Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Scout Camp Issues

I lost the e-mail Pete gave me from Scout Camp so I could finish a requirement and send it to him to finish a merit badge. I thought I knew it, but woe is me. So, I decided to scout the internet because, as I learned from my Internet Safety class that I also took at Scout Camp, small traces of information can lead to big things.

So, I searched his name, which is very unique (and by that, I mean his last name). I found out that he has a Facebook account. I don't have a Facebook account, but from what it could show me was his picture and his location. His picture showed it was obviously him...
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and his location showed a small city in Illinois, which is where Camp Bunn was.

Thanks to some good work by my dad, we found out he had a Steam account. Thanks to us goofing off a little at camp, I found that he had Steam games (Portal, Left 4 Dead, etc.), so it made sense. Unfortunately, he had to be my friend to send him a message, and he disabled being able to leave comments on his profile. And begin inactive for the past 2 weeks didn't help either. But, there was still some small light of hope.

I searched up his username and found that it too was unique. The only places I could find his username were on technology-related sites, so I knew it was probably him. However, in each of his profiles, he didn't give away any of his personal information. (Good for him.) The only way I could find his email address with my information was to pay some money to some service, which I was not doing.

Or, I could just email the camp director Miss Lisa, whose email was provided on the Camp Bunn website, and ask her for Pete's email.

So sure, I didn't get as far as I planned, but think about how close I got, and how easy it was to get the information. Plus, if I just continued to refresh his Facebook page, I could probably see all his friends. But then again, I did have some previous experience with this guy, so I knew what he looked like, what his interests were, and where he lived. But, still...

UPDATE: She has e-mailed me back, and said she'd be happy to help. Yay!

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Back from the Scouters

Back from camp. Lots of stuff to say. But, I'll keep it short.

There was this German exchange scout, Alex, that got to go to camp for free. The first-year boys would not stop gawking over her. (She taught Cooking)

Me: "What's your favorite merit badge?"
Some kid: "Cooookkkiinnggg...." *slobbers*
Me: *SMACK*

Me: *eating lunch*
Some other kid: "See Alex?"
Me: "Yeah?"
Some other kid: "She's getting fruit. She always does."
Me: *SMACK*

But that wasn't the end of it. What was such a funny, disturbingly strange coincidence was that during the Family Night Skit Night, he pants sagged, and showed her underwear. Of course, I'm sure this was on accident, because as soon as she stood up, it fixed itself.

Also, for those that care, here are my three favorite counselors from Camp Bunn this year:
1. Pete (Computers, Climbing)
2. Booger (Was at Climbing)
3. OopieDoopie (Backpacking)

It was fun. By far, better than S-F. Highly reccomended.