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rachel

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

i am another yourself

My Interests

mothering, art, interior design, vegan cooking, yoga

I'd like to meet:

deepak chopra, eckhart tolle, takashi murakami, marshall rosenberg

Here are some of my paintings

Music:

Quality music, music with heart, not always perfect, but with perfect intent, that is the music I love. John Coltrane, Lila Downs, M.I.A.,Tribe Called Quest, Amy Winehouse,X-Clan, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, Medusa,Quetzal, War, Erykah Badu, Santana, Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians, Jack Johnson, The Roots, The Mankillers, Nina Simone, Bob Dylan, Ben Harper, The Shirelles, Goliath Flores, Kodo, Steely Dan, Blondie, Jimmy Cliff, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Black Uhuru, McCoy Tyner, Jimi Hendrix, Curtis Mayfield, Ravi Shankar, Blues Experiment, Parliament (make my funk the p-funk!), Immortal Technique, Mary Wells, Sly and the Family Stone, Barry White, Al Green, Roberta Flack, The Beatles, Jackson 5, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Rolling Stones, Notorious BIG, David Bowie, Beethoven, Jane's Addiction, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, NWA, Common, KRS One, Run DMC, De La Soul, The Chantels, The Pixies, Nine Inch Nails, Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Joni Mitchell, John Lennon, Del, Prince, The Pharcyde, Aztlan Underground, The Gorillas, Sublime, Linda Ronstadt, Morris Day and the Time, Quinto Sol, Ulali, Ozomatli, Patsy Cline, 2Mex, The Clash, The Beatles, Etta James, Spearhead, Alice Coltrane, Burning Star, Miles Davis, Madonna, Sex Pistols,The Doors, Thelonious Monk, Tower of Power, Elvin Bishop, The Smiths, Billy Holiday, Janis Joplin, No Doubt, The Coup, Rage against the Machine, In Lak Ech, Tupac, Biz Markie, and anything played on divine forces radio or by Carlos Nino.

Movies:

something funny please, life's too deep already.

Television:

yoga and oprah.

Books:

skinny bitch, veganomicon, a new earth

Heroes:

pachamama

My Blog

Manik

On April 28th at 4:24 am, I became the mommy to a beautiful little boy.  He was 8 lbs, 14 oz. and 20 inches long.  He is healthy and happy and we are all  so in love with him and feel s...
Posted by rachel on Fri, 11 May 2007 07:05:00 PST

25 shows

I was recently inspired by my friend Stephanie's blog counting twenty five of the concerts she's seen in her lifetime.  I love live shows and when I read her blog, I had to do it myself. &nb...
Posted by rachel on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 05:04:00 PST

seven confessions

So I have been tagged by my friends the geisha mermaids in yet another myspace chain letter thingy.  The tag didn't have any doom or gloom attached if I didn't complete this, but I'm super supers...
Posted by rachel on Thu, 25 May 2006 11:21:00 PST

I have two myspaces, and I ain't ashamed. Two myspaces and I love them both the same.

Okay, so I have two myspaces.  I didn't plan it that way or scheme up a plan to get me hooked on this thing even more, just wanted to post a poem and see what happened.  I thought that it wo...
Posted by rachel on Sun, 09 Apr 2006 01:03:00 PST

Chocolatay, chocolatay, delicious and nutritious for your botay!

If you know me, you will know that I am a chocoholic for real.  After reading this and trying them out, I understood why I was always on the hunt for chocolate.  My body needed it.  I a...
Posted by rachel on Mon, 23 Jan 2006 10:39:00 PST

Goji Berries are the Bomb

  I started eating goji berries about a month ago.  In my line of work, and with all the abuse I had put my body through over the years, I really had to start taking care of myself.  Th...
Posted by rachel on Mon, 23 Jan 2006 10:25:00 PST