Last week had too much drama from way too many random directions. And to think that I upgraded myself to one of those fancy permenant accounts. I guess this is what's to be expected since LJ is the home of drama. Let's hope that this week is better... At the very least, the possibility of winning free stuff shouldn't generate any drama:

It's a front end for google, where you can occasionally get random prizes like movie tickets(I've gotten 2 myself), Blockbuster.com subscriptions, or iPods.
Hopefully your own drama has resolved itself by now(though if you're a happy lurker, that's a good sign). We should talk sometime to catch up, since I don't get anymore exciting updates now that you're on hiatus now.