tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37577582011-07-07T23:03:48.658-07:00I'm Rachel. I am a native Californian relocated to the greater London area of the UK where I live with my adorable English husband and our two young sons.Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13755157940878192149noreply@blogger.comBlogger631100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757758.post-72306706118212393322010-09-13T13:20:00.001-07:002010-09-13T13:20:00.942-07:00

stuck on you Originally uploaded by brappsIt's just sinking in. I am the mother of two boys. Eric is 16 weeks old now and getting very big (19 lbs 10 oz a week ago). I am feeling so much more tired this time around, probably because I have to stick to James' schedule as well as taking care of Eric. The baby doesn't sleep through the night like his big brother did at this stage, in fact, I am

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Amber & Rachel Originally uploaded by brapps"I think I saw you in an ice-cream parlour, drinking milk shakes cold and longSmiling and waving and looking so fine, dont thinkYou knew you were in this songAnd it was cold and it rained so I felt like an actorAnd I thought of ma and I wanted to get back thereYour face, your race, the way that you talkI kiss you, you're beautiful, I want you to walk"Oh

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goofing Originally uploaded by brappsI've been putting together a little homemade Valentine's Day gift for Ben, and reflecting a bit on our six years of marriage. Normally, we don't go in for all the fancy-schmancy Valentine's stuff and I intend to keep it that way. It's just nice to think about what is meaningful to me about him and remind myself, because, let's face it - when you're busy with

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highly contageous Originally uploaded by brappsJames has chicken pox. He started getting spots on Wednesday night, and by Saturday he was absolutely covered (even got spots in his mouth) and really feverish and miserable. Thank god I was off work that day and Ben was home with him on Sunday. The doctor said we need to keep him quarantined for a week, so I'll not be able to take him out until

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posing with the tree Originally uploaded by brappsToday was the second full day back in England after our fabulous 3 week holiday in Southern California with my family. Now, I'm not saying I was naive about what havoc jet lag will play on a 19-month-old's sleep schedule, but it is vastly different than the effect it had on James when we had our trip to SoCal in October 2007 when he was 4 months

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Vintage Dress Originally uploaded by brappsI can't remember when I got this vintage 1950's dress pattern ... A few years ago. I began cutting out fabric using the pattern probably 3 years ago, I figure, because not only was James not born yet, I wasn't pregnant either. The fabric is this stretchy cotton, white with bright pink, orange and yellow butterflies - not ideal for this dress (I'm making

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reading is fun Originally uploaded by brappsIn my last post, I was really caught up in a different world than the one I live in now, mentally and physically. Things were truly challenging up until James was about 9 months old. All the puree prep for the weaning and debates about how long to breast feed. Not to mention the irratic sleep patterns and teething (an ongoing saga, but thankfully the

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surrounded by toys Originally uploaded by brappsMy son is so cute. He really is a joy to be around, and when he sleeps a long stretch, I miss him.Tonight, he started crying a lot as I got him ready for bed. He did that last night as well. I think he's really windy. Maybe I shouldn't feed him any solids so close to bed time. It really stresses me out when he cries. He used to cry a lot more like

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Dr Conkey's Originally uploaded by brappsOur trip to L.A. went really well, despite the myriad of family drama. I was feeling a bit resentful that all of it happened to coincide with our trip, then Ben reminded me that even if everything had been fine, some family drama was bound to ensue. That's true, so I felt better.I made it to Dr Conkey's and had a hazelnut coffee! It wasn't quite the same

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121appsesatthehelm Originally uploaded by brappsIt was on 22 September 2006, we were travelling back to London from our boating holiday on the Norfolk Broads with Mark and Sarah. We stopped at a Tesco in Watton, Norfolk and I took a pregnancy test in the loo there. Someone bought American style jelly doughnuts. I was in a daze because I didn't have to wait the 2 minutes, I could see the blue line

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DR CONKEY'S COFFEEThere's a shop in Simi Valley called Dr Conkey's, I used to get so many cups of coffee there when I worked next door at Tempo Music and Video. Tempo isn't there anymore, and I heard that Dr Conkey's changed ownership and took over the Tempo space next door. When I go back to Simi Valley, I'm going to stop at Dr Conkey's and hope that I can get a coffee......man, I could go for a

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flattering faces Originally uploaded by brappsI'm going a bit stir crazy now. I'm still feeling sick. I'm tired, and I JUST NEED A BREAK!!!! This is my family, and no, we're not inbred!

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WILL LIFE EVER BE SANE AGAIN?I'm ill again, and I haven't seen my friend Vickie and her son Morrie for a week now. They get back from their holiday in a week. I seem to get depressed whenever I don't see them for a while. I don't know what's going on with the illness. Maybe I get ill more when I feel down or maybe I feel more down when I'm ill. It's hard to say.It makes me cry to think about the

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IF YOUR BABY'S GOING CRAZYI had the flu last week, from Wednesday night. It was horrible. I realise that I am miserable when I'm ill in any scenario, but while having to look after an 11 week old baby on my own, I felt really stranded. It's times like that when I really miss my parents cos I know my mom would have helped me take care of the baby.I was afraid I wouldn't be well enough to go to the

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GOING UNDERGROUNDI started working for the London Underground part-time. So far I'm really enjoying it!

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I GOT CONFUSED, I KILLED A HORSEI can't help the way I feel... and is it really so strange? Ahhh, I love The Smiths! I had such a good night last night, cleaning up in my room, putting away winter jumpers and getting out summer vests, AND watching a Smiths/Morrissey video hour before Big Brother came on. I liked singing along while I hung up clothes. i could remember doing a similar thing 15

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TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE CLOTHING - AND PANCAKES!I have been livng in London for a year now, as of yesterday. What do I think? I love London. I miss some things about L.A. Namely, tumble dryers in most dwellings, stores that stay open past 8pm, good mexican food, Jolly Ranchers, my family and friends, Disneyland, Santa Barbara, Shopping with Vicky. Not being alone. Things I love about London, Ben

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IT'S STILL LIFEWell, my inspiration to write about my long holiday weekend has melted away with another weekend gone. I can sum up the Easter weekend by saying that on Saturday, Ben and I went up to Swiss Cottage to Sally & Sarah's to watch the England footie match with them, Si & Bev, Erica and Tom. I can't remember if anyone else was there... I don't think so. It was a nice time, I drank too

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TAKIN' IT TO THE STARS - EMOTION LOTION!I am having a very topsy-turvy emotional time lately. I'm feeling depressed and missing my family a lot and friends back in L.A. It was very nice to speak to my family on Easter, I like talking to them on the phone. It makes me feel a lot less homesick.We had a really nice long weekend here in London. Friday was good, as Good Friday should be! Ben and I

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THE BEARD STAYS - YOU GO!Ben has been on holiday this week and he has decided not to shave. He'll be on holiday next week, too. I wonder if I can convince Grizzly Adams to shave once his holiday is over ... maybe his beard will get too tight.This weekend just exemplifies why I love living in Britain. Tomorrow is Good Friday, so in the U.S., I would have had to go to work. Might be let out at

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NICE MONKEY EARS. I feel tired today. Ow-woah-woah Rachie's tired. I'm going to the gym tonight at 7, so I'd better snap out of it. the backwards thing is that I will probably feel much more energetic once I go. Ben asked me to do him a favour and go check out the gym a couple of weekends ago. The Putney Leisure Centre is directly across the street from our flat. It would be a crime for me

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HOWZAT?!?! I have crushes on some of England's cricket team members. My favourites are Andrew Flintoff and Steven Harmison and also Matthew Hoggard. They're much cuter than the baseball players in the States, for the most part. England beat South Africa in the test series they were playing in S.A... I listened to the end of it as I was having my root canal finished at the Dentist's office.

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SHUT THE GOD DAMNED COTTON PICKING DOOR Lately I have found myself looking at Pippi Longstocking movies for sale on Ebay. I don't mean the new one or the cartoon one, I mean the 1970's era English dubbed films starring Inger Nilssen that were shown by Tom Hatton on successive weekend on the Family Film Festival. I am not sure why I have become so obsessed with the idea of owning these films...

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THAT IS ONE CAR WASH THOSE FOLKS WILL NEVER FORGET! I keep thinking about different skits done by the comedy troupe, The State, who used to have a show on MTV. It is one of my most favourite TV shows ever and supposedly it will be released on DVD soon. I want that so bad! So many of the things I say on a daily basis come from that show and it stretches far beyond your usual "I wanna dip my

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VIVID AND IN YOUR PRIME. The sun is shining through clouds, past the glass in the office window and into my eye as I type this. My ability to stay focused on any tasks at hand has been obliterated by my daydreams today. I'm thinking about what I want to do today, tonight, this year... Happy New Year! I've been married for two years now as of New Year's Eve, can you believe it? Last night while I

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CHARTRUESE TAFFETA AND MARTINIS. I think since I have been off work for the past 4 days, my mind is feeling a bit more flexible and imaginitve. I can sort of feel impressions of things spring into my mind. If you say 1950's cocktail party, I'm thinking chartruese taffeta and martinis. I'm also swimming in a vision of being at my grandparents' old house in Northridge, California when I was very

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WE'D KILL TO LIVE AROUND SW6 WITH SOMEONE LIKE YOU. Ben and I got back from L.A. on Wednesday. Unfortunately I had to come back to work the next day, and now two days later I am still feeling fairly jet-lagged. The cool thing was that I didn't feel it going to L.A.! The trip was great. The flight wasn't too bad going there or coming back. Neither of us really enjoy it, but it wasn't awful.

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LONDON BYE, TA TA! It has been a very long while since I've been here. Seven months ago I moved to London and had a flat in Cricklewood (NW London.) A month ago, Ben and I moved into a new flat in Putney (SW London.) It's a great flat! And Putney is just lovely! I think I'm going to like it here. In four days we will be going to Los Angeles to spend Thanksgiving with my family. It will be

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A TOILET FACTORY IN ITALY. Just 12 more work days to go. Then I will never have to step foot in this place again. I think that idea is the only thing that kept me from losing my temper today. These people I work with are just so careless and sloppy. I am so sick of having to do and re-do the same project just because they don't THINK or even use spell-check. Heaven help the new graphic designer

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DRESSED AS A WOMAN WITH HORRIBLE HAIR... It's been a long time since I wrote anything. Supermarket employees are still striking. I got to my goal weight for Thanksgiving. I have kicked my Ebay habit. Autumn came and went. The family didn't end up singing Christmas carols together, but we had a great holiday nonetheless. I am still obsessed with Belle & Sebastian's 'Dear Catastrophe Waitress.'

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STICK TO WHAT YOU KNOW 24 weeks from tomorrow I will be on a plane set towards England with Ben and Amber. I am terribly excited by the prospect of it. I only wish that there was more going on for me now. Actually, one should be careful what they wish for, they just might get it! I guess I am feeling fairly satisfied at the moment. The weather is slightly cooler today than it has been. It

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GET ME AWAY FROM HERE, I'M DYING. I still hate my job. I think that I should stay until after my trip to England next April. I was ok with that idea for a while. Now I'm not feeling very ok about it. Ben is miserable in his position here, too. I think he will be looking for a new job very soon. I think that is a very good idea. I didn't want to give up the bonus I might possibly get at

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YAWN! THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN' 'BOUT! Things are kooky. I'm tired. Physically and mentally. I want to go home and I still have 20 minutes left at work. In the past 2 weeks, I have been reunited with my friend Sandra from high school, my cousin Ginette, and my friends Kyle and Brandon. Kyle is the one who introduced me to the music of Belle & Sebastian. Belle & Sebastian is how I met Ben.

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YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE? YOU'RE IN THE JUNGLE, BABY! Well, Amber's fish is dead and my blonde roots are showing. Amber got 3 new fish last weekend and they are really pretty yellow ones. As for my blonde roots, I wonder when I will get my hair done. Douglas cut it into a cute bob that is now slightly growing out. The weather outside is gloomy. It was drizzling on the way to work from my

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SYMBIOSIS-RIGHT THERE. I got my hair dyed yesterday, dark brown. It's pretty, I like it. This is the first time I've had a natural haircolor in a year. Last week, Ben and I financed a Mac G4 computer. It's great! Coincidentally, the art department at work got shut down due to a water heater busting and flooding a good portion of the room, so I worked at home from Wednesday through the

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YOU'RE TERRIBLE, MURIEL. I watched the movie Muriel's Wedding yesterday for the first time. I wanted to see it when it came out in the theaters a few years ago. Mainly because I like ABBA. Also because It's one of those crazy New Zealand or Australian movies like Strictly Ballroom, or Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert. It was a good film. I played soccer at the park with Ben yesterday. He

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HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BENNY! Today Ben is 25. I remember when I turned 25. I said that my theme song for the year would be "All The Young Dudes" for the lyrics "It's hard to stay alive when you're 25." It turned out I had no problem staying alive. Which brings me to John Travolta. He just had his birthday a week ago, the same day as my brother David. Last night Pulp Fiction was on. Ben

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WHO WILL LOVE ALADDIN SANE? I will. I do. I was compelled to dig out my cassette recording of David Bowie's 'Aladdin Sane' to listen to in the car on my way to work. 'Tis the season. Work is busy today. I have that dry-eyed sleepy feeling. I should make notes of everything I need to do today cos I have a real absent-minded feeling. Ben and I fixed the problem with our floppy drive on the

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THIS IS MY DOG, COMPUTER. Ben and I rebuilt our computer over the weekend. It was quite a challenge. Neither Ben nor I really knew what we were doing. I am fairly fearless when it comes to computer stuff, though. I have a lot of faith that I can figure things out. I think that's because ever since my dad got our family's first computer back in 1992, he and I both fell in love with using

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YOU DOWN WITH OTR? YEAH, YOU KNOW ME. I haven't weighed myself lately in my pursuit of OTR (old thin Rachie.) I have weiged myself once since going off the Atkins diet and I haven't gained any weight. So that's good, at least. I feel like I am thinner than I was when I got married. But I want to be down to my goal weight by June. I need to lose 27 more pounds. If I lose 7 pounds a month then

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MISSHAPES, MISTAKES, MISQUOTES. Okay, so Ben said that he DIDN'T say that he would never doubt astrology again, just that he would rethink it. I feel like I can never remember things that people say correctly. I must be a bad listener. Good thing I'm not an actress, I'd constantly screw up my lines. I wonder how I remember lyrics to songs when I can't seem to remember anything else

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¡VIVA RACHELS! I am pretty excited because this mixtape that I started on the Belle & Sebastian Sinister mailing list over a year ago is finally finished. It started out because there were a lot of girls named Rachel on Sinister... and then the boys on the list named William challenged the Rachels to a "battle of Wills." We chose the weapon of making a mixtape. The "birth" Rachels recruited "

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I'M GONNA WASH THAT GREEN RIGHT OUTTA MY HAIR. Those of you who know me well realize that I change my hair as often as the colors of this page are changing! I now have a new haircolor, or should I say, colors. Surprise, surprise! It's red-violet and burgundy. Yesterday, Ben and I spent the whole day at the Mariott by the Los Angeles International Airport for an event put on by Sexy Hair

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YOU WILL BE MARRIED AND YULE BE GONE I am in LOVE with the Starbucks' Caramel Apple Cider. It's so sweet it makes my teeth hurt. The wedding time is now high noon instead of 2. We're getting the rings this weekend. I can't believe in a month I'll be married. It's all very exciting. Last year Christmas passed me by cos I was so excited about Ben's visit to California. I think it's gonna

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OH-WOAH-WOAH, RACHIE'S TIRED! I am waiting for revisions on this contest display and scratch off ticket/entry form thing I'm doing here in the land of Sexy Hair Concepts... When I get the changes given back to me I will be hard-pressed for time to finish the next revision. Designing in the business world is fun. Boo! I want to be at home with Ben waiting for the cable person to show up and

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DESPARATION ISN'T THE DEVIL'S WORK...HALLOWEEN CANDY IS. I shouldn't eat any more candy. I shouldn't eat any more candy. I shouldn't eat -M&M's? Wat are you doing in my--GET OUT OF MY MOUTH!!!!!!! I feel good after I eat candy. Damn good. For about 45 minutes. Then I get grouchy. I feel irritable and uncomfortable and jittery and tired all at the same time. Work's been getting a lot

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L-O-V-E LOVE, IT'S COMING BACK, IT'S COMING BACK. Today is the big day. Ben returns to L.A. with his visa! My Legal Man! I can only explain my excitement as follows: I feel like a little kid who is so excited about Christmas morning that they can't sleep. I don't think I fell asleep last night until 2:30 am. So with Ben's jet lag and my lack of sleep, I imagine we're both just gonna pass out

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COLOUR OF BLOOD, CHAOS AND CORRUPTION OF A HAPPY SOUL. I LOVE Fridays. But my mind is not at ease. I don't like it when I have a lot of stuff to do in a short amount of time. So I think that I need a reality check here. I am doing 3 main things tomorrow that are enjoyable and that I want to do, so I should not approach it with a feeling of dread. The first thing is that I'm getting a

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"ECHINACEA" SOUNDS SUSPICIOUSLY LIKE "EUTHANASIA". Yeah, I keep sneezing and my throat is sore. I must be feeling sluggish, too, cos I couldn't seem to escort my ass upstairs to the water cooler for a tall cool one to drop my liquid echinacea into today. So I just put an eyedropper full of that lovely brown nectar (now with goldenseal!) straight into my mouth. Next time that notion pops into my

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SIGN OF THE TIMES. It seems like there are a lot of fellow Librans around... Llew had her birthday whilst on her roadtrip, which I'm assuming, makes her a Libra. And Idleberry's is coming up. And so is Jim Purple Trousers' birthday... and a lot of people here at work... four others besides me. It's a fabulous sign. We get along well with everybody. Yesterday, Ben had his interview at the

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LONDON CALLING. I didn't wake up until noon today. I love days like this! The first thing I did was call Ben. But I forgot that he was going to that show tonight... you know, that show... I can't remember what they called it. So I talked to his friend Simmy for a second and I was pleased that I could understand everything Simmy said cos usually I can't. Last night, Ben was to call me at my

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SHE'S IN FASHION. I am pleased that Suede's new album is being released on my birthday. But I got the newsletter from Suede.net and it had the track listing for 'A New Morning' and I anticipate that it is not going to be very good. I was not a fan of 'HeadMusic' and I think that judging by the titles of the song that this one is going to be in the same vein... I felt that 'HeadMusic' was

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NOW SHE'S IN LOVE. This morning, Ben told me that he got a letter from the Consulate in London, and his interview is very soon! So he might be back here in time for Halloween! I am so excited! I painted my nails turquoise blue with blue and green glitter, and I also dyed my hair today. Now it's a darker teal color. It's nice, but the blue green bleeds everywhere if I get my hair even

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LISA LEARNED A LOT FROM PUTTING ON A BLINDFOLD. I am sooooo glad that it's Friday. I found out today that Ziggy, indeed, needs a new alternator. I didn't want that $600 anyway. Who needs food? Didn't I just say the other day that I wanted to lose 40 pounds? heh! I know that starvation dieting isn't healthy (save yer lectures!) So, anyway, Ziggy has to spend the night at the Honda place

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WELL HUNG AND SNOW WHITE TAN. Yesterday was another Wednesday here at Sexy Hair Concepts. I was called out to a 10:00 meeting at Starbucks with my boss and Creative Director, Mr. Douglas Little. It seems that since Melanie is leaving to go work for "Crank Yankers" that I am being given the Senior Graphic Designer position, which is terribly exciting for me. Then, at 12 noon, we had our

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THIRTEEN DAYS!!! That's how long it is until my birthday. I suppose if I want any celebrating to happen, I had better plan something quick! That's the way it usually works around here. Know why? Cos I am a real jet-setter! Ha! Well, I used to be... so my parents gave up planning any sort of party for my birthday. Not that they aren't willing to make a dinner for me and the rest of the family

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IT COULD HAVE BEEN A BRILLIANT CAREER. I just got a phone call from my boss, the Creative Director here at Sexy Hair Concepts, Mr. Douglas Little. He was away at a trade show this weekend and today. What he told me over the phone didn't surprise me. He said that Melanie, the other designer here, had gotten a new job and had put in her 2 weeks notice. The other job is making puppets for the

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WANDERING ALONE. This is the very first time I've been alone in the new apartment. I don't like it so much. I got home from taking Ben to LAX airport at around 8:45pm. It's just so strange to be here without him. It's been a couple of hours and it still feels like one of those bad dreams when you're trying to run away but your arms and legs are heavy and weighted down and you can't move.

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DINOSAUR GERMS. I was obsessed with dinosaurs at the age of five. My brother Tony (who was six) and I were so inspired by the photos we had seen of the dinosaur skeletons being reconstructed at museums (and also by the post card of dinosaurs from Disneyland that Tony had pinned up on his closet door) that we decided to try to construct our own skeleton. It just so happens that our parents

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I LOVE MY CAR. I have tried to write several posts to my blog today and they don't post and I lose them. So at this point I'm feeling a bit apathetic. I can't wait until 9/11 becomes a national holiday. Today is just too weird to work through. I'd rather have a 9/11 holiday than a Labor Day holiday (though both would be swell.) I'm not usually very socially conscious, but that's how I know

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For some unexplainable reason, I am in a good mood. My T-shirt says "born crabby" though, and boy, is that the truth! Well, I wouldn't say I feel "jovial" but I feel reflective and hopeful and this is good for Rachie's soul. Ben keeps singing a song about "the cutest girl in the world" because Laura Llew posted on Sinister that I am. I think that is really sweet. Especially since I'm recently

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It seems very strange to me that there are only 6 days left until Ben returns to London. I don't think I ever believed that he was going to live in California forever (I don't even believe that about myself) but there has been so much happening in the lsat 3 months that there wasn't much time to contemplate the fact that the end of Ben's holiday was inevitable. He was depressed about it a bit

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Hiya! This is the very first entry to my blog. I'm just jumping full-force onto the bandwagon! We'll see if this turns out to be something I really enjoy doing or not. So far, Ben's looks great, so I am encouraged. Plus, I'm bored at work, so something like this could really come in handy!

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