I get stuck in loops. I will listen to the same shit (literally one song or even part of a song but usually a whole show) over and over and over until my friends think I'm absolutely crazy. I live with slavetothegroove and debob and between us we download lots of shit (live) not to mention borrow from friends (and burn), etc. I can't afford to buy albums except the odd one at a show. Then again, I'm not the hugest fan of cd's. They are made from plastic and a few other select materials which, when they could just be digital or at least on tiny little memory sticks, is a huge waste of an already deadly substance (oil). If I had the money, I would download lots of albums (minus the packaging). After I finish school, that should be possible. Then again, I'm not the hugest fan of studio albums since I really like the diversity of live shows (not saying albums suck, just that in my opinion they aren't as good as live shows). I also don't have a clue how to stay on oink. How in the hell do you build up a ratio short of just leaving something run for 10-15 years which should net me 1 or 2 K worth of download ratio. I've even downloaded albums I would be ashamed to have on the computer, just because they seemed popular but I still can't get any upload ratio built. There has to be a secret. Live shows (audio): ~15-30+ per month Live shows (video): ~1-5+ per month Actual Albums: ~1+/- per month.