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Hello, my name is Rachelle and I am addicted to roasted pumpkin seeds. I have been clean for about 3 hours now. It all started after the International Student Friendship Fall Party, I collected hundreds of pumpkin seeds with some friends enablers. I ended up with so much that I made four batches with different flavor combinations. I still haven't figured out the best way to store them though because they lose their roasted crispness if you store them in a closed container but I don't want to leave them uncovered. Word to the wise: If you eat pumpkin seeds nonstop for 2 hours straight, you may or may not run into "stomach issues" for several days following. I have no idea why I know that. I've never really had a problem with coffee addiction but whilst I was without internet I became dependent on coffee places for free wifi, and meanwhile made a slight attachment to coffee. Which is funny because I used to work at coffee places and I drink more coffee now ...

Surrrrpriiiiiise! It's a guest blog post today! I normally do a lot of advertisement as I wait to for the production of a post from a guest blogger, but this time I had an insta-post from my momma! When reading this it gives me warm fuzzy feelings because it gives me a sense of my own history and family background. Its like reading a history book but the characters that make up the story are my family members, and even though I am not the one writing this, it is like sharing a part of myself with you. The Cookbook By Trish Coleman My mother was a collector of recipes. She clipped them from magazines and newspapers, sometimes to my father’s dismay. I can picture him now, sitting in his Naugahyde easy chair holding up the newspaper, peering out through a four by six inch hole where the rest of his article used to be. I have several hand written recipes, Mom would jot them down as she watched cooking shows such as The Frugal Gourmet, Julia Childs or the Galloping Gourmet. Th...

I forgot to tell you that I ran a 5K the other day, which was my third 5K since I have moved to LA. I had signed up months ago because there was an early bird special going on. I meant to tell my friends about it so they could join me, though I forgot that I had signed up until about a week before the race when I received a reminder email. It was at this point that I realized I would either be running this race alone or not running at all. So as you already know, I ran the race alone...well not really alone, there were 8,000 other runners but I was a stranger to them all. I figured it was better to run the race by myself and have a new experience (it was at night and it was a glow-run) than to not race at all (plus, I'm cheap and already paid for it.) For those of you who are unaware, a glow-run is a run at night that is lit by blacklights and they throw colored powder at you, so you glow all crazy colors. So basically the Color Run but at night and with blacklights. Since it ...

I thought I would give you a peek into the last couple weeks of my life. The first week I will showcase is Week zero at UCLA, which will have more photo-representation since I was on of the selected photographers that week. Friday: day after the Artwalk Our leadership meeting before the school year, also I have no idea why it looks like I have to pee. Saturday: Moving into my place Used my friends muscles and cars, and we got the job done in two trips! Sunday:Visited my roomies church This guy was awesome! Monday: Activities Fair We handed out flyers, shirts and draw string bags to hundreds of students. Tuesday: Handing out 940+ snow cones and playing games for prizes to welcome students back Wednesday: Carnival- inflatables, dunk tank, musicians and performances. Thursday: Coffee Giveaway We added a third location this year and I was designated the leader of this location.  I had to wear my coffee cup ring for the coffee g...

What am I doing? Well, since you asked... I am currently surfing the web. From my desktop computer. In my internet-filled home. Yes, you read correctly. I am now connected to the web baby! No more running all over town just for the purpose of sending a file!! I am too too blessed! We are going halfsies with our super cool French neighbors. And it is ultra high speed internet by the way. So I am pretty stoked. Also, while on the subject of cool neighbors, I just had dinner at a different neighbor's house. Needless to say, I am settling in quite well here. Now that I have internet, I am going to take advantage of it and get a lot of work done, so I am not so swamped tomorrow. I just wanted to let my beloved readers know that I am now conveniently connected and should be able to get back into the swing of things shortly. xoxo r

I moved into a new place a little while ago ( I have no concept of time, so we will stick to the ambiguous "while ago"). At first, my new roomie, Frances and I thought we could swing the "not having internet thing". "It would save us money", "it would create a peaceful non-media cluttered space" and "we can just go to places where there is free wifi" were some of the thoughts we were naively throwing around. We tossed the thought around for a half second and realized that this is not a sustainable way of life...well not for a free lance/ long-distance graphic designer such as myself. To add to the chaos of being in a new space, in a new environment (especially one with signage in different languages e'rywhere) and not knowing where anything is, I need internet to send files at all times of the day and night to meet the needs of clients. Just when you think you have everything wrapped up in a nice neat file, you think its safe to c...