hm. a whole week since i wrote... tuesday i got my new camera, and i really like it but i can't find a good mode i like. there isn't just plain "portrait" or anything like that. but still, it's got some pretty sick features. 10 megapixels, 4x optical zoom, image stabilization...it's good stuff. friday, my cousin and her husband (denny and brandon) and their twin sons (gavin and carter) arrived from denver. we had lots of fun playing with them. saturday morning we went to bear lake with them, (dad, teresa, caleb, colty, and myself) and it was way fun. afterward we got shakes, which were delicious. yesterday was the chili party. it was smaller than usual, but definitely fun. they left this morning (and didn't wake me up to say goodbye, sadface). colty went to squaw peak this morning and called me on the way down. he has band practice later (wow! his band is revived?) and i think i'm going with. should be fun. then school tomorrow. ugh. semi-rant: why does everyone love gauges so much? they're ridiculously ugly. when they're small, they just look retarded. when they're big, they look disgusting. why would anyone want gigantic earlobes? it's not attractive. what mostly annoys me though, is it's not the least bit original anymore. and what's worse, when you take out your gauges, your ears are just loose and gross looking. ugh. people with gauges think they're so badass, and i just want to kick them in the ears.