Highlights

So I'm getting highlights. I'm fine with my color, but I want it to be a bit more natural-looking and a bit less...bold. The blonde will help it lighten in the summer. Yay, I'm so excited this is my first time getting highlights everrr!

As promised here's a pic...

Some new places that make me happy :)

Fashion website where you can put together your outfit. Polyvore

Clothing store. Papaya Clothing

Handmade & vintage craft store Etsy

Watch free movies. Hulu

Listen to free music. Airmp3

Gift shopping made easy. Amazon

Costume Ideas. Joke.Co.Uk

Gift Ideas

This originally started out as my wishlist but I decided to turn it into any girls' wishlist. If you have a friend, girlfriend, or relative around high school, here are some ideas that might help out...

~All-Star Converse
These are Black All Star Converse High-Tops for $26.99 at Kohl's ^_^


~Boots (UGGS or suede is usually safe. I'm not an UGGS type of girl, but some people are.)

~Hoodies (PacSun brands are great...Volcom, Roxy, Billabong, Fox, Hurley, DC, Element)

~A favorite CD (Taylor Swift Fearless is a good one. Also Boys Like Girls or an oldies classic like The Beatles/Beach Boys/etc)

~Cute tshirts...band tshirts, graphic tshirts, cute sayings, and esp. beach/vacation tshirts

~Clothes...enough said.

~Sunglasses: either a legit good-looking pair like Aviators or just a crazy, unnecessary pair like cute nerd glasses, or Wayfarers in a bold/fun color...H&M is really good for these ^_^

~Makeup...colorful mascara or eyeshadow
Blue Maybelline mascara is really nice and you can find it anywhere.


~Wrist candy...It doesn't even need to be fancy. Claire's Icing has some cool brown leather bracelets. Stuff with hearts, stars and peace is good. Friendship bracelet kind of stuff. Wooden beads. It's like a mini personality outlet.

~A picture frame with a picture from a good time with friends

~A homemade card...cliche I know, but there's nothing as good as card that can just crack up with your friends about. Inside jokes, funny pictures, telling the person how much they mean to you, or just random.

~Concert tickets
Some ideas are Nickelback, Goo Goo Dolls, Lifehouse, Boys Like Girls, All-American Rejects, Taylor Swift, etc...

~Completely random things that remind you of them, that you have an inside joke about, or that you think they'd like

~Bath & Body Works...body mist, shower gel, and lotion. Apparently the #1 gift of 2009, but girls ALWAYS appreciate it.

Picture Credits...:)
Wrist candy picture from here

German Coast Guard

AP Tests & Water Bottles

Everyone is stressing out about AP tests that are happening this week. I probably should be. Right now I'm going to swim practice though so I'm in social mode. The people on my team are sooo nice. I'm going to be sad when I have to quit this team for my summer team, but I am DEFINITELY coming back in the winter.

KD

Today I found out that I could go to Kings Dominion with my class after all :)
I've gone almost every summer to Kings Dominion. Last summer (09), I went for the Awakening Fest (Skillet & Switchfoot). I went on a total of FIVE rides...the WHOLE day. 10 am-5pm. So that was a little disappointing, but Jon Foreman (lead singer, Switchfoot) made the day worthwhile. He is ridiculous when he sings. His eyes literally shine because of the passion behind the words that he's singing.

The summer before that (08) I went with my youth group and hung out with some of my best friends. I made a video of it, but I can't get it to upload right now. I might try again later if I remember XD.

Dory Is My Hero

"Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming." I've been swimming since I was four...that's a REALLY long time. Actually that's not entirely the truth. I didn't swim for two years in middle school. So that's takes me from eleven years to nine. I just starting picking it up again summer of 09. My goal is to be on a Club Swim Team. What that means is that...basically it gets intense.

Here's a picture of my first year on the swim team at age 6 with, what my mom calls, the Ford Dynasty:



I just got my fins and new suit a few days ago in the mail ^_^ Bless you post office! Lol.

Josh Wilson has a super nice voice. Tell me what you think of this song.

Nose Piercing

I know a lot of people don't like them, think they're gross, etc. But I seriously want one. I just think it'd look good on me. And I'm not afraid of needles....good thing too. It'd just be a little shiny stud like the above.

And my favorite hair color (this won't be happening, but just thought I'd throw it out there while we're at it):



I can never figure out how to describe this color to people. Dark brown with a maroon/auburn flair to it is generally how I end up trying.

Can I Have Your Number?

Warning: There's mild cussing, so please excuse the French. In other news, I work with somebody named Ivonne :)

The Music Capital

Austin city. Architecture, culture, local bands, restaurants = all part of the experience. As my older brother said, "the weekend starts on thursday here." We went into this restaurant while we were exploring downtown. This is a lucky shot of the bartender against the backlight of the frosted window.

Looking at this picture seriously makes me yawn.

Kinda like how when you see/hear one person yawn, YOU CAN'T HELP BUT YAWN. Then it starts a whole train of yawns. I thought this little guy was friendly right up until just about when he attacked me D:

Hayyyy

First post. I never know what to say for these. About the pic: I took this on a mountaintop in Lynchburg. My mom saw this sign for a museum of this tv show she used to watch when she was a kid, so she got really excited and we went up this random mountain in the middle of nowhere to see the museum. On the way back I asked her to stop cuz it was so pretty. Minus almost setting the bottom of the car on fire from the tall grass on the side of the road, it was worth it. Okie dokie...*awkward moment*...THE ENNNND!