"the scouring of the shire"

no, not really...just that i've downloaded enough stuff off shockwave to last me for a night. that's if i sit in front of my pc and go through everything, and i've really found some hidden gems. who thought that flash animation would be so good? from james belushi to tim burton, it's all there. and the angry boy quasi-stop motion photography series. brilliant. and it's english.

besides that, i'd like to go back to a discussion that i had with li vern probably about a week or more ago. we were discussing about american idol, and how many american idols could be spawned before the whole thing got stale. i mean, honestly, do you expect people to hang around until american idol viii? you've got your jasmine trias day, your diana degarmo day, your fantasia barrino day, all thrown in your hometown...but sooner or later, being on american idol won't be such a big deal anymore, and to a certain extent, it might even be viewed as a norm rather than the exception.

and what exactly does randy jackson do?