Rachel. Female. 17. Michigan. Filipino. Fun. Nice. Pushover. Taken by Jon. Enjoys: long, handwritten notes, jam sessions, cute smiles, and being with friends. Dislikes: the usual 'bad' things. Music: EOTC. Bayside. Journey. Secondhand Serenade. 
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Posted by Rachel on Aug 5, 2008
I’m going to Europe today! The flight is at 6:15pm, and we’re landing in England to visit my aunt. I’m supa excited! I should be checking if I packed everything, but of course I’m on the computer. A bunch of my friends took me out for dinner in regards to me leaving. We went to Buffalo Wild Wings, which is delicious and where we go 3x a week, anyways haha. I was really glad—I hadn’t seen most of those people all summer, so just a chance to see them before I left was nice. I went to a friend’s house afterwards and we watched Harold and Kumar: Escape From Guantanemo Bay. Actually, I heard reviews for that movie weren’t that great? I don’t know. We found it funny, but maybe it was just the atmosphere. And also, you could contribute to it that I laugh at just about everything, and I enjoy all movies. I also missed curfew because I took so long to say goodbye to everyone. My mom was totally cool with it, however. I walked in at 2am (an hour past curfew) and she was just like, “look-i-bought-you-a-new-suitcase-go-pack,” really quickly. :p
While we are all together, up came the discussion about ‘love at first sight’. Personally, I don’t believe in it. I agree that there can be a huge amount of attraction, especially to body language, but I don’t see how someone could fall in love just after looking at someone. There are many factors that contribute to love that you really need to get to know a person in order to see. Don’t get me wrong, I am not shutting down anyone’s opinion. I just don’t understand how people fall so fast. Maybe it’s not fair for me to say because I’ve never experienced it, but who knows? Maybe in the future I’ll prove myself wrong. lol. What do you guys think?
I also just bought THESE shoes and they should be coming in sometime next week. One of my friends said I’m going to look ‘fresh and ghetto’ next school year. Rofl.
Anyways, I will be gone until next Friday. I hope everyone stays safe! Wish me a good trip 
best friends and body clocks
CM14NTS. | Offline, Blog |
Posted by Rachel on Aug 2, 2008
Due to personal family problems, my Europe trip has been rescheduled to Tuesday. Don’t worry though, everything is fine.
Also, those applying for affs…I will update soon. I’m quite slow, sorry. 
Today with I hung out with my bestest friend since 8th grade, Andy. I was supa excited. This kid seriously has been my homeboy since I first moved to this town, and then he moved away last year. I have never confided so many things to anyone ever before besides him. Although he only lives 45 minutes away, I still never had the chance to see him. The traffic is so unbearable to get to his house because they are doing construction on the road and the drive can be up to and 1 hour and a half! But I decided to grab some money, hit the road, and drive to see him anyways. He picked me up and hugged me for about 5 minutes when I pulled up in his driveway. We were so excited—we seriously hadn’t seen each other in quite some time. He showed me around his new house, and then we headed back to my area and went to the mall. We went panty-shopping, rofl, and I picked out some of his new outfits. Later, we had a serious heart-to-heart, and he made me want to cry. Just, the things he tells me he’s been going through lately—it tore my heart. He basically lives in the middle of nowhere, with no one, and he’s finally learned who his ‘real’ friends are after moving away. Thing is, his so called ‘real friends’ are horrible influences on his life. Just their decisions…I mean, I wouldn’t discuss it online, but it disgusts me. We’ve discussed it over the phone…but face to face, it’s totally heartbreaking. I love Andy. I hope he works things out.
Lately, I’ve been so unmotivated to do anything. I am super lazy, I get distracted easily, and procrastination is my new middle name. (Not that I’m none of those, normally. :P) Not only that, but my body clock is crazy. I go to sleep anywhere between 6AM-8AM (it’s 5:41AM atm), and wake up around 1PM-4PM. I am such a bum. My workouts have been going by fine, but they get later and later. Soon, I’ll be staying up all night and working out at 8AM. o.o; My mom calls me a vampire, and she’s been scolding me to get better sleeping habits. I can’t argue, because she’s completely right. I really am a lazy bum in the summer.
That being said, I need to get a head start on this summer homework. I always wait until last minute and then regret it in the end. I have a shitload of AP English, AP Psychology, and AP Chemistry that is just sitting in my room. And then I will cram last minute, do semi-decent essay jobs, and then complain about the Cs I receive and work hard to raise my grade. It’s the routine for the lazy. I think I might actually start early this time, though. it wouldn’t hurt.
New layout.
CM8NTS. | Boyfriend, Offline, Online, Blog, Updates |
Posted by Rachel on Jul 31, 2008
Today I said goodbye to Jon. He’s going to Chicago for the weekend for Lollapalooza, and when he gets back, I’ll be gone for Europe. It was quite sad, actually. We spent the whole day doing nothing with Ryan. Then we threw a bonfire for my friend Ike’s birthday, and Ryan and I made a cake! It was delicious. :b When i had to go, I dropped Ike and Jon off at home, and Jon was pretending to be jealous of Ike and just…got out of my car without saying goodbye. I waited in the car, and then as he was walking towards me, I jumped out and ran up to him, he picked me up and gave me a long hug and kiss. I ran back to the car to leave, and he stood out in the middle of the street so I wouldn’t move. Then he ran to my window and said, “I’m going to miss you so much. I can’t imagine 2 weeks without seeing or talking to you,” and kissed me again. It was sweet. I’ve been packing for Europe as well. I really have no clue what to bring, and we’re not supposed to bring huge suitcases (which is something I do every trip lol). Though I’m excited, I’m kind of sad at the same time. I’ll miss everyone a lot. I know my friends aren’t going anywhere and that Europe isn’t something I can do everyday, but still. I feel like everytime I go somewhere, I miss something important and a lot of people change. In a way, I’m kind of scared of that.
Honestly though, I don’t really have much to say.
I converted to FanUpdate (finally) due to the security risks that Cutenews can bring. It’s very spiffy—I like it a lot better than Cutenews, I think. I also put up a new layout, because I was kind of getting sick of the old one. I think I’ll have this up until I come back from Europe.
EUROPE? Hooray!
CM11NTS. | Offline, Vacation, Blog |
Posted by Rachel on Jul 29, 2008
Hey guys I haven’t been on the computer much lately. I’ve been trying to spend as much time as possible with my boyfriend and my friends before I leave this weekend. I don’t think I’ve mentioned it, but on August 2nd I’m going to be going to EUROPE for TWO WEEKS! It’s kind of funny…when my mom and dad first started planning the trip, I never thought they would actually be going through with it. My mom’s office goes crazy without her and my dad has the biggest fear of planes. :S Anyways, I am pretty psyched to go! We have never been there, so we’re all pretty excited. I believe we are going to London (to visit my aunt), and then taking trains to various cities in France and Italy, and maybe some other countries. It’s going to be so fun! :laughing: The only thing is that I’m going to miss my friends/boyfriend A LOT. My dad is trying to figure out if I have international calling because he knows how much I need to keep contact with people at home.
This morning I had to get up at 7:45AM, which is supa early for me in the summertime (especially since I had gone to bed at 5! :tongue:) This is because I had to go to court. Blah. I’ve been there before (a lady rear-ended my car) and I just hate the court environment, I guess. I am very loud and talkative, but for some reason, the courtroom makes me shake and stutter. It’s ridiculous. Apparently I can’t be a lawyer. 
Anyways, the reason I was there was because a couple months ago, I got a ticket for speeding 5 miles over (2 points) and no proof of insurance (i had an expired copy, and my dad forgot to give me the new one). I gave the ticket to my dad, he ended up paying really late, and I somehow got 7 points on my license. So we had to go settle that with our lawyer. He handled everything before we got there. When we got called up, the only thing I said was “No, this was my first ticket,” so I was kind of annoyed. But whatever, as long as I got my points removed. :smile:
I’ve also started trying to eat healthy and excercise more. I’m hoping I can keep being persistent with working out and eating right, but it’s summer AND we’re going on vacation, so you never know.
Questions:
1. Have you ever been out of the country?
2. If so, where? If not, where would you like to go?
3. Have you ever gotten a ticket? If so, for what?
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edit: woo, i just converted to FanUpdate :)
“I think I’m dead.”
CM15NTS. | Boyfriend, Videos, Offline, Blog |
Posted by Rachel on Jul 26, 2008
Elaborating on my title, I give you the following video:
I know it’s a year old or so, but I found it quite funny. :laughing:
Today, I drove an hour away to drop something off to my cousin ’s boyfriend, Ryan, (who happens to be one of my best friends) and we hung out a bit before his ‘big date’ with her. I got to pick his outfit and everything, haha. It was so cute how excited he got about it. He wanted everything PERFECT. Thinking about it now, I know an hour seems SO far away, but I’m pretty used to it now because Jon, my boyfriend, lives an hour away in the same area. So I’m kinda there a lot…wasting gas and whatnot. It’s kind of crazy how well we’ve been able to manage a relationship that was pretty distant from the start. We just had a 2 hour heart-to-heart on the phone about everything, and I’m really glad. Lately, we’ve been having some problems, but yesterday and today really cleared it up a little for me and I feel better about him. He admitted to me that he loved the fact that I was willing to drive so far to see him because it showed how committed I am to making this relationship work. And I really am. I’m just happy about how we’re getting better.
On another note, after I got back from seeing Ryan, I hung out with a few friends and went out to dinner (which ended up being 2 hours, since the wait was long and the waitress was overwhelmed with disrespectful kids). We watched the 10:30 showing of The Dark Knight, and I must admit, I was thrilled! Heath Ledger was amazing and so was Christian Bale. The seats were pretty uncomfortable, though, and two hours into the movie I just kept fidgeting. It didn’t help that the theater was crowded and the lady next to me kept fidgeting as well. Oh well, I think I might RE-WATCH the movie because I liked it so much. Haha. My friend Andrew has seen it three times and still enjoyed it.
Questions For You!
1. If you could have one superpower, what would it be?
Honestly. I wouldn’t know what to choose. Probably the ability to control time. Or fly :)
2. Who has the ‘cooler’ powers, the heroes or the villains?
It’s a toughie, but I honestly think that villains have the cooler powers. Don’t get me wrong, I still root for the heroes :p
3. Favorite superhero or villain?
Oh, I definitely love The Flash. He is SWEET.
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