but who really cares, because my LAPTOP IS BACK! yay! thank you, geek squad for not being all condescending or whatever and for fixing it. and kudos for saving all the information & pictures. i was sad because i hadn't backed it up in a while and was afraid that i'd lost everything (and i hadn't received my external hard drive in the mail yet).
actually, i never received it. i bought it on ebay and was all worried, but some freak thing happened (the seller allegedly died. ack!) and now i have to wait for my refund from paypal. then i'll buy one again. i really need to back-up my files, because who knows how long my laptop will last before it konks out again?
here are the outfit & nail photos i was planning on posting a few weeks ago, before my laptop broke:

....and pictures from this week:

anyway, i just made a snow white costume and listed it on etsy. i'll be listing more costumes soon, once i find...the motivation to actually make them. i did buy yards and yards of fabric today, though! dad took me to downtown LA's fashion/garment district santee and i got lots of awesomely inexpensive (and CUTE) fabrics to make new things. good. i was running low on materials.
i don't wanna go back, i don't wanna go back.
to school, that is. i start classes next week. :( boo!
♥ erica