the sun shines but i don't

:: 2006 1 May :: 10.00pm

I want to drive my car.

:: 2006 30 April :: 5.54pm

The Dumbing Down of Love by Frou Frou was played on this past week's episode of Bones.

It made me giddy with recognition tingles.

That is a good song.

I love you all.

:: 2006 29 April :: 10.55am

So, my mom didn't realize it was a sleep-in so it looks like I'm not going.

:: 2006 29 April :: 10.03am

I don't know how much of you know about the "nightwalkers," the tens of thousands of children in Uganda who "fear abduction by the Lord's Resistance Army, leave their villages every day to seek refuge in town before nightfall."

There's a nationwide sleep-in protest planned for today and one of the locations is here in Grand Rapids.

Hannah and I are going, so if you want to come too, call me before 6 tonight. Here are the details. They tell you what to bring and stuff.

Some people are walking from GVSU/Allendale to this thing and, rumor has it, some people are walking from Hope/Holland too. The goal is to walk at least a mile so you're commuting (a little bit) like the nightwalkers. I think the people I'm meeting up with (Emily) are going to walk from Aquinas.

Oh, it's at Rosa Park's Circle, I don't think I mentioned that.

If you want to come, call me before 6 tonight.

I love you all.

:: 2006 28 April :: 5.24pm

It's Friday!

Today my sister has her choir dinner theatre. I'm excited. She said the choreography is horrid so I'm looking forward to laughing with her. Or at her. Ha ha. She's a good sport.

I am hot. Wink wink, nudge nudge. It is very warm and beautiful outside. I am excited for spring. However, I am quite distraught because all the trees in my yard are the only kind of trees that don't have leaves on them right now.

The kids who're in France right now are coming back on the 28th of May. So it looks like I will be gone for 5 months. I'm going to France! Sometimes I forget all about it and it just surprises me. I am scared shitless. I will be GOING TO SCHOOL in a FOREIGN COUNTRY where all the classes will be taught in a language OTHER THAN THE ONE I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING SINCE BIRTH and one that I have FIVE YEARS of experience in. Yeah, I'm freaked out.

Lalalala.

I have exams next week and then I am done with my first year of college. Excitement!

I love you all.

P.S. Jessa, now I see what you mean about his family. She's being a poopyhead and you should just ~~kill~~ kick her. I was going to leave her a nasty message but that wouldn't be nice. I'm trying to resist the temptation.

:: 2006 26 April :: 10.25pm

I'm pretty sure iPods die after about a year.

Mine needs wiped and reset but I'd like to get my music off first.

Pretty please, Julio.

:: 2006 26 April :: 9.42am

hahaha crazy
i just did the math, and with the grades i already have in my abnormal psych class, i could get a 69.5% on my final exam and still end up with an overall 95% in the class. why am i even studying? it's insanity!

:: 2006 25 April :: 8.58am

The car poem
she being Brand

-new;and you
know consequently a
little stiff i was
careful of her and(having

thoroughly oiled the universal
joint tested my gas felt of
her radiator made sure her springs were O.

K.)i went right to it flooded-the-carburetor cranked her

up,slipped the
clutch(and then somehow got into reverse she
kicked what
the hell)next
minute i was back in neutral tried and

again slo-wly;bare,ly nudg. ing(my

lev-er Right-
oh and her gears being in
A 1 shape passed
from low through
second-in-to-high like
greasedlightning)just as we turned the corner of Divinity

avenue i touched the accelerator and give

her the juice,good

(it

was the first ride and believe i we was
happy to see how nice she acted right up to
the last minute coming back down by the Public
Gardens i slammed on

the
internalexpanding
&
externalcontracting
brakes Bothatonce and

brought allofher tremB
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to a:dead.

stand-
;Still)

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:: 2006 23 April :: 9.57am

Yeah. Definitely growing my hair out.

This is the second time my father has called me by my brother's name/nicknames.

In my defense, he wasn't wearing his glasses.

:: 2006 22 April :: 6.57pm

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

:: 2006 20 April :: 10.05am

For all you complete and total dorks out there:

There is an airport in Paris, France called Orly. I'm not even kidding.

Now try to tell me you still don't want to go to France.

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:: 2006 20 April :: 12.30am

this is the best fucking video you will ever see
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:: 2006 19 April :: 8.03pm

I hate being sick.

....

[Solid, Liquid and Big Boss] Snakes on a Plane.

:: 2006 15 April :: 9.25am

:: 2006 14 April :: 9.09am

It is Friday.

(doot dee doot doot!)

And I don't have school.

(doot dee doot doot!)

(Tangent)Read more..(/Tangent)

And since I go to a Catholic college.

(doot dee doot doot!)

I don't have school on Monday either.

(doot dee doot doot!)

My father got back from Taiwan and China last night.

(doot dee doot doot!)

Which is excting.

(doot dee doot doot!)

I got a letter from Kelly yesterday.

(doot dee doot doot!)

Which looks like an adventure.

(doot dee doot doot!)

I'm really tempted [odd use of the word] to go to mass on Sunday.

(doot dee doot doot!)

But Hannah says rumor has it that they don't let you touch the communion wafer with your hands anymore.

(doot dee doot doot!)

And I don't want to throw a fit.

(doot dee doot doot!)

But I'm pretty sure it's not the 70's.

(doot dee doot doot!)

And I can put my own gosh darned host in my mouth.

(doot dee doot doot!)

Um. I think that's it.

(doot dee doot doot!)

Anyway, I'm done. My hand hurts and for some reason, I didn't just copy and paste the tune of my song.

I love you all.

P.S. I've started using the phrase "snakes on a plane" as a screenwriter says he started using it: "Somewhere in between 'C'est la vie', 'Whattya gonna do?' and 'Shit happens' falls my new zen koan: 'Snakes on a Plane'.

WIFE: Honey you stepped in dog poop again.
ME: Snakes on a Plane...
DOCTOR: Your cholesterol is 290. Perhaps you want to mix in a walk once in a while.
ME: Snakes on a Plane...
WIFE: Honey while you were on your cholesterol walk you stepped in dog poop again."

Yeah. Like that.

Loves.

:: 2006 13 April :: 9.19am

Of course I have to be sick during a break from school.

:: 2006 12 April :: 4.39pm

ZOMFG.

I have two weeks of school left, not counting exam week. Next week is a four-day week. So is this one.

I'm almost done with my first year of college.

Exuberance!

:: 2006 11 April :: 2.04pm

Why I called 911: A Story
Actually, this will be pretty brief.

I did not have French class today because we have our oral exams this week. I also did not have my business class today because today is a "research day." The only class I had was Cultural Anthropology, which began at 1:40.

So I got off to a late start and when I went to leave, I noticed a wire going from the telephone pole in our neighbor's yard to a point in front of our mailbox. I glanced over to the telephone pole and noticed that all the wires running from that pole across the street on Peachtree were hanging down low.

After much debate on who to call, I finally ended up calling 911. I didn't use the house phone because it turned out that the wire in the middle of the road was our telephone service. I used my cell phone to dial 911 and after being transfered told the guy I didn't know who to call but this was what was up. He said they'd contact the people who fix things like that and it would get fixed.

After over an hour, I called Cannon Township. Their non-emergency line is apparently the firestation. I talked to the fireman and he told me that he had put yellow flags on the power lines that were hanging down and contacted the telephone company. This was at about 9 and the telephone company said they'd be around in 4 hours. I asked the fireman if they were safe to drive under (and if the one ON THE GROUND WITH WIRES SHOWING was safe to drive over or around). He said the sagging ones were about 6 feet off the ground and there were higher points that I could drive under. He also said the one on the ground was safe but to be sure, I shouldn't drive on the part WITH WIRES HANGING OUT. I thanked him and hung up.

I eventually got up the courage and left because I still had my one class and then work. I decided not to go to Anthro because it really doesn't matter. I might be late to work.

All in all, it was pretty exciting. I thought I was going to get killed. I took pictures so I'll post those later, when I get home.

Even though it wasn't an emergency, I hope that's the last time I have to call 911.

I love you all.

:: 2006 11 April :: 11.07am

I called 911. It was exciting.

More details later.

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:: 2006 11 April :: 9.49am
:: Music: Cloud Cult

Cloud Cult is why I wish I could sing.
Bobby's got a spacesuit made out of squirrel skin. He's pushing downwards out and sucking upwards in. This is truth to him.

Gina burns her Barbie til it's unrecognizable rubber. Screw your D-size cups 'cause I'm a way better lover. This is truth to her.

Turn my stupid question marks into simple candy canes. This is truth to me.

P.S.
It's the feeling that you're falling but there's a fine line between falling and flying.

:: 2006 8 April :: 10.59pm

I think my car is dying. It's doing this loud shuddering death moan that makes me uncomfortable driving it.

I have sadness.

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:: 2006 9 April :: 12.40am

if no one else, will joe please click here and watch this and just leave a period for a comment so i know you watched and enjoyed it? thanks.

:: 2006 8 April :: 1.12am

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:: 2006 6 April :: 10.31pm

So.

When's everyone's last day of school?

Mine will be either May 3 or 4. That first week of May is exam week.

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:: 2006 5 April :: 8.09am

One year ago today, I was on spring break. I was excited about prom and waiting for my dress to arrive. I was going to graduate from high school soon and I was anxious for our physics trip to Cedar Point.

Today, I am tired and not on spring break. I am excited about my first year of college life to be over and I'm waiting for 8:15 to arrive so I can get ready for class. I am going to drive myself in my car to Aquinas College and I'm anxious for my two dogs downstairs to shut up.

One year from today, I will be in France. I will be excited about the next weekend trip Emily and I take and will be waiting for my turn in the bathroom after my host siblings. I will be going to class at a French university with students from all over the world and will be anxious because Emily wasn't feeling well last night and it must be hard to be sick in a foreign country.

A lot changes in a year. It's amazing. I never really stop and think about it but one year ago I was attending high school in Rockford, Michigan. Today, I'm attending college at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan and I drive myself to school everyday. One year from now I will be attending university in Perpignan, France and taking weekend trips to Spain.

Wow.

I can't say I'm not a little scared.

:: 2006 4 April :: 12.58am

prospero's having a party.

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:: 2006 3 April :: 10.46pm

My name is Rachel.

I am cool.

I steal people's husbands by having hot icons like the one I have now.

I also do it by having ones like these:

Yep.
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Yeah. I'm cool.

:: 2006 3 April :: 9.29pm

I spelled the word "happy" incorrectly on Kyle's celebratory entry.

I feel stew-pod.

In other words, check the 'con.

P.S. Hannah: "They made Evita look so nice but she was the supreme dictator of a fascist totalitarian government. If anybody's crying for her, it's because she's wiping out their families. Everybody did love her though. I have to give her that. Nice tennis shoes."

My family is awesome.

P.P.S. Kyle, remember that totally awesome present I gave you that one year? How was that anyway?

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:: 2006 3 April :: 9.25am

It's someone's birthday today.

Hap[p]y day of birth.