For three years.
Being the lucky soul that I am, I was in a certain program in Jr. High which led me to have the same teachers in every subject, year after year.
Generally that was okay, I was a good kid, and an excellent student, and my teachers were pretty cool, but it's a wonder that I actually still like JRR Tolkien , as I had a strong aversion to my English teacher. It took a certain level of patience and tolerance to stand her personality, none of which I was willing to give her in all my adolescent glory.
To be fair, she didn't like me either and was always making underhand remarks about me to the class.
So I think my intolerance was justified to say the least.
As it is, this post isn't about my Jr. High English teacher.
It's about JRR Tolkien.
More specifically, it's about me giving away a blu-ray of the The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.
Argue if you must that the books are always better than the movies. Argue if you must about the storyline changes.
Argue if you must, but frankly, I find myself being a solid fan of both the books and the movies. And I'm pretty stoked to be giving this movie away to one of you.
Here's what you have to do:
Take this quiz and see if you're brave like Bilbo. (Warner Home Video's rules, not mine, so go with it. It was kind of fun in that cheesy quiz way so I can get behind it. For the record I am brave like Bilbo.)
Now tell me in the comments, are you?
I will choose a winner from the comments on Thursday April 9th at 11:59 pm. Or if I'm being honest, I'll choose it on Friday April 10th around 8:30 am, but I'll be looking at the comments that hit before midnight... so either way, get your comment in before the end of April 9th. Winner will be notified by email, so please make sure I have a valid email to contact you.
To be fair, there are some rules. Each household is only eligible to win One (1) Blu-ray The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies via blog reviews and giveaways. Only one entrant per mailing address per giveaway. If you have won the same prize on another blog, you will not be eligible to win it again. Winner is subject to eligibility verification. Open to the US and Canada.
Also, this:
I didn't receive anything for writing this post, but Warner Home Video is fronting the prize, so there's that.
And guys!
Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them,
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
Which isn't The Hobbit, but The Hobbit begins it all and it's now time to geek out and re-watch the trilogy. All. Weekend. Long.
