"Happiness is continuing to desire what you already possess." - Friedrich Nietzsche "Part of the attraction of The (Lord of the Rings) . is, I think, due to the glimpses of a large history in the background: an attraction like that of viewing far off an unvisited island, or seeing the towers of a distant city gleaming in a sunlit mist. To go there is to destroy the magic, unless new unattainable vistas are again revealed.” - J.R.R Tolkien --- First off, sorry I've been hard to find for the few still interested in my page here! I'm mostly taking care of my ailing parents and looking for a job. But I did find a little section of time to write, and these quotes finally woke up my slumbering muse. --- I dreaded watching the original Star Wars again after all these years. Partially because I was concerned the somewhat janky early effects would looks silly and take me out of the experience...and then of course there's the fact that nowadays going back to Star Wars is like visiting