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11 Jun 2010

Summer Time Summer Time You Make Me Feel Fine

Bye Bye Sea-Town! For the weekend, anyways!

I’ve been sitting in the same spot since I got home for about two hours now and I am ecstatic that I don’t have to think about accounting, stats, or theology. I don’t really have to think about school for three months! So this summer I’m going to go be an adult and do adult things, but what I wish I could do is travel. This might be the first summer that I won’t get a chance to go anywhere. For the past three years I’ve spent at least part of my summer time in Okinawa, Hawaii, and California. When I was in Hawaii, I didn’t do as many things as I hoped so I’m definitely going to go back – I’ve already been looking at www.kaikanani.com/ ready for my next trip because whale watching has always been on my to-do list! Don’t get me wrong, I did lots the last time I was in Hawaii but there’s just so much to do it’s hard to do it all!

Tomorrow one of my best friends will be leaving for her Semester at Sea trip aboard a cruise ship setting out for the Mediterranean. I couldn’t be more jealous. My other friends are leaving for Switzerland, Dublin, Costa Rica, and Ecuador this summer. I know they are all going to enjoy every opportunity and adventure they will get to experience in a location such as Costa Rica, including jet skiing, scuba diving, or perhaps Costa Rica deep sea fishing charters.

I remember when I almost turned down my month long trip to Okinawa for a month because I “didn’t want to miss out on summer w/ my friends.” I was dumb then, so my one piece of advice to you all is that if you ever have the chance to travel and this opportunity falls into your lap… TAKE IT. Take it and don’t look back because your friends will always be here, they’re not going anywhere. You’ll come back from your trip taking more away from it than you would’ve had you just stayed here with your friends trying to make up plans of things to do every night 😉

05 Feb 2010

Nice to meet you Alexis Neiers

Pretty face. Innocent look. Non-alcoholic drink. The girl looks so carefree at the wheel. Oh how a Vanity Fair shoot can be deceiving…

She could have been an Ally Hilfiger with her own reality show (Rich Girls) or a spokesperson like Lily Collins.

It’s a little too late for that now seeing as how young Alexis is about to head straight into super stardom…behind bars that is.

Alexis was the daughter of a former playmate and the director of photography for hit television show, “Friends.” She could have had everything. In fact, she did have everything. She was the definition of a LA party girl. Creating a name for herself on the party scene, E! had offered her and her friend their own reality show titled, “Pretty Wild,” to be aired in March. However, that is all on hold now as she is a suspect in the celebrity burglaries of Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, and Rachel Bilson just to name a few. The very same ones we have been hearing about in the news. Alexis never acted alone, and she is no amateur, in fact they are professional enough to call themselves “The Bling Ring.”

“According to VF, the kids were accused of stealing $130,000 in clothes and jewelry from both Lohan and Bilson, for example. When cops arrived at Neiers’ home with a search warrant, they found a Marc Jacobs handbag allegedly belonging to Bilson and a Chanel necklace allegedly belonging to Lohan. Yet Neiers insisted to Vanity Fair, “I have receipts for everything.”

When asked how Alexis felt about this whole situation she responded, “I’m a firm believer in Karma, and I think this situation was attracted into my life because it was supposed to be a huge learning lesson for me to grow and expand as a spiritual human being. I see myself being like an Angelina Jolie but even stronger, pushing even harder for the universe and for peace and for the health of our planet. God didn’t give me these talents and looks to just sit around being a model or being famous. I want to lead a huge charity organization. I want to lead a country, for all I know.”

Yeah, good luck Alexis!

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13 Jan 2010

Starbucks Refuses to Be Average

The Starbucks in University Village recently underwent a complete facelift. What used to look like your everyday Starbucks now looks like a one-of-a-kind!

There was nothing wrong with the old Starbucks. If it isn’t broken, why fix it right? Turns out this was just one of many installments that Starbucks is planning for their locations. The Starbucks team in Seattle, led by Arthur Rubinfield, president of global development, is currently testing out the renovations for a trial run that may lead to many more redesigns for locations all over the world.

So what exactly can we expect?

The design of Roy Street Coffee opens up the store to the community.

15th Ave. Coffee & Tea, a new coffee shop design from Starbucks.

– – Over the years, we have watched Starbucks grow into an enormous chain. They are all over Seattle and all over YOUR city even. The drinks are fine, but after awhile the locations all start to look the same. What Starbucks is trying to do is to involve themselves into your community by personalizing their decor to match your tastes. They have even disguised the name a little bit (examples above) so that they will appear to be like any other local coffee shop and not just “Starbucks.”

What do we think? Do we want the generic Starbucks or do we want something a little more along Central Perk lines?

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03 Dec 2009

So lately I’m not Dreaming

It started Monday morning when I woke up and wondered about how I met certain friends. The thought puzzled me all day. It’s not a big deal… you meet people everyday… and I’m sure by my senior year here I’ll have met a large portion of my class. But I’m not talking about just the friends here that I’ve met and go to school with though those are fresh in my mind. I came to a conclusion. There is a large difference between some of the relationships like when I have met these people on my own compared to when I am just merely introduced by someone else.

These stick out in my head. They have a story to tell. These stories mean so much to me. They tell me a lot about the relationship I’ve built up, where they are today, and a lot about myself.

As I continue to grow up, I notice that I am beginning to be less afraid of people. One of my goals on 43 Things is that one day I will feel comfortable enough to strike up a conversation with anyone. It wouldn’t matter who it was, where I was, I would just do it. And I think I would be really proud of myself if I could achieve this.