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Huntsville Snow!

heyitsRachel — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:11:04 +0000

My first time (that I can recall) seeing snow in Huntsville! It’s like seeing kids in a toy store when it snows in Texas…

And then Derek and I frolicking in the snow before it got too dark…

Picking Up Derek Surprise!

heyitsRachel — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:42:50 +0000

While trying to clean up my apartment before leaving to pick up Derek from the airport, I got a knock at my door. I was told this would be someone delivering cookies, but it was actually something much better! Yay for surprises!

Ceramics Project #1

heyitsRachel — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:28:34 +0000

A slideshow of the first sculptures completed for my ceramics class. Shown are all the projects built by myself and my classmates.

Music: Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime by The Field

Trying Out Domino’s New Pizza!

heyitsRachel — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:35:19 +0000

After reading about (and watching) how Dominos hoped to completely redesign their pizza, I decided to taste the new version for dinner tonight.

Read more about the change here: http://bit.ly/smt-dominos

Free Music = New Music

heyitsRachel — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:29:59 +0000

Today I won a crapload of free song downloads from Upbeats.com

In my iTunes I already have all the songs that I know that I want. But (obviously) that doesn’t mean I have all the good music I could ever possibly want. So today I decided to browse through Upbeats and find some good music that I didn’t already know about. My downloads from today are as follows:

The Field- Yesterday and Today

This is a really melodic (and slightly hypnotic) electronic album. Perfect for my headphones in art class, so I don’t have to listen to the other students’ bullsh music.
Highlights: Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime

Yeah Yeah Yeahs- It’s Blitz

Karen O is amazing, and so is this album. It’s got a little bit of anger, a little bit of sadness, and a little bit of whatever it is that makes you wanna dance.
Highlights: Zero & Heads Will Roll

IAMX – Kingdom of Welcome Addiction

This album is… sexy? Powerful? Strange? Lyrically awesome? Yah, pretty much all of those.
Highlights: Tear Garden, Kingdom of Welcome Addiction, & An I For An I

30 Seconds to Mars- This Is War

This album came out about a month ago, but I’d been looking forward to it for the last year (when I first heard about it). It was totally worth the wait.
Highlights: Kings and Queens, This is War, & Night of the Hunter

Lily Allen – It’s Not Me, It’s You

Lily is hilariously sarcastic, and (on this album especially) provides a much more electro-sound to her usual pop goodness. Her lyrics make you think “omg did she seriously just say that?!” but in a totally awesome way.
Highlights: the whole damn album

Getting My Macbook Pro Replaced

heyitsRachel — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 02:53:41 +0000

I needed to have my old Macbook Pro’s keyboard back-light fixed, and instead Apple had it completely replaced for free!

*update* I figured out how to transfer all those prefs over! A lot easier than I had thought! lol

Snowskating with Rachel

heyitsRachel — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:20:14 +0000

Growing up I used to snowskate every chance I got… but since I’ve been away at college I haven’t had the opportunity. And today I couldn’t find a steep enough slope to go down, so hopefully I can try again tomorrow!

Music: White Christmas by Bing Crosby