is there a way to get gmail to work for msn messenger lol

Yes, for more information check out Kryptonate's reply to gmail new mail notification
Also this has been asked many times recently, please search the forum in future before asking questions...

this is prolly a bit random, but slightly linked is the GmailFS for anyone to happens to be interested (if you use *ix - could probably use it for win32, with a little modifying) - it was listed on slashdot last night: http://richard.jones.name/google-hacks/gmail-file...il-filesystem.html

not an original idea, but cool none the less?

if you mean you want to use your gmail address as an msn messenger account you can register your address at http://www.passport.net