Summer jams

My Ipod has never been happier this summer. So many delightful playlists for the many delightful adventures I've been having, the most current one being named, "Last name 'ever', first name 'greatest':"

1) All I Do Is Win (T-Pain, Ludacris, Rick Ross, Snoop Dogg)
2) Drop the World (Weezy and Eminem)
3) Only You (Josh Kelley)
4) Hello, Good Morning (P.Diddy, T.I, every other artist you can think of)
5) I Like It (Enrique Iglesias, post-mole, and Pitbull)
6) Chelsea Dagger (The Fratellis)
7) Lisztomania (Phoenix)
8) Maybe (Ingrid M.)
9) Relator (Scarlett Johansson and Pete Yorn)
10) You and Your Heart (Jack Johnson)
11) Drop It Low (Ester Dean and Chris Brown)
12) Hallelujah (Lee DeWyze)
13) Can I Have It Like That? (Gwen Stefani and Pharrell)
14) Bigger Than My Body (John Mayer)
15) Beautiful (Moby)
16) Eenie Meenie (Sean Kingston and Justin Beiber. Shut up. I know. I can't help it. It's a guilty pleasure.)
17) Suddenly I See (K.T. Tunstall)
18) What Them Girls Like (Ludacris, Chris Brown, Sean Garrett)
19) Song for the Dumped (Ben Folds)
20) Rock 'n Roll (Eric Hutchinson)

These songs are in a random order, I know. But that's what I feel like summer's been so far: all over the place, but so, so good.

Will & KiKi (not Grace) and other musings

I have never moved so fast on Facebook in my entire life. Trying to make contact with one of your high school best friends who is halfway around the world doing some pretty amazing things can be pretty difficult, but if you have quick fingers, a computer positioned at the right angle (so you won't lose internet randomly), and a habit of refreshing your page every couple seconds, chatting in different time zones can work out splendidly.

This is Will (taken at a grad party from high school...ignore the horrendous khaki capris I'm sporting)
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Will is a year younger than I am but man, we hit it off when he was just a wee little freshman in high school. What a friend! Smart, passionate, always moving in a frenzy, this guy was my go-to if I ever needed a pick-me-up or just wanted to talk about, well, everything. This picture describes us to a T. We had some amazing talks in high school that I still remember today and listened to some pretty awesome mixed c.d's while going on various little adventures. Speaking of, Will is on an incredibly cool one right now; he's been studying abroad in Argentina for the semester (He goes to UNC-CH), and when exams are over, he'll be globe-trottin' to Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay...you name it, he's probably going there. Just like Jackie and Carolyn, even if I don't get to talk to him as often as I'd like to, I am constantly amazed at how much he takes on and how positive and upbeat he stays. When I was skyping with him tonight it was like time hadn't passed at all! I love having friends like that; months may go by, but the minute you get on the phone with them it's like they've been with you that whole time. I'm so excited to see my "Willums" when he gets back and have our always-talked-about-but-never-done bagel date. Yessss!

Fun facts of the moment:

+I'm going to Boone tomorrow to help move in the famous Catie "Busta Cap" Hiztigrath
+I made Kellie a, "We're Going to Boone!" mixed c.d.
+Puck is curled up in my lap and I'm thinking of changing his name to Satan. He's worse than a child on that show The Nanny. And he's an animal for God's sake
+Sheryl and I did stadiums in the amphitheater...and felt like beasts after.
+My Meredith ring has a piece of dust in it and it will not come out. I feel like this is a crisis. But it's not. But it is.
+I'm trying to learn how to make pancakes to prove that I can cook. Volunteer taste testers? :)