Just got a link to information on New York's new "Dark Tower of Barad-dur".

So it's now 2003, at least where I'm at. I celebrated by reading The Fellowship of the Ring (half Monday and half Tuesday) and then watching the extended edition DVD. Did end up pausing the movie for about 5 minutes when everyone who wasn't watching the movie decided they wanted to watch the ball drop though.

Well, classes started today. Pretty good so far. My evening class will be rather interesting - Theology of J.R.R. Tolkien. Way too many people know too much about it, and there are some people who are learning Qenya. Gonna be a fun final in December though. Oh well, gotta get up way to early tomorrow, so time for bed...