Rob
@jankybarns.bsky.social
Tolkien nerd, ultra runner, librarian
Just trying my best out here
Just trying my best out here
Of all the changes made to the Lord of the Rings movies, the one that makes me the saddest is that Bilbo never got back to the Lonely Mountain like he does in the book.
November 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Of all the changes made to the Lord of the Rings movies, the one that makes me the saddest is that Bilbo never got back to the Lonely Mountain like he does in the book.
I finished SeaQuest yesterday. Next up in the rewatching 90s sci-fi rotation, Sliiiiiiiiiiiders.
November 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I finished SeaQuest yesterday. Next up in the rewatching 90s sci-fi rotation, Sliiiiiiiiiiiders.
It's amazing how something that is actively saving your life is also capable of making you feel this shitty. Thank you chemo, but also fuck you chemo.
November 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
It's amazing how something that is actively saving your life is also capable of making you feel this shitty. Thank you chemo, but also fuck you chemo.
Round three starts today. It's going to be a rough few days, but you know what I'm thinking about right now? How much I fucking love my life. This is so fucking hard, but I love my life so damn much. And this is what I have to do to get back to it.
November 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Round three starts today. It's going to be a rough few days, but you know what I'm thinking about right now? How much I fucking love my life. This is so fucking hard, but I love my life so damn much. And this is what I have to do to get back to it.
Yesterday I found out that Darwin from SeaQuest DSV was actually an animatronic puppet and not a real dolphin, and I woke up still thinking about it. Seriously, what the hell?
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Yesterday I found out that Darwin from SeaQuest DSV was actually an animatronic puppet and not a real dolphin, and I woke up still thinking about it. Seriously, what the hell?
A movie you have seen more than seven times.
November 4, 2025 at 4:29 AM
A movie you have seen more than seven times.
Finished my rewatch of Highlander: The Series. Honestly, when I started, I went in assuming that the show wouldn't hold up, but damn, it really does. I enjoyed it thoroughly. I do not have high hopes for the movie The Source, though "hold up" is not the right term, since it was terrible at the time.
November 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Finished my rewatch of Highlander: The Series. Honestly, when I started, I went in assuming that the show wouldn't hold up, but damn, it really does. I enjoyed it thoroughly. I do not have high hopes for the movie The Source, though "hold up" is not the right term, since it was terrible at the time.
Round 2 of chemo is a little bit worse than round 1. But I feel like I'm dealing with it better. Chemo definitely sucks, but it's a small price to pay to, you know... not have cancer anymore.
Just gotta get through this round, and then just two left.
Done by Christmas.
Just gotta get through this round, and then just two left.
Done by Christmas.
November 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Round 2 of chemo is a little bit worse than round 1. But I feel like I'm dealing with it better. Chemo definitely sucks, but it's a small price to pay to, you know... not have cancer anymore.
Just gotta get through this round, and then just two left.
Done by Christmas.
Just gotta get through this round, and then just two left.
Done by Christmas.
My mom took me to chemo yesterday. It can't have been easy for her to have to watch her son go through this again. No parent should have to watch their child fight cancer not once, but twice. I am thankful that I had her there with me though. The support of my friends and family has been amazing.
October 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
My mom took me to chemo yesterday. It can't have been easy for her to have to watch her son go through this again. No parent should have to watch their child fight cancer not once, but twice. I am thankful that I had her there with me though. The support of my friends and family has been amazing.
So there is definitely more hair in the brush when I brush my hair at this point. I was told that my hair would thin, so hopefully I don't lose too much, but yeah ... fucking chemo (I do realize it's actually saving my life and all that, so really not a bad trade for losing some hair).
October 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
So there is definitely more hair in the brush when I brush my hair at this point. I was told that my hair would thin, so hopefully I don't lose too much, but yeah ... fucking chemo (I do realize it's actually saving my life and all that, so really not a bad trade for losing some hair).
I did not expect it to feel so good not to take my chemo today. I've kind of normalized it, but still having to every day, twice a day, put something in your body that you know is going to make you feel like shit wears you down. The mental relief of getting a whole week off from that is profound.
October 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I did not expect it to feel so good not to take my chemo today. I've kind of normalized it, but still having to every day, twice a day, put something in your body that you know is going to make you feel like shit wears you down. The mental relief of getting a whole week off from that is profound.
Re-reading A Wizard of Earthsea for the first time since the first time I read it in like 6th or 7th grade. I remember absolutely loving it then, and I'm absolutely loving it this time through as well.
October 22, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Re-reading A Wizard of Earthsea for the first time since the first time I read it in like 6th or 7th grade. I remember absolutely loving it then, and I'm absolutely loving it this time through as well.
I'm sick of having things taken from me by cancer. It feels like I just keep losing things, things that are important to me, things I love. I know I'll get most of them back, but right now, when I'm missing out on the things that make me ME, it hurts more than I anticipated.
October 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I'm sick of having things taken from me by cancer. It feels like I just keep losing things, things that are important to me, things I love. I know I'll get most of them back, but right now, when I'm missing out on the things that make me ME, it hurts more than I anticipated.
Adults who go to work and piss all over the seat and make zero effort to clean it up are just the absolute worst kind of people.
October 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Adults who go to work and piss all over the seat and make zero effort to clean it up are just the absolute worst kind of people.
I actually only need one word: Chromebooks
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I actually only need one word: Chromebooks
Chemo starts today. Pills this morning, then IV this afternoon. I'm not going to lie; I'm scared. There will probably be tears today. But I'm also ready. This is how I get my life back. I can do this.
October 8, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Chemo starts today. Pills this morning, then IV this afternoon. I'm not going to lie; I'm scared. There will probably be tears today. But I'm also ready. This is how I get my life back. I can do this.
Reposted by Rob
This photo, from the 1992 LA riots, is beyond irresponsible to use. Those of us who live in Portland would really appreciate journalism that shows our actual reality - which definitely doesn't include a burning shop of a chain we don't have. Fix it @cnn.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This photo, from the 1992 LA riots, is beyond irresponsible to use. Those of us who live in Portland would really appreciate journalism that shows our actual reality - which definitely doesn't include a burning shop of a chain we don't have. Fix it @cnn.com
Reposted by Rob
The Carrock Smial hopes that you will join us for our October Smial meeting on Oct 21. More info below. And also use the link in our bio to sign up for our mailing list and Discord!
October 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The Carrock Smial hopes that you will join us for our October Smial meeting on Oct 21. More info below. And also use the link in our bio to sign up for our mailing list and Discord!
I will never not love seeing someone geek out on whatever thing they've devoted their love and attention to.
October 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I will never not love seeing someone geek out on whatever thing they've devoted their love and attention to.
In positive news, my energy levels are pretty much back to normal, and I have basically zero pain left from the surgery incisions, not even soreness in the muscles after working all day. The energy part is obviously going to change when chemo starts, but at least I'm starting that from baseline.
September 30, 2025 at 12:41 PM
In positive news, my energy levels are pretty much back to normal, and I have basically zero pain left from the surgery incisions, not even soreness in the muscles after working all day. The energy part is obviously going to change when chemo starts, but at least I'm starting that from baseline.
Having a start date for chemo put me instantly in that headspace of both dreading something and desperately just wanting it to get here so that it can be over. It feels weird to be feeling both this scared and this hopeful at the same time.
September 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Having a start date for chemo put me instantly in that headspace of both dreading something and desperately just wanting it to get here so that it can be over. It feels weird to be feeling both this scared and this hopeful at the same time.
Reposted by Rob
Always wonderful to bump into my old friend Daniel Radcliffe!
September 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Always wonderful to bump into my old friend Daniel Radcliffe!
Age yourself with a film you saw in cinema as a kid.
September 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Age yourself with a film you saw in cinema as a kid.
List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep:
1. Tolkien
2. Star Trek
3. running
1. Tolkien
2. Star Trek
3. running
September 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep:
1. Tolkien
2. Star Trek
3. running
1. Tolkien
2. Star Trek
3. running
Four months of chemo. I keep thinking about that. Four months. I can do four months. It's going to be four months that suck, but after that I get my goddamn life back.
September 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Four months of chemo. I keep thinking about that. Four months. I can do four months. It's going to be four months that suck, but after that I get my goddamn life back.