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*rachel*

well fed

About Me

elated cyclist. cat lover. sometimes writer. old lady. home body. social drinker. quest seeker. occasional exhibitionist. scarf knitter. book reader. sorta talkative. intensely passionate. eternally taurus. domestic type. passionate about. gender ambiguity. inspired people. social equality. intentional living. indulgent infatuation. the past. the moment. this life.

My Interests

cognitive development. cayenne pepper. libertine sexuality. seasonal foods. my cat. urban planning. radical politics. community building. beet juice. scarf knitting. gender fucking. poetry readings. free boxing. my family. ginger root. news writing. road trips.

I'd like to meet:

people who will pay me to cook for them. a laundress. someone who dusts. my own personal astrologer. someone with all the answers who'll let me call them during all the hard parts.

Myspace Layouts at Pimp-My-Profile.com / Orange Silk

Music:

so many times when people ask you your opinion on music its because they are looking for something ... for some sense of your coolness or devotion to counter culture movements and icons. but recently a really decent dude asked me and it wasn't a test and I'll share with you now what I shared with him then. I like so much music. I like Ani (of course) and Garth Brooks and Dead Prez and music that says something or moves you or even just moves your ass ... cause for real the message in Garth Brooks' Standing Outside the Fire resonates in me the way that Katastrophe's bad bad feelings does. maybe a list will be presented at a later date .. point being I am open.

Movies:

almost always disappoint me.

Television:

TIME SUCKING VORTEX FROM HELL

Books:

Yes books. I have a bad habit of starting too many at once. They pile up next to (and in my) bed and sometimes I actually finish them.

Heroes:

my grandma and Cosmo Garvin and clinic escorts.

My Blog

yummy lunches by me.

Plenty of folks have asked me to cook for them, so I'm finally obliging. Or at least I'm testing the waters to see if they are serious. I've been toying with the idea of preparing three vegetarian mic...
Posted by *rachel* on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 08:40:00 PST

a poem by josh fernandez, as read under a waning moon

josh opened his reading with this poem. i love this poem. i love it when josh reads. i love how poignant and offensive and honest it always is. transcend. Things get boring. Even pussies get boring. ...
Posted by *rachel* on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:35:00 PST

rachel hopes to

ignore logic. make inspired decisions.
Posted by *rachel* on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:38:00 PST

i write, i read

An Evening of Poetry, Story, Prose, Drama, Celebration & the Impossible Featuring 9 amazing women writers presenting their works. Plus Gilberto Rodriguez and his anima Doppelganger. Plus film and...
Posted by *rachel* on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 05:04:00 PST

'four fewer compromises' or 'the new job'

Things move slowly in my world. Consider this. Five years pouring coffee in the same cafe. Eleven years with my cat. Four years or more in my apartment. So it was with some trepidation that I left my ...
Posted by *rachel* on Sat, 26 May 2007 03:53:00 PST

I am so in love...

with Queen Sheba on Broadway. Holy lentils! Ethiopian food just blocks from my place of employment and they have a vegetarian lunch buffet! It is so on. ...
Posted by *rachel* on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:23:00 PST

I gave my lover a new plant, it is called Pothos.

-In Greek mythology Pothos(longing) is brother to Eros(love) and Heimeros (desire). "The idea of "longing", can also used by found in the works of the Greek neoplatonic philosophers like Plo...
Posted by *rachel* on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:32:00 PST

moving in so many directions

I just spent some time looking over someone else's profile sorta thinking; isn't this overshare? I walked away. Put on some brown rice. Thought some more about the info garnered and I thought, 'this m...
Posted by *rachel* on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:36:00 PST

sometimes the ocean smiles back

fade to black. the party didn't fit. you didn't fit. suddenly your chest felt tight, palms damp and you needed to sit down. wade through this conversation. its mechanical. if you just follow the s...
Posted by *rachel* on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 01:53:00 PST

prayer

Yesterday: Dear Universe, If you could just send me a laptop I would be ever so grateful. I've been nice to small children and would do good work in the world if I was blessed with functioning and por...
Posted by *rachel* on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 12:08:00 PST