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Raquel

Tchk-tchk!

About Me

I'm done moving. Hallelujah.

My Interests

Reading, movies, snowboarding, quizzarding, doozies, gardening, spinning, quilting, carousing, karaoke, speed quarters, singing in the shower, games of "Things You Do for Money," laughing, first kisses, sore muscles, monster truck shows, sleep deprivation, going to hockey games, and grammar, baby.

I'd like to meet:

An affordable, white porcelain stag's antler chandelier. Got one?

Music:

Descendents, Black Sabbath, Eminem, Bread, Jay-Z, Outkast, WEEN!, Gary Numan/Tubeway Army, Ozomatli, The Beatings, My Morning Jacket, Willie Nelson, Gorilla Biscuits, Misfits, Danzig, Monster Magnet, Teenage Fanclub, to name just a few.

Movies:

Boogie Nights, City of Lost Children, Harold and Maude, Donnie Darko, The Hard Eight, Mean Girls, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Amelie, Beetlejuice, Sixteen Candles, The Usual Suspects, Shattered Glass, All the Real Girls, Virgin Suicides, Battle Royale ("Batoru rowaiaru"), Microcosmos, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic.

Television:

Lost, Six Feet Under, Arrested Development, Big Love, House, Entourage, Family Guy, Animal Precinct, HGTV.

Books:

Special Topics in Calamity Physics, The Keep, The Botany of Desire, The Music of Chance, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Book of Illusions, Lullaby, Choke, Geek Love, The Hotel New Hampshire, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Purple America, Oracle Night, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Colors Insulting to Nature, Stiff, Middlesex, the dictionary.

Heroes:

Any optimist.

My Blog

Vaya con Dios, Manny.

Bye, my buddy. You scared the shit out of all of my friends, you scratched me ten billion times and bit through my lower lip, and you jumped through screen doors in total bloodlust. But I always love...
Posted by Raquel on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:12:00 PST

So we meet again, Can Hand.

It's that time of year again. Got my tube, got my bear repellent, got my tent, got my "hobo packets" -- wish us luck....
Posted by Raquel on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 05:14:00 PST

Heeey...Bon Jovi!

Hanging out on Saturday night, my funnier-than-me friends realized something that is hilarious and I can't stop laughing about it. And that thing is this: When said in a certain way, "Bon Jovi!" can ...
Posted by Raquel on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:54:00 PST

Damn you, technology. Damn you to hell.

There's nothing I want more than to post pictures from our Bavarian (or "barbarian," as my nephew called it) vacation. I know the 1.5 people who are going to read this are waiting with bated breath. ...
Posted by Raquel on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 03:59:00 PST

Erfolg!

(Success!)The passport has been obtained. In your FACE, US government and passport office!Now I need to go sleep for a while. All this extra cortisol has taken its toll. Long-ish week......
Posted by Raquel on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:03:00 PST

Auf Wiedersehen.

So, tomorrow night, we'll be off to Garmisch, Germany (with journeys to Austria and Italy) until July 3rd. Very exciting!The "we" is a hopeful word, though, as Justin is currently waiting in line at ...
Posted by Raquel on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:27:00 PST

Breaking news.

The internet is boring. It's true -- don't try to change my mind.On the up side, I just spent something like 32 hours with two of my most favorite people. So that didn't suck too much. Sleepover part...
Posted by Raquel on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 11:36:00 PST

The wheel of fortune...

...spit out a real doozy this time around. Actual fortune-cookie fortune:"Wow! A secret message from your teeth!"Can't make this stuff up, kids. The Chinese are so wise.
Posted by Raquel on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 06:36:00 PST

Lessons learned.

Inspired by a Team Vagina meeting at the majestic V. Majestic tonight, here are all of the lessons/clubs I was encouraged/allowed/forced to attend as a child (so my parents could have more free time, ...
Posted by Raquel on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:39:00 PST

HGTV is hardcore, dude.

The other night I was watching HGTV (a serious and sad addiction of mine) and there was a show on called Look What I Did! It's about people who decorate their own homes in interesting ways or convert ...
Posted by Raquel on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 07:26:00 PST