i'm from barcelona.

heather and i left for our show pretty early. we walked around and had dinner and took some pictures. this was funny it was like a wig place. i liked the before and after pictures. (this is my hardcore face.)we got to the el ray theater at 6pm, doors didn't open until 8.
but it was a nice day so the doors to the venue were open. heather and i walked in. we said hi to everyone on the way in and smiled and no one said anything. i'm from barcelona was in the middle of their sound check. so basically we got our own private show.
then the opening act, dusty rhodes and the river band, went on for their sound check. heather got the awesome idea of going back stage. so we got up the courage to walk down a hall way that lead to the back stage area. but then we found out that to get back stage you had to go on stage and then up these stairs. we stood there for a few minutes freaking out and trying to decided if we had the balls to do it.

we finally decided to go for it. we walked on the stage while dusty rhodes was playing and went up the stairs to the band's dressing room.

there were about 5 of the 20 band members there and they were blowing up bunches of balloons. and we asked if we could help. we told them we were fans who had snuck backstage and in their cute sweedish accents they said, "ooohhh so you are outlaws?" and then we took pictures with them.
so at this point it was time for people to start coming in so heather and i were going to go outside to get our tickets. but there was a lady guarding the door and she assumed that we were with the band because we basically were at this point. but she said we couldn't leave without a orange wristband. she told us to get a wrist band from the stage manager. we really wanted to do the right thing but she was so set on us getting our wristbands that we didn't want to argue. so we tried to go back stage again. but they wouldn't let us go back without a wristband. we were stuck in this weird limbo of trying to get outside and pick up our tickets and going backstage to find the stage manager to get our wristbands which didn't exist. we finally decided to just tell the lady we would buy tickets. (which we had already done). and we got in line and got our real tickets.

dusty rhodes and the river were up first. i liked their music. its this sort of bluegrass rock stuff. with a mandolin, violin, keyboard, organ, drums, guitar, and bass. it was fun. you might recognize the guitarist from la ink. he got a memorial tattoo to cheese on the show. during the downtime they threw a bunch of balloons into the crowd so we used heathers sharpie to drw faces and write inspiration messages on them. then the entire crowd was playing a game of keep up with all million balloons.
then it was time for I'M FROM BARCELONA. :] :] :] :] :]
they were sooooooo much fun. like seriously i think the most fun i have ever had at a show. and i have had some fun times. there are so many people in the group and they all brought so much energy. confetti all over the place. crowd surfing. i sang the chorus of "tree house" into the microphone. :]
then dj lance, formaerlly of the aquabats, now from yo gabba gabba came on stage and danced around a bit. the show ended with all the band members jumping off stage and starting a congo line. then the dance paty started, complete with break dancing and limbo.

aaaaaahhhhhhmazing.

i found my calling.

claymation videos anyone?

this evening i had the longing to make another movie.
so i texted my friend drew and asked if he was down.

after a few hours this is what i have to present to you:

a nice summer themed thriller. drew wanted to make somehting epic, im not sure if this delivers.
there seems to be a reoccurring theme of violence in my claymations.
again the quality is horrible. i need to explore my other options for viral video sites.

now that i have completed my film class.

i can make movies!

presenting "when the banana crashed the dance."
character development- heather calfee
art direction- jackie gray
set design- rachel weinstein



i downloaded a trial version of istopmotion. it was really easy to use. until i tried to put some titles up in there. um and the song is sweet tangerine by the hush sound.
i think im going to redo the movie, becuase the quality is so bad. but i was so excited i decided to share it with the people of the internet today.

seriously?

i am stinking blessed to know some awesome people who are doing some awesome things for the glory of God this summer:
cindy-south asia
jillian- north africa
janai and micha- argintina
bryce and becca- south east asia
drew- central asia, utha, and some other random place for 2 years!?!?!
emily and hailey- gabon
kimie and kent (who need a blog)- czech republic
(im so sorry if i forgot anyone)

and then there are these three guys who are going to kayak the missippi river.
you should probably check out their blog.

and then there are these three other guys who are going to live on skid row for a week.
you should probably also check out their journey.

today in my youth ministry class i told the class that blogging was biblical.
(thanks holly for the wisdom) this is how i figure: journaling is biblical (psalms is essentially a journal) and a blog is simply a web journal.
:]
(i tagged this post as ballin, beacuse thats whats up)

i thought about The Game.

so i lost.
and im sorry if i just caused you to lose.

and then i found this new game, called lost. its just a game that you invite people to. and you get points for inviting people.

want to play the game with me? you have to be invited. and this is your invitation. click here.
or click here.

alright, im out.

secret trips # 3 and #4

so wednesday night heather took us to go see these guys!
and i was so excited.the cast of mythbusters!!! they were at ucr.
so jamie and adam were absent (and holly i did totally lie to you we decided we were going to lie to people and tell them we met everyone cause that was cooler. sorry.)
we got to see bloopers and then there was a question and answer period. favortie moment of the night would be the 7 year old boy who asked carrie if she was single.

then this morning jackie and i went to the casting for deal or no deal!!! (heather and julia couldn't come.)
it was at the commerce outlet mall.
we waited in line for six hours!
and then they divided us up into groups of ten and we each had 30 seconds to tell them about our lives. i said "hi my name is rachel weinstein and i am a graphic design major at california baptist university. a random fact about my life is that last sumer when i was in cambodia i ate a fried turantula. and im leaving in a month to go to new orleans to work at a day camp."and the guy gave me a golden ticket!!! so i got to go on and have a second interview.
they asked me some more questions. the one that sticks out in my mind is 'what do you do for a living?" and i said im just a student and they asked what i did before. and i said, "well i was a elderly care giver for an 88 year old. so i lived at this jewish retirement center and played canasta."
(welcome to my random life, by the way.)

so basically i am in the system now and they could call me an tell me to come on the show at any time. or not. recently they had a guy on the show who applied in 2006! so its no quick process.

they also announced that deal or no deal is going into sydication and will be airing every night of the week in a new format. there will be 22 individuals each holding a case and howie will spin a wheel and it will land on a case and then that person gets to play the game. so they are casting more people than past seasons but even if you get on the show you aren't necessarily going to get to play.

mish. stay tuned there is a slim chance you will see this rockstar on tv.so maybe i need to learn how to keep my eyes open.
ohhhh tangent: in juno when juno and leah are sitting in the park looking at the penny saver juno says, "i was thinking something a lil more edgier like, graphic designer mid 30’s with an Asian girlfriend who like dresses awesome and rocks out on the bass guitar but i dont wanna be to particular"
thats like what i want my life to be!!!!! well except im the graphic designer and he is the cool asian who rocks out on the bass.

sad face.

D. Wayland Marler, associate professor of History at California Baptist University, unexpectedly passed away on Saturday, April 12. Professor Marler had taught at CBU since 1966.
Professor Marler suffered a stroke in January and had been in rehabilitative therapy the past several months. He had undergone carotid artery surgery on April 9.

so sad. i seriously loved this guy. he was that awesome old grumpy funny man who has a story for everything!
my best memory of him was the field trip we took in his class last semester. Marler will be misses for sure.