Pulse, Souls, and Hoodies

It's been a while my friends, but I was waiting until I had enough to write about.
Today has consisted of sleeping, driving, and painting, so I thought I would take a break and write to you all :)
This week my parents have been gone and I've been chauffeur. I've also had a stiff neck for two days, so Yesterday I didn't get much accomplished.
Last Saturday I went to my first Pulse Fest, which was awesome :) I will most likely go next year again. Britt Nichole is one of my new favorite Christian Artists.
I had the pleasure of helping out on Remedy recently during a text blast which is awesome. Clint has been advertising text prayer requests from 8-11 each night. So if you have a prayer request that you would like one of our lovely SoulMedics to pray about for you, Text 313131 with the word Remedy and your prayer request or whatever you'd like to talk about. I'll be on from probably 10-12 tonight so stop by sometime :) Link to RemedyLive here.
2 weeks from today I will be all moved into school and all of my roommates should be there :) I can't wait.
Next week will consist of packing and a birthday party and possibly a concert.
I also have taken to designing Disney Hoodies again. Some of you may have seen the last ones I did in my sketch book and soon...maybe tonight :) ... I will be putting pictures of these up on facebook. So check them out! So far I've done all of the official Disney princesses including Rapunzel who will be official next year and Merida, from Brave, which will hopefully be official in another year or so. I have also done 5 of the Princes as well. After the princes are complete I hope to move onto the Heroes and Heroines plus other major characters.

Also I found a poem that you all might enjoy. It's a Christian poem about waiting for the right man to come along called "I will wait" by "Janette...ikz" link to the youtube is here.


Today I:
Saw- Gas prices wow
Heard- My awful stereo in my car. 
Smelled- Paint smell 
Tasted- Pizza Hut Pizza mmm
Touched- Paint. It's all over my hands

Hoodies designed: 15.5 (will be 16 by the end of the night)
Poems: 14.25 (one in the works but it's going really slow)

German, Gilmores, and Bugles

Hello August!!!
I'm glad to see that August is here and school is around the corner.
Been trying to clean and get organized so I know what I need to buy and such for this year.
Last week I wanted to do a blogpost, but I spent all week at my dad's office doing some computer work. I learned that I'm not good at working on a computer all day long. Yeah I can sit on my computer doing stuff for quite a while, but doing repetitive things for hours is tiring. Half of the time the site I was working on was in German so I guess I learned a bit while working. It's nice to make money though. I also cleaned the church this week...in the middle of a storm. My thoughts were at the time "If I die in a church, does that mean I get an automatic In for heaven?" lol. Luckily  I did not die and didn't even get that wet.
Today for the first time I hooked up my tv and started watching Gilmore Girls again :) I love that show so much. Then tonight we all headed over to Elkhart Memorial to see the California Blue Devils Bugle and Drum Corps practice. They were great. It was cool to see a lot more guys doing color guard too. They had an all male rifle line and an all female saber line. It was awesome :)
Also you should check out the new RemedyLive website: here. It's looking fantastic and I can't wait to see all of God's plan for the impact of the site on the teens around the country. It's a blessing to be a SoulMedic and a mentor when I can be. I get to meet cool people and help people who are struggling get through their pain.
Things I want to do before going back to school:
Draw, Write, and Paint more- I know I won't really have time to do much when I get back into the swing of classes
Read a Book- Man I miss reading and I forgot how much I enjoyed it. I was to finish at least one. I think it may be Kingdom Keepers because it's not terribly long and I've been wanting to read it forever.
Get everything packed and ready ahead of time
Get my room cleaned out so I can have a bed when I come home for break.
Practice my flute more so I can actually be ready to be in a band again lol. Maybe I can try to be able to play fully open holed by the end of the month.
Spend more time with Daniel when I can. He's gone a lot, but maybe we can work in a movie or something.
Well that's what I've got for the night.

Today I:
Saw- Gilmore Girls season 1 again. lol
Heard- The Bugle Corps was amazingly together well. wow.
Smelled- My car. It's got an interesting smell.
Tasted- Fazoli's breadsticks. Top 2 of breadsticks in my book.
Touched- Polly Pockets I forgot I had. Back when they looked like this.

Drawings to date: 11
Poems: 14
Haikus: 13

Getting Closer (with some updates and some faves)

We are getting closer to another year at Bethel. Just a month and 4 days until it's move in time for me :)
I have sooo much packing and cleaning to do. You'd think it would be easy to pack since I would say half of my stuff has never left the bag or tote that it was packed in originally, but that is not the case. I am so excited to move into the Lodge with my closest friends.
Do you think it's ironic that I have a horrible memory when it comes to certain things, but in my dreams I can see a friend in clothes that they actually own, eating food in the manner that they usually do, and even speaking (or sometimes signing) exactly how they would if we were talking in person? Do you? because I find that ridiculous sometimes lol.
Gah I can't wait.

Recently I've:
Met a new friend in person
Had dinner with an old one
Driven aimlessly to a new destination
Written some new poems
Pondered more tattoos: one of the symbol for empathy, which is this, and one of quotes from my favorite poems, still deciding on quotes.
Packed a couple boxes
Waved at some old friends.

Some favorite things:

Organizations:

Promisetoamanda.org- an organization dedicated to Amanda, with whom I graduated with that died 2 years ago.
projectunbreakable.tumblr.com- a support site for survivors of sexual assault in which victims are photographed with posters of their attacker's quotes
twloha.com- a support website for suicide and self-injury prevention.

Poets:

Sierra Demulder
Jeanann Verlee
Sarah Kay
Katie Makkai
Phil Kaye

Today I:
Saw- a weirdly painted PT cruiser lol
Heard- some hilarious slam poems
Smelled- Granite City food
Tasted- Root Beer floats :)
Touched- I hugged a guy from my dad's work awkwardly lol

Drawings to date: 11
Poems: 14
Haikus: 13

Katy Perry and other fun stuff.

Yeah, I know it's been a while, but honestly, my life is not that exciting.
So where were we last...Oh fair was over and I was planning some things. None of my plans really happened, go figure lol. Still have not cleaned, still have not packed or anything. Oh well. At this point, I have a month and 10 days until it's time to move into school anyways.
I did end up videotaping one of my poems and putting it on youtube, but I hate watching myself on camera haha.
Lately, I got back into drawing some more portraits, which are my favorite things to draw :)
I've also been playing a lot of DDR. I forgot how much I used to play and how much I enjoyed it.

Yesterday I went with my mom, Daniel, and Paulette to go and see Katy Perry in her movie Part Of Me. *If you haven't seen the movie and you don't want to know what happens don't read the next part*
Can I just ask that one time can I go to a movie and not feel every emotion that happens in it? But, I have a lot of respect for Katy for putting as much as she did in this documentary movie. You watch her start the tour all excited and playful. Then, you watch her fall apart. She falls in love with Russel Brand and then gets divorced. It goes through how she was raised in a Pentecostal home and how her parents accepted her no matter what songs she sings. I could feel her love for her husband and it was real. Then as their relationship got strained it became extremely hard to watch. There was a point where she completely broke down and I almost lost it. She was completely depressed. She felt, to me, as if she was done. She didn't want to perform that night and knowing that there are thousands of fans nearby waiting on you to be happy is awful. But she pulled through. She did have a moment on stage where she started to cry because all of her fans were chanting that they loved her in Portuguese. I was a fan of Katy Perry before to a point. Now, I appreciate what she does so much more.
Other news: I applied to tutor for a couple classes at Bethel so we'll see if that works out. If you know of anybody who needs a tutor or someone for study help keep me in mind ;)
Today I:
Saw- Big Brother- love that show :)
Heard- rain and thunder. It stormed all night long.
Smelled- Nothing interesting
Tasted- left overs from trivia last night
Touched- my new wrist band for Amanda's memorial organization called promisetoamanda.org.

Drawings to date: 11
Poems: 12
Haikus: 13

Fair is over.

I have returned now after a long week of fair and heat.
Fair week was ok. I used to love fair soo much, but after not being in it for so long, it's lost its funness. Daniel and I used to walk around all day and such, but this year with the heat, that was impossible. On the bright side, I got a lot of driving time in :) I like driving a lot. I just wish gas didn't deplete itself when I do it.
Yesterday Daniel and I had a good night :)
We went driving around to Disc Replay and Wal-Mart. On our adventure we picked up some PlayStation2 games and new memory card. Meaning Kingdom Hearts fun! We are hilarious when we narrate, so I really hope we can work out a Let's Play series for youtube. We ordered pizza and had some bonding time. It was lovely :)
Today I was planning on playing some more KH, which I have to say is the longest most frustrating game ever. But, mother is sick and came home early. I had to go with her to the butcher and drive home. The smell of the butcher shop was enough to make me want to be a vegetarian. Sadly, I am not fond of vegetables, but it's not out of the question entirely. Also, being around her makes me sick because of my lovely abilities...yay.
Tomorrow's plans: sorting, organizing, and videotaping. I really need to clean my room and such. Plus I've been flirting with the idea of vlogging. I've made a promise to tape some of my poetry, since it's supposed to be spoken word poetry, paper doesn't do it justice.

Today I:
Saw- a "Corner Cafe" which was not on a corner
Heard- the lovely music of Kingdom Hearts, it's one of the best video game scores.
Smelled- a butcher shop, indescribable
Tasted- leftover Papa John's :)
Touched- the steering wheel

Drawings: 9
Poems: 12
Haikus: 13

Hello Again :)

It's been a while since I've written. 11 days exactly, meaning I kind of failed my once a week quota, oops. Oh well, better late than never. :)

New things:

So, I am in love with poetry. I think this will help my wish to write a book, but make it something more manageable and something I'm actually good at. Specifically, I am deeply in love with spoken word and slam poetry. I would so perform sometime at a slam, but unfortunately I live in corn land and the nearest slams are in Indy and Chicago. I found that there was a slam in South Bend once but I can't find any details on it. More importantly I feel like I can use my poetry at school, specifically Vespers. I feel like I should try and get on the speaking schedule and use my poetry as a foundation to tell my testimony.
Poets I am fond of- Sierra Demulder, she has two books and my favorite poem is "Werewolf", which if I do speak at Vespers, I will be memorizing this poem for it.
Jeanann Verlee, her stuff is legit, favorite poem "Unsolicited Advice to Adolescent Girls with Crooked Teeth and Pink Hair"
Sarah Kay, she is the cleaner of the two and has been doing this since she was 14, favorite poem "Origin Story" performed with Phil Kaye.

Oh I didn't tell you, I'm a licensed driver now :)

Empathicness wise- I've finally been getting things again of substance. I won't go into details, but it's nice to get things again. It's weird that I'm so used to it now that when I don't get things for a long time, it worries me.

It's Fair week! All of Daniel's projects are in, and he did sooo many...not. He did like 4 lol. He did well on his projects though :)
Unfortunately I was able to go down the tin punch isle and see who got grand champion overall. I was furious. I know it's selfish, but all I wanted was one grand champion in 10 years. That's it just one. I am so upset that the girl who because of politics and her name gets to not only beat me out, but also gets to win again. All I wanted was one, and this girl gets at least two. To top it all off, she's not even that good and all she does is bird pictures. I could of done her project in maybe 6 hours and did it better than her.
On a positive note, Liz is coming to visit tomorrow! :) So excited. And, we got our housing assignments, meaning they accepted all of us as roommates. Bonus, we'll be living with a RA and whoever her roommate is. Two more months and I'll be back at school. Half way there.

Well that's all I have for now. I'll probably do a fair update this week as well.

Today I:
Saw- "Bones" the TV show. I am a fan :)
Heard- Some awesome poetry
Smelled- Rain, oh how I love rain smell
Tasted- Daniel's foods project. Soo good.
Touched- The couch with my face as I pretty much passed out from lack of sleep from last night lol.

Drawings to date: 9
Poems written to date: 11

Ideas? and updates

Hello blog readers!
I want to thank all of you for reading my blog. Even though I don't know who all reads or what they think of it, I enjoy knowing that people at least care enough to see what's on my mind.
Thanks to you, I have reached over 200 blog views in 16 posts.
So, my loyal readers, what would you like for me to talk about?
I feel really lame just talking to myself, so if you have any input at all, it is more than welcome!
I'll take comments, questions, topics, whatever you've got for me.
You can leave comments on the blog, on my facebook posts, or you can message me on facebook. You could even email me at rachelandrews1992@yahoo.com, if that's easier for you.


Anyways, now to you regular programming :)

So what has happened since we've last spoken?
Well not a whole lot. I've been drawing and painting a lot lately which is nice. Definitely a good time passer. At the moment I'm at the eye doctor's office. I'm most likely blinder than I was but that's nothing new. I'm getting another set of green frames. :)
My dad just got back today from a business trip in Colorado. I'm glad he's home...
Tomorrow is my driving test. I'm excited and nervous. I need my license so this has to go well.
Also, a friend from high school passed away unexpectedly. She was hit by a 70ft dead tree while giving a tour on horseback. It's weird that she's gone. I've lived down the street from them since I moved to this house. We used to ride the bus together to and from school for many several years. It's so sad that so many people have died lately. My graduating class has suffered 3 losses since graduating: Amanda, Linden, and now Chelsea. Proves that life is short. What is amazing is that on Chelsea's facebook wall she had posted about 2 months ago this status: "Life is so precious. Sometimes its easy to forget that. Thank God for everyday you and your family are alive and well. You never know what day will be your last." As soon as I read that I got chills.
Today I:
Saw- the roads in Elkhart while driving
Heard- waiting room music at the eye doctor's.
Smelled- Sharpie smell while coloring
Tasted- Granite City food mmm
Touched- Daniel while we were "wrestling" for the couch. He ended up on top of me. It was a great time :)

Drawings to date: 9