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It's been a fairly eventful week so far, filled with many shiny acquisitions and accomplishments.

I have moved most of my belongings into an actual bedroom for the first time since I moved out of my grandmother's apartment. Once my sister comes back for the rest of her stuff, I can finish moving my books and kaleidoscopes, and start putting my posters up.

I have acquired a nice full-sized bed. A used but lovely metal frame that's in fine condition, and a brand new Sealy mattress have combined to give me a sleeping experience I have not enjoyed for years. Namely, the sleeping experience of rolling over and Not falling on the floor.

I am now the owner of a device known as an EZ-Flash V. It took some quality time with various websites, FAQs, Wikis, and forums, and extensive use of my fingernails and teeth, but last night I finally managed to get Nethack running on my DS Lite. It's tiny, portable Nethack with stylus support!

My best friend gave me a used Oreck XL electronic air purifier yesterday which has done a fine job of making my bedroom stop smelling like dogs, despite the lousy reviews the device got. Considering this thing was free and it did exactly what I hoped it would do, I'm not complaining.

And then there's my new cell phone. My first cell phone ever. It is taking some getting used to, but so far I managed to learn how to make a call, set up voice mail, store a friend's phone number, download a ring tone, put it on vibrate, and recharge it. I really didn't want to get this thing. It was my father's indecisiveness about whether he wanted to get rid of our regular phone line (in order to save money) that ultimately prompted me to break down and get a cell phone.

In other news, a tornado hit the town where I grew up yesterday, hitting a hospital and a grocery store. That was pretty freaky. We rarely get tornadoes around here. It's normally the hurricanes that hit us.