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I played my ass off last night. And it was good!

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The MPAA and RIAA want to become their own law enforcement agencies, and the U.S. Congress is aiding and abetting them. This story has a few more details on a recurring trend among the major entertainment industry giants – they are not just above the law, they are the law.

Basically, the MPAA and RIAA want to be allowed to break into your computer if they have probable cause to believe you have stolen some of their music or video files. Since when do we allow anyone besides a legally recognized law officer to decide on probably cause? Why would anyone think it’s a good idea to encourage the entertainment giants to crack into your computer? Kind of raises the level of insanity a bit too far, in my opinion.

Of course, we should all feel reassured by the MPAA’s senior VP for government relations, who says that law-abiding Internet users should not be concerned. Yeah, that’s what a lot of police states tell you – if you have nothing to hide, why be worried about invasion of privacy?

current_mood: aggravated

OK, knocked out some Daredevil userpics from that short-ass teaser trailer, and they’re on my main orphan page. The Eight Legged Freaks userpics are on my second orphan page.

I haven’t tackled Goldmember yet, but soon enough.
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Downloaded a few new trailers this morning, and I finished 15 userpics for the new Vin Diesel movie xXx. If you want one, email me with the number you want.

Other trailers I grabbed that I’ll be playing with in the coming days: Daredevil, Austin Powers 3, and Eight Legged Freaks. Stay tuned, sports fans…
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From Smattering, this week’s Friday Five.

1. Where were you born? La Puerta de Santa Maria, Cadiz, Spain.
2. If you still live there, where would you rather move to? If you don’t live there, do you want to move back? Why or why not? Don’t really give it much thought, since we left there when I was 2 years old. Seriously doubt I’ll move to Spain though.
3. Where in the world to you feel the safest? On Asilomar Beach, central California. Or in my home, once the locks are allowed to be changed.
4. Do you feel you are well-traveled? Within the US, yes. Never been to Europe as an adult, though.
5. Where is the most interesting place you’ve been? Most interesting is a tough one, but I’d have to say West Hollywood, in the few years immediately following it becoming a separate city. They have a Starbucks now, instead of the Burger That Ate L.A., so it can’t be as interesting any more. Wonder if Wacko is still there.

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This article says her pilot was stoned when she died. Think there’s a connection?
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The Friday Five! OK, so I don’t have much to do at work lately. 🙂

1. What is your browser start page? In Opera, Slashdot and LJ Login Page.
2. Favorite news sites? CNN and Slashdot
3. Favorite search engine? Google of course.
4. When did you first get online? BBSes – 1984. Internet (PPP) – 1995
5. How do you plan to spend your weekend? Being lazy after cleaning the house and doing the dishes.

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Continuing the riff I refer to in one of my old “thoughts” on my site, Janis Ian (an artist I’d never heard of but may seek out now) has written an article about the hypocrisy of the RIAA and their rapacious attitude toward consumers and artists.
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Latest Friday Five

1. Where are you right now? At my computer, duh. At home.
2. What have you lost recently?My life.
3. What was the first CD you purchased? Does it embarass you now? I have no idea. Maybe LL Cool J or Prince. Not embarassed.
4. What is your favorite kind of writing pen? As opposed to a pig pen I suppose. Parker, chrome, with a pressurized black refill.
5. What is your favorite ice cream flavor? Festivus, the Ben & Jerry’s flavor only available during December and inspired by a Seinfeld episode.

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hey
don’t write yourself off yet
it’s only in your head you feel left out or looked down on
just try your best
try everything you can
and don’t you worry what they tell themselves when you’re away

hey you know they’re all the same

you know you’re doing better on your own so don’t buy in
live right now
just be yourself
it doesn’t matter if that’s good enough for someone else

it just takes some time

little girl, you’re in the middle of the ride
everything everything will be just fine
everything everything will be all right

do your best

do everything you can
don’t you worry what their bitter hearts are going to say
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Apparently the Scifi Channel was having “post-apocalyptic movie” weekend or something. I never saw an announcement, but the fare was pretty clear. Steel Dawn, Mad Max (1 & 3 but not 2), etc. The capper though, was WaterWorld. Never saw it in the theater, since it was only out for a couple days or so. Never felt like picking up the most recent movie to be labeled “Heaven’s Gate” so I missed it until now. It’s actually not as bad as you would expect, but it’s no classic. Think Mad Max with worse dialog, better set design, and Dennis Hopper looking really uncomfortable.

Wanting to get my grocery shopping for the week done early, I hit Safeway at 9am on Sunday. Picked up a bottle of 1999 Beringer Gamay Beaujolais, to go with the French Country Bake I’m making for my little dinner gathering this week.

“Sorry, I can’t sell you this until 10 o’clock on Sunday.”

Is there a state in the Union that has no restrictions on alcohol sales on the weekend? I feel like I’m in the 18th century at times.

Oh, well, I still forgot the lemon for the hefeweisen and I was planning to pick up the crusty bread Tuesday afternoon anyhow.

Just saw a promo for something on the Food Network that involved a six-pound cheeseburger. Holy cow (pun intended)!

Sorry for the over-abundance of song lyrics lately, but I’ve got some good CDs and not much else to talk about.

Today I woke up and you were gone
The whole day wondering what I did wrong
It’s like I’m falling from a mountaintop
My heart keeps pounding and it won’t stop

Can you see this hell I’m living
I’m not giving up

Will you crawl to me
Will you fall with me
I’ll never crawl to you
I’ve done it all for you

Well don’t deny
The hand that feeds you needs you
Oh god I’d die to try to
Finally please you

There goes a piece of me
Will I cease to be
I’ve never lied to you
Fought bled and died for you

Well don’t deny
The hand that takes you breaks you
Oh god I’d die to try to
Finally please you

There she goes and I’m on the ground, I’m on the ground, I’m on the

Well don’t deny
The hand that feeds you needs you
Oh god I’d die to try to
Finally please you

Will you crawl to me
Will you fall with me
I’ve never crawled to you
I’ve done it all for you

I’ve never done one of these before, but what the heck.

1. Do you live in a house, apartment or condo? House
2. Rent or own? Own
3. Does anyone else live with you? Right now, just the boy
4. How many times have you moved in your life? Damn…Maybe 16?
5. What are your plans for this weekend? Playing with the boy, reading, shopping for the little dinner party I’m having next week.

Not “guess the band” this time, because it would be too easy for some. Just a song stuck in my head. Such a seductive beat to it…

Days go by and still I think of you
Days when I couldn’t live my life without you
Days go by and still I think of you
Days when I couldn’t live my life without you
Without you

You are still a whisper on my lips
A feeling at my fingertips
That’s pulling at my skin
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Anyone else watch “American Idol” the other day? I forgot about it for a bit, but remembered on the way into work this morning.

I don’t think the rest of the show will be as entertaining as the first auditions, because they’ve weeded out the folks who were painfully bad.

I loved hearing these poor people, trying to audition for a national contract when they couldn’t hold a single note. If you can’t sing, don’t audition. Simple rule, in my opinion.

But, now the rest will be real competition between folks with some modicum of talent. That’s just “Star Search” with a different attitude. I want more of that mean-spirited Brit trash-talking people. heh

OK, this one’s a little harder…

After a while you’ll forget everything.
It was a brief interlude and a midsummer night’s fling,
And you’ll see that it’s time to move on.

current_music: Cake – I Will Survive

Guess the band. No fair using Google!

He’s so deep like dirty water
God, he’s awful
You’re lost, oh, where’s your daddy – it’s so awful

current_music: Hole – Awful

I feel hot & red & wired
I feel burned out like I’ve expired.
freaky dreams & you are there
with glowing eyes & burning hair &
I’m even dreaming
violent.
every nerve & every cell
they gotta fight to stay alive & well
I’m in a world of chronic
discontent
screaming metal & burning rubber
always shoving & raping & cursing each other
exploding into violence.

try some buy some
wheel & deal it
buy or steal it
if it makes you feel it
we want it intense
we want our violence.
get ready to take it all the way
the things they do
the words they say it’s all so
ready to get
violent

wedding bells all pink & white
chocolates & candlelight
you & me & we make three
k/ i/ s/ s/ i/ n/ g
like a comedy
that never played quite right

it seems so easy & it looks so clean, all the
shiny happy people in the magazines
but nothing seems to mean
what it meant.
a flood of blood & a burning pain
broken hearts & throbbing brains
the message has been sent
& it’s violent

try some buy some
wheel & deal it
buy it or steal it
if it makes you feel it if
we want it intense yes
we want violence.
they’re ready to take it all the way
the things they do the words they say it’s all so
ready to get
violent
current_music: Concrete Blonde – Violent
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