An update

I uploaded three new doodles to DeviantArt today, which is good because it's been over a year!
Also, I signed up to be a "registered note-taker" at Ohlone, so in one of my classes I'm taking notes for someone who isn't able to. He's blind, and I met him last year because he was dating one of my friends, who is also in the class. Yeah. Like 90210 status. But I get a hundred dollar gift certificate to the bookstore at the end of the semester, and priority registration for next fall! Sweet!

Oops.

Last night I stayed up and finished Yes Man, planning on giving it back to Stacey today at church. I finished the book a little before four, and then couldn't fall asleep so I was awake until about seven this morning. My alarm for church went of at 9:15, and instead of hitting snooze I turned it off, then fell asleep again, and woke up around 12:30. I'm feeling super guilty. I haven't left my room yet because I don't want to look my mom in the face and explain why I'm still in my PJs.

However, Yes Man is an AMAZING book and YOU SHOULD READ IT!

SUCCESS!!

I have been without this music for about a year (mostly because I was too lazy to solve the problem), but thanks to Josh, I have it again!! WIN! I replied to Josh's e-mail telling him I am his number one fan. Hopefully that'll make his day, I know I like when I successfully help out a customer and they show the proper grateful-ness. I am super happyelatedecstatic right now!! =D

iTunes & Shoes (what more could you want?)

So for the last 24 hours or so, I've been e-mailing iTunes support back and forth because I can't authorize several albums on my computer to play. What had happened was I purchased them using an AOL screenname instead of an Apple ID, and then my computer crashed (but I had them backed up on a hard drive). I moved all the files to the new computer, and now I can't authorize the music I bought with the AOL screenname because the screenname doesn't exist anymore. Hopefully we're reaching the end of our problems, though; Josh from iTunes says that he's going to continue to help me until my music will play. Thank you, Josh. Don't screw up.

The moral of the story is: don't be lazy and use an already existing AOL screenname to purchase your music on iTunes. Put in the extra two minutes and create an Apple ID.

And because it is payday today, I decided to treat myself:



It was $12.00 (which of course turned into 18 with tax and shipping) at Walmart.com. But it's worth it - anything that gets things off the floor in my room is well worth the money. Right now my shoes are in a laundry basket, so...yeah.

Also:

HowManyOfMe.com

There is 1 person with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

Though there is another Toni Balmer in London - we've messaged each other on Facebook a few times.

Short

Room clean! Laundry finished! Ice cream eaten! One Netflix down, one to go!
Also, it seems that in the nearish future I will be getting the piano tuned. Huzzah! Needless to say, I am stoked.

School is Starting Again

Which means I have to get my butt in gear and finish cleaning my room.
So what am I doing? that's right. Sitting here unshowered and still in PJs on the computer. I got most of the icky stuff done, I just have to find places for everything on my table, hang up some clothes and do another load of laundry, and then vacuum. I also have some projects I have to do, like get a new light cover and fix the ethernet so my TiVo will work again (now that all the shows are starting), plus I want to make curtains so I can put up the curtain rod that's just sitting on the floor. Shouldn't take too long, it's just putting forth the effort to go get fabric, and then going to my grandma's to use her sewing machine. Oh, also I need to wash the windows and replace the screen, thanks to my lovely dogs (I can also thank the lovely dogs for my ethernet problems).

So anyway, finishing the cleaning part of doing my room is the goal for today, and then tomorrow I'm planning on going back to Santa Cruz to visit Stephen and friends one more time before my life is consumed by piles of homework once again.

Can you tell I'm just babbling for the sake of an update? I'll quit now.

Santa Cruz

Yesterday I drove up to Santa Cruz to visit Stephen. We got to see the sunset at the beach, and then afterward we went with one of his housemates to the pool at UCSC and swam for a bit. They were trying to teach me how to do the breast stroke; I'm sure everyone who was there had a good laugh. We of course also watched the new episode of The Office, which was hilarious if I do say so myself.

Accomplishments

Things I accomplished today:

1. Re-organized bookshelf.
2. Wrote a pen-pal who I haven't heard from since September.
3. Did some much-needed underthings shopping.
4. Did some much-un-needed clothes shopping.
5. Went through all my clothes and now have three trashbag-fulls to give to Goodwill.
6. Watched my Netflix movie (P.S. I Love You) and sobbed like a two-year-old.

Rennovated

I started reading Yes Man not too long ago. So far it's fantastic - I love the style it's written in.

As you can see, I fixed up the blog a little bit; the Across the Universe layout was just not doing it for me. Also, I know it was impossible before to leave comments, but I think I've fixed it, so go ahead and try! :) Also also, there was a request that I should put my furry friend back up, but I can't find the website where I got him. So for now no furry friend, but I promise I'll keep looking!

Yesterday my mom cooked for real. Like, with a recipe book and everything. It was okay. I'm gonna try my own hand at it probably next Sunday.

Saturday my family went over to our grandparents' house near Saratoga and helped out with yard work. It wasn't so bad, I just mowed all the lawns. I think it's going to become a once-a-month thing.

My mom's been acting rather Mormon-y lately what with her sudden desire to help out my grandparents and her cooking schemes. Plus yesterday she mopped the living room and kitchen. It's rather disquieting.

New Hair

A picture! It sort of looks two-toned, but it's not. Next week I'm going back and Gabi's going to put low-lights in. I'm excited! :)

Today

I'm going to go get my hair done! In about 40 minutes actually. We'll see how it goes; I'll post pictures when it's done.

I still have forever and a day until school starts again; and I'm not sure what I'm going to do with myself, but I guess that's what video games and Facebook are for.

"I Don't Love These."

This weekend in Clovis was -amazing-.

Basically, we played hours of Rock Band and made skankerrific band members, and never stopped watching Dr. Horrible. I pretty much have the majority of it memorized now. He's pretty.



WHAT'S DR. HORRIBLE, YOU ASK???