Geocaching: a high tech scavenger hunt

(some geocache loot)

I'm obsessed and I haven't even done it yet.

Geocaching is the new modern scavenger hunt. You sign up online and once you've filled in a little bit of your info and give yourself a username you enter your zip code and at the hit of a search button hundreds of listings for "Geocaches" pop up. A geocache is normally a small container with a lid that is filled with small knick knacks and a log list. The Geocaches have specific cordinates that you put into your GPS device and you are able to go hunting for the little treasures.

I just heard about this a few days ago, and I finally looked it up tonight and I am seriously obsessed. I can't wait to do this, and hopefully do it right and find some really neat stuff. I think it would be so much fun to go out and do this with friends too.

I can seriously imagine spending an ideal summer day waking up late and heading out with a starbucks iced drink and some tennis shoes on and finding some of these little geocaches, and finding cool little spots around my town and its surrounding areas.

It's my perfect summer activity.

Today I have...

- only wanted to talk to one person, I'm seriously never this way, but somethings happening and I don't know how to explain it( but I will later)

-gotten a speeding ticket in a stupid speed trap.

-committed to not telling my parents about the ticket until I have the money to pay for it. 

- Babysat in a totally different city in the middle of no where in the blazing heat.

-babysat inside watching Law and Order: SVU for Michael, my little man.

-made plans to go see Sex and the City 2. 

-gotten a serious farmers tan, but hey, at least its a tan.

-made the decision to let this summer be the best one ever, and to not let anyone or anything get to me, so far its working.

-decided to make plans to get stuff for my new dorm room!

I seriously cannot believe its already Thursday, but at least next week I'm babysitting 5 times, so hopefully I can make the money to pay off my ticket and it won't put too much of a hold on my summer plans.

Fill in the blank Friday

(I have summer changing news, and it all started with this band up there! I'll tell more later. Know who they are!?!)

1.One fashion trend I really regret is....Rompers, I'm sorry any grown women who wear them, but you pretty much just look like an idiot unless you have the body of a 12 year-old, and even then they still look a little ridiculous.



2. The one thing that always completes any outfit is...a good necklace or pair of earrings, you seriously won't see me walk out of the house without one or the other(or both). I'm totally into long chain like necklaces, my favorite right now its a chain necklace with a wolf, tree and leaf charms on it.

3. I would describe my personal style as...I'm 18, and lazy and cheap. Does that count? I wear alot of t-shirts and gym shorts with flip flops during the summer, and on nights out I'll wear a cotton skirt with a vneck, sandals and a cute necklace. So maybe cheap, hippy chic. (that sounds too nice) I wear A LOT of tie-dye. And I'm always telling myself if I were smaller and looked good in other things, that I'd have the best fashion sense ever. haha


4. My fashion muse is...Oh gosh, don't do this to me, there are so freakin many! Roxy and Whitney from the City, and Lauren Conrad most of the time. I love flowy cute chic things.


5. If I could own one designer piece of clothing it would be..... probably anything by Marc Jacobs, or this Rebbeca Minkoff cross body studded leather rocker bag, its so cute.


6. I would love to raid the wardrobe.... way too many for me to even start to mention, but I really like Amanda Seyfriend, Rachel Bilson, Selena Gomez and that whole hippie chic thing, but also the high wasted skirts.

7. Today I am wearing... rolled up skinny jeans, reef flip flops and a vintage UGA shirt(which too big on me), with a pair of flower button earrings, I rolled out of bed at 7:15 for graduation practice at 8.

You can play along by filling in the blanks in the comments here,

or stopping by the little things we do to see

I have such a monumental and busy weekend!

Graduation Tomorrow!

Moving on or Getting over?

(I got to play on my dream computer today, a 15in macbook pro today, while I babysat for the best kids ever. This is Michael, hes 9,adorable and I love him.)

I figured out why I think its hitting me really hard that I'm graduating on Saturday, I think its because of the fact that everytime I've left a school I've lost signifigant amounts of important friends and I always end up pulling away from everyone at the end, most likely in order to protect myself from hurt. And now I think I'm just scared that when I leave high school, the friends that I've made here, which are the best friends I've ever had, will end up hurting me as well and in the end I'll have pulled away and I'll lose some of the best, most important friends in my house, that are so dear to my me.
Maybe I have issues with moving on, but is that so bad? I mean, it still hurts me a little bit thinking about my friends from middle school who I thought I'd be with forever are now those people that I avoid in Barnes and Noble. Its probably just my own personal way of protecting myself from putting myself out there, knowing that if someone says something that I don't like or if things don't go the way I want them to then I'll end up getting hurt in the end, and just pulling away like I always do.
And I'm making every effort now to avoid pulling away from my friends after high school, I'm making sure that the people I care the most about know that they're important to me and that I have every intention of staying in contact with them, even if it is only through the occasional text about Gossip Girl or links left on facebook walls.
I know that growing up, graduating and moving forward are essential facts of growing up as a normal person, but it's still just an overall terrifying thought, and I guess I'm just looking for comfort, knowledge and encouragement over the next couple of months/weeks.

Busiest time of the Year

(The Graduate, love this movie, it's somewhat related to graduation,right?)

May has seriously been a rush of school, friends, events and all sorts of annoying stressful things, all of which have kept me a way from posting. I can't even believe that today is the 13th of May and that in exactly NINE DAYS! I will be graduating. The next few days are going to be the busiest leading up until my last day of school on Tuesday with my favorite Lit classes breakfast. Tomorrow I'm going to a Braves game with some of my friends and I'm currrently working on a Lit project on TS Eliots, The Wasteland. But besides from the busyiness, this may is going great, except for how quickly its already coming to an end!

9 Days until Graduation!

and on May 15th, make sure to go stop by Tanjas and wish her a very happy 21st Birthday!

This:

(running)

this:

(Lost)

this:

(Panera)
this:

(Felicity)

this:

(Glee/Finn)

and this:

(Their new album Novels, just came out April 27th and I'm loving it, but it will never be as amazing as there first album from 2007, Eighty Five Mirrors. If you'll only listen to one track listen to Out and Alone, but seriously every track is amazing.)

are the only things keeping me semi functioning right now.

and I can't wait for this:

(Niel Patrick Harris on Glee)

and you should check out this:

This kid has so much talent, when I first saw this video it seriously only had about 12,000 views, now he has over 8 million views. He also wrote 2 original songs, Broken Hearts is my favorite.

"And I won't be denied by you, the animal inside of you"

 I first heard of Neon Trees the summer of 2009 through The Killers tour, which I desperately wanted to go to. And while no one could ever could hold a candle to The Killers, Neon Trees comes pretty close. They're a pretty new band, having only been signed to Mercury in early 2009. I bought there newest album maybe a month ago, and I've been playing it nonstop, and they're seriously a band worth sharing with everyone. They're currently being featured on MTV during The Hills marathons and they have 2 music videos out for their first single "Animal", which is ridiculously catchy.
All of there music has great lyrics and fun beats providing for a great alternative-pop-rock feel, and I've actually been trying to come up with my favorite song of theirs, but its impossible because I love all of them. Currently they are on tour with 30 Seconds to Mars and Mute Math, which are 2 more bands that are worth checking out(especially since 30 has the beautiful Jared Leto). They actually have a concert Thursday night the 29th in Atlanta but that happens to be 4 days away and the busiest day this week, but I'm sure the show will be amazing.

oh, and my new roomie Lindsay also loves them, so we'll definitely be blasting a ton of awesome music in our dorm next semester. Darn, I am so excited!

Chatroulette: not as creepy as it sounds.

I'm assuming you've heard of chatroulette, if you haven't, then you might live it a whole. Thats just my honest opinion. But anyways, Chatroulette is just another social network that connects you to other people, the catch though is that you don't know the people you are being connected to. The way the website works is you log in, and as soon as the computer recognizes the webcam you are connected with a random person from anywhere around the world. As a warning, sickos do get on the website and use the website as a means to pleasure themselves in front of millions of people, just beware.

When I first heard of it, I was instantly weirded out by it, but last week during art class when we had a substitute of few of my friends and I used my laptop and talked to lots of people across the world, here are a few.

This is David, from Ireland. He is 19 and a cyclist and we all discussed Van Morrison, Bono and Prom(he called it Pram).

I don't remember his name, but he had one of the most honest and creative greetings we're ever come across on the website.

As long as you are aware of the possibilities of naked men, then chatroulette offers a wide array of entertainment and cultural awareness, just don't do it by yourself, a group of friends is much better.