finals.

i can not believe that finals are here.
its crazy how fast time goes. crazy.

so its really weird staying in riverside over the breaks while all my cbu friends scatter across the country.

in the next few weeks there are going to be a ton of movies comming out that i really want to see

1. sweeney todd
2. atonement
3. juno
4. alvin and the chipmunks
5. the kite runner
6. walk hard

and then there are the movies that are already out that i want to see

1. golden compass
2. august rush (again)
3. enchanted
4. fred clause
5. bee movie

the crazy thing is if i saw all thoes movies and paid the student price of $9.50 i would be spending $104.50!!!!!!

and even buying tickets from cbu at $6 a show im still spending $66!!!!!!
thats alot of money. dang.
but realistically i am not going to actually see all these movies.

weekend update.

4:00, friday was the start of an excellent weekend.
team ootah got together for night filled with talking, christmas light looking, std-ing, and catch phrase-ing.

i went back to the mission inn. for the third time this season.

i think this is an awkward picture. but it makes me laugh.
seriously. we hung out for eight hours and were laughing most of the time.
the only negative thing about that night was that the women were dominated at catch phrase.

then saturday night i had a hannakuh party at my house. the nice thing about not living at home is i get to invite people over, but i dont have to help out with the preparation, or the cleaning afterward.
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(just kidding mom, i totally would have helped if i knew you needed me.)

but it was pretty cool. my mom made a good dinner. and we played games.
good times.
again, alot of laughing. mostly due to my favorite game in the world, quelf. janai and i did alright as queen spatula. but we didnt win.


"one syllable words that start with 'W'"
mrs pickle feather- "water"

a quick shout out to cindy and julia who won as the Super Ninja Monkey. they had to constantly sit on their hands while always holding something in their left hand while acting as the bartenders for everyone else. that takes skill.

lunch time.

this mobile blogging thing is cool. and convenient.

today at lunch i crafted this creature.
its an owl.

so at this point i am a real artist.

speaking of owls go listen to owl city. super up beat. and positive. and christian.

christmas shopping.

i am all done with my shopping.
amazon.com made it pretty easy.
one click shopping.
free shipping.
if you are a member of my immediate family you can expect a gift from me.

sadly, if you are anyone but my immediate family you are not getting jack. you are not getting jill either.

which moves me to my next point.
please don't get me anything. i have enough stuff already. i don't need anything more. if in your head your thinking, "but rachel you are so cool. and awesome. and pretty. i just must get you something."
...just resist the urge. don't.

if you already got me something take it back and donate the money to some charity. or give the gift to someone who needs it more.

seriously, please don't get me anything. lets just prevent any awkward moments now.

european awesomeness.

so lately it has really started to bother me that europe has such cool stuff that is just not available in united states of america.

like different clothing companies will not ship here. or its a million dollars in taxes and shipping and handling fees.

another thing. why is there a separate euro itunes store? why cant we all just share everything.

ill leave you with this. a site i found called Fashion Sweats.
fashion? i think not.


one last thing. the word sweat. i always have to stop and think about it. do i really mean to say sweet?
english is silly.
thank you england.

im a failed musician.

i have no musical talent. i can not sing. i can not dance. i can not play instruments.
but i have tried.

in elementary school i played the violin, the cello, and the flute.
i was also involved in musical theater. aunt in guys and dolls (part of the uncle was changed for me). and the narrator in into the woods. just a villager in fiddler on the roof.

sometimes i miss it all alot. i think that if i had just stuck with the cello i would have been amazing.

so this weekend i saw august rush.
it was so good. if your into the sappy sort of love story that has a happy ending and lots of coincidences.
it was bad if your name is janai and you have no heart. (i was crying throughout the movie while janai sat there and rolled her eyes)

and now im into this weird cello rock sort of music.
apocalyptica, murder by death, and rasputina

luck of the irish.

this week i had two major projects due.

in my lit class i had to present my final paper. you might remember i was up late procrastinating.
well the presentation was all good. most people seemed to be genuinely interested. because after about a million speeches about downs syndrome, autism, no child left behind, the importance of pe, welding, and classical music who wouldnt want to hear about graffiti.
honestly tho, some of the topics were interesting.

but i HATE when people read off the power point. ughh! seriously. there is no need to read straight off the screen to a class of university students.

so my most embarrassing moment is...
we have to evaluate each person who gives a speach and there is this boy in my class and he is from ireland and he is on the soccer team (run on sentence much?). his topic was the importance of welding. but every time he said welding it was actually weldin' and it was so adorable. so my evaluation of him totally said "his irish accent is so cute"

and i turned that in to my teacher. what was i thinking?