lords of the rings

so we just watched the lord of the rings trilogy, all extended versions, back-to-back, in about 12 hours (with bathroom breaks) - 'we' being myself, my husband (grims) and a buncha friends.
excellent, but not necessarily the kind of day that bears repeating, even with rum punch and other vices well taken care of- that shit was long! good, but long enough to not do ever again (maybe the only time i'll ever string those words together as a sentence) unless harder drugs are involved.
the real problem is that by the time you get to the only truly awful scene (frodo waking up after finally tossing the ring and being greeted in slo-mo by everybody, one at a freakin' time) you've already been watching for so long that it's twice as unbearable as you remembered from watching them individually, and then the fake endings make you make the same face frodo wears through most of the trilogy.
barring that, it was great.
still not sure though, how the hell sam makes it through without beating the shit outta frodo for being such a pussy- taking care of his weak ass, bolstering his fragile ego, fighting down gollum, carrying frodo on his back for the last part of the journey, only to have that bitch stand on the edge of the fire-pit, and say he keeping the damn ring. how sam refrains from kicking frodo and ring over the edge is beyond me, but i guess that's why i wasn't chosen to be part of the fellowship...
i suppose i should thank zed on behalf of all our guests today, for gifting us the box set for christmas. guess i should get her something. but she already knows i'm a bad sister.
so this is my first real entry.
if i'm industrious, i'll learn how to make this really cool, with links and pics and shit, but for now just making an entry is an achievement.
walk good.