The Aspire Gallery is up, in its mostly final phase, I think. There are a few modifications I could make (aren’t there always?) but it’s a mostly self-sufficient site 
Check it out and let me know what you think! You can leave comments on the images, even if you’re not a user. If you’d like to post pictures just leave me a comment somewhere and I’ll see what I can do! Enjoy!
The Evanescence concert is tonight. Should be interesting…I heard a rumor that there would be video games as pre-show entertainment. Forget the opening act(s…there are three, I think!) just get on the provided PS2 or xbox…lol.
TTT comes out next week!
Author: etoiline
I know what would make me happy
StandardBlades by Brown Cutlery: Legolas’ White Knives Damn but I want these. It’s not like I would do anything with them and I have no way or place to display them, but it’s the principle of the thing, you know? Course, I also want Narsil and Arwen’s sword…guess what the likelyhood of either of those happening is.
Wish Happy Birthday to John Howe (LotR Concept Artist), Alan Lee (LotR Concept Artist) and John Noble (LotR Actor), who all had birthdays this week. So did Jess Stra, if I’m not mistaken. Happy 22nd, Jess! (Remember, my bday is next week why don’t you check out my Amazon wishlist?) Check out this article on LotR archery-ness: Films add a string to archer’s bow. Yay for natural archers! I consider myself one More random LotR news: Pre-release sales of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers have broken all records at Amazon. The internet retailer says over 50,000 pre-orders have been taken ahead of the video and DVD’s UK release on Tuesday, August 26. Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets was the previous record-holder, with 40,000 pre-orders in April. (Thanks to TORn)
Today I designed and made a totally new layout for the gallery but I forgot about gif-ness so it’s a little wonky. I’m quite proud of it nonetheless…you can take a look but I’d probably rather you wait a bit. lol.
Back to voting I go…
the friday five:
1. When was the last time you laughed? With my dad this morning while we were watching Call For Help on TechTV and Cat was showing off the wonderfulness that is Top Secret Recipies. Go make your own Chevy’s salsa.
2. Who was the last person you had an argument with? Probably my mother about when I should be in bed. But a drag-out fight? I don’t remember the last time, but again I bet it was with my mother.
3. Who was the last person you emailed? Seriously? A remove request to hopefully get less spam. But person wise…Nessa, my hostee. She’s working on a new layout!
4. When was the last time you bathed? Last night before bed.
5. What was the last thing you ate? Breakfast: OJ and a combination of generic apple-cinnamon cheerios and raisin bran. Sounds odd, doesn’t it?
I feel all proud
StandardNot that most of you would care, but I installed PHPFanBase for future members of the all about the ears clique. Feel free to join before the new layout goes up. lol. lots of copying and pasting for me tonight, and the computer was acting strange. sigh. please keep working, dear iMac…I need you!
why do people keep bidding on the scanners I need? Don’t these people realize I need this type of scanner? It’s not like I want it for some superfluous reason…it’s the only one that will work with this comp! Come on. Let me win an auction. For not much. I’m still mostly broke, even if I’m not in college anymore.
And another thing to be proud of…I finished the redesign of my Roswell fansite, Surrender to the Stars. Be sure to stop by and let me know what you think of it!
Eee! Legolas insanity! Save Me! etc
Standardelf porn shack: animations hee. the captions make them so much better.
One Wig to Rule them All Parody sites rock, man.
The Real Deal on Legolas
and someone please rescue me:
Perhaps Legolas will find me, but for now I’m relying on you! (Anyone can save me!)
and a list of amazing fonts at Lord Kyl’s.
Wow! You two would get along quite well together.
I’d say you’d have a nice, long relationship.
It’s up to you both whether it’s intimate or
not.
How far would Legolas go with you?
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The Daily Double
1. What/Who is on your current desktop paper? Will Turner of Pirates fame. I love Orlando Bloom. Can you tell?
2. What was the most recent movie that you’ve watched? Sweet Home Alabama because it was on cable last night.
Stealing muchos quizzes from May. Because she rules. I swear I didn’t steal your answers 😉
You’re Elizabeth Swann
You’re almost always fair and brave. You know what
to do when your in trouble. You’re also very
smart.
-x-What charater from Pirates of the Carribbean are you?(with pictures)-x-
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You are “Welcome to the Caribbean, love.”
You’re more than a little world-weary, but also
intelligent and you keep your head when things
get dodgy. You’re everybody’s favorite
drinking buddy, but your stubbornness does get
in the way sometimes.
Which one of Captain Jack Sparrow’s bizarre sayings from Pirates of the Caribbean are you?
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Take the World of Darkness Quiz
by David J Rust
What Egyptian Deity are you? go to:the quiz!
Your romance is more of a love that needs to bloom
within, just like Hedwig of Hedwig and the
Angry Inch. The film features an East German
transsexual who is seeking her “other
half” after constant betrayal. You must
love yourself before you can need another.
You’re starting to realize this, along with the
fact that you don’t need a significant other to
be a complete person. Your “other
half” has been inside you all along.
What Romance Movie Best Represents Your Love Life?
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(Ed. Note: Uh-huh. Well. Haven’t seen it…)
You are a… KNOW-IT-ALL! You know everything about
Orlando and love him to death. You are the kind
of person this world needs more of 🙂
Are you an Orlando Bloom know-it-all?
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You’re a Fairy Druid!
* *What kind of Fairy are you?* *
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Earth
The Force of Nature Quiz
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Exhausted yet? I’m going to go have some yogurt.
Unrelated ramblings
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I finally got around to writing letters to people today. So, you select Filippino Fellowship members, you’ll get a letter and a little gift or two sometime in the next two to three weeks…that is, if I can make it over to the post office tomorrow. Silly post office only open til 3 pm.
Saw one of my buddies from college today. She’s working at the med school, same as me, but she’s got a proper office, lol. Not the freezer room. Now, everyone looks at me funny when I say my desk is in the freezer room. But see, the “cold room” is where we keep things that need to be refrigerated or frozen. There’s an outer room at 4 deg C and an inner room at -20 deg C. So that’s where we keep things cold. But the “freezer room” has two upright freezers at -80 deg C, but the rest of the room is at well, room temperature. So don’t worry about me getting too cold…that’s just the silly air conditioning in the rest of the building. Anyway. Back to the friend. She’s pregnant, and apparently married to someone else other than she was going out with all through college. Hmm. Didn’t know how to ask about that, so I’ll have to wonder. She did tell me that said previous bf was going to Ghana to interview refugees for immigration. Ghana. Whoa. Made me think of how I haven’t really seen anyone from school, except for the random Ross sighting last week and a few people at the alumni happy hours last year. Sigh. Where did all the people go? I know they’re still around…and still odd to think that I haven’t seen people from high school at all. It would have been nice to have a five-year reunion this summer, and I’m rather surprised that we didn’t, given the avid student council-ness of the people in charge. Ah well. Guess they’ve got lives too…and this way I have more time to become all famous and scientisty. Er. Or finish my book. We’ll see, I suppose.
random commenter’s question: what part of Moonstone do you like best so far?
I will remember you
Standardbetter if you vote for me. lol. seriously. Back in the Challenge again at TWQ, and I’d really appreciate your vote. Tough competition this week, so I need all the help I can get. Just once I’d like to make it to the Tower on my own steam…of course, I’d take it any way I can get it
The etoiline.com network is in the middle of the first month of passing 1 GB in bandwidth. Yay! People are visiting. Please go visit my hostees, which is where most of the traffic is going to…course, that’s why they’re there. Feel free to promote, lol.
For some reason 54 people visited Aspire II last wednesday and I’m at a bit of a loss as to why. Was it because I posted the lyrics to the new John Mayer song? Eh. At least they came. Not one of them left a comment. Pah. Any ideas?
and because it was asked: When will I get a boyfriend? Honey, I am so not the person to ask about this. I haven’t had a boyfriend since high school so I’m definitely asking myself the same question. Of course, if you really need an answer, I recommend your nearest Magic 8 ball. It’s as good an answer about destiny as you’re going to get