Hurrah! While shopping for family and friends, I decided to pick up the RotK soundtrack, as they didn’t have it at the UPenn bookstore. As always, they had different covers to choose from, and it appeared that my choice was going to be between Denethor and Sam’n’Frodo, which wasn’t much of a choice at all, even though I chose the Sam’n’Frodo cover for TTT. I sighed, wished that they would put out a cover with Pippin’n’Merry, and paid. But lo and behold! When I got to my car and ripped off the packaging, I saw that it was indeed Pippin’n’Merry! The price tags and such had obscured their faces, so I had made the mental connection Hobbit Belly = Sam, when if I had actually paid any attention to coloration of said belly, it was obviously Merry! So I have Pippin and Merry on my CD cover and you don’t! Neener neener neener! Unless, of course, like, you do.

(Pippinscarfsquee!)

Advice to Guys: Scarves increase your natural cuteness quotient 4000%. Wear them more often. And try to be Scottish, if it’s not too much trouble.

So yay. Fabulous, gorgeous music, and gleeful surprises to boot!