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Rachael

I am here for Friends

About Me

I am me. I like what I like, I'll give things I don't like a fighting chance, usually. Thats all I'm going to hand you. The rest you figure out on your own, or by asking.

My Interests

Yarn craft (crochet, knit)
Reptiles
Pirates coexisting with Ninjas
http://www.xkcd.com and other various webcomics

Planetakis - Pogo in the Shoes of Kylie Minogue

I'd like to meet:

Anais Nin, Andy Lau, Atsushi Sakurai (and the rest of Buck Tick*), Takeshi Kaneshiro, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Yoshitaka Amano

Music:

punk
rock/pyschobilly
industrial
goth
80's
classic rock
international music
(progressive/disco/deep) house
synthpop
it really would be easier to ask me what i DONT like.. and even then, its sketchy. i'm open to new ideas and second chances.

Currently on my playlist:
Shiny Toy Guns
M.I.A.
Planetakis
Alkaline Trio
Explosions in the Sky (3 albums)
more...

Malice Mizer - Beast of Blood

Movies:

Mostly Anime:
Jin Roh
Perfect Blue
Ghost in the Shell
Studio Ghibli productions
Andy Lau/Takeshi Kaneshiro/Chow Yun Fat/Jet Li films

Brendan Benson - Cold Hands, Warm Heart

Television:

The Simspons
British Comedies
More anime and cartoons

Currently watching:
Black Books
Darker Than Black
Nana
Gargoyles

Pete Philly & Perquisite - Relieved

Books:

sci-fi/fantasy/cyberpunk, Manga, DC Vertigo comics, art books
Authors: Neil Gaiman
William Gibson
Richard Adams
Dean Koontz (shh dont tell ANYONE!)
Terry Pratchett

Currently Reading: The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shae and Robert Anton Wilson
Salad Days by Shinobu Inokuma

Shiny Toy Guns - You Are The One

Heroes:

Batman

is it just me, or should there be an "Artists" section too?

My Blog

WASH YOUR FRUIT

Mangos are part of the sumac family with poison ivy and oak. If you get any sap or have prolonged exposure to the peel of a mango its possible to get ivy or oak like rashes on you. The sap and, to a l...
Posted by Rachael on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:11:00 PST

migration

May 13th/14th-ish I’m moving to Rhode Island. I’m packing what I can fit in my car, and making the roughly 24 hour drive up there to stay. I’ve checked out some schools up there incl...
Posted by Rachael on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:14:00 PST

=/

feeling slightly nauseous, sore throat... crap crap crap. i CANNOT BE SICK. can. not. *growls* ow.
Posted by Rachael on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:31:00 PST

lol@ jon

i lied. NOW TO ADD VIDEO!!! MWAHAHAAA
Posted by Rachael on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 04:32:00 PST

i can has frendz?

much yay to chris and brett for being awesomecoolpeople. double yay for the Holla!ween party last frrrriiiiddaaay? Was nice to meet some new people. Thank you very much to the gracious hosts for allow...
Posted by Rachael on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:05:00 PST

madness? this is BOOOSTOOON! pt 2

so. now all my friends from xkcd, the ones i met this past weekend, have decided that within the next year, some sooner than others, they are moving to Boston. Most of them live along the east coast a...
Posted by Rachael on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 07:41:00 PST

madness?.... THIS IS BOSTOOOOON!!!

MAN. the XKCD meetup in Boston was amazing. I was so thrilled to meet everyone that I did and had a great time. There were, of course, several levels of awesome...1. Boston: the city itself is amazing...
Posted by Rachael on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:48:00 PST

money sucks

well... it does.
Posted by Rachael on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:21:00 PST

Spiffy video

The song is Vexed and Glorious by Kenna. Footage is Aeon Flux. I did not make this. ...
Posted by Rachael on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 01:08:00 PST

construction

as you can see i'm remodeling. the first step was installing the hardwood floorbackground.i should be putting up new decorations soon as well. yay.
Posted by Rachael on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:34:00 PST