This LJ is 85% friends only. Or maybe less than that... lately, anyways.

I think I covered everything in my userinfo, but just to recap: I'm addicted to AFI, Evans Blue, Diet Dr Pepper, caramel coffee, mascara, lip balm, Johnny Cash, faeries, Harry Potter, Lemonheads (the candy, not the band), Lord of the Rings, A Series of Unfortunate Events, monkeys, glitter, mints, Davey Havok and Viggo Mortensen (among other things). I'm a grammar whore. The misuse of your and you're irks me to no end. I'm a very trustworthy, loyal person and I expect the same of my friends.

Current layout: "eclipsed"
Layout created by me, luthien_tinuvl on 4/16/06, using PSP9

Credit and thanks:

• Evans Blue for the kick-ass lyrics
  
• Amy Brown for the gorgeous artwork

Best viewed in: 1280 x 1024, though I've made it resolution-friendly for most.
Font used on header: Beyond Wonderland
Font used in userinfo headers: Adler

the energetic nature of volume: productive
the melody: Jeff Buckley - Lover, You Should've Come Over

DANDYWILBER'S FREE TUTORIAL ON HOW TO TYPE/SPELL/SPEAK CORRECTLY! Or: How to sound mildly intelligent!

When to properly use your or you're (you are)
YOURyour adj. The possessive form of you 1. Used as a modifier before a noun: your boots; your accomplishments 2. A person's; one's: The light switch is on your right So, what does it mean? Your is a word that states that the possession of some object or abstract idea is in the possession of you. The hat is not you're hat. It is YOUR hat. As you're cannot be used in place of your, the same is true for the reverse of this lesson. Your cannot be used in a sentence when the meaning of the word should be "you are," such as you are not very intellectual or you are in possession of the grammar skills of a 4-year old. This is where YOU'RE comes in, not your. See the right side, YOUR right side (of the computer screen) for instructions on how to use YOU'RE. Some examples: This is your pink flamingo. Our Lady Peace is your favorite band. Please, stop your car and run into oncoming traffic.	YOU'REyou're Contraction of you are. contraction n. The act or process of shortening 1. The shortening of a word, or of two words, by the omission of a letter or letters, or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one; as, ne'er for never; can't for can not; don't for do not; it's for it is. Huh? In short, you're means you are. We do all know what "you" and "are" mean, don't we? I should surely hope so! One uses you're when they wish to speak regarding a person. Some examples: You're not a very nice individual. You're coming with me this evening. You're not serious, are you?
Post this tutorial in your journal!!

the energetic nature of volume: confused
the melody: Hole - Hit So Hard

Here's a friendly tidbit. Diet Dr Pepper and Grey Goose do not necessarily mix. LOL. Hey, I tried. I went a little heavy on it with my club soda. What was supposed to be 'club soda with a splash of vodka' ended up being more like 'vodka with a splash of club soda'. Oops. At least it won't be another Jager incident... even if I am on a virtually empty stomach. I'll have to regale you with that tale later. Hahaha.

In light of my personal (now-resolved) crisis, several lovely people over at viggo_daily offered up their personal collections, and I now have quite a few that I didn't already have! Fandom can be quite wonderful.

I spent much of the day backing up my data onto CDs. All my iTunes crap and my video files will have to wait until I get my hands on some blank DVDs, though.

Happy birthday, twilightelysium! And saerie, I'm sorry I sent you early birthday greetings on MySpace. I don't know why I did that... I guess I read the thing wrong! But I hope you had a good day regardless! :)

Well, I am going to bed now. I hope you all have a good week.

the energetic nature of volume: amused
the melody: Fall Out Boy - Dance, Dance

Well, my not-that-old replacement for Cedric (my other spare hard drive that died) appears to have kicked the bucket. I am so thoroughly pissed I can't stand it. EVERYTHING was on that drive. EVERYTHING. I KNEW I should have gotten a fucking external. But noooooooooooo. Ugh. There is still some hope, as the data is still somehow showing up on the drive... I just can't access it. The drive properties tell me that there are 32GB free, and it's a 160GB drive. That sounds about right, for all the stuff I had on it. Mark my words, if I lose everything on that drive, I will be REALLY ANGRY.

Not only that, but Yahoo Messenger won't let me log in, and MySpace is down. WTF is up with today?

the energetic nature of volume: pissed off
the melody: Blue October - Hate Me

Happy 666 Day!

the energetic nature of volume: tired
the melody: Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams

Buy this CD. It's the second best CD to come out this year. Of course, that's only my opinion, but hey. :D

the energetic nature of volume: impressed
the melody: Lacuna Coil - Enjoy the Silence

Happy spineless weenie bastard day! *toasts with a triple vodka cherry-ade*

the energetic nature of volume: cynical
the melody: Hoobastank - Running Away