I shall have to paint you with a Strongbad head.

For Ka, I shall use...umm...Sarah. Yes. Hair colour matches, sort of.

THE Ka · 06-07-2005, 04:31 PM

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For Ka, I shall use...umm...Sarah. Yes. Hair colour matches, sort of.

Ha! Have fun, that's not my real hair colour by the way. You can blame my friend's camera and computer for that one! If you're feeling resourceful, or just creative, how about striped? I like striped things.

~ Ka

THE Ka · 06-07-2005, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Gil-Galad

for the last time i was not shut down by a bus stop! wait that was another conversation....oh yea, i don't want to reveal my secret idenity...besides the Ka's pic isn't showing her face either...

Have you ever taken to thought that maybe some of us don't have faces? It's a pretty reasonable theory for half of the photo page.

Just giving a possible answer.

~ Ka

P.S.: Ha! Look what I found! Somewhat of an irony of our predicament. (Thanks Encaitare)

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personalities shine right through onto faces.

Encaitare · 06-08-2005, 05:32 PM

Or hair, or cape, what have you...

THE Ka · 06-08-2005, 10:49 PM

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No kidding. You really all are a gorgeous bunch, not to mention all Caucasian. -is Asian- w007. Anyway, Tig, feel free to heed Larien's words and just treat us like the n00bs we are.

I hate that term. 'Newbies'. If you're a member, you are a member. And besides, It's time we had some fresh faces around here.

Also, just because we've been here forever doesn't mean we're the most popular, or most 'barrowish' (Is that a word? Correct me if I made it up.) some of our most recent members have such effort and assertive participation that I could only have dreamt about when i first came... And I can imagine others who would say the same.

Amoung members there shouldn't be any monarchy or hiarchy (except of course, for the Barrow-Wight and his/her selected Moderators), just the fact that we've found other wights who delight in the same topics as we do, and want to have a enjoyable time.

Okay, I am done with my rant.

~ Ka

Formendacil · 06-08-2005, 11:00 PM

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I hate that term. 'Newbies'. If you're a member, you are a member. And besides, It's time we had some fresh faces around here.

Those fresh corpses tend to be the ones that stink the most...

Strider · 06-09-2005, 08:53 PM

Oh, so now I stink? The nerve of you dead folk! Point taken, Ka. Good to feel welcomed.

HerenIstarion · 06-10-2005, 02:31 AM

I gather as Formendacil meant himself, Strider.

Formendacil · 06-10-2005, 05:36 PM

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I gather as Formendacil meant himself, Strider.

Of course, I'm still a relatively fresh corpse myself.

Which might explain the lack of any picture concerning me...

SonOfBombadil · 06-10-2005, 06:44 PM

just a random thought Tigerlilly, but it seems rather redundant that the logo at the top of the picture page says "Ghouls of the the Barrow-Downs Revealed". Slightly repetitive. But otherwise, the page looks great! good work!

Tigerlily Gamgee · 06-10-2005, 10:54 PM

Yeah, that has been pointed out already.. but when I asked if I should change it, no one really answered.
I didn't really notice that the logo already had "the" in it... worked fast.
Don't know when I'll get around to changing it, though, because it involves redoing it, and my life is extremely complicated at the moment.

SonOfBombadil · 06-10-2005, 11:10 PM

OK, don't worry about it at all. I was just wondering if you saw it there.

VanimaEdhel · 06-12-2005, 01:06 PM

Hey, Tig, I haven't been on for a little while, but think it would be okay for me to send you my pic too?

I always come back to visit on special days. Why is that? I think last time was around Christmas...now it's my 18th birthday.

THE Ka · 06-12-2005, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Formendacil

Those fresh corpses tend to be the ones that stink the most...

Everyone loves the newest brand...

~ Fashion bores me ka

Lathriel · 06-13-2005, 06:22 PM

I will try to send a picture but I will have to dig one up. And it will be after exams too. I am suposed to be studying and yet I find myself on the downs. (Hate when that happens

)

It is neat to see you all, now I actually know what you guys look like. No more wondering about that.

The baby page;cute idea but you might get repetitive remarks. Everyone will be saying "AAAWWW, he/she is so cute!"

alatar · 06-13-2005, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Lathriel

I will try to send a picture but I will have to dig one up.

Is there a pun in there somewhere?

Forget studying; posting at the BDs is much more important.

Good luck with those exams!

Kuruharan · 06-13-2005, 09:00 PM

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Forget studying; posting at the BDs is much more important.

Truly, you will be a responsible parent...

06-05-2005, 12:16 AM	#161
Kitanna Child of the West Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Watching President Fillmore ride a unicorn Posts: 2,132	Gil-Galad, that's lovely attire...really, I'm very jealous. __________________ "Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." - Mark Twain

06-05-2005, 09:46 AM	#162
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	Why thank you Kitanna...don't want to give m ysecret identity away you know... __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

06-05-2005, 10:57 AM	#163
Kuruharan Regal Dwarven Shade Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold Posts: 3,589	Thinlomien's picture is pretty neat. __________________ ...finding a path that cannot be found, walking a road that cannot be seen, climbing a ladder that was never placed, or reading a paragraph that has no...

06-05-2005, 11:01 AM	#164
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	The babe count is rising, i really like Mad Baggins pic... __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

06-05-2005, 04:17 PM	#168
Knight of Gondor Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 744	Cool, it's great to put some faces to these names! Yes, it's me, KnightofGondor. ("WHO?!") Been a while since my sprite has graced these halls. All of my posting time has been diverted to FreeRepublic.com, which, for a news/politics junkie like myself, is amazing! Plus, the LotR stuff has somewhat died down since the movies have wrapped up. I may look at sending my picture in, too! Is there a page two of these pictures, or are these all there are? __________________ Eagerly awaiting the REAL Return of the King - Jesus Christ! Revelation 19:11-16

06-05-2005, 01:37 PM	#166
AbercrombieOfRohan Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 311	Sweetness! I'm going there too... (in case you haven't noticed I'm very excited about going... 17 days!) I knew it looked familiar...

06-06-2005, 01:51 AM	#172
Strider Newly Deceased Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 10	Amen. -is enlightened-

06-06-2005, 04:54 PM	#176
Orominuialwen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: Umbar, but before the corsairs took over. (Ave Maria University, FL, USA) Posts: 632	There must just be something about being a BDer that makes everybody more beautiful. None of us are bad-looking whatsoever, and some are downright gorgeous. __________________ Gone for lentSeeyou at Easter! (And on Sundays too, maybe.)

06-06-2005, 05:00 PM	#177
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 1,814	It doesn't matter to me what any of you look like, and I imagine everyone else feels the same... so no one should be worried about sending in a picture! I've found that people are a lot more beautiful, even appearance-wise, when you get to know and like them; personalities shine right through onto faces.

06-06-2005, 05:53 PM	#178
wilwarin538 Fluttering Enchantment Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 2,508	Very well said Enca. But I agree with Oro, I think its the downs that makes everyone so good looking. __________________ Comme une étoile amarante Comme un papillon de nuit C'est la lumière qui m'attire La flamme qui m'éblouit Fenris Muffin

06-06-2005, 05:53 PM	#179
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Is it just me, or does this thread seem to have turned into some kind of mutual adoration society ...? __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

06-06-2005, 05:56 PM	#180
Orominuialwen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: Umbar, but before the corsairs took over. (Ave Maria University, FL, USA) Posts: 632	Exactly. My point was that we all look so nice because of the wonderful personalities here. One's friends are always much more beautiful when they are friends than if they were people one didn't know at all because they are people whose souls one knows to be beautiful. Sorry if my last post was confusing. Edit: Cross-posted with Saucepan Man and wilwarin __________________ Gone for lentSeeyou at Easter! (And on Sundays too, maybe.) Last edited by Orominuialwen; 06-08-2005 at 10:14 AM.

06-07-2005, 10:26 AM	#182
Mad Baggins Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: A place where after thunder golden showers come falling like a rain of flowers. Posts: 371	I just went to the photo page for the first time...looks awesome, Tig! It's great to see all the Downers' faces...well, almost all. cough cough GIL-GALAD __________________ I like buying snacks from a vending machine because food is better when it falls. Sometimes at the grocery, I'll drop a candy bar so that it will achieve its maximum flavor potential.

06-07-2005, 04:17 PM	#183
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	for the last time i was not shut down by a bus stop! wait that was another conversation....oh yea, i don't want to reveal my secret idenity...besides the Ka's pic isn't showing her face either... __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

06-07-2005, 04:27 PM	#184
Elennar Starfire Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: Nowhere...now here Posts: 952	But, Gilly, if you don't let us see your face, I shall have to paint you with a Strongbad head. For Ka, I shall use...umm...Sarah. Yes. Hair colour matches, sort of. __________________ Don't let me die!

06-08-2005, 05:32 PM	#187
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 1,814	Or hair, or cape, what have you...

06-09-2005, 08:53 PM	#190
Strider Newly Deceased Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 10	Oh, so now I stink? The nerve of you dead folk! Point taken, Ka. Good to feel welcomed.

06-10-2005, 02:31 AM	#191
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Show me the way to the next parfume bar... I gather as Formendacil meant himself, Strider. __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

06-10-2005, 06:44 PM	#193
SonOfBombadil Animated Skeleton Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: In a place that is not a place, in a time that never was. Posts: 48	just a random thought Tigerlilly, but it seems rather redundant that the logo at the top of the picture page says "Ghouls of the the Barrow-Downs Revealed". Slightly repetitive. But otherwise, the page looks great! good work! __________________ Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo!! Ring a dong! hop along! fal lal the willow! Tom Bom, jolly Tom, Tom Bombadillo!

06-10-2005, 10:54 PM	#194
Tigerlily Gamgee Hostess of Spirits Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Meduseld Posts: 1,055	Yeah, that has been pointed out already.. but when I asked if I should change it, no one really answered. I didn't really notice that the logo already had "the" in it... worked fast. Don't know when I'll get around to changing it, though, because it involves redoing it, and my life is extremely complicated at the moment. __________________ ~ ExerciseJunky.com (Hobbits fitness of choice!)~ ~Lady of Rohan: An Eowyn Fansite ~ ~The NEW/OLD Barrow Downs Photo Page~

06-10-2005, 11:10 PM	#195
SonOfBombadil Animated Skeleton Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: In a place that is not a place, in a time that never was. Posts: 48	OK, don't worry about it at all. I was just wondering if you saw it there. __________________ Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo!! Ring a dong! hop along! fal lal the willow! Tom Bom, jolly Tom, Tom Bombadillo!

06-12-2005, 01:06 PM	#196
VanimaEdhel Etheral Enchantress Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wellesley College! Posts: 1,461	My picture... Hey, Tig, I haven't been on for a little while, but think it would be okay for me to send you my pic too? I always come back to visit on special days. Why is that? I think last time was around Christmas...now it's my 18th birthday. __________________ "I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each others dreams, we can be together all the time." - Hobbes of Calvin and Hobbes

06-13-2005, 06:22 PM	#198
Lathriel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering through Middle-Earth (Sadly in Alberta and not ME) Posts: 612	I will try to send a picture but I will have to dig one up. And it will be after exams too. I am suposed to be studying and yet I find myself on the downs. (Hate when that happens ) It is neat to see you all, now I actually know what you guys look like. No more wondering about that. The baby page;cute idea but you might get repetitive remarks. Everyone will be saying "AAAWWW, he/she is so cute!" __________________ Back again