The World's Stupidest Silmarillion Play

I have noticed that I have a tendency to open my big mouth way to often. I could never be a spy for the government. I'd get found out right away.

First, I made the error of mentioning some early publications I had to juno_magic. And then admitted to still having an idea of where they are so that I could send them to her. Think I learned my lesson? Noooo.... The other day, I was writing to arandil13 about how Fëanor is much easier to write in comedy, IMO, than serious fiction, and I opened my pie-hole again in mention of this rather--okay really--daft play I wrote about The Silmarillion about a year-and-a-half ago.

I wrote it because I was high on Silmania at the time, but all my nerdy friends are nerdy in non-Tolkien ways. They like video games, RPGs, anime, Chinese dynasties...but nothing Tolkien. So I got the bright idea that my husband (who was then my fiance) should read The Sil. Of course, he didn't think it was a great idea. I kept trying to convince him that the Sil is really a great book if you can get past all the thous and thees and fifteen million multi-syllabic names written in various fictional languages, but he didn't buy it. He would read my writing, though. That is part of the contract when you want to marry a writer: You have to read her slop, even if it kills you from boredom. So I made up my mind to write a Silmarillion drama with enough action, bawdy humor, and stupidity to entertain my husband.

And it did. He would read it on the Metro, going to work, and we would laugh about it later. Then we got married, and his wedding gift to me was to read The Sil. (He hasn't yet, but he still has three-and-a-half months before the traditional year is up and he is obligated to give me my gift.)

So, anyway, this is the first scene of that play. Canatics beware! You will find this thing blasphemous. Also, it has lots of bawdy humor (because I am a perv) and some mild language too. So if this kind of thing offends you, move on now and no one gets hurt.

Otherwise, enjoy! I had fun writing it and--although I am not working on it anymore--it is my first official piece of Silmarillion writing.

( Scene One )

Driftwood--A Meme!

I lifted this meme from juno_magic because it made me think. It made me stop and look at the world around me. So many days, I drift to work and back home again and couldn't even tell you the weather unless it meant some annoyance or inconvenience (like foolish people driving in the rain or--gasp! an event akin to Armageddon here in Maryland!--the snow).

The meme:
I want you to keep your eyes open the day after you read this entry and pick something up. A leaf, a twig, a pebble - whatever catches your eye.

Post a comment here and tell me what you picked up, and why.

And if you want, repost the driftwood meme to your own journal.

I invite those who friended me (hugs to all of you!) to participate also. Stop and see your world today; you will be a better writer and person for it.
~oOo~

( Lilies--A Meme )