Hmm. The paper is only supposed to be 3-5 pages, but I have four full pages already and I feel I’ve barely scratched the surface. Bah.

1AM: It occurs to me that “Bass and Rankin” (the names of the directors of the dorky animated musical RotK) sounds like the name of a bait shop.

1:30: Stupid Microsoft Word Spell Check, “nuanced” is too a word!

2AM: Tolkien, you wuss! You give a name to every rock in Middle Earth and you don’t have any better name for the Ringwraiths’ winged mounts than “fell beasts”?

2:30: What the… birds? It’s the DEAD OF NIGHT. You should not be singing!

4AM: Does anyone know the word for the kind of weapon the Witch King carries? Beyond “spiked flail”? Bah, I’m going to bed.