My Flesh May Fail, But My God, You Never Will.

Hay, guys, haaay!

I promised pictures from Lubbock, so that's exactly what I'm doing. I also just want to say this. This week has been hectic. Way stressful, and God has been with me the whole time. Just like always. :) I was out of gas for my car. Seriously. On E. I didn't have any money and my tax return so far from my bank account it's unreal. One of the ladies from church tonight said she was impressed to give me gas money and just money for extra stuff.

Impressed. 

I just love the Lord. You know, He is always on time, and I think that people are in your life for a purpose. Everything has a purpose. One of the chicks who just started coming to our church called me tonight and was just singing praises. How simple, but powerful. She was just lifting her voice to the Lord. I...I....wow. Now, I have gas and money left to spare. Also, my mom was invited out to eat tomorrow to celebrate a birthday! The restaurant they're going to is the same one she's been wanting to go to! Super flippin' buffet! Also, all this week my eye has been twitching. I looked it up and it's from stress factors or fatigue. I'm pretty sure I have both of those. It's been a rough semester already and it's not even midway. I was wondering about other people and their majors and what they deal with...I can't say I haven't thought about throwing in the towel. But something always stops me. God. I've gone so far and worked hard to get to SA to throw it out the window. No. I'm not surrendering. Not ever, not in the future. Just...NO! Tonight, I have on this biiig hoodie and I don't feel particularly fashion-y, but that doesn't stop me from creeping some bloggies. Which, I'm going to put up a blogroll. So, you guys can see what I read and get inspiration from. :)

Changes. They are a'coming! How did you like the mix? Any suggestions on making them better? 

Picturesss:

Mhm! :) Kids praying at the alter and all that jazz!

More to come, we are in the middle of a revival and I'm mega excited! That mix is coming soon, so don't get too antsy. ;D 

I was thinking about getting a wig!

Hmm?

♥,

Rachel! 

Golly!

It feels like it's been forever!

Has it? 

No wayyy. How are you guys? I hope so good. So, so good. :) This week flew by and I have 32 minutes left of Leap Day! I didn't do anything special, just went to school and such.

Washed clothes? Extra lame. I hope everyone liked my mix! I'm want to try to make another one this week, but my sister is coming up to visit so I may not see a computer for a while! Well, until Monday or so! I do want to update you.

So, the conference in Lubbock was amazing! I'm glad the kids got to go and I was able to as well. Also, on Sunday, I was really touched by God and it was more than needed. Sometimes His love and grace overwhelms me. In a very good way. I just want Him to use me like I've never been used before. 2012. This is it.

Before I forget, Friday's outfit!

T to B.

Blacked out. Real talk. And I had my creepers on. Just a creepin'. ;) SXSW is coming up in a hurry. March 13th to be exact, and I can't wait! It's going to a mess of fun and mess of mess! This girl and I are going! Hopefully. Don't jinx it, guys. We will be hitting the streets, and I definitely will be on the lookout for this band, because it's my goal of the whole week to see/meet/go to their show. I need to! Have to! I'm coming for them hxc. I am going to get into as many free shows as I can. There was a guy who was really cute who sat by me and I didn't say anything. Shucks. :(  I have a lot of random things on my mind, and it's hard to catch all of them. I'm just one weird cookie. 

♥,
Rachel!

PS: But, you don't really care for music, do ya?

Heck Yes!

I am overwhlemed at what I need to do!

Not anymore, but I was. I'm going to Lubbock tomorrow! My church is going to a conference and at first I wasn't going to go because of money, but my friend stepped in and paid for me.

Super. Blessed! I can't believe she did that for me. Bffs. c:

It's already Thursday, and I'm steadily going along. How is your week going? 

I definitely have the p-list ready to go! Not backing out on any promises! Here's Monday's outfit:

**edit** I can't make it work. I'm sorry, but here's the Internet version of what I wore today and Monday.

Monday from top to bottom:

 

Yay! :) That is what I wore the first day out. Going out hot! Today, I just mashed up what I've been wearing. I am in the process of diying a very long skirt into a short one. Pictures soon! I just realized I'm doing this punx thing all mixed up. :/ Sorry aboot that, I hope you can follow what I'm saying. For Wednesday, this is what I wore:

It's almost red, white, and blue! My skirt doesn't look like that, this picture is a bit pilgrim, but it's very similar. No bunching at the waist, though. It was windy yesterday, and I got a lot of weird looks as I walked to class with my long skirt on. It never blew up, though. 

Win.

Today, I was a slob [typical punx], and wore my clash shirt with these things:

My vest was black, not denim. The one I wore on Monday. I've really been listening to The Beach Boys a lot. I think that's a good thing, so I think you should too. I am def jumping into the pool of surf rock. I love it! So, hopefully I can snap some pictures of the Lubbock trip and get some real outfit posts up soon. In the mean time and inbetween time, I have this for you!

happy listening!

Rachel!

Isn't It Strange?

Hello there. :)

How is your week going? It's punk rock [rawk] week and I couldn't be more happier to see my last exam go. Bye, sucker!

Still working on configgin' that mixtape. As she said in the previous entry, I am going to lay low from the PO, and leave a playlist for you. If you want the songs, and have no money to buy them from where ever, lemme know.  I'll get a carrier pigeon and send them to you. Just kidding, but I'll fix you up. 

Does that happen to you guys? If someone says something from a song, you have to sing it out? That happens to me a lot. Hahaha, I think it's pretty rad. Today, I saw 2 Mormon guys on bikes sneaking around my school. I kind of feel like that's cheating; there are like 18 year old kids who are away from home and have no idea what they're doing. Perfect targets. Not cool.I digress..

I promised pictures of my outfits, and that's exactly what I'm going to do! I've had some problems with my phone synching with my computer, so Monday's outfit probably won't make it up. =/ I have some pictures of my face, and stuff so I'll post that. Also, for today, I'm going to help you picture what I was wearing as well since my phone is on the fritz. Confession: I can not take pictures. I'm photogenic, but I can't hold a cam for my life. v_v

Kind of stinks, but I'll be okay! 

I am determined to post those Monday pics. I've decided. 

Tuesday from top to bottom:

That's how it went today. :) I wanted to mix it up and not do black socks. Too school girl. Also, I searched for a plaid skit and it's ridiculous. Had to choose the least sluttiest! D:<  Btw, those are the exact shoes I have. :3 I was really happy to see them online. No regrets on T.U.K creepers. I think I lost my Buddy Holly pin. :( I need to find it! I wrote yesterday, and now I'm writing again tonight! :D This is very good. I realized that I can wear my vest over my hoodie. It's cold in the mornings, but warm in the afternoons, so that's just the thing. I'm not so excited to see the spring, but I hate snow. If it just snowed in yards, I'd like it better. My faux hawk wasn't curly. It was just straight. 
This was Monday:

I tried to re-create that headband bandanna look that's oh so vintage. Usually, I never do it with my bangs out. I try to push all my hair upwards. Somewhere. X3 It didn't come apart all day, so I was glad about that. Look at my HK head phones! All in Hastings. Happy Tuesday, everyone!

♥,

Rachel! 

Oh Me, Oh My.

Why, hello everyone! :)

My week/weekend of tyranny is over and I'm so glad!! One more exam and I'm scotch free. I passed my first math exam! Heck yes! I was SO pumped about that. I'm doing my homework as I write this, so I'm holed up in the library on campus. So, tomorrow is President's Day and nothing is open which stinks because school is all open like it isn't a holiday. Ugh; I guess it could be worse. This is random, but I know a new version of the iPhone came out that's white, but now that's ALL I see is white iPhones. No one has the regular black one. A few people I know. Like...5. Totally weird how the majority is very abrasive and upfront. I'm working on my first mix to put up for you and I think I'm going to go with  a list of <10 songs because almost a CD is just too much all around. Too much for you guys, and too much for me to put up. Does anyone know of a good uploader? I'm going to find out which one is better. I definitely want to do this the right way. I've been into this hairstyle lately:

Just loving it. Anyways, I'm def into making over Bare Bones and doing better at updating. A turn around in 2012! :D Do you ever read old stuff you've written down? I journal a lot. Ever since I was like, 8 and I was so weird. o_o No lie, and very ridiculous. I guess I can't help it now, but I was such a weirdo. This week is going to be radical because I only have one test and I'm semi-ready! :D Trying hardcore.

Let's get it.

<3,

 Rachel

PS: Last post I didn't format it into my favorite font; none of that this time. Verdana all the waaay!

Directionless. Hmm.

                          

I don't know. I am so tired. My eyes are burning. I don't know how I worked at a job where I looked at the computer all day.  Is this what it's all about? College. I wanted to stop by and say hello. :) I'm not so far behind on homework and things, but I definitely have to get back in the habit. I didn't do as well as I'd hope on my first Chem exam. 

I had it in the bag. Guess not. Ooooh, just you wait, atoms.                         

                                                     

 

Someone want to give me that jacket? Jking; Mom is going to her interview on Friday! Excited!!! :D Finally! The lady in human resources lost her application and made her reapply. That same day she called her to schedule her in.

Somebody is going to get cut and lose a limb. I was so mad. Mom was more relaxed than me. 

Good, because that lady would have lost a limb. She better watch her back and her house. Someone has a death wish. Cut telephone wires. They say she's old and needs to retire. I will gladly take her place. Oooh!

Anyway. Have a good end to the week!

♥,

moi.

PS: Next week I want to do 5 days of punk-rock. 

Dude, Woah.

Hehehe, hello.

So, it's been a few and I'm going to make this a short entry or whatevs.

I am off my fast! Let's hear it!!! Feeling so so good about that!

A celebrity died. Oh no. :( RIP!

Let's see, I've been doing really well. I am determined to keep up with homework and school. Still search searching for jobs. It's really hard, but God is on my side! Also! Gungor & Eisley are coming to Austin in March! Can't wait to see them! I want to at least make one concert. :3

OH!

OHHHH!

Happy Valentine's! I've been seeing a lot of hot & cold responses to it. It's either you love it or hate it. Which is lame to me. It's a holiday, guise. I want to wish allll of my viewers a beautiful Valentine's [it's like, after 7pm here so it's almost over] and that your lovely wishes come true. Or came true. Whichever. What did you do today? So, my mom wished me a good V-Day and I went to school. My friend sent my mom chocolate covered strawberries! That was so sweet of her! Total surprise to my mom. I was so happy that made mom's day! Good things! When I was a kid, I said "Valentimes". Just saying. I was thinking of not just sprucing up the blog itself, but maybe even  making over the format of how I write?

I know most of you enjoy music. I do too! So, I was thinking of doing a weekly mixtape of stuff I'm getting into or my recommendations. Even the songs I've been listening to the most out of that certain week. I won't do a whoollle lot of songs, but maybe I could do like 10-13? If you please, give me some feedback in the comments. I don't want to overload anyone with music that might not be to everyone's tastes. That will DEF make me blog more and you guys get to see more of me! :)

Heck yeah. I need to blog more often because I just do. What's a better reason? So, I don't know if any of you get this, besides herskis, but I always get hit on by creepers. -___- I absolutely hate it. I mean, who would love it? Come. ON! Dude, guys who are half decent never come up to me. It's like I'm a creeper magnet. Do I have a sign above my head that says, "Creepers Only?!" SMH! In Wal-Mart the other night, I was randomly shopping at midnight, and this guy passes me by and says hello. Which is fine. Normal. Normy normal. Alright, I go to the dairy section and he comes up to me again and this is how this ridic convo went:

C: Do you work at the state school? [A school for the mentally challenged and socially inept.]

Me: No, I don't.

C: Are you from here?

Me: No.

C: Where are you from?

Me: Farther south.

C: Do you have a boyfriend? [What in the world?! Left. Field!]

Me: No. [I turn my back to him, ending the convo but he keeps rattling on.]

C: Are you married?

Me: Yes.

C: You just said no and then yes!

Me: I AM married.

C: Fine! I was just trying to get your number!

WHAT IN THE WORLD!?? This guy is black with nasty clothes on and his hoodie on his head in a store. Probably has body parts in his basement. Nasty!! 

Normal guys never talk to me. T___T Why God?! Anyways, always happens like this; I have it down to a science to get rid of them. My creepy neighbor who moved, random drunk homeless people when I lived back home. Just...! I don't even know. 

I need to get a gun. Last weekend, some of the youth and adults went to a V-Day banquet and one of the guys asked us if we wanted to go to the gun range. Guess who spoke up first? ;D 

So can't wait to go. Perfect first date. 

I've been wanting/scoping out a not-so-clean cut/rockabilly guy for a while: 

 Very nice. :) He's out there..somewhere! Probably not in SA. Probably....not. I saw a cool dude by the tat shop, but no. You never know.

 A.

 

 B.

 

C.

A) I almost got this plaque from the Goodwill a couple weeks ago, and then I decided I wouldn't know where to put it. I DO need more things to decorate my apt with,because it's still bare after being there almost a year. :'( I'm definitely trying to spruce/Rachel it up.

B) My plans on decor. 

C) Remember Ring Pops?! Better than Baby Bottle Pops, and look how fat & awkward my hand is! Fatskis! I bought a bag of 4 for a dollar. Such a win. :33

I hope this week goes well for you. :) I spy some sneaky kids walking around the library. Oh! At the V-Day thing, we went to the mall after and I saw a guy who looked like Joey Ramone in Chic-Fil-A!!

Out there havin' fun. In the warm California sun.

 

♥,

Rachel! 

Saturday! Radurday!

Heeeeys! I wanted to do a vid for you and just update there. I sound really weird on here, but it's whatevs. 

 Hot mess.

♥,

Rachel!

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Wash Off Your Face & Dance.

Has anyone done Bloglovin' before? I am thinking about trying it tonight.

Church was great as always, and I'm so happy. So much joy inside of this body. 3 days left and the devil is fighting me. Temptation literally at every corner.

He won't win. 

I have God on my side, and He always comes up on top. I'm sitting at the lab trying to do my math in my head. Not working. I think I like the updated look of my bloggy  a lot. It looks really neat and fun. I did like the black classic look but it never hurts to try something new. :) Thursday night and I'm really excited. Tomorrow I start my water fast. I haven't thought of any lonely aspects of my life the last three weeks and I'm really happy about that because I was consumed by that. It was so so overwhelming. Y'know? Now, I think that God is showing me there's way more to life than myself. I feel so grateful that He is my teacher. I am selfish, but my God [and yours] is selfless. I just have such a burden for my friends who don't know the Lord, or have been mislead.

♥

Oh man, but honestly I missed meat. My mom is fasting with me and she actually loves this lifestyle and wants to keep it up. She is a spry chicken! Goodness. I hope you have a blessed weekend.

♥,

Rachel

I Love You & That's What I'm Getting Myself Into.

Heeeeey!

Amidst all the spiritual stuff, today I went to a thrift store and found a wonderful, polk-dotted gem of a shirt! So. Excited!! It's loose on me, and I really like how it feels. It kind of looks like this: 

That's my blouse except it doesn't have soft pleats or a Peter Pan collar [although, I am in the process of diying one.] I love it! I never find anything in thrift stores, because I am picky and I'm big, etc. This was amazing!! And amazingly cheap! 3.25? I saw a flowy navy polka-dotted shirt in Avenue and it was 40 bucks? I seriously can't afford clothes right off the rack. It's just too expensive...for me anyway. I see bloggers thrifting but then they buy designed stuff. Insanely expensive. I know that it's well made, but can't there be a middle ground? Can there be well made product that is affordable? Backing up my iTouch right now in Hastings, and it said 'approx an hour' and they close in 40 minutes. Ugh!

Today was a good day. We've been having prayer service every night at church for an hour and I've been going to every one. It just uplifts me to see people making that sacrifice. It's really heart breakingly beautiful. I know I belong here. I was questioning it earlier in 2011 if I was supposed to be in San Angelo. I know it know it now. :) & that makes me happy. I'm still working on this template! I guess while my iTouch reboots itself I can choose one. 

♥ you more.

Rachel

You Are Treasured & His.

Hey guys, hey!

I can't believe it, but this is the last week of the fast. Each service has been really intense and I think we're about to blow the lid off the joint. My pastor is going to go str8 water the last three days and I am seriously thinking of doing that. I pray that Jesus reveals himself to me. When my mom was not in church, or right before it, she got into a serious car accident and was in bed for three or so weeks. She read the Bible a lot and prayed, too. She said that the Lord visited her in her room every night. I want that so bad. I know if I keep seeking Him, it will come but I just want to see His face. I get blurry-eyed just thinking about His magnificence in my room and how He is with me everyday in every way. I just want Jesus to visit me, too. I also want to know my purpose. I've been prophesied on more than once and I can't wait for that to come to pass. All I do is play bass at church. I know that all throughout this whole fasting that I want to be more in tune with God. I've been reading all the classic Bible stories and catching up on Jesus' life while fasting, and it touched my heart. Moses saw the Lord in a burning bush, and his rod became a snake! A. Snake. Crayzee! By reading the Old Testament, I've caught little things that my Sunday School teachers skipped over. I'm reading the Bible through adult eyes and let me tell you...woah!  I'm going to keep you lovely people up to date on what's going on, and everything. I feel like this fast was just the thing for me. Also, I've been discovering a lot of new Christian music. I really really like my Christian music to be well written. This band that this rad lady told me about:

Gungor.

Seriously go check them out. Believer or not. They are really great. Musically and spiritually. Also, this morning/afternoon I listened to this guy:

Christian. Song! Goldfrapp totes took his rhythm for her song. I was trying to see if "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen was Christian, but it's ultimately not. Lot of suggestions to Christianity, but no dice. Yesterday, I talked with my friend in Georgia and he said that superheroes like Capt. America and Batman were more realistic than Jesus. People could relate to them more than the Bible or some God. Background info: he's a Baptist because his family is and he's not going to church anymore if at all. I told him that Jesus died for us. You can't get any realistic than that and also Capt. America is a thought someone made up. He's not even real and you can pray to the Lord and find peace and joy and happiness. He just really disappointed me with that statement. I'm praying that he wakes up and really gets a hold of the Lord. Superheroes < God. Every. Time! He didn't really get it, though. It's scary how something can become an idol. We all have to be careful. This week is just starting and this morning I fought against my body. I got up and prayed. It was a small prayer, but tomorrow it will be bigger. I my spirit to grow and mature in God. I just want to see a change in myself. :) Until the next time!

"They could not keep You in their walls, we cannot keep You in ours either. For You are so much greater."

♥,

Rachel!

PS: Working on that background picture. ;D