UT Tyler Student's Court Date Adventure!

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This is a little story about my adventure with the court system in the city of Tyler. It’s magical, really. And it all started with a warning for speeding.

Have you ever been told to do something and for some reason you just didn’t get around to it? Maybe your mom told you to clean you room three years ago, but you found yourself too enthralled with being a slob to do what she asked. Or maybe you told your boss that OF COURSE you would get that filing done this Friday, but then someone brought cake to work and everyone got chatty (including you) and oh look, it isn’t finished and it’s time to leave. You walk sneakily off and vow to get it done first thing on Monday.

Yea. Don’t do that with the court system. Especially in Smith County. 

A factual account of corruption in the ETX Justice system.
Full text in the link. Have fun :) Via WikiLeaks

As a couple of you may know, I just recently got owned by the Tyler Municipal Court. It began innocently enough, when I received a warning for speeding and was told by the officer to get my license changed to reflect my new address. I did not do that last bit. Four months later I received snail mail telling me that I had missed my own court date and owed the city of Tyler $690.00. I thought I would be able to get out of the fines, and now I have my very first payment plan. I feel like a real life adult now. No really.

My face when I found out I would not be getting out of my fines
EW. Via PrettyVices

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Geocaching Adventures in Tyler, Texas

     Anyone that is looking for a fun activity this summer in Tyler, look no further.  If you enjoy the outdoors, riddles and puzzles, and general adventuring of some form, there is an activity perfect for you: Geocaching.   An exciting outdoor activity, it is perfect for everyone, and 100% accessible to anyone with GPS technology.

     

     Geocaching is a real-world treasure hunting/scavenger hunt that utilizes GPS-devices to navigate to different geocaches (containers) hidden around the world.  On the Geocaching website (or on the smart phone app), your zip code or general location is all you need, and you will be given the GPS coordinates to all nearby geocaches for you to go discover!  Once you find the geocache, be sure to log your name on the log sheet, and if there are prizes inside the container, feel free to reward yourself! Just remember, it is common courtesy in the activity to leave something as well, that way the geocache remains fun for everyone who finds it.

A puzzle-based geocache
hunt, found in the Houston area

The fake log.
A popular geocache disguise. 

     The concept behind Geocaching is a simple one, but it delivers some seriously entertaining results.  First time members of the Geocaching experience find that geocaches are easy to find at first; these are the geocaches found mostly in urban settings, such as in public parks, parking lots, or other residential areas.  However, commitment to the activity leads to more challenging geocaches, as well as varying genres of geocaches, such as night searches, multi-step, riddle-based, micro-caches, challenge-caches, and many more.  Just look to the difficulty level next to the geocache description on their website to see how much adventuring will be required! 

    

    Now, for UT Tyler students that are interested, you need not look far for your first geocache.  According to the Geocaching website, there are nine geocaches hidden within our fine University grounds, all waiting for you to discover them!  Use the campus map with the map given on the Geocaching website if you need more help finding a certain geocache.  There are even more in the general Tyler area, all you need to do is look them up on the website, and then enjoy!

One of the geocaches on the
UT Tyler campus.
Go find it, and bring tweezers!!

     

     If you start the activity and want to contribute, create your own geocache!  Check out the rules and procedures on the Geocaching website for more information!  Some geocaches have been in existence for over ten years, constantly discovered by avid geocachers!  Get in contact with members of the UT Tyler Outdoor Adventures Program and see if they would be interested in the activity as well. 

     
     Find the website for more information about this activity!  If you are bored this summer, and are looking for a fun adventure that will continually provide excitement the more you commit to it, Geocaching is just for you!

Be Happy!

       Last weekend, I went to North Park Mall while visiting my boyfriend for his birthday weekend. He was nice enough to actually attempt to go shopping with me that afternoon. Since I got a gift card from H&M for Christmas, we decided that since I'm a broke college student we can get my shopping fix there and still not spend too much money.
       We got there and of course it's the weekend and it was CROWDED and I mean wow... the line for the dressing room alone was starting to wrap around the store. So bless his heart, he was in there with me picking out clothes... ya he lasted maybe 25 minutes, but I have to hand it to him, that was longer than I expected him to stay.
          So of COURSE I checked out the clothes that were on sale. I was in need of new pants, so I looked for some. I usually am either a size 2 or 4 depending on the designer. So I picked up pants that we're around that size and also found a pair that was a size 6.
         Hey, I am not a size snob, whatever fits and what works I'm cool with. So I go get in line and waited.. and waited... and waited some more to get a fitting room. So I try the size 2's, didn't even get pass my upper thighs, tried the 4's then the 6 and the same problem...