vamos a la playa

really feeling like making today a beach day. if only it were 10 degrees warmer...

I refuse to dance in September

Hello again, world. Despite my initial concerns, I have indeed begun to write another post. I was mildly afraid that the introduction would just burn out all the internet writing I have in me, but no, here we are. Today ended the second to last week of school, and, like every true nerd, I'm mildly bummed out. But only mildly, I could use a small break and a little more sleep.

Speaking of disappointment, a really sad thing happened today. (this is a complete exaggeration, but I was told today that I speak in superlatives, so please expect things like this.) For a few weeks now, I have been beyond stoked (not an exaggeration) to see Earth play in Indio at the end of May. Initially, I was a little hesitant about the 100+ mile drive to get to the venue, but I quickly decided that Earth was worth it. I even got a friend to agree to carpool with me.

Today, said friend and I went online to buy tickets, and upon clicking the link that I had previously posted for this show, we were redirected to an Earth, Wind, and Fire show. oh. hell. no. The website that has been my favorite source for finding shows, Songkick, dropped the ball and accidentally labeled this Earth, Wind, and Fire show as one for Earth, thus getting my hopes up and then crushing them to oblivion. So incredibly lame, friends.

And for those (most) of you that haven't heard Earth, here they are, in all their droney glory.

But I really can't stay sad for that long, as I'm seeing my all time favorite band, SLEEP, the day before my birthday with the lovely Kelly Banik and a few others. If you're not completely weirded out by my music taste in the above clip, check out SLEEP, because they epitomize awesome. (also not an exaggeration, they're the dopest of the dope.)

oh hey internet

welcome to blog town, i guess. the inception of this blog is mostly due to this lady whose fantastic new blog as inspired me to create my own. because my tumblr doesn't really count, i just post pretty pictures there. ANYhow, (see that crazy emphasis?) here's to the beginning of something that hopefully doesn't fade out within weeks.

As much as i'd like to remain anonymous, it seems a little impractical for bloggings sake. Allow me to introduce myself, as best i can. First, a quick tangent: what's going on with the word 'blog?' I kind of hate it. Same with the word 'jeggings,' but I'm not sure if that even counts as a word yet, just the inter-species coitus of leggings and jeans.

Before this gets too crude, back to the introduction: I'm rachel, but really, anything that sounds similar will work. examples: ratchel, rachelle, rah-shell... i don't care that much about the silly name I have.  I go to art school, and have pretty much the best major of all time (product design), where I get to weld/draw/sew/research cool shit for homework. so suck it, history majors. Currently, I reside in Los Angeles, which is nowhere near as awesome as my hometown of Seattle. Yes I'm one of those people who talks endlessly about how sweet their hometown is. But mine actually is, so i'll keep talking. (writing i guess) 

There. my brief introduction of myself to you. More will come on later posts. I can almost guarantee that, if you bear with the newness of this blog (yuck) you'll have the (dis)pleasure of reading my rants, album reviews of the weird music I listen to, and potentially a bunch more super awesome stuff, things, and shit. 

oh hey. a picture of me. how narcissistic. but mostly so you can see the crazy person behind all of this.