graduating is for chumps.

so i was just reading drew's blog. and honestly it made me tear up a bit. (its been an emotional morning, get off my back.)

but im really sad the semester is almost over. in addition to having lots of work to get done i don't want to say goo bye to the great people i have met.

im going to be the only one left from team ootah.
and that makes me so sad.

i know im being selfish and i should be excited about people moving forward in their lives. i think i might be slightly jealous. sometimes i feel like i should just quit school and start a greeting card company. or be a missionary. or work in advertising.

sometimes i just want to quit and work the reality show circuit for a while. i'll start out on one reality show. then ill do the reunion special. then ill be one of those people who are always on e! specials giving their opinions and funny comments on any given topic. then i will get a sponsorship and do commercials. then i will invent some great new item. travel the world promoting my product. adopting about 20 kids along the way. i would love to have my own fashion line. possibly a celebrity fragrance as well. become a judge on some new dancing show.

wow. sometimes i hope that no random lurkers are reading my blog because i know i sound crazy. but other times that idea excites me. kristin pretty much figured me out she said, "rachel you just want someone to read [an email i sent] that and say, 'oh i know that girl. she is so cool. i want to be her friend." well kristin you were spot on.
so random person i want to be your friend too.

27 dresses.

so turned in my application for ra. and this is something i really want to do. alot.
its seriously not even about the free housing (which would be nice) or the single room (which would be nice). its about getting to work with girls and build relationships and build community and the more i think about it the more love cbu. and i feel like i could do a good job of encouraging my residents to be the people God wants them to be. sadly though 150 applications were turned in for only 60ish spots. and a lot of great people applied. so if i dont get it i will be bummed but i know that there was someone better for the job and its just not the right time.
i had my interview on friday. and it was silly. overall i think i did a good job. i had fun, laughed a lot, cried a little. ended it off with a display of my coolest talent. i can stick my finger pretty far into my eyeball socket.
and then this morning form 8:30- 12 all the ra applicants had to go thorough a three part group interview process day thing. it was a lot of fun. we were split into nine groups and my group (pink2!) was awesome. some super nice people. we are pretty much all friends now and im excited to see them around campus!
after lunch and bible study i took a nap. it was so nice.

about five thirty chelsea jumped on top of me and woke me up.
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randomly chelsA called me monday and asked if i wanted to hang out with her. and i did. so we did.

we started out the night with panera and some great conversation. catching up is fun, there is always so much to talk about. and lots of laughing. we saw 27 dresses. so cute. nice chick flick. happy ending. love story. lots of laughs. see it if your into that sort of think. don't if your not.
coffee depot and back to the cottage for some more laughing, myspace stalking, and match.com applying. haha.
so after finishing my match.com profile we decided not to submit it. so sadly if my soul mate (whatever that means) is on that site i may never find him. but seriously the questions they as are super funny. so if you're ever bored and in the mood for a good laugh...
random fact:chelsea is compeating in the miss riverside pageant. im excited for her. she has to study the history and through her research (wikipedia) she learned that maeby from arrested development is totally from riverside.

a saturday fulla riverside pride.

if i was a gangster i would for sure be in one of the gangs that is all about riverside pride.
i would get 951 tattooed on my back.
i would have a fatty rain cross sticker on my car.

saturday morning i DARED TO CARE.
pretty sweet way to start out the day. i would estimate about 300 people from the grove and the path of life shelter were there. we divided ourselves into groups and set off to clean up downtown riverside.

my team was pretty hardcore. we were out in a a dust storm cleaning up train tracks. my legs were sore today when i woke up. im not used to using the "bending over and picking up trash muscles" they are very similar to the "rice planing muscles" i used in cambodia.
(im at the end of the row planting with the locals.)

after the clean up everyone ate lunch together.
hot dogs + chili + cheese + onions = gas.
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then saturday night emily, cynthina, stephen, and i went to the mission inn to look at the lights and have a crazy intense photo shoot.
kettle corn!
pretty lights.
spider pig, spider pig, does whatever a spider pig does.
more pretty lights.
mish.
giant orange!
how much longer will this behavior be accepted? i really love taking pictures with my friends. but i cant picture a mature 20 year old doing this kind of thing.