{"id":1433,"date":"2009-05-14T21:06:02","date_gmt":"2009-05-15T01:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/05\/14\/there-and-back-again-2\/"},"modified":"2009-05-14T21:06:02","modified_gmt":"2009-05-15T01:06:02","slug":"there-and-back-again-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/05\/14\/there-and-back-again-2\/","title":{"rendered":"There and Back Again."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, you may have guessed it; I just finished up the Hobbit.  It has been a while since I last read that lovely adventure, but a few days ago, after coming off <em>The Malloreon<\/em>, I decided it was time.  Sometimes I also like bubblegum music.  Sue me.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last few months I have put aside video games and have taken up reading.  Seems like a less stressful way to pass the night.  As mentioned a few days back, I would have jumped back into PS3\u2019ing [did I just call it that?], but the PS3 is currently somewhat jacked up.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Belgariad<\/em>, and <em>The Essential Conan<\/em> in reverse order are the most recent conquests.  All of which are good, solid classic fantasy inspirations.  Of course I am about to tackle <em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em>.  It has been a while [x2 \u2013 seems to be the theme of this post], so it was time to dust off this one and try to time it with another viewing of the Extended Edition DVDs.  Yes, I am sick that way.<\/p>\n<p>So I have been there and am going back again.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, you may have guessed it; I just finished up the Hobbit. It has been a while since I last read that lovely adventure, but a few days ago, after coming off The Malloreon, I decided it was time. Sometimes I also like bubblegum music. Sue me. Over the last few months I have put &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/05\/14\/there-and-back-again-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">There and Back Again.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1433\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}