My friend Jon just rocked my world by showing me the "fake-lomo" effect in Pshop. The lomo effect (named after some old school camera) basically ups the saturation & contrast, then gives a kind of tunnel burn to the edges. It's *beautiful*, and I totally love what it does. (and there's a huge flickr thread on it)
Here's a sample of my work, lomo-ized:

IS THAT NOT GORGEOUS?
Here's a sample of my work, lomo-ized:

IS THAT NOT GORGEOUS?