he so gets it....

article here EE spoilers, if that matters to you, but that is not the point -- not what they might show, but what David always seemed to know, playing him.

**smooches David**
Bold is me, dancing. He *did* know.

David Wenham, who played Faramir in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, told SCI FI Wire that the upcoming special extended-edition DVD of The Return of the King will feature deleted scenes that further develop his character. "It sort of shows that Faramir is probably the strongest member of the family," he said in an interview. "[There's] a scene with Denethor and Faramir where they talk about the ring of power, and Faramir is accused by his father of not being up to it by not actually taking the ring. And Faramir says, 'You don't know the power of this ring, and if Boromir had taken it, you wouldn't have known your son.'"

In another scene, which takes place in the houses of healing, the love story between Faramir and Eowyn (Miranda Otto) is further developed. "The other scene that I think is wonderful to have in the extended cut is the houses of healing," Wenham said. "To give the audience [the chance] to see Eowyn and Faramir come together. ... You sort of get the result. So it was implicit, the fact that something had happened since the last time you saw these two characters. So the audience gets the opportunity to see exactly what happened in the houses of healing."

birthday card

for those of you who don't read my husband's journal:

Jim was given a birthday card at dinner last night that, considering all the cowboy talk, took me aback for a moment. Chris and I had to peer closely at it to *make sure* it was not actually Viggo....

He also scanned in the cartoon strip of Kanga Boy that we spoke of recently, featuring the Wombat Combat Doomerangs