happiness

After two months of waiting, bad luck, practicing on any other guitar I could get my hands on, and learning how to play such amazing/unfortunate songs such as "Baby" by Justin Bieber, I finally got my guitar today. It's a Yamaha APX500 acoustic-electric in vintage white, which I chose because it's got a slim body (much, much easier for me personally to hold) and a built-in tuner and I read reviews...

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it certainly is summer

Wow! I took Gavin outside for some pictures and just about died of heatstroke in the two minutes I was out there in the crunchy, sun-bleached grass. Gee, is it July? Here's my to-do list for this week: write on my short story, which is getting way long... ship a frost hat to France! keep practicing the guitar every day watch Point Break with my Keanu-lovin' boyfriend see Harry Potter and...

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stuff I'm into right now...

painting my nails! Blues, super-pale shades (I have Basically White Pink, Basically White Blue, and Basically White Grey) are favorites right now... and I always love gold!! I also picked up some 99-cent black Wet'n'Wild polish at the drugstore the other day. It's great for a fast one-coat kind of look. I've actually been playing with makeup a lot more than usual lately. Pretty Little Liars! Season...

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star cookies

With the help of my little sister, I baked and decorated some star-shaped cookies for a Fourth of July party I'm going to tomorrow. I've been doing a lot of socializing lately and it has WORN ME OUT. (Do you see the Mario Bros. star-inspired cookie? My sister and I have decided to do a whole Mario cookie collection sometim...

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