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Rachel

Then, the doctor told me that BOTH my eyes were lazy! And that's why it was the best summer ever.

About Me

"If there is no stuggle, there can be no progress"--Frederick Douglasshttp://peaceandblessingsrachel.blogspot.com

My Interests

TRAVEL!!! yoga, reading, living, loving, spending time with my beautiful sisters (both familial and spiritual), crafting!, singing, praising the divine goddess, traveling anywhere outside of Los Angeles, chanting, teaching, learning, asking questions, dancing, meditating in the Alex Grey gallery in NYC with my BFF Virginia, getting ready to leave los angeles, shaking my booty to good music (i LOVE to dance!!), reading poetry to the moon

I'd like to meet:

Climbers and world travelers. people living with an attitude of gratitude...

Music:

TOOL!!! (love those guys), Ray LaMontagne, India.Arie, Stevie Wonder, Air, Beatles, Bhagavan Das, Gypsy Kings, Joy Division, John Denver, Joni Mitchell, Jane's Addiction, A Perfect Circle, The Postal Service, The Mars Volta, R.E.M., Zap Mama, Floetry, And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Radiohead, Bjork, Mozart, Mazzy Star, Rachmaninoff, Laryn Hill, Kate Bush (love the new album), Living Colour (remember those guys!), Jeff Buckley, Faith No More, Imogen Heap, Pink Floyd, India Arie, Bonnie Rait, Gillian Welch, Ry Cooder, Alice in Chains, Femi and Fela Kuti, Earth Wind & Fire, Marvin Gaye, Blood Sweat & Tears, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Donovan, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Manu Chau, Arlo Guthrie (that's for you, Teale), D'angelo, Erykah Badu (my queen), Jill Scott (my duchess), Common, Curtis Mayfield, Simon & Garfunkel, velvet underground, matisyahu, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, The Roots, Black Star, Saul Williiams, David Bowie, Lou Reed, Billie Holiday, OutKast, Louis Armstrong, Led Zeppelin, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Nina Simone, Tenacious D, Blackalicious, Aretha Franklin, M'shell N'degeocello, Tori Amos, CHER, dead milkmen, the sugar cubes, Justin Timberlake (is that bad?), Massive Attack, Nina Simone, Sean Paul, things that make me wanna dance

Movies:

This is Spinal Tap (my favorite movie of all-time!), Wayne's World, Frida, The Usual Suspects, The Boondock Saints, Moonstruck, Amadeus, Team America: World Police, Swingers, Made, Wet Hot American Summer, Dark Crystal, Labrynth, Evil Dead 1, Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness, Bowling for Columbine, Farenheit 9/11, Silence of the Lambs, Blazing Saddles, Salton Sea, Young Frankenstein, Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman, Velvet Goldmine, Matrix, Legend, Powder, Harry Potter, Old School, Zoolander, Talladega Nights, Suicide Kings, Punch Drunk Love, Anchorman, Jungle Book, The Birdcage, Bottle Rocket, Office Space, Super Troopers, Pan's Labrynth, Sicko, anything Miyazaki!! (Spirited Away, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Princess Mononoke), Donnie Darko

Television:

none for me, thanks

Books:

CUNT: A Declaration of Independence, any Lonely Planet guide/travel books, The Secret Life of Bees, Memoirs of a Geisha, Good Harbor, The Red Tent, The Unknown Island, Autobiography of a Blue-Eyed Devil: My life and times in a Racist and Imperialist Society, Life of Pi, ANYTHING SARK!!!, She'e Come Undone, I Know this Much is True, Love you to bits and pieces, Running with Scissors, Dry, A Culture of Fear, A Million Little Pieces, Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Be Here Now, The Heart of Yoga, Stranger in a Strange Land, Job: A comedy of Justice, Time Enough for Love, I will Fear no evil, Creatures of Light and Darkness, JAWS, anything by Carlos Castaneda (The Teachings of Don Juan, A Separate Reality, Journey to Ixtlan), Lord of Light, Eat Pray Love

Heroes:

my beautiful goddes sisters

My Blog

Ode to Spinal Tap

Oh, Spinal Tap! How i Love thee. . . so, seriously folks. can we just take a moment of silence for the greatest movie of all time.  . .This is Spinal Tap. This movie should be considered the gre...
Posted by Rachel on Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:10:00 PST

and shepherds we shall be

And shepherds we shall be, for thee my Lord for thee, Power hath descended forth from thy hand, that our feet may swiftly carry out thy command, we shall flow a river forth to thee, and teeming with s...
Posted by Rachel on Thu, 12 Jan 2006 10:49:00 PST