September 2011
4 posts
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Possibly my favorite poem.. EVER
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We fall in love at weddings and auctions, over glasses of wine in Italian restaurants where plastic grapes hang on the lattice, our bodies throb in the checkout line, the bus stop, at basketball games and we can’t keep our hands off each other until we can— so we turn to rubber masks and handcuffs, falling in love again. We go to movies and sit in the air conditioned dark with strangers who are...
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You're Where You Need to Be →
They say life is a journey—which is funny because it makes me think of the band Journey and Steve Perry’s awesome poof mullet. That thing was righteous. Regardless, we each have a journey we’re walking, a story we’re living as we progress through each day. Sometimes our journey is a happy one filled with good times and laughter; other times, it’s full of heartache and shame. Whichever is true of...
August 2011
2 posts
There is often a big disparity between the way in...
- Nothing I MEAN NOTHING is ever what it seems.
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July 2011
2 posts
You’d treat something fleeting more special then...
“Face it: If you knew someone was in your life for a set amount of time you’d do everything you could in the time frame to show them they are special. If they meant enough to you, you’d probably go through many events, days, moments that are incredible to give them something to remember. Why is that? Because we want them here forever.
However people who you KNOW are always going to be...
“Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel...”
– …Hard to turn away from horrors. Difficult to not let the callous actions of others deter your own. Questions and thoughts of why things are the way they are? Why are others the way they are?
And in a world so cold, The hardest part is learning to rise above it, stay focused and keep faith....
June 2011
1 post
fear of reaching out
Why do people feel embarassed about how they feel about other people? Why is it embarassing to tell another person that you think they’re attractive, or that you really like having them around, or that you love them? I don’t understand at all and it’s actually pretty frustrating that somehow it became embarassing to feel. It’s like I always have to hide how much I really care about my friends so...
April 2011
4 posts
You can’t ask for a persons honesty and as soon as they tell you what you already know and don’t agree with, jump all over them for it.
That will never get you honesty, more likely…intricate deception.
What I am saying is, make the truth easy to tell and you’ll more often get it
- (Dad-isms)
Something I need to work on.
do YOU always.
“Live to please the others, and everyone will love you, except yourself.” -Paulo Coelho Do you. Always do you. Nobody else can help you get to where you want to be. Don’t make choices based off of what you think other people want from you.
When making a choice do it because it’ll make you happy and it aligns with your morals and values. At the end of the day you will be...
This is why I hold out on sex →
This one is for all my favorite cynics,... →
We got this :) all it takes is you. In the end it’ll always be just you. Nobody else can get you to where you want to be.
So lets run away and get lost in a world of make believe where anything you want you can achieve and dream our biggest dreams…
…Then wake up AND RIDE THAT MOTHER FREAKER OUT BABYYY :)
February 2011
2 posts
My poetry class taught me if I write honestly.....
Giving up on Giving in It’s times like these that make me wonder how far down one can bury their heart under enabling them to become immune to these feeling when in truth my heart just wants to shoot for the ceiling please someone teach me what it takes to prevent putting my own heart at stake how do I replace my emotional power source that’s activated this horribly...
“Looking back on what I said all those years ago, all the hopes and dreams I had,...”
– i love love love this :)
January 2011
4 posts
I love meeting new friends and dancing till all hours of the day ;)
When you're inspired by doing what you love work...
couldn’t be more true :)
“It’s not the face, but the expressions on it. It’s not the voice, but what you...”
– Stephenie Meyer
December 2010
4 posts
I love you SF
Dear Bay,
I miss you soo bad it’s hard to truly believe Ive left you…
I am trying soo hard to squeeze time and see everyone while I’m here in SF.. but I feel like time is on warp speed and i’m chasing it from behind..
.. so please excuse me if we don’t get to see each other, but know I truly am
trying my hardest.
NY TIMES: Senate clears way for repeal of Don't... →
Capping a 17-year political struggle, the Senate on Saturday cleared the way for repealing the Pentagon’s ban on gay men and lesbians serving openly in the military.
By a vote of 63 to 33, with six Republicans joining Democrats, the Senate acted to cut off debate on a measure that would let President Obama declare an end to the Clinton-era policy, known as “don’t ask, don’t tell,” which...
Whoa, couldn't be more true.. that was a little...
How does your personality affect your love life?
Given the strong degree of confidence that you have, it’s no surprise that you get along well with most people. Indeed, it’s self-confidence that allows people to feel comfortable interacting with others without feeling insecure and vulnerable. For this reason, you shouldn’t have much difficulty in romance, at least not initially. Your social skills...
November 2010
1 post
when I'm trying so hard to be cute and fun.. I...
Holding hands
Little kisses at random un-expected moments
touching my face
falling asleep together
waking up with arms wrapped around me
being told I look… :)
asking me about my day
saying goodmorning or goodnight
recieving flowers
making a mess, then cleaning it up together
special text messages
long voicemails
laughing non-stop hysterically
going on adventures
Being...
September 2010
1 post
“You see, you closed your eyes. That was the...
I realized this is me. I do everything completely opposite of what a normal person does. I kiss with my eyes open. I smile at the most inappropriate times. I dance when there is no music. I laugh when nothing funny was said. I say the wrong thing. I get lost with a map in my hand. I tell the truth when I should lie. I say exactly what I am feeling when I should keep these truths to myself. I push...
August 2010
6 posts
Day 3, My take on True Love
THIS is a LONG rant about MY THOUGHTS on LOVE & RELATIONSHIPS…
feelings: bemused
music: Snowpatrol lalalalovvve them :)
Now this poem I wrote hmm.. a couple months ago.. I had watched a love story and I had thought in my mind. Wow, will I ever get that? And so I decided to try and write a piece on falling in love.
And after I finished I realized mann I don’t really have high...
Day 2, getting over an ex
Hi, ahh! I’m about an hour late from day 2.. sorry, but I mean I am Rachel so you can expect some lateness if you want to see greatness ;) hehe… Today was good! Like, really good. I prepared for my first phone interview by watching motivational videos and umm repeating what they would make me say out loud. Haha, dorky yea? O, well! HA! I felt great about myself afterwards.. try it...
Day 1 about me :)
So I’ve always wanted to start writing but I am never able to. Why? Probably because I’m intimidated by all the other ‘Tumblr’ bloggers who are dam good at what they do, BLOGGING. ha! Well Freak that! HMPH! I’ll join the hype and do it my own way. SO Hello, Hello! Welcome to Rachel’s life. I’ve been writing poetry or ‘flo’ing. Hehe, I’m...
'Sing It to Me' by Me :)
hehe.. this is my little poem that makes me happy :)
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Sing it To Me Don’t worry about all them others they just one hit wonders playin on loop the same game just another handsome face with a different name reciting the same chorus enticing, but enough to bore us yea, I keep them around but they never been enough to make a sound u see they’re all just a distraction to rewind my...
July 2010
3 posts
One Day in America
I promised myself I wouldn’t take home anything I learned so it wouldn’t affect me but I thought hey these facts aren’t too depressing so here goes…
A single day in America..
5 children or youths commit suicide
18 children or youths are homicide victims, 9 of whom die from firearms
34 children die from accidents
180 children are arrested for ...
“They say that people who live next to waterfalls don’t hear the water. It was...”
– ~ Jonathan Safran Foer – Everything is Illuminated (via gatekeeper) (via whisperingwillow) (via -barethoseteeth) (via colorfieldsandwagonwheels)
“Facebook protects many groups from hate speech. Here’s one they don’t offer...”
– Laura Beck in the HuffPo - awesome to see the shoutouts to the affected Fat-o-sphere bloggers! Less awesome that all we can supposedly do about it is join another group. Um, surely the fact they don’t CARE about the anti-fat groups demonstrates how little Facebook is concerned with how many people...
June 2010
2 posts
“It’s better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are...”
Picking up food at Carnegie Deli to have a picnic...
A vegetarians dream…
May 2010
8 posts
“About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for...”
– Rita Mae Brown
“In life you can never be too kind or too fair; everyone you meet is carrying a...”
– Brian Tracy
Dear Mr. President
inothernews:
A Letter to the President from a gay soldier returning to Iraq whose DADT discharge is being held until his tour is over
Mr. President, my unit is extremely undermanned. We’re working around the clock in Baghdad. My commander informed me that the Army cannot afford to lose me. I was told that they would prepare my discharge paperwork, “stick it in a Manila envelope, and keep...
“There comes a time in life when you have to let go of all the pointless drama...”
“And that’s the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think...”
– The Kite Runner
I wish that people could just honestly say what they feel, instead of having to mask everything or pretend they’re something that they’re not. I guess that’s one of my biggest problems. It’s always been something I both loved and hated about myself. I say...
“Pain nourishes courage. You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things...”
– Mary Tyler Moore
“At some point during almost every romantic comedy, the female lead suddenly...”
– -Chelsea Handler
STORY OF RACHEL SAN DIEGOS LIFE :P
March 2010
2 posts
“Make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you...”
– Jon Krakauer
I promise to live my life in this sense every single day. :) O goody I’ve already been doing it for a year now and I don’t think I’ve ever felt so free in my life before…
Anything I fear I force myself to face :)
“A couple of hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world the secret of his success. “Never leave that till tomorrow,” he said, “Which you can do today.” This is the man who discovered electricity. You’d think more of us would listen to what he had to say. I don’t know why we put things off, but if I had to guess, I’d say it has a lot to do with fear. Fear of failure. Fear of pain....
February 2010
7 posts
From me to you.
“Its easier to get mad at the people you care about because you know they’ll love you no matter what”
-The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
I finally figured out how to start my online...
So, I’ve been trying to figure out how to start my online journal. I swear I’ve been trying so hard to get started but everytime I start writing I get so self-concious about who is going to read it, what they’ll think about me, and my grammar, my writing, ughh. It would get so frustrating I would always just give up.
Then I started writing letters to my family and friends, and I...