Nerdiness: Irrefutable Proof

To know me is to know that I am a J.R.R. Tolkien fan to my very core. I wander in Middle Earth whenever I get the opportunity; I pop in the Lord of the Rings extended version to watch my favorite scenes; I have an enormous poster of a map of Middle Earth hanging above my desk... the list goes on. Indeed, my goal to become a philologist was sparked by reading Tom Shippey's "Road to Middle Earth" about Tolkien's work in Linguistics and the language that inspired Middle Earth.

To know me is to know that I also have an unfortunate tendency to procrastinate, especially when it involves crafting. My inability to stop procrastinatng struck this weekend, and so at the end of this holiday, I present the new cover of my Appointment book:

The front is the door of Moria, which "mirrors only moonlight and starlight." In the book and movie, the outlining is silvery (to mirror moonlight) but the two trees represent the gold and silver trees, planted by the gods, that grow in Valinor, so I colored them. The elven script (which I so poorly traced) says "Door of Durin, Lord of Moria. Speak friend and enter. This Door hath Narvi made. Celebrimbor of Eregion carved these runes." The back is Tolkien's insignia, a combination of his initials.

Yes, I am a nerd. This is irrefutable proof.