Iceland here I come!

In exactly three days, my family and I are leaving for a trip to Iceland and Finland, for the World Ice and Snow Sailing Championships. (Which I explained briefly in a previous post.) Anyway, I am so beyond exited for my first overseas gap year adventure. 
We are going to Boston by bus then taking off from Logan and flying to Reykjavik, Iceland. We will be there for three days before We fly to Finland where We will then take a train to the race site. It's a journey of epic proportions, and I cannot wait. I absolutely love the rush and excitement of travel. There is such an underlying feeling of possibility and adventure that is hard to ignore when you are traveling. Or maybe that is just me...

Anyway this info is just fair warning that in a few days, there will nothing but posts pertaining to travel adventures. So be sure to check back if you are interested! Also, I will be doing some "travel vlog" type videos on my YouTube channel. And again if you are so inclined, here is the link to that:http://www.youtube.com/user/AnnieTeeV?feature=mhee

Stay tuned for more! Thanks for reading!

Here's to 2013

A lot happened in 2012. A Presidential election, scandals, new music, movies, shootings, and most importantly, Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez's breakup. Devastating. Earth shattering really. 

Anyway,my point is, Happy New Year!

Here are some things the I did/ happened to me in 2012:

• I discovered and then fell in love with the Hunger games, Downton Abbey, Bones, American Horror story, She&Him, and Zooey Deschanel. 
• I crocheted a hat.
• I camped on two different islands.
• I started a ukulele band with a friend. 
• I finished high school. That was kinda cool.
• I ice sailed in Michigan.
• I found the Fountain of Youth.
• I went to an Aerosmith and Jason Mraz concert.
• I read a few Stephen King books. 
• I started this blog.

 See, I think it's not really about what you did that matters, it's how you let those things affect you. And that's that. Looking back, it was a good year.

 I guess it is that line of thought as well as the onslaught of "hey, let's review everything that happened in 2012 and talk about it again" from the wonderful world of American mass media that makes me wonder why it's always such a big deal. It is a new year. Symbolically a fresh start. Really time just moving forward. And yet, there's parties, the ball dropping, the reviewing, the counting down of the best of the best and so on. But however you see it, as a big deal or not, the important thing is to learn from the previous year and use that to go forward. As long as when you look back, you like what you see, that's what counts. A new year just means more time to experience and try and do whatever it is you want to do.

For me, that is doing a WWOOF program and travel a little bit and then head off to UVM. And to start a YouTube channel for my gap year. I want to do that very soon too...

So here's to 2013, and that it is an adventurous, productive year for me and a good one for all of you. 

And this year, I will be spending new years eve hanging out with my cat. And family. Because I am just that cool. :)

The last post ever.

Hi everyone, please pay special attention to this post. This is a very important one. This is the very last post I will ever be doing. Never again will I write about my gap year. Never again will I write about anything anywhere. Or do anything anywhere for that matter.  Why?

Because the world is going to end tomorrow. Duh. Tomorrow, December 21st 2012, the world will end. How do we know this you ask? Well, it is because the Mayan calender ends tomorrow.  After a 5125 year long cycle in their calendar, it ends. And as we all know, the end of a calender kept by an ancient civilization dictates everything in the present and obviously, the future. We are not entirely sure what is going to happen, but it could be anything from being sucked into a black hole, being hit by the rouge planet Nibiru, or being attacked by zombies. All are a high risk and are things that may happen on the 21st. 

Some have called this phenomenon of this sure to be cataclysmic event merely a pseudoscience. For example, NASA says that Nibiru was an Internet hoax and will not crash into the earth. If NASA knew anything, they would know that the Internet can always be counted on as being a highly credible and reliable place in all fields. No hoaxes every originate here. And since when has NASA been credible?

Clearly, the Mayan calendar ending marks the end of us too. I have enjoyed writing here quite a bit, but now I say goodbye. 

 Obviously, I was being slightly satirical. Or a lot so. I guess you can figure out for yourselves what I really think. 

But, all this end of the world talk really got me thinking though. What if we knew that the world was definitely going to end? What would you do? And I don't mean go to EMS and stock up on survival stuff so you can survive and eventually bring humanity back in a place called Panam that consists of 12 outlying districts and a capitol... hunger games. Not like that. I mean what would you actually do? Would you travel somewhere? (Pick somewhere close so you could actually get there before the world ends.) Or be with a certain person? Or rob a bank? (That would suck if the Mayans were wrong of course...) Or try something you have always wanted to?
 You get the idea. But, it just really got me thinking about it, so I decided to use some sarcasm to eventually get to a valid point. And that point is:

Try and live everyday as though the world is going to end the next day. Live in the moment.

That is probably the oldest anecdote in the book, but the more I think about the possible Doomsday, the more I desire to really live my life that way. 

Anyway, those were just a few thoughts. Happy end of the world. Talk to you never. And learn how to use a bow and change your name to Katniss if you really want to survive it. But let's enjoy things until the end comes.