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Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:49:56 GMT

Rachel's Election Day: Final Edition

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:36:54 GMT

7:30 am - Awoke to see the cute lil Obama family on TV casting their votes in Chicago. The news commentators commented on how much grey his hair has accumulated in the past 2 years since he announced he was running for prez. Imagine what he will look like after 4 years.

Rest of the day:

(this is sort of long, mostly for the benefit of my own memory cause i dont want to forget the details)

Spent some time contemplating what was gonna happen and rewatched the "yes we can" music video and a few other videos to get fired up. put on my "i heart obama" shirt and my "catholics for obama" pin and headed out the door

was to nervous to eat, so stopped at starbucks for a vivano on the way to the brown line. so sad. even on my day off i still end up there

took the train to the airport to get papa ken and aunt julie. sat on the lake side in hopes of catching a glimpse of the action. got a little teary eyed seeing everyone head over to grant park

found dad and julie, took train back into the loop. got off near our hotel

got smacked in the face by the freaking intense obama energy as soon as i set foot in the area. vendors were everywhere selling buttons and shirts and posters, people were so excited, it was awesome

didnt even get to the hotel elevator before screams erupted from the bar and everyone went running to see that pennsylvania had gone blue, papa ken was yelling and high fiving people, it was like all these strangers were suddenly best friends for a night

took in the sick views of the crowds getting ready from our window while we and pizza and watched msnbc and cnn announce more states including my lovely great state of OHIO!!!!!!

called my grandparents to tell them what the scene was like. talked to mama, texted with the roomies

put on our sweet vip badges and headed to the staff/press entrance, had to argue with a few cops on the way who insisted we needed to get in the regular line, but we ignored them

went through about 8 rounds of security, not knowing where we would end up, but slowly realizing we were getting very close to the main lights. including one check by one of my regulars at starbucks, hes a cop

suddenly realized we were going to be at the main stage literally 50 feet from obama, surrounded by more press than i have ever seen

stood with mouth wide open for like 20 minutes not believing where i was and how close i was to the action

papa ken left to find a seat for a while and on the way saw chris rock, oprah, howard dean, amd some other famous folks

watched the returns come in and the crowd counted down to the polls closing on the west coast.

immedietly the screen read "barak obama elected president" and the crowd went flippin nuts, screaming, crying, jumping, hugging, cheering, dancing, sobbing, laughing... it was an unbelievable moment full of every emotion imaginable.

to be continued....im sleepy

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:15:58 GMT

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...

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:58:58 GMT

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?

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:30:06 GMT

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.

todays discussion questions

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:50:18 GMT

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.

me and my favorite

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:45:44 GMT

my sissy visits tomorrow!!!

Sat, 02 Sep 2006 07:12:16 GMT

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.

Fri, 04 Aug 2006 09:48:39 GMT

HOME IN 8 DAYS!!

get excited kids!

22 IN 10 DAYS!!

thats scary.

Mon, 17 Jul 2006 02:32:02 GMT

a. yes im still alive

b. new blog post here

c. ill update this one soon. i promise.

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 05:55:09 GMT

rachels lj is going friends only...

Clearly you've never been to Singapore

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 09:24:51 GMT

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.

Tue, 30 May 2006 02:28:21 GMT

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.

its picture time!

Sat, 27 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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.

Thu, 18 May 2006 04:22:15 GMT

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.

12 hours till departure

Mon, 08 May 2006 21:33:36 GMT

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.

17 hours until my doom

Sun, 30 Apr 2006 19:06:32 GMT

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.

pic of the day

Sat, 29 Apr 2006 08:41:29 GMT

i love this pic for sooo many reasons. 1st and foremost: because kristi is f*ing crazy and i love her. 2ndly, i have no idea who the hell that kid is who decided to poke his head into my pic. and 3rdly, emily is wasted in her lil fuzzy hat, and it brings me joy. i miss those girls. i havent seen nearly enough of them this year. yay for drunken pictures!

pic of the day

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 08:15:37 GMT

13 days till asia. getting more scared by the minute.

im implementing a new journal policy. the picture of the day - one of my fav pics selected from the hundreds of pics i have on this lil computer.

todays pic:

this pic is one of my favs, because honestly, whats the only thing cuter than a puppy or a baby? ill tell you, a puppy AND a baby. especially when its my puppy and my nephew involved. basically this pic sums up the relationship between aubrey and adrian. aubs is always trying lick him and bother him, and adrian usually is ignoring her. they get along though. im just glad hes not scared of her or anything. so yeah, i love this pic.

time for an update...

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 06:31:20 GMT

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.

totally unplanned, everyone showed up in green (josh, kassandre, me, cara, mike)

the tuesday night crew: me christine and josh (im not pointing, it was a "rock on" hand that got cut off)

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.

TIMS rocking out. nick looks so scary.

a drunken pat took over the mic. i love that kid.

this picture entertains me. joe is hardcore.

matt and andi rocking out

me and my hill duff/chick flick partners in crime. (maggie, laura, stephanie, me)

me and justin. arent we cute.

me and joseph

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?

aww, emmy looks so prity.

mike and emily doing a duet

i tried not to post stuff other people have already posted, but i love love love this picture. it might be my fav pic of the year. emily and i are 21 and we are awesome!

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

this is a long one...

Wed, 19 Apr 2006 07:49:42 GMT

life sucks, and then you die.
-mel's thoughts for the day

aint that the truth.

its 3am, and im avoiding writting my 4-5 page paper thats due at 10am by updating the old LJ. here are my thoughts for april 19th 2006:

-easter break was quite lovely. it is always fun to have the whole family together. as usual, the baby is cute, the brother is stressing out the parents, and the sister is breaking traditions left and right (and i mean that as a compliment) easter in chicago was different, but lovely. it was my 1st easter not at st. brigid that i can remember. her church is so nice though, i might almost like it better. i had no easter basket, no colored eggs, no ham and green bean cassarole, but ya know what, i cant say i missed any of it. our new easter traditions consisted of a healthy home cooked brunch the day before easter, and spanish tapas the day of. moral of the story. easter=great.

and then ohio came back, and with it came the sinking pit in my stomach. i feel physically ill about school. seriously, i was so relaxed all weekend, then the second i saw the 1st dayton exit on the way back to c-bus, i felt like i was gonna puke. i could not be any more done with school if i tried. i have surpassed apathetic. i just simply dont want to be here, i dont want to do the work, i dont want to pretend to want to do the work. my dad found out that i might fail accounting, and he asked me what happened. i told him i didnt have a good answer for him. the answer i should have given him was "i dont care and i cant focus" but i dont think that answer would have gone over very well, but that would be the honest truth. i just dont care, and i cant make myself. i feel sick about the future. i feel like im failing at life as we speak and theres nothing i can do to stop it. i realize of course that this is not true, but i cant help feeling it. i think asia is just what i need right now. i need to be totally removed from my current life, cause my current life is driving me to insanity.

Rachel's Easter Essay
The following is based 100% on Rachel's opinions.

Judas: The Hero of Christianity

So, we all know the story. Judas betrays Jesus. He kisses him in the garden, the soliders take Jesus away, next thing you know, Jesus is hanging on a cross atop a hill and who has all of humanity blamed for this? Judas. If you ask me, this is some serious crap. I say Judas is innocent, in fact, i will go so far as to make the claim that judas is the 2nd most important person in the new testament, 2nd to Jesus himself of course (mabye you could say 3rd after Mary, but thats beside the point). The point is this: Jesus wanted Judas to turn him in, because without the crucifixion, we cant be saved. Without the crucifixion, Jesus cant rise from the dead; Christianity cannot exist. Jesus knew from day 1 that Judas was the one chosen for this important task, and he chose him for his apostle because of it. It all goes back to my Dumbledore/Snape theory (assuming im correct about that one). I refuse to believe that Dumbledore would be foolish enough to place his trust in someone like Snape unless he wanted him to do what he did. He is too smart to fall into that trap otherwise. Likewise, I have a hard time believing Jesus would be duped into trusting Judas if he didnt want to be handed over by him. To blame Judas is crazy. I believe that there is nothing Judas could have done to avoid his fate. His only purpose in life, was to condemn the son of God to die, and as a direct result of that action, all of humanity is saved. So if A=B and B=C then we owe our salvation to Judas. Judas was nothing more than a pawn in Gods plan. So thank you Judas and Happy Easter, without your services millions of christians worldwide would be without a religion and without a savior. I hope you had a happy easter chillin up there with your pal Jesus. Thats my story and im sticking to it.

by the way. Judas "betrays" jesus, and he gets damned for eternity. peter denies jesus, and he ends up with the keys to the pearly gates. whats up with that deal?!?!

welcome to chi-city!

Fri, 14 Apr 2006 12:58:47 GMT

so i seem to have concerned a few people with my last entry. sorry bout that, and thanks for being concerned. things were just building up and that was shaping up to be one shitty ass day/week. it actually ended up being a really good day. i went out to dinner with a group of people from the asia trip. we went to this yeally good thai resturant. guess what i ate? raw eel! it actually wasnt too bad. i probly wouldnt eat it again though. i had some other sushi too. i don think sushi is really for me, but theres a lot in asia, so mabye i just need to try some more. so anyway, that was fun. we ordered a bunch of different dishes and then just passed them all around so we could try some new stuff. my fav was the mango curry. i am really really really looking forward to this trip.

now im in chicago. i really do love this place. especially when its so warm like this. i cant wait to live here. adrian should be here around 1. hes soo cute. i wont get to see him again till i get back from my trip. mabye not till thanksgiving. im gonna have to fly up there for a weekend or something when i get back. i will miss him.

ya know, even though ill be going to mass 3-4 times over the next 4 days, i really enjoy holy week. its weird not being at my church, (this is my 1st easter not in dublin ever) but in a way its almost better, ya know, to get to see a different perspective. holy thursday mass was lovely. although i got pissed at the reading (as usual) calling my favorite "unclean". ill delve into my theories about judas later, but in a nutshell, he is not guilty. if anything, hes a hero. by the way, i think snape is judas, if we were to do a biblical analogy. i should be sleeping. i just wasted a perfectly good 30 min on this while the sis is at the gym. goodbye.

happy good friday.

Wed, 05 Apr 2006 23:02:12 GMT

its been a very interesting week.

*we freaking dominated at vollyball, even though my serving is kinda shitty, i think i was good other than that.

*i watched like 4 hours of felicity on sunday when i was particularly depressed. i find felicity cures everything and makes your own problems seem a lot smaller when compared to pregnancy scares, dying alcoholic parents, drug addict roomates with armed boyfriends, college dropouts, stalkers... the list goes on. the point is. i love that show.

*i got mail yesterday, it made my week!

*i cant stop thinking about HP. thats cool people terminology for Harry Potter. im having some serious inner turmoil going on regarding snape. i wont go into details in case anyone is still planning on reading it, but if you have read it, you know of what i speak. i just cant deal with it!

*my parents are in puerto rico. im jealous. i miss aubrey.

*my name is in joes new cd! i feel so proud!

*i heard jane goodall speak today. what an amazing and inspiring woman! she is such a cute little old lady with so many amazing stories and so much good advice for future generations. i can honestly say it was an honor to get to hear her talk.

*in a nutshell, this week has been 1/4 horrible, 1/4 wonderful, 1/4 emotional, 1/4 stressful, and only 4/7 over.

Sun, 02 Apr 2006 19:46:48 GMT

14 days of classes left. thats scary! i have a lot of work to do between now and then. I have a feeling the next year of my life is going to be like one big blur. it feels like graduation is literally right around the corner.

well, my dr. apt sucked. im not really sure what to say about it, cause to be honest i really dont want to talk about it, which is weird for me. usually when there is stuff going on in my life i dont hesitate to tell people about it. i like to keep my life an open book, if u wanna know something about me, just ask. but i dunno. for some reason this is different. So i will just say this, the good news is, ill be fine, the bad news is, "fine" requires a shit ton of work on my part in an area i already suck at. i dunno, the whole thing pretty much depresses me, but hey, sometimes life hands you lemons, and you all know how much i love lemonade!

thats all for now, i got work to do.

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 19:09:38 GMT

life has been oddly busy for me lately. which isnt really all that cool. i like to keep things simple and i like my free time.

i keep getting these pangs of nervousness about asia. im not supposed to be nervous yet! grr...

i gotta go home friday for a dr. apt. then i gotta be back by sat morning for the asia meeting. when did my weekends get so full. i miss those weekends where i would go out fri. night, sleep in till 3 on sat and repeat.

i play intermural volleyball now. its really fun, but our team isnt all that great. i think we are gonna have a practice on sunday, which we need. hopefully after a few of those we can turn things around.

yesterday was joes birthday, i tried to call him and wish him a happy one but he wasnt there. i dont talk to that kid very much anymore, and it makes me sad (i love how im talking about people that read my journal, but hey, sometimes i just have stuff to say). we were bff in the watt days, but alas, people move on and life changes it seems. its not like were not friends anymore, cause i hope we always will be, but it just aint the same. so anyway, enough of that. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSEPHUS! you are and forever will be hardcore wicked awesome to the max! (havent used that one in a while, eh?)

yay accounting was only 15 min long today! now i gotta get to work on my powerpoint for Modern African History, so peace out kiddies.