Bilbo's Bag of Bling [Dec 17 Trib]

Well, as for the proudest thing I have done in Archive 5, it would have to be helping to run the big bash we threw for Bilbo’s birthday, but since you are looking for a specific moment, I shall go with my help in preparing for the party (located here).  I was instructed to watch the door, to let in guests on party business, as well as make sure that no sneaky people infiltrated Bag End, and I stuck right to it.  While we were at the table feasting, a sound was heard outside on the lawn, and I flew out the window and tackled the interloper, who turned out to be none other than Merry Brandybuck.  My shining moment. 

As for an embarrasing moment done by another hobbit, well it would have to be the spooky time that hit the Village Shoppes (here) and Cana (Lolita) was off in some sort of dreamland, oblivious to everything around her, all full of free spirit, when everything around her was dark and very creepy.  And then the realization that came soon after that things were not so flowery and nice, but instead were very dark, and that the minions were invading sure put her in a shock, earning that moment for both the embarrassing and funniest moment done by another hobbit (and if that doesn’t count as two, then sorry).

And I believe that Archive 5 was a good thing, because it was really slowing the plaza down.  The flip side of that is, that it doesn’t matter, because of the new coding that is being done on the plaza, so no matter what, the plaza still times out.  So I guess it didn’t matter whether the Archive had to happen or not, since the plaza was still running on patches that were wearing thin anyway...

Great idea Wogs and Feiniel.. *scans archives furiously*  One moment in the Shire that I constantly enjoyed and went back to often was the Pie-throwing event during the Lithe Festival. When Feiniel called an all-out free for all, many hilarious posts followed. From creative types of pies thought of down to the antics and frenzied throwing, I was hard-pressed to decide on a particular one I thought was hilarious. I finally narrowed it down to this one....hopefully I wont be smited for c/p one done by Lavender here for all your viewing pleasure. Wonderful fun we had m’dear!

 Lavender shouted back to her cousin,"No prob, Oobe!" But to her horror, Turien chucked a pie at her, hitting her in the face."Who threw that?" She yelled out, as she wiped whatever awful tasting pie it was that hit her. Grabbing another pie, this time not taking the time to see what kind it was, Lav throws with full force at Turien. Right after she tossed the pie, Lav was in shock to find another pie hitting her. Looking to see who it was, she saw Ham. Oh she should of known, that bloody slab of pork was nothing but trouble.

 Grabbing a bunch of pies, as much as her little arm could carry, she began to set her target on Ham. But it was at that time, she heard Ham’s warcry and then Oobe’s responding warcry. Or at least she thought thats what it sounded it like. And within a split second, Lavender jumps behind Oobe as she jumps to the ground, covering herself. Lav then tossesher own pies at Ham and Cel. But the action of throwing the pies, Lav loses her balances and slips on a already thrown pie on the ground, sending her legs up in the air. She falls to the ground with a big THUD! next to Oobe and begins to laugh hysterically."Is this what you mean by having all that extra cushion in the rear, coming in handy?"

Wow...great idea, Woggy and Feniel! I am looking forward to this! *G*

Alright...into Archive 5. The moment I was most proud of was organising and running the Ship Trading at Sarn Ford this last summer.  I think I began working with Rochir in Feburary and the road to the actual opening of the thread involved many headaches, arguing, and good laughs. From trying to decide what age the plaza is in to realising that I had drawn the map of Sarn Ford upside down - we sorted through everything. When the thread eventually opened in May of 2006 -- I was a nervous wreck; I was so nervous that the thread was going to fall through and all of this planning and stress was going to be for nothing. But, alas! Half of the Shire population turned up in the town of Sarn Ford and after a long (And fun) night at the pub with the Gondorians the trading commenced. I’m quite sure that Miri still has some of that coffee that she traded in her Hobbit Hole!  Sarn Ford was an awesome expierience; it really made me remember the good ol’ days of the plaza! Here is it.

 This was a really cool idea Wogs and Feiniel. Seeing as I joined the plaza in early July, I don’t have as many memories as most everyone else will have. But I can say that the thing that I am most proud of during that time, was getting promoted to Archer in the HDS Here. Perhaps it’s not that much, but it meant a lot to me, seeing as I was still new to the plaza at the time. As for the other two categories, I don’t really have anything.

 I think that Archiving is a good thing, because it allows you to still look back on old topics, and enjoy the good times you had then, and it keeps everything looking nice and neat. I mean with all the topics and post over the last five years, this place would be so filled up my computer would probably shrivel up and die if I tried to open look a forum.

Ooh, great idea Woggy and Feiniel! I think archiving is a great thing because now all my totally embaressing moments around the plaza (including the fact that I had some posts listed in the LLL forum *dies*) are all hidden away and can’t be found unless someone goes searching (wait... that’s the whole point of this challenge *dies*). I’ll have to come back with some stuff from the archive later ’cause I’m supposed to be eating dinner now.

Archiving is BAD. It’s so horrid and terrible and awful that words can’t describe it. Take a look at Archive 5, for example, and perhaps you’d wonder--who the hell is that idiot with the name *headbangs*? Or Tup Earl Ware? It’s simply awful. It immortalises your moments, the kind you want to be exterminated forever. Besides, I still have no idea what’s exactly going on with archiving and such, and it makes me think that I’m technologically stoopid--which, of course, isn’t the case at all. And the archives of houses? Now people can go into houses and see what kind of spur-of-the-moment posts I had in there, and I can’t delete them! This is a huge blow to my reputation and I don’t like it at all.
And besides, I can never find the links to archives! And when I do find the links, too late--I forgot why I wanted to travel into the depths of plaza history.

Psst, Wogs and Feinie, were we only supposed to do one category, or am I just an overachiever?

One moment from each category is permitted