Check out my brand new layout!

I'm absolutely in love with this banner xanphibian made for me. If you like it and/or are wishing for a custom-ordered piece of beauty of your own, contact herAnd these blues are definitely quite soothing ... although I don't like Tranquility II quite as well as I liked Component. I just couldn't get Component to cooperate ( Read more... )

16 Brokeback Mountain
6 Lost in Translation


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For my own reference, and for yours, a chunk of fabulous new Brokeback resources and art:

Full trailer screencaps by everlyn.

A gorgeous Friends Only banner by bithysith.

Stunning icons, also by everlyn. ::points to current icon::

More lovely icons by emhen.

I downloaded the screencaps, as well as some new Keira pictures and some Flying Spaghetti Monster stuff, so ( Read more... )

The official Brokeback Mountain theater trailer, free of obnoxious ET commentary. Found through wranglers, originally YSI'ed by nutty_elf.

Stream it via CNN.com

or

Download it (6.5 MB) from my YSI mirror.

ETA: The first mirror is already dead (!).

Mirror 2 -- thanks, wickedprincess3!

Mirror 3Please let me know if the YSI stops working, and I'll re-upload. A couple of ( Read more... )

I need to collect some very loose, unscientific data about how others feel about their language abilities (or lack thereof) for a linguistics course I'm taking this semester. I'd really appreciate it if you'd take the time to fill out this short poll:

ETA: By "speak" a language, I mean to be able to hold a simple conversation with someone in that ( Read more... )

I've got some inner conflict going on here about what TV to buy for my dorm room this year.

First off -- I'm wavering between a 13" and a 19". A 13" would probably be okay for a small dorm room this year, but in an apartment next year or after college, I might find it too small. The 13" would cost somewhat less, and my pinchpenny frugal spirit ( Read more... )

Inspired by the release (finally!) of the poster for Brokeback Mountain, I hunted down all the new images I could find for the movie -- and I found a couple of nice stills and also some screencaps from the online trailer (which, unfortunately, refuses to load on my computer :( ).

So anyway, on to the goodness ...

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Luckily, it would seem that all the London LJers are checking in okay. I hopped on here all worried -- thank god for instantaneous communication.

Something that seems like a good idea: an online list of confirmed survivors. Seems to be mostly LJ, etc. people so far, but I like the idea in terms of its thoroughness. If you've checked in here to ( Read more... )

9 Smallville
6 Anna Paquin/Rogue
2 Keira Knightley
2 Amber Tamblyn

(A few of these I've posted before, but they were in a format that wasn't working for most people. They should all work now.)


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5 Lex
3 Allison Mack
2 Clana
1 Lana
1 Clex
1 Michael Rosenbaum


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