A Functional Post

[hackthis_archive]

1. I am going to redesign my LJ in the spirit of the New Year (correction: I'm going to beg Lar to redesign it (Enormous thanks to blunaris for designing Advanced Sarcasm in the first place)). I just have no ideas what to do. God, that's a first. Suggestions anyone?
edited at 3:00 pm: this is also the part where I point out that I adore Becky and I thank her a million trillion times for designing this for me in the first place. Errr. Yeah. No more champagne for me.

2. I need a better mp3 service than Gnutella, and Kazaa makes me itch. Does anybody have a *good* service, with lots of selection (Rolling Stones to Snow Patrol to DJ Shadow to Nina Simone), that's free?

3. I thought the movie was brilliant. I adore the hobbits more everyday, and you know Aragorn is fighting Legolas for the prettiest in the land. Okay, no, he's not pretty, y'all are right. He's hot. Anyway. Did anybody else go 'say what' when the horses appeared out of *nowhere* in the Battle of Helms Deep?

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[spasticat.livejournal.com]

I can't wait till I see the film. Was supposed to go last night but...pfft...I didn't. I might take myself to go see it tonight. We'll see...

In other pertinent news...the options for free music keeps getting smaller. If you need Snow Patrol I've got their two CDs if you want a copy. Am always happy to push the Patrol. Did you know that they wanted to be the Polar Bears? Did you know I adore polar bears. You do now. Nothing like a big, scary yet cuddly looking beastie to make me go "Awww." Back to free music...don't try Limewire, they suck. It's been eons but I used to like Hotline. Do a google search as I no longer remember the addie of where the hotline client is located.

Ooh...got your card! Squee! Um...I only *now* sent mine out. Expect it to arrive around New Year's...oi vey.

[obsessedmuch.livejournal.com]

This isn't going to be one of those things where you say : "I don't know, I'm thinking cactus, vodka, animals crackers, something like that. Oh and maybe Snoopy? I'm not sure, you can work it out."

Is it?

(smooch)

[fearlessdiva.livejournal.com]

I use WinMX and have been happy with it. I've gotten a lot of obscure electronica downloads from it, as well as more mainstream stuff. Nothing's as good as Napster was, of course; when everyone was using the same program the selection was so much better. But I've had pretty good luck with WinMX and I've been very happy with the way the program performs, and it's completely free of spyware. You can get it at: http://download.com.com/3000-2166-10165358.html?tag=lst-0-24

Re: the prettiest. Damn, they're both pretty. I'd like to have them both. Can't I have them both? Aragorn's the type who would grill you up a venison steak from a deer he killed himself, write you a passionate sonnet on the spot and then make dirty love to you by the campfire. Legolas is the type who would woo you with the finest in elven culture, elaborate feasts, beautiful clothing, delicious, slow, poetic elf sex in beds with carved bedposts and the most decadent elvish linen. One shouldn't have to choose between these two things, I think. One should be able to have both.

The line forms behind me, by the way.

But I have to say that of the two actors, Viggo seems like a really fascinating person. I read the interview in Premiere with him, and I adored the way he would approach the interviewer's questions from these odd angles. It seems like his mind works in a very unique, twisty way. Plus he was married to Excene from X, which I did not know. That's damn impressive. She's his son Henry's mom. Probably everyone on the planet knew this but me. I also didn't know until two days ago that Sean Astin is the child of Patty Duke and John Astin of Gomez Adams fame. Clearly I'm a little slow on the uptake, here. And also rambling.

not KaZaA but...

[(Anonymous)]

You should try KaZaA Lite (www.kazaalite.com). It can access all the KaZaA stuff but without the KaZaA spyware. A bit of a bandwidth hog, but I'm pretty happy with it--I'd never have gotten to see Smallville at ALL if it weren't for KaZaA Lite.

=)

[ex-dark-soul916.livejournal.com]

Did anybody else go 'say what' when the horses appeared out of *nowhere* in the Battle of Helms Deep?

yes, yes i did.

esp. since they were inside.

[evil-man.livejournal.com]

and you know Aragorn is fighting Legolas for the prettiest in the land

*cough*
*splutter*

Okay, no, he's not pretty, y'all are right. He's hot.

Oh wait... phew, I thought I was gonna have to slap you around there for a moment *eg*

also not Kazaa...

[(Anonymous)]

Blubster has worked well, though I'm not sure how diverse the selection is. I plugged in a couple of the names you mentioned, and stuff came up, so you should be able to find what you want.