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Poor Draco apparently has a scar on his arm to look forward to. Oh well -- at least it'll attract some of the ladies, huh?

[Poll #455834]

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WoW: Shameless Guild Petitioning

We've started a guild. If there is anyone who's playing World of Warcraft who would be willing to help us out, pleeeease create an Alliance character on Silvermoon and ping Essia (or Sarea or Vatrixsta), and sign our petition! We would be so appreciative! We'll do the Night Elf stripper dance for you! (Or the geeky macarena, your choice.) You won't have to stay in the guild if you don't want to -- apparently, as heinous_bitca found out, signing a petition does not automatically add you to the guild -- or heck, if you didn't even want to really play on Silvermoon. Your faux character's sig would still be appreciated. :D Let me know!

Thursday pick: Lissanne (silverbookworm)
Fandom: Harry Potter

( Read more about Liss. )

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FEDEX RULES.

My new video card did arrive yesterday (though I wasn't home to pick it up, so actually had to go to the FedEx facility to get it), and I have now played WoW! Finally!

Me, akscully, jade_okelani, and sumdumgai and his friend played for hours last night. It was so fun! I'm a Night Elf Hunter on Silvermoon -- called, predictably, Sarea -- if anyone wants to join us. :D

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Dare I hpoe that Alias is becoming a good show again? Indications from last night seem to affirm in the positive.

( Spoilers for Alias: The Index )

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By one vote, we think Draco will likely fade away into obscurity, having achieved nothing but annoying Harry. Them's the breaks. Now what?

[Poll #452128]

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I am super annoyed right now. Want to know why I'm super annoyed? It's because of a teacher. Not teachers in general, but one specific teacher.

( >.< )

Tuesday pick: Mustang Sally and Rivka T
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

( Read all about them here. )

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After reviewing the answers for the Draco poll so far, I have come to the conclusion that I did it all wrong. There are ties between answers because you could vote for any option at any time. The right way to do this is to do a small poll each day, eliminating the answer from the day before. I think we'll see much more accurate results that way.

So, thank you for the people who've polled so far; please bear with me as I try and get this right. I've added a few more choices, so please review the selection carefully before making your pick. Every day, I'll eliminate the answer that receives the most votes, and a new poll will be posted with the remainder. After all is said and done, I should have a more accurate picture of what we're all thinking re: Draco, and will, of course, share the results with you. <g> Also -- you may find that none of the choices seem very likely -- that's fine; some of them contradict themselves, so obviously it can't all happen in the books. The point of the exercise is to determine where our mindsets are wrt Draco and canon. Thanks. :D

[Poll #450814]

( Academy Awards Poll Winners :D )

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Confession: In the last three weeks, I have consumed three pies. By myself. I'm even considering getting another one. The blame rests solely on Marie Callender's, which has pies for $5.99 in the month of February. Luckily, the ordeal is almost over. (If I were a cat, and cat food were pie, this would be me.)

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Speaking of ordeals, my new computer may be working at last. *weeps* Let me tell you, if this had been my experience last time, I don't think I would have been so enthused about it this time. As for the next time, well, I can't even think about it right now. I mean, partially because of what I went through, and partially because I can't fathom that I'll ever need more than 160GB of space or need to go faster than 2.19GHz.

I'm not caught up on LJ, but I wanted to say thank you so, so much to everyone who left a reply about either the story or the icons in my last two posts. I honestly meant to reply to everyone, but my weekend (and life force) was sucked away by computer issues.

( Herein lies my long tale of woe. )

Now that everything is working, I am really excited to finally implement multiple-screen technology. :D Windows has had this capability since Windows 98 or something -- it automatically detects if you have two video cards, and going into Control Panel --> Display --> Settings allows you to set it up so that you can use both monitors. It is really cool and convenient, because now I can have two things open at the same time (say, a browser and Photoshop), on two different monitors. I also like to move download windows to the other monitor, so I can kept track of progress without needing to click on it from my taskbar all the time. It's also cool because it allows me to use that extra monitor lying around, as well as my video card from two computers ago. You can learn more about doing this here.

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If you haven't yet seen Arrested Development, YOU MUST. It is absolutely brilliant. I rented the S1 discs from Blockbuster, and the pilot was just amazing. Jade tells me that it's the episode they submitted for the Emmys (and shows never submit pilots), and THEY WON. Very deserved, too. It's completely wrong, and so damn funny.

I used to love Jason Bateman as a teen, but that faded along with my crushes on Kirk Cameron, Ricky Schroeder, Brice Beckham, and the like. The Jason love is back. He's just fantastic. I had no idea! (The last time I saw him was in The Sweetest Thing, and he was great, but his role was really small, so I thought it was a fluke.)

So, yeah. Highly recommend AD.

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As if this entry weren't long enough, here's my ( Alias: Echoes commentary )

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Oh, and I keep meaning to say this but always forget: If there is anyone left on this planet who does not have a Gmail account but wants one, let me know.

( So now I've seen 'The Aviator' and 'House of Flying Daggers' )

No Alias commentary this week, as I was a dumbass, didn't set a timer, and missed it. Jade volunteered to Priority Mail a copy to me, but when I learned that Sark wasn't in it (STILL), I told her not to bother. She gave me the low down on what happened in the ep. Sounded pretty forgettable to me ... the only parts that seemed worth watching was the Nadia stuff. We think they should just retire Syd and Vaughn (since they seem incapable of not shoving that pairing down our throats), and Nadia/Weiss can take over. That would rock so much.

My computer putting together has been delayed again, because the place where I finally ordered my video card has informed me that they're backordered. YOU COULDN'T TELL ME THAT THE DAY I ORDERED IT? &!#&%*@!!!! Anyway, I have ordered another one from somewhere else, but I hate waiting.

Secret Santas at dearsanta have been revealed! I was so, so lucky to get _lore, who wrote me this fabulous D/G fic: Listen While You Can (linking again in case you missed it the first time). She's a Snape/Lupin fan normally, and LWYC is the longest thing she's ever written, and it's all for me!! Squeeee! And now I can also pimp jade_okelani's Like a Stone, a character piece about Harry that is just so wonderful. (I wrote an USTy Snape/Lupin called Renewal for the lovely kellie528.)

Many thanks to everyone who filled out the poll. I learned lots of interesting things. Thirteen of them, to be exact. ( Such as... )

( Commentary on Alias: The Awful Truth. Spoilers abound. )

Well, I have picked out the parts for my new computer. It's tres exciting. I've ordered most everything except for my mainboard and the graphics card; will likely do that later tonight. The specs and my notes about each: ( Herein lies computer pr0n. )

I'll have the opportunity to look at a Best Buy 35 min. from me, because it was the ONLY place that isn't completely sold out of World of Warcraft (Jade and I actually saw one at a Target in LA, but it was kind of beat up and we stupidly put it back), which is one of the games I want to play on my new machine, as well as Sims 2. <g>

So anyway, because I don't abuse the polls feature enough, here's one! I've laid out all the specs on my new system above, and it cost a pretty penny. How much, exactly? (Counting the asterisked items, the mainboard, and the video card, but NOT the monitor.)

[Poll #418088]