That Hobbit Lady

One of my all-time favorite movie quotes:

“Mos Eisley Spaceport…you will never find a more wretched hive of SCUM and VILLANY.”
—ObiWan Kenobi, Jedi Knight
Star Wars

Basic Life Philosophy: something very simple that in the long run could be quite effective, especially if a lot of people started doing it. Obviously “if you break it, fix it,” and “If you make a mess, clean it up.” That much goes without saying, But how about if everytime you do a fixing or a cleaning you made a point of finding one little thing that someone else should have taken care of but didn’t, and you picked up the slack for them?

For instance, the other day I was in Wendy’s, and when I bussed my table, I noticed a few items someone else had not had the decency to throw in the trash can. So I picked it up and threw it out with my trash.

Or how about, when you are trying on clothes in a fitting room, invariably there is an item or two someone else has left behind (obviously this is in Goodwill, or someplace else where they don’t give you colored tags to account for how many items you have taken in.) So…take out one extra item that wasn’t yours and put it on the rack. I’m not saying to go behind everybody and do everything for them, just to look at the world and say “How can I take one little extra step to make the world a better place?”

First post. New venture. A word of explanation. Why “thathobbitlady”? Because ever since I saw the first LOTR movie, and the question was asked, “If you could be any character in LOTR, who would you be?” there has never been a doubt in my mind that I would be a hobbit. That is just the type of person I am. Security. Comfort. These are the things I value. I would much rather be sitting in my quiet little hobbit hole drinking a nice cup of tea and eating a tasty dinner (tho I would not be smoking a pipe!) than running all over Middle Earth looking for “adventures.” Early in “The Hobbit” Bilbo explains to Gandalf “We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner! I can’t think what anybody sees in them.” I agree with him wholly, except for the last part. I can understand that other people may want adventures—more power to them! The world needs adventurers. I’m just not one of them. I would hope that my contribution to the world would be to add a sense of peace…and order…and stability. The world needs these things as much as it needs those who will have adventures and discover new things and move the world forward into the next stage. The point is that it takes all types, and I am one type, and other people are other types, and that’s what makes the world go round! Also, hobbits really enjoy their “entertainment” — for them mainly songs and stories and the occassional dance, but for me, movies! And I will probably be writing here quite a bit about movies. So that’s it for now. As every good hobbit knows, there are few joys that can match a good night’s sleep! But before I go, I ask again that question, if anyone is inclined to answer: “If you could be any character in LOTR, who would you be, and why?” Just curious.