Life couldn't get any more insane!!!  Not only are school and college and parents and the holidays and the usual stuff stressing me out, but on top of it i feel, well, pressured!!!! abouteverythingandanything:mypersonallifemysistermyfriendsteachersandworkandandandandandandeveryonetryingtotellmewhotodatesuchthatidon' ( Read more... )

Snowman and Saffron and Holding Hands and Done With ACT and Cooking and College Kids and....
everything's making me blush this week.  *smiles*

So Thursday night Friday morning I turned in my first college application to Berkeley.  Yay! One down, seven more to go.  And an ACT on Saturday >.< eeks.  Oh, this also means I have my final list of where I am applying:
American University
Boston College
Boston University
The Catholic University of America
Columbia University
Northwestern University
UC ( Read more... )

Dear College Essays,

Bite ME.

Sincerely,
~Rachel~

 My family and I (including Kitty) are all safe and staying with my cousins in LA.  Be safe everyone.  Don't wait until the last minute, please.  You're all in my prayers.

P.S. If you can, keep me updated on how you are doing, where you are, etc.

So apparently I'm anemic? Go figure.

That is all.

Morning came and I tried not to notice
It was time for you to move along
The minutes fell like petal all around us
Like a goodbye kiss when goodbye felt so wrong
So you better get going
You better move along now
You better run off then and make yourself scarce

These few days I have decided to be lazy
They don't move or seem to end at all
And my ( Read more... )

I dropped calculus until second semester, and it feels wonderful ( Read more... )

I am just really frustrated.  I gave myself a running start at the beginning of the school year, working really hard not to procrastinate and use my time as wisely as possible, and it has gotten me absolutely no where.  I am working harder than I have ever done in my life and I am just behind in everything.  I'm constantly studying for calculus, ( Read more... )

Osetra in the Gas Lamp has crazy amazing food and a wine wall!  It's literally a huge lit-up wine cooler that covers an entire 2-story wall and has a special wine-getter that hooks herself up to a harness and raises and lowers herself along the wall to collect different bottles.  Very cool.  For my meal, I shared with my family chilli tomato ( Read more... )