Well, I've survived, and barring the exhaustion that comes with sitting on your ass all day, I'm none the worse for wear. Here's a synopsis of the marathon.
10:07 am: Aaron arrives with Starbucks. Begin filling my belly with a Grande Vanilla Latte and two Krispy Kremes.
10:20 am: Tony arrives with red beans & rice and cornbread, a gift from his wife.
10:27 am: Start first disc of Fellowship of the Ring.
12:15 pm: First disc ends with the Ring in Rivendell and the Fellowship chosen. All hungry, so we open a bag of Sour Cream and Cheddar Baked Ruffles, heat up the red beans & rice and cornbread, and start a Digiorno Four Cheese pizza cooking. Up my caffeine quotient with a Coke.
12:22 pm: Start the second disc.
12:47 pm: Fellowship trapped in the snow on Caradhras. Pizza's ready. Have two slices.
2:11 pm: Fellowship of the Ring ends. Frodo and Sam cross the river. Merry and Pippin captured by orcs. Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli in pursuit. Boromir dead, and Gandalf presumed so. Discover sitting on couch and eating is thirsty work, easily solved by a few glasses of water.
2:14 pm: Play with my audio setup and realize there was no sound coming from rear speakers for entire first movie. Fix it.
2:20 pm: Start The Two Towers. Open a bag of mini candy bars (Twix, Milky Way, 3 Musketeers, Snickers).
2:21—3:33 pm: Eat 8-10 candy bars. First disc seems to drag. Lots of exposition.
3:34 pm: Start feeling sleepy. Consider briefly closing my eyes, but decide that would feel like quitting.
4:08 pm: First disc ends with Frodo and Sam captured by Faramir. Eat another slice of pizza.
4:18 pm: Have another Coke to try to wake up. Also, feel like we need to eat something marginally healthy, so break out the veggies and dip. Start second disc of Two Towers.
4:33 pm: Battle between Riders of Rohan and wolf-riders causes makes me want to "wolf" down more Ruffles. Ha-ha. Sense of humor seems to be affected by too much food.
5:08 pm: Start to nod off. Hope Helm's Deep battle scene begins soon.
6:08 pm: Second disc ends with Battle for Helm's Deep won and Gollum's plans to betray Frodo and Sam in place. Dinner break. Tony and I play guitar while Aaron runs home to let the dog out. He picks up Wendy's on the way back. Movie experience much better when rear speakers work.
6:56 pm: Inhale a double cheese, Biggie fry and yet another Coke.
7:01 pm: Start first disc of Return of the King.
7:10 pm: Saruman's death scene coincides with more candy bars.
7:25 pm: Pippin steals the palantir from a sleeping Gandalf. Applaud his curiosity by eating more candy.
8:51 pm: Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli on the Paths of the Dead. Ass begins to feel sore. Mental note: need more comfortable chairs for the living room.
9:08 pm: First disc ends. Minas Tirith under siege.
9:13 pm: Start second disc. Too full to eat anything else.
9:34 pm: Trolls breach gates of Minas Tirith. Frodo stung by giant spider. Pause when Tony's wife calls. Seems like a good time to start drinking beer.
9:48 pm: Finish my beer as giant elephants begin wreaking havoc in Battle of the Pelennor Fields. Decide at this point that getting the rear speakers working was excellent move. Also decide that drinking and fast-moving effect-heavy scenes may not be the best mix.
10:43 pm: Ring is destroyed. Barad-dur topples. Think about having another beer, but am finally in a comfortable position on couch. Choose not to get up.
10:47 pm: Ending #1.
10:49 pm: Ending #2.
10:53 pm: Ending #3.
11:09 pm: Ending #7, and the credits roll. Not as tired or sick of movie-watching as expected. Love these movies even more.
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