blog-casting from the 951

im dumping blogger.

2010-04-25T21:56:00.000-07:00

well i guess technically i already dumped it.

or at least neglected it for a few months.

but i have been using tumblr a little more regularly.

so if you would like to follow me at raychillw.tumblr.com that is where you will find future posts.

not my senior semester.

2010-01-07T04:11:00.000-08:00

if everything went according to plan i would be graduating in 4 months.

most of my closest friends are graduating in 4 months.

my roommates are graduating in 4 months.

a lot of my friends from high school are graduating in 4 months.

i am not graduating in 4 months.

i changed majors a few times.

i took a lot of expensive naps my freshman year (ie did not pass a few classes).

i decided to double major (art and graphic design are two separate programs, fyi).

this is just a weird place to be. today was the first day of classes and everyone is talking about their FINAL SEMESTER. but it's not mine.

i mean on the plus side i get to avoid the "real world" a little longer.

i love being at cbu. i love the community. i love that i can always find a group of people to hang out with. but next year, while i will still be here, most of the people who make this place so incredible will not.

i'll miss you guys.

just kidding.

2009-12-31T01:48:00.000-08:00

i changed a few of the classes i was taking.

this is my updated schedule... not that anyone cares. well except for those two anonymous people who left comments asking me to look at their hot new pics on my last blog... (i need to change my commenting settings)

m/w/f 10-11 advanced art

m/w/f 11-12 the history of modern america

mon 2-5 advanced typography

wed 2-5 drawing:perspective

tues/thurs 2- 3:20 color, theory and application

online- web design, html and css

i have to take alternative chapel. which means i have to listen to the chapel podcasts and take an online quiz because my classes conflict with the chapel times.

i decided i should at least take one general ed class, that way next semester i will have a more balanced schedule of design/art/gen ed classes.

school.

2009-12-22T14:15:00.001-08:00

i finally registered for my spring classes.

next semester i am taking 18 units of art and graphic design classes... no general ed for me.

my schedule is:

m/w/f 10-11 advanced art

mononday 2-5 advanced typography

tuesday/thursday 2-3:20 color: theory and application

tuesday/thursday 4:30-5:50 film as a visual art

friday 2-5 advanced image

and one online class: web design and css

im pretty happy with it. on m/w/f my first class is at 10

tues/thurs my first class is at 2 in the afternoon!

one of those weeks.

2009-12-11T12:25:00.000-08:00

i don't know what it is but december has been hard.

today i had to do some photo retouching in one of my classes and im using a picture that i took in louisiana.

im really missing that period in my life. it was hard. but i just grew so much and learned so much about myself.

why do i get all nostalgic like this?

i just thought i spelled nostalgic incorrectly so i looked it up.

yep... nostalgic is fo sho how i am feeling.

–noun

1.	a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time: a nostalgia for his college days.

2.	something that elicits or displays nostalgia.

in other news... my hands still have some gorilla glue on them. it has been three days. the napkin bits are mostly gone but my hands look all dry and peely but also shiny. and i can't snap.

glue.

2009-12-09T01:27:00.000-08:00

yesterday i was scolded for neglecting my blog.

tonight i was working on my stupid model gallery project. i felt like i was in fourth grade building a model of a mission or something. only this time i didn't have my dad to help and give me guidance.

first i had to go to walmart (ew) (but thanks for taking me jackie!) because target was closed.

so i got home and measured and drew up the blue prints on the foam core. and then it was time to cut. i got all the walls and stuff cut out and i was ready to glue.

while gluing everything together i got a little gorilla glue on my hands. i tried washing them with soap and water. that only seemed to make everything worse. corinne suggested trying nail polish remover. that didn't remove the glue... instead pieces of the cotton ball that i was using to wipe it off just got stuck to my hand.

i ended up soaking my hands in hot soapy water and scrubbing with some exfoliating face wash for about 20 minutes. now my skin just feels rough and weird.

peeing in class.

2009-10-28T02:01:00.000-07:00

ok, first of all i know "peeing" isn't the most ladylike term. i should say "using the restroom" or something like that. but i'm lazy.

although, explaining that probably took just as long. if not longer.

well.

i have a problem. i am totally not comfortable with leaving in the middle of a class to use the bathroom. there are a few reasons for this.

-i feel like its awkward to stand up in the middle of class and walk out

-its equally, if not more, awkward to ask for permission to leave

-i think it's kinda rude to leave while the professor is lecturing

-what if i miss something important while i am out of class

-what if i get back to class and the professor opens it up for discussion, then i will have no idea about what has already been covered

(side note: a pet peeve of mine is when people ask questions about things that have clearly been covered... just pay attention... you are wasting everyone's time)

-what if there is a line when i get to the bathroom? and then i have to wait? and then i get back and everyone wonders what i did in there... so awkward!

basically i just can't do it.

today in my christian social ethics class i had to go. i had to go bad.

it was 2:30. that three hour class goes till 5. the first week of school my classmates decided that instead of taking our allotted break halfway through the class we would rather get out of class 10 minutes early.

so it is 2:30 and i have to "hold it" till 4:30 at best.

around 3:30 im freaking out. i am probably majorly doing the potty dance in my seat. i am thinking that maybe i will have to break my streak of never peeing during a class and just excuse myself.

oh but i can't do that. if it was just a normal day maybe i would... but no. it is not a normal day, my professor's mentor came to talk to us. this is the man that inspired dr stumpf to teach. i can't just get up and leave in the middle of his lecture.

at 4 he has us break into groups to discuss something. and i think that maybe now is my chance. but just as i get up the courage to go he starts lecturing again.

i feel like i might pass out. i start picking away at my nail polish to take my mind off it. i don't know if i can make it. but now it's 4:15, wayyyy to late to get up and go. what if i leave and then class ends while im gone. and i have to come back to an empty class room. or what if all the students are gone but my professor stayed to make sure i was ok. maybe at that point i just wouldn't go back for my stuff.

finally the end is in sight. it's that point in class when it is acceptable to begin slowly packing up your stuff. i get everything together and put my backpack on. i can't sit still. the pain is so bad. i am planning on running to the bathroom, i have plotted my route in my mind.

class dismissed. i sprint to the bathroom. relief.

gallery methods.

2009-10-13T23:29:00.000-07:00

my favorite class this semester is gallery methods.

the 8 of us in the class are responsible for maintaining our on campus gallery. so far i have learned how to hang art, i have filled tons of nail holes, and i have painted a few walls.

the other thing my class does is put together the student art competition. we were supposed to put a poster together for the comp. and this is what kelly and i came up with.

twirp.

2009-10-12T21:21:00.000-07:00

a few weeks ago was twirp (the woman is required to pay) week at cbu. it's basically a whole week of sadie hawkins things to do. girls get pretty creative when asking the guys out to the different events.

jillian and i decided to twirp our friends sam and andrew. we made a whole picture puzzle scavenger hunt for them and with the help of our roommates and a lot of hours being creative together we pulled it off.

we took the guys to knotts scary farm. and scary it was. none of us had been before so we weren't quite sure what we were getting ourselves into.

at first i was terrified. and i just didn't want to be there. but by the end of the night it was kinda the same thing over and over again. so the monsters popping out of the fog and chasing us down the streets didn't phase me anymore.

grandpa

2009-10-11T16:40:00.000-07:00

last sunday i got the phone call that my grandpa had passed away. his funeral was thursday and while it was hard but it was so encouraging to know that he was a believer and i know that he is in heaven right now.

"a quiet man of integrity, Bill will be remembered for his sometimes unique approach to problem solving"

so true. one of my favorite memories of grandpa would be when jacob was climbing a tree and ripped his shorts. so grandpa used a hot glue gun to fix his shorts.

sorry for the lack of blogs.

2009-09-22T22:05:00.000-07:00

hmm. this photo booth pic does not look good.

it was brought to my attention (by jillian) that it had been almost a month since i had blogged.

i am back at cbu. i am so glad to be back. i just love living so close to all my friends and just having the community around me.

in other news i am the design editor for the banner. despite having no experience with InDesign i was able to get the job, and i have been learning so much and putting in a lot of hours. im really thankful to have this opportunity.

so go pick up a banner and tell me what you think.

ill update more i promise. but really its hard to keep the blog alive when i am constantly twittering.

oregon.

2009-08-28T23:42:00.000-07:00

I always seem to have random adventures with alisha.

We left riverside wednesday, our plan was simple:

1. wednesday- go to redding california to drop heather off at simpson

2. thursday- drive through oregon and stop in vancouver washington at courtney's house

3. friday- go to alisha's school in kirkland and move her in and then spend the day in seattle

but that is not what happened.

her car broke down in southern oregon. we were stopped on the side of the i-5. we got towed. we were waiting for the tow truck to get to us and decided to be productive and paint our nails.

got a room at the seven feathers casino in canyonville oregon. population: 1400. we were pretty much the onlyt ones at the hotel who didn't qualify for a senior discount.

here's leesh at dinenr surrounded by old ladies.

after dinner we went into town to check out the pioneer days... canyonville's celebration of oregon's 150th birthday. it was cute. we swear by this point the whole town knew there were two girls there from california whose car had broke down in their town.

we were both tired from the day and we went to bed early. thursday morn the car was ready to go so we were on our way to vancouver washington to court's house. we made it and then went back down to portland for the evening.

made a stop at voodoo doughnuts. i had a maple bacon bar

delish. i really love cities, and portland was no exception. it seemed so clean and i love all the trees surrounding it. after that we went to a bible study.

tomorrow we leave for alisha's school. we are moving her into the dorms and then going into seattle to explore.

we have met so many weird/random/interesting people on our trip so far... and im not going home till wednesday, so only God knows what elese is in store for us.

The office.

2009-08-04T23:37:00.000-07:00

AHHHHHHH!

ok. today heather, edgar and I decided to go into la to find a random adventure. on the way there we were looking on the iphone for "top FREE things to do in la and that sort of thing

We found the address for the exterior filming of the Scranton Business park and the Dunder Miffilin parking lot so we decided to go.

we pulled up and there's Andy (david wallace) standing outside talking to some fans from texas. he was so nice and he remembered our names and introduced us to some sound people who came over to tell him that he was going to start filming. Andy told us we could watch his scene with John (jim) from the parking lot. so we waited.

and we saw them film but i honestly have no idea what happened in the scene except for a serious conversation between jim and david wallace that ended with jim walking away.

but then we waited by the exit and oscar drove up to the gate, parked his car, and got out to take a picture with us.

and then the same thing happened with Kate (Meridith)

we waited a few more minutes and saw John Krasinski getting into his car. and we were excited. and then he drove off the lot and waved and we thought he wasn't going to stop. but he totally did. basically parked his car in the street and took a picture with us.

apparently people just started coming two weeks ago, before this season they didn't even have security guards or anything. so if you want to take a trip to scranton i suggest doing it before they get too swamped with fans.

tadpoleing and marshmallow feet.

2009-08-02T03:51:00.000-07:00

i don't know what it is.

but i just do not feel like writing sentences and paragraphs and stuff.

so i just upload videos.

i think it might be that i have been on summer break for 3 months now.

im entering the last month of break.

here we go august. let's make this a good month.

please enjoy this video of alisha, ellise, and cayla hanging out at the canyon crest town center tadpoling in the little stream.

seriously. i love summer and the random things that happen.

and here is another video.

this is a game we played at jr high youth group.

i feel like someone should make some sort of fear factor/amazing race/wipeout for 12-14 year olds. i know it would be entertaining.

seriously.

summer camp.

2009-07-18T10:48:00.000-07:00

Last week i went to jr high summer camp at thousand pines.

i had a blast. i learned so much. and my team won the recreation competition. (go stealth strikers!)

i had 11 crazy girls in my yurt. (a yurt is dome shaped tent thing. think parent trap.)

please enjoy this video of my girls beating each other up.

chicago.

2009-07-11T23:48:00.000-07:00

last week i spent my 21st birthday in chicago.

i had an amazing time.

i really love big cities. i love taking public transportation. i love being surrounded by thousands of people i do not know. i love talking to strangers.

i got to stay with my friend emily, she goes to school at loyola university. i really liked all her friends. we hung out with her rugby team a few nights. they are crazy. i feel like they would have all played water polo if they lived in so cal.

i have been out of state for my past three birthdays.

19- cambodia

20- louisiana

21- chicago

where will i be on my 22nd?

blaaaaaaaaaah.

2009-07-10T01:14:00.000-07:00

ok. i just got back from the longest day at disneyland ever.

it was a really fun day untill the 14th hour when i got cranky.

please enjoy a video of my lil cousin sammy breaking it down to one of the street bands.

i'm not quite sure what to call his unique form of irish jig/hip hop. but it makes me laugh.

so tonight we watched fantasmic. its a water/fireworks/video/multimedia experience all about the power of imagination.

and probably every-time i watch it i get goose bumps.

and i really have so much i want to say right now but im going to journal it instead. (thanks jillian for the journal, btw).

so i originally thought this was going to be a long blog but im going to cut it short and write my thoughts privately now.

digital organization.

2009-06-28T00:23:00.000-07:00

i really like keeping my desktop in order.

i like making folders to keep everything in.

the only problem is sometimes i weave such a complicated web of folders and extensions that things get filed away forever.

until i go looking for something and come across these hidden folders again.

this picture was taking at lunch one day. it was one of those lunches where you just stay in the caf and hang out with like 40 different people and just drink a slurpee and then start playing games and being destructive.

look at that magic spoon!

i have no idea where i grabbed this illustration from. but i saved it because i really liked the style and everything. the balloon reminds me... if you haven't seen Up! yet get on that!!! i loved it.
and...

bears. raccoons. vampires. lincoln. zombies. kittens. robots vhs tapes.

obviously.

'bums.

2009-06-23T02:35:00.000-07:00

as in ALbums.

i like it when abbrevs kinda don't really work.

i have talked about this before but if some unknown person some how stumbled upon my itunes library they would probably be confused as to what kinda person i am. i have so much random music. and usually listen to it on shuffle. or i create a genius playlist. or i listen to one of the many playlists i have created. but lately i have been keeping the family together as the artists intended. there are some albums that just have good flow. that need to be heard in order. that are best kept in a set.

i mean no one wants to break up the band.

some (al)bums i recommend you listen to in their entirety.

manchester orchestra, mean everything to nothing

kanye west, 808s and heartbreak

midlake, the trials of van occupantherphosphorescent, to willie
and mewithoutyou, it's all crazy! it's all false! it's all a dream! it's alright.
yes.

blog about my lack of blogs.

2009-06-23T01:11:00.000-07:00

i love blogging. but lately i have been slacking. liz told me i needed to blog. so here it goes.

i used to go through life thinking "oh this would make a perfect blog" and then i would get home and type it out. maybe include a picture or two. add a few links and call it a day.

and now i just don't have those thoughts. if something particularly noteworthy happens throughout the day i will just twitter about it. and then i get home and look at my blog and know that i want to post something but then i just don't have anything new to share. especially considering the fact that most of you who read this also follow me on twitter.

so i am going to try to recap the summer so far:

movies, quelf, friends, jr high, adventures, watchers, sleep-overs, bbqs, beach, disneyland, secrets, parties, nocturnal, art, music, family, nail polish, building, cleaning, change, catching up, guitar hero, how i met your mother, gossip girl, up!, derassi, say yes to the dress, lemonade, sunshine, wii, good byes, isp send offs, los angeles, and new friends.

things i am looking forward to:

chicago for my birthday!

summer camp!

movies.

2009-06-19T13:24:00.000-07:00

it has been drawn to my attention that there are a lot of "classic movies" that i just have not seen. movies such as

signs
the ring
risky business
dumb an dumber
the goonies
godfather
monty python
indiana jones
termanator
the matrix
braveheart
the bourne movies
final destination

so if anyone out there thinks that i just simply MUST watch one of these movies then i am down. movie night?

salvation mountain.

2009-06-03T09:42:00.000-07:00

yesterday i went on an adventure to salvation mountain with alisha, josiah, and kevin.

seriously the coolest thing ever.

check it out!

can i please do something awesome and meaningful with my life please?

on the way there we stayed on the 10 a little too long and ended up in the middle of nowhere.

it was a cool place for a quick photo tho.
the self timer feature on cameras was a wonderful invention.
seriously i have had a great summer so far. i have loved spending time with lots of different people and getting to do some awesome things.

1 month down.

3 more to go!

things i want.

2009-06-01T00:28:00.000-07:00

let me just be materialistic for a while.

things i want:

an awesome blossom/bloomin onion

hot and sour soup

horseback riding

new episodes of degrassi

longer eyelashes

this delish watermelon lemonade that i invented once

a phone that i can talk on that doesn't sound like everything is distant

to get a really bad sunburn and then have it turn into a tan and have a little bit of my skin peel off

a swim with a beluga whale

dreadlocks

love

a clean room

understanding

live music

friendship

sour patch kids

the south

kumquats

the 6th harry potter book... figures thats the only one i cant find

my fave salad to come back to panera

cbu friends to come back to riverside

pixar's up

life to be a musical

people

people who watch the dumb shows i am into so i can talk about them (skins/the best years)

100 summer dresses

more time with family

more game nights

thats all for now.

sorry for this potentially annoying blog.

6.58/10

2009-05-25T21:24:00.000-07:00

anaface.com takes your face and uses geometry to determine how beautiful your face is.

from their FAQ page: Our specific algorithm is proprietary, but we take into account many factors from neoclassical beauty, modern research papers, and our own scientific studies/statistical analysis. Examples include things such as comparing innerocular distance to mouth width and nose width to face height.

i got a 6.58

my eyes are too small.

and my nose is too wide.

For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.

psalm 139

i love southern california.

2009-05-24T02:26:00.000-07:00

i love so cal.

where else could you plan to go to the beach. then on the way there change your mind and head into hollywood.

and then drive around bel aire and see michael jackson's house, and the jonas brothers house.

then go back to hollywood blvd and see a taping of the jimmy kimmel show.

and then end the night with a trip to the santa monica pier with a ride on the ferris wheel.

now, make a fist. slowly ease it up underneath your chin.

2009-05-20T15:29:00.000-07:00

when i was in jr high the cool thing to do was to go to the mall with your bff find matching shirts, buy them and then go to photmakers to get pictures taken.

you could get 50 wallets each for 20 bucks or something.

then the next day you go to school and pass them out to 50 of your closest friends and write something sentimental on the back like "hey gurlie, i am sooo glad we r friends. stay sweet. don't ever change. love rachel."

found this photo while cleaning my room. i think that this is me in 7th grade with my friend eleanor. well i mean i know it's me and eleanor, but im not sure what year.

you got to pick the background and the color. if you were a ba you would get flames, but we simply chose the cosmic blue background. sometimes they would put random pillars in the background. and the fist under the chin was a must.

hooligans.

2009-05-09T22:49:00.000-07:00

for some reason tonight i was reminiscing about what me and my friends used to do in high school for fun. and all my favorite memories seem to be filled with vandalism, and trespassing.

well you see in my day i have ceran wrapped a bunch of cars.

and tp-ed quite a few houses. (and forked, and tortillaed, and coned, and garage saled)

and snuck onto a few golf courses to go ice blocking.

but all that fun pretty much stopped when we turned 18.

i think the reason for stopping was that now we were "real adults" and if we were caught we could go to "real jail" for our crimes.

and im going to turn 21 this summer and sometimes i just want to go tp a house. but i feel like i am too old for that. and no one would want to go with me.

the other thing we use to do was go to elementary schools and play tag or sardines or virus or hide and go seek games. and i really miss it.

pink eye.

2009-05-07T17:00:00.000-07:00

it seems to be a trend that i am always cleaning my room when i am at my home. moving back and forth from school makes it really hard for me to stay organized.

just found my madeline doll.

you know, in a old house in paris, covered with vines

twelve little girls in two straight lines

blah blah blah, they broke their bread, something about half past nine.

the smallest one is MADELINE.

but for some reason when i was little i took a red marker and drew around her eyes and gave her pink eye.

country and lots of blogs.

2009-05-01T13:40:00.000-07:00

this is a screenshot of my google reader right now.

i have so many unread blogs that i need to catch up on right now.

the past few weeks i really haven't had time to just sit down and read the hundreds of blogs im subscribed to.

except for the blogs in my friends folder, i always keep up on those.

so now i guess ill get started on these.

side note.

i hate country music. one of the main things we argued about in louisiana was music choice. it just annoys me.

but then last week jackie went and bought taylor swift's new album. and we listened to it. and i really like it. i don't know that i really accept the country style of it, but i really really like her lyrics. when im listening i just want to be her friend. she seems like such a cool girl. and i just want to hang out with her.

so i don't know if i should give any other country artists a chance now.

is there anyone out there worth my time?

summer 2009.

2009-05-01T03:06:00.000-07:00

i can not believe summer 2009 is already here.

this blog is more for my own reflection rather than your reading pleasure. so whoever you are, if you decided not to read this blog that is totally understandable.

so far my summer vacation has been pretty good.

tuesday morning some of my roommates (manada and christina) woke me up and told me we were going to disneyland. so we went. just for the morning tho.

when i got back to school i had to start packing up my room. jacob and his friend charles came to help me move my stuff. that was so nice, i didn't really have to carry anything out. corinne and i then made a cribs stye video tour of our cottage. stay tuned, will be posting that soon. also took a trip to rite aid to get some ice cream with jennifer. that was a funny experience, we went to one and all their ice cream was frozen solid and they couldn't scoop into it. so we called another rite aid. and they were out of the flavors we wanted so we had to go to a third rite aid.

wednesday everyone from my cottage woke up and ate breakfast together. i am seriously so blessed to have gotten the opportunity to live with those girls this year. when i tell people that i lived in the cottage they normally said, "wow. nine girls all in that tiny house, how can you handle it?" but really we all got along so well. im excited that i get to live with three of the girls next year: corinne, justine, and molly. amy and teresa will be graduating on saturday and i will miss them for sure. and then amanda and christina both live close enough that i hope to see them this summer.

then after i moved out of my room i went to disneyland with jackie sam and andrew. but we were only there for a few hours. it was fun though. we watched honey i shrunk the audience... haven't seen that in years. it's always fun to do something new... or old.

when we got back to cbu the most random group of people had assembled for a late night beach trip. random group. so we went to the beach. walked around. and just sat on the sand.

then i spent the night at jackie's apt. because after being checked out of my housing assignment for 9 hours i still wanted to sleep at school.

then thursday morning we woke up and went to buy a bunch of tickets for the midnight showing of wovlerine. i came home and took a nap.

then i helped my mom cook some curry for dinner. delicious. i think im going to have a little bit more after i post this blog. we watched the office together and i really missed corinne and jordan who i normally watch it with.

then i went to the plaza to wait for wolverine to start. the theater was out of control full of cbu people. it was fun. and we stayed behind to watch the final scene that plays after the credits roll. well someone stopped the movie and we all missed the final 10ish seconds of the movie and they gave everyone replacement tickets. nice.

well that has been my last three days. its been fun. if you actually read this blog im sorry for boring you. and im sorry for my worse than normal grammar and spelling. but it is 4 in the morning, so give me a break.

goodnight.

sippy cup.

2009-04-18T01:37:00.000-07:00

i really enjoy the spontaneous things that happen in my life.

today after the male choral concert and dinner we had nothing to do. until we decided to walk to cvs and grab some goodies.

it was andrew's birthday so we bought some birthday candles because earlier at dinner he had forgotten to make a wish when he blew out his candle so we had to give him another shot. but we didn't have a cake, so we just all held a candle.

we also bout sippy cups and decorated them with sequins and googly eyes and glitter glue.

because what 20 year old wouldn't love to drink out of a cup with a built in straw?

im voting we take our cups to the caf and use them.

my website.

2009-04-16T20:24:00.000-07:00

for one of my classes we had to make a website.

its my first time using dreamweaver so i learned a lot.

check out my site.

a few of you are even in it.

feel honored and loved.

here it is.

and again.

jr high camping trip.

2009-04-10T16:34:00.000-07:00

just got back from the jr high spring break beach camping trip. with a grand total of 51 7th and 8th graders.

they are an energetic, wild, and crazy bunch. seriously the weirdest age group out there. well, i guess the 80 and up crowd can be entertaining at times. (side note, my grandmother sent me a text message yesterday.)

we played a lot of ninja, which is a bunch of fun.

and the weather was beautiful. i guess it rained a little but in the night, but i slept right through it.

what shape is cheese?

2009-04-07T00:52:00.000-07:00

i really don't know what made me think of this question, but tonight at dinner i asked cindy and holly "what shape is cheese?"

holly said "triangle"

and cindy said "brick"

what shape do you think cheese is?

i would agree with holly and say triangle.

her reasoning was that if you are playing pictionary and getting someone to guess cheese you would draw a triangle one.

you would probably also make it swiss cheese with holes and everything.

what shape do you think cheese is?

a gift from my parents.

2009-03-30T13:10:00.000-07:00

today i wore my billy joel/elton john shirt. i felt pretty cool. not gunna lie.

i feel like i should say more, but the shirt really was the whole reason for this blog.

now its time for bed, i think im going to read for a while tho, because my roommate is still up working on a project and it just feels weird to fall asleep before her.

oh so next year i will be living in the "global village" its an area where students get to live with international students and like get to know them and all kinda of fun stuff. im really excited about this because im not going on a mission trip this summer, and i have gone somewhere every summer for the past few years, but i will have this awesome ministry opportunity waiting for me back at school.

osla, sti lirpa sloof yad yadot.

overwhelmed.

2009-03-25T12:30:00.000-07:00

i had a great spring break.

really, it was a good one.

i got to hang out with some friends i rarely see, relax, watch lots of tv, sleep in my bed at home, play with my dog, you know, good stuff.

and then i got to go camping with this great group of people (plus paul, who is taking the picture):
we went camping at silverwood lake from thursday till sunday. and honestly i was a little worried. i just felt like four days was a little much.

but it was not. i had so much fun. we just hang out by the lake, played games, napped, hiked around, made movies, and other fun things.

i got sun burnt, but i also got some new friends and a million inside jokes.

but my week has been so busy.

i have been spending so much time in the gdm lab just working on different projects and stuff. im actually here right now. just taking a break from class and squeezing in a quick blog.

im peeling and my lips hurt because they are super chapped.

im afraid.

2009-03-19T00:58:00.000-07:00

i have never really been one for new years resolutions.

but this year i decided that my goal was to become a better photographer and just to be more confident.

i really don't know what im doing. but im trying to learn. im reading lots of photog blogs and stuff, but its hard for me to just go out and shoot. i guess i just feel pressure to be good, but i need to accept that there is just this learning stage i need to get through. im kinda intimidated by the friends i have who are photographers, because they are al really talented. when i really should just ask for help.

today i asked my little bro, jacob if i could go into our backyard and take pictures of him.

i liked a few of them, but i think this one is my fave.

you should also check out his myspace music site.

oh the world we live in.

2009-03-09T22:29:00.000-07:00

earlier today liiiz gave me a hard time about not blogging as much as i used to, so all day long i have been thinking about what i should blog about.

and then i remembered this:

oh facebook and the world we live in.

when i had a fb notification that diane smith had commented greg's status i knew i was busted.

and that is a picture from this weekend's trip to disneyland. there we are spelling out YMCA on the tower of terror.

dirrrty shoes.

2009-03-03T03:02:00.001-08:00

i get my shoes dirty.

i walk through the grass daily.

sometimes (when it has been raining/the sprinklers have been on) the grass is muddy.

but i just don't see the point in walking around on the sidewalks at cbu. because whoever laid out where sidewalks would go did not keep in mind the basic principle of "the shortest distance between two points is a straight line..."

there are even some sidewalks that lead to no where. the

y are just in the most random places and then they suddenly stop.

so i just walk across the grass.

and then my shoes get dirty.

but i really feel like that should be accepted. dirty shoes. that should be the norm.

i mean you are wearing these things on your feet so that your feet will stay dry, warm, and protected.

i know that this is just now how it is. most people like to keep their shoes clean. and that's nice and all. but where is the fun in that?

that is a picture of my foot in cambodia. its all dirty from painting a hospital. and that is a gigantic snail. and in this picture my rainbow sandal is dirty and my foot is dirty.

and now it is 3:15 in the morning and i am rambling.

dland.

2009-03-02T01:15:00.000-08:00

i love disneyland.

i love being an annual pass-holder.

you think going there every weekend would get old. but it does not.
there is just so much to do.
it is always a new experience.
so get a pass.
and let's go together.
(there are payment plans for as low as 6 bucks a month!)

(and in 2009 you can get in for free on your birthday.)

when you grow up

2009-02-24T00:01:00.000-08:00

in third grade i had to do an oral report on what i wanted to be when i grew up.

and i did my project on the ancient art of painting your nails.

i wanted to be a nail technician.

i researched the history of paining your nails. i interviewed a girl who worked at a nail salon.

for my visual aid i got a bunch of fake nails and painted different designs on them.

this was serious business.

now when people ask me what i want to be when i grow up i really don't know what to answer.

You see flowers in these weeds.

2009-02-15T03:26:00.000-08:00

this is a project that i am working on right now.

the assignment was to create a "statement of faith."

so this is what i came up with.

used one of my favorite all time songs, dandelions, by five iron frenzy.

basically God sees us a beautiful flowers even though we are weeds.

just like dandelions.

unconditional love.

seriously, how can he see us as anything but the wretched sinful weeds that we are? it blows my mind.

like the gifts we bring him and the way we try to worship how can it even compare to what he has done for us? but even though what we bring to the table looks like nothing we are still treasured.

well, its almost 5 in the morning. i had a fantastic day. now i need some sleep.

woo.

2009-02-13T19:31:00.001-08:00

so i work in the graphic design computer lab.

its fun. i just get to sit there and work on projects and help other students who come in to use the lab.

but this week the four of us who work in there were given a new task to accomplish.

we are making fire escape routes for every classroom on campus.

we have to draw up the building and room and then add a nice dotted line to show the most efficient way to exit a building in the case of emergency.

its kinda tedious work. but i like it.

the thing is they didn't tell us what the most efficient way to get out would be. so we get to figure it out on our own.

im nervous that i will draw the dotted line the wrong way and then someone might get hurt in a fire because i thought it would be better to use one set of stairs as opposed to a different exit.

so tonight i went to cbu's first annual woo fest.

basically an all male talent show providing the men on campus an opportuinity to woo the ladies.

it was so entertaining.

happy valentines day.

so live it out.

2009-02-10T10:22:00.001-08:00

alisha just posted some louisiana pictures to facebook, and looking at them got me thinking about one of the families we stayed with in la.

the voelkels.

the boys lived at their house for two weeks. the first week they were there the voelkels were out of town on a family vacation with all of their kids and grandchildren.

they trusted 5 college kids with their amazing property.

thats a picture of ben and alisha riding around their lake.

they really understood that God had blessed them with everything so that they could bless others.

check out this gorgeous sunset.

like people always talk about "blessed to be a blessing" but this family lived it out.

i pray that i can remember how they lived and how they treated us when i grow up.

and pam and norman voelkel... if you ever somehow read this... (i dont know, maybe if you google your names) thank you so much for everything! seriously, you guys are amazing.

another post about hair.

2009-02-06T12:13:00.000-08:00

i blog about my hair more than a normal person should.

but im not normal.

and lately i have really been missing my long waves.

but at least now toys won't blow into my hair on windy days.

i think im just going to grow dreadlocks.

bible book marks.

2009-01-28T21:10:00.000-08:00

today at youth group a jr higher gave me a picture that she had drawn.
this jr higher has a mad-crush on one of the boys in the youth group.
but she swears she doesn't.
also, she swears that this is not a picture of that boy.
but this cartoon boy bears a striking resemblance to her crush.complete with little 12 year old mustache.
seriously this is why i love jr highers.

so after she gave it to me i of course stuck it in my bible to use as a book mark.

which got me thinking about the other random pictures and sentiments i use. that is a picture of nationa, one of my girls from louisiana.
i recently put her picture on my bulletin board, but tonight i decided to put it back in my bible.
this is a photobooth picture of me and my friend lauren from probably 6th or 7th grade.
our moms dropped us off at the mall and we purchased matching roxy shirts and then took pictures at photomakers.
i dont know how this picture got in my bible, but i like it. that is an add for "friends with diverse abilities" toys. I remember seeing it in a catalogue in louisiana one day when josiah and i were going on facebook or somehting and it made me smile so i ripped it out and stuck it in my bible. possibly the only legit bookmark, merrick gave this to me the first night i met him.
i dont know the story behind this or anyhitng. i just thought it looked cool.
but i think the fabric might be from his stay in india this past summer.

so that is all.

oh another thing.
i need to learn how to forgive.
this is something i am struggeling with.
i am sorry.

laundry time.

2009-01-19T19:33:00.000-08:00

oh four day weekend.
i have been consistantly having fun times the past four days.

friday- went to disney land wiht jillian to help her spend her birthday fun card at disneyland. (because if you have an annual pass you can go on your bday and get a gift card with 70 bucks on it.) and then we went out to dinner for her 21st. followed by a viewing of the notorious b.i.g. movie. then some quality time spent with friends in the albertos parking lot untill 2 in the morning.

saturday- went to mark lamberth's funeral. i did not know him but i had been reading the blog and praying. seriously i learned alot at the funeral and got to hear some awesome people speak things i really needed to hear. then i watched pineapple express and got a pedicure with jillian and andrew. we decided to go to disneyland the next day so i acutally went to bed pretty early.

sunday- actually got up to go to sandals at 8:30 am. yes in the moring. then a quick trip over to bunch and then me jillian and andrew were off to disneyland! and it was crowded. we didn't ride that many rides but we saw alot of shows and did that whole thing. it was fun but i came hoome exhausted.

monday- got to sleep in and then went to balboa with some of the girls from my cottage. i really was in a poopy mood at first. i dont know why i was so cranky. but then i ended up having a lot of fun. and the sunset was beautiful. (believe it or not, but this picture was taken with my cell phone.)
but now it is monday night and i have homework to work on, some reading i want to get done, clean up my room, and i need to do laundry becuase im about to run out of clean underwear (you can wear jeans over and over again, but once you are out of chonies its totally laundry day).

love and respect.

2009-01-08T11:18:00.000-08:00

im working on a paper for my "art and the bible class"
and just thought i would post a quick blog.

"The sacredness of human personality is evident in that God created man in His own image, and in that Christ died for man; therefore, every person of every race possesses full dignity and is worthy of respect and Christian love."

i freaking love that so much.
and i don't even know what love means.

here is a quick video from louisiana. these are jane's 3-7 year olds playing musical chairs.
it makes me smile.

arizona road trip.

2009-01-05T18:12:00.001-08:00

jillian and i got the chance to go out to arizona this weekend to visit abby.

abby lives in minnesota but she was in az visiting her parents.
it was awesome to get to see ehr (after a year) and catch up.

we did touristy things in scottsdale.
like shop in stores that sell small cacti and cow boy boot necklaces.
we also went to the hippy gypsy store.
and we saw a man on his horse playing the guitar.

we did some other random things like going to the sugar bowl ice cream shop twice in the same day. and going out to dinner with her family. and hanging out with her sister who is basically abby's twin.

but the best part really was getting to see abby.
i miss her.
and i don't have any pictures with her. those are all on jillian's new camera.

i was a weird child.

2008-12-29T17:00:00.000-08:00

sometimes i forget how weird i was back in elementary school.
and then i find something like this to remind me:that would be my atom project from 4th (or maybe 3rd) grade.
i had the element calcium and i had the bright idea to use a milk carton as the nucleus.
cow stickers as the protons.
plastic bones as the neutrons.
and plastic eggs as the electrons.

oh no, no styrofoam balls for me.

seriously, how did i have friends?

now back to moving out of my room. I gave it to my brother for christmas so now we are trading and i get the smaller room. but a bigger closet.i took another photo break becuase i found my john smith doll.
i remember seeing pocahontas in the theaters at least four times.

also, like my new spectacles?
oh and notice the Bob's Big Boy piggy bank on the bookshelf? so classic.

all i wanted to do was read.

2008-12-25T01:10:00.001-08:00

so tonight i had the urge to read a roald dalh book.

this is what you need to know going into this story: my mom is middle school library media teacher.a really awesome one at that.
we have book shelves in pretty much every room in our house except the bathrooms.
(but you will still find books in there)

i was on a mission to find any of our old books by him.
the one i really wanted to read was The Witches.
second on my list was the one about the boy who drugs the pheasants by putting sleeping pills in raisins. i couldn't remember the name of the book (it's Danny, Champion of the World).
And i would have been completely satisfied with The Twits, The BFG, Matilda, or fantastic mr fox.

so i began the search. i started on the book shelves in the hallway by may parents room. wasnt there. move one to the small bedroom shelves, and closet, checked in the living room, jacobs room, and my room.
nothing.

i did see plenty of beverly clearys, mrs tiggywinkle, comic books, judy blume, harry potter, box car children, amber brown, cs lewis, tolkien, and a bunch of classic children's novels.
but no dalh.
and that's all i wanted.
I was not interested in all these other books that had brought me hours of enjoyment and entertainment in my childhood. all i wanted was Dolh.
at this point i was becoming desperate.
I would have settled for charlie and the chocolate factory or james and the giant peach. even the giraffe and the pelly and me would have done.

but these books were no where to be found.
i looked on all the shelves for a second time. they had to be there! but alas, i count not locate them.

so i had to give up. and i really hate giving up.
if i think that i might not succeed usually i just avoid the task all together (not a good strategy)
but at this point i has tried really hard to find a book, so it was hard to admit defeat.

i did find another book i have been wanting to reread.
coraline. the movie will be released on feburary 9th and you better believe i am going to see it in theaters. its a stop motion animation move. and there is music from they might be giants.
seriously.

my mom got me a copy of the book five years ago and its totaly signed by the author, neil gaiman.

so now i am going to read that book, and tomorrow i will ask my mom if she knows where any of the Roald Dahl books are.

naming things.

2008-12-23T15:55:00.000-08:00

i want to blog but i have nothing that i really want to share with the entire interweb.

its been an interesting break.

so i am pretty obsessive about how my music in my itunes library is organized.

i have a heck of a lot of music. 5257 songs worth.
so that's a lot of items to organize.

and i like to make playlists too.
becuase sometimes i am just in to mood for some chillaxing or happy happy joy joy and other times i just want to release my inner gangster and listen to some bangin' music.
then we have the disney jams, disney classics, and listen to this while you drink coffee.

i have all the music we listened to in the car in louisiana (louisiana car rides) in another playlist. and i have the gospel songs we sang at church in louisiana (halel la la luia) in another playlist.

there are a few others but those are the most frequentally played play lists. oh i left out the Lets be hardcore and shake our heads playlist.

and if you couldnt tell... i also enjoy naming these playlists.
actually, i enjoy naming lots of things.

so if you like have a baby, or anyhting else that needs naming... im your girl.

artsy fartsy weekend.

2008-12-14T16:55:00.000-08:00

friday night i went with kristin and jillian to a rocking art sho in a mansion in the hollywood hills.really how cool does that make us sound? becuase i feel cool typing it.
:]
it was for my friend alex's art class at biola.
and the dj from the black eyed peas was there.
and then saturday jillian and i went to my little brother's friends house for a christmas party.
it was called christMIX and his friend dj-ed and jacob played his music.
then joe came over and we watched alvin and the chipmunks.

so i had a fun filled two days but today was set aside for finishing my drawing projects.
so i have been drawing all day and my hands are pretty dirty. and i didnt think about that fact as i was typing away on my white keyboard making a playlist to listen to while i drew, so now my keys are a little dirty.

i have been listing to a mix of:
philip glass
manchester orchestra
midlake
o'brother where art thou
twilight soundtrack
fionn regan
and some bright eyes christmas.

pictures galore.

2008-12-08T16:59:00.001-08:00

So today i plugged my cell phone into my computer and i figured i would blog about all the random pictures i had on my cell phone. that first one is a package of pickles. i thought it was weird. like picture a lunch pack size of apple sauce, pudding, or fruit cocktail. but fill it with pickles.

prepare yourself for the next one, its a little graphic.
that is what my room looked like last week for a few days. it was really really messy. it is clean now. and someday i want to do like a video tour of my cottage, because those are always fun.

that's jackie. she is holding the sweet baby jesus that was part of the nativity scene on the mohn's lawn. she brought him into the house and then found out it was like made by some famous artist and is pretty valuable. sweet baby jesus in your golden diapers.

this is what i drew last week in art class, it's not finished yet.
a while ago wile i was at barnes and nobel i saw this book.
it has the same cover as twilight. weird.

and this is my new favorite application.PolaDroid project. its really easy to use. you just drop on image into the camera. it snaps photo and then you have to wait a few moments for it to develope. and then you have a polaroid looking image.

justine, corinne, me, and molly before our fancy girl dinner.

justine and kristin at justine's 20th birthday party, it was jonas brothers themed.

i made a bunch of polorids last night. lots of fun. and again, the link is here for that sweet application.

i guess i am honest.

2008-12-07T00:44:00.000-08:00

friday night we had our jr high leader christmas party.
its always fun to hang out wiht the other leaders, becuase even though i see everyone pretty much twice a week, we are always around a million 12-14 year olds.

so we had an awards ceremony. some serious awards, some joke awards, and some very awkward awards. and i mean awkward.

i got "the most honest award"
so if you need an honest opinion i will tell you mine, and i wont sugar coat it, basically.
i think that's a god thing?

also this weekend i started to embroider.
i looked up a few different stitches and made this little tree. it was fun. kinda took a while.
i think next time i wil use a pattern instead of free handing.
so there it is: my tree and my award.

updated.

2008-12-05T23:59:00.000-08:00

so i finally added a bunch of links to other blogging friends on my side bar.

if you don't see yourself over there let me know.

CBU DesigNation

2008-12-04T23:15:00.000-08:00

I am one of the student bloggers for the Graphic design program's blog.

so you should check it out.

we will be posting student work, and other insider information about our program.

my first post is a fewe entries down so you need to scroll down a bit and check it out.

so you should subscribe to our blog and be amazed.

here it is one more time. so click here.

introducing....

2008-12-02T21:11:00.000-08:00

bangs.

heather wheppler cut my hair today, and now i have bangs.
im liking them.
but really having hair in your face constantly is a weird feeling.

today was a good day. i got up and actually had breakfast in the caf. that was the second time this year. you know me, i like to sleep in.

Multimedia message

2008-11-29T18:45:00.000-08:00

This is what my latte looked like tonight at back to the grind. Here with emily playing some canasta.

biblical women fear snakes.

2008-11-24T23:40:00.000-08:00

so my mom used to teach middle school science.
and i dont know how it started but she ended up with so many animals in her class room.

there was a large aviary on one wall that had probably 15+ zebra finches. they would lay eggs and have little baby birds, so cute!the wood shop teacher made a pen on the floor out of discarded desks for the 10ish guinea pigs.
and during class they would let the pigs out so they were free to roam the class.

there was a bunny rabbit that would hop all around the school. and eat grass on the pe field and then be back in her class at the end of the day.there were always other random animals: parakeets, cockatoos, bull frogs, bearded dragon lizard, hamsters, tree frogs... and probably others that i am forgetting.

but this is where the story gets good.
some student gave her two garden snakes. my mom hates snakes, its actually biblical for women to hate snakes. but for some reason she took on the two snakes and kept them in her classroom.

so one morning my mom go to her classroom and there was only one snake in the cage. i wasn't there, but im failry positive she freaked out! well it turns out that the snake had gotten into the avieray and it had eaten all teh eggs, some baby birds, and some grown finches. it was a sad day in the class room.

every summer my mom would bring the animals hoome and we would take care of them for a few months.

so this summer i was playing with my friend kimberly and we were playing with the snakes, which were being storred in my room (her dad is a entomologist (bug expert) at ucr so she wasnt afraind of bugs or snakes).
so we put the snake in my barbie ferrari and once it was in it was not coming out.so i just put the barbie ferrari in the cage and left it.
i never told my mom about it.

a few months later i left for sumer cams and my mom and my aunt nanette decided to clean out my closet. they sorted through all my stuff and made their way to the darkest must untouched areas of the closet.

and they found the snake curled up in the corner of the closet. hybrinating.
word.

im changing.

2008-11-17T01:09:00.000-08:00

im changing the way my blog looks.

takes me back to jr high and making sites on geocities.
i was all into the sparkly words and cartoons that moved around.

im not quite done yet, so if your looking at my blog and its hard to read, don't judge me.
i will let you know when its complete.

and alisha used my computer today, so that explains the last post. (but it's pretty much true).

Alisha Marie Elmo

2008-11-16T16:11:00.000-08:00

is probably one of the nicest, most amazing people i have ever met.
here is a tribute to her
Awesome
Likable
Interesting(in a good way)
Super
Hilarious
Awesome...again

hakuna matata

2008-11-15T00:35:00.000-08:00

hakuna matata is a Swahili phrase that is frequently translated as "no worries".
(thanks wikipedia!)

today on the way home from dland with jillian we were blasting the disney tunes and i totally flashed back to my hakuna matata moment.

it was the day after i got home from the mexico trip the summer after my jr year in highschool. and i was hanging out with my friend emily.
we wanted to go to a used book store and find some awesome old things to read. but the place we wanted to go to was closed early that night. so instead we drove thru dell taco.
and she was blasting the disney tunes.
and i was mortified.
so embarrassing! someone is going to hear you playing these songs.

she siad, "so what. hakuna matata, rachel."

and i was like, "you know you are right. i need to just chill out."
and we had a lovely talk about how i needed to get over obsessing over what other people might be thinking about me. becuase it really doesn't matter.

art journals

2008-11-13T17:05:00.000-08:00

so i really want to start art journaling.
it just seems like an awesome way to express yourself.

i have been reading a few blogs about this: thrifty collage artist, and a beautiful mess among others.

but the thing is i really need to start collecting scraps, pictures, textures, and other things so i can start this process.

and i need to figure if i need a journal or if i need to just make individual pages and then bind them at a later date.there are some pre made ones at this etsy store. but i don't know if thats cheating.

that is all.

how they reel you in.

2008-11-11T20:21:00.001-08:00

i love making lists.
i love going on amazon and seeing what they recommend i buy based on my purchases and stuff.
and then i add the books to a wish list.
i have some extensive wish lists. all organized and whatnot.
everything is so personalized, "daily recommendations for you" or "more music from your previously purchased artists"
and you know, whatever system they have totally works. becuase everything the reccomend it totally up my alley, usually.

so my newest favorite list making site is ebay. i recentally became a big fan of "watching" auctions.
curranally i am watching 53. i like watching things. im not comitting to anything. i can just take a passive seat back (is that a real phrase) and watch the progress of some shoes, makep, jewlery, purses, books, movie, random trinkets, art....

i am verry unfocused in my ebay watching, but thats part of the fun.

so this is my ebay purse that i got last week for like 3dollarsyeah for photobooth's bad quality but super duper convienence.

ugly awkward days.

2008-11-08T00:12:00.000-08:00

in jr high i had terrible style.
on one hand im really glad i don't have many pictures from that stage in my life.
but on the other hand i wish that i had some proof of how ridiculous i was.

lets start out at the bottom.
i had about four different pairs of these doc marten sandals. they were pretty comfterable and i thought i looked ba in them.i also had an obsession with matching my shoe laces to my outfitt.
me and my bff ashley were crazy. between the two of us we had ever color of the rainbow so, for example, i would call her up and ask if i could borrow her bright orange ones to match my outfit that day. and we would lace them a different way each day. i hear there are books out there showing 1000s of ways to lace your shoes... i could have written that book.

did you notice that i said bright orange laces to go with my outfit?
that is becuase i had 7-10 different pairs of dickies pants in a wide assortment of colors.
haha.
oh man.
did any one else do these things? or was it just me.

so bad, but so good.

2008-11-06T22:35:00.000-08:00

why do some things that are bad for you feel so good?

like cleaning out my ears with a q-tip.
or having someone walk on my back.
or eating lots and lots of cocolate.
or sucking on lemon wedges.
or sleeping in super duper late.
or staying up all night.

this is a picture of my stupid dog.

she is a really bad dog. but i still love her.
yes, she is dressed up like a lobster.
and i had nothing to do with that. my mom left these pictures on my facebook wall.
thanks mom.

halloweeeeeeeen

2008-10-31T16:09:00.000-07:00

happy halloween.
i took this picture at the pumpkin patch saturday.
plans for tonight:
a roaring round of quelf with some awesome people.
im super excited. i love games. and i love friends.

envy.

2008-10-30T00:09:00.000-07:00

my roommate, corinne, came home this weekend with a trike.

its pretty legit. check out her latest blog post.

so now i want one.
its totally "anastasia got the coolest beanie baby, its not fair i want it syndrome"
side note... my friends were really into beanie babies. we all swore they would be worth lots of money some day. and we memorized some of the poems and birthdays.

so now i am going to start looking for a trike. im telling you, its going to be the next hot thing.
and you read it here first.

and here she is in the dryer.

this is part of the reason i haven't done laundry in a few weeks.

there are somethings i know i could really get into.

2008-10-27T00:43:00.000-07:00

so i stay away.
kinda like there are lots of tv shows that i know i could get addicted to.
so i don't watch them.

online shopping is one of my pastimes.
i really don't buy that much stuff. so i guess its more of online window shopping.
i just add lots of purses and bags and accessories and clothes to my shopping bag and i never buy the stuff. i have also been really into looking at makeup online lately. there are some great sites out there with super good deals. but of course i don't know what the products are actually like because i never buy anything.

but tonight i bid on a bag on ebay. and i won it for $2.50 plus $4 for shipping and handling.
so im excited to get that in the mail.

it was a good weekend. with a slight period of emo today.
field trip, disneyland twice, oak glen, brother's show, good food, great friends.
now its back to school

Multimedia message

2008-10-25T16:53:00.000-07:00

We just stopped at wendys and got sweet tea! Oh louisiana, how we miss you.

Multimedia message

2008-10-25T16:48:00.000-07:00

Just went to the pumpkin patch and got the perfect pumpkin. Yay fall!

waxing your brows could be spiritual.

2008-10-21T17:23:00.000-07:00

i have a weird habit.
sometimes when i am in funny situations i think, "man, this would make a great illustration in a sermon!"

today i got my eyebrows waxed. (after my pedi with jillian).

so im laying down on the bed thing. and first the lady starts combing my brows and trimming them with a pair of scissors. i felt a little nervous because i had no idea what she was doing.
next its time for the wax. she lays a strip of it along the top of my face. i can feel the hot wax, but i have no way of knowing where she had put the wax. i was nervous i would be left with nothing and have to draw in some brows the next day.
after she had finished with the wax she started with the scissors. "cretainly there couldn't be anymore left to cut? could there be?"
oh but she wasn't done yet- now it was time for the tweesers!
im like laying there trying to stay calm. thinking i must look bald at this point.
then she stops. starts rubbing lotion on my face and massages my head.

she finishes up, i finally get to look in the mirror, and i actually have two nice looking eyebrows left!

application:
God knows exactly what we need. it might feel funny at times. it might even hurt sometimes. sometimes what we think we need or the ways we think we would do something could be totally wrong.I wanted the lady to stop cutting my hair as soon as she started. but sometimes the road of life can get bumpy (hairy?) and if you just stick with it God will carry you through. because only HE knows what you need. and HIS plan is best. and even if you think that everyting is totally wrong, you have to trust the great brow waxer, or the Father.

so can i be a pastor now?

a pair of pears.

2008-10-20T20:33:00.000-07:00

Im so over drawing this pear. Its been a long day. I feel especially emo. And i just want to lay down. And im hungry. And people keep letting me down. I dont know why i ever put my faith in people. All earthly things will ever do is leave me feeling empty. And im over the emptyness.

not so sweet potato fries.

2008-10-18T20:51:00.000-07:00

I just burned my sweet potato fries. :(

happy one year anniversary!

2008-10-15T13:29:00.000-07:00

to me and blogger!

october 15, 2007 i posted my first blog and there was no looking back.

i decided i would celebrate by sharing some of my google analytic statistics with yall.
this is a screen shot of all the countries that have visited my blog, i think its pretty cool.
33.65% of the visits to my blog came from apple computers.
42 people came across my blog searching for rice crispy treats cereal
my most viewed blog was the one about my trip to the tattoo expo

well im going to take this time to say thank you. to blogger, for sticking with me trough the hard times and the good times. there were days , even weeks when i neglected you. but then whenever i came back to you there you were with open arms.

and thank you to my blogging friends!

taking pictures of swimmers.

2008-10-14T21:58:00.000-07:00

This is what we did in class today. I love my major!

amazing love story.

2008-10-14T03:00:00.000-07:00

wow, this is a cool story.
check it out.

i will for sure be reading this guy's memoirs.

oh the memories.

2008-10-08T22:44:00.000-07:00

i love these girls.
and i felt like posting goofy pictures of both of them.
but today i got to go out to lunch with alisha and jane, and we laughed a lot, cried a little, and basically i miss spending all of my time living life with them.

nor cal weekend.

2008-10-07T20:54:00.000-07:00

friday morning, 4am we left.
our first stop was at julia's uncle's vineyard.

we labeled some bottles for him and then we were back on the rode.
we got to redding and went tout to red robin for heather's 21st birthday.
heather is a generous person and proved this point by sharing her free sunday with julia.
the next day we slept in. then we went to target. i walked away with a pack of gum, and im pretty sure that deserves an award. its so hard to resist.
when we got back to the simpson campus we were attacked by geese. ok not really, but we did go watch a soccer game.
for dinner we went out for sushi. and jackie, who hates sishi, had rice.after sushi we got to go over to trav and annette's house. we had brownies, and friendship and played games. and i didnt take any pictures. :[ but payton did, so maybe someday we will make guest appearances on their blogs.
there are alot of riverside people currently residing in redding. melissa, who is heather's ra (they affectionately call her boss), elizabeth(fern), heather's suitemate. and the lances.
sunday we went to the sundial bridge and took abbout 200 photos.

we also took a million jumping pictures. julia is a retired cheerleader, and i am channeling my inner ninja.
we got to make a stop at my cousin greg's house where i met my new cousin (once removed? seccond cousin?) kingston. my brother chun was also in nor cal, so that was cool and random. and then my computer ran out of space, so there are no more pictures to show.

if anyone has an external hardrive laying around i could use one.

oh why

2008-10-02T00:14:00.001-07:00

why do i miss louisiana so much?

im a liar.

2008-09-30T12:17:00.001-07:00

so in 7th grade i convinced the boy that i sat next to that i had a twin sister.

he said, "hey when i saw you at lunch and waved why didn't you wave back?"
and i said, "oh that wasn't me, that was my twin, rebecca."

the next week i told him that me and rebecca would be switching spots the next day, becuase she was going to take my test for me. he got really into it and the next day he introduced himself to my twin and promised that he could keep a secret.

i don't know if i ever told him the truth.

beach and twilight.

2008-09-27T14:20:00.000-07:00

Im at the beach with jill. And there are about 40 people decided to have a party right next to our spot. So we moved our towels forward three feet. Weird.

im creative.

2008-09-26T19:06:00.001-07:00

so heather called me.
but im doing stuff, like changing my clothes, and putting on makeup and stuff.

so i put on a head band and shoved my phone up in there.
i don't need a bluetooth headset to be hands free.

i know i have been posting alot of pictures of myself lately, sorry.

stupid dog.

2008-09-25T19:42:00.000-07:00

last night after jr high i went with emily to the house where kristin was house sitting and we watched a movie. at the end of the movie i couldn't find one of my sandals.the stupid dog ate the strap on my rainbow!

if you are heather, or if you are someone esle who hates feet im sorry for posting this picture. and corinne told me to put this picture up, so its her fault.
but at least my toes are still cute from the pedicure i got with jillian like two weeks ago!

i love genius.

2008-09-22T12:46:00.000-07:00

seriously, if you haven't downloaded the new itunes yet, do it.
i love the genius playlists!

so abby and holly asked about the specific changes to the caf.
the main thing is they took the bar of cereal and milk and ice cream and moved it out by where the other soda machines are.

this is what my comment card said:

"I think the changes to the cereal bar are good, but the new open space should be better utilized [right now they just have a bunch of fruit trays and yogurt]
expand the sandwich bar to include different varieties of bread
bring back daily guacamole
when students ask for their salads/wraps/sandwiches to be customized the employees should comply with a positive attitude
when studednts get a to go box the meal should be prepared for that box, students should not be expected to dump a salad from a plate into their box
bring back individual bags of chips, including the baked variety
make jello without the whipped cream on top
good job with sourdough bread, croissants, and cheesy bread
more selection on chicken strip thursday nights
get a panini maker that is is always out for students to use
go back to self serve sushi for sunday brunch
the pumpkin cookies are delicious
good job on labeling the desserts
bring back asparagus
good job with rearranging the tables

those are my demands.
have ou filled out a comment car yet?

comment card.

2008-09-20T20:15:00.001-07:00

the cal baptist caf is delicious. we have lots of options, fresh sushi three times a week, and waffles that say cbu.
i am thankful to have access so such high quality food, when i know that a good chunk of the population does not.

but with that being said, i feel like the caf is not as good as it was last year. there have been many changes, some good and others not so good.

so i am taking a stand. i just filled out a comment cardand i encourage you to do the same. if we all complain, they will have to change.

jr high

2008-09-17T23:08:00.000-07:00

I am starting my third year of helping with the jr high at the grove.

and i love it!
seriously jr highers, they are stuck in this crazy time of childhood colliding with young adulthood.

one of the is having her 12th birthday part this saturday, and i am so excited!
we are kicking off the celebration with a mall scavenger hunt and then we will go back to gina's house for a makeover/fashion show!

and the invitation is a cell phone!!!!!!!

Who's jealous that they didn't make this guest list?

tough questions.

2008-09-16T11:18:00.000-07:00

What are you “called” to be and do?
Which decisions are you making out of comfort rather than calling?
What are you doing today that is American and you rationalize it as spiritual?
What decisions are you making that are spiritually focused, beyond any circumstance?
(i read these questions over at chuck bomar's blog, he was our speaker at jr high camp this summer)

and its hard for me to be honest with myself when answering these questions, because the truth hurts.

these are things i struggle with, especially being here in the "cbu bubble"
anyone else with me on this?

i just typed a bunch of stuff, then deleted it, then typed more, then hit delete again.
so im just going to stop and leave it at that.

this site makes me smile.

2008-09-10T00:37:00.001-07:00

like check it out.
kawaii not... the web comic for cute gone bad.

and the layout of the comics just reminds me of toilet paper.
how much would you smile if you got jokes on your tp?
why has no one done this yet?
could this crazyness just be a result of the major hair loss i just suffered?
will i ever get over this change?

stay tuned to find out.

its already wednesday!
i love school so much right now.

voluntary amputation

2008-09-08T21:24:00.001-07:00

I just cut off 15 inches of hair.

well not just, it was this afternoon, about 3:30.
initially i was shocked at how short it is.

i held myself together on the way home but as soon as i got back into the cottage i started sobbing. its just wayyyy shorter than i wanted/expected.

but after a mini counseling sesh (thanks justine and cottage girls)
and a round with the flat iron (thanks shaye)

i totally love it.

im sending my hair to panteen beautiful lengths.

its an organization that makes wigs for the american cancer society.
My hair will go to a chick who needs it way more than i did, and that's pretty awesome.

i have been talking about making the cut for a year now, but i had been holding on.
(if you are thinking about donating they only need 8 inches)

well im going to bed now, i might write more about this later (with more pictures), but it has been a traumatic day.

it's been years in the making.

2008-09-07T20:58:00.000-07:00

and it's happening tomorrow.

and i am nervous.

///slash i really like listening to my music on shuffle. i just heard:
nd old hymn, sweeny todd, techno, and then a hard core song.

and i broke a bottle of finger nail polish in my room. like it dropped on the floor and shattered. so my window is open and i can hear everyones conversations outside.
so if you just walked outside my cottage my advice to you is, "stop over analyzing everything he does and twirp him"

for you non-cbu-ers twirp is "the woman is reupred to pay" week. kinda like a whole sadie hawkins type thing.

posibly the most random first day of school activity.

2008-09-04T23:36:00.000-07:00

so after class today all of us at the cottages had a Slip N Sandwich party. SO they set up a huge slip in slide which was verry entertaining becuase the whole wrestling team also lives in the cottages and they had a practice on the watered down tarp.

then we made sandwiches and made new friends.
well actually i didn't make a sandwich because corinne and i were talking about how much better they are when someone else makes them for you, so justine (my ra) made us sandwiches.

but anyways, i was metting people and being all outgoing and cheerful and i totally met two MKs from cambodia who know the families we stayed with on our trek there in the summer of 07.

and then one of them (cara) is a marry kay consultant and she was getting ready to go to something but she was suposed to bring friends and everyone had bailed on her at the last minute and she needed somone to go so she invited me.
and i ended up going with her out to rialto and i got to play with all the makeup. Which was fun, but then i started to get overwhelmed by all the women and all the pink and all the giggling (you think i would be used an overpowering amount of estrogen going to cbu and all) and then there was a raffle and i won free body spray.
(im not winking at you i just figured by showing my eyes open AND closed you could imagine what i look like batting my eyes at you) and yes i really did think about it. and i know im a nerd.

so then we had our mandatory cottage meeting (i love meetings) and then the girls in my cottage got together and talked about milk, toilet paper, and orginization.

first class, spray paint.

2008-09-02T17:18:00.000-07:00

yay school.

like i really love learning. in the past i had always been excited about school because of the social aspect, but i finally am excited about the learning.

why the switch?
well i am only taking art and graphic design classes.

we got a new guy for graphic design and im super excited about where he is taking the program here.

some of the course materials i need for my classes are things that i totally wanted for my life anyway.
like a self healing cutting board and spray adhesive.
because i am totally in love with making stencils and spray painting.that's me with a little lamb (rachel means ewe) i ended up outlining the spray paint with sharpie just to make it stand out more.

im all moved in.

2008-09-02T00:50:00.000-07:00

so after a full day of room cleaning, target shopping, spray painting, laundry washing, and packing i have moved into my new home at cbu.

and thanks to my dad and brother, we only had to make 2 trips.

and i unpacked all my clothes. and i really should be putting stuff away, but the screen on my ihome isn't working. and i got on my computer to try and set it up but i can't figure out how to fix it.

and then i got distracted.

and i wanted to post a blog about how freaking excited i am to be back here at school.

and then i was really cold so i texted corinne who wasa outside and i said "im cold"
she said "come outside"
and i said "ok"

and then i went outside and shut the door behind me.
but....
she didn't have her id card and i just locked us out.

so after some bargaining i had to go call the ra on duty and wake her up so that she could unlock the door.
now everyone hates me.

freshman flash back.

2008-08-29T05:00:00.000-07:00

my room is almost clean.
while i was sorting through papers in my room i found a paper from focus.

i had to take a strenghts quest test (personality test).

INDIVIDUALIZATION

People who are especially talented in the Individualization theme are intrigued with the unique qualities of each person. They have a gift for figuring out how people who are different can work together productively.

EMPATHY

People who are especially talented in the Empathy theme can sense the feelings of other people by imagining themselves in others' lives or others' situations.

IDEATION

People who are especially talented in the Ideation theme are fascinated by ideas. They are able to find connections between seemingly disparate phenomena.

STRATEGIC

People who are especially talented in the Strategic theme create alternative ways to proceed. Faced with any given scenario, they can quickly spot the relevant patterns and issues.

INPUT

People who are especially talented in the Input theme have a craving to know more. Often they like to collect and archive all kinds of information.

What are your strengths?

SO basically this is so true about me, "Empathy can be challenging because you may become overwhelmed with all of the emotions you can pick up in a day" its true. i feel so much.

and sometimes i wish i could just take a break. like i wish i could just be numb.

no water.

2008-08-25T15:44:00.000-07:00

The water at my house isnt working. Its shut off for some reason. So i brushed my teeth with a water bottle.

and im implementing "if it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down."

and now im off to clean my room. it's a never ending task. And i just really want to have it in pretty good shape before i move back to school. I have like hal fmy stuff moved in and i just want to stay there.

saturday i listed a bunch of my old textbooks online at half.com and so far two of them have been purchased. so i made over 100 dollars on two books when cbu was going to give me about 40 for all of them. so i learned that it is always better to sell your books on the internet rather than back to the book store.

im going to go play some guitar hero, and clean my room.

then tonight im going out to dinner with 3/5 of my louisiana team.

oh and (its kinda a secret) most starbucks have pumpkin spice flavoring back in stock!
yay i love fall!

I (kinda) have a job.

2008-08-22T17:19:00.000-07:00

i am a ChaCha guide.
no, i am not a dance instructor.

i work for ChaCha.com, a human powered search engine.
people can text any question to chacha (242 242) from their cell phone. and then people like me are sitting on our computers and reserching questions and sending answers back to the cell phones.

its totally free to use (standard rates apply).
and i get paid 20 cents per answer i send.
if you want to sign up list me as the guide that refered you. (rachel.weinstein@calbaptist.edu)

once i go back to school im getting a real job, but this is fun for now.

i almost know michael phelps.

2008-08-17T00:31:00.000-07:00

as some of you may know i was on the swim team in high school.
here is a picture me with the senior girls after league finals.

also on the swim team at my hs was junior scott (tyler) clary.
we were not friends and he probably doesn't even remember me, but this is just my shameless name dropping.

he went on to swim and Michigan University where Phelps is a assiastant coach. Scott also tried to qualify for the olympics finishing third (only the top 2 go).
and apparently scott and michael are friends. like michael picks scott up from the airport and stuff like that.

so that is how i almost know the great michael phelps.

some of my struggles.

2008-08-13T23:02:00.000-07:00

its crazy that i have been back from louisiana for over a month. crazy.
i am constantly reminded of those six weeks of my summer. which is good. and i hope it lasts.

becuase i love these girls so much.
and i love my team so much. (plus ben who isn't in this picture.)
but i have this terrible habit.
i move on and forget. i learned so much, but i already know i have slipped back into my routine here. but is that such a bad thing?
do i place too much emphasis on walking away from a situation totally changed?
often when returning from a mission trip i say "i went expecting to give and serve (the mexicans, chileans, homeless, cambodians...) but instead they served me and taught me so much."
but it always seems to be the same lesson. isn't once enough? or do i really need to keep relearning the same stuff?

desitini, one of my girls just myspaced me. she said "hey i miss you so much. are you coming back next summer!!!!!!" (yah no question mark, just a bunch of explanation points)

and i told her i don't know if i will be returning to louisiana. its something i always struggle with.
after chile i really wanted to go back. but i didn't. instead i took an opportuinity to go to cambodia. and it was amazing. and i really wanted to go back there. but i didn't. i went to louisiana.
this was our staff picture. i would love to be a part of that team next year. i just have no idea if thats where the lord will put me.