Am I too early or what?

No hangover. Good sign. Walked into the classroom about 5 min early (what?! when was the last time that happened?), only 2 other people in the room. Great. I guess that's what happens the class after the exam. Whatever.

I had too much to drink last night I think. It's once again dry season. If I really want to lose those extra pounds then I'll have to skip on the drinks. Doesn't make me feel particularly good anyway. Plus if I want to drink, then I'd rather drink good beer. I have those at home for a much lower price. Again, the money thing.

I don't know what it was this morning, I wanted to listen to the radio. It makes me giggle.
1) Last night around 8 pm, a woman was scratching some scratchers at the Scotts Valley Safeway when she found one that shows she won $5000. Elated, she threw her hands up in the air (scratcher in hand) and shouted "I WON!". At exact same time, some white guy on a red cruiser style bike passed by and snatched the ticket out of her hand. I'd put my money on he's also wearing a wife-beater.
2) They were talking about people speeding and road rage. Somebody had written in some days ago about how a neighbor of his tried to back out of his driveway to make the guy who was speeding down the street swerve. Then both anchors (I can see them shake their heads) went oh nooo noooo noooo.... don't be stupid! That made me laugh. How would you like to be that dumb ass they call out on radio during the time of day when the most amount of people are listening?
Yes... I love the radio.

Ok I guess I failed in posting about all the stuff I bought yesterday. But now that I have them nicely sorted and tucked away I'm too lazy to pull them out to scan/take pictures. Not all of it are on their site. Here's what I can find online.




I got a gold Big Vintage Circle overlay and the Pirates and Journaling Rub-ons. there was a cherry blossom print paper too. Then I pulled a bunch of other papers and vellums. Their stuff are so frigging cool... must get more.... Man I can't wait to use them! Then I can really show what I got.... haha. I was actually constructive yesterday before I headed out. I got the big ArtBin the other day.

I used it to separate out my embellishments. Now I can find stuff! wow! what a concept! Hopefully this is going to help me on being more creative.

I think I have a revised shopping list. I think I'll actually start posting that on my side bar.
1) Sony Alpha A100k
2) Zoom lens
3) Fish eye lens
4) Alpha kit
5) Tripod
6) Filters
7) Gigantic order of rubber stamps from Purple Onion
8) The Cricut
9) Cartridges for The Cricut and maybe accessories.
10) 24" Monitor
11) Wii + games and accessories
12) 360 + games and accessories
13) Speakers

others:
- other scrapbook supplies
- flickr pro account
- have to join the warehouse before they announce the summer tour (yes... addicted to dmb)

The IRS tells me I should get my refund by April 4th. Good. Right on time ^_^. I really can't wait. So my credit card statement should close on Monday. It'll be paid off by Wednesday. My order will be placed that afternoon. I got some advise yesterday on lenses. I think I might get some Minolta and Tamron lenses from eBay. It'll be a lot cheaper. Which brings me to a realization of why my obnoxious coworker objected to me buying the Alpha. He was looking at the OFFICIAL lenses from Sony. Of course they'll be a helluva lot more expensive. Rich little brat. The only reason why he works is because his dad is making learn the value of work. Which he doesn't much care for. Anyway that's another story.

One of the major reasons why I choose not to upgrade my system this year is because I'm not using the equipments I bought last year to its full potential anyway. My box is awesome with the upgraded video and sound card. Unfortunately my monitor doesn't have DVI, is 17", and my speakers are... ok. I really don't think it's fair for me to upgrade the internal hardware before I do the external. Plus I made money off the package. So there. Having an extra $240 to spend is pretty nice.

I don't really need more game systems. Seriously. I don't even play the ones I have. I have the wireless controller for Guitar Hero. And I've only used it once. Seriously. I have a PSP I rarely touch. My Game Cube is buried somewhere in the storage unit. I guess I just don't really feel like it. It'll be nice to have a couple more systems just to have them. But why bother if I'm not going to touch it? I'm putting them on my list just for giggles.

I need to close up a few credit cards in the next couple of weeks. Just because I have to. I want to use up my Sony points before I do it. Sony card, Victoria's Secret, Discover, Starbucks.... I think that's about it. Yes I'm closing my Starbucks card, just because the return rate isn't as good as my Reward Zone card. I'm keeping the Reward Zone card and my American Express card. Keeping the Amex just because Costco only accepts it. I've had the RZMC card since the program started... and I have about $190 banked up in certificates. What am I going to get with it you ask? Probably the 24" monitor.

mmmm.... I wrote a lot. I'm still not entirely awake.