dvds and eyeliner

T'was the year of the DVD. And eyeliner.

I shall explain.

Sunday I learned the fine art of actually being able to apply eyeliner, or one of the fun twists. Hard to explain fully. Just smile and nod. I only mention this as Ari called yesterday and asked if 25 [quarter. of. a. century!] felt any different, so I told her of the eyeliner epiphany. [I figure that since it was my birthday in Australia at the time, it had to count, right?] She then pointed out that she'd figured out [after 45 minutes of trying] how to do some other wonky variety. Thus 25 is the year of the eyeliner.

The DVD should be obvious, but hey, everyone likes to hear all about other people's quest for junk, eh? My mail yesterday consisted of a package from agent_alpo with two CDs and the Tori DVD. :D I think I squealed when I saw that, though don't hold me to it. I do know for a fact that I grinned for a good ten minutes and another two everytime I caught sight of it. :D Thank youuuuuu! *hugs* You are most awesome, although you know this already. It never hurts to repeat when necessary. *throws confetti*

When the great birthday celebration was thrown and over with I had managed to aquire the following:
- Charmed Seasons 3 and 4 from my parents. My father and brother actually picked these out. Dad was going to get one of them and the boy says he talked him into two.
- Scrubs S3
- and the possibly previously mentioned $20 gift card to Books a Million

Lunch out yesterday took us to The Crab House or... something. It's whichever one has been here for ages. I haven't been in years and naturally I ordered something I didn't particularly like. Meh. I loathe that I never remembered I dislike chilled shrimp salad. Why don't I remember that? Look. Now it's forever noted. Anyway, mom told the waitress [or are they servers these days? Dunno. Don't care.] it was my birthday and when she brought out the Carolina Mudslide [...stop looking at me like that] she'd wedged a birthday candle in the cherry. :D

How else was my birthday spent? Hunting down elusive Aussies [didn't work], IMing Ryan, who never did come right out and either call OR wish me a happy birthday. I'm still not sure if he forgot and Cass bitchslapped him before she left, or if he's just stupid enough to think he'd have plenty of time and would say it later... only later never came. Went out to far, far away to look for Sweet Valley books. Naturally, they were scarce in anything that really screamed, "buy me!" That's the way the cookie crumbles.

It's really hot up here, man.

Math

Sibling rivalry comes with a massive pricetag when coupled with a serious case of being nosy.

This is the boy's present. That is what my father bought him.

Dad was then all set, atleast in the version of the story I was told, to buy uh *picks one at random* This one.

Let's play the age old, parental units love you more game:

$39.99 DVD versus $206.99 stereo.

Even if you figure the additional $40 for the other set and that there's a chance the store's infinitely cheaper than the website, I doubt very much it's $126 bucks worth of cheaper.

Huh.