Thanks to everyone who gave input on the previous journal. I never did manage to get around the problem in mIRC, so I bit the bullet and just started using Trillian's IRC plugin. Sorry that what you guys suggested didn't work, but I still appreciate your help. =3

And while one the subject of Trillian, I'm going to be scarce in that department this weekend. If I don't put this weekend aside to knock off some projects I'm way behind in, I'm going to get even less sleep at MFF due to staying up all night to work on half-finished papers. Still gonna check a few sites from time to time, but that's about it.