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Name: rach
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Birthday: 11/23/1981
Gender: Female


Interests: the art of the lives of people, smelling like a campfire, stargazing, storytelling, conversation having and eavesdropping, photography, african drumming, the eating of good food, glow in the dark stuffs make me happy!
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Sunday, May 20, 2007


5/21/07 02:40 pm

More on the former new roommate.  Her mom and the landlord cam yesterday (Saturday) and cleaned out all of her belongings from her room.  This happened sometime in the late afternoon.  One of the downstairs people called me and informed this had happened.  About 20 minutes later, the landlord called and confirmed what I'd just heard.  I went home, wasn't truly feeling the camping vibe anyway. 
Today, the landlord stopped by again to finish up on cleaning the room.  They are going to begin advertising the space on Monday.  The landlord filled me on a few things about the former new person.  Ten years ago, when they last rented to her, she was a completely different person.  Kind of counterculture, from what he said. 
At sometime herein unknown the former new person started dating this guy.  Said guy was horrendously abusive.  Maybe she moved with him to Alaska, maybe not.  Ten years later, when she returns to Santa Rosa she is a total hippie collecting SSI. 
The hospital is keeping her for a further two weeks.  I sincerely hope that she is really being helped and not drugged out of her head.  Whatever happened to her, it was bad.  I'd have liked to know her ten or so years ago.  Bet she must have been really cool. 
This is so incredibly fucked up.  There should be some sanctity to life, human, animal, mineral, vegetable.  Her sanctity got violated.  This post and the one previous are what can happen.  Only part of the story of what can happen.  It's true, sad, and scary. 
Please, take care of each other.

5/19/07 09:43 pm - Beware the Queen of England!!!

My computer is resurrected.  At long last, complete with completely restored OS, and a new AC adapter with a fan built into it.  No, back to enacting world take over on very small step at a time. 
In my absence lots has gone on. 
Best true story of all time. 
One week and a handful of days ago a new person moved into the house.  An older dyed in the wool CA hippie.  The house began to smell like week, I asked her about it.  She was assaulted sometime ago, now has wicked bad neck and back pain, smokes weed with the blessings of a Doctor and the state of CA.  A week goes by, she gets a little stranger.  Tried to get to know her, no luck.  Monday, she flips out.  I wasn't there to see it, I had the good notion to take the back road to Petaluma. 
Half way to Petaluma I get a phone call from the awesome roommate.  Awesome roommate asks me if I'm home, said no.  Asked her if she was, nope, she was out of the house too.  She told me that our new roommate was a fucking psycho.  Said that downstairs housemate had called her and told her all about it.  I decided to keep driving.  Another phone call.
Behold the landlord.  Calling to say that should the new person seem dangerous, crazy, and or all of the above to immediately call the Police.  I decide to turn around toward home.  Get home, prepare to park, see three Police cars.  Not one, but three.  I call Awesome roommate, ask her to guess how many Police cars are in front of the house.  She says she doesn't know and guess four. 
I park on a side street.  Walk up to the house, the downstairs people motion me to come inside.  The Officers and one Mediator come downstairs, the look on their faces, priceless.  They ask us about the new person.  Say that if anything should happen, we should call them immediately.
That night, I stay downstairs.  Watched the first half of Bridges of Madison County with one of the downstairs people and her younger sister.  Get tired, set out to sleep on the most excellent leather pull out couch in the living room. Said couch is right below the new person's bedroom.  She paced up and the down the upstairs well into 3AM.  At 6AM she proceeds to crank up the volume on the worst Gospel music I have ever heard.  It was so loud up there!
Tuesday night Awesome roommate and I are home, seems quiet.  Wednesday morning, Awesome roommate texts me asking me if I am still home.  I say yes, she knocks on my door.  Comes in, says she's starting again.  Awesome roommate leaves to call the appropriate people.  Ends up being directed to call 911.  She does so.  Meanwhile, in the kitchen, the new person is beginning to go at it full tilt.  Saying how The Queen of England, Barak Obama, both President Bushes, and Clinton were going to pay for what happened to her.  She was recounted violent acts that had happened to her in her past.  She didn't know I was home.  Kept going, then left the kitchen to go to her room.  Heard her beginning to pack.
I really hoped she wouldn't hit the streets.  She went downstairs.  I heard her verbally affronting somebody.  Turned out to be an officer.  Few seconds later, she was in the backseat of a squad car.  Second officer comes upstairs.  Awesome roommate comes home.  We give our information and all the details we have on the new person.  New person gets taken off the to the Psych Unit of the nearest local hospital.  For 72 involuntary observation. 
Today now being Saturday, she gets out.  Both of us two remaining roommates will be out of the house until Monday, when the new person has to be out by. 



Sunday, April 01, 2007

Happy April Fool's Day!
 1) Rock N' Roll sushi brunch with a friend.
 2) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle watching at the Roxy Theater w/ same friend.  The movie was awesome!!!
 3)Bought a handmade wool sweater with a huge skull and cross bones knitted on the front of it.
 4) Drive to Rohnert Park.
 5) Stopped in the Target parking lot and gave a stranger and his family a car jump.
 6) Drove home, got owned at the gas pump, as usual.
 7) Went home and showed off the new sweater.
 8) Applied for that shiny awesome jobness, even though the position may be closed.
 9) Talked online with my best friends.
10) Hung out with roommate and ate fresh baked chocolate chip cookies.
11) Continued to hang out online with friends.


Monday, March 12, 2007

Full of piss and vinegar (after awhile of movie going, mostly piss) I went to see Zodiac.  Great movie.  Great movie, though I can in no way speak for the first half hour of it.  I pulled a routine me and walked into the wrong theater, the one in which the film was just ending.  I thought to myself "Wow.  This is one awesome cinematographic style.  Starting the movie near it's end."  Fully expecting the movie to suddenly jump into the beginning at any moment for a real audience thrill.  Should of known when the white typewritten letters appeared on the screen that I had gone into the wrong showing.  Quickly remedied, I ran upstairs and saw the film, all but the first half hour. 
For what it may or may not have lacked in suspense, it made up for in style.  Granted the fact that I am a huge fan of tacky plaid pants, that is in no way the reason why I dig this move so much.  It was well planned out.  The characters were three dimensional, the shots well thought out, the lighting was fantastic.  And, it was light on the soundtrack.  I carried an honest element to it, of a story being told about people who were either trying to do their job, got caught up in their own self-promotion, or found a passion and needed an outlet. 
Looks like a pseudo late night tonight.  I have an application to stuff, a book to finish, and a new venue to seek out.  Again, the new venue search is staying under my hat.  I am not a fan of uncertainty and prefer to burn a bridge only upon having safely reached the other side.


Thursday, March 08, 2007

plans brewing, weather's looking to do likewise.
mild discomfort, my body aching
protesting the marching on
of my lunar clock,
each tick,
a cramp.
a sigh;
work like a plain
that's not seen rain,
crying out to far distant
deluges
raging, but out
of nothing.
spring at hand,
early time change.
irrelevant in an imaginary context.
new tricks up
my sleeves.
interests waxing,
as the moon hiding
halfway behind the clouds,
telltale signs by which
old wives send signals.
lightning strikes;
it rides and rolls,
as the grip tape that it is
atop
my skateboard.
motion now,
like whirling dirtdevils
out front my house
on
the street.
as i,
still learning
roll by.
admiring the streetlights,
fakie stars which
twinkle
only as they're
failing.
might my
dreams reach higher,
as steam from sidewalks
after summer rain.
and, land me
nay
land us all
in
favorable spaces.
under well weathered,
sweet
summer skies.


Thursday, February 15, 2007

Currently Reading
The SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW
By Wade Davis
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2/16/07 08:45 pm - be afraid!

Tomorrow (note to self) i am going to meet somebody at Aroma Roaster coffee shop in RXR square.  I am going to meet this person at 10am.  this person, the one I am meeting, she is going to tell me about her internship with the FBI.  Yes, the very same FBI who puts those snazzy warnings in movies.  I've been reading too many Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child books lately.  Those books have a fantastic character named Aloysius Pendergast, he's an FBI agent.
Long story short.  I have begun toying around with the idea of becoming an FBI agent.  I'd get to use Anthropology all the time.  Um, yeah.  Trust me, my inner desire to be bad-ass has nothing to do with this.  What's that?  No, my fingers aren't crossed behind my back...
Lately I've been jealous of all my friends still in school at in the Anthropology Department of K-STATE.  I'm desperately scrounging around for a life's plan.  At the same time, I like my adventurous side. 
I'm homesick. 
I ate ice cream for dinner.  The sugar high is wearing off.  This sucks.
People, read The Serpent and the Rainbow! The book is fantastic, as Californians would say, it's yummy.
I keep trying to e-mail one of my former Professors/Mentors.  He's probably busy.  I'd like to call this person, but...
I want to call a lot of people, but I feel like I would be too intrusive. 
Back to the happy place!!!
So, yep, I am going to get the digs on interning with the FBI tomorrow.  Fear me, for I might someday pack heat and drive a black town car.
Please let me know if it is okay for me to call you!  I need more people to call than my folks.  I really do!



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