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when i think about november 4, 2008 i want to weep uncontrollably. either because i am terrified of what wont happen, or because i am so overjoyed at the possibility that this man, this half african man... just like me, who i believe sooo much in has the chance to make history. i will boil over with pride that i live in a nation that can make that impossible dream come true, and for one night i will be in the center of the universe to watch it happen. my eyes are welling up just imagining it. its all i can think of...

i dont feel like updating, but i feel like i should.

what should i be for halloween

1- pirate
2- barista

those are the only ideas i have... thats pretty lame. im thinking ill just be a barista so i dont have to buy anything. any ideas?

why is it the only times i want to update are when im depressed. i guess happiness just isnt interesting. i dunno.

- i miss home. a lot.
- elderly mentally ill people make me want to cry.
- 3/4 of my store hates our boss and hates their job.

26 men out of 100 hate statistics while 34 women out of 100 hate statistics? is this a statistically significant proportion? Define the correlation coefficient. State the regression equation and interpret.

discuss...



is it ethical for a salesperson to entertain clients at a strip club?

discuss...



is the theory of moral relativism a sound one? aka "ive never been in your shoes so who am i to judge what you do."

discuss...



how many marketing 455 students does it take to finish a draft of a paper?

aparently more than 6. 



this is what i did in school today.

rachel's movie reviews!!

little miss sunshine *****

what a fan-freakin-tastic movie. it was funny, it was moving, it was inspiring, it really was one of the best movies ive seen in a long time. i think it deserves some oscar nods. go see it. and if you dont like it, ill give you your money back (j/k, dont you dare try to cash in on this one).

hill and alan are visiting tomorrow. yay! im excited. this should be a fun one.

i had lunch with papa ken today. it was only at the dining hall, because i was at work, but it was quite nice. im going to the ND game with him next weekend. should be a fun time. i got to see pics of adrian. he looks like a little person, its weird. i need to go visit sometime this fall and see him.

things making life happy right now:
-both my former roomates are back in town
-i have more dvds than i know what to do with
-ice cream is delicious
-the sims 2 nightlife expansion pack
-asap people in all my classes
-fun marketing projects at the galley
-fall weather
-a fully decorated house

things making life suck right now:
-watching too much sex and the city making me introspective
-everyone in the free world getting married
-ice cream is delicious
-accounting homework
-a steep staircase between me and the rest of the world along with an ankle that still hurts from my mishap in tokyo
-being 22. its too old.

HOME IN 8 DAYS!!

get excited kids!

22 IN 10 DAYS!!

thats scary.

a. yes im still alive

b. new blog post here

c. ill update this one soon. i promise.

rachels lj is going friends only...

silly jack sparrow, i have been so singapore. im there right now!

btw, saw an awesome billboard the other day in malaysia for pirates 2. July 13th, i cant wait! ill be in bangkok then.

so singapore has been good so far. we havent done much, just got here yesterday. today we had our econ final, so all we have been doing since we got here is study. wesley got here today. i think it will be fun to have him here, but i think he will be a lot tougher than lau has been. im gonna miss good old t.lau. hes an amazing teacher, and a good guide.

tonight were going to some mexican resturant where all the expats hang out, then i think were gonna drink away the sorrows of our econ test. but we have to be careful we dont get arrested for public drunkeness. singapore is a very law and order society.

malaysia was great. if nothing else, we ate really well there. the local food is awesome. i had a lot of indian food and a lot of local fruits. good times. we were only there for 3 days, it would have been nice to stay longer. i feel like i didnt get to see much.

im starting to miss home. i made the mistake of looking at pictures the other night on my computer and it made me sad. plus our flight yesterday was super turbulent and we thought we were gonna die for awhile and that made me sad too cause i wouldnt get to say goodbye to people and tell them i love them and all that. the group is still kinda weird, and i guess i dont feel like i can totally be myself here yet. i have 2 selves. the introverted self, and the crazy rachel self. i prefer to be the crazy rachel self, but its hard unless i feel comfortable. and im guessing since the crazy rachel self isnt here, that that means i dont feel comfortable. does any of this make sense? or am i sounding insane. anyway. in case you guys didnt already know it. i miss you. i am sooo excited for my parents to visit in bangkok. they will get here on the 4th of july. that will be a happy day.

so kids, you all have been spoiled with me being online for the past 3 days. i know you all miss me terribly, and its hard to continue on, but i know you can do it. you will see no more of me till malaysia. i have been living on the internet, and thats really lame of me, plus really expensive. so shed your tears now, cause this is it.

it has rained every single day, all day, in hong kong, and according to weather.com, it will do the same in mayalsia. that sucks.

two notices: unless you specifically told me you wanted a gift, you probly arent gonna get one. so if there are any requests, feel free to post, and ill do what i can. if you wanted anything from japan or china, sorry, its too late. even if you already told me what you want, please remind me, cause i never wrote them down. except joe-shirt from malaysia, see i paid attention this time.

second notice. thanks guys for all the fun comments on the blogspot, but for future references, lets keep that one family friendly. all my relatives read that, and my dad asked, "who signed their name "the one with the big boobs"" (good job mel haha - i love you), mavis knew the answer, haha. oh and i would request that no one mention my ankle on there, i never told the parents i sprained it. no point in worrying them right? right.

thanks kids, love you all. peace out.

hot sumo dudes in tokyo

representing dublin in tokyo

a temple in nikko

my new asian bf

some of the girls in nikko

a cool buddhist tower at the fobidden city

some of us at the forbidden city

me and the cute lil elephant

see those little blue tents on the left hand side. yeah, thats where we started, we basically climbed a freakin mountain. i wanted to die.

i kicked that wall's ass

im going to disneyland tomorrow. im so freaking excited!
thats all for now kids. i miss you.

hello friends!

yea! rachel is alive. well, im in beijing right now. this is one of the dirtiest cities ive ever been to. the only thing worth coming here for is the great wall, which i climbed yesterday. it was freaking insane. not gonna lie, my legs still feel like they are gonna fall off. the part we climbed is straight up the side of a mountain. but other than that, all there is in beijing is dirt and poverty. people are very agressive here. the beggars on the street will literally grab you and ask you for money. its quite depressing and quite disturbing. so far i think i liked japan way more than china. especially nikko. nikko was sooo pretty and peaceful. i could seriously retire there. on sat we are going to shanghai, which sounds like it will be better than beijing.

language has been quite the challenge. half the time i have no idea what im eating. i just point to things on the menu and hope for the best. we gave in and went to pizza hit for dinner last night. even that was weird. we got the american special, which was pepperoni, but the pizza they eat has smoked salmon and wasabi and octopus and all this weird shit on it. for the most part we try and eat the local stuff, but we def miss american food, and a lot of the group makes regular trips to mcdonalds.

well. i gotta go. we are going to the forbidden city in a few minutes. talk to you all later. keep it real. eat some wendys for me.

well kids, heres my last update from the states. i have to say, im sorta freaking out. i keep having these moments of "what the hell am i doing?!?!?!". overall though, im ready, and im excited, and i think i really need this adventure. i feel like im about to take a leap into a whole new life. like things wont be the same after this. and i think thats good. ill probly update this one a bit while im gone, but for the most part im gonna stick to my other blog.

Rachel's Asia Blog

so check that out if you wanna see what im up to. also, emails are always welcome and appreciated.

you guys are awesome and i love you all and i will miss you soooooo much. keep it real. dont let the man bring you down.

pretty much gonna live in the library today, trying despretly to save my accounting grade.

so the best news of the week, actually the best news of the year, is that i am moving up in the world at flyer enterprises. i am now the advertising assistant at the galley (my current place of employment). i cannot tell you all how excited i am for this job. i think my roomates thought i was crazy, cause i was 100% convinced that i was gonna get the job. i even felt kinda stupid after the interview because i realized i sort of talked about the job as if it were already mine. mabye they liked that. but hey, i wanted it badly, and would have been seriously dissapointed if i hadnt gotten it. i think im going to be very good at it. it is the perfect combo of my "artistic, creative, craft loving" self, and my "marketing major, i need to learn more about business" self. it is gonna be wonderful, and i cant freaking wait. i already have so many ideas swimming around this little head of mine. I have an actual job title! i feel so grown up.

9 days till asia, 9 days till asia, 9 days till asia....i think i just pee'd myself.

nervousness has def set in. i feel like i have so much to do before i go. so many people to see, so much crap to buy, gotta get my hair done, doctors appointments, finals, gotta pack....IM LOSIN IT!

ok, time to go study with mike. thank you mike for saving my accounting grade. i owe you a beer.

this weekend was kinda sorta amazing. it was just what i needed to remove myself from this funk ive been in for the past few weeks.

thursday: the galley bowling outing. let me just say, i love the galley, i love the people, i love the food, i just love everything. we all went to capri lanes to bowl. it was a super fun time. the lanes were really shitty, but i did pretty well overall. everyone there knows i was on the team in high school, so i felt like they were expecting great things from me. i did well enough to win a beer from josh cause i beat him in the 3rd game! go me! heres some pics, cause pics are fun.


friday: had to go to c-bus for a dr. appointment which was less than fun. then i went home, got to cut the grass (lucky me eh?) and pretty much headed straight back to school in the rain and horrible traffic where i thought i was gonna fall asleep at the wheel so i kept the cold air on high to keep me awake. this half of a day was the only bad part of my weekend. i didnt make it back in time for joes show, so i took a nap. then i headed over to justins and had a nice little asia chat with him. eventually joe and maggie and steph and the band and all those awesome people showed up and this is my suitcase played the most awesome set ever. granted it was my 1st time seeing them, so i had very little to compare it to, but i was very very impressed. they rocked, to say the least. it was quite lovely to be around my c-bus friends again. i havent seen much of them lately. it actually made me really sad when they finally left, almost as if my family were leaving. its nice to have a piece of home at school from time to time. lets just say, it was a fantabulous night.  good music , good friends, good fun. time for more pics i think.


saturday: sat was little emmys concert. she sand soooo beautifully. i was quite proud of my roomie. i really am going to miss her next year, even if she doesnt think so. i have been lucky enough to share a room with two totally amazing and two totally different people while at college. next year...well, ya gotta downgrade at some point i guess. (just kidding mel, i love you, we will be the best roomies ever)

anyway, i digress. emilys concert was wonderful. we got her pretty flowers. her fam took us out to dinner at applebees, then we decided to get wasted and proceeded to do so. we did a power hour with mike and her brother while emily went to her music frat stuff at tims. we showed up later when we were good and drunk and im pretty sure i made a fool of myself dancing the night away. it was sooo much fun though. i dragged emilys dad up to dance with us, haha. i dont even want to know what he thought of his daughters drunken roomates. we wandered around a bit after that, but nothing was really going on, so it was sleepy time. more pictures anyone?


sunday: i did nothing. literally nothing all day. i havent had a sunday like that since 1st semester i dont think. it was great.