...but not all fanboys

I went to my first LOTR tournament yesterday, Realms of the Elf-Lords pre-release. I also played my first obnoxious fanboy who thought he could steamroll me because I was a girl. Whatever. I ended up going 1-3-- my only win was Jamez. But even the people who finished last got a free booster, and my rare was the Palantir of Orthanc. Whoo-hoo! Not to mention I got two Long-Knives, two Such a Little Things, and two Morgul Skulkers (I think Skulkers) as my rares in my sealed-deck cards. Oo-rah!

And now for something completely different...

Almost exactly ten years ago, I, along with a bunch of people from my school, appeared as extras in "In the Line of Fire." We were some of the enormous crowd lining the streets of DC during the President's parade (the one where Clint Eastwood is trying to run along with the car, but he's too tired cause he's all old and stuff). Last night, I saw "In the Line of Fire" for the first time. I was amazed at how short and inconsequential that scene was, when we spent an entire day, practically twelve hours, filming it over and over and over. Those closeups near the end, when you can actually see the faces of people in the crowd? Those were shot on a completely different day. I really find it fascinating. And in the end, I have no idea if I'm even in the crowd in the shots that were used in the movie, cause Mom and I skipped out halfway through the day to go cool off in a shopping mall-- it was in the 80s, and we'd been told to dress for cool fall weather.

...but not all fanboys

I went to my first LOTR tournament yesterday, Realms of the Elf-Lords pre-release. I also played my first obnoxious fanboy who thought he could steamroll me because I was a girl. Whatever. I ended up going 1-3-- my only win was Jamez. But even the people who finished last got a free booster, and my rare was the Palantir of Orthanc. Whoo-hoo! Not to mention I got two Long-Knives, two Such a Little Things, and two Morgul Skulkers (I think Skulkers) as my rares in my sealed-deck cards. Oo-rah!

And now for something completely different...

Almost exactly ten years ago, I, along with a bunch of people from my school, appeared as extras in "In the Line of Fire." We were some of the enormous crowd lining the streets of DC during the President's parade (the one where Clint Eastwood is trying to run along with the car, but he's too tired cause he's all old and stuff). Last night, I saw "In the Line of Fire" for the first time. I was amazed at how short and inconsequential that scene was, when we spent an entire day, practically twelve hours, filming it over and over and over. Those closeups near the end, when you can actually see the faces of people in the crowd? Those were shot on a completely different day. I really find it fascinating. And in the end, I have no idea if I'm even in the crowd in the shots that were used in the movie, cause Mom and I skipped out halfway through the day to go cool off in a shopping mall-- it was in the 80s, and we'd been told to dress for cool fall weather.