Okay, Seriously.

Wow. Was the last time I wrote seriously August 30th of last year? That's bad. Not good at all. Kind of ridiculous, really.

Over this period of time, I have realized something: I hate it when people have nothing good to say. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you have to be cheerful all the time when you're with me, but if you're constantly an analyzer or a pessimist with absolutely nothing good to say, then I'm gonna explode. Or implode. Or spontaneously combust. Or WHATEVER it is that humans do.

For example: I've been giving speeches, and there is invariably someone whose evaluations of my speech are practically only things I did wrong. Judging by the handwriting, I'm pretty sure it's a guy, too. Typical male for you. No wonder I'm never getting married.

Would you like to hear my plans for hermitage? I'm sure you would.

I shall live in Antarctica and write by candlelight every evening. I will keep company with the penguins and howl at the moon, though I'm sure there won't be any wolves to appreciate my gesture. I will dance to music that only I can hear, and I will ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS hate the male species!

And then there's the issue of the guy I used to like. There's this guy who played me like a fool. So I wrote an angry song about him, and voila! my crush is nearly melted away.

All in all, men are sanctimonious jerks.

They all ought to be killed.

Cordially.

Lady Rachel

Here are two blogs that I REALLY think you should check out.

http://ourownkindofbeautiful.tumblr.com - a blog for a recovering anorexic's journey. Lots of truths that can be applied to almost anyone.

http://virginiaeleanor.blogspot.com/ - a blog of a budding artist whose masterpieces are impressive, fascinating, and lifelike.

Okay, go look! Now! Shoo-shoo! You shouldn't be seeing this

screen anymore because you're looking at those two blogs!!!

Cordially,

Lady Rachel

Gondoliers!

As many of you know, I am a photographer. A few weeks ago, I was asked to take pictures of the dress rehearsal of Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Gondoliers." I was pretty pumped. I mean, it's not every day you take pictures of a dress rehearsal!

However, several things went awry:

1. There was no internet connection for my iPod touch.

2. I realized my shirt had a gigantic toothpaste stain on it.

3. My beanie kept falling off..

4. I wasn't able to use flash, since it might have distracted the young thespians, so all the pictures looked like they were taken in a blur of orange juice.

5. One of my dearest friends' nose started bleeding and wouldn't stop.

Yet even though all those awful things occurred, we stuck it out to the end and had a rather enjoyable time - at least, I had an enjoyable time. I don't know about my dear friend!

Amidst the generously powdered faces, glinting royal robes, mile-high wigs, and lovely voices, I learned how much fun taking pictures of a dress rehearsal is.

Very, very fun.

Cordially,

Lady Rachel

Goodness!

Whoaa! It's been forever! The busier I get, the more I forget to blog. Has it really been since November 25th that I haven't blogged??? Wow!!! And to think I used to blog twice a week or so!
If you've visited my Facebook profile at all, you'll know that recently, my friends Leah Lehman, Maria Steidinger, and Keelin Isch and my sister Erica Witzig have been talking alot about rum. You see, we watched Pirates of the Caribbean (sp?) together, and ever since, we've been laughing about rum. I kid you not - we were driving to church the next Sunday in Maria's car, Bella, and we wrote on the windows (you know how you can write on the windows with your finger when there's enough condensation) "rum = ☺"! That was on Keelin's window. On my window was, "Yaay rum! - Cack." You see, I meant to write "Jack," but I forgot that in order to be read from the outside, you have to make your letters go backwards. I made the other letters go backwards, but I didn't with the "J" in "Jack." Thus, it looked like I wrote "Cack." We all had a pretty good laugh about it. When we returned to the car after church, lo! the writing was off the cars. One of two things happened: 1. the condensation simply went away, or 2. somebody was offended by our writing all that stuff about rum and wiped it off the window. Hmm. Haha!
Let's see. I made a new website for my photography business - it's frozenmemoriesphotography.wordpress.com ...at least, I think it is. Wow. I don't even know my own business' website! But I think that's what it is...haha(:
Well, I do believe I need to go.
See ya folks later!
Cordially,
Lady Rachel

Let's See If I Remember How to Blog!

Mmmk. How long has it been since I last posted something? Way too long!

Problem is, do I really have anything worth saying? I could write about Christmas gift wrapping, or a gift I made for my sister, or the way I've been poufing my hair as of late, or even my injured toe. But who really wants to hear about that stuff?!?!?!

Nay, instead, I shall recommend two especially meaningful verses to you! Jude 24&25 are absolutely incredible (as are all the rest of the verses in the Bible). Jude only has one chapter, so 24&25 are verses, not whole chapters. I absolutely love all parts of both verses, but one part is so encouraging: the part about Jesus presenting us FAULTLESS before God!!! Also, the first part about God keeping us from stumbling...it's so awe-inspiring! I mean, we have so much power through the Holy Spirit that we don't even use. He is able to keep us from stumbling!

More and more (here is something completely off-topic), I've been realizing that God places trials in our lives so that we can grow closer to Him, or to get our attention back on Him. If I elaborate, I'll start rambling, so I'm not going to do that.

Friends, I know God is near each and every one of you today. Don't forget that we (I am speaking to myself, too) don't have to be strong on our own - God will do that for us, if we let Him.

Cordially and with love,

Lady Rachel

Today Is a Rather Fine Day for Lady Rachel.

Hello! I am victorious! I went SHOPPING!

Actually. Well. It wasn't REALLY shopping, it was iTunes browsing. And I only bought one song: "My Help Comes From The Lord," by The Museum (I know! It's like songs never use correct grammar - it should be "My Help Comes from the Lord," but songs never do the proper capitalization rules!!!).

Lettuce see.

After drinking a caramel frappuccino with Jenna Cox, Erica Witzig, and Misha Cox, we went to the Family Video store to find Penelope. Sadly, it was checked out. We made a beeline back out to our car when we realized the "evil Family Video guy!" was working. Haha! That's what Jenna calls the slightly very much flirtatious movie-checker-outer. Several insiders were made that night.

We went to Washington church, then spent a couple hours at the Dreste home, where Erica and I learned (or tried to learn!) Settlers of Catan.

The Jones family then had us over for dinner, along with several other families. And, despite the advice of Steve and Susie Jones, I'm going to buy a painting from their son next time we go there. Well...maybe I will. If he acts too greedy, I won't. Haha.

Aaand, that about sums up the weekend. If I decided to go into detail about Saturday and Sunday, the post would never end!

Cordially,
Lady Rachel

P.S. My new favorite names?

Girls: Cassandra. Elizabeth. Juliet. Therese. Jenny. Liese. Persephone. Jillian.
Guys: Johnny. Adonis. Marcus. Chandler. Kyler. Brett. Evian. ALEXANDER!!!

AND that's it! Toodles!

Ha!

Gracious, goodness me! It's been forever since I last blogged!

Let's see here, let's start from the top.

What all have you missed in my life? Well, three noteworthy things happened since I last blogged:

1. I got a yellow tanktop. I wear it over my brown tee.

2. MY SISTER, MARTA, MOVED TO FLORIDA!!! There is a recent picture of Jaivyn right about this text!!!

3. I set up a Starbuck's coffee/Penelope-movie-watching date with Jenna! It's happening this Saturday!!!

Any cool Bible verses? I love 2 Timothy 4:13. But it's not the average verse you'd expect. Go check it out for yourself - I (personally) think it makes the Bible seem so much more real (even though it couldn't possibly get any real-er than it already is).

Any other news? Let's see...I am starting up ballet dancing again. No, I haven't found a good studio with lessons that are worth the money, but my old dance teacher sent me a really good dance DVD. I can follow along. I have majorly been slacking off when it comes to ballet - but I really need the exercise, so what better to do than ballet?

Cordially,

Lady Rachel