Rachael's 30th St. Patrick's Day

I'm turning 30 on 3-17-12

It will be the 30th St. Patrick's Day that I will have been on the planet.

Everybody (almost) in the world raises a glass to me (Or St. Patrick. whatever).

I'll be celebrating this joyous event on Fremont Street in Las Vegas on Saturday March 17, 2012.

I love my birthday. I love St. Patrick's Day. We all know I love drinking. I love Fremont Street. I love my friends.

With these powers combined, we shall create: My 30th Birthday!

Please join me in making this particular St. Pat's amazing.

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Don't be frightened by "Vegas." Fremont Street is downtown/old Vegas and is much cheaper than the Strip as well as way better.

Cheap rooms. cheap drinks, cheap food and no cars (mostly).

Party paradise.

Please let me know what questions you may have.

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And if you can't come; that sucks, but please be sure to have a pint in my name. xoxo

-Rachael

OverThyme

I'm making soup tonight. I love after Thanksgiving because they sell the turkey parts no one wants, like backs and necks. These parts make the best soup!

Tonight I have an actual thigh! It's huge and was only $3! This is exciting because it means there will be more meat in the soup. However, I just went to go stir my broth-in-process around and have found that I put too much thyme in it.

Thyme is necessary for soup - just is, but too much of it can really ruin one's boiled meal.

I tasted it and said, "Oh, I put way to much thyme in it. Oh well."

I'm doubtful it will turn out well, but what can I do?

Am I disappointed that my soup isn't good at the moment? Yes.

Is it done? No.

Is it going to take a while to finish? Yes.

Do I *really* know how it will turn out? No.

AM I just going to keep cooking till I can't cook no mo'? Yes.

I ate some chocolate chips, so I'm not starving or anything but let's consider my soup for a minute:

Take all of my soup questions and pretend it's not soup we are talking about.

Change all that soup bollocks to life.

Am I disappointed with my life at the moment? Yes.

Is it done yet? No.

Is it going to take a while to finish? Yes.

Do I *really* know how it will turn out? No.

Am I just going to keep livin' till I can't live no mo'? Yes.

I just thought of that right now.

High

I wish I were high. I could get high I suppose, but if I did that then I wouldn't be able to wake up in the morning on time. If I don't wake up on time I won't be able to workout. If I don't work out I'll be even more depressed and I'll just want to get high even more than I do now.
Get high, get lost, disappear, escape.
Not unusual for a Pisces, but I know that's not why I feel this way.
Clearly I need new, better, or supplemental medication.

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This Things That Give Us Cause to Celebrate

It's Yardis' second birthday today.
Two years ago I was in Vegas annoyed as fuck dealing with a piece of shit dealership who completely ruined my first new cay buying experience.

Two years later I still love my car. The Yardis is awesome. He is pretty, dependable, and bigger on the inside.
He came with the features I wanted and I enjoy them daily. I don't bathe him much because I allocate my money elsewhere, but I think he understands.

He matches my personality and is functional for my life style. He is no race car and that is a good thing.

He is more unique than most cars just as I am more unique than most people.

I love him.

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Having to get new things gets old.

G+ Can suck it. No shit. I'm tired of moving my social networking from one stupid site to another. I'm tired of moving all my photos and setting up groups and having to FIND the poeple I need to block just so I can block them again!
I'd have to get scratch paper and use hash marks to figure out how many social "networks" I've been on. I'm no stranger to the interwebs I've moved around online 10x more than I've moved in real life; moving in real life is LESS of a pain the the ass.
Here's the skippy: My gmail is for everything public onlne and it's wide open for every piece of shit cunt I don't want in my life. It's attached to all the bridges I've burned and everything in the proverbial bed I've made for myself.That does not mean I'm going to relocate my online social life there. That in fact means that there is no way in Imaginary Hell I am going to move my online social life there.
So keep your unattractive, way too up in my goddamn face social network. Sorry Google. I love you, but fuck off.
Rachaeldisapproves

Flies in the Soft

Flies have taken a liking to my balcony. Here is Kitty intently watching a fly chill out in the sun.

Heyfly! Get the hell off my goddamn balcony! This ain't your sunny sidewalk so move the fuck along!!

Kitty is so awesome!

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Fishkiller

I saw a Fishkiller flying over the river today. I know that is not the real name for this particular kind of duck, but  I enjoy calling them Fishkillers because it's funny and is associated with a good memory. 

These ducks, which are probably not even ducks, are called Cormorants. They are skilled at snatching huge fish from the water and gulping them down. It's pretty gross. Cheers to you, mean gross ducks!

Conflict

Within myself; not with the outside world. Out side battles would be easy and even easier to avoid.
No, it's just me. Who knew I'd be such a pain in the ass for myself?

Next thought is this: I feel it is better to be a pain in the ass for myself than to be a pain in someone else's ass. Other people may be able to contribute advice its not their mystery to solve.

Only time will tell. If that.
Blah blah, somewhat depressing blog post.
I started a collage today. My first one. I'm exited

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It's Nice.

Can't think of anything really profound at the moment, but I wanted to post something.
Its a lovely day in Pedro. I'm having iced coffee with soy sitting around on a Sunday. Nothing out of the ordinary. Makes it easy to Love your Life.

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I am The God of Hellfire and I Bring You

Fire.

Our campfire at Sharp's campy place on the Niobrara River Aug 12ish 2011.

All Of This Stuff Here...

I wish I could put into words what I see in my mind. Most of the time what I'm seeing is important and relevant to what I'm trying to do at the moment, but I'm unable to "show" another person what is in my head.

I really think I'm autistic or something.

Well, my brain is quite obviously damaged. Unbalanced. What ever the word of the decade is...

Not being able to put things into words makes it difficult to ask questions. Which makes it difficult to get answers, and to answer questions.

I sound like the Sphinx from Mystery Men now.

I think and feel visually. I have a visual memory.

I want to take photos of everything and put them everywhere.

A photo is like a sentence to me.

Finally Again!

Found an abandoned three wall shack behind a gas station in Colorado & took initiative to snap some photos.

Fortunately, some of them look cool. Unfortunately I used my phone so they are not as good as they could be & are smaller resolution.
However, I am exited that I've started to stop and capture images of things I see again.

Breaking my camera really put a damper on my desire to even pay attention to things I saw let alone photograph them.

I took a couple photos with my new fancy-ish camera and printed them out.

I'm rather excited.

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And...

See what I mean! This machine was seen in the present.

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Too Little Facial Hair Too Late

This event was in 2007.
I feel it should be resurrected.
Fake mustaches will never be out of style.

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Wild Turkeys Couldn't Drag Me Away

I have bug bites on my head, sunburn on my chest, drank crappy beer, slept in a tent in a rain storm, saw cows, horses, some ducks, and two families of wild turkeys.
Kayaked on the river.tubed on the river. Drank too much on the river.
Layed in my tent watching the river while listening to Rent on the iPod.
Sat and watched some clouds trying to form a tornado.
Met new people. Saw people I already knew but hadn't seen in a long time.
Ate as much Nebraska beef as I possibly could.
Watched stock car races, one of which my uncle drives.
Stayed at my grandmother's house in town. Met the annoying, overly mid-western lady who bought my grandparent's ranch house. Visited my grandfather in the nursing home he had to be in. Rode on a lawn mower. Saw nothing but white people. Went without the phone/internet for four days.
Realized there is so much I don't know and so much I've missed and have to think of how to make up for it. Stupid dumb life.

I like wild turkeys.

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Liquorish Disapproves

Liquorish on her perch of disapproval.

Bag #2. I took the original one and rubbed it on Kitty hoping to mix the smells.
I brought the bag back to Liquorish and she hissed at it.

Luckily I have a lot of reusable bags.

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Smelly Cat

Kitty went to the vet yesterday morning. She got some shots and a bath. She doesn't have cancer and the few teeth she has left look great.

Since her return, Liquorish has been thoroughly disapproving of Kitty.

Nothing but hissing, growling, refusal to hang out, and dirty looks.

Liquorish has taken to hanging out on a reusable bag on the counter. Who knew those bags had so many uses?!

I was very concerned about Likity's behavior so I did what any sensible cat owner would do.

I Googled it.

Apparently Liquorish did not somehow contact rabies from Kitty's vaccine, she just doesn't recognize her smell.

The Elders of the Internet told me to segregate the smelly cat where disapproving cat cannot disapprove so rudely.

As you can see I have to keep Kitty confined so she doesn't run amok and start doing battle.

So anyway, the trick is basically to get them to smell the same. One can rub towels on the both of them or dab them both with a scent, like vanilla.
....
Justin Bieber has a new perfume out. Maybe I'll try that.

Nothing says communal kitty love like the exploitation of an under age pop star.

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Celebrate America

With cookies.
Stale, disgusting, made of god knows what cookies.

How appropriate.

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And so it goes

A buffet of liver failure.

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Nostalgia is a Disease

I know it is, but I want ink goddamnit!

I've been wanting to get this as a tattoo for ages but spending the money always seems frivolous.
It is frivolous, especially in this world if ice and grit.

However, based upon what I'm basing the design on along with the nerdy Eastern astrology stuff I love so dear here is what I've come up with.

This is one of the trains I have for piggy banks. Yes four.

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Oh No Neko-chan!!!

I no longer like to pretend to smoke while drinking.
So I've make Kuro Neko do it for me.
She's so cute!!!

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Shameless Plug

True Beans Coffee Roastersthis cup made me laugh. InJEANous!!

I'm more impressed by this coffee company than I thought I would be.

They've really put a lot into making some awesome coffee.
And their roaster is red & pretty.
(It's in the cafe @Fresh Foods in Long Beach.)

Starbucks while brands can suck it for sure. Even the Buck's Christmas blend that I held so dear is shite compared to this delicious roasted and ground up plant bean seed or whatever stuff.

Inexpensive, and roasted in small batches, so it's fresher and since I'm in Long Beach, I get is super fast.

Also it has all that is organic and rainforest certified and recycled paper stuff found on.
hoopla, Janet!!

No, I don't get commission, I just think the coffee is good.

www.truebeanscoffee.com

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He's Got a Pckage!!

The Who short I bought at the Who con in February.

I'm so clever; taking a photo in a mirror so its backwards.
I'm sure I'm the first to create such an amazing photographic piece of photography.

I don't love the shirt as much as I should and I must break it in by wearing and washing.

Wear. Wash. Repeat.
Wear. Wash. Repeat.
Wear. Wash. Repeat.

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Entrepreneurs

Who says I'm not motivated?
Not ambitious?
They are wrong!
Well actually that's not true but either way I'm CFO of Drunking, Inc.
Can I put that on Linked In?

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Late. Again

June 16, 2011

I'm not sure why I was inspired to that this shot. I suppose I simply liked the whole scene; traffic slowed, huge affection of the road missing, a claw machine contraption making the gap even larger, the workmen working while I was on my way to work in order to work in the workplace...
Lots of orange?
Orange CONES?!?!?!
They were cones!!!

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Unnecessary

Lite Apple sause.
With Splenda.
In real life.
So not ever going to eat this.

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Cure

May 30, 2011

I'm old school.
Gin and tonic.
Not real tonic, as that is now some kind of novelty.
Two. Too much. too many.
Not enough.
Then I'm sad.
I go running.
I am running to cure my sadness.
I am running away from my sadness.

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SIM Happiness

In the game SIMS you have to keep your Sim happy. One way of accomplishing this was to give them an aquarium.
To accomplish, click on the fish tank and select something like "enjoy."
Voila! Sim is happy!

Fish are certainly enjoyable.
Of you play your cards right they can be quiet, low maintenance, affordable, purple friendly pet. Or decoration.

I prefer to think of them as pets.
Mine have names and I give a shit about their feelings and well being.
They are living creatures after all.

I've relocated their home to the corner of my room. A pleasant, zen place for them to be.

I think we will all benefit.

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Seeing is Believing

May 28, 2011

Pictures of Kitty with glasses never cease to entertain me.

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Larger than Life

Apparently Target sells corn.
Actually, I don't think they do.
I'm a bit disgusted by the Fourth of July marketing but not a disgusted as I could be.

I'm I getting old?
Are my meds just working well?
Am I indifferent because Indifferent Rachael is indifferent?

Tune in next week.
Same indifferent time.
Same indifferent channel.

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The Past is Now

April 21, 2011

Today is supposed to be the Rapture, again.
I went shopping; having a get together tonight.

At the market I see these: eggsina foam carton.
I have not seen this since I was a wee tot. OK maybe not that long ago but I'm pretty sure not since I lived in the Mid-West

My surprise does not stop there.
The market is a pretty good farmers market you're market. Local and organic produce, vegan food (including vegan pizza rolls!!), hippy doesn't, earth friendly soaps, etc. etc.

Why foam packaged eggs?
Why here and why now?

And what the hell?

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Hard @ Work

April, 18, 2011

They put a Google search bar on my browser at work.
I don't slack off much, but everyone else does I figured, why not.

Only when I'm not too busy of course.

Google: endless entertainment. Endless opportunities.

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Fancy Sink

May 17, 2011

Conference in Costa Mesa.
Yes, I went to a conference. I know, it does make me seem more like a real adult but I assure you I am still a pretend adult.

This fancy row of fancy towels is fancily presented in a semi-fancy hotel conference area bathroom in a fancy hotel.

Photo worthy IMO.

I got a t-shirt, some pens, a reusable bag, a fancy notebook (I actually have one from whoever went last year that I use as my cookbook), some of those glasses cleaning cloths; an inJEANous schwag idea.

Oh yeah and I learned a lot and made connections.and got our company some kind of VIP status when this company.

But srlsy, it's all about the schwag.

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NuCat

May 15, 2011

This is Newcat; or NuCat whatever you fancy. I know her human, Justin.

Her name is actually Smoky but before she had a name she was called Newcat.

I like that better so that's what I call her.

I like to choose my own madness for people's pets.

Taddy is Snowflake
Biscuit Is Josephine
Smokey is Newcat

I know more people with pets...

I better get on renaming them!

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Too Cool for School

May 14, 2011

Went to Out of the Closet.
Like ant good second hand store they sell electronics.

This stack of used VCRs was too awesome to not look at as art.

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Not Enjoyed

Hondo's jeep.
Poor thing does not run well and was not getting used, so it was stated that it is Not Enjoyed.

Sadly, later that night someone crashed into it (yes, while it was parked) and it is now officially broken.

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Xander's Babies

May 14, 2011

The seagulls are back!
I think this is the 4th year these seagulls have made their best on the pylon outside my office on Catalina Landing.
One of them is gimpy. I'm just saying.

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56 Herbs & Spices 5_10_11

Pam likes Jager too!

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It's a Camel!!!!

May 9, 2011

I saw this plushie you at Khol's (again with the weird store) and I HAD to have it.
I thought, "awesome! A cuddly toy camel! I need a new cuddly toy anyway cos Kitty likes them."

The toys are at the check out (for impulse buyers like me) and are for some charity so they are only 5$.

So I grab a camel and go to check out.
I say, "I would like to buy this camel please."
The girl at the counter was amused by my excitement about the camel and asked, "and what animal is this?"

I said, "it's a camel!"
"... It's lt's a llama."
"Ooohhh... Your right! There's no humps!"
Laughter ensued.

Whatever, it's a camel.

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Crows are Cool

May 8, 2011

This shot is just too cool to not post.
This crow hung out in the tree long enough to let me get a picture of him.

Thanks Mr. Crow!

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Old School

April 7, 2011
Saturday.
Found this treasure at Khol's.
I didn't even know they still made these things.
I was tempted to get one, but as I have no yard to set it up in, I felt it would be futile.

Khol's is such a weird store.

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Ladies Room

May 6, 2011

I haven't done any Ladies Room shots in a while.
I went to this bar in Redondo Beach, the Thirsty Club, and this is their door.

Cool little dive bar. Its got a good jukebo, a shuffle board, the bartender was awesome, and the ladies' rom door is hip

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King of the Land of Many GBs of Music

May 6, 2011

I think.

I checked out my newest download; a file with a few good industrial bands I've been meaning to get.
I knew it was many gigs, but 6.4 of them are just one band.

I peed from excitement.

Collecting music us a but if an obsession for me.

I have days and days of it.

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Devine Decadence

May 5, 2011

Isn't it just wild?

I found my green nail polish.
It's not exactly Devine Decadence, but close enough.

Really, some nail polish company should produce that color if there isn't one already.

I'd buy it. And tons of other weirdo cult musical fans like me.

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Perspective

May, 4, 2011

The stairwell in the bank's parking structure.
It's smell reminds me of submarines I've been in.
The smell is really that of cement and metal enclosed spaces; one of my favorite smells.

Stairs are great.

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Again, Doing Nothing. Being Ineffective.

May 3, 2011

I know I went to the gym, but I also had downloaded SeaLab and Arche so watching TV it is.

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Badgers hang out on the freeway

Driving on the freeway Janessa hit some random thing on the freeway. Its dark and the thing was dark. She exclaimed, "what was that!?"
I said it was a badger.

Badgers are damn cute!!

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Ne Op Opping

May 1, 2011

K and G are moving to MD which sucks.
I've spent the last two years of my life ignoring my friends, and I I've really missed out.
Luckily my friends still like me. That makes it easier for me to sores my guilt and be at least a somewhat better friend.
Also it is lucky (for me) that K has tons of clothes she does not want to drag across the country with her.
I love me some clothes!! And I freely offer my love to second hand clothes. Its probably my favorite kind of clothes.

Driving up to The Valley: about $5.
Bunch of free stuff: $ for trash bags.
Realization that I have awesome friends and a pretty awesome life: priceless.

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'merica!

April 30, 2011

I went with Jn and her sister to Operation Gratitude Saturday morning. What happens here is that a bunch of people pack up thousands of boxes of random shit to send overseas to a bunch of random troops.

Would this be considered a Mitzvah?
I almost felt like a dick doing it.
Here I am, at home eating delicious salads while there's people over there getting blown up for who knows what.

I mostly hope that at least some of them open these boxes and get a laugh at some of the random shit.

Laughing seems more important that clean socks.

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My Beloved West Ham

From egg dyeing night.

One of the kits was sports themed. I tried to make a West Ham egg, but was thwarted. So I made an awesome fake West Ham tattoo.

Don't you go talking about my beloved West Ham!!

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Discount Holiday

April 29, 2011

Friday night is egg dyeing night!
Just add about 7 clearance egg dyeing kits, 40 eggs, 9-ish people, and some Sailor Jerry (mostly for me cos I love drinking).

The boxes were confusing and each came with different confusing accessories, the dye tabs looked like X, and we had no idea what colors they were supposed to be.

Good times. Lots of egg salad.

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Das Telly

April 29, 2011

I'm going to give you three seconds. Exactly three fucking seconds to write that stupid looking grin of you face before I gouge out your eyeballs and skullfuck you.
Skullfuck you.
Skullfuck you.
Skullfuck you.
Skullfuck you.
Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, skullfuck you...
*commence dance music*
(God Module) "lyrics" taken from the film Full Metal Jacket.

Did not know that until last night, when I watched it.

I like God Module better than the movie.

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Eww

April, 27, 2011

The locker room of the gym at work is dirty.
It didn't used to be dirty. The current cleaning crew apparently had not been informed of their duties.

Same dirt on the floor for a couple months. The shower floor is no longer the same color as the walls.
Paper towels out for days...

I've been going to this gym for four years. It's never been this bad.
I'm not suck up our anything, but I get makes on that locker room. It should be clean.
Plus I see the invoices for this cleaning company so I know they get paid to clean.

Effing clean, dick tards!

I took a couple shots to show to the property manager.

He'll put the smackdown.

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Tears of a Clown

April 26, 2011

What do you do with lots of mismatched make-up?

You attempt to make it match by covering your face in it.

At least now I know about all of the make-up I have.

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