exciting news.

so i just got this text message from my mom:

great news! i drove to the audiology they let me borrow a hearing aid which gives a little amazing sound so i have directional then drove to san clemente all by myself

i responded with:
:] :] :] :] :] im so excited right now!!!!!

and she said:
thanks. i never thought it would be so exciting to be old and have a hearing aid. thank God!

so for thoes of you who are clueless about what i am talking about check out my moms blog. its been a hard year. she was on disabibity, could not drive, work, or read (hard for a librarian). sometimes she was too dizzy to walk. she lost half her hearing.

and you know what, she still worshiped God throughout it all. i think these situations are when one's character truly shows. when everything is going your way its easy to be joyyful and all that jazz. but that's just not reality. basically, im so proud of my mom.

love you mom! why don't you ever blog anymore?



psalm 56:13
For you have delivered me from death
and my feet from stumbling,
that I may walk before God
in the light of life.





(and she is super cute too!)

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.

should i do it?

so i am subscribed to like 100 million different blogs on my rss reader.
should i have a "blogs you should check out" post once a week or something? it could be a consistant thing with a new interesting site to check out.

like would anyone read it? or care?
it would be something like this:
Sup! check out this blog! its called faces in places. there are a bunch of pictures that people have submitted with random faces.as you can see the backpack face has a blue tongue.
so since i started reading this blog i have been looking for faces in random places to submit.


i might call these posts "fun sites for your friday" or i might not call them that.

aright so let me know if this is something i should do.

an unusual purchase.

so i hardly ever buy movies. i see them all the time. but i don't usually have the urge to by every movie that comes out. because of these reasons:

1. collectively my friends have a pretty complete movie library. my room mate basically owns every movie a girl would want to see.
   
2. i tend to fall asleep during movies
3. i have decided to spend my movie money on movies in the theater. i love watching a movie with 100 strangers. i laugh much more when i i am surrounded by random people's laughter.
   

but i just pre ordered juno at amazon. i am pretty sure i have already talked about the awesomeness of this move.

more than re watching the movie i am excited to see the special features. the directors commentary. deleated scenes. outtakes.

thats another thing. if im going to buy a movie im going to get the extended version ever time that is an option. go big or go home, right?

in other movie news in my photo shop class i had to make a vector image using the pen tool. i hate the pen tool. its so hard for me. i have done so many tutorials. but i still have to stop and think about what im doing. which way i need to pull the little bar guys. ahhh.
well the theme of the project was you favorite movie. i never know how to answer that question. and i figured i had already lost all respect in that class when i turned in this project that i would just go for it and do sisterhood of the traveling pants.

so here it is.
kinda similar to the original, right? so if you have any images that you would like vectored i need the practice.
:]

lights camera action.

"hey have you seen that new youtube video?"
"which one?"
"i don't know. just search for 'rachel weinstein' it should be the first one that comes up. its awesomely hillarious. i just want to meet her!"

that is a dream of mine. i want to be a youtube star. how amazing would that be. i could go on the ellen show and talk about how i am using my new found fame to share jesus with the world.

so this past week i made a baby step toward that goal. they have been filming cbu promotional videos this year and on Wednesday when i came back from class there was video and lighting eqipment all over the cottage.
here is our awesome princess bathroom with a huge light and other stuff. first monica and holly fake studied. i kinda felt left out at this point becuase i was just sitting in my room watching all the excitement unfold around me. but then the door into the entertainment industry opened up for me. the director came over to me and basically said, "hey there beautiful girl. i think you would be a great asset to our film. i have a good eye for this sort of thing. i think you are an excellent representation of the cbu student."
and i said, "why thank you kind sir. i would be happy to assist you with this film. and you don't even have to pay me for my services. becuase i am such a nice person."

so holly and i faked a game of rummy while monica made tea in the background. this is the shot of holly winning. and obviously i am a good actor because my "losing face" is so authentic you cant tell that i never loose.
:]

tangent

THIS IS A MAJOR TANGENT FROM MY LAST BLOG SO I DECIDED TO MAKE A WHOLE NEW POST. and i just realized that that was in caps lock.
becuase i do not type correctly. i look at the key board while i type. when i had computers in 7th grade we had to play typing games and i cheated.

so this is where it started....
well actually i can always get away with lying on the internet. its kinda a new hobby of mine. like i really find joy in posting bogus status updates and stuff. i think people take myspace/facebook wayyyy to seriously. (and i know this might sound hypocritical coming from me, but im pretty over the whole thing.) like if you really care to know whats going on in someone's life you should ask. oh but wait, you cant ask people how they are doing because thats just a casual greeting. "hi how are you" "good how are you" is the normal exchange these days. and people really dont care what your answer is. i usually respond with "fine." and people ask "aw why fine?" like its just so unexpected to hear that.
i really hate whats happening. because when i ask my friends how they are doing or how their day was i really care about the answer. and it hurts when i get one word back.

another thing that stinks about our normal conversations is how often people say "i love you" why do we only have one word for love?
i love chipotle.
i love my family.
i love game show network.
i love God.
i love to blog.
i love water.
i love music.
i love making lists.

we should have more words.

im behind on blogging.

this longing for camo shorts is unexplainable.

i can't explain it but for the last few weeks i have really wanted to add a pair of boy shorts to my wardrobe.

and i want them to be camouflage boy shorts.
i couldn't tell you why i want some. and sitting here blogging about it seems weird.
i have never really been a big camo person. like i do have a pair of camo pants. and a skirt.

but i kinda feel like there are two types of people in the world
the first kind has never owned anything camouflage. they know that the print is over used. it is not fashionable. it doesn't really work with anything. it makes you look sloppy.
most of my life i fit into this category.

the other kind of person is a camo enthusiast. they own many different camo items. they accept it for its awesome-ness that allows it to match well with basically every color. its comfortable. carefree. works well with flip flops. and by adding a great pair of heels and a jacket you can take the look from day to night!
well i know thats not entirely true. but its april fools day so i can get away with lying on the internet. ALRIGHT So i just had a major tangent and im going to save that for my next blog so this one doesn't get super long.
but now i guess i fit into this second category.

hey eric! why do hardcore kids wear camo?
...so they won't be scene.
:]