To Elijah Wood - a birthday wish on behalf of your biggest fan, my little girl

My daughter is a little obsessed.

And by 'a little' I mean 'crazy-go-nuts.'

Ever since I introduced my 12-year old girl to "The Lord of the Rings" series, she's been..well..

..a little creepy about her celebrity crush:

Elijah Wood.

Like, just short of Gollum, creepy.

I Tweeted this to Elijah a while ago, asking if he could just Tweet a 'hi' back but never heard from him:

I'm not sure what age stalking starts at, but if it's 12 then he should probably start the restraining order paperwork soon.

It probably doesn't help that she realized that I - as a young stud muffin myself - was pretty much Frodo's stunt double even before Elijah was born.

My curse to bear. Much like that damn ring.

Regardless, she told me that Elijah's birthday was January 28th and then wrote this letter to him which I am desperately trying to figure out how to get to him because I'm her dad and shit like this is what dad's do. Even if it's creepy.

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"Elijah Wood,

Hello Elijah, my name is Payton. I am a 12 year old girl living with a divorced family life and a great life as well.

I wanted to write you this note to wish you a happy birthday. I'm a huge fan of you that I wanted to basically do something nice for your birthday.

You are my favorite celebrity in the world. I especially love your character, Frodo, in Lord of the Rings. He is so brave and courageous. That movie made a big impact on my life. The movie trilogy taught me that even the smallest person can change the course of the future.

That's all I have to say. I just wanted to wish you a very happy birthday. If you have the chance, can you please write a little note saying hello. Thank you. Bye.

From,
Payton Lacroix"
 
And she drew him this as well to help him celebrate:

My kids are amazing.

I hope you see this, Elijah.

But, if you don't, know that there's a little girl in New Hampshire who absolutely adores you and wishes you a happy birthday.

From,

Her dad.

My teenage self was Frodo Baggins' doppleganger

I was showing my daughter some old pictures of myself from way back in the day (*cough - 80's - *cough) when she said this:

"Oh my God. You look JUST LIKE Frodo Baggins."

Which is awesome because that is exactly the look I was going for back then because Elijah Wood was, like, 3.

Then I looked a little harder and, well...you be the judge. I've taken the liberty of doing the side-by-side comparisons for you.

You decide.

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Granted, I look a little happier than Frodo in that one and not really sure why because this photo was taken from my High School Senior Banquet where I accepted the award for "Shortest Male in the Class."

FML.

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I would have made a terrible Frodo.

I'm not even looking where we're going for Chrissakes.

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I think this is the one that seals the fact that I'd be able to be a stunt double for Frodo back in the day.

Also, before you ask, I have NO idea wtf I'm wearing for underwear there but I can tell you that what is inside is definitely considered my precious.

Moog Frodo out.