some day i get to smoke Leslie....litterally

Last night I was lured out to Buffalo Billiards for Leslie's last night in DC as a resident(I get an extra 2 weeks of her in Hawaii...are you all jealous?)

This one guy came over to talk to me Jen and Leslie, and boy did he have all the lines.

First, he clearly had an accent so Leslie asked him where he was from. His answer? Heaven.

Once he finally admitted to being from Germany he told us we had to visit Munich...for the beer...wait, no....for the Champagne and Strawberries out in the fields late at night under the stars with that special guy.

It became clear to him that his best chance at getting some was to focus his attention on Jen so they flirted a while, then he turned to me and said "where are you from?" Boston, I answered. "I knew it, I could tell by your accent" really? "yeah, its cute, just like your eyebrows".....so um evidently I have cute eyebrows.

Then Leslie Tilley and I got to talking about dying because Katie's littlest friend is doing the tough guy challenge which is 8 miles of manure and electricity (no joke) so she needs to find him a jewish cemetary. Leslie said she wanted to be cremated. This gave me some ideas. I asked her if I could smoke her. She didnt quite like the idea, but as the night progressed I think she came around to it...so now we gotta keep our fingers crossed that she dies first. wow thats morbid.

I think there were probably a couple other highlights from the night.

drink and dance and screw because there is nothing else to do

wow. thats all i have to say. wow.

Usually I make my office mate listen to his own music on his ipod and I listen to my own, but today we could both agree on the same thing. He brought in the best CD ever.

William Shatner and Ben Folds....together. And its awesome.

Supergood and random musings

I saw superbad last night. I had mixed feelings about this, it looked awesome from commercials, but i didnt want to get my hopes up. Doesnt matter anyway cuse it was hillarious! I highly recomend seeing this.

Also as you know I just had my alternator replaced on my car....well yesterday the check engine light went on and it violently shakes when i turn it on...so now i need to go back to have it fix---then buy a new car. I'm fed up with mine.

Also (i was slow on posting this) I finally finished reading harry potter. so anyone that wants to discuss can contact me :)

Also I got a new phone since my old phone proved to be less than waterproof. This is the first time i got a new phone and the store succesfully moved all my numbers for me so I didnt have to do anything! so none of you need to give me your number since I have it all! yay! I got the samsung sync and i'm on the fence about it.

I think thats all i've got.

my waterproof phone

Friday night for will's birthday, as i mentioned, there was a wedding crashers themed birthday party. It was a lot of fun...a little too fun. At one point i decided that one of the beds in that apt didnt get enough use and i should help out, but as I lay down I realized it was going to be a long night since the room started spinning immediately. In the morning I woke up and somehow was still drunk. I dont know how. Anyway there is a great bagel place near my apt and since i had a big sleepover party that night with chris and peter we all decided to walk to the bagel place...the heat hit me pretty hard...still drunk rachel got sick again...not good.

Anyway over the course of the morning I somehow got my phone dirty so smartly I decided to just stick it under the faucet and turn the water on. I washed the whole thing! I was totally amazed that I had a "waterproof phone" I called the guys in to see. They quickly confiscated the phone and turned it off and dried it off for me and threw me in the shower.

My phone pretty much still works amazingly, but every now and then (well actually frequently) my phone just turns off on its own :( oh well

Weeds

As you all know Weeds is one of the best shows ever. We are two episodes into the new season and it ends with The Thermal's song "so here's your future". Great song, Great band, Great show.

(dont worry leslie I'll watch it again with you later this weekend so you can see it too)

Happy Birthday Will, and Why I hate Pigeons

Happy Birthday Will.

Leslie and I thought about buying these tickets for him (marc cohn nov 16th at ramshead tavern) ....Then we pictured it in our heads and decided against it.

We realized pretty fast that when walking in memphis came on will would probably sing louder than marc did and he'd eventually stop to see what was going on.

Instead we think we will get him tickets to this:Thunder from Down Under!

Looking forward to tonight's Wedding Crasher theme'd birthday party!

Also My pigeons have grown up, wilmer and sheldon have flown away....at last! they were fucking slow learners. I thought they'd never leave. last week when I watched them jump off patio furniture and nose dive into the floor i was sure they'd never learn. One thing i'm angry at them for while learning was breaking my ash tray. So i'm gonna need a new one. This weekend will be the big clean off and re claim my balcony weekend! F'ing pigeons.

I'm back and back in action

First off Happy Birthday Jessica! only two weeks till we are all in hawaii for your wedding! cant wait.

I just returned from cape cod. It was pretty nice, but the coldest I remember the cape ever being. Dont worry that didnt stop us from going to the beach :)

Sat was Ashley and Tim's wedding which was BEAUTIFUL. it was outside infront of ocean edge and the reception was in the pavillion at ocean edge. For those of you that dont know what ocean edge is its a beautiful resort/golf club about a block from the summer camp I use to go to. I've probably spent 20 summers at ocean edge.

One day we went to nantucket. Really its just a beautiful place to shop. If you take the ferry over without a car (like we did) you really cant leave the main street, but thats ok!

We also visited the cape cod potato chip factory!!! Awesome, I know. Anyway if any of you have any questions about how chips are made feel free to ask me. I'm an expert.

So I guess I'm back in dc now. Its already much warmer, but I cant wait to leave again for Hawaii!

Friday at last!

For a short week this week sure has gone on a while. At noon today I get on a plane for boston with my brave travelers and then we will drive to Cape Cod for 5 days. So if you are missing my blog dont worry, it will return maybe next thursday or so.

Last night I watched the season premier of Weeds for the third time. What a great show! The season finale sure left a lot of things hanging so i've been waiting a long time for the premier and i wasnt disapointed. I cant wait till next monday!

I also watched (again) the series premier of Californication. Its pretty much a soft core porn. but with better plot. It looks like it might be promising so I'll give it another chance. the one weird thing is that one of the ladies david duchovny sleeps with is the littlest girl from the show The Nanny. So thats really weird and disconcerting. She also plays a 16 year old, but in real life she's 21. weird all around. oh well.

Cassablanca and Midgets

First off: Happy Birthday T-bone!

On monday I went to screen on the green again and saw cassablanca for the first time!

I was a little nervous to watch it and be the only person to hate it, but lucky for me it was really good. I think i'm gonna rent it and watch it on a tv so i dont get distracted (there was a meteor shower that distracted me outside).

IMDB told me this which i think is pretty funny: Because the film was made during WWII they were not allowed to film at an airport after dark for security reasons. Instead they used a sound stage with a small cardboard cutout airplane and forced perspective. To give the illusion that the plane was full-sized, they used little people to portray the crew preparing the plane for take-off.

Also I'm now obsessed with the song "as time goes by".

Lindsay had a great suggestion to go home and act out the movie ;) she certainly is one with creative ideas...anyway I guess it would have to be a threesome b/c you'd need someone to play lazlo too. just an idea.

D.P. Dough

So yesterday for lunch we went to DP Dough. My officemate eric I guess lives within walking distance from there and has been talking about this favorite since he started working here. so basically we had to give it a try.

at first i thought he was saying "deepy" dough. but he wasnt.

Then that led us to wonder what D.P. Stood for. here are some thoughts
*Double Penetration (that was ryan's idea...noone was surprised)
*Dirty (soaked in meat sauce) Please....this was eric's idea just b/c he likes to mess with me not eating meat
*Dog Parts (same reason as above)

Bottom line is its GREAT. One little trick i've learned is that a side of blue cheese sauce makes anything taste amazing! so if you are in the area and looking for food go there, get anything, and get a side of blue cheese. you wont be sorry.

PS...Happy VJ day...and to all of you in Rhode Island Enjoy your day off!

***** beads and a biblical connection

Sat night was girls night...for the most part...well sortof. Anyway I was chatting with Lindsay and her friend chris and I told Lindsay that I like her necklace to which she responds that her sister thinks they look like anal beads. I agreed and the three of us broke into a discussion about that.

Seconds later this guy leans over to lindsay and says he likes her necklace (clearly having heard our conversation). Chris asked him if he'd heard the convo and he said no. Then somehow he went on to tell us he was born in israel and a direct decendant of moses to which i responded that I am a direct decendent of rachel.

Chris and i break away leaving lindsay stranded. i told chris to go put his arm around her or something and rescue her but a few seconds later i hear lindsay say "hey i think there is some dancing going on inside that i need to be a part of" and she runs off. Slick lindsay :)

disaster strikes

Fun weekend, sucky monday. my car is dead, my phone is dead. I'll leave the bad attempt story for tomorrow.

Friday we went to the redsox orioles game. that was so much fun! even though we lost. it was leslie's first venture into redsox nation, and i think its fair to say she had a good time. we saw diasuke, gagne, and okijima pitch...but i am done with gange. we got back to my car and one head light was out. awesome.

Sat was fun b/c i watched a frisbee tournament all day, i got a little burnt but thats ok it was really fun to watch. one game was kinda close but the others they won by a lot and they got 1st place for the tournament. I took pictures on my manual camera so if they came out well maybe i'll post those.

after the game my car wouldnt turn back on. we tried to jump it. that didnt help. Turns out the water pump was stuck on so someone figured out how to disconnect it while charging up the battery and an hour later and bigger jumpers later the car finally turned on. I drove to vw to drop it off and turned off the car...unfortunately i forgot to roll up the windows...that sucked. luckily we finally got the windows to go up.

This mornign i went to call them and my phone was dead. not battery dead, but no network service.

Today sucks. I guess the one bright side is that i cant go to work today.

FRIDAY

So last night we went to see Labyrinth...and all I can say is WTF. I had never seen it before and was afraid it was going to be scary, but leslie saw it earlier in the week and everyone else was talking about it so i finally agreed to go.

I bet it wasnt quite as comedic when it first came out in 1986 though. People couldnt stop giggling any time david bowie came on with his fantastic cod piece.

The muppets were awesome. My favorite was the real dog and muppet dog they kept changing out. I forget its name but it was super cute.

Tonight is the red sox game so i'm pretty excited!

7 grains on a mission...

to my belly.

I have a new favorite cereal, the Kashi mountain mix. try it

I actually wish i had some this morning b/c i'm starving :( Is it lunch break yet? I have this problem where I get to work and am already ready for lunch. I spend my entire morning planning lunch, then once i've had lunch and gotten back to my desk I begin planning dinner. Do you think its a problem that my entire life revolves around food?

spice it up a bit

I wish I were friends with Ghostface Killah. That way it can be "Rachel's life Feat. Ghostface Killah"

Whoever is in charge of writing my obituary I'd like that added after cause of death: assassination (not murder). Leslie thinks she's all cool with the volcano death...but this obit totally trumps that!

Screen on the Green

Last night a bunch of us went to screen on the green to see "all the kings men" (the 1949 version). First off I went into it thinking we were going to see "all the presidents men"...we weren't. Second, I guess i haven't seen that many movies from the 40's, but the acting was TERRIBLE. I guess thats normal for movies in the 40's.

The story itself was pretty good just about a politician becoming corrupt. I guess I'll go watch the remake of this movie some time, but I'm not looking forward to it.

Next week we are watching Casablanca at screen on the green so I'm kinda looking forward to it, but at the same time nervous that I'll dislike "the greatest movie ever made".

Ryan (intern here for the summer, but student at university of the arts and theater major) informs me that casablanca was the first movie to transition from the bad acting melodrama to realistic acting that we are use to today. So i'll Let you know what I think next week.

"Bill is ok with Internet Sex"

Quite a busy weekend as usual. I'll just go through the highlights

1. Famous last words always kick you on your ass. Friday night pretty much ended with me, Leslie, and Jen going to the bar to order shots. They ask for Goldschlauger, which the bar was out of so Leslie goes "just give me something that will kick me on my ass"...well within 30 minutes all three of us were on our asses...in our own apartments...them praying to the porcelain gods and me taking a little nap in front of it.

2. Guitar Hero is the best game ever. And I am awesome at it. Paul, Nate, and Greg who live down the street peer pressured me into playing friday night and I'm sure glad they did. So now that paul is moving into his new love den and bringing guitar hero with him I'm gonna have to find new friends with the game...so speak up if you have it.

3. Andreea and her boyfriend scott came to visit! I havent seen them in like two years, but now that they've both graduated from law school and taken the bar they are both free! so that was fun, and we met up with Bill one of the nights for dinner which was cool, havent seen him in a while.

Friday at Last

I think i have middle finger arthritis. The middle finger on my right hand has been hurting at the joints lately so today I decided its gotta be middle finger arthritis. Its probably from a combination of flicking people off and scrolling the middle mouse button. Infact it would appear that i scroll the middle mouse button so much that there is no longer any traction on the wheel!!

At first i thought that maybe my finger kept slipping b/c my hands were clammy or something but then i realized that the wheel is totally shinny. i've created a frictionless environment! This sucks.

Workwise this has been a pretty sucky week...I'm actually supposed to be at the lab now but i'm still in my apt...opps...here's to not having an 11 hour day in the lab today! I'm gonna need some drinks after work today

weirdness at work

you know whats awkwardfest Two thousand and always? Romance at work. NEVER a good idea. I hate getting asked out by co workers because at first its all like ok well maybe they are just being friendly so i cant tell them i'm not interested then you realize they are asking you out more of a date setting and you have to nicely let them down since you will have to see them almost every day. AWKWARD.

As promised I posted pictures from brittany's wedding and bachelorette party! www.angelfire.com/theforce/res

I was a slacker...i'm not anymore :)

Sorry for the lack of posts yesterday. I was in the lab from 8am till 530 pm and was going crazy. To make up for it check out my web page. Holy fuck did I post a lot of new pictures!

www.angelfire.com/theforce/res

pictures include:
*my bday
*leslie's bday
*atlantic city
*random stuff
(the one thing i didnt do is post pics that my friends took...so maybe i'll add those later)

ENJOY!