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rachel

I am here for Friends

About Me

i'm a little quirky once you get to know me...i'm a christian and that fact continues to change, affect and alter my life in different ways...i love my family...i think people need to pay more attention to what is going on in the world around them...my artistic side and my practical side are often at war with each other (i like it better when the artistic side wins)...i often doubt myself and my abilities...i have a great boyfriend who makes life better just by being a part of it...i hate the emphasis north american culture places on getting a degree, career, money, celebrities, perfection, and living your entire life only to work towards attaining the "american dream"...

My Interests

travelling, reading, shisha, music, cooking, writing, people watching, interior design, living simply, going for walks, yoga, live theatre, anti-consumerism, board games, card games

I'd like to meet:

anyone who has a head on their shoulders that they actually use, there isn't one type of person i get along with. i use myspace mostly to keep in touch with friends i already know but I'm always up for meeting new people...just be willing to communicate before you hit the add to friends button

Music:

jennifer knapp, josh groban, martina sorbara, the shins, michael buble, amanda marshall, alanis morisette, third day, jeremy camp, shawn mcdonald, ani difranco, kings of convenience, norah jones, elton john, nat king cole, carbon leaf, billie holiday, john mayer, sarah mclachlan, jann arden, ben folds, dave matthews, jeremy fisher, iron and wine, robbie seay band, kt tunstall, lauryn hill, jack johnson, feist, joss stone, riley armstrong, imogen heap, pete yorn, psalters, etta james, india.arie, jason mraz, mat kearney

Movies:

garden state, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, the constant gardener, sliding doors, hideous kinky, in america, chocolat, pirates of the caribbean, in her shoes, high fidelity, moulin rouge, while you were sleeping, the secret garden, never been kissed, the holiday, almost famous, little women, the family stone, beauty and the beast, shrek, fight club, emma, chitty chitty bang bang, muppet treasure island, the take, super size me, cutthroat island, the prestige, the mummy, born into brothels, batman begins, the count of monte cristo, the corporation, anarchism in america, because i said so, steal this movie, babel, stardust, the jane austen book club, across the universe, who killed the electric car, little miss sunshine, winter passing, running with scissors

Television:

the amazing race, fraggle rock, six feet under, corner gas, gilmore girls, will and grace, i love lucy, the muppet show, mash, weeds, 30 days

Books:

adbusters magazine, eleanor rigby (douglas coupland), searching for god knows what (donald miller), through painted deserts (donald miller), david copperfield (charles dickens), pride & prejudice (jane austen), this present darkness (frank peretti), piercing the darkness (frank peretti), the oath (frank peretti), the visitation (frank peretti), chronicles of narnia (c.s. lewis), the screwtape letters (c.s. lewis), jane eyre (charlotte bronte), avalon series (marion zimmer bradley), harry potter series (j.k. rowling), crystal lies (melody carlson), finding alice (meldoy carlson), looking for cassandra jane (melody carlson), purple violet squish (david wilkerson), notes from a small island (bill bryson), sophie's world (jostein gaarder), geez magazine, mental floss magazine, this magazine, off the map (crimethinc.com), the bell jar (sylvia plath)

My Blog

changes...big, exciting, good...

haven't left any bits on here for a long time...but thought it would be a good time to put up another one (besides the fact that it's an easy way to let mass people know something)...
Posted by rachel on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:13:00 PST

faces

I found these today while I was looking around an optical illusions site (it was a boring day at work) and I thought they were great...  ...
Posted by rachel on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 06:54:00 PST

'tis the season to re-think the season

I had to go to the store last weekend to get a toque (had nothing to do with Christmas, had to do with negative 25ish celcius weather here in Calgary) and I nearly decided that freezing...
Posted by rachel on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 05:48:00 PST

'tis the season for christmas carols

So this morning, while running errands and subjecting myself to the celebration of consumerism that is Christmas shopping, I rewrote the lyrics to a popular Christmas carol.  Enjoy! Dec...
Posted by rachel on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 04:25:00 PST

"progress"

Check out this photo series... The neighbourhood of Victoria Park is in Calgary and it's one of those neighbourhoods that makes you wonder how what we are doing counts as progress.  Once a bright...
Posted by rachel on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 10:01:00 PST

reflections of summer

It's not summer anymore, actually it hasn't been for awhile.  Sitting on the front porch watching leaves fall off the trees, I think I can almost watch them changing colour (but that's kind of li...
Posted by rachel on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 05:42:00 PST

an apology

Sitting in a coffee shop with a latte and a rice krispie square that I probably paid too much money for (what do they cost, 50 cents to make, definitely not what I paid for it) and thinking about a co...
Posted by rachel on Sun, 20 Aug 2006 01:16:00 PST

random thoughts

Ok, time to make up for the serious lack of posting anything on here; blame the fact that I'm being cheap about getting internet at my new home so only have internet access at work.  A few though...
Posted by rachel on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 04:32:00 PST

back in the shadows

I adapt...Ive always been the type that adapts to other people and other situations.  I may not like the actual act of change but once it comes I do adjust quickly and things even out and then I ...
Posted by rachel on Sun, 25 Jun 2006 02:24:00 PST

moving

So its official, Im movingwell it was official awhile ago, but now I actually have a place to move into so that makes it completely official.  I go pick up the keys tomorrow and while Im actually...
Posted by rachel on Sun, 04 Jun 2006 11:11:00 PST