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Rachel

My Interests

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oh hi.

Music:

indie pop, rock, some punk, alt-country. i'm a pitchforkmedia type of music-girl, but i also love me some latin music fun stuff. Arcade Fire, Belle & Sebastian, Elliott Smith, Death Cab for Cutie, Postal Service, Magnetic Fields, Annie, Antony & the Johnsons, Amadou & Miriam, Beyonce, A.C. Newman, The New Pornographers, interpol, Brendan Benson, Buena Vista Social Club, Wolf Parade, Bright eyes, Iron & Wine, Sufjan Stevens, The Shins, the rosebuds, Decemberists.. Just to shake it up, throw in some Shakira for good measure.

Movies:

Mostly independent and foreign..

Television:

My DVR: Flight of the Conchords (best TV ever), The Soup, American Idol, So you think you can dance, Law & Order, celebrity dance and singing stuff, Conviction, Intervention, food channel stuff.

Books:

Oh books. where to start. Currently reading Marakami, Norweigan Wood. Some of my recent faves include: the road, the time traveler's wife, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, Requiem for a Dream, the Corrections, my friend leonard, Crime and Punishment, Franny and Zooey, Million Little Pieces.

My Blog

i found an apartment (in 5 days!)

Things continue to go well and as planned. I looked at four apartments last night. All apartments were in Sheung Wan, which is where my serviced apartment is, and I guess I'm becoming a little comfor...
Posted by Rachel on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:31:00 PST

day of darkness

here's a post i wrote from the plane. flying west to asia on a red eye is an interesting experience. i didn't know what to expect. it's been pitch black for the last 11 hours (3 hours to go) and I e...
Posted by Rachel on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:43:00 PST

i can live here. i can do this.

so far this move has been a little too easy. the movers came and did a great job, although they did pack my backpack with all my important papers including my visa and passport and i didn't notice i...
Posted by Rachel on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 01:43:00 PST

me and a blog

Okay, so I started a blog for my little adventures in asia. there's not much of anything there right now but I hope to post many pictures and a weekly update once i get there.. in approximately 7 days...
Posted by Rachel on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 07:44:00 PST