urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:fewyearsoverdue *starlight for you* Rachel 2006-02-13T19:14:28Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:fewyearsoverdue:56839 2006-02-13T19:14:28Z 2006-02-13T19:14:28Z Matt and I almost died Friday night when we spun out on a bridge on I-10. Not fun. The buick is ruined, and that makes me very sad. We're waiting to hear from the insurance company to see if it's totalled... looked a bit like it to me. Yeah, don't get in a wreck going 70... it sucks. We're both ok... I have whiplash and Matt's got a bruise on his knee. Pretty good considering we almost flipped twice...over the bridge. How fun. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:fewyearsoverdue:56647 2005-12-15T04:52:33Z 2005-12-15T04:52:33Z placebo----------bitter end howdy doody. can't wait for school to start back. i'm gonna tear some geology up. dang. that was phat. <br /><br />matt and i got an apartment in mobile. hooray. it's totally awesome too....gym and walking track, gated. rad as fuck. hooray. matt's sanding furniture right now. it sucks. i stopped and he took over. i should probably check on him... make sure he hasn't hurt himself. <br /><br />animal crossing is too addictive. someone take away my fishing pole. but then i won't make money. so don't take it away... i might let you borrow it. <br /><br />we have wood floors in our house now. i put socks on guinness cuz it was too loud with him walking. he looked like a little cow. <br /><br />i want a lemon. now. we have a lemon tree in our backyard. the lemons on that tree are gigantic. i mean grapefruit sized. i want one. <br /><br />matt and i got a new bed for xmas. it is super duper comfy and huge. i bought pretty sheets today. right now everything is black and white. very "chic". you know me...fancy as fuck.<br /><br />i have a lot of painting to do. and sanding. and refinishing. and i don't wanna. it's hard and it takes too long. but the furniture is very pretty now. like i said, fancy as fuck.<br /><br />"REMEMBER...GOD'S LAST NAME AIN'T DAMN!"<br /><br />that was on the back of a semi. ain't and all. impressive. pooter stinks<br /><br />kisses!!! <br /><br />haha, look at my jubilant dancing lemon head. fancy as fuck. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:fewyearsoverdue:56559 2005-11-02T19:53:27Z 2005-11-02T19:53:27Z Ah, to live. Just kidding. I'm so excited... I'm going back to school next semester, and <br /><br />Matt is coming with me!!!!!!! <br /><br />He's gonna start on his physics degree. The plan is to get a house in downtown Mobile and live with Mark and Tess.<br /><br />I'm so excited for my life to get back to normal. I want to swim with dolphins. I have so much to do today, but I'm being lazy. Toodles everyone. I also want a pet penguin. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:fewyearsoverdue:56232 2005-09-15T18:06:04Z 2005-09-15T18:06:04Z so matt and i made it back to os at the begining of the week. holy f crap. everything is at least a little fucked up. NOTHING went unscathed. my house is still there. how? i don't fucking know. we're about 100 yards or so from the water in gulf park estates. EVERYTHING south of my house is gone. we had a foot and a half water line on the outside of the house, but some fucking how the water barely made it inside. is soaked through the carpet and pad and was really only wet around the edges. the kitchen had the nasty ass bayou water in it. so now we're in the process of cleaning hit up. it's a big job, but damn we're lucky. our neighbors got like 2 feet of water in their house and they're further from the water than us. we had to throw our fridges away cuz they smelled so bad. seriously, i think death smells more pleasant than that. but, all of our appliances are still working and most of our furniture is salvagable. huge trees are down everywhere. the only external damage that we have though is a bit of siding that's hanging off. no shingles are off or anything. it's truly amazing. matt's been a great help and we've been living off of mre's.<br /><br />UNTIL THAT BITCH THAT IS MAYOR FUCKED EVERYTHING. she shut down the middle school as a site of distribution because it wasn't official or some shit like that. FUCK YOU, AND THANKS FOR CARING ABOUT YOUR TOWN'S INHABITANTS. bitch<br /><br />so now you can get food and stuff like that from awesome volunteers that drive around and offer assistance. i have been completely surprised by the good in some people. os is very lucky. we also got shots from the red cross on our street. it's just nuts. i can't believe all that is happening. i went to thomas' house and we talked to his mom for a bit. the house is still there but most of it has caved in and stuff. the cottages out back were destroyed. we drove down all the rest of east beach and saw basically nothing. all but a few houses are completely gone. we couldn't even get to front beach cuz the road is basically nonexistant. the bridge is the strangest thing. very creepy. <br /><br />so i'm in tn right now. i rode up with my mom so she wouldn't have to drive back alone. we'll be leaving tomorrow morning. we get to rip up some more flooring and bleach our walls some more. we drilled holes in the wall to kill the mold. we'll probably have to cut the drywall out anyway though. you just can't get rid of the smell. <br /><br />oh yeah, and my sentra got totalled. it was on base with my dad and got flooded out. the entire base got flooded like crazy. so they took that away just the other day. oh, and my stanza that i've been driving cuz i let chelle have the other one... yeah, the brakes have gone out. beautiful. <br /><br />my parents may have to move cuz keesler won't really be up and running like it was before. we still don't know but my dad has already picked the other places they might go. crazy shit. i don't wanna move though cuz i have to finish school in mobile. i love my professors and the town. so fuck, more loans for all. things could be worse... i really am grateful. ok i'm gonna go now cuz there a million things to be doing. good luck to everyone. when i get back to os, i'll try to post some of the pics i've taken around town. ta. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:fewyearsoverdue:55821 2005-08-30T22:16:44Z 2005-08-30T22:16:44Z www.msnbc.com<br /><br />click on the aerial tour video toward the top of the page. the os/biloxi bridge is fucked. everything is. unfortunately, there are no pics or videos from ocean springs as of yet. anyone, if you find anything, please post. this is the only source of info for some people. we are still in auburn and planning to come home tomorrow...at the very least to just get all of our valuables. then we'll be up in nashville at my uncles. my dad called from keesler and said everyone there is safe, though the hospital did flood. so anyway, good luck everyone. this sucks. and that doesn't even begin to cover it. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:fewyearsoverdue:55630 2005-08-30T02:32:36Z 2005-08-30T02:32:36Z so we are safe. my dad had to stay on base and we haven't heard anything since this morning. i just saw on the news though that the hospital started filling up with water. so, fuck. none of us have homes to go home to guys. my mom and sister are up in tn... my uncle is getting generators and shit and coming home with them. matt and i are in auburn. we were planning on going home tomorrow, but that doesn't seem likely right now. hah, and i just got my surgery on friday, so i'm having a fucking blast right now. did i mention that i'm out of pain pills and can't get them refilled? fuck it, there are far worse things happening right now. this shit is just pure fucked up. everyone post as much as possible... it's really the only source of news i've gotten so far. good luck. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:fewyearsoverdue:55380 2005-06-29T20:20:29Z 2005-06-29T20:20:29Z circa survive (just can't get enough) alright then. so my first surgery is gonna be july 18th. i just got back from an interview at the grand for the ticket office... it went well but they have a million other people to interview... so, i probably won't even hear back from them till the end of next week. such is life.<br />my sister's kid has moved in. i no longer have my own room. i have no where to go. i'm still sharing my car with her. about to jump off a cliff? you fucking know it. <br />matt will be here next weekend for his birthday. i really really can't wait to see him. everyday, it looks more and more like he'll be moving back. i should know for sure bye the begining of next week. that would be so wonderful since i'll be all crippled for a while. i really need him now more than ever. i'm just so thrilled to see him. <br />i got a cherry limeade from sonic and it's the most bitter lime thing i've ever had in my life. it's pretty tough to drink, but i'm not one to waste something when i don't have money. so, YUMMY! whatever.<br />i want to do something tonight. i want to get away from this hell. ashley said we should chill... might go to matt m's... who knows. right now i wanna sleep. <br />everyone LOVES thunderstorms! man, so great.<br /><br />i love you all<br />(and don't you forget it!)<br /><br />much much love,<br />rachel urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:fewyearsoverdue:55216 2005-06-24T18:37:05Z 2005-06-24T18:37:05Z boy sets fire ho<br />ly<br />crap<br /><br />going to warped tour... jesus what a line up. now, that is money well spent. see you bitches in hell.<br /><br />&lt;3 the love of your life<br />rachel urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:fewyearsoverdue:54816 2005-06-24T04:51:03Z 2005-06-24T04:51:03Z circa survive so i went to atlanta monday to help matt with the recording and whatnot. i didn't get to stay long, but it was fun none the less. i rode up with ashley and her friend erin. and tomorrow i'm going to houston for warped tour... i'll be back sunday. pretty excited... seems like i might want to see more than one band this time around. <br />i have to get surgery. both of my feet are supremely fucked... nerve and joint problems. so that's exciting. hah, yeah right. <br />matt should be coming to visit again around his birthday (july 10), so that will be fabulous. we didn't really get to spend time together the other day cuz we were working on that crap. so, well. i can't wait to see him. <br />i haven't been listening to many different bands lately, then all of a sudden i was swamped with new music i liked. and i actually want to listen to it... strange for me. <br />i've never made someone a mix tape before. and i'm gonna make my first one here in the next week or so. haha, i feel inspired i guess. <br />i still don't have a job. and that pisses me off to no end. i can't stand not doing anything... work or school or both. god, i'm probably gonna be in school the rest of my life. i just can't get enough!! too much to learn. <br />the orlando situation is looking more and more bleak... matt still doesn't have a job. which means there won't be another apartment. which means i can't move there. he'll probably have to come home in the next month or so if he doesn't get a job soon... running out of money is a fat bitch. hah, so there's a chance i'll still be here for the next few months. shoot me, anyone??<br />time to finish painting my purse... i need it for houston. muahah. look at me go. <br /><br />gosh, i just love you all so much. visit me if i end up in a wheelchair (temporarily)??<br /><br />love,<br />your best friend<br />rachel urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:fewyearsoverdue:54307 2005-05-10T05:43:22Z 2005-05-10T05:43:22Z so matt is the greatest boyfriend of all time. i'm going to visit him WEDNESDAY!! god, that's so soon. i'm finally finishing up around the house... getting moved back in and whatnot. hah! i might have to get major surgery on both of my feet. we're talking 2 months out of commision. what a great joy. at least they'll be fixed afterward though. no more numbness and pain and popping and rolling... ugh. so i'm super stoked about visiting matt. matt and nick are gonna pick me up at the airport and after that, i don't really know the plan. we're going to disney at least once for my birthday. god, so excited. i have a lot to do before i leave though. laundry and packing and more organizing. michelle is coming home the same day i leave. alainna won't be here til after i get back probably. we cleaned out the computer room for them. so anyway, that's all the babble i have to offer for now. nacht. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:fewyearsoverdue:54026 2005-05-02T14:29:01Z 2005-05-02T14:29:01Z helmet stuck in my head just took my mineralogy final. jesus christ, i hate true/false questions. tricks of eternity. bastard. and they were half of the test. i did alright (i think) on the rest of the test though... as long as i did just as well as everyone else (or better... some people totally bombed it) i should get out of there with a decent grade. did i mention i got a b on my paper? haha, lucky. night before to write a 17 page paper... never again. i have another test today, but it's not a biggie. so i'm gonna study now. good luck to all of you that have hell tests this week. don't take mineralogy unless you want to lower your gpa. red bulls work. and they taste like bubble tape. weird. i like them. hooray. now i can go on the celebrity diet... red bulls and green tea. oh ja. anyway. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:fewyearsoverdue:53848 2005-04-26T22:19:13Z 2005-04-26T22:19:13Z bend to fall so then. michelle is coming home soon. they ship her stuff on the 9th. i guess it's good... not really looking forward to living with her though. and she will not get my room. so matt came and stayed with me last week. it was nearly a whole week too!! oh, the joy. god, i'm so happy with him. we have too much fun together. we stayed up all night(yes, all) and did my mineralogy paper on sunday. we'll see how that went. we went to the beach on wednesday. and we were total dork scientists having fun exploring. it's great. i got my plane ticket to go down there and see him. i leave on the 11th and come back on the 22. and i'm going to disney for my birthday. and i won't be a teenager anymore (this is exciting news). and i'm moving down there at the end of the summer. i don't know what car i'll be taking now though... i was gonna fix up the stanza, but the other day my dad said something about me taking the BUICK! what the hell family? i can't take that car. but thanks!! so we'll see. i'm excited about seeing josh and nick too. it's been too long. i realized that i haven't played nintendo at all this semester (if you don't count the bump n jump and blaster master phase that i went through for like 3 days). so i need to fix that. god, i can't wait to move. oh yeah, and then at the end of summer, matt and i are gonna try and make it up to oregon to visit keegan and go camping and all that. did i mention i went to texas the other week on a camping trip? it was loads of fun. and my tent is GIGANTIC! seriously. sleeps like 7 comfortably, and i was in it alone. so matt and i will take that. and we will conquer the wilderness. ashley went to france again. i didn't know she was leaving so soon and i didn't get to hang out with her. and i need my hair cut again. so crap. hmm. i drink too much dr pepper now. i was doing so good with soda too... and then matt's house ruined me. this is unacceptable. i gotta get better at this shit. i thought about going to the gym tonight, and i might if plenty of nintendo time is experienced. i'm almost feeling a nap coming on right now though. that'd be good. i haven't had nearly enough sleep lately. so anyway, i think that's all up to date. oh yeah, cable at school sucks. my channels keep disappearing. losers. crap. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:fewyearsoverdue:53727 2005-04-13T14:12:34Z 2005-04-13T14:12:34Z jew <a href="http://maddox.xmission.com/">http://maddox.xmission.com/</a><br /><br />explore the best page in the universe urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:fewyearsoverdue:53266 2005-04-09T21:41:39Z 2005-04-09T21:41:39Z helmet matt left this morning. i wish he was still here... or that i could've gone with him now. always getting dealt the shit cards. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:fewyearsoverdue:52996 2005-04-09T01:57:36Z 2005-04-09T01:57:36Z the most fucking crazy thing just happened. i googled my best friend from germany that i lost touch with and i found her. and she's in florida!! holy crap. i'm weirded out right now. hopefully we stay in touch this time. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:fewyearsoverdue:52851 2005-04-06T14:15:09Z 2005-04-06T14:15:09Z the cure ah, gotta love the vonnegut. today i have a test that i didn't study for. i'm just glad that i didn't have that compositions quiz in mineralogy yet... wooo, didn't study for that one either. going home today... gotta pick up meds and see the family. going to a movie (probably sin city since everyone has been raving, plus i think it looks rad as hell) with matt, ashley, and angie. last time we did that, it was a blast... even though the movie sucked. i'm gonna help matt get some more shit together for the move. god, i'm sad to see him go. we'll see eachother still though, so it's not the end of the world. oooh good news:<br /><br />matt and his band got selected out of 1200 entries for the florida music festival in orlando. 200 bands for 3 days. there are gonna be scouts and shit there too... maybe this'll be their big break. how exciting. <br /><br />CONGRATS KEEGAN! gosh, you're all grown up now. that house had better have a picket fence, and the dog must be a golden retriever. hooray for you. similar story for me really. matt's moving down there, and if everything works out (jobs, apartments...) i'll be there at the end of summer. gotta get some money first though. <br /><br />and then we will be studying geology at the university of florida. and the great news is that there is an astronomy program there, which means i could get my minor in that... one step closer to becoming a planetary geologist. god, hell yeah. <br /><br />so this is weird... the pope's secret election day is my mom's birthday (april 18). i saw him once. i went to italy in fifth grade. we went to the vatican (duh). i have a picture... weird. italy is great by the way. really, all of europe is.<br /><br />everyone must watch garden state. it's the only movie that has ever made me cry... everytime i see it. it's crazy. awesome though. well, ta. nap time. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:fewyearsoverdue:52538 2005-03-31T20:32:03Z 2005-03-31T20:32:03Z journey so the year is coming to an end and this is a good thing. i'm going home for the summer and working two jobs. i have to get enough money to fix up the stanza and have enough left over for the move. i'm moving, assuming all goes as planned. matt leaves next friday. we're leaving tomorrow morning to go up to atlanta for a few days so he can finish recording. and then he moves friday. i'm going home tonight to help him pack and crap. we've been spending a lot of time together lately, which has totally been necessary. good happy times lately. hopefully he'll find a good enough job to stay there... if not, he may have to come back here for the time being... until another plan. so my plan is to live in fl til i get residency and then i'm gonna take the cal and physics at a college in orlando and then transfer to university of florida to finish up the geology. and then i'll graduate and all will be merry. even if things don't work out the way we're hoping, i'm still hoping to move somewhere else. i'd really like to go to gainsville anyway, so maybe i'll do it. ahhh, who knows. gotta wait and see how everything goes. but at least i have a plan no matter what... that's what's really important. so now it's time for mac and cheese and then i need to shower and get on home. ta. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:fewyearsoverdue:51642 2005-02-11T07:04:32Z 2005-02-11T07:04:32Z bored. have a test tomorrow. and i don't care. had fun tonight. tess and i were idiots. it was rad. ashley is helping me with comp shit. god i'm a loser. she's gonna fix my hair for me and do my makeup. hah... this'll be interesting. and that's it. nick and josh just got into town and i'm super stoked to be seeing them tomorrow. woohoo. and i have an 8 oclock class so i should be in bed. and i'm not fucking tired. crap. i'll start with brushing the teeth. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:fewyearsoverdue:51431 2005-02-04T05:28:59Z 2005-02-04T05:28:59Z guess i got my ipod. it's so so so awesome, i love it tons. i went and saw as tall as lions last night in baton rouge. holy f crap, it was amazing as hell. i couldn't believe it. then i had a dream that matt and the lead singer made out and it was hot. haha, i never thought i'd like that. i guess only if it's matt and that guy. mmmm... he was a babe too. and damn, he can sing so awesome. i'm so tired though... we got back at 3, and i had to get up and drive here to mobile this morning. i feel like crap. so it's time for crunches and such things and then sleep. so ta all.<br /><br /><br />listen to as tall as lions and if you can find it, receiving end of sirens. wow, they were amazing too. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:fewyearsoverdue:51033 2005-02-01T02:37:13Z 2005-02-01T02:37:13Z muse citizen erased so i ordered an ipod and it came in the mail today. i'm going home tomorrow to pick it up. i've been downloading songs all day so that i have something to put in it. i've been going crazy trying to come up with a suitable plan for my life right now. i think i've got it worked out. i'm gonna stay here at usa and finish taking all of my geology and geography classes. then i'm gonna go down to florida, get residency, and go to a junior college to take the bull shit like art history and public speaking. then i'll transfer the credits back to usa and graduate. it should take about a year and a half of all year school (summer too) to finish the shit here. and so that's my plan, at least for now. <br /><br />matt and i have been dating for almost a year. it's crazy, i can't believe it. last year seriously doesn't seem that far away. he'll probably be leaving at the end of feb since he has to finish recording and whatnot. maybe begining of march. we'll see. well whatever, everything will work out just fine. <br /><br />i have to order a hand lens for geology... should've done it last semester. i really REALLY need it now though. can't very well be in mineralogy and not be able to see crystals! no no. i want to watch a movie... i don't feel like finishing my lab. crap-o-la. <br /><br />i started reading american gods (neil gaiman) again, and it's so wonderful. god, i seriously love that book. top 5 easy. i should finish planning out my life now. ta. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:fewyearsoverdue:50889 2005-01-26T23:00:23Z 2005-01-26T23:00:23Z so i'm trying to get an ipod mini off ebay. i get so bored when i run and go to class... maybe this will help. matt dropped my cell phone and i had to get a new one... it was free though so i don't care. i have to put my clothes away. matt's coming to see me tonight and we're gonna go to outback for the chocolate chocolate tower. god, that thing is good. everyone should go just for that. i got assigned my term paper for mineralogy, and i have no idea what i'm gonna write it on. and that reminds me that i have got to do something about taking english 2, seeing as how i never got around to it. i'll either clep or jc that one though... no sense in paying millions of dollars for such a crappy class. it's time for some diet pills. and running. and gyming. i need some motivation. oh well. ta. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:fewyearsoverdue:50682 2005-01-20T02:21:04Z 2005-01-20T02:21:04Z have i mentioned i LOVE muse?? "this one goes out to my old time fans zach and matt"<br /><br />uhhh, so that's the quote of the week. spoken directly from the mouth of jason cruz. so that's awesome. the show last night was incredible. it was REALLY loud though. holy crap. they almost blew up the little pa. so i dropped organic cuz i decided to minor in geography instead. it just seems to make a bit more sense. and i guess that's it for now. i'm sad. i don't want to be here anymore. everyone is gone. i don't want to leave the school though cuz it's really good for geology, so i don't know what i'm gonna do. crap man. there is nothing worse than indecision. bad bad bad. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:fewyearsoverdue:50216 2005-01-10T15:41:39Z 2005-01-10T15:41:39Z muse is the best band EVER so i'm probably gonna die this semester, but i'm ready for it. <br /><br />2 8 oclock classes: mineralogy and organic (both impossible hard)<br /><br />then 2 more geology classes.<br /><br />all lab classes.<br /><br />17 hours. <br /><br />and i'm gonna get a job<br /><br />nick left for orlando last thursday. matt will be leaving soon. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:fewyearsoverdue:49998 2005-01-04T23:28:45Z 2005-01-04T23:28:45Z so the holidays are coming to an end. i got an awesome camera and printer for xmas. new years was very uneventful, but i still had a blast. it snowed on christmas, it only stuck to the sleet on the roof, but it still snowed. so new years we played donkey konga and the new mario tennis. so that's all. gonna see the aviator later. later urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:fewyearsoverdue:49873 2004-12-06T21:14:22Z 2004-12-06T21:14:22Z jew: bleed american so i was just looking at my old journal. holy crap what the hell? i wrote some really stupid poems to make fun of someone. i can't help it, i still laughed at them. <br />so no one wants to every walk in on anyone watching porn and touching themselves... how awkward. :(<br />took my final lab test in geo today and i'm pretty sure i did awesome on it. i got praise for my project too. last day for chem too... and psych but i still never ever went. i have that exam friday. the last chapter that we did in chem was really cool. i'm really hoping to get an a on the exam. that will put me with a b in the class... that would be just fantastic. <br />so i have the rest of my exams next monday and tuesday and then i'm done. i'm pretty excited about next semester. my geo prof is trying to get me into an upper level geo class (mineralogy), so hopefully that goes as planned. <br />today is mine and matt's 10 month anniversary. i feel so cheesy counting it by months, but it's not like i really have any other options now is it? he's coming here to mobile and we're gonna do something fun, though i have no idea what yet. i still haven't had a shower today... i really should do that soon. i think i want to take a nap first though... mmmm yes. sleep is my fantastic. <br />it's so crazy how much a person can change and mature and grow. i can only hope that others (specifically) can learn as quick. how was that for vague? lovely. <br />so the next scary movie to be coming out is white noise. everyone should watch the trailer. it's pretty intriguing. i went to the website and tried to listen to "real" recordings, but i couldn't get any to work. ah well.<br />so i'm off. it was lovely spending time with all of you.<br /><br />i suppose this is my fault for being dull (or something else), but to all of you that read this (and i know it's not many, but i know who's i see the most often on here...), why no comments? it'd be nice to hear from some of you every once in a while at least. over all the piddly bull shit. let's get on with it. k bye.