coooooooooooooooooool. yeah i saw the lord of the rings exhibit (think it's the same one) when it was at the Boston Science Museum a coupla years ago. Pretty cool stuff.

Sounds like an awesome trip! Also, pictures: if you make a photobucket account and upload the pictures to there, you can put them in livejournal with the tag (I think) < img src=URL that's under the picture in the box that says "URL" in photobucket > There's a little icon in the update page though that does the tagging for you.