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First things first: I'm officially a high school graduate. That's a really scary and exciting thought. I'll be going to college in September... I get my roommate assignments at the end of this month I think, and I'm looking forward to that.

Second: I have ordered a new Macbook Pro! <3 I'm super excited. Once I get it, you can bet there'll be more art. Or more activity here. I haven't forgotten about dA, I just... don't draw or write as much. I've been focused on playing music, actually.

Third: I'm going to Italy soon. Since I will be sans anything entertaining besides Harry Potter and vineyards, I'll probably wind up doing a lot of drawing/writing. I expect soon I will be completely taken over by Harry Potter, and then you'll be overwhelmed with fanart. Don't say I didn't warn you.

If you're reading this, bless your little soul for caring enough. I promise I'm around, and if you're one of my few watchers/people who care about my "art" I promise I'll keep updating, even if it's not as often as I'd like. I'm not really an artist anymore...

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Here's a bullet list of the past 7 months:
1. I am done with senior year academically but have yet to graduate. A month from yesterday!
2. I will be attending college in Minnesota in the fall.
3. I turned 18 last month.
4. I learned how to play the ukulele.
5. I became completely addicted to Ghost Hunters.

I guess my life isn't very interesting, but hey, at least you know that I passed several major milestones in my life. If only I scrapbooked.

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My life is a little hectic. I'm still doing art, but I don't have Photoshop at the moment. Things are not good for me just now.

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/20545561/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/20545561/ Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:53:07 PDT
I am completely and utterly alone.

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And everyone who doubted me, everyone who hurt me, will be left in the dust trying to suck the gold from the soles of my shoes, but all that they'll get is a FOOTPRINT IN THE FACE.

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/19623865/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/19623865/ Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:28:44 PDT
But how are your lives?

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Just, you know, FYI.

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/19370851/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/19370851/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:36:01 PDT I am not happy with anyone.

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Not that you care, but everyone should know. Also I think this is PMS, in which case, someone must help me hurt puppies. :'c

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There you go.

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/19067115/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/19067115/ Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:02:55 PDT I'm working on art. I started one today.

But since I work in the wee hours of the morn
and I have commitments that require me to be alert in the early morning (7 am!!) I must pace myself.
Also I have to include time for my REAL LIFE FRIENDS OMGZ and also for video games.

So patience.
In the meantime, go watch some gay French musicals. I recommend LES CHANSONS D'AMOUR which is a great musical with catchy songs and a cast of very attractive people. GO GO GO.

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/18990322/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/18990322/ Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:29:03 PDT I mean a lot.

I have at least 4 pictures that I deem worthy enough to be vectored.

So when I get back this Wednesday (that's 4 days from now) I will be sure to get started. They're all based on songs, so if you think the titles are weird, that's why. Only one of said songs is in English, actually. Well, 2, but one of those songs is by a Japanese rap duo, so I don't know if it counts.

Point is, sit tight. It's coming. I mean, you can't rush creative genius.
That was a joke, by the way.

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Sorry for no art but you know how it is. Sims. Laziness. Of course lack of shit to draw.

So yeah. I'll see you all on the flipside. Dag, yo.

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SO yeah I am back and I am tired but I am happy. Hello world.

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Have a wonderful two months, enjoy your spring, hugs and kisses, thanks for watching!

<3,
Rachel

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I got a picture of my first homestay family. I will be staying with them for 2 weeks in April, and they're the first of two homestay families I'll have. I've been corresponding with them with letters and e-mail.

Here's the kicker, though. They have a really really good-looking seventeen year old son. I mean, really good-looking. Think Tom Cruise in Risky Business, before the batshit insane era, good-looking. Yeah, I know. It's pretty cool.

I'll be returning with two homestay students for a month here in Seattle too, which will be really fun. We'll hang out and stuff. I'm shit at entertaining people but I figure, when you're in a new place, everything can be entertaining with the right amount of effort.

I'll miss the internet to a certain extent, but not really. I need the escape. I think I'm a little addicted to the internet and it's a big problem.

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/17221015/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/17221015/ Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:43:16 PST There is sunshine yet!

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/17188330/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/17188330/ Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:38:25 PST That is 13 days from today!

When I hear this song, I like to think it's being sung for me.

I'm drawing a comic in French that is pretty awesome.
It won't be done until like, Thursday night, but still. It's pretty rad.
I don't have the (corrected) French script with me (it's downstairs) but it's pretty silly too.
I'm having trouble coloring it though.

It is finals week, which is shitty, but next week, the house will be all mine, and I don't have to go to school like the rest of my school haha.

I am going to take driver's ed over the summer. It's confirmed.

I have a headache too, which is also shitty.

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/17141672/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/17141672/ Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:41:01 PST (in no particular order)
1. Oz
2. Rocket Man/Harland Williams
3. Hockey
4. Ryan Gosling
5. Hugh Laurie
6. Chris Meloni and Lee Tergesen
7. Lost
8. France
9. Arashi
10. Silly old songs
11. Musicals
12. Unicorns
13. Art
14. Love
15. Boys
16. My friends and family
17. Music
18. Foreign films
19. The book I'm reading: Nineteen Minutes

There's probably more but I am in a weird place, neither happy or sad, but contemplative. I've had a good day, I'm tired, but I must listen to music and then I will read.

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]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/16937323/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/16937323/ Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:17:22 PST It was awesome.

I also saw Michael Clayton today.
Don't ask me how it was, I don't know. I slept through most of it because I am sick and tired.

I only wanted to post this so I could mention that I have the week off and so more shit is coming... I have a whole god damn pile of backlogged drawings I need to get cracking on.

And also to say that this emote = me to the max and I love it.

And also to say that I am almost caught up on Lost season 4 so if you want to talk crazy island with me, please do. I love Miles and Jack and Desmond the most. Jack is my favorite. Fuck all y'all. He's great. Locke is dumb. He is a smelly poop who is bald. Jack ftw. And also Kate sucks I hate her. Jack and Sawyer should kill her and have hot mansex on the island. That's the kinda show I like to watch, hahahahahahakhsjbgkdnsgkfgmldgmlmgd;sl,gd;fl,gf

NYQUIL IS KICKING IN MY GOODNESS I SHOULD GET TO BED BEFORE I GET MORE NEUROTIC!!

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/16821917/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/16821917/ Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:59:57 PST
It is really cold in my house, especially in my room, which is indescribably lame.

Why am I listening to The Love Boat theme? YOU TELL ME.

Edit: Forgot to mention, I have a lot of cute little doodles to vector. I'll maybe do one tonight if I feel inclined.

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/16732395/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/16732395/ Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:39:39 PST
This means! I can finally return to my very silly existence of watching copious amounts of Oz and Ghost Hunters, while thinking silly thoughts about France and playing Phoenix Wright.

Next week I am going to see MIKA live. It will be momentous. I am going to stage door so hard, you don't even know. Two of my best friends are coming with me, and they are just as eager as I am to stay up very late. Yay! That's next Thursday. That's right. Valentine's Day! <3

Question: Has anyone ever watched Brothers & Sisters? How good is it? I'm finding my next target show, and that's a good candidate. I like TV shows (preferably in English ; 3 with lots of gay. Hahaha. So let me know what Brothers & Sisters is like if you watch it. Thanks!!

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/16667024/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/16667024/ Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:06:22 PST
I listen to French music more though. I leave for France in just a little over a month!! <3 I leave on the 17th of March. Try not to miss me too much! I'll be keeping the group blog entries over there and if anyone wants it, send me a note.

Hope everyone's week is going well.

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/16544374/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/16544374/ Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:20:53 PST
So in order to stop thinking about it (I still am all like, "Did it really happen? It didn't happen, did it?") let me say that I've been hit with a muse. Sadly, not an art muse. However, I am going to start a comic. Big news, right? I know I say I'm going to start a comic every other month, but this one has a name, a design, and a few strips. It's going to be easy for me because it's just about my life.

It's called Ghoti. Figure it out. (Hint: It's not pronounced "goat-ee!") It's a vector comic, so the style is very exaggerated (long, slender necks, big eyes, etc.)

This week is tech week for the play. I'm ready for it all to be over. The sooner it's done, the sooner to the end of the term it is, and the sooner I get to being in France for three months. I'm so excited! I leave March 17th. I'm staying on a beef farm for two weeks, three weeks in Paris seeing plays, and the rest of the time I'm playing in the ruins of a château and learning about nature on the coast.

I'm addicted to Oz and I'm starting to get into Metalocalypse, even though metal is the only music genre I really despise. I watched an episode of Torchwood last night and hated it. Mostly because of Ianto. The way that guy talks is SO OBNOXIOUS. I was like, "DUDE. SHUT UP." He's really cute and he has a wicked cool name but the way he talks killed the show for me. Never again!

So I'm going to watch Metalocalypse now. I'm holding off the last season of Oz (D' until after the play.

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/16529514/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/16529514/ Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:52:46 PST
Rest in peace. I'll miss you. Your acting has provided an example for me, you gave me an emotional connection to your character in Brokeback Mountain, your work in that movie changed my life. Thank you and goodbye.

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/16292433/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/16292433/ Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:38:46 PST Because it is a masterpiece.
And by that I mean every song is amazing and I love everyone in the cast and wish I had been a part of it even just an extra because god dammit it is so spectacular.
I've seen it THREE times now... soon movie theaters will start banning me.

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/16274113/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/16274113/ Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:22:00 PST because I am bored and as soon as this is done I am going to watch Ghost Hunters.

DIRECTIONS:
Go to the Wikipedia home page and click "random article". That is your band's name.
Click random article again; that is your album name.
Click random article 15 more times; those are the tracks on your album.

Band: Christian Laflamme
Album: Blanca Island

Track Listing:

1.) Hamurabi
2.) D'Arnaud's Barbet
3.) Chiredzi
4.) Netherbury
5.) Peenetal/Loitz
6.) Enrique Tábara
7.) La Femme Nikita
8.) Jason Lawson
9.) East Renfrewshire Schools Coalition
10.) Tony Hulman
11.) Simpatico
12.) WOOD (omfg lol)
13.) Bayliss Effect
14.) HMS Saldanha
15.) American Force

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/16261504/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/16261504/ Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:30:51 PST
Fuck it
fuck it
fuck it
fuck it in the ear.

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/16159532/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/16159532/ Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:41:59 PST
Four hours yesterday, half hour break after one hour, and then two hours today, straight, after playing maybe three hours of Wii Sports with my cousin, my brother and my brother's friend.

This is the most video gaming I've done all year. Hell, man. Don't let anyone tell you the Wii isn't addicting. This shit will send me straight to the grave if I don't stop. I only stopped playing today because of football... I was forced away.

My life is Wii, Oz and Jason Mraz right now.

Oh, and Jun Shibata. If you have never heard her, check her out. EVEN if you don't like jpop... she's got the most amazing voice.

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/16096948/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/16096948/ Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:31:45 PST Hope everyone is having a swell one, and if you don't celebrate Christmas, I hope the actual day is treating you well. Hope everything is warm and cozy for us in the Northern Hemisphere, and everyone down in Southern Hemisphere, hope you guys are enjoying your summer weather!

What did you guys get? I got a Wii (!!) and a lot of DS games, PostSecret books, new pajamas, Harry Potter merch, a lot of DVDs and the first season of Ghost Hunters. Also, tickets to a concert in February. I'm interested to know what your swag is. Video games? I got Phoenix Wright: JFA, Super Mario 64 DS, Elite Beat Agents and, of course, for my (soon to arrive) Wii, Zelda.

It also snowed here, very nice, except that it wasn't a lot and it's going to rain probably so it'll all wash away by tomorrow, but what're you gonna do, eh? I got maybe a quarter-inch here, the flakes were really fluffy and it was very exciting to watch. It rarely snows here, or at least not for very long, hence why when Seattle gets an inch of snow, everyone drops everything and goes home.

Alright, I'm going to return to my DS and hole myself in my room to play some Mario. And not sneeze everywhere... heeeheee!

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/16044588/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/16044588/ Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:27:44 PST
For me, the most revolting part was during City on Fire (called Johanna on the soundtrack, but it's really City on Fire) when you see Mrs. Lovett's shop going in great business. Everyone is sitting around eating and it's so gross and yucky I felt sick, genuinely. It didn't help that beforehand I went and had a hamburger at Johnny Rocket's but eh.

All the murders! All I gotta say is they were so well done and vile. The whole move is evil and that's just the way it needed to be! Believe the NY Times, guys. I woke up this morning at 8:30 (stupid alarm clock ; 3; ) singing "Pirelli's Miracle Elixir."

MAY I MENTION THAT SACHA BARON COHEN MADE THE BEST PIRELLI EVER? He was so hilarious, and oh man, if you ever wanted to see him in a VERY VERY VERY tight blue jumpsuit affair, go, if only to watch his performance.

So I am basically in love with this weekend. It has brought me great things, yes!

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/15856829/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/15856829/ Sun, 09 Dec 2007 02:21:42 PST
My only sadness is the next formal... I don't think I'll be able to attend and this saddens me greatly, especially since there is someone I want to ask (it's Tolo/Sadie Hawkins, hence why the girl asks the guy, see?) and I might not be in the country when that happens.

Oh I love everything.

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/15650720/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/15650720/ Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:51:01 PST
I started a new TV show... anyone seen Oz before? I reeeeeally like it.

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Crash.

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/15425216/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/15425216/ Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:49:01 PST
If you are watching me, before you favorite every single thing in my gallery, please tell me what it is about said drawing that you like.

Thanks dudes.

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Wish me luck!

Also. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/15226179/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/15226179/ Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:42:32 PDT
if you've never broken/fractured a bone in your life, you're even luckier and i wish, at the moment, to be wonderfully healthy you.

no art for a while, obviously.

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/15208121/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/15208121/ Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:33:22 PDT Carrying large staffs and slamming them into the stage floor and acting drunk.
(Knock knock knock! Who's there, i' the name of of Beezlebub!)

I am a clown.

Damn.
It's silly, really. Very silly.
I did "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not" yesterday. I changed it.
"It'll happen, it won't happen, it'll happen, it won't happen..."
It landed on "It won't happen" and that god damn daisy is right.
I'm 16. I'm 16. I'm 16.

But a girl can dream, right?

Oh yes, a girl can dream.

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/14978401/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/14978401/ Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:11:14 PDT Hormones!
teehee.

I'm gonna make a new ID, because I need one.

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/14892998/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/14892998/ Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:38:29 PDT
Feel like I should have a celebration, but eh.

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/14736261/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/14736261/ Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:01:17 PDT I have orange space pants.
Everything, at last, is coming together.
<3

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/14379623/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/14379623/ Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:52:48 PDT
Well, YAI finished up and it was the best summer of my life. I'll never forget the experiences I had in it. It was truly a wonderful experience. And I think it's changed me to become a more confident person. No, I'm serious!

I also saw YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, the musical! It was glorious. Its world premiere was here in Seattle. It was soo good. I want to see it again. When it goes to Broadway, if you can, go see it. I loved it. But be warned: if you're looking for new jokes, there aren't many. They're really just the same jokes from the movie. BUT IT'S STILL AMAZING. Roger Bart is so good in it.

I also restarted The Outsiders and I'm getting better at Solitaire.

Anyway, that's really the biggest news in my life. How is everyone? I hope you all are okay.

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/14188444/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/14188444/ Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:15:53 PDT the world is amazing.

I feel very ethereal. It's hard to describe, you know? I don't know if I can convey what I feel. It's like, a mix of sorrow and remorse but blinding happiness and excitement and, can you believe it, confidence.

Today I realized I've become a different person. I cried in front of people I didn't know too well, but I also realized that more people like me than I think. I need to carry that.

Thanks for supporting me, if you've been here the whole time. If you're just joining the party, nice to meet you. My name is Rachel.

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/14136477/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/14136477/ Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:49:37 PDT I'm a little catfish, sittin' in a pond...

I have to share.

I got a men's jacket today! And a wallet with unicorns on it! I am happy today! It is sunny! I do not like the sun! I have a Coke Zero! It is yummy! I'm gonna go read now! Hugh Laurie is good looking!

EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/13967845/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/13967845/ Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:12:02 PDT
Lately, a bulk amount of my time has been spent looking up Japanese grammar sites. So much stuff to take in.

I've also been very tired and slightly stressed out these past few days. Trust me, it'll get worse before it gets better. In like, two weeks, I'll be tearing my hair out and running on coffee. But once YAI is done, I'll have the rest of the summer to myself.

God, is it August today? Holy shit.

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/13938062/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/13938062/ Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:17:17 PDT hahrhahrlsjh zds;sxkgm!!!

I am bored!
And sleepy!
And I have to go to YAI!

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/13881829/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/13881829/ Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:58:59 PDT
I will finish it... eventually...

a bug almost killed me today
so I don't think I'll be sleeping. XD

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/13775165/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/13775165/ Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:02:55 PDT THIS CANNOT LAST.

Luckily for everyone, I've been doing a lot, and I mean a lot, of doodling... I'm working on a vector right now. I am sacrificing my evening of would-be Tetris playing to do this piece. I'm excited to do it.

So, in case you haven't noticed, I've been sort of away from dA. It's because my computer has suddenly become freakishly slow for no reason. The internet, Windows, everything. I think I may have fried it, which is shitshingles because it's not even 2 years old yet. I want a desktop computer so much more. Laptops just weren't built to last, unless you're talking one of those indestructible military laptops.

Anypoodles, that's why I've been gone for a while. I don't think I'll be back for a while.

Most exciting news of my life? ARASHI'S NEW CD CAME OUT AND OMG I HAVE IT. It's so incredible omg I love it forever and a day. The solos are the best. Arashi, pleasepleaseplease, don't stop being awesome.

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/13653269/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/13653269/ Sun, 08 Jul 2007 00:34:54 PDT NOW I CAN'T STOP OPENING MY PHONE. D': Bad idea, Rachel.

That aside, I have something to say.
I have this friend who is made of awesome. Her name is Maddy.
Maddy and I are starting a podcast called Dictionary Time With Maddy and Rachel.
Basically, we choose a random word from the dictionary and talk about it for a half hour.
We record the first episode tomorrow, so you all should listen to it.

And tomorrow is also the day our French student arrives! I'm excited to meet him!

I'm in a grand mood. Life is wonderful.

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/13641575/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/13641575/ Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:30:47 PDT
"That won't hurt!" I proclaimed. When I went to the gym today, I picked up a pack of Big Red to try for myself.

Well, suffice to say, after 30 seconds I was running to the bathroom to soothe my forehead with copious amounts of water, and as luck would have it, it didn't help at all. 5 minutes later my head was no longer burning but it hurt like hell. DON'T DO IT.

So... in case you didn't know already, I've decided to teach myself Japanese. It shall be a long and arduous process, but I think if I maintain the willpower, I can do it. I'm prepared. Right now, before I do anything, anything, I'm learning the first alphabet, Hiragana, so I can at least read basically. I still won't understand shit but I at least can spell stuff.

But goodness, you never have so much trouble when trying to learn something like French or Spanish. At least they use your own comfortable alphabet. Japanese is like, five hundred billion trillion different things at once, and you're like, "OH SHEE-IT."

Language truly is a fascinating thing though! Our French exchange student comes on Sunday, so we'll have someone who doesn't speak English as their primary language for 3 months. I'm stoked to meet him.

I love the world. Life is grand. Tralalala.

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/13585907/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/13585907/ Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:39:44 PDT I returned from Portugal yesterday! I had a blast. :] It's such a lovely country. I got lots of stuff, too... I got a sweatshirt, a hat, a scarf and a CD.

I also have a lot of art, so expect some of that in the near future. <3

Everyone is awesome! I love you all. ]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/13297045/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/13297045/ Sun, 10 Jun 2007 23:24:20 PDT is an internet café where I'm going but I don't think I'll get to use it at all, not that I particularly would want to anyway.

I'll be back on the 1st!

Hope you all have a wonderful end of June!

,
Rachel

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/13267244/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/13267244/ Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:30:14 PDT
I'm not saying spam, but leave a little note and make my day better.

That is, if anyone is actually reading this. I know most of you overlook my stupid journals. I'm a terribly uninteresting person.

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/13245458/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/13245458/ Wed, 06 Jun 2007 21:47:49 PDT Guess who pre-ordered the LE from (supposedly) the wrong company? Me.
By wrong company, I mean it apparently won't help their chart sales. My sale won't exactly count towards them. But that website was the first place I looked and since all the other sites that matter were sold out, I figured it was just better to get it from there and skip the hassle.

Anyway, I've had finals this week. Tomorrow is going to be absolute and total hell but tomorrow is also my last day of school so it's not so bad. It will be, however, the last time I see some of my best friends at school, which I'm very sad about. I don't know if I'll cry or not, I might. One of them I've known for over a decade. That's a long time.

And then on Friday, Daywatch is playing through the SIFF and so I'm going to see that. Also, it's free slurpie day at 7-11. At least I think it's then, but other places are saying July 11th. I'm not sure, but either way, I'm going to be seeing some foreign film vampire action on Friday. If anyone here is interested, check out Nightwatch (or maybe it's Night Watch, I'm not sure). It's a fantastic vampire movie. A little gory but what isn't these days? Also, it's Russian, and Russia is awesome.

Someone needs to get me the hell away from all the Japanese TV I've been watching... I've started understanding words. If I'm going to learn the language, I should do it without having to watch a screen, oui?

Aussi, j'ai eu un presentation pour ma classe francais hier. It was okay... my French speaking abilities could be much better. I talk like a 5 year old.

]]> ~Effects-Of-Gravity http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/13205099/ http://Effects-Of-Gravity.deviantart.com/journal/13205099/ Sun, 03 Jun 2007 17:13:36 PDT
I'm listening to radio fodder.
Proud of me?

It's not my fault. It shouldn't be so catchy.
Though I guess this proves my claim that I can really listen to about anything and find something worth liking in it.
EVEN BRYAN ADAMS lol I found him on my iPod today. I was like, "Wtf!? Did I put that there? Naww... did I?"

Anyway, this song has a hook. You can't resist a hook!

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NOT HEALTHY! NOT HEALTHY!!!
WARNING SIGNS.
MUST STOP LISTENING.

But I can't. :c

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Hope it doesn't get infected.

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